Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1898 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Elinor Items Told in a graphJ >;uly Grist of Local Happenings Clav.-i;i*<l Under Their Respective Headings. FRIDAY. Dr. S. I. Brown, of Francesville, is in town today. Mrs. Pretsick, of Wanatah, is attending court today. L. A. Wandell has gone to Indianapolis today, for a brief stay. Miss Rosa Cline, of Monon, is visiting friends and relatives here. Mrs. Minnie Kerr, of Indianapolis, is visiting Mrs. Melle Medicus. Misses Rosa and Ella Culp are visiting relatives at Knox a few days. C. B. Jones h«s gone to Winchester, this state, on legal business. • F. E. Babcock, formerly of the Remington Press, is here negotiating with D. W. Shields for the purchase of the Rensselaer Democrat. V Mr and Mrs. John Swetzer and children, of Cummingsville near Cincinnati, Ohio, visited at the eollego a few days,'leaving yesterday evening. ■ Mrs. W. H. Sanders and Mrs. R. B. Harris entertained about forty ladies yesterday afternoon at progressive dominoes, at. the home of Mrs. R. B. Harris. Capt. Halstead was in town again last night, drilling another large troop of his cavalry, and getting the horses accustomed to the sights and sounds of the city. The Captain says that his promise to have 200 horsemen here on the Fourth will be fulfilled. Mesdames W. L. Rich, Wm. Townsend, Walter Gurmn. Icadora Morris, Dr. Landon, C. H. Peck, all of Remington, were the guests of Mrs. W. H. Coover yesterday, and paid a visit to the new court house while here; and which, it is needless to say, they greatly admired. Still the soldier boys continue to go south over the Monon. This forenoon a car load belonging to the 49th lowa went through. On the 1:45 this afternoon, there were 20 recruits for the 52nd lowa and two car loads of the Ist Wisconsin. The latter were going to Jacksonville, Fla. The fine weather lust evening afforded our townspeople a grand opportunity to show their ' appreciation of the weekly band concerts and they turned out in great number. Moreover they gave good attention to the music, which was up to the usual excellent standard. Again we are glad to say the people kept good order during the concert. The Monticello Journal says thesis a kick there over the weight of the roller used on their new macadam streets. The contract " calls for a six ton roller, and many persons claim that the one being used weighs not more than half that much. It is the same roller that was used on our new street improvements, and if it is too light in Monticello it was also too light iu Rensselaer. Which may account for the long time it takes the new street improvement here to get smooth. For the further information of the esteemed Democrat, we would add to our previous remark regarding the visit of Mr. Forest, of Crown Point, to our new court house, that he remarked positively and specifically that he thought it was worth all it cost. He said further that the Lake county court house cost half of what ours did, but that ours was “worth three of it.” It pays to build well enough and good enough while you are building. Especially when you are building for the people. And more especially when you are

building for the people of the future, even more than for the present. * The fire companv had their regular weekly practice run, Wednesday evening. The start was made from Front street, nnd the run made to Van Rensselaer. As before hose cart No. 1 had its stream flying a few seconds the soonest. The hook and ladder truck also made the run and put its ladders upon Forsythe's block, and hose No. 2 was carried upon the same. All hands did well, but it is evident that the hook and ladder company need- to keep up the drill along with the hose companies. The time from the start until No. 1 had a stream in the... air was one minute and 9 seconds. No. 2 was about 10 seconds later. The time until water was flying from the hose on Forsythe’s roof was 2J minutes.

SATURDAY. Bob Adams and daughter Jessie, of Monon, visited John King’s family yesterday. Miss Ella Livingston, of Crown Point, is the guest of Miss True Yeoman a few days. Dick Stone’s little girl who was poisoned while visiting at Fair Oaks, has recovered. Mrs. L. Clark and children and Mrs. Phillip McElfresh are visiting relatives at Frankfort a few days. Rev. F. L. Austin will arrive home in time to fill his regular appoinments at the Church of God, tomorrow. ----- D. E. Hollister has gone to Decatur, 111., for a short visit, and to accompany home his wife, who has been there several weeks. Dr. Horton returned from Put-in-bay last night. The doctor report# that the meeting was largely attended by representative dentists. Capt. G. W. Payne came up from Frankfort, today. He reports this mornings’s rain as being evidently heavier :lown the Monon road than here.

Mr. and Mrs. Delos Thompson, J. H. S. Ellis, Dr. Berkley, T. J. McCoy and Thomas McGowan are in Chicago today to attend the great Derby Day. Mrs. F. A. Ross gave a party last evening .to about thirty couples, in honor of Mrs. Elmer Dwiggins. Dancing and cards were the amusements. Sergeant Wilbur Tharp, of the Monticello company, went over there last night, on orders to report foT examination. He expects the company to be called out next week. Rev. Beiderwolf, a very popular and rising young Presbyterian minister, of Logansport, has been, selected by Gov. Mount, to ie chaplain of the new regiment to be organized in this state. The mail sacks thrown from the 4:28 train this morning, were left out in all the rain, with their contents and were soaked through. Somebody evidently ought to have looked after them, and put them under shelter. Squire W. H. Churchill had fresh air in excess in his combined office and sleeping room, north of the depot, this morning. The winds which came with the storm which came up about four o'clock caught the projecting part of the front of the squire’s building, and blew out the entire front, door, windows and all, into the street. The Donnelly Bros., have bought a twelve horse power gasoline engine, which they will install in the old creamery building, lately purchased by them, to run their wood working machinery. They will also buy considerable more machinery, and are preparing to move to their new location in a short time. A dispatch from St Joseph Buys i hundreds of acres of strawberries are being plowed out and replaced by grain. It, is estimated that 250.000 cases of berries went to waste last week because they were almost worthless on the Chicago

market. The prospects are the same for raspberries and blackberries. A game of base ball which will be more interesting than scientific will take place here at an early day. The various college students who are now home here for the vacation will fotm a rtine and play against a nine composed of clerks in the stores. The tide for the game is not yet settled upon, but it will probably not be until after the Fourth. There is still another change in the hotel hack program. C. W. Duvall who run the Makeever House buss for two days and had intended to buy a new hack, lias concluded that there was not sufficieut encouragement to justify the investment, and he has turned over the business te Joe Schofield, of the brick livery barn, and who has bought the old Walton hack, M John Remly. There is a probability of several thousand dollars’ worth of the new government bonds being subscribed for here. One of the banks sent out the money for SBOO worth today, while the same bank has applications in for quite a good deal more. Some other banks have also sent in applications for considerable amounts. The post-office has had considerable inquiry and is now also .ready to receive subscriptions. The tremendous heat of yesterday, about 90 degrees, naturally was followed by a big storm. It canie this morning, about 4 o’clock, and the rain fell in torrents for nearly two hours. Reports from the farmers indicate that great damage was done in the way of beating down the grain in the fields, especially the oats, which have growns o rank this season as to be unusually liable to .be beaten down by the rain and the wind.

MONDAY. Mrs. W. C. Babcock is visiting relatives at Lafayette. Mrs. Granville Moody is reported sick with the measles. Mrs. V. O. Fritts is sick with quite a severe case of pleurisy. Mrs. Jared Martindale is visiting her parents at Terre Haute a few days. Miss Bessie Brown, of Crown Point, is the guest of Mrs. G. W. Goff. Mrs. Lonzo Wood who has been sick with remittent fever is reported better. Mr. and Mrs. Judge Hammond of Lafayette, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Austin. Two car loads more of soldiers from lowa and Wisconsin went south on the 1:45 train Sunday. Mrs. Winegarden and daughter left this afternoon for Glenwood, Wisconsin, to make their future home. Ernest Wis hard returned Sunduy from attending the summer conference of the Y. M. C. A., at Lake Geneva, Wis. A. Leopold is now occupying his new room, adjoining his principal store, with his clothing and boot and shop department Mrs. Mary Berry, after a few days visit with Mrs.-H. M. Middleton and Mrs. J. F. Bruner, returned to her home at Monon today. Mr. and Mrs. Judge Thompson and two children, and Mrs. Alfred Thompson, are attending the Western Writers Association at Winona Park. Oats do not appear to have been so greatly damaged by Saturday morning’s storm as was feared. Many that were bent down then have since straightened up. Walter Porter returned from Hunter’s springs Saturday, and considers himself cured of his rheumatism. Mrs. I. J. Porter Svill remain there for a few days longer. Rev. D. A. Tucker, who has been pastor of the F. W. Baptist church here for some years past,- has resigned the pastorate and preached

his farewell sermon,, as paslor, yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foltz have gone to Oxford for a few weeks stay, to visit relatives and on Mr. Foltzs part to look after the hay and other eiops on hi& farm near that, place. S. L. Sparling, instructor iu political economy, in Wisconsin University is at the home of/his parents southwest of town, and his present intention is to spend his summer vacation with them. Isaac H. Phares, former editor of the Fowler Republican and n state senator from the former district ‘composed of Benton, Jasper and Newton counties, has just left Fowler and settled in Indianapolis. At the county superintendents convention held at Indianapolis Tuesday and Wednesday they raised the grade 5 per cent on six month licenses. The old grade Was minimum (55 and general average 75. It is now 70 and 80 per cent. The balloon ascension on the Fourth, which as previously stated, will surely take place, will possess a strikingly novel feature, never seen here before. Prof. Geo. Love, the aeronaut, will make the ascension and parachute descent on a bicycle, attached to the balloofi, aud pedaling for dear life. Jim Blake, a boy of about 14, son of A 1 Piake, went from Rensselaer to Fair Oaks, Saturday on the forenoon fast, train. The train does not stop at Fair Oaks, and on arriving there the boy jumped off, when the train was going something like 35 or 40 miles an hour. The boy was knocked senseless for about half an hour, and his face and side pretty severely bruised, but still he was not seriously injured. It is alleged that when he first struck the ground he bounced 21 steps before he hit it again.

A. L. Vanderinark has at last succeeded in breaking into Uncle Sam’s serviee. He has been accepted as a recruit in Company C., 160th Indiana regiment, now at Chickainauga, going from Lafayette. He went to the latter city to join the other recruits, today. Bert Berry, the companion who went to Springfield with Vandermark, some time ago to try to get into an Illinois regiment, has also got into this same Lafayette company, he being admitted in the capacity of a bugler.