Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1898 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist of Local Happenings Classified Under Their Respective Headings. TUESDAY. Mrs. Press Clemmons is reported sick. Mrs. Martha Birch, after a short visit with Mrs. W. T. Perkins, returned to South Bend today. Miss Nellie Colvin, after a week’s visit with Mrs. E M. Parcells, returned to her home in Delphi Monday afternoon. Miss Rebecca Meyer, after a month’s visit with Mrs. Susan Brook, returned home yesterday to Liberty Center, Ind. Mrs. John Jackson and daughter, Miss Ida, of Logansport, after a few days’ visit with relatives here, returned home today. Mrs. George Ferguson returned to her home at Logansport Monday. Ethel Ferguson accompanied her for a few weeks visitMrs. G. W. Payne, after a few days’ visit with relatives and friends here and in this vicinity, returned to her home at Frankfort today. The Monon's elegant new station at Cedar Lake was formally opened Monday. All but two of the road’s passenger trains stop there. Prof. Boyd Johnson, of Franklin College, will deliver a lecture at the First Baptist church next Sunday, at 10:45 a. m„ on the Subject of “Habits."’ John Dick, a railroad contractor, recently at Highgate, Island of Jamaica, in the West Indies, is here visiting bis mother, Mrs. Joseph Schofield. ( Clem Reed has resigned hie position in Dexter's grocery store, and is succeeded by Philip Blue. Mr. Reed is preparing to engage iii farming in Barkley township. Mr. George W. Duggins, of Barkley Tp., and Afiss Flora Richmond, of Gillam, were married this, Tuesday forenoon, July 12, by Squire James A. Burnham, at his office. The Indianapolis firm of Levy, Baker & Co.,.has been designated by the government as one to print revenue stamps of various denominations. Only five cities in the whole country are given this favor. Messrs. Jones and Wandell left here Sunday morning, going first to their old home at Pontiac, 111., from whence they expected to depart for Mineral Point, Ga., where the supposed fabulously rich gold and mica mines of Jones, Wandell, Wright & Jones are located. Charley Rhoades intends to keep cool hereafter, notwithstanding the upward tendency of the thermometer. He has placed in his barber shop a rotary fan that is propelled by a water motor. This is the first fan put in here and its wind facilities out-rivals the lung capacity of a vender of red lemonade at a 4th of July celebration. It is a great convenience. The state board of education has decided to advertise for bids for new geographies, arithmetics and copy books to be used in all the public schools of the state for a term of years after July, 1899. The fourth and fifth readers which are now in use will be revised. The geographies, arithmetics and copy books now in use have been in use for ten years, being the ones adopted when the law was first passed. One of the Tenth distrcts three companies in the new 101st regiment. that from Hammond, is receiving much favorable mention. It is said that the captain had 30U men to pick from, and that those chosen are all athletes, and they are called the “Hammond Giants.” They have for mascots a sad-eyed sheep and a little pup. The pup

• 4 is said to be trained to ride on the sheep’s back, hence the sadness in the latter’s eyes. Eugene Dilley left this morning to accept a good position way off in British Columbia. He is to be an “inspector,” or superintendent, on a new railroad now in process !of construction along the coast in that region. He is to get SIOO a month and expenses. He got the job through a railroad contractor or civil engineer for whom he formerly worked in Colorado.

WEDNESDAY. Mrs. William Powers is visiting relatives at Wolcott a few days. Mrs. Maggie Mustard, of Valparaiso, is t|je guest of Mrs. Carrie Mustard. J. P. Hammond is attending the Union Central Life Insurance convention at Rome City, Ind. Mrs. F. M. Sigler, after a few days’ visit with Mrs. Geo- Goff, returned to Indianapolis today. Mrs. W. R. Stewart, after a two weeks’ visit with Mrs. Jane A. Sharp, returned to her home in Chicago yesterday. Mrs. W. R. Ader, after visiting Dr. and Mrs. Howard, returned to her home last evening at Danville, 111. • Judge D. P. Baldwin, of Logansport, and S. B. Burris, farmer of Putnam county, will leave on an extended tour of the world, the last of this month. The Klondike will be visited. W. N. Jones received word last evening of the death, at Franklin, Ind., of the wife of his oldest brother, Western W. Jones, which occurred on Monday. Her age was Ex-Editor A. A. Winslow’ of Hammond don’t get that consulship to Liege, Belgium, after all. The president did not make the appointment as recommended, says the Hammond Leader. Charley Gray is much better from the effects of his recent fall, except that his lower limbs are still completely paralysed. That effect of his accident will lay him up a long time, and perhaps permanently cripple him. Mrs. Juliza Gilliam, of Santiago, California, after a few days’ visit with Mrs. Noah Schriver, left today for LaFayette, where she will visit a few days, and was accompanied by Mrs. Shriver. She will soon return here and make a more extended visit. There has been great rivalry at at Camp Mount as to which would be the ranking company in the 161st regiment. The Rushville and the Hammond companies were the principal competitors but the Hammond company finally succeeded in being mustered in first. John Narin formerly of the Logansport base ball team, which has made such a great record this season has moved to Rensselaer and will play second base for the Rensselaer boys tomorrow in their game with Raub. The team with Narin in that position will be much stronger as he is a hard bitter and a fast fielder. Geo. H. Healey, after having done more than any other one man, probably more than any other two, in organizing and keeping together the Monticello company has finally returned to his home at Brookston without receiving the deserved commission. He deserves a regimental appointment, and possibly may receive one yet, but the competition for those places is naturally very great and many deserving men are necessarily passed by. Rensselaer has today the honor of entertaining the first annual district convention of the Rathbone Sisters, which met this afternoon and will continue this evening. The district comprises quite a number of counties in this portion of Indiana. The Rathbone Sisters, as most of our readers known, is the women's branch of the Knights of Pythias order. It has a prosperous wide-awake lodge

or temple here, and no mistake was made in selecting Rensselaer for the first district convention. The Kankakee marsh presents a lively appearance these days. The harvesting of the annual hay crop is in full blast and nearly four hundred men are at work. The crop this year is enormous, ' and it is estimated that from 20,000 to 30,000 tons will be cut. They hay is much better than any other crop in former years. Most 'of it is being shipped to Chicago ! and is bringing $6 a ton. This i immense hay crop with big prices will be a grand thing for the northern portions of this county.

THURSDAY. Mrs. S. J. Austin is visiting relatives at Crawfordsville. John Gwin is visiting his brother Lacy, at Marshfield, Wis. Mildred and Ruth Harris are visiting relatives at Lafayette a few weeks. Miss Ura McGowan is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Burson at Winamac. Mrs. B. F. Ferguson and son Dee, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Ferguson, at Logansport. Miss Ella Livingston after a few weeks visit with Miss True Yeoman, returned to her home at Crown Point today. The new bankruptcy law’ provides for the appointment of a referee in bankruptcy in each congressional district. By the provisions of this law eJudge Baker of the United States district court will make the appointments. The commissioner of pensions has received about forty applications for pensions as the result of wounds and deaths in the present war, but none can be granted until the military record of the applicants is made up. There will be a lawn social given by the ladies of the Presbyterian church next Friday evening, July 15th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Long. Lemon ice and cake will be served for 15c. A cordial invitation is extended to everybody. Prof. A. H. Purdue, formerly principal of our high school and now professor of geology at the Arkansas State University, at Fayetteville, Ark., arrived here yesterday. He will continue his investigation of the sand dunes in this and neighboring counties, for about 10 days. Roy E. Jakes, who has heretofore been listed as a member of the Monticello company, returned here last night. He states that he was turned down because he could not produce a legal consent to go, his age being 18 years. He has a guardian named Smock, who lives at Indianapolis, but, he says, he could not find him. In the list of killed at Santiago are the names of one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, five captains, five first lieutenants and six second lieutenants. Among the wounded were two brigadier generals, seven lieutenant colonels, six majors, thirty-one captains, thirteen first lieutenants and twen-ty-seven second lieutenants—nineteen killed and eighty-six wounded. Our officers don't say, “goon, boys,” but “come on, boys.” Edward W. Bender and his wife, Ada Marie Bender, have begun an action in the circuit court for the adoption of Adelbert Johnson, a 13 year old boy. He is Mrs. Bender’s son by a former divorced husband. The father has abandoned the boy, and Mr. Bender desires to legally adopt him, in order that he may inherit his property. The boy was born in this county. Mr. Bender is traveler for a law book firm. His wife and the boy are here at present and will probably make their home here. It is asked that the boy’s name be changed to Bender. Rensselaer people had better scrutinize closely th 6 dollars they receive these days, as somebody is “shoving the queer” in this locality. A single individual has

recently taken two bad dollars. One of these is of a distinctly leaden aspect, and is very light in weight. The other is of good color, weighs all right and rings all right. The lettering of the word "Liberty” is very poor and indistinct, is all that gives it away as a counterfeit. And it may be that is made mostly of silver, as it could have as much silver in it as the genuine dollars and still be over half profit to the counterfeiters. •e