Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1898 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist of Local Happenings Classified Under Their Respective Headings* TUESDAY. W. B. Austin is in Lafayette today. Bert White is home from Chicago for a few days. Born to Mr. and Mrs. J, J. Eigelsbach, July 18, a son. Mrs. J. Dwiggins, of Attica, is the guest of Mrs. Frank Ross. Miss Minnie Shultz is visiting her parents at Monon a few days. E. Owen and daughter are visiting at Saybrook, 111., a few days. John Moon of Barkley Tp., is building a good dwelling on his farm. William Morris, of Rushville, Ind., is the guest of J. O. Pumphery. Wm. Powers and Ed Hopkins have gone to the Kankakee river for a week’s fishing. Mrs. R. P. Benjamin and children have gone to Otterbein, to visit relatives for a week. Mrs. George Wright, of Fresno, California, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Beam. Mrs. Anna Burns after a two weeks visit with relatives in Clinton Co., returned home today- r Elder David Barkley, of Crawfordsville, preached at the Primitive Baptist church Saturday and Sunday. The annual reunion of the 46th Regiment Indiana Volunteers will be held in Flora, Carrol County, August 26th and 27th. Louis Wandell after visiting at Chicago Milwaukee and Pontiac returned to Rensselaer today. Mr. Wandell and C. B. Jones will leave this evening for Atlanta, Georgia.

Mrs. W. J. Moore after a two weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kenton returned to her home at Colborn, Ind., Monday'. F. E. Babcock, editor of the Democrat, has moved his family over from Remington, and occupies one of John Makeever's tenant houses, on Division street. An eight months old child of Mr. and Mrs. John Clager, north of town, died Sunday morning. Funeral services were held Monday at the Indian School, and burial at the Catholic cemetery. The Rensselaer ball team will have “foemen worthy of their steel” next Thursday. The Sheldon, 111., team is coming over that day, and they are the crack team of eastern Illinois. Most of our exchanges in this portion of the state, have noticed the Republican’s expose of the hair restorer frauds and it will be hard work for them to do any more business in this portion of Indiana, at least. The Lafayette papers state that Rev. John H. Gnendling, director of the Catholic orphan asylum at that city, and one of the most popular priests in the state, has been selected for the appointment of vicar general for the Fort \\ avne diocese, to succeed the late Father Brammer. Grandfather Cotton is getting much better from his late severe sickness. His daughter, Miss Arilla Cotton, who was taken seriously sick from anxiety and jn caring for him. is also improving. His daughter from Chicago, Mrs. Delphia Thompson, is here caring forthem now. Nate Guild, of Gillam Tp., has traded his farm there to George Hoehn, formerly of Wheatfield, for a grocery store and meat market at North Kankakee (Bradley) 11l We are not informed whethei

Mr. Hoehn will move back into this county, but it is to be presumed that he will. Mr. and Mrs. M. Marden, of Chicago, spent last night in the 1 city. They were driving through from LaPorte, Ind., where they formerly resided, to Murdock, 111. Being old friends of Rev. Middleton and family they called and spent the evening with them to . their great surprise and delight. ; Mr. Marden is Supt. of one of the i departments of the Carson, Pierie ■ & Co.’s‘ Store in Chicago. The names of the principal i riders with The Great Wallace Shows this year are Louise DeMott, Adella Nelson, Gracie Thomas, Winnie Sweeney, Lillian Schafer, Robert Stickney Jr., Oscar Lowande, William O’Brien, William Melrose and Henry Letourier. When one considers that two male and two female riders is a full equipment of principal riders for any other show now traveling, this array of equestrian talent is very striking. At Rensselaer Wednesday, August 3rd.

Indiana is to have its full share of the glory of capturing Porto Rico, if it was left out in the San tiago expedition. Three of dur regiments, the 157th, 158tli and 160th are among those selected for that expedition. The 159th seems elected to stay at Camp Alger for a while yet. The only Rensselaer boy 7 in any of these three regiments so far as known, is T. W. George, in the 157th. Marshal McGowan received a telephone message this morning, from Goodland asking him to look out for a team and buggy belonging to a livery stable man there,, named Dawson. It seems that be let out the rig to a man who said he wanted to go to Remington, but who struck out with then) for parts unknown. One horse is a dun the other a bay. Dan Roach, of Rensselaer, who travels around with a huxster wagon, thinks he saw the outfit yesterday, some place south of town, and beaded eastward.

• Warren Springer, the well known Chicago capitalist and extensive owner and trader of Jasper county land, has been arrested on a warrant sworn out by E. P. Holly, of Pontiac. 111., on charge of forgery. Springer and Holly have lately had some extensive deals, in both Chicago and Jasper county property, and some SB,OOO in notes were turned in by Springer. The signatures to these notes are said to be forgeries. Springer was taken to Pontiac but released on bail. The I. D. Dunn land, in Kankakee Tp., was some of the property involved in these trades.

WEDNESDAY. Mrs. Mary Thomas is reported on the sick list. Fletcher Monnett is down from Evanston for a short visit. John Zimmerman and John Kressler are at Remington today. Albert Jones, of Bellwood, Neb., is visiting his father, Uncle Bill N. Jones. J. S. Macey, of Indianapolis, is visiting his mothei, Mrs. John Makeever. Miss Juno Kannal accompanied E- L. Hollingsworth to Charlevoix, Mich., yesterday. Miss Mabel Matheson left today for Havana, 111., for an extended visit with friends. Miss Nellie Meiser after visiting friends and relatives here returned to Kniman, today. Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Hollingsworth and family are spending the day at Cedar Lake. Born, Wednesday, July 20, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Norman, residing north of town, a boy. The Wallace circus' advertising car is in town today, and their big bill boards are covered with gorgeous bills. Isaac Hemphill, the drayman had tire end of his thumb very badly mashed, a few days ago while handling a beer keg. Capt. J. M. Wasson returned last night from a short visit to hit

mother near Union City. His daughters will remain there for a more extended visit. Miss Bessie Brown, after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Goff, returned to her home yesterday at Crown Point. Mrs. Goff accompanied her for a short visit. Henry Eiglesbach, now maiuue ging Capt. Wasson's farm, southeast of town, had the bad luck to lose the first joint of a finger, this morning, by getting it taught in, some gearing on a windmill. It was the first finger of the right hand. Rev. D. A. Tucker has received a letter from his son Bates, at Camp Alger, informing him that Bates has been appointed orderly to the colonel of the regiment. An orderly has the rank and pay of a sergeant. It is quite a desirable promotion, but we are sure that Bates is well worthy of it. Charley Gray is not making any very encouraging progress towards recovery. He does not suffer so much as he did, but the paralyzed condition of his lower limbs is no better, and the extent of the paralyzed parts has been increasing somewhat. If this increase keeps on, it can have but one conclusion. It seems that a few of the ladies who gave their loose hair, to the hair tonic women, did get back switches, after all, as C. cr w arner’s collection of the tonic has also been embellished with a number of the ‘‘switches.” They are frightful looking things and instead of being made of hair, are made of some kind of fibrous substance, like fiax, or sea moss. Even the matrimonial business is affected by the war tax. County Clerk Cooyer says that ministers must not forget to attach a ten cent stamp to the return certificates filed with the clerk. It is believed that the young man in the case can ordinarily be prevailed upon to stand this tax upon lhe affections, although the minister is held responsible under the new law.

W. R. Musgat is the manager of Wallace's bill car No. 1, now in town. He was in the same capacity with the Robinson A* Franklin show when it was here last year. The manager of bill car No. 2, which comes in a week, was also with Robinson last year. Mr. Musgat states that Franklin left the Robinson show at the close of last year and that his horses, animals and people are now with Wallace. Car No. 1 has 18 men and No. 214 men. Mr. Musgat has sent out five teams today, to bill neighboring towns, and the country surrounding. He does not take teams with him. but hires them at the livery stables.

Miss Stella Griffin, local editor of the Remington Press, who has been confined to her bed for several months, was today taken to Chicago where an operation will be performed for a tumor. Miss Griffin is very poorly and her trip to Chicago had to be made on a couch. Miss Gertrude Kenton, of Monticello, who has been waiting on Miss Griffin, accompanied her to Chicago.—Monticello Journal. Still another case of housebreaking occured here Monday' night. A party got into Mrs. Henry Adams’ house, on Van Rensselaer street. He fell over some object and thus made a noise which awakened Mrs. Adams. She got up and began calling to her sons and the burglar, who teemed to la, «juite small, began dashing about from one window to another, to make hjs escape, like a scared cat in a cellar. He finally got away, and about the same time one of the boys, only the younger ones being at home, got hold of a revolver and fired it off. but though it may have scared the burglar there is no certain evidence that it killed him. THURSDAY. Miss Hattie Nichols is visiting relatives at Logansport. Miss Leathe VV right is visiting relatives at Brookston.

Mrs. Chas. Iliff, of Chicago Heights, is the guest of Mrs. John McColly. J. J. Montgomery has withdrawn from the Citizens’ band, and Jay Zimmerman takes his place. Spencer Hollister, of Urbana, 111., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Hollister for a few days. Georgia and Gracie Hornaday, of Plainfield, Ind., are visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cox.

Mrs. Albert Coen after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wasson, returned to her home in Chicago yesterday. Miss Virgie Austin, who was taken quite seriously sick in Lafayette. a few days ago, is now reported much better. Mrs. Louis Wildberg and daughter Edna, and Mrs. Tuteur and children are visiting relatives at Lafayette and Logansport. Gus Stahlman, of Brookston, son of a merchant of that city, was among the killed in the tight of July 2nd, before Santiago. He was a member of the 2nd U. S. volunteer infantry, and enlisted at Lafayette. Misses Myrtle Hutchings and Grace Anderson, of Sheldon, 111., are the guests of Misses Grace Thompson. Della Harris and Irma Kannal. They were all schoolmates at the Northwestern University, at Evanston, 111., last year.

J. H. S. Ellis and Jack Cooper, the latter a Chicago traveling man, got yesterday’s record at Cedar Lake for fishing. They went up at 3.25 p. m. and came back at 11 p. m., and were out on the lake only about an hour, but they caught 27 pretty nice croppies. John A. Chaney, of Sullivan, was in town last evening, making the acquaintance of as many of our citizens as he could meet. He is a candidate for the nomination for secretary of state, on the Republican ticket. He is a very 7 pleasant and evidently a capable and well informed gentleman.

The Monon is receiving its new fiat cars from the Haskell & Barker car works, Michigan City, at the rare of ten a day until 250 shall be delivered. These cars are forty feet long, with 80,000 pounds carrying capacity and designed espececially for the Southern lumber trade.—lndianapolis Journal. Mrs. Anna Hoover, whose home is at Clarkdale, 111., died this morning of heart disease, at the home of her grand-daughter, Mrs. D. A. Stoner, whom she was visiting. She was sick only three hours. Arrangements for the funeral had not been arranged when we went to press. • I Word has been received by relatives here that Miss Stella Griffin, of Remington, and one of the editors of the Remington Press, was to undergo a severe surgical operation, at 8 o’clpck this morning, at the Women's hospital, Chicago, for the removal of a tumor. If the operation took place, as arranged, no information as to its results have been received. Division and Main streets, from the depot to the end of Washing, ton, has now been practically made new, by 25 or 30 car loads of macadam, from Monon. The propertyowners along these two streets were born lucky, as this makes the second time the corporation has built them a street, while on all other streets the property owners either have to pay all the cost of the street improvements or half of it at least.

The “ways" of a circus are devious, in a literal sense, whatever be the case figuratively. Fol instance from here the advertising car. here yesterday, went to Monticello today, tomorrow it will la* at Goodland, next day at Momence. 111., the next point will be Hoopeston, 111., and then back into fndiana again, where it will strike the gas belt, and follow' a route as zizzag as a turkey chasing a grasshopper.