Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1898 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

■ Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist of Local Happen* inffS Classified Under Their Respective Headings. TUESDAY. Mel Larue is in Earl Park, for a few days on business. Geo. Sigler, of Mt. Ayr, was in town today on his way to Chicago. Mrs. Silas Potts is visiting friends at Rose Lawn, for a short time. Harve Robinson Jr., is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Art Cole, of Englewood. Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Muir and daughter, are visiting relatives at Monon. Miss Katie Doran, of Monon, is visiting’her cousin, Miss Carrie Woed worth. Clyde Powell, of Brook, was in town yesterday on his way to the Lafayette fair. Mrs. Allman, a deaf mute, living near the river, south east of town, is quite severly sick. Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe are in Chicago this week buying their winter's stock of goods. Born, Sunday night, August 28th, to Mr. and Mrs Marion Freeland, of Newton Tp., a daughter. The mercury stood at 92 degrees, at three this afternoon, which is pretty hot weather for the 30th of August. C. C. Sigler and wife, and Clarence. Sigler and wife and child, are all over from Monon, today, to take in the ball game. Lawrence Field returned home to Battle Creek, Mich., today after a short visit with his aunt, Mrs. Delos Thompson. Mrs. B. Muster and daughter, of Valparaiso, have returned home after a weeks visit here with L. Muster and family. About 20 base ball ‘Tans” came over from Monticello and Monon on the morning train to see the ‘ darkies” play ball. Miss Edith Whitenack has returned to her home in Terre Haute, after a weeks visit with her friend, Miss Pearl Wasson. Mrs. William Cornell and children of Grand Rapids, Mich., are visiting Mrs. Cornell’s brother, C. W. Duvall, fora couple of weeks. Miss Maggie Kenton will preach at the F. W. Baptist church next Sunday morning, at the usual time of Sunday morning services. Mrs. Ed Hopkins has returned from a week's visit with relatives at Indianapolis; her cousin, Mrs. D. Davie, returned with her for a short visit. Ernest Lamson who has been looking over the school situation around Rose Lawn, reports that he has secured a good place to teach near there. Mrs. Frank Foltz returned Monday from her visit to Oxford. She was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Mary E. Kolb, who will make her residence here, in the future. W. B. Austih returned yesterday afternoon from Lafayette, where! he has been during the illness of i his daughter, Virgie. Mr. Austin! reports that she is now much better. Mrs. C. A. Williams and three! children of Clarks’ Hill, who have been visiting her sister, Mrs. J. J. | Jones, for the past three weeks returned home today accompanied by her niece, Miss Marie Jones, j Silas Potts and Geo. Pumphery are attending the reunion of the 99th Ind. infantry, at Crown Point, today and tomorrow. They are the only members of that regiment from this place. Miss Sue Smith, who has been visiting her sister. Mrs. B. Forsythe, for several, weeks, left this morning to extend her visit with

relatives at Chicago, and Peoria, 111. T. L. Willey, of Elmira, Ark,, arrived this morning for a short visit with his father-in-law, Addison Parkison. The sprained ankle received by Harry Swartzel, at the ball game at Monon, Sunday, w'as a more ser-’ ious injury than at first appeared. It is quite painful and will lay him up for several weeks. Dan Roach is moving to the vicinity of Rose Lawn. He has accepted a job on Lawler Bros. Ranch. He will superintend the ranch and board the hands working on the same. Mrs. Delos Thompson gave a lawn party last evening to 40 young people, in honor of her nephew, Lawrence Field, of Battle Creek, who is visiting her. A pleasing and novel feature of the party was fortune telling, by a resident fortune teller. Another Rensselaer representative has made a record in catching an unusually large fish of its kind, at the Michigan' resort region. E. L. Hollingsworth landed a 4| pound bass, a few days ago. On that trip, besides the big black bass he and three others caught 115 pounds of pickerel. The Chicago UnUns, that celebrated aggregation of coal black base ball players, arrived on the 10:55 a. m. train today, and the game between them and the Rensselaer team is now in progress. They may beat our boys but they won't have any walk-over, by any means. Lewis S. Alter will have charge of the Historical Exibit of old tools, relics and other articles of interest, at the Old Settlers’ Meeting. All persons having anything in that line please report to him and bring articles early Sept 10, when they will be put on Exibition and cared for by him. A Mrs. Johnson, who has lived near Lafayette, for a great many years, visited her mother yesterday for the first time in 21 years. Her mother is old lady Fish, of Blackford, and she has long thought that her daughter was dead. It is needless to say that they had a very happy meeting yesterday. The Monticello Baptist Association will convene Wednesday, with Prairie Vine Church, south of Monticello. Rev. and Mrs. V. O. Fritts have gone today, and quite a number more will go from here tomorrow. Among those intending to go are Mr. and Mrs Geo. Barcus, Mrs. Henry Harris, Miss Jennie Harris, Mrs. C. B. Steward and Miss Pearl Haus.

Mrs. Moses Prewett, of Bellwood, Neb., who was back in this section for a visit, died this morning, at Francesville, after a short sickness. The funeral will be held tomorrow, and interment be at Medaryville. W. N. Jones, of this place has gone to attend the funeral. She was Albert Jones mother-in-law, but he is not yet well enough to attend the funeral. The dairy interests of the State will be well represented at the State fair. Hon. Mortimer Levering, of Lafayette, superintendent of this department, has assurance that the display will be larger and more complete than ever made before in the state. The experiment station at Purdue will be represented by an able corps of workers, who will carry out the methods of successful butter making. All of our people oujht to be interested in the State Fair which begins at Indianapolis Sept. 12th, to continue five days. Indications point to a most successful and interesting meeting. The live stock show will be the greatest ever made in the state, for applications have already been received from all the leading breeders of the country. The racing promises better even than in former years and the display of farm and domestic machinery will eclipse an\’ thing ever before made in any State fair. The [ railroads are offering an extremely low rat<*, and fair week will be a good-time to visit the capital city. 1

The colored ball team remained ’ until this morning, when they left for Crown Point, where they play today. They put up at the Makeever House, during their stay. Last evening they and the Rensselaer ball players were invited to Mayor McCoy's residence, where all w’ere very pleasantly entertained. The colored players are a very jolly lot, but also very gentlemanly in their behavior. The State Fair managers have j arranged for an interesting night : program during the fair. Pain, the great fire-works king will pre- j sent the interesting features of the ’ program, the Battle of Manila, as well as a great display of fire-works. The buildings will be lighted and , those of our people who attend will i get the full day's program, as well ; as the evening display, for one admission. The street car company j has doubled its capacity for hand- i ling the crowd, and the railroads an* offering extra inducements 1 which indicate the success of the ; meeting. . Capt. Erastus Peacock and daughter, Mrs. Rena Bartoo, left today on an extensive business and pleasure trip, south. Mr. Peacock is a delegate to the Postal Clerks’

Miss Boyce Lally who has been spending the summer with her sister, Mrs. Nate Reed, has returnto her home in Michigan City. Geo. Murphy, who has has been doing city plumbing for Will Eger, has returned to his home at Logansport for a short vacation. The next Big Night will be Monday, Sept. sth, when Hennessy Leroyle will present “Other People's Money” at the Ellis Opera House. T. J. Sayler has gone to Brook, to superintend the construction of the stone streets at that place, for which the Macadam company has the contract. Miss Josephine Mitchell who has been visiting her friend, Miss Zora Adams south of town, for several weeks, returned to her home in Winchester, today. E. L. Hollingsworth returned from the popular summer resort at Charlevoix, Mich., last evening. While there Mr. Hollingsworth made some record breaking catches of fish. Commissioner John Martindale is now’ well enough to drive to town aboqt every day, and expect

to be able to be present at the September term of commissioners 1 court, which begins next Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brenner’s little daughter Nina, died yesterday at 3 P. M. It was 13 years old, but its mental and physicial developeinent were those of an infant of a few months old. The body was taken to Mt. Ayr for interment, this afternoon. The first session of the Annual Conference of the Church of God will be held at the Rensselaer church this evening; and was not held this forenoon, as an error made in printing the programs, seemed to indicate. The conference will continue over Sunday. Marshal McGowan has received a notice of a SSOO reward offered for the arrest of one John Williams, who on Aug. 23 stole 11 head of cattle, from the pasture of C, M. Baker at Crown PoiiP. Williams is of about medium size, about 35 years old, amooth, and dark complexion; he was last seen in Hammond, about 3 o'clock Aug. 24th. W. T. McCoy, principal of the Rensselaer high school, has been suffering from a severe attack of intermittent fever; but he writes back to Prof. Sanders that he is so much better that he thinks he will bo on hand ready for his school duties, by next Monday. His home is at Hanover, but he has been sojouring at Vestii, this state, for the benefit of his health.

• Geo. W. Goff, of our city, High Chief Ranger of the Independent Order of Foresters of Indiana, is at Toronto, Canada, attending the meeting of the Supreme Court of ! the order. He has been honored * by given a place on an important committee, that on mileage and per diem. He has also been given the Sir Knight degree, the highest in the order. Only one other person in Indiana has yet received this degree. Kaub beat Sheldon yesterday, at | the Kentland fair, by a score of 1 to 0. This now makes it so our Ijoys will play' Raub again tomorrow, at I Kentland. If Raub plays the. same team it did at Remington, it ■ will be an easy victory for our i boys; but Raub will undoubtly 1 strengthen their team by the ad- , dition of good players from ot.hc r i clubs, as they are desperately' I anxious to do up the Ronss da'r : aggregation this time. The filling and grading of the i public square was completed yes- ! [ terdrfy. The grade slopes down in : all directions from the court h nise | in a very handsome manner, and ' shows that when the- square is well grassed over it will present, a ' most attractive appearance. The ! grading is an excellent job, and in every place the level is up to

the grade required in the* con tract, and in some places two or three > inches higher then that. A vast amount of earth has been required to fill the yard. Even after therewas thought to be enough dirt for* the purpose, after it was down and settled, 550 more loatlf • were required.