Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1898 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist ot Local Happenings Classified Under Their Respective Headings. TUESDAY. Ed Parr ofMonticello, is in town today. Ona Tyner is in Monon for a few weeks. Erastus Peacock is in Lafayette, for a few days. Mrs. A. McCoy is visiting in Chicago, for a few 7 days. Mrs. Chas. Cliff is visiting at Battle Ground this week. Dan Wood Sr,, south of town, is seriously sick with a lung trouble. Uncle Philip McElfresh arrived home today?' l *from his ten days’ trip to Nebraska. E. E. Ragon, former editor of the Lowell Tribune, is working in the Democrat office. Miss Harriet Yeoman returned home today after a month’s visit w 7 ith relatives at Kokomo. Carl Anderson returned this morning from Chicago, whefe he has been for several days. Miss Duncan of Chicago, who will trim for Mrs. Lecklider this fall, arrived yesterday evening. Mrs. Mary Berry, of Monon, has returned home after a few days’ visit with Miss Lelia Middleton. J. F. Warren is beginning to improve from a pretty severe attack of inflamation of the bowels. The racing feature at the state fair last week was a total failure, on account of the continuous rains. Chas. Greenlee and family left yesterday for an extended visit with relatives at Rockwood, Tenn. Will Porter of Rossville, returned home today, after a week’s visit with Elder V. O. Fritts and family. Miss Lizzie French’s room in the public schools is closed today, on account of the sickness of the teacher. Mr. and Mrs. N. Warner returned this afternoon from a week’s visit with relatives in Wabash county. Mrs. M. Portwood was called to Danville, 111., yesterday on account of the sickness of her two daughter’s there. Dr. H. J. Kannal, Dal Yeoman, Tom Joyner and J. C. Gwin are hunting prairie chickens near Fair Oaks, today. Will Adams went to Delphi, yesterday, where he will help the Electric Light Company re-con-struct their lines. Chas. Brinley and C. E. Brinley went to Monon, today, to investigate some railroad positions which they have in view. S. Rosen burg and wife, who have been sojourning here for the past month, returned to their home in Chicago, today. Mrs. L. Martin and two little girls of Indianapolis, have returned home after a week.s visit with Mr 3. C. B. Steward. Miss Irma Kannal left this morning for Evanston, 111., where she will attend Northwestern University another year. C. J. Brown who formerly lived near here, and who hns been here for several days past, returned to his home in Ohio today. M iss Gertude Taylor, of Wolcott, who has been visiting Miss Jennie Harris since Sunday, returned hortie this morning. Rev. and Mrs. E. Baech and children returned to Indianapolis, this afternoon, after an extended visit with their Rensselaer relatives. Harry Burton, who played short stop with the Rensselaer ball team during the past season, a

has returned to his home in Chicago. Egwood, of the Stock Farm, was to race at Milwaukee, today. T. J. McCoy, Delos Thompson and B. F. Fendig are there to see the race. Mr. and Mrs. John White, uncle and aunt of Miss Harriet White, and her brother, Albert White, of Chicago, are visiting here for a few days. Garrett W. Doty has bought the Valparaiso daily and weekly Star of James McConahay. It was independent in politics but he will make it Republican. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Day, and their sister, Mrs. L. Norman, left on a pleasure trip to Kingman Co., Kan., this morning. They will visit various relatives while away. J. G. Reynolds hns his horses at the Flora fair this week. Mr. Reynolds has some very fast horses, and he took 3 firsts and 1 second at the Morocco fair last week. Miss Harriet White, of this place and Dr. Jones, of Willmingtou, 111. are to be married tomorrow at noon, at the home of the bride’s father. Mr. Robert White, on Weston street. O. G. Wilder, an old soldier formerly residing in this county, now living in Newton Co., near Rose Lawn, was in town today He says that in his part the crops are the best ever known. Charles Robinson, oldest son of the P. M., has now become a permanent member of the postoffice force. He will take the place of Mrs. E. P. Honan, who will retire in a short time. - H. J. Nichols, the well known stock buyer of Lowell, whose insanity was mentioned some time ago, died very soon after his removal to the asylum. His funeral was held at Lowell last Wednesday Mrs. Sarah Keefer and neice, Miss Grace Gee, took their departure for Denver, Colo., yesterday afternoon. They expect to remain there permanently, and their many friends here wish them well in their new home. Mrs. H. B. Gramer and Mrs. J. R. Harmes, of Helena, Montana, departed for their homes, Monday, after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Borntrager, south of town. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Gramer of White county, also visited Mr. Borntrager, going home Saturday. Manager Fendig has been trying to secure the Chicago Unions and the Cuban Giants, a double coon combination, for an exhibition game at Riverside Athletic Park. He failed however because the Cubans are going back to New York Thursday. John E. Meyers, the Kniman merchant, was in town today, on his way home from a Chicago business trip. He reports that the region around Kniman has the best crops this year it ever had. He thinks 30,000 bushels of outs have been shipped from his place this season, which is something unparalleled for that town. The corn crop also far exceeds anything ever before seen there. There has been no frost to hurt and now the corn is practically atl out of the way of it.

WEDNESDAY. Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Porter are in Chicago for a short time. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. S. Ellis are in Chicago, for a few days on business. Joe Reynolds is working for the Conkey printing company, at Hammond. Remember the Township Sunday school rally next Sunday, at the M. E. Church. Mrs. Lucy Malchow of Monticello, is visiting friends and relatives here for a short time. Born, Tuesday, Oct. 20th, to Mr. and Mrs. Harley Lamson. some miles southwest of town, a son. B. F. Fendig and J. E. Wilson returned today from Milwaukee,

where they were attending the : Wisconsin state fair. | Judge James McCabe, of the supreme court, has been very sick at his home near Williamsport, but 1 is now recovering. At one time it was thought he conld not poss- t ibly recover. Pete Brenner, who went to j Lebanon a month ago, has now j gone to Indianapolis, where he ' has a much better place in the , drug store of Alma Babb, formerly of Remington. i In the 2:20 trot yesterday at Milwaukee, Egwood one of the Stock Farm horses won the first i heat but lost the race. He trotted the mile in 2:14$ which was the fastest heat in the race, | The management of the foot i ball team has received word from j the strong Attica team, and they want a game with our team on or shortly after Oct. Ist. Our boys will very probably accommodate them, and give them a good game. James G. Blythe, the wealthy business man and ex-banker of Delphi, who committed suicide a few days ago, left no heir except a half brother, who is himself a wealthy man. This half brother , himself has no heirs except a ' single neice. Stephen Horsey, leader of the treasonable organization known as Knights of the Golden Circle, of civil war times, died the other day in the Martin county poor house, near Shoals. Horace Heffren, a leader of equal notoriety, is also dead, his death occurring in Wash- i ington county. The two men died within 24 hours of each other. ! The band has decided to enter , the bJnd contest at Delphi, Fri-: day, Sept. 30, which is the last J day of the Delphi Street Fair. A j great many of the best bands in this part of the state have already entered, and the competition for the prize will be very sharp. Our j boys, under the direction of Prof, j Baughman, are working hard and they undoubtly will give a good account of themselves. Users of city electric lights will do well to keep in mind the fact that on and after October Ist the pay in advance rule goes in force. On and after that date the rule will be for all users of the lights to pay one month in advance. Of course this will require a double payment on the first of the coming month, for the month that is , past and for the month that is to come. A couple of travelers in an open buggy attracted considerable attention in town today. They seemed from their guns and clothing to be hunters but one of the two was evidently a woman in men’s clothing. They claimed to be from Cincinnati and just out for an outing. From the looks of their horse their outing is pretty nearly o.ut. The presence in town of two expastors of the Presbyterian chucch and their wives. Rev. and Mrs. M. R. Paradis, of Hasting, Minn., and Rev. and Mrs. E. Baech, of Indianapolis, was made the occasion of a very successful reception in their honor, last evening. It took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E, Murray, on River street. About 90 or more guests- were present. The guests were entertained with music, and choice refreshments j were served at 10. The dec. orations in the diniug room were | unsually elegant and tasteful.

THURSDAY. Mrs. T. J. McCoy and daughter, Luella, are in Chicago, visiting for a few days. Rev. W. H. Sayler is attending the Baptist Ministers’ conference, at Wolf Lake, this week. Mrs". P. Lally and Mrs. Rena Paxton of Michigan City, are visiting Mrs. Lally's daughter, Mrs, N. J. Reed. Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth nnd children returned Wednesday, from their summer's outing at Charlevoix, Michigan.

Miss Jessie Stephenson, who has been visiting her parents for the past week, returned to Chicago again this merning. Rev. M. R. Paradis started on his return trip to his home in Hastings,. Minn-., this morning. Mrs. Paradis will follow him in a short time. D. M. Worland asrived last night from a two weeks trip to southeastern Kansas, where most of hi 3 relatives are living. He is figuring on returning there to live Wallace Parkison and his young bride, who have been spending part of their honeymoon at Muncie, and southern Indiana poiots, arrived home Wednesday afternoon. Rev. and Mrs. H. M. Middleton who have been visiting at LaPorte, and South Bend, since the conference at Plymouth closed, returned home Wednesday. Leo and Helen Tuteur and John Eiglesbach, went to South Bend, today, where Leo and John will take the business course at Notre Dame, and Helen will enter St. Mary's Seminary. It is claimed that a Chicago man has discovered and perfected the secret of photographing in colors, and that all the colors in a | bed of flowers may be reproduced exactly in all the various shades. Tom Manly, the iron man, who is very well acquainted, and has many friends here, arrived here Wednesday for a few days visit. He has just lately came west after being, in Boston, Mass., for 3 or 4 months. Monon will have its first street , fair the first week in October. It 1 is being worked up with a great I deal of energy by the business men | and citizens generally, and their ! efforts ought to be rewarded by a decided success. Miss Hattie Nichols, who has been studying millinery styles in Chicago, returned home yesterday, and left for Topeka, Ind., this morning where she has a 10 weeks engagement with one of the largest millinery stores at that place The word from Lieut. John Ward this week confirms the report that he has typhoid fever, but his condition is not regarded as dangerous. His sister Mollie is assisting in nursing him, and his mother has been with him since Saturday. —Monticello Herald. E. A. Yost returned yesterday from Nebraska, where he has been on a land inspecting tour. He was very much pleased with the country and tried to rent a farm but found it impossible to do so, owing to the large number of renters. • Canada will vote for or against total prohibition Sept. 29. Every man who is a British subject living in Canada, of the age of twentyone years, enjoys the privilege of voting on the question and the vote will be taken from the Atlantic to the Pacific, including the Klondike region. Colder weather and very possibly sharp frosts may be naturally expected to follow the present rainy

spell. Frosts however, unless they are very severe, can not do so very much harm as far the greater part of the corn crop is out of danger. Of course a heavy frost any time tliis month would be injurious to uncut corn for fodder purposes. A second attempt was made yesterday to let the contract of cleaning the Union Lakin ditch, but again without success. The few ditch contractors who wero present were all of the opinion that tho work could not profitable be done at the maximum price set by the ditch commissiners, 10 cents per yardToday, Thursday, Sept. 22. at 7 o’clock P. M., occurs the autumnal equinox when the sun crosses the equator on its Southward movement, and days and nights are again of equal length, all over the* world. Astronomers have come to reckon the ending of summer and the beginning of autumn with tliis event. So ‘‘the summer is gone and the harvest is ended.” Hut not all the harvest in this region, by a good ways for Jasper county has, in the aggregate the biggest crop of corn it ever raised still to bo tiarvested. The periods of the equinoxes, both spring and autumn have been considered fruitful of storms, since time immemorial, and the “equinoctial storm” is always confidently expected. But like most other long range weather

rules and predictions, this one misses a good deal more often than it hits, although the “equinoctial ! storms” seem to hnve got here i promptly on time, this time. i