Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1898 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. , . . * ——- Daily Grist ot Local Happenings Classified Under Their Respective Headings. FRIDAY. Ross Sigler, of Monon, is in town on business today. Will Clark of Groodland, is visiting friends bereTor a few days. Sunday school rally next Sunday at 2:30 p. m. at the M. E. church. T. J. McCoy and wife returned from Milwaukee and Chicago last night. - Attorneys Dunn and Kurrie were attending court at Monticello, yesterday. Cris Larson and Frank Iliff from Rose Lawn are in town on business, today. Miss Carrie Randle, who has been quite sick for the past week is now able to be out again. A little girl of William Hammond, in the south part of town, is very low with malarial fever. David Hahn, who lives in the south part of town, has five of his family sick with malarial fever. Frank Sayler, who is working in Monticello, returned there today after a few days visit, here at home. Robt. Hopkins returned home from Indianapolis Thursday, where he had been taking a weeks vacation. Mrs. Rebecca Bireely of Liberty Center has returned home after a few weeks’ visit with David Brooks and family. Mrs. Jennie Whiteside from Lawrence county, 111., is visiting her sisters, Mrs. J. Cowden and Mrs. W. Clouse. I. J. Porter returned home from Chicago last evening, where he has been on a business and pleasure trip combined. Owing to the rains yesterday evening, the band gave no concert, but the same program will be given this evening, at the usual place. The Laporte papers claim that the Corbett-McCoy puglistic fight is to be pulled off in the vicinity' of their city, in the near future. Mrs. R. M. Paradis, of Hasting, Minn., who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Hollingsworth for a few days, returned home Thursday. J. H. Marshall left today for Joliet, 111., where he will visit for a short time, before continuing on his trip to points in Colorado and New Mexico. A few home grown peaches are on the local market, but they are very scarce and hard to get. The peach crop in this vicinity being almost a total failure this fall. Tom Manly, who has been visiting friends here for a few days, has gone to his home at Connorsville, this state, for a visit. After that he will be located at Chicago. Will Clouse returned last night from the southern part of the state. While gone he bought a car load of nice cattle, which he intends t* feed on his farm this winter. Mrs. L. White and Mr. E. D. Webb, who have been visiting their sister, Mrs. S. J. Austin for a week, have returned home; Mrs. White to Lafayette, and Mr. Webb to Randall, Colo. In a letter to his parents, Wilbur Tharp states that his brother, Walter, a member of the 161st Reg’t. stationed at Jacksonville, Fla., is very sick with typhoid fever. The promotors of the Monon street fair are trying to get the Rensselaer fool ball team to play there with some other good team during the fair. It undoubtly would be a good drawing card, as the fame of our last year’s team has spread all over this part of the state.

The Williamsport school trustees will heat the .school buildings in accordance with the directions j of the state health board. They j were about to put steam radiators in the rooms where the pupils study. The board stopped them. Now they will warm the rooms by introducing warm air, a fresh supply being introduced from without constantly. The state health board condemns school house heating where the air is used over and over again. The Vanderbilt people did not take possession of the Monon at the annnal meeting of the latter at Indianapolis yesterday. Crawford Fairbanks, of Terre Haute, and John A. Hilton, of New York, were re-elected directors. It had been supposed that the Big Four men would take their places. Manager McDoel said the proposed consolidation is off at present, but that it would come up later. It is understood that a majority of the stock is owned by the Big Four interests, but the actual merging of the two properties is deferred. . SATURDAY, Miss Sophia Wilson is in Monon for an extended visit. Daniel Wood, 4 miles south of town, is very seriously sick. The two little boys of W. Parks are sick with malarial fever. Judge Reynolds of Monticello, is in town on business today. W. E. Healtlj of Danville, 111., was in town yesterday on business. ’ Mrs Ray Wood is spending a week among friends at Monticello Mrs. W. Merica and child are 1 visiting with her parents at Delphi. Miss Ethel Mills is confined to her room on account of sickness. Mrs. Floyd Robinson is visiting her parents at Delphi, for a few days. Mel Abbott returned this morning from a week’s visit with relatives at Delphi. Mrs. Chas. Fiddler and children are visiting relatives at Paris, 111., for a few weeks. Lem Lefler returned home today after an extended trip to Omaha and Lincoln, Neb. Grandmother Chilcote is recovering from a severe attack of erysipelas in her head. vMiss Laura McDaina has gone to Benton county where she expects to remain this winter. Miss Luella Boyd, of Mt. Vernon, lowa, is visiting her uncle, Granville Moody and family. Mrs. C. B. Harold left for her home in Spencer, Ind , today after a month’s visit with her relatives here. F. Shriner and wife of Chicago, have returned to their home, after a visit with their brother, Geo. Shriner. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Daugherty have returned home after a ten days’ visit with relatives at Hammond and Chicago. August Jackins who has been visiting at the Indian School for the past two weeks, returned to his home in North Judson, this morning. Seven ladies of the VV. R. C. went to Fowler early yesterday morning to attend the district convention there, of that order. They returned today at noon. J. J. Eigelsbacli had the misfortune to lose one of his big bay horses this morning. This is the third valuable horse to die for Mr. Eigelsbach in the past three months. Mrs. Wm,' B. Austin who has been at Lafayette taking care of her daughter Virgie, returned home last night. < She reports that Virgie is much better and will be able to come home in about a week, Our old friend William Daniels, north of town, presented the Republican force with a large basket of peaches today. They were extra large and of fine flavor Mr. Daniels says he has a large crop of them at home. 8. H- Petrie, whose sensational

disappearance from Wheatfield occurred some time ago, has rejoined his wife at Lowell. He is unable to account for himself during his absence, further than that he was in adiospital several weeks. The High School organized a foot ball team last night. Jay Saylors was elected captain, and Merl Gwin manager. Manager Gwin was ordered to arrange games with any of ihe High School team which belong to the X. W. A. A. The 128th Indiana regiment will hold its eleventh annual reunion at Monticello. on Oct. 5 and 6. Judge John E. Cass has been selected to give an address. General Jasper Packard, the former commander, now of the New Albany Tribune, will also be present. All entertainment will be free. The State Board of Health, in its monthly bulletin, predicts that the opening of the public schools throughout the state will be attended with an increase of scarlet fever and diphtheria School authorities are urged to put into force the rules of the board gpverning the sanitary care of school | houses. Friend’s of W. S Holdern ess, a j former teacher in this county are expecting him at nnv time to make a visit here. He has been in the volunteer army and just, returned from Porto Rico, last Sunday: He joined the first Illinos regiment as a private, but was afterwards transferred to the engineering corp, nnd was sent to Porto Rico. The enrollment of school pupils in Indiana for the present school year will be the largest ever before attained, due to the increased population and the vigilancy of truant officers. Reports show that there are 800,0<30 children in the state of school age. There are 10,050 school houses to shelter them and 15,052 teachers to give them instruction. Schuyler Colfax, son of Hon. Schuyler Colfax, was elected mayor of South Bend on the third day of last May and assumed the duties of his office last Monday night. He is but twenty-eight years of age, the youngest mayor in America, but being a “chip off the old block” he is capable and will fill the office in a very efficient manner. The band gave another one of its excellent concerts last evening. These concerts are always the event of the week, and are enjoyed by a large crowd of people. On account of very few people knowing that the concert was to be on Friday night, the crowd was not as large as usual. Prof. Baughman nnd the boys deserve great credit for the high class work that they are doing, and the people here should not fail to appreciate such an excellent organization. The recent decision of the county commissioners not to dismiss the actions to recover the money

advanced by the county on the Wakarusa and Iroquois ditches, has resulted in injunction proceed- | iqgs being commenced in the cir- ! cuit court, by the petitioners in the Wakarusa matter. They want i the commissioners to be restrained ! frorp proceeding with the suit to collect the money paid out, and al-! so want the order of the comrnis-' sioners dismissing the ditch, re- ' versed. The suit is agaipst the Commissioners of both Jasper and : White counties. MONDAY. Fred Sargeant is on the sick list. J. J. Montgomery is at Reynolds today. Jesse Wilson is at Monticello, today. R. S. Dwigginß is in Chicago a few days. Frank Foltz is attending court at Kentland. O. H. Parker of Delphi, was in town today. Mr. and Mrs. Austin are at Lafayette today. Thompson and Livingston Ross visited in Chicago over Sunday. H. W. Porter is confined to his bed as a result of injuries received by*a fall. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Fendig of Wheatfield, spent Sunday with relatives here. Arthur Kressler left today for Indianapolis, where he will enter the Medical college. Mrs. F. B. Meyers and Mrs. Grant Warner are taking a few days outing on the Kankakee. Dr. Washburn is attending a little girl of T. W. Grant at Rose Lawn, who is very seriously sick. Claud Collins, sfter a two weeks visit with Mrs. Frances Ham returned to his home at Chicago today. Mrs. W. H. Conway, of Frankfort is the guest of Mr. T. Z. McMurray and family, four miles west of town. Mr. and Mrs. J, W. White after spending several days with relatives in the city returned home to Wilmington, 111., today. J. G. Cusson, lately of Rensselaer, has accepted a position as foreman on B. J. Gifford’s new railroad, §nd has begun the work. The Goodland Herald announces that that paper has been leased to H. J. Bartoo, of Rensselaer, who will take possession of the same on or before Oct. 15th. Miss Mary Washburn, of Chicago, spent Sunday with her parents. Her brother Ira accompained her back to Chicago,' today where he will resume his studies at the Rush Medical College. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rowles, and daughter, of Winamac, came over Saturday to visit their son William Rowles, of the Chicago Bargain Store. Mr, Rowles will, return home Tuesday, but bis wife and daughter will remain the rest of the week. On the north-bound Monon train Thursday » evening were three soldiers fastened together and carefully guarded. The men belonged to the First Virginia regiment and had disobeyed orders. They were being taken to Fort Sheridan to serve out a sentence at six months at hard labor. An acetylene gas tank exploded in the cellar of Jesse Holtatn’s store at Earl Park Saturday afternoon about 4 o’clock. It did considerable damage to tho Btoek in the cellar and blew a hole through the floor above but without doing serious damage. This seems to be a rather dangerous gaH as this is the second explosion within the past few months.—Fowler Review.