Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1898 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist ot Local Happenings -„' 4 * ’ Classified Under Their Respective Headings. v FRIDAY. Vessie Grow is recovering from an attack of typhoid fever. Frank Maloy is home from South Bend and will stay until after the election. Mose Leopold still continues to improve and will soon be able to be about again. Miss Jessie Thornton has gone to Logansport, where she will remain indefinately. Ira Osborne has returned from Francesville, and expects to remain here this winter. Mr. and Mrs. A. McKenzie, returned to Monticello, today after a short visit here with friends. William Parkison and M. L. . Spitler, Jr., of the State University law school, are home to vote. Miss Nettie Heaton has returned to her home in Thorntown, after a several weeks visit with her aunt, Mrs. J. Flynn. Mrs. J. A. Beck, of Fairfield, lowa, has returned to her home after a week's visit with her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe. District Chairman T. J. McCoy returned today from a trip through the northern part of »this district. It was his last trip of the campaign. Mr, and Mrs. R. F. Williams moved to Delphi, their former residence, today, and will keep house for his father, Jackson Williams, whose own wife died about a week ago.

Mrs. A. Woodworth is at Monon on account of the serious condition of her nephew, the young boy who had both arms cut off by falling under the wheels of a car previously mentioned. Miss Edythe Parker, whose fine execution on the mandolin is remarkable, delightfully entertained a crowd of young people last evening, at the residence of Mrs. Delos Thompson. Miss Parker returned to Chicago this morning. Mrs. Amy Yeoman and two sons, of Kingman, Kan., who have been visiting with her numerous relatives and friends here for the past two months, started on their return trip home this morning. The annual county Sunday school convention began in the Presbyterian church this afternoon, and will continue until tomorrow. There will be sessions this afternoon and evening, and sessions tomorrow in the forenoon and the afternoon. Harry Crawford, the well known and very slippery railroad builder, had his private car sold at auction, at Anderson yesterday, to apply on a #IO,OBO judgement, in favor of Wm. Foster, of Goodland. The car only brought $550.

SATURDAY. Mrs. A. Tyler is still quite sick with a fever. Miss Floy Nowels is visiting her brother at Hammond. Louis Hopkins of Chicago, is visiting his mother for a few days. The little boy of E. L. Ffddler of Pleasant Ridge, is very sick with the pneumonia Mr. and Mrs* David Feigly of Dayton, Ohio, are visiting their sister, Mrs, John Zimmerman. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hershman, near the depot, Friday night, Nov. 4, 1898, a fine boy. Mrs. Isaac Reubelt, who has been here attending the funeral of her father returned to her home iu Dana, today. Jesse E. Wilson made a Republican speech at Gillam Center, last night. He had a very large and very attentive audience.

E. P. Honan and Ernest Wishard of the Indianapolis Law and Medical schools, respectively, have returned home for the election Mrs. E. H. Shields and her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Malchow, have gone to Indianapolis for several weeks visit with relatives. Miss Gertrude Small is visiting friends here for a few days. One of the prominent teachers of Jasper Co. seems to be especially .interested in her. Judge Thompson has appointed Miss Bertha Parcells, the able deputy in thef county clerk’s office, as court librarian. She will have full charge of all the law and other books belonging to the circuit court. Miss Laura McCellan entertained about 10 couple of her friends last night, at a ma3quarde party. A very good time was enjoyed by all, the guests being entertained iby music and games. Refreshments were served.

George D. Meyer and Acenia M. Ford, both of Remington, were licensed to marry by the county clerk, yesterday. The couple are a grassy outfit, both having been parties to successful divorce cases during the term of court just closed.

H. W. Porter, who had continued without much change for several days, except perhaps a slow decrease of strength, was very bad again yesterday afternoon, and at three o’clock was thougltt to be dying. He rallied again, however, and seems a little better, today. The comparatively long spell of dry, fine weather ended in a big rain and thunder storm, last night, during which much water fell. It is greatly to be hoped that the rainy conditions will not continue as dry weather is now the greatest need of the farmers.

Nature was afflicted with a hysterical fit of weeping during October That month was the wettest October in years. Usually it i 3 one of the dryest. In ’97 there fell 1.45 inches of rain. ’96 there descended 165 inches, but in ’9B the record shows 7 inches.

Atty. Ray D. Thompson was one of the unlucky ones to be left at McCoysburg last night, by the stock train. And Ray thought that he was badly needed here in town, so he started on foot down the track at a pace which would have left “Pud” Zimmerman far in the rear, but by the time he had reached Rensselaer, he was barely moving. Ray says that there are several thousand ties between here and McCoy sburg.

In the matters of the school house trouble at Sandridge, in Barkley Tp., settled in the circuit court Thursday, the school in the new building is not abandoned, as incorrectly stated Friday, but an additional teacher is employed for the old building. Wm. Holderness teaches the new building and Miss Ethel Sharp in the old one. Both belong in Rensselaer.

Two great meteoric displays are billed for this month. On the 13th and 27, according to Garrett P. Servis aud other astronomers who are acting as advance agents for the show, there will be, for two nights only, “a dazzling, pyrotechnical panorama of stupendous magnitude, and unapproachable in beauty.” But meteoric displays do not always materialize when promised. Hebron News:—Dr. J. C. Scott, of Wheatfield, and Miss IdaTeppa, of Rochester, were married at the latter place Saturday evening, October 22,1898. They will go to housekeeping at Rochester at once nt which place the Doctor will locate. The .Doctor is well known in this community and his many friends wish him and. his a happy and useful life. Dr. Scott read medicine with Dr. Pagel of this plaoe about two years ago. Uncle Mac and his band had a rousing Republican meeting at McCoysburg, last night, but the end up was not so pleasant for the large number who atteuded from Rensselaer. The stock train, which

was depended on to bring them back did not stop long enough for them to get from the school house to the depot. But Uncle Mac skurried around among his McCoysburg friends and soon secured enough farm wagons to bring* the whole party home. Several however, who did not wait for the wagons made the trip on foot.

MONDAY. Chase Kelley is in Chicago, today. Merl Gwin visited relatives in Monon over Sunday. Arthur Ivreesler of the Indianapolis Medical school is home to vote. Attorney William Cummings of Kentland, is in town on bus. iness today. • B. F. Fendig is enjoying his southern visit so much that he will not return until next Friday. Mrs. W. H. Sanders and daughter are visiting her parents in Hendricks county. Frank Savier, who has been working on the Monticello street improvement for several months, is home for the winter. An infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Tyner died Saturday. The funeral was held today, and burial made at Osborne cemetery. Mesdumes C. W. Coen and N. Randle arrived home from Inddianapolis, Saturday, where they have been visiting relatives. H. W. Porter, continues to grow steadily weaker and it is probable that his death can not be deferred more than a few days at the most, and is liable to come at uny time. Mrs. George Meyers of Chicago who has been visiting Mr. and

Mrs. C. C. Starr, and attending j the funeral of Peter Rhoads returned home Sat urday evening. Frank Vandermark, of the 160th t Indiana, is back here again on a * 14 days furlough. His regiment is now stationed at Columbus, Ga., • and is very apt to be sent to Cuba, \ to do garrison duty. J. W. McEwen, of the dem-*’f ocratic Sentinel, is building him- I self a printing office in the rear | of his residence, with its front on j Harrison street- Rush and War- j ren are doing the work. The football team of the State University, passed through here yesterday. They were returning | home from South Bend, where i they had defeated Notre Dame’s | celebrated team Saturday.

Mrs. Mary Gwin; wife of J. M. Gwin, died Sunday evening, about 6:30 o’clock, at her home near Pleasant Ridge, after quite a long sickness. The funeral will bo held Tuesday, at 10:30 A. M., at Trinity M. E. church, in Rensselaer, by Rev. H. M. Middleton. Interment will be in Weston cemetery. Uncle John Makeover is preparing to put up some business rooms on Washington street, east of the Makeever House. They will occupy the place where now the old building occupied by the Democratic Sentinel is, and which will be moved away or torn down. / A farmer from out north had a very narrow escape at the depot this morning. The local freight engine was backing some curs very rapidly on to the switch at the Main street crossing, and they were not seen by the driver until they were quite close; by the very liberal use of the whip however he managed to get over just as the cars grazed the hind end of his wagon.

Arthur Lakin, since his return to his regiment, has had a battle more injurious to him than the fighting on San Juan hill. He was guarding some regimental prisoners, when two of them got into ru ugly fight. They paid no attention to his orders to desist, and he began thumping one of them with his gun. At this a third man stepped up behind Lakin and seized the gun and held it, and while he and Lakin were struggling for the gun the other prisoners pounded Lakin badly over the head and back. He was pretty badly hammered up.