Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1898 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. , Daily Grist of Local Happenings Classified Under Tlieir Respective Headings. TUESDAY. Mrs. John McColly is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe are in Chicago, buying goods. Harry Kurrie is attending court at Monticello this week. Louie Leopold and Mrs. Rae Mossier are in Chicago, buying winter goods this week. The Y. P. S. C. E. concert, Thursday night, will be a rare treat to lovers of music. Come. Mrs. A, T. Perkins, whose sudden but severe sickness was mentioned Monday, is now much better. Will R. White, of Indianapolis, is in town today, on business for the Washington B. & L. Association. Miss Bessie Gardner, who teaches school in Attica returned there after a short visit with her parents here. Miss Jessie Adams returned to Monon, today, after a visit with Mrs. Ruth Schrader and Miss Edna Dillon. C. Bartlett and family have returned to their home in Monticello, after a visit with Mrs. Bartlett’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Foster. The annual election of officers of the W- R) C. will take place next Monday evening, Dec. 5. All members are requested to be present. Editor McEwen, of the Democratic Sentinel, has been laid up from the effects of a bad cold, for some time, and issued no paper last week.

The grocery firm of Crevistou & .Wasson, doing business orgMain street, near the depot, has failed and their stock is to be sold to satisfy a mortgage. Ellis & Murray are reliably reported to be looking for other rooms on the expiration of their lease of Leopold's corner building, which they now occupy. James Garriott, an aged citizen of Union Tp., died a few days ago, and his funeral was held Sunday. Several of his sons are prominent residents of Union township.

Laßue Brothers are moving their grocery stock today from the opera house block into their new location in Nowels block, preparatory to opening their proposed new department store. The Fortnightly Fiction Club has changed its time of meeting from Wednesday to Thursday evening and will meet at the home of Mrs. F. A. Ross Thursday evening of this week. B. F. Fendig is moving his drug store today, into the room in Leopold's Arcade building, next door west of the post-office. Mr. Fendig will now have a much better room than before and in a more central location.

WEDNESDAY. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Babcock are in Chicago today. Mrs. Lida McDonald, of Delphi, js visiting Mrs. H. T. Bott. Mrs. Marsh Warner and little son are visiting her sister at Delphi. Mrs. Berry Paris and little granddaughter have-returned from a visit with relatives at Oxford. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth gave a dinner party last evening, to al)out a dozen guests. Art Nowels and family returned to Hnmtnond this morning, aftei a week’s visit with their parents. Miss Mabel Hepp returned to Lowell, yesterday, after spending several days with Miss Myrtle Haus.

Miss Thersa Duggan who has been trimming for Mrs. Lecklider this fall has, returned to her home in Chicago. Al Blake has moved from one of Wm. B. Austin’s houses in the west part of town, to the first house south of the Christian church. C. C. Kent, of Kentland, owner of the big Kent ranches in Newton and Jasper counties, near Fair Oaks, is here on business today. Henry Farmer, son A. G. W. Farmer, left for Yukon, Oklahoma today, where he expects to go into the real estate business with ail uncle. The Mcllraths, famous Inter Ocean cyclists who have been riding around the world, are now back in Indiana, having reached South Bend yesterday.

Mrs. Mattie Henkle and children, Fred and Grace, arrived from Wichita, Kan., today. They have been gone about 6 months trying the change of climate for the benefit of their health. The four members of the far famed ‘‘sheepskin band,” are now the possessors of suitable uniforms, the money for which “was raised by Uncle Mac, mostly out of his own pocket. Rev. V. O. Fritts received news today of the death, at his home at Carlisle, Ky., of his half brother Dr. W W. Fritts, a retired physician of that city. He had reached the advanced age of upwards of 80 years. His funeral was held this afternoon. Paul Dresser, the poet and composer, and author of “On The Banks of The Wabash” and other very popular songs, left for New York Tuesday, after four or five weeks sojourn at Indiana Mineral Springs, where he had been sweating off several dozen pounds of more or less poetic fat, in the wholly nnpoetic mud baths, at that place. He is said to have composed a number of fine pieces while at the springs.

The football season of ’9B has closed. And the team supporting the Red and Black has only been defeated once. They have scored 102 points to their opponents 16. The failure to get games thi3 year has been a great disappointment, only 5 games being played. Every effort was made by the management to secure more games, but the reputation of our team has spread every where, and very few teams cared to buck up against them. The northern insane hospital at Logansport is so crowded with patients that many applications for admission have to be denied. Medical Superintendent Rogers has sent letters to the county clerks of Northern Indiana informing them that in receiving patients, selection is made according to the urgency of the cases solely, and not according to priority of application, but other things being equal preference will be given to priority. At the present time there is room for all urgent cases for men: for women there are forty cases in suspension.

Miss Pearl Rogers, who had been here a few days looking up the prospects for giving a public entertainment in connection with some of our charitable organizations, went to Kentland today, in response to an invitation from parties there; but it is understood that she will return at a later date. Miss Rogers has been engaged in the vocation of organizing entertainrnents with the aid of local tab ent for several years, and judging from the very large number of fnvorable press reports she has received, her entertainments ure remarkably successful, and her methods of dealing with people above reproach. Her latest entertainment of this kind was at Monticello on Wednesday night of last week nnd according to the papers there it was the “hit of the season." She has given entertainments at several other neighboring towns, such as Good land and Winnmnc, though for the most part she has operated mostly in the gas towns of this state. We are satisfied that if any of the charitable organizations of

Rensselaer may have had a desire to avail themselves of Miss Rogers’ talents and experience, in organizing a public entertainment, that if they will investigate her methods and results in other towns, that they will find she is all right, in every respect.

THURSDAY. Music. Wednesday Dec. 7. The Sherwood Quartet. Ellis’ New Opera House. . Al Rishliug is in Montioello, on business today. You must not miss the Musical next Wednesday night. James Yeoman from near Indianapolis, is home for a short visit. The Sherwood Quartet will give the finest Musical ever given in Rensselaer. Every member of the Sherwood Quartet is an artist. Do not f; T to hear them.

Robt. Randle, traveling agent for the Ohio Rake Co., is home for a fe\/ days. Grant Hopkins whose sickness was mentioned before continues about the same. Young Doran of Monon, who had both arms cut off recently, is now up and around. Miss Rosa McColly who' has been in Chicago Heights for the past year, is home on a visit. Miss Emma Burgett returned last night from a month’s visit with relatives at Newman, 111. Drs. Alter and Kannal were out behind Fair Oaks after quails, Tuesday. They run into 8 or 9 covies and bagged 31 quails. Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Kannal entertained ten persons at a quad dinner, yesterday. Tho quails were the spoils of the l)r’s trusty shot gun, used Tuesday. Isaac Parker, the new Makeever House bus line owner, is moving his family to town, today, from two miles north of town. He is moving into Wm. Tanner's house, in tho east part of town. David Jakes received a telegram last night from Indianapolis ordering him to report at once as the recruits to the regiment would start south Friday. Dave is going in the band of the 161st regiment, and will probably soon be sent to Cuba to do garrison duty.

Miss Maggie Kenton, who recently went to Ridgeville, Randolph Co., to assist Rev. D. A. Tucker in conducting a revival, lias developed such ability as an evangelist that she has been sent to Salem, in the same county, to conduct a revival by herself.

W. J. Miller is at work on the ceiling of the first or basement story of the court house, which is the only place in the building where the original frescoing has proved defective. Mr. Miller attributes that failure to the fact that the ceiling had not dried sufficiently when the fresco work was done. Mr. Miller will re-fresco the ceiling after the original design. It begins to look as though Jasper county would again need to advertise furnished and furnace heated lodgings for single 'gentlemen, to let. The only occupants of the county now nro two parties from Newton county, who are serving sentences. From our own county there is not so much even as u crank, tramp or common drunk in confinement.

An opinion from U. S. AttorneyGeneral Griggs has practically removed the revenue tax from a large proportion of bank checks. It is held that a depositor may obtain money from the hank by signing a leceipt for the desired amount and presenting it in person, in which case no stnmp is required. The local banks now have blank receipts for this purpose to accommodate their customers. Monticello Journal;—Miss Pearl J. Rodgers whs in the city today, etiroute from Reusseiner to Kentland, where she, assisted by the Rathbono sisters, will give the Honolulu Belles. After Miss Rod-

gers completes her engagement in Kentland she will return to Rensselaer where she will give the entertainment, under the auspices of the Rebekali lodge. The entertainment, under the direction of Miss Rodgers, is first-class and affords an evening of real pleasure. The Modern Woodmen of America had a big time at their temporary hall in the Odd Fellows build* ing last Tuesday night. Sixteen new members were taken in, the work being performed by a team from Wadena, who were well acquainted with their work and performed their part in good shape. At 11 o’clock supper was serxed at Goff’s, and after supper the work was continued until a late hour. Herbert Rees, Deputy Head council, with headquarters at Logansport, has been here for several weeks working up an interest in the order, and has succeeded so well that about '■!s dew members have or will, be taken into the lodge. A fund was being raised at

Brookfcton to defray the expense of bringing home the body of August Stub I man, the first Indiana soldier killed in the SpanishAmerican war, but n li'tter from Seecetnry Alger to Congressman Crumpncker in tho meantime announced that some time during tlm winter the remains of all American soldiers who Imd been killed in battle or died from noncontagious diseases would be brought back to the United States at Goverment expense and sloped to their relatives. It is now proposed to use the.money to erect a monument to young Stahlman.