Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1898 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist ot Local Happenings Classified Under Their Respective Headings. FRIDAY. Mrs. J. C. Gwin is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Thomas, at Monon. James Yeoman returned to Indianapolis, today after a short visit with his parents. , Miss Maud Fiddler east of town, is getting muoh better after an attack of typhoid fever. Jerry Schofield is ‘‘under the weather” today. Erv Bushey is driving his hack for him. Miss Mabel Matheson returned home today after a 4 months’ stay with relatives in Havana, 111. Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe, who have been spending the week in Chicogo buying goods, returned home today. Miss Leona Biggs lias returned from an extended visit with relatives at Bismark, 111., and at West Lebanon, Ind. v The Fiction club had an interesting meeting at Mrs. Boss’s last night. David Copperfield and Dickens’ works in general were discussed. David Gingerich, who lives on W. W. Wishard’s farm, 1 mile west of Mt. Ayr, will make a public sale on Saturday, Dec. 10th. He intends to remove to Mississippi. The 4th Infantry, U. S. Regulars, now stationed at Fort Sheridan, 111., of which Arthur Lakin of this city, is a member, will leave on Dec. 12th for the Phillipine Islands. Prof. Hayner was unable to stay to finish all of his piano tunwork b e * r < 3 , op flpooi), t of e severe cold. He returned to Chicago today, but will oome back here in a short time. B. F. Fendig, the druggist, has had one of the new kind of arc lights put into his new location, and used it for the first time last night. It makes a very fine and brilliantly white light. Dr. Boyd Jones, formerly of Medaryville, was elected coroner of Warren county, at the recent election, but at last accounts had not tiled his official bond, and the present coroner was likely to hold the office. A rail road quadiicycle machine, propelled by two men, stopped at the depot this morning, It is a four wheeled machine with two seats, and it is geared exactly like a bicycle. Two men can send it along at the rate of twenty miles an hour very readily.

SATURDAY. Mrs. Ora Ross is in Chicago, for a few days. Ansel Joyner and wife of Chicago, are visiting their son, J. T. Joyner. Mrs. Marsh Warner and son returned today from a short visit to Delphi. Mrs. Hugh Carroll, of Monon, was the gneßt of Mrs. W. H. Beam yesterday. Robert Talcott. from Liviugston, Montana, is the guest of Thompson Ross. Miss Berthu Nowels returned to Lafayette, today, after a ten days visit with her parents. Miss Olive Spitler, of Mattoon, 111., and Kerr Spitler, of Kentland, are visiting at M. L. Spitlerg. Mrs. Elizabeth Brown and daughter, Mrs. C. W. Coen have gone to Knox for a visit with relatives. Mrs. Fred Boothroyd and son Russell after a few days visit with Mrs. Mattie Schrader, returned to their home in Delphi today. The movement to kuock out Strick in the first ward, by a pet-

ition, was a failure. The time for filing snoh a petition expired last night. H C. Fredrick of Hammond, who has been here for few a day’s shooting, returned to his home this morniug with a big bag of game. The extra gang which has been working on the railroad between Fair Oaks and Monon, has finished up their work and were discharged today. Hazel Culbert the little orphan girl, left for Cincinnatti today, where she will re-enter the Orphans home at that place. She has been making her home with Geo. Calvert’s family. W. B. Austin is no longer owner of the town of Virgie, in Union Tp. He has sold the 80 acres which includes the plat of Virgie, to Henry Hocbbaum, who is the Virgie postmaster. Charley Kelley was

this afternoon, charged with being the party who ran over the little Anderson boy, with a bicycle, last Wednesday. The trail is being held before Squire Burnham. An industrial authority reports Indiana as possessing half of the window glass producing facilities of the nation. It produces over one-third of the plate glass, and a fourth of the flint and green glass, and stands first among the seventeen glass-producing states of the union.

“Punch” Platt has been getting punched again. This time his brother John did the Sharkey act. Dave got drunk last night and went home with the intention of throwing his father out of the house. But at the proper time •John Platt stepped in and proceeded to give “Punch” the necessary knock out blow\ John Sharp, a 16 year old boy was fined this morning, by Squire Burnham, for disorderly conduct, While they were going to the temperance meeting last night he guyed the members of the sheep-skin V.r.d, and otherwise made trouble and disturbance. The fine and costs amounted to $4.05. There are said to be other boys likely to fined for the same offense. Harry Zimmerman, of this place, now night operator at Fair Oaks, had the misfortune Friday morning, to accidentally fall from the top of the semaphore pole in front of the depot while in the act of taking down the target light used for signaling trains, a distance of about twelve feet and badly spraining bis left ankle and otherwise bruising himself. Although able to work he will be crippled for several days. While Lyman Zea and his men were coming to town last night from their work, and when about a mile out on the north gravel, they were run into by a team driven by Chas. Fish of “Nubbin Ridge.” Fish and young Hurley who were in the wagon had evidently bowled a little too freely during the day, as they were driving at a furious pace. Lyman

managed to get bis team out of the road, but they struck his wagon with awful force. The contents of both wagons were scattered over the highway aud adjoining fields. Lyman got off with only a broken whiffle tree, but the other rig was pretty badly demolished. A. Anderson’s six year old son was run over by a sidewalk bicycler Wednesday evening, in front of the Foster House. The little fellow’s leg was severely and very painfully hurt, and he has been laid up ever since. The bicycler was riding very fast and very reoklessly, and it is lucky that the boy was not muoh worse hurt. The bicycler did not even take the trouble to stop to see whether the ohild was hurt.or not. Of course this accident will not have any effect in deterring careless and rapid riding on the sidewalks. Of course if the boy had been killed it might have aroused our city council to perceive the necessity of repressing this great evil, but it looks as though nothing less than a fatal accident will put a stop to it.

MONDAY. Music. Wednesday Dec. 7. The Sherwood Quartet. Ellis’ New Opera House. E. M. Middleton returned Saturday from a week’s visit with friends at Laporte. The Sherwood Quartet will give the finest Musical ever given in Rensselaer. Attorney Harry Kurrie and Delos Thompson are in Monticello on business today. Chas. Vick, the optician, is fitting up an office, in the rooms over the Commercial bank.

Mr. nnd Mrs. Wm. B. Austin spent Sunday with Mrs. Austin’s parents at Lafayette. Mrs. I. B. Washburn is in Chicago visiting her son and daughter. Ira and Mary Waßhburn. Ira Washburn has had another attack of sickness, which mnkes the third since he returned from Cuba. Box social Friday eve Dec. Ifi, 1898, Pleasant Grove, Barkley Township. Short program will be prepared. Everybody invited. Rev. M. Brown and little daughter Grace, of Kokomo, returifod home today after a few days visit with D. H. Yeoman and family. Miss Olive Spitler, of Mattoon, 111., nnd Kerr Spitler, of Kentland, have returned home after a short visit with M. L. Spitler and family. Elder N. H. Sheppard, of the Christian chureh. went to Fair Onks today, to begin a series of meetings, which will continue for some time.

If you love music do not miss the entertainment next Wednesday night. You will always regret it if you are so unfortunate as not. to hear the Sherwood Quartet. Wm. B. Austin, left for New York City, today, on a business trip. Mrs. Austin aud Virgie accompanied him to Chicago, where they will remain for a few days. Geo. W. Lawrence, of Lowell, is the newly elected sheriff of Lake county. He had only about 25 majority, aud his democratic opponent is contesting his election The trial of the case will probably take place this week. Mrs. Jennie Brusnahan, of Seattle, Wash., is here for a protracted visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John English. Her husband, J. D. Brusuahun, stopped in Chicago for u short time, but will join her here in a lew days. Rev. C. O. Sherrell, pastor of the Brushwood U. B. church, has been conducting a series of meetings at Parr, for some time, and now has the assistance of another minister, from some other place. The meetings ure having a lurge attendance, and resulting in numerous conversions. Zimmerman, of the Valparaiso Messenger, and he ought to know, says that a woman will wear, an underskirt of such material that its rattle may be heard two blocks and so great colors that the rainbow is put to shame, and then she gets mad if a maq looks at. her when she holds her dress up out <jf the slush.

Capt. Guthrie, of the Monticello company, who so shamefully cheated George Healey out of his rightful position in the company, has now reduced Sergeatn Wilbur Thjurp to the ranks. Wo have not heard many of the particulars, but

from what we have heard, it was an* outrageously unjust act on Guthrie’s part. Henry Whittaker, now of Hammond, was in town today, on a sad errand. ’ It was to make arrangements to carry the remains of his two year old daughter, Ruby, back to Hammond, for interment. Mrs. Whittaker came to Gillnm Tp., with her children, on the day before Thanksgiving, to visit her parents, Mr. und Mrs. Benjamin Goldsherry. The next day the little girl was taken sick with lung fever, and died Sunday night, Dec. 4th. The funeral will be held at Hammond, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Whittaker formerly lived in Gillam Tp., and later at Wheatfield. They still have two boys, but Ruby t was their only girl. We have been handed a copy of the Atwood, Kans., Citizen, containing particulars of the death of M. W. Dumond, previously mentioned in this paper- Dumond it seems jumped from the windmill, to save himself irotu tailing, a distance of 18 feet. He suffered concussion of the brain atul spinal column. IJe rallied from the shock, and five days later made a trip to a near-by town, during which he got thoroughly chilled, but seemed to rally from that also: but the next evening, six days after his injury, he wus stricken with paralysis, and in a few hours was dead. He leaves a wife and two children. His wife was Augusta M. Zick, of Walker Tp., this county, and a sister of Mrs. Bruce White aud Mrs Wm. Warren, of Rensselaer. Duuiotid's age was 44 years.

Reliable information from a member of the family regarding the little unpleasantness nt the Platt residence on Van Rensselaer street, Friday night, is to tho effect that tho cause of the trouble between John and Dave was before incorrectly stated. It is denied that Dave made any uttempt to cast his father into the outer darkness, and stated that the trouble grpw out of Dave's objections to tho presence in the house of John and his wife; said objections being often and probably very forcibly expressed. John Platt’s ordinary appellation around town is “Papjy*’ and it is probable that the story as first circulated was that Dave had tried to get “Pappy’'out of the house, and from this grew the Atory that it wns the real paternal ancestor whom Dave had tried to bounce, and thereby run up against a cir cu instance. ♦ • I have private funds to loan on real estate at low rates for any length of time. Funds are always on hands and there is no delay—no examination of land, no sending papers east —absolutely no red tape Why do you wait on insurance companies for 0 months for your money? I loan money for short times at current bank rates. Funds always on hand.

W. B. AUSTIN.