Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1898 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist ot Local Happenings \ Classified Under Their Respective Headings. TUESDAY. Mrs. - James Welch, south of town, is reported quite severely sick. The case of scarlet fever in Harry Gleet’s family, on Weston street, has recovered and the house was disinfected and released from quarantine, Sunday. Mrs. James Leatherman Sr., who has been in poor health a long time is now much worse, and no expectations are entertained for her survival for more than a few days. The December term of the Newton circuit court began Monday. Judge Thompson is there, of course, and Messrs. Wilson, Foltz, and Hanley, of the Jasper county bar are also in attendance. Mrs. John Somers, southeast of town, was taken very sick Saturday afternoon, with what is known as torsion of the bowels. She was in a very dangerous condition for a time, but finally got relief and is now fast recovering. Rensselaer is again blessed (?) with one of those great producers of wealth and contentment, a “bucket shop.” Now is the chance for our speculative gentry to make back what they lost on the last similar institution —may be. The Rev. C. 0. Sherrill's meetings at Parr still continue and are proving very successful. The number of accessions to the church was 35 at last reports, which number is probably much increased by this time. The thermometer hit the zero mark again last night and is staying too close to that point all day for comfort. The sudden change to colder is probably explained by the fact that Hicks prophesied a change right now to much warmer. Emory Garriott, of near Parr, was badly bruised and had one rib broken, last Friday. He tried to drive into his barn on a load of hay, and was caught between the binding pole and the top of the door. Dr. Alter was called and reports that he will be all right in a week or so. The soldiers’ reunion association of Jasper county, the organization of which was previously related, has fixed the time and place of their first county soldiers’ reunion. It will be held at Fountain Park, Remington on the 4th and sth of next August.

C. P. Wright writes back from Alexander City, Ala., and states that though he has left the cold, cold North far behind him, and is far within the limits of the “sweet, sunny South” he found the ground around Alexander covered with snow. He states that it was the first snow there in 7 years. Representative Hedgecock, of Clinton and Tipton counties, has a bill prepared to abolish free lunches in saloons. The act will define what a lunch is and prohibit saloon men from serving any thing of that kind to their customers. The bill will be introduced at the request of restaurant men and the saloonists themselves. Taking the advice of State Natural Gas Inspector Leach, the Kokomo school board has ordered a supply of coal hauled to the city school buildings. Since natural gas was discovered twelve years ago there has been no coal in Kokomo. The gas apply is slowly but surely failing in the Indiana gas belt, as by the very nature of things it must fail. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick McGee, quite old people who live about a mile west of town, have fallen out and the old lady claims to have

been turned out of the house., and as a result she has been sent to the county asylum. The old man got about SISOO in one lump of pension money some two or three years ago, but it seems he has mighty little to show for it now. The flag at the court house is flying at half mast today, in honor of the great Cuban patriot, General Garcia. In his long, patient and finally successful struggle for Cuban independence, he has gained a place among the heroes of the age. Like Moses, he has struggled to deliver his people from their foreign task-masters, and, again like Moses, he has diqd in sight of the promised land. The Nowels-Sayler Lumber Co. has just bought 600,000 Red Cedar shingles to be shipped directly through from the Pacific coast. This is probably the largest single consignment of shingles ever shipped to Jasper county. It will be nearly or quite spring before the shipment arrives, as it takes six or eight weeks after they are loaded on the cars. The shipment will make about 5 or 6 carloads. Dr. Babb, the great toe torn specialist, went over to Remington yesterday on a professional tour. Among other professional work awaiting him there was said to be the removal of an IS year old corn from the foot of a 16 year old girl, and very large for its age. There is no question but that the doctor’s skill will prove equal to the task, but it is a feat on feet which few but he could cope with successfully. The use of receipts without a revenue stamp, for drawing out money, from banks has been discontinued by our local banks, and only stamped checks are now used. The use of these receipts was begun on the strength of a supposed opinion of the U. S. attorney general that they were legal, but now the commissioner of internal revenue has expressed a different opinion and says no such ruling was ever made by the attorney general. The unstamped receipts will not be used, therefore, unless it is definitely decided by final authority that their use is legal.

WEDNESDAY. John L. Sullivan, of Jordan Tp., has moved to town. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. S. Ellis went to Chicago last night, for a few days’ stay. The temperature was from two to four degrees below zero early this morning. Mrs. P. H. Smith went to Madison, Wis., today, to visit relatives for some time. La Rue Bros, put a six ton safe in their department store, today. C. W. Duvall handled it for them. Mrs. Henry Harris is improving a little from her severe sickness of four weeks’ duration. She has nervous prostration. J. F. Heinzmann, the court house builder, and W. R. Fertig, both of Noblesville, are in town today. Mr. Fertiz is an attorney. W. F. Gilmore, who has been living in various parts of Illinois for several years past, has now moved back to Jasper county, to the vicinity of Parr. Joseph Schofield and E. T. Short arrived home this morning from a Tennessee prospecting trip. They report themselves well pleased with the country. John Callow is back from Centralia, 111., for a short visit with his prrents. John has just got a new and better job than he had, with the Postal Telegraph Company. Mr. John T. Hough and Mrs. Mary Long were married Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 13th, by Squire James A. Burnham, in his office. The bride is from Gillam township and the groom from Pulaski county. Both have been through the matrimonial mill before. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Randle, of Hanging Grove Tp., died this morning, of a stomach trouble. Its age was

about 18 months, and it was their only child. The funeral will be held Thursday. THURSDAY. A three weeks old infant daughter of Wm. Parr, of Milroy Tp., died this morning. Mrs. H. T. Jlott and children, who left for Riverside, Cal., on Wednesday of last week, have arrived there safely and in good health. Hear about the aims and objects of the Independent Order of Foresters, at the Opera House. Monday night. The Grand Orator will speak. No admission, free. Mrs. Lon Shigley, in the east part of town is now lying very low and nut expected to live but a very short time, at the furthest. She has been sick with consumption for a long time. Grandmother McGee, the elderly woman whom the commissioners ordered cared for at the county farm, has gone today to Columbus, Ind., where she has relatives, who, it is stated, will give her a home. W. R. Gillette, Grand Crator of the Foresters, is a fine public speaker. Hear him at the Opera House. Henry Kolhoff, living in Jordan Tp., 6 miles south of town, fell off of a big load of oats, this morning, and a wheel passed over him lengthwise, his entire length. He is quite badly bruised but the full extent of his injuries we did not learn.

A. J. Worsted, of Porter C 0.., who was here to attend the funeral of his uncle, Joseph Green, returned home today. He travels by the road cart route, but expected to make the distance, some 40 miles, in about 5 or 6 hours, verv easily. Hear Gillette, Grand Orator of the Supreme Court, I. O. F., at opera house, Monday night. Admission free. The Indiana Engineering Society has appointed a special committne of three of its members to give the services of the society to the state commission for the betterment of township and county government. Our townsman, John E. Alter, excounty surveyor, has been appointed as one of the three members of this committee. The other two members are C. G. H. Goss, of Martinsville, and James B. Nelson, of Indianapolis. James L. Alter, whose remarkable traveling propensities have been heretofore described in this paper, dropped into town yesterday, from South Bend. Heretofore his journeyings have been mostly south and west. This time he struck out in a new direction, and has been far to the northwest. In the last three months he has traveled 2,500 miles. He has been through Wisconsin, lowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas, and even spent some time in Winnipeg, in Manitoba, Canada. He sells books and pictures and makes good wages, above all expenses. He also does missionary work, in talking and distributing cards and tracts. He will visit relatives here for a few days and then go to Clinton county, and from there soon leave for the gulf states.