Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

- Pms Toll jpapii--1 XIIiTS ■I mier i :;. Headings. i|glg| FRIDAY. „-’ K ‘ , *f i.u."on business. lugs Ui •*' Vc-C »•* W“ Pljwnii friends. m Matie Owens sick witinincarnation of the The mercury is going^H ll the toboggan at a rapid rate noon. Congressman C. B. Lambs, of P dpdi, and wife are indking a trip tb Porto Rico. I Born, Wednesday, Dec. |2Bth, to Mr. ahd Mrs. Chas. Norman, northeast of town, a son. I Pris. W. H. Sanders is) atteudt injg Teachers’ Association, at indnlnapolie, today. 'Mis. Geo. Healey of Brookston, is miking a few days visit with relates in this city. J-a ' . Mses Flora Ward of Monticello, canid over last night to visit a few days with friends in this place. Billy Adams left this morning for Ashby, Wisconsin, where be h i permanent position with a telephone company. Mesdames Thomas and Gasoway of Delphi, Who have been visiting 0. D. Nowels and family returned borne this afternoon. Mass Harriett Yeoman left today! sos Kokomo, in which place, and Anderson, she expects to renjain for about two rhonths. Mrs. A. M. Darrough, sister of Mrs, M. S. King of this place returned to her home in Watseka, 111., today after a few days visit. : Mrs. Jake Shuck of Mt. Ayr, died suddenly last night of dropsy. Sht 1 will be buried tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock at North Star graveyard. Mrs. Geo. Niccum, of Danville, 111., who has been visiting John Thornton and family of this place tor the past two weeks returned home today. Bowman Middleton, who is running a photograph gallery at Valparaiso, Ind., came home today to spend a few days with his parents in this city. Moses Pierson wife and daughter of Oxford, Ohio, who have been visiting Henry Wood and family of this city, for several days, returned home today. Fj-fluk Hanley is down from Cpcago visiting his brother, C. *"W'. Hanley. He also contemplates biying a car load of horses during his stay bere. Earl Duvall gave a very pleasant pprty yesterday evening to his boy friends. The boys had ev^ry-

fhing their own way and report VEarl a good entertainer, f L. A. Bostwick left yesterday . afternoon for South Hero, Vermont, 1 where he will work as a civil engineer on an extension of the Rutland and Canadian Railroad. The weather yesterday was almost snmmerlike in its mildness. Today it is decidedly wintery and much colder still is predicted by Saturday, by the weather bureau. Misses Bernice Warren and Clifford Moody gave a very pleasant party yesterday evening to their iady and gentleman friends of this city. 4- delightful, time is ed by all. Mrs. A. T. Perkins has been quite seriously sick for some time from neuralgia and other disorders, and at times her sickness results in sinking spells that cause great fears as to her recovery. At last reports today she was some better. Lowell Rarr- J - Pulver went to Rensselaer Friday for a visit with her sister Mrs. Philo Clark, and husband who are rejoicing over the arrival of a new boarder at their home. Standard weight. All parties doing well. It is said that the cold wave now coming down from the northwest, and the forward end of which is now getting in its work here, is the coldest of the season, so far. If so we may expect weather far below the zero mark within in a day or two. It is said that the only man in the country whp can claim the white house at Washington as his birthplace is a clerk in a 10-cent lodging house in Chicago. He is a distinguished individual by the name of Barnett Walker, bnt bis aspirations are not very high. He is a nephew of President James K. Polk and was born in 1849 during Polk’s administration. A very pleasant and entertaining box social was given at Belle Center school two miles north of town last night. Three wagon loads of young people from town went out to participate in the good time. The boxes went at high price averaging about eighty cents. Gus Grant did the auctioneering act in fine style and Clint Brown ably assisted him as clerk. At Bloomfield yesterday Dr. Ephriam Gray murdered Mrs. Lizzie Skinner, by stabbing her and cutting her throat. Gray had forsaken his own wife and child for the Skinner woman, who had also left a husband and child for him. He had grown jealous of the woman, and met her yesterday afternoon, just as she was going to the depot, to take a Monon train for Bloomington. He used a surgical knife, and killed the woman in plain view of a number of persons. He gave himself up and was taken to some other town for fear of a mob. The society element gave their annual grand ball yesterday evening at Hopkins’ Hall over Warners’ Hardware store; and it equalled all other occasions of this nature ever given in our city. The costumes were of extraordinary beauty and taste. Full dress predominating. Thirty-five couple were in attendance and whirled to the elegant music rendered by Eddies’ orchestra of Chicago, which alone would infer the nature of the occasion. An elegant Bupper was served at twelve in the Nowels house. The merry crowd dispersed at thfee fifteen this morning after having enjoyed one round of pleasure. The visiting guests who were numerous were as follows: Louie Hopkins, Englewood; Richard Patterson, Lafayette; Mrs*. John Kern, Indianapolis; Miss Blanche Brown, Danville, HI.; Miss Nina Hammond, Lafayette; Misses Ethel and Fannie Mills, of Chicago, f SATURDAY. Representative Knotts Came down from Hammond today. Jake McDonald went to Buffalo, N. Y., this morning on ’business, i J. H. Ellis and wife went to Monticello today to visit friends.

Newt Imes, of Monon, is visitiug his brother, Willis J. Imes, today ■’ ■ Miss Lona Flynn who has been visiting friends in Lowell came home last night to * Mrs. Vandermark, of Chicago, is making her brother Tom Joyner and family a few days visit. Mrs. J. J. Montgomery after a week’s visit witty relatives in Illinois returned home last evening. J. W. Paxton and family, who have been visiting relatives in-Ar-cadia, Ind., returned home last evening. Mrs. J. Kern, of Indianapolis, has been visiting J. H. Ellis and family for the last few days returned home this afternoon. Mrs. W. H. Coover and son Clyde, who have been visiting relatives in Remington and Wolcott returned home this morning. Mrs. Jennie Graham of Wolcott, who has Deen mating uer sister, Mrs. William Powers a few days visit returned home this morning. Bates Tucker, who has been visiting his parents at Ridgeville, Ind., came home this morning to take charge of his school at Rose Lawn. Hugh Lowe Jr., son of Hugh Lowe, of Monon, died last night, at his father’s home, of a kidney trouble. His age was about 23 years. His father is well known here and is probably the wealthiest man in White county. County Treasurer J. C. Gwin got a pretty bad fall a day or two ago, by slipping on an icy place, near his well. In falling he received quite a bard blow on the bead, but tbe most important injury was to his back, and that is now worse than it was at first and is likely to lay him up for a time. A yenerable reader calls our attention to the fact that this year the year begins Sunday, which is thus the first day of the week, the first day of the month and the first day of the year. He enquires when this will occur ugain. It will occnr on Jan. Ist, 1905, Jan. Ist, 1911, Jan. Ist, 1922. The last time it occurred before 1899 was in 1893. The twentieth century will begin on Tuesday. A century is pretty long, but it is not long enough for a good many people to' learn when it will end and another century begin. Thus every onee in a while now we read or hear remarks which show that the makers of them expect the nineteenth century to last only one year longer, and to end Dec. 31st, 1899 and the twentieth century to begin the next day, or Jan. Ist, 1900. This is a mistake. The 19th century lias two years yet to run and will end on Monday, Dec. 31, 1900, and the 20th century will begin on Tuesday, Jan. Ist, 1901.

MONDAY. Taylor Bicourt has gone to Wolcott to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Porter are down from Chicago for a few days visit. L. S. and Fred Renicker have returned from a ten days’ visit in Wabash county. Frank Ross is quite sick at the Thompson residence across the river, with asthma. Mrs. W. A. Hopkins went to Momence, 111., this morning to visit relatives in that place. L. S. Renicker, the implement dealer out at the depot, has gone to Indianapolis on business today Mrs. A. T. Perkins, although still quite sick, is considerably better today than for several days past. Jim Watson, of Crawfordsville, very well known here, is sick and not expected to recover. He has a kidney trouble. Miss Ora Clark, of the Djjryille, 111., training school for nhiaaß* returned to that place today, after a short visit witlj her parents. William Cox, of Fair Oaks, met with a very severe accident yesterday, a horse fell on bis left leg breaking both bones below the knee. Miss Clifford Moody, who has been here spending a two weeks vacation with her parents returned to college this* morning at Mt. Vernon, lowa. Tuesday and Tuesday evening’s week of prayer services, to be held at the Church of God, will be held at the M. E. church, on account of the absence of Rev. Austin. The 160th Indiana regiment, now at Columbus, Ga., has been ordered to proceed to Cuba at once. A. L. Vau derm ark, of this place, is a member of this regiment. It is stated that State Fish Commissioner Sweeney proposes to establish an extensive fish hatchery

in North Indiana, and has practically decided to locate it at Sylvan lake, near Rome City, if suitable property can be secured. Owing to a combination of causes there was church service in only twe of the protestant churches yesterday, the Christian and the Presbyterian. Rev. H. M. Middleton, of the M. E. church, was sick, and Rev. Fritts of the Missionary Baptist and Elder Austin, of the Chureh of God, are absent and the F. W. Baptists have no pastor at present. Ross Grant, who has been working in the wholesale house of Reid Murdock & Co., of Chicago, has been promoted to a position as traveling salesman for the same firm, and is now making a few days visit with relatives here before starting out in that capacity. His territory will be through northern Indiana and Michigan with headquarters at South Bead. Tbe cold wave which arrived Saturday did not prove as severe nor as lasting as was anticipated, being in both respects much less severe than one or two other cold spells several weeks ago. The coldest weather of this last spell was Sunday morning when the mercury stood just at zero. This morning it was 20 degrees above that point. J. C, Shindler, who has been visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. James Shindler, near ForesmaD, left here today, for his home in Washington state. His departure has been delayed considerable by tbe sickness of his mother, but who is now much betlar. John Stwan, who came east with him to visit the Bisloskies, left several days ago. Tbe Populist State Committed is considering an invitation to become a part of tbe Union Reform Party, to be launched at a meeting of Prohibitionists, Populists, Socialists and Silver Republicans at Indianapolis February 22. Tbe

middle of the road men are- unfavorable. There is a strong sentiment for it. It is thought the? purty will send delegates to tne meeting and to the national meeting at Cincinnati in March-