Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. . . , V -'• 'I. 1 »■ • Daily Grist of Local Happen mars . . • ' .a - ■ Class tied Under Their Respective Headings. FRIDAY. Elmer Maxwell came down from Hammond today. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Coen went to Lafayette, this morning. Miss Maud J acks went to Monon this morning to visit relatives. The Republican senatorial caucus will be held next Tuesday night. Mrs. R. Phillips of Chicago, is vi c ' x ‘ng her daughter Mrs. W. M. White of this city. Clinton Thornton and John Daugherty went to Brookston this morning to attend the Free Baptist conference now in progress at that place. We are requested to announce that a fishing pond social will be held at Fair View school house, flanging Grove Tp., but the date was not given us. The term of Secretary of State W. D. Owen will expire January 16. He intends to take a trip to his coffee and rubber plantation on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Small pox has made its appearance among the members of the 161st regiment at Havana. At last account there were about twelve cases. Fred Imes, of Monticello, was the first to contract the disease. C. p. Wright left this morning for another trip to Alexander City, Alabama, in the interest of the mining properties there. It is understood that another large sele of gold mine claims is being negotiated. He will be gone several weeks. New bicycles are being received of the 1899 make and about April 1 will see the city supplied with its stock for the summer. About the only radical change is the enlargement of the wheel from 28 inches in diameter to 30 inches, but this makes a very noticeable transformation. C. D. Case last week, sold the Covington Republican to C. M. Hane, of Knox, Starke county. Editor Case has been sick for months and unable to look after his business is the reason for selling. Mr. Hane, who took possession of the office Monday, is an old newspaper man and has been in possession of the Starke county Republican for many years. Wheatfield Telephone:—Miss Grimpy a young lady residing with her mother ten miles south of Wheatfield, met with a horrible death Sunday. While attending to the duties connected with kithen work, her clothes caught fire

burning het so bad she died in a brief ‘ A member of Co. I of the 161st regiment who some time ago wrote to the Chalmers Ledger a caustic letter condemning Capt. Guthrie for being instrumental in having Sergeant Wilbur Tharp reduced to the ranks, now writes again that he was mistaken, and that Guthrie had nothing to do with Tharp’s reduction. ’ Ira A. Gray, step-son of James 0. Thrawls, of our city, met with a vary severe and perhaps danger, ous accident at Logansport, Tuesday. He is employed as a frieght train brakeman on the Pan Handle road, and met with his injury in the switch yards, at Logansport. No one saw him when he was hurt but he was found unconscious and taken to the hospital. His head and face were terribly bruised, showing that he had received a very he&vy blow from some source. He has not been able io give any connected account of the accident, farther than to say that he was struck by a scantling. Prpbably by one that projected from a passing car. He was improving at last accounts and it was thought would soon be taken to his own house. ' .

SATURDAY. Mrs. P. Maloney and daughter, of Chicago, who have been visiting S. Healy and family for the past week returned home today. Mr. and Mrs. J Coover, of Valparaiso, who have been visiting Benjamin Harris and family of this place and relatives in Mt. Ayr returned home this morning. John Allen, who claims Idaho as his home and who was taken sick at the Makeever House some time ago, was taken to the county asylum, this morning. Mrs. Mary Coughener, of Spencer, lowa, who has been visiting her sister Mrs. M. S. King of this place for several days, returned home this morning. David Shields came back from Manchester, Tenn., .this morning. He will settle up some business matters here and then return to Tennessee. Rev. V. O. Fritts, who has been conducting a revival meeting at Burnettsville, came home this morning. He reports a very successful meeting and about twenty conversions. Geo. F. Meyers, who was down from Kniman, Friday, reports that his brother, W. D. Meyers is getting better from his sickness. His other brother, Lewis Meyers, now of Bradley, 111., has also been very dangerously sick, with a bowel trouble. It occurred at Wheatfield at the residence of E. T. Biggs. He also is now getting better. The death of the young Grimpe girl, in WalkerTp., heretofore mentioned by a brief clipping from the Wheatfield,T e l e ph° ne » was one of those agonizing occurences, that will continue to happen so long as women and children continue to

wear highly inflammable clothing. The girl who was about 12 years old, made her hame with a Mrs. Stephenson, on one of the Gifford farms. Her clothing caught fire from the stone hearth, while she was baking cakes. There seems to have been no one near enough to help her, and her clothing burned entirely off. She lived but a few hours after the occurence. MONDAY. Jan.loth. At Ellis’ Opera House. The Sherwood Concert Company. Come and hear the finest Musical ever given in Rensselaer. Fred Sargent is visiting with relatives in Chicago. Born, Sunday, Jan 9th, to Mr and Mrs. Geo. Scripture, south of town, a daughter. Orla Finney went to Logansport this morning to spend a week with relatives at that place. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Sears returned to their home at Indianapolis Saturday. Mrs. Eliaabeth Purcu-

pile went with them. Mrs. W. Wl Watson, who hat been visiting her parents here for some time returned to her home at Lima, Ohio, Saturday afternoon. John Thompson, Dutch, Irish and Chinese specialties. Songs and dances Ellis Opera House Mon. Jan. 9. Billy Postill has gone to Chicago Heights, where he has a good situation in a factory, in prospect. Charles Grow and Vermont Hawkins want to Logansport today to try the examination prior to securing a position as firemen on the Panhandle Railroad. Quite a force of men have been at work at the depot some days constructing a wooden platform. It will be quite an improvement over the old one made of cinders. A marriage license of the variety which is called p. d. q. in Porter county. where thev Rpem to be in frequent demand, was issued here on Sunday. . ' There will be a Box Social and Fishing Pond at Fair View school house, Hanging Grove Tp., Saturday evening, Jan. 14. Everybody come. Pearl Parker, Teacher.

Miss Osborn is the star of the Sherwood company and is said to be the finest soprano outside of Grand opera. You will always regret it if you do not hear her. Mr. E. E. Faris and family have moved to Bunker Hill, Miami county, Ind., this week, at which place Ed. has acquired property of late. The family will be very much missed by their large circle of friends here and in Gillam township. We wish them luck and -prosperity in their new home. — Medaryville Advertiser. A sixteen months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hurley, of Blackford, died Saturday of lung fever. The funeral was held Sunday and interment made at Prater cemetery. - Frank and Bernard Maloy have concluded not to return to Notre Dame. Frank will read law with some Rensselaer attorney and Bernard will go to studying medicine in Dr. Berkley’s office. Mrs. Shepherd of Remington knows Miss Osborn and other members of the Sherwood Concert Company personally. She says no one can exaggerate the splendid talent of this troupe. ■ Mr. Charles Osborn, from somewhere north of town, and Miss Sarah Ann Hartman, were married Sundaj- afternoon, by Squire Wm. H. Churchill, at the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hartnian, in the north part of town. x An 18 months old son pf Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cnilcote, living a few

miles south of town, died Sunday after several weeks .sickness. The funeral was held today at the residence of Mrs. Charles Chiloote, at 2:30 this afternoon. Interment in Crockett cemetery. Mr. John H. McCampbell, of Monticello, and Mrs. Jennie E. Delzell, of Remington, were married at noon, today, Monday, Jan* 9th, 1899, at the residence of W< 8. Parks. Rev. N. H. Sheppard performed the ceremony. Both parties have been married before. They went to Monticello on the 1:45 train. W. H. Beam, councilman for the third ward and station agent for the whole city, having just recovered from a very lame wrist, has got it now in his little toe. The result of tripping, not the light fantastic, but on the stairs at his residence. Though a little toe it is quite a big hurt, and causes Mr. Beam much pain and inconvenience. Today the sun rose at 7:24 a. m. and will set at 4:52 p. m. The day’s length is thus 9 hours and 28 minutes. This is an increase of 24 minutes since the 22 of December. The increase is the more noticeable from the fact that it is all on the latter half of the day. In fact the afternoon has not only received the whole 28 minutes of increase, but actually a little more than that, to make up for what the forenoon has grown shorter. The sun rises now three minutes later than on Dec. 22, and the forenoon is therefore three minutes shorter than it Was then. Good full and complete line of trimmed bats at Mrs. Lecklider’s. Prices out in two. Please call and see her stock before buying elsewhere.