Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist oi Local Happen 1,12:8 C'lnssflfd Under Their RespectiTe Headings. TUESDAY. Fred Tharp went to Monticello today to visit relatives. Several severe cases of grip among the children are reported. Miss Bertha Nuwels returned to Lafayette today to resume her studies in music at that place. Today’s papers state that there are now five cases of small pox in the 161st regiment, at Havana. Mrs. T. J. Sayler went to Indianapolis this afternoon to visit her son Frank, who is attending school at that place. John W. Paxton has gone to Indianapolis to attend the Retail lumber dealers’ association now in progress at that place. Mrs Emma Greene of Champaign, 111., who has been visiting her sister Mrs. Geo. Striokfaden of this place for several weeks returned home Monday. Mrs. H. M. Grant arrived home today from her month’s stay, for surgical treatment, at St. Luke’s hospital. She is muoh improved in health. The M. E. church here has engaged Rev, C. Fenwick Reed, of Terre Haute, an evangelist to begin a series of meetings here, about the middle of March. The usual big drop in temperature, sure to come after such unseasonable mildness, is due to night, according to the weather bureau. It will be a pretty hard drop. Jesse Wilcox, member of an Arizona oompany, in the Ist Territorial regiment, now at Albany, Ga., writes to his grandfather, Uncle Jesse Osborne that his regiment is soon to be mustered oui. In referring to the piano used at the band concert, last Friday evening, The Republican was misinformed. It was not an old instrument, but a fine and practi cally new one but simply considerably out of tune. James B. Scott, one of the veteran newspaper men of the northern Indiana, died last Friday, at Delphi, aged 83 years. He was for a long time editor of the Delphi Journal. It is said that he set the first type north of the Wabash river. Grandfather Cotton has been slowly growing worse and no hopes are now entertained that he can last, more than a day or two, and the end is likely to come at. any time. His daughter, Miss Arilla Cotton, is painfully sick with a nervous trouble. A. W. Cole, of Chicago, is in town today. He has sold his interest in the Railway Mail, a publication devoted to the interest of the railway mail clerks, and will go back to his old place as mail route clerk on the R. R. He sold his interest in the Railway Mail to his partner and the former sole owner, Mr. Winrott. The Republicans won in this state last fail on a platform pledging the party to a reform in township and oounty governments. We believe those pledges were mndp in good faith and will be honestly and thoroughly carried out. This is the plank in the republican platform referring to the matter: “Believing that there is need of reform in county and township government, and that a vast saving of the publio money Can be made by better methods, we.favor early and thorough revision of the laws upon this subject to the end ihat the people of Indiana may have the best and most economical management of local affaire. ~ v

WEDNESDAY. Harry Wemple of Chicago, is visiting friends in this city. R. S. Dwiggins is moving his law office from the Makeeyer building into one of the rooms of the Forsythe block. Mrs. A. T. Perkins has continued very bad until yesterday, when she changed for the better and it is now hoped the change is permanent. Two more of our boys, True Woodworth and Harry Kressler went to Logansport today to try the examination for a position as fireman on the Pennsylvania railroad. A box social is to be held Friday night, January <J7, at Lawndale •School, Jordan Township, six miles south and two miles east of Rensselaer. All cordially invited. Leah Knop, Teacher. The ladies of the Presbyterian church will give a Chicken Pie Supper at the home of Mrs. J. Kinney on Friday afternoon, Jan. 20, from 3 to 8 p. m. for the small sum of 15 cts. Everybody cordially invited. d3wl W. R. Parker, who has been here several weeks, visiting his mother and recuperating after a spell of sickness, left today for Two Harbors, Minn., to resume his position as an engineer on the Duluth and lion Mountain Railroad. His brother Jim went as far as Chicago with him. The play produced last night by the Alexander Leonard Company was of the same high ciass nature as the one on the previous evening. Alexander Leonard as “Lucky Jim” the hero of the play got into a great deal of trouble in the start, but through the efforts of his good friends Seth, Cinders and Hop Lee finally managed to come out ahead, l’he special scenery used in- this play was very fine, the waterfall scene deserving special mention. The Rud’pnoe had on to bpcome restless between acts, for excellent specialties were given making a continuous performance. Mr. Fulmer’s trick playing on the violin was something out of the ordinary and created much applause. Tonight the play is “In Ole Virginy.”

THURSDAY. John Mann is sick with a severe case of grip. * Fred Phillips went to Chicago this morning on business. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Wade are visiting friends in Chicago this week ( Charles Beets, who has been visiting several weeks with relatives in Illinois, returned home today. F. G. Henkle left this morning for Lewiston, Penn., where he has secured a position as telegraph operator. Isaac Parker has moved from the east part of town into Mrs. Catt’s tenant house, near the south end of Van Rensselaer street. Dr. M. B. Alter instead of making the progress that was hoped for still continues very sick, with a complication ofjliver and stomach tropbles. County Surveyor Price lias been sick at his home in Carpenter township for about two weeks with grip. He was recovering' when last heard from. The new fire whistles have arrived and are being put in place at the water and light station. They will be tried Friday, probably about 10 a. m. Col. Wm. Taylor died at Lafayette, last night. His daughter Mrs. T. J. McCoy, has been with him for some time, and Mr. McCoy also reached his side a few hours before his death. The Rt. ‘ Rev. Joseph Rademacher, Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Ft. Wayne, is temporarily insane and fears are entertained that he may never recover his normal condition. The grip, coupled with business cares, is

susposed to have been the cause of his present mental state. In Ole Virginy one of the strongest plays in the repertoire of the Alexander Leonard Company was produced last evening to a large audience. The play was thoroughly exciting from beginning to end, the plot being laid during the civil war times. The characters were well represented and ably executed and the specialities of their usual up-to-date character. . The Company should not fail to draw a good attendance the remainder of the week. Another death has occurred in the unfortunate Company I. of the 161st regiment. It was that of Jacob Dexter, of Goodland, from small-pox. He had been acting as hospital nurse and contracted the disease from Fred Imes, before it was known that the latter’s disease was small-pox. Great efforts have been made to get the regiment successfully vaccinated, but the vaccine points to be had at Havana were very poor. Finally Col. Durbin sent to Governor Mount, and he had a supply sent from Chicago.