Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist of Local Happen mars Classified Under Their Respective Headings. TUESDAY. A. T. Perkins went to Hammond today on business. M. S. Laßue went to Monticello this afternoon on business. John Eger is confined to his bed on account of sickness. C. W. Hanley went to Crown Point today to try an electric light case in the court at that place. The Epworth League reading circle will meet at the Methodist church this evening at 7:20 o’clock. Miss Mary Fetrow went to Hammond this morning to visit a few days with her brother, Charles Fetrow. Jim Jordan has so far recovered from his accident of about six weeks ago as to be able to get down town on crutches. Mrs. J. W. Lewellen of Frances ville, is making a few weeks visit with her son William Lewellen and family of this place. Work on the foundation of the new steam laundry near the creamery has begun. Norman brothers having the contract. Chas. Chamberlain, formerly living near Remington passed through town today, moving from Pontiac, 111., to Knox, Ind., going by wagon. W. G. Renicker has sold his farm near Blackford and moved into one of Levi Renicker’s houses, on the gravel road, just north of Rensselaer. Eugene Smith, of New York City, who has been visiting relatives here for several weeks, left this morning for Illinois where he will visit other relatives for some time before returning to his home. J. H. Beacham, who lias been living in the eastern part of Hanging Grove Tp., is now a resident of Rensselaer, occupying one of J. C. Carmichael’s tenant houses, near the railroad. It is rather early for Gypsies to be abroad, but a gang of them are now camped south of town, and the fortune telling arid dubious smelling females are scouring the town. Sheriff and Mrs. Reed very pleasantly surprised their friends here, by dropping in from Michigan City this afternoon. No one supposed that Mr. Reed would have made so rapid a recovery from his recent severe sickness. He appeared to have stood the journey home very well, though he is still far from strong. lola, Kansas, the home of our former townsmen, Ad and Frank Robinson, is to boom harder than ever, according to an article in the Daily Register of that city, date es Feb. 16th. It is stated that a company commanding $5,000,000 has been organized to further develope the manufacturing interests of the place. lola is right in the center of the natural gas belt of Kansas. Orders for mustering out all volunteer soldiers still in this country have been issued, but there is as yet no certainty when those in Cuba and the Phillipines will be mustered out. It all seems to-de-pend on the passage of the new army bill. If that is passed, thus authorizing the increase of the regular army, the volunteers will be let out. Charles R. Stuart, of Lafayette, died last night. He was a prominent citizen in many ways, but best known here as a partner in the law practice of our former townsman, Col. E. P. Hammond, beingthe senior member of the firm of Stuart Brothers & Hammond. The body of Chief Pokagon, the

- .. . .. . . t!l t J last of the Pottawattamie chiefs, who died at Holland, Mich., Jan. 27, will be buried in Graceland cemetery, Chirasyo. Through the i efforts of Mrs. H. H. Hayes, 5832 Jefferson avenue, the Graceland cemetery company has donated the lot, which is near the grave of John Kinzie, the first white resident of Chicago.—South Bend Times. The bill providing fixed salaries for county commissioners seems likely to become a law. In Jasper county, as the bill now stands, the salary is $225 per year. In Benton county S2OO, in Newton $l5O, in White $275 and in Pulaski $275. Why it should be higher in Pulaski with a smaller county and less work, than in Jasper county is hard to see. J. W. Williams has just received from his son-in-law, C. H. Porter, at Heron Lake, Minn., a very elegant Indian pipe. It is made from the beautiful red pipe-stone, from the celebrated pipestone quaraies, in Minnesota, not far from which Mr. Porter is now located. The pipe is in the form of an Indian tomahawk, and is very handsomely made, and beautifully carved., WEDNESDAY. Bert Hopkins went to Chicago today on business. About 75 Stock Farm horses will be seut to Lafayette next Saturday to be sold, County Superintendent Hamilton’s two children are quite sick with bowel troubles. Elias Owen, from west of Surrey, is moving to near Saybrook, 111., where he owns a farm. Mrs. Nancy Songer, a woman about 91 year old, died yesterday,, thrrie miles southeast of Blackford. George Platt went to Chicago Heights this morning where he has secured a position in a tin factory. Miss Lillian Peacock, who has been working in Logansport and Crawfordsville for several months returned home this morning. Rev. V. O. Fritts was called to Lafayette this morning where he will preach two sermons in the Grand Prairie church near that place. W. H. Eger, F. B. Meyer and Arthur Hopkins went to Lowell this morning to attend the laying of the corner stone of the new Masonic temple at that place. A new Rebekah degree lodge will be instituted at Shelby tonight, and the excellent degree work team of the Rensselaer lodge has been selected to do the work. Some parties have been distributing samples or a certain brand of plug tobacco in town for several days. It looks like an expensive method of advertising, but probaby it pays or they would not do it. A small but pleasant dance was held at the club hall, last night, about 20 couples participating. The music, consisting of a harp, violin and flute, was a part of Hershfield’s orchestra, of Chicago, and was very fine. The three months old infant child of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hershman, died last evening, at their residence, on Main street. The funeral will be held Thursday, at 10:30 a. m., at the Christian church, by Elder N. H. Sheppard, the pastor. Rt. Rev. Jos. Rademacher, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Fort Wayne, is gradually gaining in health. Reliable advices from Fort Wayne state that the bishop intends leaving this week for Atlantic City, New Jersey, to recuperate. Although much of the weather during the present winter has been thougnt very bad for the wheat, yet reports from the farmers indicate that the crop in this county is looking very promising. The big start it got in the fall has been the cause of it standing the winter so well. Geo. W. Goff, High Chief Ranger of Indiana of the Independent

Order of Foresters, with D. S. Makeever as representative of Rensselaer court, have gone to Anderson today, to attend the annual meeting of High Court, to be held ; at that place. Mr. Goff’s term as | high chief ranger will expire at this meeting. A young fellow named Lem Bowman was incarcerated in the county jail, yesterday afternoon. He is charged with swiping two buggy wheels, the property of Leu Griggs, of Barkley Tp. Trios. Driver, J. P., bound him over to court in the sum of SSOO. Bowman is about 21 and has parents residing at Earl Park, Benton county. James B McTier (colored) is in town today. He is engaged in , missionary work in jails and work-: houses, and solicits money "to buy i or have printed religious reading matter for prisoners.” He is ac- ■ companied by a bright looking lit-. tie dog, which is trained to do quite ! a number of tricks, and people who ' are not moved to contribute from i sympathy with prisoners, will sometimes chip in to see the dog 1 perform. Up at Valparaiso an anti-high hat ordinance is proposed. Commenting on this fact, a neighboring paper says: “Now, if the council of the Vale has any desire to establish a reputation for fairness, it should add to the ordinance an amendment providing a jail sentence for the individual who climbs out past a half dozen people and comes back in the middle of the next act eating cloves and climbs over them again to get to his seat. Also for the hog who squirts tobacvo juice on the floor, for ladies to drag their skirts through. They should not ‘strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.’ ”

THURSDAY. Corn 28| cents. Wheat 62 cents. Oats 26 cents. A. J. Abbott left for Bloomington, 111., this morning to look after some business interests. The Ladies’ Literary club will meet with Mrs. Alfred Thompson Friday afternoon. Full attendance desired. Mrs. B. F. Forsythe left today for New Philadelphia, Ohio, where she will visit several weeks with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Austin went to Lafayette this morning to attend the funeral of Charles B. Stewart, the late partner of Judge Hammond. Ex-County Surveyor Lewis S. Alter and wife celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary, last Friday, Feb. 17th, at their home in Carpenter Tp. A big dinner partaken of by a large number of friends and neighbors, was a principal feature of the occasion. The ice moved down the river yesterday afternoon and for a time it looked like a jam would be formed at the Milroy street bridge, but the danger was not realized. A private foot bridge maintained by H. J. Dexter, further down the river, was carried . away. The bridge connects his residence with his market garden on the opposite side of the river. Lake county is the most extensively licensed county in the state. It has been a liquor license for every 191 inhabitants. Hammond is largely represented iij this list. LaGrange county has one saloon for every 2,051. Remarkable difference. The average in the state is one liquor license tor every 815 of population. Jasper county has one saloon to about every 1800 people.