Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist of Local Happen linrs Classified Under Their Itcspeetive Headings. TUESDAY. Elder N. H- Sheppard went to Monticello today on business. A. Leopold went to Wolcott this morning to visit a few days with his sons. Mrs. Hattie Weaver, of Lowell, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Flynn. Mrs. Henry Mackey, who has been sick for some time and nearly recovered, is now worse again. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Oglesby, of Medaryville, returned home today, after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Haas. Mrs. J. F Osborne aud daughter, Miss Ora Warfield, left today on the 1:45 p. m. train, to join Mr. Osborne, at Kirklin, which will be their home in the future. Uncle Norman Warner went to Indiana Mineral Springs, yesterday afternoon, and will take the 1 mud bath treatment for rheumatism, for three or four weeks. Wallace Robinson left today for lola, Kansas, where he has extensive property interests, and where he and his brother.Ad, now living there, intend to ereot a big business building, this spring. Chase Kelley is moving the Rensselaer steam laundry office and his news agency from the room where the Western Union telegraph office is, two doors west, in the same room with Frank Kelley’s candy store. Ira Morlan, who has been in very poor health for a long time, is now much worse. The rupture of a small blood vessel in his brain has produced aphasia, or inability to talk connectedly. Qis sickness is very serious. The muoh talked of drastio changes in Indiana divorce laws, which were to make it next to impossible to get divorces in this state, did not materialize. The fact is the divorce laws of Indiana are not excessively lax and the legislature did wisely in letting them alone.

One Wm. B. Morrison was fined $1 and costs, $11.45 in all, by Squire Burnham, this morning. Morrison is a feather renovator and he thumped Charles Johnson, a journeyman tailor, last night. Booze was the cause of the trouble. Squire Elias Haramerton, and wife who have lived in different parts of this county for so many years, have now moved to Rensselaer, and will probably reside here premanently, or at least as long as they both survive. They occupy Ira Grayte property, north of the railroad. A correspondent for a country paper, who claimed to be authority on grip, told the readers that so long as they kept their feet dry, they would not have the disease. The next week another correspondent came back at him and knocked the cackle out of his argument by raying that he had two-wooden legs, and had had the grip for five successive years. / . s.

People who fondly imagined a week or two ago, that there was no stiffness left in the winter’s spinal column, have now discovered their mistake. Not only have we now had the biggest snow storm of the winter, but with the exception of the very severe spell about a month ago, and one not so severe in December, it is the coldest we have had All day Monday the thermometer did not j get higher than ten above zero, | in the shade, and all of last night it was at zero or a little below.

WEDNESDAY. W. B. Parks went to Indianapolis this afternoon on business. Miss Mary belle Purcupile went to Chicago this morning to visit a few days with relatives. Frank Maloy is acting a station agent during Mr. Beam’s sickness. The latter is improving considerably. Monte Beville, the Indianapolis lad who played base ball with Rensselaer last season, will be catcher for the Indianapolis club, this year. Another pleasant dance took place last night, at which 21 couples participated. The Hershfield orchestra, with two pieces, a harp and violin, furnished the music.

Mrs. H. M. Purcupile returned last night from Urbana, 111., where she has been visiting her uncle, Solomon Wells, who has been sick since the holidays. He is now considerably better. Jennings Wright, our young but able undertaker, was 21 years old yesterday. His friends gave him quite a surprise dinner party, at noon, and also quite a number of desirable presents. Mrs. E. D. Rhoades and . her young relative Walter Hopkins, both had a birthday yesterday, and the occasion was jointly observed by a surprise dinner, at Mrs. Rhoades’ residence.

There has been a change for the worse in the conditisn of Bishop Rademacher, of Fort Wayne. His mental condition had improved somewhat, bat last week he began to decline physically and his friends fear the worst. Erysipelas has set in. The Herkrider-Worland horse replevin case, .which was sent to Sqaire Burnham, from Remington. on change of venue, was dismissed by the plaintiff, as to the justice’s court, and a new action has been begun in the circuit court.

White & Marion, the plumbers, have moved their shop and supply room into the room on Van Rensselaer street next door north of Carmichael’s harness shop. The building they moved from stands partly on the lot on which Henry Harris will erect ’his new bank building, and it will be torn down/ The ladies of the Presbyterian church will give a social next Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. N. J. Reed from 5 until 9:80. Elegant refreshments consisting of hot bisouits, fried ham and eggs, butter, jelly and coffee will be served at the small sum of 15 cents. A high class entertainment consisting of the best local talent has been arranged and a good time is assured. Everyone cordially invited. Bring your sweethearts and do not miss this treat. Col. Fred Phillips went down into Benion county Saturday, and

officiated as auctioneer in a big horse sale. The Hickory Grove Stock Farm sold off tbeir entire stud of high bred horse, some 34 head. Col. Fred was the only auctioneer and he got good prices for ail the horses. The owners of the farm are going*t>ut of horses entirely and will extend their Hereford cattle interests. One fine horse of the number sold was bought by a Rensselaer party, Richard Pitman, the colored man who works for T. J. McCoy bought a brown pacer, of excellent breeding and promising qualities.

THURSDAY. Oats cents. Corn cents. Wheat 55 to 60 cents. Simon Leopold went to Chicago this morning on business. W. H. Beam is again able to resume charge of the station. Born, Wednesday morning, Maroh Bth, to Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Thornton, near Surrey, a girl. Born, this, Thursday morning, March 9th, to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sherrell, 3£ miles northwest of town, a son Born, this, Thursday morning, Mar. 9tb, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Hilbert, about 4 miles northwest of town, a son. W. S. Coen continues to improve right along, and his early complete recovery is now practically assured. Willard Shields has moved from his mother’s house, across the river, into Charley Nowels’ house, in the northeast part of town.

The late Edmund H. Morlan did not leave any will and his estate will be settled according to the provisions of the law. His son, Charles Morlan, has been appointed administrator of the estate.

Wednesday was Clerk Coovers busy day. He issued four marriage licenses during the day. Nearly all sections of the county were represented in the licenses, including the towns of Rensselaer, Remington and DeMotte, and the townships of Marion, Carpenter, Milroy, Walker and Keener. The birds of spring are showing up again today. Robins are especially quite frequently seen and heard. In one or two cases people have seen or thought they saw, specimens of the old-fashioned blue birds, which always used to be about the first birds to come in the spring. Their entire race was practically annihilated by a terrible cpld season, 8 or 10 years ago, Which froze up everything clear to the gulf. The sight of farm wagons loaded with household goods has been quite common at this time. March is the month in which all farm leases expire and they are either renewed or else a tenant seeks a new location. Quite a number of changes are taking place ' all over the county, and some tenants who have lived for years on one farm are buying farms for themselves or else are getting new locations. And every year there is getting to be greater and still greater demand for farms to rent. The cause of this is that there are no more good farms to be had for the taking in the west. The remedy for this scarcity of of farms, if found at all, will be .found in what is known as ‘'intensive farming.” That is people must learn to work there land for all there is in it. They must learn to raise as much on 40 acres, by improved and scientific methods, as in the old slip-shod way could be raised on a quarter section. And the sooner the very big farms are divided np into medium sized ones, the better for the country, also. Had Catarrh 36 Years. Josiah Bacon, conductor on the P. W. &B. R. R., says. “I had suffered with catarrh for 36 years and regarded my case as hopeless. One day I saw the testimonial of Geo. H. Hearn in a Brazilian Balm circular. Hearn was the engineer on my train and I knew his case was desperate. I talked with Hearn and his cure gave me hope. I began the use of the Balm at once. There was not much change for the first two months but then I began to improve and in six months, to my inexpressible satisfaction I was entirely cured.”