Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist ot Local Happenings ' ' ■ I f Classified Under Their Respective , "Headings. FRIDAY. R. 8. Dwiggins went to Lafayette this morning on business. I Judge Thompson and W. B. Austin are Lafayette visitors today. ) \ Rev. V. O. Fritts returned last pight from several days’ stay in Anderson. ' Miss Nettie Collins, of Test, is | making a few days visit with Mies | Blanche Hoyes, of this city. Mrs. P. W. Clarke, who had a serious relapse after her improvement mentioned some days ago, is again considerably better, today. Nig Day has not yet been taken to the reform school at Plainfield, but the sheriff expects to take him down tonight. A. H. and A. F. Hopkins were in Florida, when last heard from. They had made a tp<p over to Havana, which they are reported to have found very enjoyable. Judge Thompson was out yesterday, doing a little hustling for the public library. He got subscriptions for three shares of stock, $2.50 in cash and 50 books donated. The temperature this morning .was 14 degrees above zero or 18 below the freezing point, which was cold enough for the 24th of March. Today, though thawing in the sun, the mercury still remains below the freezing point in the shade. Col. Learning, a prominent citizen of Lafayette, and well known here, died last night at an advanced age. He was the father of F. B. Learning, now of Goshen,

but formerly, and for many years, ■ a resident of our city. The arctic weather of yesterday proved too much for our various parties of hunters on the Kankakee, and they have all returned home. Some of them came last night and some this morning. None had any very brilliant success in getting game, and several lost their decoys, from the water having frozen around them, and i prevented their rescnei I The story comes from Goodland that A. D. Babcock rushed into a furnishing store just before a train was due, to buy a shirt. He stepped to the back part of the store to change, and in his haste, the garment was put on wrong side before. Sewed on what was then the bosom, was a tag stating that ‘‘this shirt is seamless, tailless and almost priceless.” He didn’t know [ the difference, onlv the boson felt I a little full.—lndianapolis Sun. The Temperance meeting under the new organization as the AntiSaloon League was quite a success. Mr. Yeoman the new president presided with grace and dignity. The audience was quite dissappointed over Mr. Wilson’s absence, as he was to have made the principal address. Mr. Dwiggins, however, acquitted himself admirably and after him Judge Thompson was drafted and gave an excellent talk. A nice duet was rendered by Mrs. Dr. English and Miss Hattie Yeoman. The congregation was large and enthusiastic. * The Earl Doty company gave a very satisfactory rendition of that difficult drama, Faust, at the opera house last might, to a fair sized audience. Mr. a very good Mephistopheles, indeed, while Rosa May Doty is not less satisfactory as a sweet, gentle and saintly Marguerite. The scenic features of the production while they could not reasonably be expected to equal in that respect such a Faust as Porter J. White’s, for instance, who makes this play his sple repertoire, was still very satisfactory and left no reason for any to be disappointed on that, score The company tonight will give “Nell, the Waif.”

SATURDAY. Miss Maude Spitler is confined to her bed by sickness. Mrs. W. J. Miller and daughter Maude arrived from Litchfield,; Mich., today. Mrs. Albert E. Coen, of Chicago, is visiting . her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wasson. Mrs. W. H. Coovar and son Clyde went to Remington today to visit relatives a few days. Miss Wharton went to her home at Burrows this afternoon to spend Sunday with her parents. Miss Mary Hoyes left this morning for Aurora, 111., where she has secured a position as seamstress. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Clark left this morning for St. Anne, 111., where they will visit several days with relatives. - * ’ Jacob Keller, the Winamac banker whose suicide by shotting with a target rifle was' previously mentioned, was considered the wealthiest man in Pulaski county. Gus Andrews has moved his shoemaking establishment from the small building opposite the depot into part of the room where the Western Union telegraph I is located. Miss Laura Fielder of Mason,

City,lll., who has been staying with her sister Mrs. Harry Murray, of this place, for Several months returned home today, Clara Murray accompanied her as far as Monticello. Qeo. Moss, of the State University law department, who is now making a visit with his mother in this city left this morning for Superior, Wis., where he will attend to some business matters, returning in a few days. Rev. C. Fenwick Reed, the evangelist, who was expected to arrive tonight, to assist an the revival meetings at the M. E. church, telegraphs that be can’t come until Monday, on the account of a sore throat. One of the biggest public sales of the season in this county was that of D. Dekker, of Keener Tp., last Wednesday, which amounted to about $2,000. C. O Spencer of DeMofte, was the auctioneer. Mr. Dekker , and quite a number of others in that vicinity are said to be preparing to move to Dakota in a short time. Billy Parks loaded his wagon at ? the depot this afternoon with ten heavy barrels of salt for B. F. Forsythe and had just arrived at bis destination when one of hind wheels gave way under the heavy pressureBilly took the accident good naturedly as usual and went after his other dray. F. B. Meyer, the always impetu ous, escaped his heretofore invariable ducking, on this last hunting trip, but before his friends make too much haste to congratulate him on such unusual good fortune, they can, by a little inquiry among bis hunting companions, learn that he has now set a new record of misfortune.- Impulsiveness, thy name i$ Meyerl : Alfred E. Armstrong, a former resident of Hanging Grove Tp, now a guard in the Michigan City prison, greatly' distinguished himself, a few days ago, by re-captur-ing an escaped convict named Ferri ter. - The latter is a life prisoner, and a bad man, who committed an unprovoked murder of apo lice man at Indianapolis. The'will of the late Maj. WiDiam Taylor was admitted to probate itithis court this forenoon. It devises all of the property of whatsoever kind, real and personal, to the widow, and names her as

executrix without bond. At her death the property will go to the children or their survivors, share and share alike, as to the children, and in proportionate rate to their offspring The will was made August 19, 1893. —Lafayette Cal!. Charley Grow and Schuyler Robinson left this afternoon for Pittsburg, Penn., where they will enter upon the enjoyment of their heritage in the shape of a good job in the mail service. They have been appointed railway mail weighers for Uncle Sam, and though their job will not be a very long one, from 35 to 60 days, it will pay well while it lasts, and be a pleasant and valuable experience for the young men. Their run will be from Pittsburg to Chicago / The revival at the M E. church continues to grow in interest and attendance. The services last night began with a short song service, followed by an earnest and appropriate prayer by Hon. R. S. Dwiggins after which Rev. Middleton delivered a very logical and forcible sermon on “The Sinfullness of sin.” In the closing services there was a general rallying of Christian workers and an intense interest was manifested by all present. Next week Mr. Reed will have charge of the meeting. At the recent revival meetings at Schenectady, N. Y., conducted by the great Evangelist, Wilbur Chapman. the interest became so intense that most of the leading business men, nine tenths of the smaller merchants and three fourths of the saloon keepers closed their places for three hours in order to let their employers attend the meeting. Coming nearer home. To our neighboring town, Monon we have another example. Just a short time ago during a revival there all its stores s and business places closed at 6 o’clock, that •every one might attend the revival. Why can not the same be done here where over | of our leading business men profess to be Christians? S.

MONDAY. Oats 24-26 cents. Corn 28 cents. Wheat 60 cents. W. B. Austin is in Lafayette today on business. Ben Leopold went to Monon this morn n’ on business. Albert. Anderson, near the depot, has a bad case of erysipelas. G. K. Hollingsworth went to DeMotte this morning on business. Good girl wanted for general housework. Apply at the sheriff’s residence. Walter Imes, of Hammond, spent Sunday and today with his parents here. Caleb Pierson, southeast of town, is very seriously sick. He is bO years old. Harry Kresler and C. E. Hershman went up to the Kankakee this morning to try their luck shooting at duck. Miss Myrtle Pulver of LoweU, is making a few days visit with her sister * Mrs. P. W. Clarke of this city. Dr. Johnson has just received a new surgical table, one of the Allison make, which is considered the finest made. Prof, and Mrs. Newton Warren, of LaPorte, are spending the spring vacation with their relatives in this city. Rankin Halstead, of Newton Tp., met with a severe accident Saturday, having cut the side of his foot very badly, with an ax, while cutting wood. ' Mrs. P. W. Clarke still continues very seriously sick, and the intervals of improvement, heretofore noted, seemed to have been of only temporary character. Sunday was Mrs. Joseph Callow’s 88th birthday. In spite of her advanced age she is still healthy and active and of chqjce does most of her own household work. W. Elvin Overton, who is still in the employment ofthe McCor-

raick Harvesting Machine company. is now at Galena, in the far northwest center of Illinois, wbeie he expects to remain for the season. A coming event jn the entertainment line will be a concert by the Wabash Glee Club, an organization of growing celebrity. They will %e here in the near future and are coming under the auspices of the Daughters of the American Revolution. An amendment to the pension law, which quietly went through Congress, provides that where a pensioner of the United States willfully neglects his wife Or children, the commissioner of pensions, upon being satisfied of the fact, shall take one-half of such pension due and devote it to their maintainance. The Indiana section of the weather bureau has issued its report for February. The average temperatures for the month were the lowest on record, except for February 1885, of cursed memory. And the February just past beat even that of 1885 in one particular, and that is the temperature on certain days was lower than any in 1885. F. B. Meyer, the new postmaster, expects to assume charge of the office next Saturday, April Ist unless unexpected delay occurs in the receipt of his commission. He will be assisted in the management of the office by E. D. Rhoades and wife, who are now in charge of it. Mr. Rhoades will remain with him a month and Mrs. Rhoades permanently. The somewhat noted case of D. H. Yeoman vs the Monon Railroad company has at last been settled. Two horses belonging to Mr. Yeoman were killed on the railroad, just north of town about two years ago. Mr. Yeoman sued for the value of the horses, and the cases have been in the courts ever since. The matter is now adjusted by the company paying Mr. Yeoman the appraised value ot the horses, $65 each, and also paying all costs in the court. Indianapolis Journal: As to improvements on the Monon proper, Mr. McDoel said that on the Indianapolis division there would be fifty miles of reballasting done and $50,000 would be spent this year on the lines in further reducing grades. The road is now laid with heavy rail between Indianapolis and Chicago. The company now

and 250 box and 250 coal cars, asm® its power is.in tbe best eonditMMsaw in the history of tbe road.. The Earl Doty Company ed their week’s engagement, Safes*— day night. The company waas* largely reorganized here and atw eral new members taken i» an® old ones dropped out. Several's®the discharged members are stiHl in town. It is stated that they' were not informed of their iniendLed dismissal until Saturday after—noon. The company is at Mbwnaa this week, where their perfdnsa—ances will probably balittfe übmsb* than a series of rebenafe, tobwafifc in the new members, pre pa rainy/ to beginning their seasons worMias larger towns. Although considerable disap*pointment was felt in tbe fact tfia® Bro. Reed did not get here Salases day as expected there was a largpr* congregation present at both titan morning and evening sta the M. E. church yesterdhy.. Tbs® there was one greater than KotReed present was evident in tbsr> two eloquent and so»l-stirring sermons preached by Rev. for only Divine inspiration cottkfL have enabled him to speak with such power and conviction, Saw preventing providence Bro. Rea® will be here tonight to t tike charjjr’ of the meeting. Let everybody come and hear him. St—