Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist of Local Happenings UlasHiHed Under Their Respective Headings. TUESDAY. Uncle Mike Eger is now able to be about again after bis long sickness. T. J. Sayler has sufficiently recovered from his sickness to be able to go to his place of business. Mm Harry Lowe and Mrs. A. K. Rawlings, of Monticello, visited Mrs. Fred Phillips today. Mrs. O. P. Hunt returned home to Baroda, Michigan, Monday after several weeks visit in this locality. The trial of N. J. York, of Monon, at Monticello, on the charge of cruelty to animals, resulted in his acquittal. Wallace Robinson and Mrs. R. W. Spriggs are making the enumation of school children in Rensselaer, this year. The conversions during the recent revival at the M. E. church numbered 30 and the additions to the church were 20. •Uncle Simon Phillips returned from Grant county today. His sister whose sickness called him there, is still very bad. Bert Goff has gone to Indianapolis to resume his studies in the Vorhies business college. He will remain at least three months longer. Mr. and Mrs- W. J. Miller and’ daughter, Maud, left this morning for Battle Creek, Michigan, were they will make their home in the future. J. 0. Gwin and W. C. Babcock, during their recent trip to the Kankakee bagged 56 ducks, which is the best luck any of our city hunters have had yet. Rev. V. O. Fritts has been invited to preach half the time at Prairie church, near Lafayette. If he accepts the invitation be will have to give up his Mt. Ayr appointment. The Monon carries to and from Michigan City more prisoners than any other road entering that place. Saturday morning nine convicts were discharged from the prison and all but one of them left the town by the way of the Monon. A certain teacher said to her primary class the other day: “If your father gave your mother $7 today and 18 tomorrow, what would she have?” The small boy on the end of the seat replied quickly: “She’d have a fit.” Niccum’s victims have been pressinglnm“so/fiard lately that he stood them off a little by promising. to exhibit bis “perpetual light” some time last week. He did not exhibit it, of course, and is now probably hatching up some plausible excuse tor his ' failure. -> Wallace’s big and alleged vicious /elephant known as “Pilot” died Monday night, from a surgical operation. He weighed 14 tons, was 30 years old and valued at 15,000. Wallace claims to have four more elephants on the way from Ceylon, which is quite a moderate claim, for Wallace. Prosecutor Chizum went to Fowler Monday to look after some cases brought by him against certain Rensselaer parties for failure to list their property, and which were taken to that place on a change of venue. After a heated and prolonged discussion as to whether Mr. Ghizum’s jurisdiction still extended to the cases in •question, since the cutting off of not and that the dutv of prose-

Mr. Chizum, after expending months of time and hard labor in familiarizing himself with the above cases, is compelled to turn the work over tp another and abandon the fight altogether.— Morecco Courier. The state board of education will meet next Wednesday and ballot on the kind of books to be placed in use in the schools of the state for a period of five years. There are thirteen bidders on geographies, arithmetics and copy books. Each member of the board received a complete set of the books offered as samples. The choice of the bidder will be by ballot, and the concern receiving the highest number of votes on any kind of book will receive the contract for that book. The members of the board and the state superintendent of public instruction have been besieged with agents of the book firms since the time of receiving the bids. The agents for the bidders are not allowed, to submit any additional proposition, and the board will pass on the original agreement of the firms

WEDNESDAY. Byron Zimmerman went *to Lowell today. Miss Mary Hordeman is visiting her sister at Lafayette. B. S Fendig is beginning to recover from two weeks pretty severe sickness. Born, Friday, April 7th, to Mr. and Mrs. John Botem of Hammond, Ind., a 9 pound girl. Mr£. Arthur Nowels and son, of Hammond, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wasson. Del Thornton has gone to Monticello to take out a plant for the Jasper Co. Telephone Company. ■ The first meeting of the new W. C. T. U. will be held next Tuesday afternoon, with the president Mrs. W. T. Perkins. H. L. Gamble, the city engineer, is moving his family in with Mrs. M. B. Alter, corner of Van Rensselaer and Rutsen streets. J. H. Chapman and wife, Grant Warner and wife, George Murray and wife, Delos Thompson and Tom Sayler are in Chicago today. The net proceeds of the Wabash Glee Club entertainment were $42 The D. A. R desire to thank the public for their liberal patronage Dr. W. H. Hickman, D. D. vice chancellor of DePauw University, will be here next Sunday, and preach at the M. E. Church Sunday evening. The editor’s infant son has been growing very much worse during the past two days, and but very slight hopes are now entertained for any change for the better. The big four horse grader has been kept constantly busy on our streets for several days past, and the result is that, they have been wonderfully improved thereby. The pay rolls of the Wabash lines and at their various shops for March are the largest in the history of the company, the shop pay rolls being SIO,OOO in excess of those of March, 1898. Valparaiso Messenger: —Mrs. M. J. Hatton has returned from Rensselaer, Ind., where she has been visiting her aged mother, now 79 years old, and her brother, John Vanatta, formerly of this city. Delphi. Herald —Rev. Applegate, former pastor of the Delphi Christian church, now a resident of Rensselaer, was in the city this morning enroute home from a visit with friends in Ohio and Pennsylvania. ' . Governor Mount says he will defer the organization of the national guard in the districts covered by the 160th and 161st regiments of volunteers* as the service men are to be given preference in the making up of the same. McLain, the Monon saw mill man loaded his outfit on to a car 11 ft I.L • X 1 A 1L hnf tiiia gba rlimhari

place on the flat car, preparatory to taking a railway ride. Monticello Journal. Engine 111, hauling train 31 south on the Monon, this morning, broke down between Rensselaer and Monon and caused a delay of about 20 minutes. The train was a little behind time and was getting in some fast running when the accident occurred. The Alexander Leonard Company, which proved so popular during their week’s engagement here last winter will be here again next week. Their company has been strengthened by some changes and several additions and now numbers 15 people. The prices on this return engagement will be only 10 and 20 cents. Mrs. Dr. English and children have gone to Danville, 111., to visit her parents for a few weeks. She will remain until after the wedding of Miss Blache Brown, her sister, and Mr. L. F. Hopkins, which will take place April 26th, as per announcement of engagement heretofore made. The more people try the Bedford brand of April weather the better they like it. Today was the best of all, so far, and was almost summerlike in its warmth and brightness. The temperature was 70 degrees at noon. If Mr. Bedford keeps up the pace- he has set, no other kind of weather than his will be in demand in this region. The annual enumeration of school children is now in progress, the law requiring it to be done between April 10th and May Ist. It is a bigger and more exact job than ever before, owing to the new laws. Not only, must the names and ages of the children of school age be taken but also the date and place of childs birth, and the parent or guardian must sign the statement and swear to it. The fireman made a trial of their new ball nozzle, this afternoon, at the public square, and found it to work very satisfactorily. These nozzles throw the water in all directions in a spray, and are just the thing for fighting fires inside of buildings. By their use, interior fires are fought more effectively, with less damage to the goods by the water; and they also drive back tbe smoke so that the firemen, by using one of them can enter rooms where otherwise it would be impossible to breath for an instant.

THURSDAY. Corn 28 cents. Wheat 60 cents. Oats 24-26 cents. Worth a million, Monday night. There are lots of fish being speared in the river here now. law or no law. Miss Nina Hammond, of Lafayette is the guest of Miss Virgie Austin. They are shopping in Chicago today. Lost—between Ist Baptist church and Hemphill livery barn, 2| yards of dark red watered silk ribbon. If found please leave at the Republican office. Uncle Isaac Alter, returned Tuesday from his winter’s stay in Clinton county, and will spend some time with his sons in Union Tp. Lost, Wednesday afternoon between town and Mr. Sorrel’s place on the road by the cemetery, a plain gold watch, open face, with the name of “Stella” on the inside. Leave at Republican office. Maud Jackb. Mrs. Laura Meyer, of Chicago, came down to attend the funeral of her cousin, Miss Alice Rhoads, and will remain for a short visit with her relatives. Recorder Porter came back last night from his last and best Kankakee hunting trip of the season. He was gone three days and made a bag of 29 dncks. Monday night the Leonard Company will give a magnificent production of the romantic melodrama, “Worth a Million.” .ft has been the craze of New York and Paris. I

The ladies of the W. R. C. met with Mrs. Philo Clark, Tuesday evening and devoted the time to sewing carpet rags. A very enjoyable evening was spent and light refreshments enjoyed. James S. Alter, the constant I traveler, left here this morning, ■ for South Bond, to visit a sister. He has been spending a short time at his old home in Carpenter, and with other relatives in Union Tp. The Leonard Company will present an entire new line of plays next week. The company is larger and better than before. The prices will be 10 and 20 cents, ladies free Monday night if accompanied by a paid ticket. In referring to the duty of appointing\ the members of tbe county councils the Indianapolis Journal says: “It is to be hoped that no circuit judge will take so low a view of his duty under the new law as to try and cripple it by appointing incompetent men on the county and township boards. These are responsible positions, and should be filled by the best men that can be induced to take them. The compensation ! is merely nominal, but the opportunity to serve the public and’ assist in inaugurating a valuable, reform should be an inducement! •for good men to take the positions/ In a republic the duties of good* citizenship should not be mader dependent on pecuniary reward.”Arthur and Bert Hopkins ar-] rived home this morning from; their extended trip in the southernj states. The trip was a success in all respects, especially in improv-, ing Arthur’s health. They visited all places of interest, including Chattanooga, Jacksonville, Tampa, Havana, Montgomery and New Orleans. Arthur stayed with David Thompson at Tampa Bay while Bert went to Cuba. In Cuba Bert was the guest of Col. Durbin of the 161st regiment. He liked Cuba all right but did not like Havana which is still a dirty city though much improved since American occupation They returned by way of New Orleans and came up the river by steamboat. Owing to important business changes we must sell our entire stock. Greatest variety of wall paper, largest stock, lowest price. You make the price, we deliver

the goods.

F. B. MEYER.