Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist of Local Happen- 7 HlffS Classified Under Their Respective -Headings. FRIDAY. J. W. Warren, of Newton Tp., is reported as steadily growing weaker. Miss Grace Hopkins is recovering from a very dangerous spell of sickness. Mrs. W. H. Coover returned today from a few days visit in Remington. D. Mulford left for Maryville, Ohio, this afternoon, for a stay of a couple of weeks. Charles Sigler, of Hebron, re turned home today after a week’s visits with his sister, Mrs. Geo. Goff. Miss Lizzie Johnson, of Lafayette, is visiting her brother, Robert Johnson, the Western Union telegraph operator today. C. W. Duvall has had his heavy dray repainted and it is now almost as gorgeous as a circus band wagon. Jack Warner did the work. Vermont Hokins, the fireman on the “Pennsy” is back for a short visit and to meet his brother Frank, on his return from the army. Frank Maloy has been acting as ■station agent at Kirklin. He is now a regular “extra” on the Monon, and is never out of a job very long. Lost— A pair of ladies’ kid gloves, light gray, with black stitching. Wrapped in piece of newspaper. May be left at this office. Monticello Journal: George W. Spitler, of Rensselaer, “city bill poster,” was here today on business. Mr. Spitler is thinking of locating in Monticello. Mrs. Eva Morgan of Rensselaer has been granted a pension as the widow of the late James C. Morgan. Rolla T. Newman of Hanging Grove has had his pension increased. A paper mail sack thrown off the fast paper train was cut to pieces under the car wheels this morning. This accident occurs e about once a month, on an aver age, we should estimate. Will Woodworth returned home this morning from a short trip to Kentucky visiting relatives. He had expected to visit Mammoth cave, but was scared out by a small-pox scare in a town on the road there.

A G. A. R. order from headquarters states that President Lincoln’s Gettysburg address will be made a feature of Memorial Day exercises and directs commanders of. posts to have it read in connection with the exercises of the day. Rev. W. C. Hilt, state superintendent Anti-saloon League, will lecture at the Baptist church Wednesday night, May 3rd. Subject: “The Saloon Inside Out.” Illustrated with stereopticon. Admission free. Everybody come out. Mr. Hilt is from Indianapolis and is a Presbyterian clergyman. Word was received yesterday from Indianapolis that Mrs. Cecelia Moore was dying, and her other sisters here, Mrs. Rebecca Portfer, Mirs. R. B. Harris, Mrs. John Randle and Mrs. Nelson Randle, went to her side on the 1:45 p. m. train yesterday. No further word has been received from her. Roy Vandermark, who was a member of the 160th Indiana regiment, just mustered out, arrived here last night and visited his uncle, T. J. Joyner, over night and went on to Chicago on the 9:55 train, this morning. He has a brother in the 2nd Illinois and wanted to be in Chicago when that regiment arrived there. At our time of going to press the 2nd Illinois regiment had not passed through, although one section of their train reached Monon before noon. About 4:30p. m. it was thought that they would pass h ere. Delegations of prominent Chicago citizens went to Monon to meet the regiment on both the 10:55 a. m. and 1:45 p. m. trains today.

The railroad company has taken an appeal in the John Brown fire damage case, from Lake county, tried here at the January term. The hill of exceptions, filed with our county clerk, consists of over 1400 legal cap type-written pages, and is probably the biggest document of the kind ever filed in our circuit court. The clerk’s record, which he is now having made up will consist of several hundred pages. Brown’s judgment against the company was something over $5,000.

James T. and Nelson and Henry Randle left for Camden, Carroll Co., this afternoon, to attend the funeral of their brother-in-law, Walter Clark. He had an arm amputated, for a cancer, at a Louisville hospital, two weeks ago, and his death occurred there last night. His age was 78 years. His wife was a sister of the above named gentlemen. Mr. Clark lived in Rensselaer many years ago and had a store here at one time. The Rensselaer guests at the Hopkins-Brown wedding, at Danville, are all now at home except Mrs. W. B. Austin and daughter, who are stopping at Lafayette. The wedding was a very notable affair and is described at great length in the* Danville papers. Immediately after the wedding supper the newly married couple took the train for a bridal trip through the south, New Orleans being their first objective point. They will reside at Englewood. Miss Virginia Austin, of Rensselaer was the bride’s maid and little Walter English was a flower bearer.