Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1899 — Page 3

'CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Parar graph- . f ofLocal Happq|ings U‘- ■' Clasbifled Under Their Respective Headings. FRIDAY. ■ • ■ ... S.-J i * ' ■ • •' J. G. Reynolds is now reported much better. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McCoy are visiting in Lafayette. George Healey, of Brookston, attended the graduating exercises last evening. Miss Mary Washburn, came down from Chicago last night to attend the graduating exercises. Comrade S. E. Yeoman has had his pension increased to sl7 per month. He also gets back pension to the amount of about S6OO. Another game of base ball bedtween Rensselaer boys and the College club, was played Wednesday afternoon. The score was 13 to 11 in favor of Rensselaer. Prof. Mochel, of Winamac, is here to take experimental charge of the Citizens’ band, with a prob©able view of engaging- tor the season. . ' A party of 14 or 15 of Brook’s leading ladies were here yester- , day, taking a look a our city They were evidently well pleased with all they saw, and for the court house their admiration was unbounded. C. G. Spitler, Delos Thompson, Walter White, C. E. Mills, B. F. Fendig and E. L. Hollingsworth; went over to Monon today, to flee the big stone crushing plant the steam roller at Work on the streets of Monon. , . The marriage of Mr. Harry Wemple, of Chicago, and Mass Lynn Kelley, of Rensselaer, ztbojh place at the home of MrJ brother, in Chicago, last Wednesf* day evening. The‘y are at pre,sent residing on. Michigan Avenue.. Dr. Washburn returned last evening from Chicago, wherq. be had been attending the alymiij and commencement of Rush Medical College. He son Ira, a student in the college, oatoe with hint and will spend the summer vapation, here. \ Joe Marshall was accepted as a member of the Ist U. S. cavalry, but on condition that he would have removed' an enlarged tympathic gland, a,nresult of-fthfi-typhoid fever contracted - at Carrip Thomas. Dr. Washburn removed the gland, today, and Joe expects to be able to go to the regiment in a few days. The regiment is now doing garrison duty in various parts of the west, the portion he expects to join being at Fort Robinson, in the far northwest part of Nebraska.

Monticello Journal:—The Tharp brothers— Wilbur, Glenn and Fred —have purchased the electric light plant now downed by G, W. Van Alstine and will take charge .•< of it on and after Jane Ist. They expect to overhaul the Itnes and plant and improve' the service very materially. They will give their personal supervision to the work. Both Glenn and Fred are practical engineers and the former has served at the plant fpr the past seven years jn tjie capacity of manline and engineer. SATURDAY. Judge E- P. Hammond, of JLafayette, is in town today. Billy Postill is back at his old job of driving the Makeever House hack. • * Harry Badorf and family left today for. Indianapolis, where thpy expect to reside. $ •’ Boro, Friday evening, May 1 26, to Mr. and Mrs. George Gandy, near Sharon, a son. 27tMo Mfand Th^ y

hisses Lizzie Bayless and Florence McCoy, of Lafayette, are visiting-at Jajj Lamson’s. Ed. Mills, Taylor McCoy and Rex Warner went to Lafayette todiy, to attend field day exercises. Mrs. Belle Westphal and son, of South Bencjjare visiting Rev. H. M. Middleton and other friends here. Joe Reynolds, of Hammdnd, came down today to see his father, who is still quite sick- but improving. Tomorrow evening Rev. H. M. Mifidtetou will preach on “John the Baptist’s Warning Against the Wrath of God.” It z 'is, estimated that fully 200 people visited the school house, Thursday afternoon to view the school work exhibit. , • Mrs. C. W. Coen arrived home last evening from her extended California and Colorado visit, which she has greatly enjoyed. Miss Shields and Miss Needham, teachers in the city schools, left for their respective homes, Monon and Dublin, today, to spend the summer. Mrs. C. E. Eversole of Champaign, 111., who has been visiting Miss Maud Healey, of this place, went to Delphi today to visit her mother. ■ v e The union- memorial services under the auspices of the G. A. R. will be held at Trinity M. E. cbufph at 10:45 A. M. tomorrow. Rev. V. O- Fritts will preach the sermon. *

Prof. Mockel gave the Citizens’ band a sample of his abilities as an instructor, last evening, and so satisfactorily that he was engaged as regular instructor for a period of six months. • For the benefit of the M. E. church refreshments of ice cream ,aqd' cake will bfl served Deepration Day in the Makeeyer building, formerly occupied by Mrs. Leckfider. Everybody invited*. Rensselaer Encampment, 1.0. O. F-,took in eleven new members in a last night, and celebrated the evetyt with a supper at Goff’s. There were five other elected canbut for various reasons unable to be present. Dr. Johnson having got a firm grip'upon the record for girl births, by scoring twelve in a string* and three of them,in one day, is now training for the boy record, also. This-morning he reported two in the pjevious twelve hours, and intimated that it was a good while until night.

*' Qf the four chameleons which Tharp from Cuba, all have escaped, at orie time or another, and only one has been recovered; f The -others have probably perished during the cold weather. ' John C. Bail, of Monon, since his return from Uncle Yarn’s service in Porto Hico, has taken the lecture and; has already tilled several appointments.— Monticello Herald. MtA Pluma Palmer, of Burnettsville, the aged mother of Judge Truman F. Palmer, of Monticello, was knocked down by a cow she was leading, a few days ago, and her hip badly broken. It is stated ■that she can not recover - from the I. I. "»\ J injury.

The funeral of Col. Thomas H. Bringhurst was held at Logansport, Friday afternoon. He had reached the ripe age of 80 years, and long one of Logansport’s widest known and most honored citizens. He was colonel of the 46th regiment from August 1862 to the close of the war. Delphi Times: —Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Honan and son stopped over in this city a few days of this week for a visit with friends, while enroute for their home at Rensselaer. > They came from Indianapolis where Mr. Honan had been attending a law school from which he graduated with high honors. Geo. Barcos, of Mackey & Barons, was at Wheatfield yesterday 1 to'erect a monument to, the late

he put up one at Lowen. Mackey & Barcus are one of the best and best known monument firms in Northwest Indiana. H. W. Veach has sold his paper, the Lowell Record, to R. E. Helms- Mr Veach got up a very, excellent paper during his control of the Record, and it is a great pity that he sullied his good record at the last by a blackguard ly and entirely unjustifiable attack on Capt. Ragon, of the Lowell Tribune. Mrs. E. L. Clark, Mrs. Viola Thornton, Mrs. Hitchcock and Mary Comer returned yesterday from the W. R. C. convention. Mrs. Hitchcock ( and Miss Comer acted as guard, and Rensselaer had the honor of electing a delegate to the National Convention, Mrs. Elizabeth Powers. Wilbur Tharp has placed in the show window of Hunt Bros’ drug store an extensive collection of relics and curios that he secured in Cuba during his stay there in army. There are many things of interest among them, including a dozen or more large size pictures, relics of the Maine; Moro Castle etc. The collection is attracting a good deal of attention. Although quite everything has not been airanged as yet, it may now be stated that Rensselaer’s present corps of experienced and very efficient teachers will remain next year, practically without change. There are two or three who have not applied for reelection, and their places will be supplied by others, although owing to the decreased enutheration it is understood that one less teacher will be hired, than during the year just concluded. The members of the high school graduating class and their friends were given a reception last evening by the Juniors at Mr. and Mrs G. E, Murray’s residence on River street. A noteworthy cireuinstanoe, and one that added Id the pleasure of the occasion, was that the hostess, Mrs. Murray, was their first teacher when this class which now graduates first entered school. Only five, however, of the. twelve graduy ates were residents of the town and members of the class at that time. The reception was very pleasant throughout, and’included elegant refreshments.

Have You i Heard i Of n? I You may have heard < about SCOTTS EMULSION ’ i and have a vague notion J that it is cod-liver oil with' i its bad taste and smell and ] i all its other repulsive tea- ( 1 tures. It is cod-liver oil, the i J purest and the best in the] i world, but made so palata- < * ble that almost everybody ’ J can take it , Nearly all' » children like it and ask for ( 1 more. < : i emulskjn > looks like cream; it nour- [ ishes the wasted body of ►the baby, child br adult ' better than cream or any i other food in existence. It > bears about the same rela»tion to other emulsions that [ cream does to milk. If you , i have had any experience, [ with other so-called “just as good” preparations, you' ! Will find that thblsaWi I Th. hypophosphite that are combined With the cod-Hvtr oil j give additional value to it became I 50c, «nd|i 00. *ll druggist*. fall blood, Pil» 'bin. boar,, for Mie. . Iw2tp ’ F.i W- Bedford

DAY ’*"**“’ Mack Sales of Delphi, spent Sunday in Renssselaer. Mrs. O. S. Nichols visited relatives in Monon over Sunday. Bert White is down from cago for a few days’ visit. Miss Lena Washburn went to Chicago Sunday to visit her sister for a few weeks. < Miss Maggie Portwood is visiting relatives in Danville) 111. Miss Mabel Barber returned today from her visit to Knox and Plymouth Mary Arnold, of Fair Oaks, is visiting Rensselaer relatives. Miss Ina Klein and Geo. Davis and Cal Nichols, of Lowell, visited Miss Lona Flynn yesterday. Born, Sunday, May 28th, to Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Richardson, near Aix, a son. Mr- and Mrs. Jerry Schofield were at Chalmers yesterday visiting Mr. Schofield’s father who is quite sick. County Superintendent Hamilton had 76 candidates for teachers license at his regular monthly examination, last Saturday. Judge Healy came home Sunday after two week’s service on the U. S. petit jury at Indianapolis. The jury is not discharged for good, and may be called back again at any time.

County Auditor Murray has sent out notices today, to the township trustees, notifying them to meet next Monday, at 10 a. m. to elect a county superintendent, to succeed L. H. Hamilton, and to serve for four years. = The funeral of Edward RavensIproft, near Remington, Sunday forenoon was very largely attended. The services were conducted by lElias Horner, an old friend of the deceased,jassisted by Rev.Cheadley the regular U. B. minister. W. B. Chilcote, now a resident of the National Soldiers’ Home, at Marion, this state, is here on a short furlough. He is well pleased with the home as a place of residence. A Sub-District Epwoi th League Conference will be held at the Osborn church, east of the city June 2-4. Rev. G. W; Switzer will lecture on Friday night and Dr. E. A. Schell. on Saturday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sigler, of Mt. Ayr, visited her sister Mrs. I. J. Porter, over Sunday, and today went to Wheeler, Ind., to visit other relatives. Boyd Porter accompanied them. John D. Timmons, of Otterbein, is here for a few week’s visit with lis sister, Mrs. Fishell, and other relatives in Jordan township. Mr. Timmons, is the party whose wife’s death was noted one day last week. He is an old war veteran, having >een a member of the 87th Indiana regiment, and eplisting in Rensselaer. The LaCross branch of theC. & E. I. R. R. otherwise in the picturesque language of the Wheatfield Telephone, the Rag‘weed Central, has consented to make such a change in the running time of its new trains, that people at Kniman and other points north can come to Rensselaer and get back the same day, by making proper connections with the MoFairJOaks. Warren who has been loc'aten at American Falls, Idaho, for the past two years, in the capacity of electrical engineer, has terminated his engagement there and himself and wife are. now on their way east. They will probably locate in Chicago where Mr. Washburn has had several good positions tendered him. |i Remington Press: —Joe Larsh returned Thursday from a 3 weeks stay at Indianapolis and vicinity. He reports our former townsman, 0. B? Mclntire, as slightly improved, but be still lies in a very critical condition, being paralysed 1 in the lower part of his body and limbs, which him entirely helpless. . . ~.0,1 , ~, .... ■ Arbuckles coffee at Laßue Bros. dfitp

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