Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist of Local Happenings , Classified Under Their Respective Headings. FRIDAY. M. F. Chilcote is in Chicago today. Miss Rosa McColly is visiting relatives in Fair Oaks. These persistent rains are proving very injurious to the hay crop. Born, July 11th, to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lowman, 4 miles east of town, a son. Mrs. Geo. IVol vert on and Mrs. John Ward, of Monticello, are in Rensselaer today. Mrs. W. P. Shannon and children, of Greensburgh, Ind-, are visiting Mrs. G. E. Murray. Unde Billy Bussell was taken very bad last night, with an attack of his chronic stomaoh trouble.

Merrill, the 11 year old son of Jaokson Freeland, of Newton Tp. has a severe case of typhoid fever. Mrs. Lew Stone returned to Chicago yesterday after a several weeks’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bird. Prof. Mockel’s wife and little son joined him here, today. They will reside m the Misses Comers’ house, on Cullen street. Mrs. Frank Berch, of Chicago, returned home this mdrning after several days visit with her brothers Ed and John Duval, west of town. Mrs. Elizabeth Culp, of Francesville, was in town Thursday, on business connected with the estate of her late husband, James Culp, of whose will she is the exeoutrix. Captain Allen, now 9 resident of the national soldierS’ home, at Marion, this state, is here on a 15 days furlough. The. “Old Cap is well pleased with life at the home. Capt. F. W. Baboook has just aeturned to town after several days spent in traveling about the oounty. He says he never saw better prospects for crops in Jasper county then there are right now. Miss Lelia ■ Middleton arrived ' i home yesterday from Ohio, where she has been visiting since she graduated at the Deaconess school, at Washington. She will remain here until fall and then begin her work as a deaooness at Indianapolis. A three months old infant daughter of Mrs. Anna Osborn died yesterday morning. The funeral was held this forenoon at the residence of Fred Hartman, Mrs. Osborn’s father, north of the depot. Elder J, L. Brady conducted the services.

James A. May, who has been sued in White jpounty for SIO,OOO, for beating old Jaoob Dluzak, has also been made the defendant in four state cases in this county, in connection with the same affair. He gave bonds in all the oases. He lives in White' oounty, but Dluzak lives in Milroy township, / this county, and that is where the assault occurred. County Clerk Coover has received from the state auditor a supply of the new Township and county reform laws, in pamphlet form. They are intended for distribution among county councils and township advisory board members, any of whom will receive copies by oalling upon the clerk, at the oourt house. Wm. L. Nowels, from Jordan iTp., southwest of town, was tried before Squire Burnham I and a jury on the oharge of maliI eious trespass. Daniel Way mire I diaims that Mr. Nowels entered upI on his land and took away a pump I that Waymire claimed, but the I ownership of which seems to have I, . . « , I fine off 1 an^^te^Mrl^Norols I . i I , . I , . /

It;/ " ■ ; ■ ■).?* •; John King was able to be down town yesterday afternoon, and for the first time in eight months. He has had nervous prostration, a disease which people are always very slow in recovering from. This is the third attack Mr. King has had, being laid up about 5 months at one time and about 3 months at another.

Theodore Smith’s trade with Mr. j Lippincotf, of Monon, finally fell through because of some defect in the abstract for the land offered by Lippincott,l but J. P. Hammond, the real-estate agent, has hustled around and made another three or four cornered deal, whereby Theodore gets the former David Gasoway farm, in Union, and his stock of groceries at Liberal corner, and his residence in the east part of town have become the property of Laßue Bros, of the Big Department Store.

SATURDAY. The band concert last night was again cut short by the rain. Miss Eunice Fritts has returned from her visit to Anderson. Miss Cecil Brown has gone to Tuscola, 111., to visit her grandparents. Mrs. A. C. McDonald, of Chicago is the guest of hes sister Mrs. W. H. Beam. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Newman, of Chicago, are visiting his parents north of town. I There was a practically oontinious down-fall of rain all last night and a good part of today. Mrs. Cicero Pancoast went to Crown Point, yesterday, to visit her mother, Mrs. Livingstone, for a few days. Miss Elsie Barnes, who has been visiting relatives here for several days returned home to Fowler today, accompanied by Madeline Philips. Efi. Rhoads, the grocer, found a big tarantula in a bunoh of bananas yesterday. It was captured alive, and is now in a box at Fendig’s drug store. A citizen of Wfiltely county owns a fine farm through which flows a fine fishing brook. He has put up a sign bearing this legend: “Fish and be darned: big fat worms behind the barn.”

Frank Osborhe and family, late of Fort Wayne, are visiting his father, Unole Jesse Osborne and family, north of the railroad. He has severed his connection with the business college at Fort Wayne. The Citizens’ band has just received an invitation to play at the Delphi street fair, Sept. 15th to 22nd. A special purse of 160 is offered for a band oontest between Rensselaer, Montioello and Wolcott, no other bands being permitted to enter.

Chris. Weurther a young man from west of town who went to a Chicago hospital four weeks ago, for treatment for a nervous trouble is doing very well and he will probably soon be fully restored to health. At Goshen a man named Foulks has the small pox, and the people there are much in fear of an epidemic. It is surmised that some one from Shipshewana gave him the disease and Shipshewana got it from Valparaiso.

MONDAY. Ira Rinehart, the cement walk man, of Delphi, is in town today. W. H. Wilson, of Indianapolis, is visiting his brother, Jesse E. Wilson. Gus Phillips has returned from his visit to Mr. Spooner, at Des Moines, lowa. J. J. Williams, of Cleveland, 0., is visiting her brother J. W. Williams a few days. Miss Myrtle Detrick, of Brazil, Ind., is visiting friends in Rensselaer and vicinity. Miss Nettie Hornback, returned to her home at Brookston today, after a few days’ visit with Mrs. J. L. Brady. Miss Mabel Brown returned to Crown Point, Saturday after several weeks’ visit with her aunt, Mrs. G. W. Goff.

A two year old child of James Lister, southwest of town, has been very bad with cholera infantum, but is now getting better. , Mr. and Mrs. Will A. Thompson left for their home at Sullivan, Ind., this morning, after a two weeks’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Hopkins. Rev. Edwin Sohell, D. D., of Chicago, general secretary of the Epworth League, attended the League convention in Barkley, Sunday, and spent Sunday night in town. Jesse E. Wilson came down from Chioago, Saturday. He has been consulting books in the Chicago Law Institute library, for some time past, and will resume the same work there, tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shields, of Mexico, Ind., who have been traveling extensively in the west for some time stopped off here to visit their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Catt and family a few days.

Mrs. John Nowels returned toi day from Columbia Heights where she was called a week ago to the bedside of her son’s ohild, who was very dangerously sick. The child is now slowly improving and hopes are entertained for its recovery. D. B. Nowels has gone toMonon today, to aot as superintendent of the Macadam company’s stone orusher, during the absence of C. C. Sigler, the regular superintendent, who will be at Lowell superintending the road and street making contract the company has there.

A good many farmers in this oounty have raised the early kind of oats, this year. Some of them appear to like the early kind the best, and others the late kind. One objection to the early kind is that they get ripe and ready to harvest just in time to confliot with harvesting the tame hay crop. -Bates Tucker, who has been at. tending the summer term of the state normal sohool, at Terre Haute hag again found the pursuits of peaoe too dull for his taste when any patriotic fighting was again in sight, and has gone and joined the army again. This time in one of the new regiments jost called for by the president. He is in the 35th U. S. volunteer infantry, and at present is at Fort Thomas, Ky. He saw several months service in 159th Indiana regiment and was one of the best soldiers in his oompany. The Remington Fair Association will in addition to the regular program, introduces a new and novel feature in the way of entertainment this year, consisting of

“Kemp’s Hippodrome and Wildwest congress of fancy and rough riders.” Prof. Kemp will give ten performances daily, consisting of bareback Roman standing races, chariot races, hurdle races, five mile change race, etc, eto. The company composes 14 people and 21 horses, and is bound to be a great drawing card.