Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. £ f Daily Grist of Loral Happeninsrs Classified Under TliHr Respective Headings. TUESDAY. W. C. Babcock was in Lafayette today. Mrs. W. C. Babock is visiting • at Goodland. 1 Mrs. W. F. Osborn has gone to | Fort Waj r ne on a few days visit. Miss Marybelle Purcupile is visiting in Chicago. Mrs. L. Messerly is visiting a a few days at Francesville. Miss Hattio Dowler has returned from a few months’ visit at Attica. Mrs. Levanda Huff went to Crawfordsvilie this morning to visit her son. Mrs. Geo. Dart, of Chicago, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Sullivan. Emerson Berkley, of Newman, 111., is visiting his brother, Dr. A. L. Berkley, a few days. Mrs. W. A. Wallace returned to Chicago yesterday after a several weeks’ visit with S. R. Nichols. Mrs. ,G. A. Strickfaden and children arrived home last night from a visit to Champaign, 111. The wedding which took place in town this morning was the first in the whole county for just two weeks. Mrs. A. Thomas and daughter, of Muscatien, la., visited here yesterday with their relative, M. F. Chilcote. Ira Washburn is home from Springfield, 111., where he has been camping with his] regiment, the Ist Illinois national guard. Miss Cora Everett returned to her home at Medaryville yesterday afternoon after a week’s visit with her sister, Mrs. F. L. Hunt. J. B. Sayler sent a party of White county boys out to lowa yesterday to work on the same road as the Rensselaer boys, who went the day before.

E. P. Honan has gone to Delphi, to attend the funeral, tomorrow, of his cousin, John Honan, whose death took place in Chicago, yesterday'. He was about 45 years old and unmarried. A ten year old son of Wm. Luellan jumped off a buildtng and lighted on a piece of a broken bottle, Saturday, and cut a terrible gash in the bottom of his foot. The injury will lay the boy up for a long time. The bowling alley in the big Roberts building, on Van Rensselaer street is proving such a popular resort that Mr. Strickfaden the proprietor, is preparing to add another alley, and will close the place for a few days, on August Ist, for the purpose. Earl Coffeen, son of J. H. Coffeen, and who recently visited his parents here, has again entered the army, being a member of the, 31st U. S.' volunteers and now located at Camp Thomas, Ky. He been given the-rank of corporal, and promised that of sergeant. Parties who have been traveling over this and adjoining counties the last day or two report that the amount of hay which was cut and not saved before the "recent protracted rains, was enormous. And it will all be nearly a total loss. Montioello Journal —The funeral cortege bearing the remains of John G. Reynolds arrived here from Chalmere about 4:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon and was preceded to the cemetery by Tippecanoe Post G. A. R. The servioes at the grave were conducted by the post. James Moßeth made a few commendatory remarks concerning Mr. Reynolds record as a soldier and at the conclusion of the benediction by Rev. H. G, Rioe, the Montioello battery 'fired _ _ _ *

WEDNESDAY , Miss Blanche Hoyes is at Lafayette today. Uncle Billy Norris is now apparently getting some better. C. C. Starr and daughter Floss are visiting in Lafayette Miss Stella Perkins is visiting a few days at Battle'Ground. Harry R. Kurrie left today for Boston Mass, where he will spend a couple of weeks Mrs. Thomas Chestnut is seriously sick at her home just north of town, with remittent fever. Mrs. Rebecca Porter returned last night from several weeks stay at Indiana Mineral Springs. Mrs. G. E. Murray and guest Mrs. Shannon, and children, are spending today at Cedar Lake. Mrs. Edith bulp and daughter of Chicago, were the guest of Rosa and Ella Culp last Friday. Miss Alice Rush left this morning for her home at Watseka, 111., after a few days visit with her brother John.

Mrs. H. I. Adams and daughter Anna, mother Mrs. McCollough are visiting a few days in Indianapolis. Uncle Joseph Frances and grand-daughter, Miss Ethel Frances, of LaPorte, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Marshall. Oscar Tharp is loading his house hold goods on the cars today, pre paratory to moving to Monticello, where his sons own the electric light system. Mrs. Cyrus Haas and son Wm. Postill, were called to Winamac this afternoon by the serious sickness of the former’s sister, Mrs. Sarah Duncan. Mrs. Chas. Goodrich and children returned to their home in Chicago yesterday, after visiting several days with Mrs. Geo. Kelenstein and other relatives. Miss Marybelle Moore came home last night from Valparaiso, where she has been attending school. She has fully recovered from her.attaok of small pox.

Earl and Joe Reynolds, who had been here sinoe the funeral of their father J. G. Reynolds, left for their respective plaoes of residence, New York City, N. Y., and Hammond, Ind., today. Mrs. H. M. Middleton’s, night blooming cereus will bloom again tonight, and people who have never seen one of these beautiful blossoms would do well to oall around this evening and see it. A lawn social and ioe cream supper for the benefit of the Christian Endeavor Society, will be given at the of M. I. Adams 3£ miles south of town, Saturday evening July 22nd. Everybody invited. Mrs. Joe Paxton and daughter, Virginia, who have been here the past month visiting relatives went to Colburn, Ind., today to visit her brother, W. J. Moore and family, a few days before going tb their home at Albany, Ind. , Laßue Bros, shipped the Theodore Smith stock of groceries and store fixtures to Monon, yesterday having sold it to John Hanson. They had just put the stock into a room in the Foster building, on Main street, intending to sell it out there, but Mr. Hanson came along and bought the whole outfit. • ••

William C. Pennook, master meckanio of Panhandle railroad shops at Logansport, Ind., met his death by drowning from a small sail boat at Hudson lake a summer resort near Laporte Monday afternoon. Ho jumped out of his boat to save a boy, and though be saved the boy he lost his own life in doing so. 0. B. Molntire, a former well known and wealthy resident of Remington, died Monday night at the h v ome of a daughter, at Indianapolis, after a long sickness, during much of which time he was entirely helpless. He at one time was quite wealthy, but before his death had lost all his property through unsuccessful investments.

His funeral will be held Thursday, at Indianapolis. He was 57 years old. Still another important business change has taken place in town. H. J. Dexter, the well known grocer ot the Odd Fellows block, has sold and traded his stock to Arthur Fisher of Remington, and the latter has sold it to Sylvester Galbreath. Philip Blue, who has been olerking for Mr. Dexter quite a long time will have charge of the store for Mr. Galbreath. Mr. Dexter receives in part payment a farm of 171 acres in Union Tp., near Virgie. There are 78 city governments and 304 town corporations in the state. The percentage of farmers is decreasing over the state, while the city and town population is rapidly increasing. The largest city in the state is Indianapolis, the smallest city goverment is that of Rising Sun with the population of but l,477.Linton,Green county, is the largest incorporated town and Spring Grove with a population of 91 is the smallest. Plainfield with a population of about I, is the largest unincorporated town in the state.

THURSDAY. Mrs. J. Drake is in Chicago for a few days. The present crop of oats is the best ever raised in northern Jasper. Mrs. F. Monnett, of Evanston, is visiting in Rensselaer a few days. Miss Eva Clark came home today from a two weeks’ visit in Englewood. Mrs. Cora Nowels and son Russel, of Hammond, are visiting relatives in Rensselaer. Arthur Clacy, of Champaign, 111., is visiting his cousins Edith and Mabel Strickfadden. E. P. Honan came home this morning from Delphi, where he has been attending the funeral of a relative.

Rev. H. M. Middleton will hold services as usual, at the M. E. church, next Sunday, he not having gone to the Epworth League convention. It is not known that George Washington assassinated any of his commanding generals. It is -about time to call the parallel between Washington and Aguinaldo an error of judgment. Mr. Byron 0- Iliff and Miss Deodem Short were married Wednesday evening, July 19th, at the home of Mr. Reed, the bride’s brother-in-law, on Elm street. Mr. Iliff lives in McCoysburg.

The Juanita Glee Club, consisting of 10 or 12 persons stopped off from the 11 train today until the 1:45. They were on their way to the Epworth League convention, at Indianapolis. Roscoe Bassick, of Bridgeport Conn., and a student in Yale college, stopped off here last night for a day’s visit with his aunt, Mrs. S. J. Austin and other Rensselaer relatives. He is on his way to Colorado, where he goes to look after the great Bassick nqinning interests in that state. 0 The Chicago Tribune’s records shows that 141 persons lost their lives from Fourth of July accidents, 2,000 were injured and property amounting to millions were destroyed. Celebrating the Fourth this year was more disastrous to Americans than any one battle of the Spanish war. All roads lead to Indianapolis

thiß week, and excursion trains filled with Epworth Leaguers are beginning to pour into' the city. Accomodations have been provided for all, at rates from $1 per day upr and the attendance is estimated at near 30,000. On Friday night three separate meetings will be addressed by Bishop Fowler, Dr. Buckley and Bishop McCabe. While Rensselaer and the surrounding country has had an abundance of rain the whole * ■ j season, and recently somewhat of an excess thereof, the region around LaPorte, as reported by

Uncle Joe Frances, has been short of rain all the spring and summer, with the result that the hay crop is-light and oats short, though of good quality. Corn looks well there, however, as well as here. Quite a large party took the early train this morning, for the Epworth League convention, at Indianapolis. They were Mrs. J. F. Warren, Mrs. S. C. Johnson, Misses Sylvia Robinson, Gertrude Robinson, Florence Wood, Vivian Baker, Lizzie French, Maggie Lang, Blanche Alter, pnd Messrs. Overton and Dr. Schmadel. In spite of the fact that certain self-declared great authorities on bugs and insects are ridiculing the so-called kissing bugs, and pronouncing the stories of their bites fakes, the fact still remains that any number of well authenticated instances of their bites are constantly being reported. The bites are always exceedingly painful, cause enormous swellings, and serious sickness nearly always results and in some cases, death. The nearest case we have yet heard of, and the victim is a person whom some Rensselaer people are no doubt acquainted with, it being Fred Pilling, of Idaville, White county, and a recently returned soldier of the late war. He was having a very hard time from the bite, but was getting better at latest accounts. • mm . The undersigned will make you a farm loan at as low a rate of interest, and as good terms as anyone in the county. I also have some-good farms and town property to sell or trade. Call on or

write to

J. P. HAMMOND,

Rensselaer, lnd.