Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist <?1 Local Happening^ {! assifled Under Their Respective Headings. TUESDAY. J. H. O’Neal has gone to Chicago on business. Mrs. A. Thompson returned this afternoon from an extended visit in northern Michigan. Mrs. Nellie Sayler arrived home Sunday night, from a two months visit at Boulder, Colorado. Miss Mae Wood, of Gibson City, 111., arrived today and will work for Mrs. Imes as trimmer. N. C. Pumphrey has given up his position at Brook and will travel for a school supply house. Mrs. Nellie Manahan of Muncie Ind., returned home today after a few days visit with relatives here. Mrs. Amelia-Smith returned to her home in Chicago, today after a few days visit with her daughter Miss Zetta Smith. Mrs. R. Jackson, who has been visiting her brother Mr. H, W Jackson returned to her home at Monticello 111., Monday afternoon. Hon. R. S. Dwiggins arrived home last night from a very pleasent sojourn of about two months, in the summer health resorts in and around the straits ofMaokinaw and “The Soo”. K. A. Parker, who has been managing his father F. M. Parker’s farm this year, 3 miles northeast of town, is going to quit farming and enter the Chicago College ©f Pharmacy, this fall. Judge Cox of the Wayne circuit court has rendered a decision that it is within the power of a city to compel railroad companies to light all grade crossings, and that it is further within their power to designate the kind of lights to be used. Superintendent Hamilton held his last regular teaohers’ examination for this year last Saturday He had 63 candidates. The new law does away with regular monthly examinations and provides for examinations in certain months. Delaney Martin has resigned his position in the law and land office of Ferguson & |Wilson and last Sunday went to Cincinnati, which city will henceforth be his plaoe of residence, and where he has a position as stenographer and typewriter in a large electrical supply house, and later has a still more desirable position m view in a railroad office. Our brilliant young U. S. senator, Hon. Albert G. Beveridge, will pass through Rensselaer next Friday afternoon, on the 1:45 p. m. train, being on his way home to Indianapolis. He has been making an extendod trip through the Philippines. The people of Indianapolis are preparing to give the Senator a big reception on his arrival Friday afternoon. Walter Wellman, the well known Chicago newspaper correspondent and Evelyn B. Baldwin have returned from their arctic exploring expedition and are now in England. They left in June 1898 \ Their expedition was mostly a failure, on the aocount of Mr. Wellman having been permantly crippled by a fall. Mr. Baldwin is well remembered in Rensselaer from having lectured here on the sudject of his northern experience with one or two of Lient. Peary’s expeditions, R. E. Leatherock who has nearly completed his medCollege, at Chicago is now located at Morehead, Kane, as a doctor’s assistant Mrs. Leatherock is preparing to join him at Morehead in about two weeks and in the meantime is residing with her parents in Barklev tn ' J Mr* ■

There was a/largp attendance at the opera bouse last night at the “Money to Burn” preformance. Generally speaking the entertainment were scarcely up to the expectations of the peoptle, but the deficiency was perhaps more in the play than in the qualifications of the players. Inrespect to many of the specialties introducseem to have been a general assent to the verdict that they were very good in their line

WEDNESDAY. Miss Mary Yates is visiting at Chicago. Mrs. W. J. Imes has gone to Cinoinati for a few days. The W. R. C. will meet at 8 o,clock instead at 7.30 this week. Mrs. Frank King and mother Mrs. Elizabeth Cripps are visiting at McCoysburg. Born, Tuesday evening August 29th to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Randle in town, a daughter. Mrs. Frank Ross and her two sons started for Oden, Mich., this morning for a few weeks visit. Mrs. Byron Hasket, who has been visiting Mrs. J. H. S. Ellis returned to her home in Chicago today. Mrs. Molly Gundy of Fair Oaks who has been the guest of Mrs. Josie Kite, returned home Tuesday afternoon. Rev. A. M. Watkins, pastor of the F. W. Babpist church, has recovered from his sickness and will preach as usal next Sunday morning.

Miss Marcia Addams of Franklin Ind., who has been visiting relatives here for sometime returned home fbday. She was accompaned by her cousin Frank Hoover. fcev. H. M. Middleton pastor of the Trinity M. E. Church will receive probationers into full ohurch membership, at the church service next Sunday morning. In the evening he will preach his farewell sermon, unless returned here another year, by the conference which is held next week. The Ladies Literary Club will meet with Mrs. S. P. Thompson on Friday Sept. Ist. exercises at 3P. M. Each member is requested to be present and respond to roll call, by giving an inoident of the past summer. Mrs. S. P. Thompson, Mrs. A. Parkison, Pres. Secretary. Mrs. Mattie Henkle and her son Fred Bowman arrived home today from Colorado, where they have been spending the summer for the benefit of Fred’s health, but it has failed to do him any good. He is in a very discouraging condition and unable to walk without assistance. Harper’s Magazine, that old and ever reliable publication, which has been four dollars a year and 35 cents a single number ever since 1861 or thereabouts, anounces a reduction in price to three dollars a year or 25 cents a number. But the reduction in price is not to be followed by any reduction in the quantity and quality of its contents.

THURSDAY. Vern Robinson has gone to Parr to take charge of Dr. Kirk’s drug store. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Michaels went to Marion, Ind., bn a visit, today. Rev. F. L. Austin went to Argos, Ind., today to attend a convention, of the Church of. God. Miss Mabel Sayler returned home tdday after a short visit with her sister, in Chicago. The game will take place in time for all teachers to attend next Friday. Everybody invited. Mrs. R. J. Crain returned to her home at Logansport today after a few weeks’ visit with relatives here. Mrs. Frank Hanley of Chicago arrived this'afternoon to spend a few days with Mrs. Charles Hanley. Min Eleanor Hillman, es Evanston, 111., returned home today

after a visit with Mrs. H. L. Brown. Miss Margeret Brosnahan, of Chicago, returned home Wednesday afternoon after a few weeks visit with Miss Dora English. J. A. Parkison, the county treasurer elect moved into town yesterday from his farm m Barkley Tp., occupying his Addison Parkison’s brick honse, on Forest street. His term of office does not begin until January Ist, but he wanted to be in town before the opening of the city schools. John Poole of Strawn, 111., is looking after his 600 or 700 aore farm in Hanging Grove tp. and also negotiating the purchase of another 200 acres in that township. He is now in the grain business at Strawn but is thinking strongly of retiring from that line and removing to Rensselaer. He reports that corn in his country is needing rain badly. Dr. A. E. Kirk of Parr, was in town yesterday He informs us that altho he asked for an immediate trial of his case, at Covington, as previously mentioned, it was put off until, Friday of next week. He is charged with erasing another person’s name from a medical certificate and inserting his own. He says he will have no trouble in proving his innocence. Capt. J, A. Burnham lost his pocket-book yesterday, some place between his office and the Makeever House. The pocket-book was a very fine one, and greatly valued as a present. It had the name of the manufacturers, “3toughton Rubber Company, Stoughton, Mass ,” on the inside. The contents of the book were between $5 and $6 in money and some papers. Preparations for the reception of Senator Beveridge Friday evening are actively under way, at Indianapolis. As before stated, he is expected to go from Chicago to Indianapolis Friday, on the train which passes here at 1:45 p. m. No doubt the senator would be pleased to come out on the platform and “shake” with such of our citizens as choose to be at the depot when the train goes through. “Pioneer Day” a typical western event, was celebrated at Cheyenne, Wyoming, a few days ago. Several troops of the Ist. U. S. cavalry are stationed a few miles from Cheyenne, and this crack cavalry regiment took quite an extended part in the performances. Among other features was \ fancy drilling and horseback riding by picked men from the regiment and among these picked riders was our townsman, J. H. Marshall. Joe got his training as a rider, while a cow boy and bronco buster in Montana and later as one of Grigsby’s rough riders, in the Spanish war. The outfit for the new alley in Strickfadens bowling room has arrived and the alley will close down Saturday night, until the new alley is put in. The shut down will be for about two weeks, as extensive improvements are to be made including the moving of all the alleys farther back apd arranging an amphitheater for spectators in front. We are settled in our new building and are showing some beautiful effects in Fall styles.

B. K. ZIMMERMAN.

a mother tells how she saved HER LITTLE DAUGHTER’S LIFE.

I am the mother of eight children and have had a good deal of experience with medicines. Last summer my little daughter had the dysentery in the worst form. We thought I tried everything I could think of but nothing seemed to do any good. I saw by an ad. vertisement in our paper that Chamberlin Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was highly reoomended and got a bottle at once. It proved to oneof the very best medicines we ever had in the house. I am anxious for every mother to know what an excellent medicine it is. Had I known it at first it would have saved me a good deal of anxiety and my little daughter much suffering.— Yours trnly, Mrs. F. Burdick, Liberty R. I. For sale by Hunt Bros.