Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist of Local Happenings '■ Classified Under Their Respective Headings. TUESDAY.' Miss Nellie Bussell is visiting relatives at Monon. Ed Heath, of Aydelotte, Benton Co. is in town today. Eva and Nellie Childers of Delphi, are visiting relatives here. Mrs. W. A. Rinehart, and her mother, Mrs. Alfred McCoy, are visiting in Chicago. The Logansport Presbytery will convene this evening at the Rensselaer Presbyterian church. The Western Leagues base ball season is ended and Indianapolis has again won the pennant. George Robinson who has spent the past five weeks in Omaho, Neb. returned home last evening. A. A. Hughart, county superintendent of Porter county, is in town today. He came to attend the Logansport Presbytery. Mrs. Frank Merrell and daughter Helen have returned to their home at Hartwell, Ohio, after an extended visit with Mrs. J. H. S. Ellis. Mrs. J. M. Apps, of Mulberry, Ind., and Mrs. Williams, of Stockwell, returned home after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Roth. Bernard Maloy went to Chicago this morning to make arrangements for entering one of the leading medical colleges of that oity.

R. A. Rook of Chicago firm has a pen full of western bronchos or ponies at the railroad stockyard, east of the depot which he is selling at most any old price, in cash. Many of the bronchos are very handsome animals. The preliminary teachers’ township institute for Keener township will be held Saturday, Sept. 16th. and not on the 15 as was erroniously published. It will be held at 10 a. m. and the one at Wheatfield at 2 p. m. of the same day. The Fortnightly Fiction Club will meet at the residence of R. B. Harris, Thursday, Sept. 14th, at Bp. m. Dr. Johnson will read a paper on Tolstoi’s “Cossacks.” Miss French will read a review on “The Siege cf Sebastopol” by the same author. Rev. H. M. Middleton, and wife have returned from Frankfort where they have been attending oonference. Mr. Middleton as, was hoped for and expected, in case he preached at all has been returned here for another conference year. John Alvin and wife, of Chicago who have been in town a few days, went home this afternoon. They came in on bicycles, having made quite a tour through the northeast part of this state. Mr. Alvin was here to close up the sale of a 40 acre tract near Dunnville, which he sold to Olive Turner. An artifical tooth plate with four teeth in it was found near the jail, a few days ago. Any person missing property of that kind lately can call around at the sherriff’s residence and try the fit. Another curious find made lately was a glass eye, said to have been found at the old settlers’ meeting grounds. The glass eye is not so useful as the false teeth, but more ornamental. It is better adapted to look at than to look with. Fred Parcels left for Tyndall, South Dakota, this morning, where he is backed by prominent citizens for a foot race against South Dakota’s greatest runner, for a stake of SSOO. The date of the race is not arranged yet, but Fred expects to have a week or two for training. He gets his expenses if he loses, and nothing out. If he wins he gets half of the stakes, and his backers the other half. If the ■other fellow wins he will have to run for his money. * ’

WEDNESDAY.

Mrs. A. L. visiting at Crawfordsville. Mrs. G. E. Murray, is visiting at Greencastle. Mrs. Blanche Randle is still in a very critical condition. Misses Ona Tyner and Maud Jacks, are visiting at Monon. James Antrim, and son Elbert, and Mrs. Washington Scott, were called to DeMotte on account of the sickness of Mrs. L. W. Antrim. Mrs. S. O. Harmon, of Detroit, deputy supreme commander of the Ladies of the Maccabees, is here to organize a “nive” of the order in Rensselaer. Ernest Middleton is now on the Pacific ocean on the way to the Philippines, as a recruit for the regulars. He left San Francisco a number of days ago. Mrs. J. W. Douthit went to Chicago this morning, and will remain for several weeks for medical and surgical treatment, her health having been very poor for some time past. Dr. Hartsell accompanied her to the city. The Vnderbilt family, the head of which Cornelius, died Tuesday at New York, are the owners, of among their other enormous railroad possessions, of the Big Four system, and through the latter, of our Monon lines, also the Big Four lately having bought the Monon System. The e xeroises *at the public meeting at the. Presbyterian church tonight will be of such great interest, that a crowded house should confidently be expected. Two of the ablest ministers in the Logansport Presbytery will address the meeting. Rev. J. B. Fleming, of- Hammond, will speak on the subject of “Home Missions,” and Rev. W. E. Beiderwolf, of Logansport, and the celebrated of the 161st Indiana regiment will speak on the “To the Young People.” The general public is most cordially invited to attend this meeting.

THURSDAY. Ralph Paxton, of Chicago, is visiting his brother John W. Paxton. Mrs. Chas. Stewart and Monroe Banes, and family are visiting at Monon. Judge Saunderson, of Fowler, is here looking after cases in our circuit court. Mis. E. Malony, who has been the guest of Mrs. Mary Drake, • returned to her home at Englewood 111., this morning. Mrs. James T. Randle has gone to Marion, to visit her son. She will then go Delphos, Ohio to visit her brother who is very sick. Rev. Faulks of Morocco will deliver his lecture-on “Rachael’s Tears” next Monday night at the Missionary Babtist church. d4w2 The cool spell reached quite an actfrte stage yesterday and last night and this morning there was quite sharp frost the first of the fall season of 1899. The frost probably did very little damage, as corn is about all out of danger from that source. Tuesday Sept. sth was the hottest day for years. The thermometer stood at 100 in the shade, and 120 to 140 in the sun. Sept. 13, eight days later there was quite a severe frost. Which is only another instance of the remarkable versatality of our climate. The biographical history of Tippecanoe, White Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski counties is now being delivered to Rensselaer subscribers. The work is in two large volumes, of nearly 550 pages each It is well printed with fine large type, on good paper and excellently well bound The portraits of which there are very well executed, and so far as can be judged by those of our own citizens they are very life like. The biographical sketches are also all that could reasonably be expected in a work of the kind.

Among those of our citizens whose portraits adorn the work, are C. E. Mills, Judge S. P. Thompson, F. W. Bedford and his late wife Mrs. Elizabeth Bedford, B. F.JFerguson W. H. Rhoades. Also the late Henry Adams. All these Rensselaer pictures are good, aud by way comparison, it may be said that Mr Mills is the most conspicuous, his forming the frontispiece of the second volume, Judge Thompson’s is the most life like and Mr. the handsomest Judge Wiley looms up as the first picture in the first volume, but Dan Frazer is its most cherished ornament. There will be the usual services at the Methodist Church next Sunday morning and evening. The “new preacher” for Conference year will preach. Come out and hear him! The subject for morning service will be “Grace and Peace Multiplied.” In the evening the subject may be called, “A Boquet of Sweet P’s” All are cordially invited.