Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. ■ 11 11 * Daily Grist ©f Local Happenings Classified Under Their Respective Headings. - ,1 FRIDAY. J. H. 8. Ellis has gone to Monticello, on business. Mrs. E. Honan, of Delphi, is visiting her nephew E. P. Honan and family. Mr. and Mrs. George Pumphrey returned home today after a weeks visit at Hammond and Chicago. Mrs. Blanch Randle has been practically at the point of death all day, and no expectations whatever are now entertained for her recovery nor revival peyond a few hours. Henry Summers, of Hammond is here today on legal business he being the administrator of the estate of the late Dennis Hilton, of Gillam township. Miss Gail Wasson returned to Northwestern University at Evanston 111., this morning. Her mother Mrs. J. M. Wasson went with her and will visit her dang hter, Mrs. A. E. Coen, at Berwyn, 111. Edgar J. Hurley who has been living over in Benton county for some years past was in town today and reported having just bought 160 acres of the Wm Cooper farm in Union tp., and that he intends moving upon the same next spring*

The Wheatfield town schools will open next Monday, with three teachers which is one more than last year. Two of the three will be from Rensselaer, namely Mrs. Ida O’Meara and Miss, Bills Osborne. Prof. A. 0. Beeihan will continue as principal. Regarding some some other ‘Conference appointment of M. E, ministers of more or less local interest, it may be stated that Dr. J. H. Cissell is presiding elder of the Crawfordsville district. David Hanley goes to Ladoga, H. C. Weston to New Richmond, J. J. Claypool to Russelville,C. W. Postill returnes to Wingate, and T. F. Drake goes back to Mulberry. The good work of graveling the mile of road along the east side of town known as Melville street is now in progress. It is being done without any legal proceedings of any kind. The property owners along the street voluntary contributions of work and money, and people, who use the street largely also contribute, and quite a numbber work their road taxes, by grading or hauling gravel; and the township trustee pays for the gravel* Thegravel is obtained from the large pit of good gravel at the St Joseph colledge, and at the The first quarter mile of the road

south of the’railroad is nearly completed and a part of the work on the next half mile will also be done this fall. A good road is being made, 10 feet wide and gravel 12 inches thick. SATURDAY. Early fall hats every style and color at Mrs. Imes.’ An 8 pound girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Max Sullivan this morning, southeast of town. Mrs. Frank Taylor returned to her home at Indianapolis after a few weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. John Makeever. Hon. A. O. Reser, of Lafayette was doing business in Rensselaer today. Mr. Reser was a member of last winter’s legislature from Tippecanoe county. Mrs. Blanche Randle was still living when we went to press but has been gradually sinking all day and the end will not evidently be much longer delayed. In a will just discovered in a vault in the state house, the late Mrs. W. D. Owen, wife of the former secretary of state, left all her property to her husband. The estate is valued at SIOO,OOO, R. A. Rook, who had about 100 ponies here, sold out the last of them several days ago. He expected to get another car-load this week but they had been sent tb Zanesville, Ohio, and could not be recalled.

This forenoon fire was discovered on the roof of D. G. Warner’s house, on Front street. It had reached quite a blaze but Mr. Warner’s young son, Rex, got action on the fire with the lawn hose and soon had it put out. A good argument in favor of using city water. The Methodist people here have contracted to purchase the J. W. Douthit residence, for a parsonage The price to be paid for the house and lot is $1,600 and of this amount the Womens Industrial Society contributes S6OO, and the same society as we are informed, proposes to put S2OO or S3OO more into additions to the building. There has been another change in the ownership of the Rensselaer steam laundry. P. H. Smith has sold his interests to his partner, Chase Kelley, and the latter is now in full possession. The direct management will be in the hands of a competent laundryman from the city. It is understood to be Mr. Smith’s intention to again accept a position in the employ of the same Chicago firm he previously worked for. Capt. J. M. Wasson left today for Portland, this state where he will attend a reunion of his old regiment, the 40th Ohio. Though an Ohio regiment one company was raised near the Indiana line and many of its survivors now live in and around Portland, hence the reunion was held there. From Portland Capt. Wasson will go to Union City to visit his aged mother, and from there will go to Geneva, this state, to visit ' a daughter, Mrs. A. S. Nowels.

Mrs Charles Reed is visiting in Chicago Heights. Miss Susie Said is visiting relatives at Francesville. Mrs. David Yeoman is visiting her daughters at Kokomo. Mrs. Alfred McCoy and Mrs. W. A. Rinehart are visiting MrsWilliam Taylor at Lafayette. Miss Sadie Cody has gone to Litchfield, Michigan, and will spend the winter with relatives and perhaps remain permanently. . Rev. W. H. Sayler, now pastor of the F. W. Babtist church at Wixom, Mich., is here for a few days visiting relatives and looking after his property here, Walter Shaffer of Morroco, a classmate of Ira Washburn in Rush Medical College, returned home today after visiting two days with Dr, Washburn’s family. The telephone company has phones but the work is now at a

stand-still awaiting the arrival of more instruments. The Bells that have been put in are greatly super ior to the ones they take place of. Dr. Washbum amputated the leg of little Agnes a daughter of Andy Minnicus yesterday. Oste Sarcoma, or Soft Cancer was the disease from which she had been suffering for three years or more. He was assisted by Drs. English and Walter Shafer of Morocco and Ira Washbum. The amputation was just above the knee and was necessary to save the child’s life. The City Council has partly reconsidered their decision not to make a contest on the Seib suit to obtain a block and a half of Scott street, and held a special meeting Friday night to consider the question. Their original idea was to either let the property owners fight the suit, or to let it go by default, and then to condemn the land later, for street purposes. At the special meeting nothing was decided further than to have the matter carefully investigated as to which would be its better and cheaper course, to fight this present action in the courts or to follow their original intention and to condemn the land after Seib gets his title.

The presence here of R. A. Rook, a liveryman of Halstead street, Chicago, who was selling Indian ponies, has been the occasion also, of a visit to Rensselaer of his father Wm. Rook, also of Chicago. The old gentleman was an early resident of Rensselaer, and kept a grocery here, wet as well as dry, 50 years ago, about where Goff’s restaurant now is. He lived where Michael Eger now does, and his son, R. A. Rook, above mentioned, was born here 47 years ago. Mr, Rook Sr. is an unde of Mrs. J. H. Kinney and was also related to the late George Hoyes, and is remembered by many of our old residents. He is in his 83rd year and one of the liveliest, brightest and sportiest old boys of his age that ever came down the pike, v

MONDAY. Miss Ara Glazebrook is visiting at Indianapolis. My. andMrss John Daugherty are visiting at Delphi. Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Howe, of Dwight HL are visiting relatives in Rensselaer. Miss Mary Washburn is down from Chicago tp spend a week with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Hopkins, of Chicago visited their Rensselaer relative Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. K. A. Parker and little daughter went to Chicago this morning, where they will make their future home, as Mr. Parker is attending a college of pharmacy there.

Mrs. Newton Warren and little daughter, are the guests of her parents Mr. and Mrs. F. Irwin. Mr. and Fred Chilcote and of Albany, this state are visiting their Rensselaer relatives for a few days. The Rensselaer steam laundry is not running today having been obliged to shut down to • repair the boiler. Mrs. Agnes Kelley returned home yesterday, after a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Harry Wemple in Chicago. Mrs. James E. Fl ynn, went to Lowell yesterday to visit her daughter Mrs. H. V. Weaver, who has a ten and one half pound boy. Mrs. E. Leath erock, and children left this morning for Morehead, Kansas, where they will make their home, Mr. Leatherrock is practicing as a physician there. Senator Beveridge of Indiana looms up wonderfully. He is the only man to return from the Philippines who hasn’t talked continuously all the way over, and told just how to ran the war. The Senator evidently knows something.—Philadelphia Item; Valparaiso Messenger.—Rev. T. H. Ball, of Crown Point, made this office a pleasant call this afternoon. Mr. Ball is at work writing a history of the counties of Porter, Lake Laporte, Starke, Pulaski, Newton and Jasper from 1800 to 1900, which will soon be ready for press. John Hodshire got quite a severe thump on his head during the fire Saturday night. He Was holding a nozzle close up to the door of the burning blacksmith* shop, when he was given a shove from behind by parties handling another nozzle and pushed inside the building just as one of the roof pieces fell, and it hit him on .the head, cutting quite a gash. The rain which visited this section last night began about midnight and kept up a steady downpour until morning, and an immense quantity of water fell in that time. It would seem that the rain must have been sufficient for every purpose, including those of making water for stock, and wetting the ground sufficient for fell seeding.