Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Tterns Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist Local Happenings ' Classified Under Their Respective Headings. FRIDAY. Mrs. Rose Harrold, of Patricktrarg is here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S- C. Hammond. The present month, from present indications seems in a fair way to break the record for cold September weather, as it has also for hot. Mrs. S/C. Hammond has been very seriously sick for some time, with a stomaoh trouble. At present her condition is somewhat improved. Wm. Brinley, who has been keeping the Foster House, near the depot, for some months past is moving into A. Leapold’s tenant house, southwest of the oourt house. A Knox special says: “Edward Ames, a brakeman, making his second run on the “Three I” railway was instantly killed in the yards here last night. He was about twenty three year old. Silks must Be “going up”. It is stated that several hundred dollars worth of that kind of goods were taken out of a South Bend store the other night by way of the sky-light. Mr. and Mrs. John Zimmerman arrived home last night from their several weeks visit in Philadelphia during the G. A. R. encampment, and a special inoident of his stay there was a visit do the house where Mrs. Betsy Ross made the first stars and stripes. Betsy herself wasn’t in it is needless to say, but the chair she used to sit in is still there and also the chairs in whioh Washington and the members of his'cabinet sat when giving Betsy directions how the flag was to be made. Mr. Zimmerman met a number of his old war comrades, of his regiment, the 9th Pennsylvania cavalry.

" SATURDAY. Mrs. Chas. Spitler and daughter Elizabeth have gone to Goshen for a visit. David Worland has returned from Indianapolis where he has been visiting. Miss Zoe Krugler, of Anderson, is visiting Miss Eunice Fritts, for a/few days, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Herriok and Mrs. Levi Swartzell, of Pulaski county are visiting the family of Elmerald Aldrich and other Rensselaer relatives, for a few days. This morning was a pretty cold one for the last of September, and there was ice on standing water a quarter of an inch thick. The thermometers, showed several degrees below the freezing point, - Mrs/John'G. Timmons, of Monticello, is near deaths door from stomach troubles. Shq is a daughter of Capt. G. W. Payne. Mrs. E. P, Hammond, of Lafayg ette who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. B. Austin returned home to-day. Judge Healy is still growing weaker, and is now suffering greatly from constant hiccoughing, which can only be oontroled by the use of chloroform. E. Worth Kolb, lately of Oxford, has just gone to Monte Vista, Colorado, to take charge of an eleotrio light plant. He is a brother of Mrs. Frank Foltz, of our city, and was himself formerly a resident of Rensselaer. George Peterson, of Lowell, an aged veteran of the oivil war fell from a hand-oar on Wednesday, labile it was in motion and was so badly crushed that he cannot reextra gang at the time, who tt is said are nartiallv to Mama for the ~ nTi Wai ? e ~ < acci en y c ng up su en

Samuel Moore, a well known old soldier, died suddenly, at one a. m today, at His home at Pleasant Ridge of heart failure. The funeral will be held at the residence Sunday at two p. m. and interment be made in Crockett cemetery A meeting of Rensselaer G. A. R. post will be held at 7.30 tonight to arrange for attending the funeral. Regarding the accident to Yens or Yourntz Anderson, at Monon Wednesday, the Monon News says he was having a playful scuffle with another of the section men, and the switch engine canght him unawares. The injury was in his foot and the amputation was at the ankle joint. The doctors at Monon are so accustomed to handling railroad accident victims that within an hour after this one happened they had Andrew’s leg off and were ready to holler “next.”

MONDAY. Frank Cressler has gone to Monon on business. Charley Hemphill is moving into Charley Nowel’s house in Weston addition. ■' ' • William Postill who has been at Peterson, lowa, for some time returned Home Saturday. Spencer Vick came down from Chicago Sunday night, for a short visit with his parents. There was only a moderate patronage for the Chicago excursion train from here Sunday. The number of tickets sold was 110. The present fine weather is more like what we are accustomed to expeot in the early fall season than was the unseasonable cold of last week. + About 150 persons witnessed the practice football game Friday afternoon, between the Rensselaer city team and the high school team The score was 15 to 0 in favor of the city team. J. B, Saylor Spent most of last week “down the road” gathering up recruits for his western labor army. He sent 26 Sunday from Crawfordsville, Greencastle, Veedersburg and other points. Coronor Wright and Br. A. L. Berkley went up to Parr Saturday afternoon and viewed the remains of’William Sheffer, the victim of the sad accident of that morning; and after taking part of the testimony Mr. Wright adjourned the in quest until Tuesday of this week. In the cases from Hanging Grove against John Clapp and Peter Peterson, for trespass, Burnham found the defendants guilty and fined them $1 each and costs. The total in Clapp’s case was $19.45 and in Peterson’s $16.45. They gave notice of intention to appeal to the circuit court. Hollingsworth & Hopkins have removed to their new offices up stairs over the Commercial State Bank.

Lute Hemphill has got his new building so nearly completed that he is nearly ready to do work in the blacksmithing department. Jakie Wright, who has been visiting relatives here for some time returned today, to the Deaf and Dum Instution at Indianapolis, where he will resume his studies as usual. Judge Kent, of Frankfort, has decided that remonstiators against saloons may give a power of attorney to some one to sign for them This is the bone of contention in the Monon saloon cases. The oase will be appealed.—Monticello Democrat. 1 The great Festival of the Mountain, and Plain took place in Denver Colorado last week. It is the great annual pleasure event of all the middle western oountry. Two former Rensselaer people, Misses Jessie Bartoo and Grace Gee at* tended it. John Belcher, of Kankakee tp., was in town Saturday and informed us that be was about to remove to South Bend to go into the grocery business, in that oity. He will continue to own his farm in Kankakee tp., considering very rightly, that a good farm in the sugar belt of Jasper county is a good thing to keep in the family.

During our townsman’s John Zimmerman’s, trip to Pennsylvania he went to church once. This fact, in itself, is interesting only in the degree of its rarity; but to go to the church he went to on that occasion, would be an interesting experience to the most faithful of church goers. It was the very church in which the great Washington himself used to worship his oreator, and the very pew he sat in is still pointed out to visitors. Members of O. E. S. please take notice that this Tuesday night Oct. 4th. 1899 is our regular meeting night. The worthy matron desires a full attendance. Special work. Hattie Dowler sec’y. Things matrimonial are coming Judge Thompson’s way sinoe he has got a starter in that line. He had another wedding last Saturday afternoon, Sept, 30th. The parties were Mr. Charles Antrim, of Madison county, this state, and Mias Viola May Tally, of Walker

tp., this county. The ceremony took place in the clerk’s office, at the court house. Five or six good young Poland China male hogs for sale. F. W. Bedford.