Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. Mrs. J. Cressler is visiting relatives at Indianapolis. Born, Monday night, Oct. 9th. to Mr. and Mrs. Wm Cooper Jr., of Barkley tp. a son. Mrs. C. F. Iliff, who has been visiting relatives here returned to her home at Chicago Heights today Mrs. Mary Foltz has a handsome residence nearly completed, adjoining the home' of her son, Frank Foltz, on Work street. Rev. V. O. Fritts and wife and and Mrs. Chas. B. Stewart are at Indianapolis, attending the the state Missionary Baptist Association. At the city election at Indianapolis, today, several precincts will use voting machines, the use of which was made legal by the last legislature. A. McCoy is widening his field of big cattle sales. Bills are up for a sale by him and a Mr. Kellehert, at Frankfort, on Thursday Oct 19th. 500 head of cattle-will be sold. Mrs. Nancy E. Rawlings, of Indianapolis, is visiting Mrs. Frank Foltz. Mrs. Rawlings is an aunt of Hon. W. D. Owen, and after the death of his parents, which occurred in his early childhood, he made his home with her, for many years. Our young townsman, Ernest Middleton is now at Manila and perhaps getting a share of the fighting now in progress there. The Warren, the'vessel in which his regiment sailed from San Francisco arrived at Manila last Thursday, as per telegraphic reports in the daily papers. Frank O’Meara; while attending the state fair at Indianapolis a couple of weeks ago; had the pleasure of looking over some very fine hogs from several states, and now finds himself the owner of the second prize winner of the greatest hog show in the history of our State fair. This hog Royal Medium by name is pronounced by good judges, to be the largest as well as the best individual hog that ever came to this part of the country. The works of the Lafayette, Bridge Company, at Lafayette, were totally destroyed by fire, last Friday night. Theirs was one of the largest, if not largest bridge works in the state. They have lately been making all of the Monon railroad’s new iron bridges, and have also probably built more bridges in Jasper county, of late years, than all companies combined. They will rebuild their works at once.

Business conditions continue to press the thorn in the tough hides of the calamityites and their friends the popocrats. The total failures for the week ending Sept. 27, according to Bradstreet, were but 129 against 166 last year and 325 in the’ corresponding week of 1896 when Mr. Bryan was a newer but not less notorious figure before the American public than he is today. Thomas and Andrew Castlen, of New Richmond, Ohio, stopped off here last evening, from one train to the next. They are the sons of the late G. W. Castlen, and had been looking after the big farm he left them, at Rose Lawn. They stopped here to see Rev. H. M. Middleton, pastor of the | Trinity M. E. church, they being ■ under the impression that he was Rev. H. C. Middleton, under whose ministrations they joined , the church at New Richmond, 27 years ago. The gentleman they sought is a second cousin of our Rev. Middleton, and is now located at Leesburg, Ohio. Within a very few years the United States has doubled her exportations. Somehow manufacturers and exporters failed to give much heed to the frantic appeals p P- p*

i 4.U A. THriolav I protective tariff would kill our drport trade; but kept right on exporting and capturing new markets abroad. In the first seven months of 1899 our exports of manufacture alone were nearly $212,000,000 or $1,000,000 a day, while .in the corresponding months of 1895, they were in round numbers sllo,ooo'ooo or half a million dollars a day. WEDNESDAY. Mrs. P W. Rhoades, who has been visiting at Dana for some time, returned home yesterday accompanied by Mrs. and children. Mrs. Philo W. Clarke underwent an important surgical operation at the Presbyterian hospital at Chicago, Monday in a very satisfactory manner. Attorney-General Taylor has notified all the justices of the peace that the 25 cents for each case docketed must be collected and paid into the township fund. At Michigan City a merry-go-round owner was given a bath by an irate woman near whose home the unearthly noises of the organ were emitted, and now the woman who turned on the hose is sued for SIO,OOO. Miss Ora Clark went to Lafayette today, and tomorrow will go on to Danville, HL, to resume her work as a professional nurse, in a hospital there. Charlie Burson, wife, and children latey of Columbus, Ohio, visited his cousin, Mrs. Thomas McGowan, from Sunday until Tuesday. Thffare now moving to Missouri and making the journey by team and a surrey; J ack Knight arrived home last night from several months’ absence in Missouri, Kansas and lowa. J. F. Irwin has gone to Indiana Mineral Springs to take the mud bath treatment for a few weeks, on account of a recurrence of a former stomach trouble. On Oct. Ist, W. H. Lewis, treasurer and assistant secretary of the Monon, has completed his fottyfirst year in that position, and every cent of money has been accounted for honestly, the company’s treasury being carefully guarded by this veteran official. A. Lincoln Kirk gave his entertainment at the Free Baptist ohuroh, last evening, as per announcement. Owing to the performance at the opera house, the attendance was very small. Mr. Kirk gave a decidedly meritorious entertainment. The congregation of Trinity M E. church has granted their hardworking pastor, Rev. H. M. Middleton a six weeks vacation, which will begin next Monday. He expects to spend the time in ihe south and in Ohio.

The election at Indianapolis yesterday was very dose and no positive intelligence as to which party won has yet been received. The latest information however, was to the effect that Mr. Taggart, the democratic candidate, was reelected by 400 majority. The final returns however may show Bookwaiter’s flection. The Ist. Tennessee regiment, heretofore mentioned as having stopped at the Island of Cebu, after getting aboard ship, to some home, in order to thrash a job lot of insurgents, made their final start for home from Manila last Sunday. It will take from 32 to 40 days to reach San Francisco. Leonard Jessup is a member of this regiment. Z. T. Sweeney, the Indiana fish commissioner, has bargained for one hundred pairs of pheasants to be sent to fifty counties of the and to be cared for by interested men, who will turn them loose next summer to propagate their kind. The fowls are of the Chinese variety and are as hardy as quail- . _ The Imperial Stock Co., which opened a weeks engagement at the

ganization and all the nide things said of them by the neighboring press. Last evening they produced “The Pioneer,” a stirring comedy drama, in a manner highly pleasing to those who braved the elements and attended. There isn’t a weak spot in the company and they are worthy of patronage which would crowd the house nightly. The specialties are of a high class, particular? the dancing of Cal Uhl who hasn’t a superior in the business. THURSDAY. Mrs. Maggie Kenton will speak in the Free Baptist church next Sunday evening. Mrs. M. A. Marshall has returned to her home in Rensselaer after spending the summer in Will Co., 111. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Chilcote returned from Mount Ayr, where she has been visiting her daughter Mrs. Dr. Merry. Born, this, Thursday morning, Oct, 12th, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peffley, at the. residence of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Warner, on Front Street, a son. Go to St. Augustine’s Church Sunday night Oct. 22nd, and see the 'Passion Play produced by moving pictures. Doors will be open at 7 p. m. A dispatch from Laporte says that the Illinois, Indiana & lowa railroad is running a survey for a railroad to be built from Bend through Laporte county to St. Joseph and other points on the lakeRev. B. E. Utz and wife, now of Spokane, Wash., stopped off here last night, on their way to Cincinnati, to attend the jubilee convention of the Christainchurch. Mr. • Utz preached at the Christain church in the evening, and at 11 p. m. they resumed their journey to Cincinnati. The official * tabulation of the vote cast at Indianapolis Tuesday, gives Taggart, the democratic candidate for mayor, a majority of 347. His majority two years ago was over 3,000. All the democratic candidates are elected by small majorities.

The Brooklyn Citizen, a timehonored free-trader, in giving a pen picture of Senator Foraker says: “Being a Republican partisan he is, of course in favor of protection. Without protection, Mr. Foraker and Republicanism would be in a bad way about election time, etc.” Senatoi Foraker and Republicanism would, beyond question, be in a bad way about election time, without protection. They would be in about the same way the Democrats found themselves in 1896 after three years “ Without protection” with the factories of the country either shut down or on half time, with thousands out of employment and destitute, and with the country generally in the worst shape it has ever been within the memory of the present generation.

These burial permits are issued free of charge to the applicants. The Jaw also requires that all births in the county be reported to me within fifteen * days, under penalty. E. C. English. M. D. Secretary Jasper County Board of Health. Gaze in A. F. Long’s window at bis large display of Bibles. Ladies of Rensselaer and vicinity are cordially invited to call and see the beautiful display of fall and winter millinery at Mrs. Purcupiles.