Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1899 — Page 3

CITY NEWS.

FRIDAY. V 11 ■ " W. A. Rinehart, of Buffalo, is in town today. Night Watch Childers is ringing the curfew bell again, as heretofore. The Makeever House is to be cut into the city waterworks as soon as the work can be done. The house has never had the city water. Mrs. M. A. Webster, of Westville, is here for a weeks visit with her brothers, Ernest and David Cockerill, a few miles west of town and other relatives and friends in this vicinity. Judge Truman F. of Monticellp, has followed Judge Kent, of Franfort, in deciding that parties have a right to remonstrate against'saloOns by the Nicholson law method by power of attorney* His decision is much more sweeping than that of Judge Kent. One span of the Monon bridge about a mile south of Cedar Lake was burned last night. Traffic was interrupted for a while and several trains went around by way of Wilders. The early morning train from Chicago was one of these. The parties who robbed the Reynolds bank seem to have made good their escape. One Thos. Rutherford, of Reynolds, has been arrested, suspected with knowing something about the robbery. He has a peculiar make » of shoe and his track just fits some of the tracks around the elevator from which the jobbers secured the crowbar they opened the street door with.

Coroner Wright has published his finding in the inquest on the body of Wm. Sheffer killed at the Chupp crossing, near Parr, on Sept. 30th. The principal point enquired into was whether the railroad company was responsible in any way. A large number of witnesses were examined on the point whether the whistle was sounded for the crossing, and on this point the coroner finds that it Was not sounded. Niokum, the perpetual light fraud of Logansport, is so nearly to the end of his career of humbugery that he no longer has the nerve even to set a fresh date for an “exhibition” of his light, and his workshop is no longer guarded inside and out by armed men, and his army of clerks and stenographers have vanished. He has taken in a vast deal of money during his two years of fraud, but he seems to have got rid of it as fast as it came in. If any Jasper county people have invested their money in Nickum’s county rights, they cannot plead want of warning, for from the very first time we mentioned it to the last, we have denounced him as a fraud and his perpetual light as a perpetual impossibilty.

Docs the Baby Thrive If not, something must be wrong with its food. If the mother’s milk doesn’t nourish it, she needs SCOTTS EMULSION. It supplies the elements of fat required for the baby. If baby is not nourished by its artificial food, then it requires Scott’s Emulsion Half a teaspoonfill three or four times a day in its bottle will have the desired effect It seems to have a magical effect upon babies and children. A fifty-cent bottle will prove the truth of our statements. Should ba fatotn fa looißir at SCOTT?Yort. . TV ♦ -

All told, about '125 Rensselaer people have gone to Lafayette to attend the carnival. About a dozen went today. M. L. Spitler’s condition this afternoon is about the same as yesterday at this time, except that his restoration to consciousness is now complete. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Battleday and family, from the west part of town were in Chicago three days this week, seeing the closing part of the great autumn festival. A notable member of their party was Mrs. Battleday’s mother, Mrs. Ellnora Sayler, widow of the late Jacob Sayler. Although the venerable lady is now upwards of 75 years old, this was the first time in her life that she ever took a railroad ride. She enjoyed the trip and the Chicago visit greatly, but the immensity of that great city was, in her view, almost beyond comprehension. Uncle Jacob, her husband, whose death occureda few months ago at the age of about 96 years, had never been on a railroad train, either, and died without that experience.

SATURDAY. M. L. Spitler is thought to be a little stronger today. The Jasper county jail is now entirely empty of prisoners of all kinds. The circuit court held a short session this morning, having a little more evidence on the Brown case from Lake county, and then adjourned until Monday. Miss Ella Ritchey, chief of the hello force at the Jasper County telephone central, is away on a couple of weeks visit with relatives, at Indianapolis, Anderson and other points. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Henkle, the latest bridal couple left today for their future home at Williamsport. They left on the 10:55 train, and enough of their friends were present to give them a pretty fair shower of rice. Mr. and Mrs A. D. Swain, of Morrocco, Mrs. Cal Hammond and Mrs. Cal Learning of Lafayette and Mrs. Nellie Learning of Goshen have arrived at M. L. Spitler’s on account of his very dangerous sickness. L. M. Spitler, Jr. has also come home from Bloomlington.

Tickets for the lecture course will be on sale Monday at 10 a. m. at Huff’s jewelry store. The subject for Thursday evening will be ‘‘The Man of Galilee”. John Wolff, who has been living near Kniman the past few years has traded his farm for a store and stock of goods at South Wanatah, and is going to try merchandising. He gives notice of a public sale on Tuesday Oct. 24th. The well known John Hack, of Lowell has his stream dredge at work on the Bogusditch, in Starke county. Recently he put a night crew on, and being a careless incompetent set, they stove a a big hole in the x bottom of the dredge and sunk it Before the state W. C. T. U. convention adjourned at Marion Tuesday, resolutions were adopted to petition mayors to enforce antigambling, cigarette and Sunday baseball laws; condemning football; asking the removal of Congressman Roberts, the bigamist; denouncing punch bowls at home entertainments; criticizing McKinley for not suppressing the army canteen, and against Uncle Sam acquiring territory by bloodshed. The people of Barkley and other M. E. churches in the circuit of Rev. S. H. Kester, are building a neat five room house near the Barkley church, at Valma, for a parsonage. The people out there seem well pleased with their new and also youthful pastor, as he also seems well pleased with them. It takes a lot of good hearty country Christians to make it warm for a preacher they like. And when it comes to making it “warm’’ in a different way for one they don’t like, they are not slow either. V ,

The improvement of the alley back of the south side business buildings, on Washington street is now practically completed and is a good improvement. The dirt was excavated and hauled away, to the depth of 12 inches. Several inches of flat river rock were then laid down and on this several inches of coarse crushed rock and on top of all two inches of fine crushed rock, v making in all 12 inches of rock. This method, large flat rocks on the bottom coarse macadam in the middle and fine macadam on top is the best and cheapest way to make good streets in Rensselaer.

MONDAY. John Hume of Aix, is sick with typhoid fever. Born Sunday morning to Joe Norman, one mile north of town a son. Mrs. Linn, of Attica is here attending her daughter Mrs. William Parkinson, who is very sick. The reports from M. L. Spitler, this afternoon, are not encouraging. The best that can be said is that there is no noticeable change. The present warm spell, though not unprecedented is at least unusual for the middle of October Sunday it was 84 degrees in the shade. Soup! Soup! social to be given at the home of Joseph Stewart, in Hanging Grove tp. Oct. 21„ Come everybody. For raising money for the new parsonage, for Barkley circuit.

Mrs. Ellis Iliff, who has been visiting here. for some time returned to her home in Chicago Heights today. Benton county now has a free delivery country mail route. The carrier starts from Fowler and makes a trip every day, .He carries mail to several star route postoffices and delivers and collects mail from mail boxes at all the country places along his route. Everett Halstead is going to take a hand in the prevailing big cattle sale business, as was perhaps to be expected from a young man of his well known push and enterprise. He will sell 200 head of stock cattle on the W. J. Barker residence, on the Comstock ranohe in Newton county, on Tuesday, October 24th. The new paper at Remington, ihe Remington Herald, made its appearance last week. It is six column eight page pape% and is published on Saturdays. Ed. J. Bailey is the editor. The editor promises to conduct a strictly nonpartisan paper—which he may be able to do, but if so it will be the first time we ever knew a Democrat to run a strictly and fairly non-partisan paper. The initial number is a very creditable sheet in quality and quanity of news and general make up and ance.

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George R. Wendling is a native of Illinois. He was a brilliant jury lawyer, and one of the most distinguished members of the convention with framed the present constitution of Illinois. He received an invitation from one of the leading bureaus to lecture, and accepted the invitation, intending to remain on the platform only a few weeks. His lectures achieved instant and universal popularity. He has since given a portion of each year to the work; has withdrawn from the practice of law; devotes most of his time to literary labors; lives in Washington, D. C„ during the winter, and in the summer at his country place at Charles Town, W. Va. Mr. Wendling filled 130 engagements during his first five months on the platform, and in the seven following years he filled over 1,300 engagements —a record not surpassed since the best days of Beecher, Gough and Phillips. At the Opera House Wednesday night. Porter J. White’s presentation of “Faust,” Thursday night, was given better than on his former visit to Richmond. There was a large attendance, and all were well pleased. The scenic effects were fine, the garden scene being way ahead of anything ever before attempted on this stage. The stage settings were beautiful, embelished as they were with electrical effects which added brilliancy to the scene. It is evident that “Faust” has lost none of its popularity in Richmond. The Daily Call has nothing but praise for Mr. White’s Mephisto, while Miss Verne’s Marguerite was studied and very favorably received. The remaining members of the company was well balanced. — Richmond Daily Call. The Rensselaer boys are making great preparations to do their part, for Rensselaer gala day, next Friday. They play Bennet Medical ■School, whose captain is Haywood, •the fast spinter. Haywood, is one of the Crown Potnt boys, and we will have a chance to even up that sad defeat of last year. The boys are in shape, and all who wish to see a good exhibition of the game as played, come and watch them. Come prepared to help the boys with your hearty applause.

SURREY.

Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth was seen in this place last Friday. Much work is being done by way of hauling gravel on the road passing here. A mile of good gravel road soon will be completed. Several person from around here attended B. B. Miller’s sale at Mt. Ayr last Saturday. Misses Ola Lang, Rosa Chupp and Katerina Gilmore attended quarterly meeting at Badger Grove last week. Miss Lang remained several days visiting at Lafayette, Soldier’s Home, and Battle Ground. Eugene O’Neil and family have moved to Hammond Ind. 21 pounds of sugar at Wilcox’s for SI.OO and other things proprtionatily low. Our new quarters enables us to handle a larger and better stock than ever. We invite you to call B- K. ZIMMERMAN.

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