Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

FRIDAY. Mrs. Ralph Sprague, who has been visiting relatives here, returned to her home at Montezuma, Ind., today. R. S. Dwiggins has gone to Marion, this state, his old home, to visit relatives and old friends. He expects to remain there about two weeks. State Chief Ranger E. P. Honan attended a banquet ot the CatholioOrder of Foresters, at Chesterton Wednesday night, and delivered an address on the subject of Forestry and fraternal insurance. Josiah Reed, a man of very advanced age ’and feeble health, lately arrived from Junction City, Kans., and is* making his home With his daughter, Mrs. Ephriam Fleming, in Jordan Tp. Joe Dluzak, of Carpenter tp., came over this morning and gave bail for his father, Jacob Dluzak, who was thereupon released from jail. The old gentleman’s confinement in the jail did not seem to worry him any. The Sheridan foot ball team arrived on the 9.45 train this morning, and were accompanied by about twenty-five rooters. The game is now in progress but under discouraging conditions on account of the constant rains.

S. E. Nicholson, of Nicholson law fame has accepted the general managership of the National AntiLiquor League with headquarters at Baltimore and -together with his family will remove to that city at ofice. Monticello Democrat; —Rensselaer has started a movement to secure a small tract of land for a public park. Rensselaer like Monticello, has already too long neglected this matter and as the years go by desirable locations become more valuable, and more difficult to obtain. It is noteworthy that the Ladies’ Library Club has taken hold of the matter in Rensselaer, and from the generous responses to their solicitations, the sucdess of the project seems assured. Let soma one of our ladies’ clubs take up the matter in Monticello. People in this vicinity are to have ,an opportunity to try the new method of healing called, osteopathy. Charles A. Ross, of Lafayette, an adherent of that method, will visit Rensselaer every Wednesday and Saturday, with office at the Makeever House. He is a graduate of the American School of Osteopathy, located at Kirksville, Mo. He is an old friehd'cf our townsman, Ray Thompsbta, the attorney. ■ The Schumann Operatic company had a rather small audience at the opera house last night on account of the weather. , Their entertainment gave general satisfaction to those present,. “Windy Billy” Mason, a United States senator from Illinois, ob-

serving how much Michael Davitt has increased his notoriety by resigning his seat in Parliament, on account of the Transvaal war, now announces that he will resign his senatorship to signalize his displeasure because the whole American people does not fall in with his anti-expansion ideas. Windy says he will resign and then ask for a re-election. We are glad to hear that Windy thinks of resigning, and as for the reelecting part, we think that the Republicans of Illinois will only be too glad of the chance —to leave Windy at home.

? SATURDAY. Mrs. E. C. English is visiting in Chicago. Chase Kelley has gone to Chicago on business. Mrs. Simgn Fendig, of Wheatfield, who has been visiting here, returned home this morning. Mrs. T. G. Page of Honey Grove Texas, who has beeh visiting relatives here, is now visiting at Knox. The present spell Of weather now foots up to about 36 hours steady rain, and 8 hours of drizzle Mrs James Hudlow and little son, who have been visiting relatives here, returned to their home at Lafayette, today. Mr. add •* Mrs. J, W. Sargent, have gone to Kankakee, 111., to visit relatives. They will go from there to LaSalle, where they will spend the winter. Reports from “down the line,” where the Uncle Seth Haskins Company has been exhibiting, all agree in indicating that the com pany puts up a “powerful good show/’ Ei d Elegant announcement cards for Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Maloy, of Chicago, have just been received. Their’s is a case of marrying in haste and announcing at leisure. They will be at home after Nov. 15th, at 622, 57th Place. B. S’. Fendig made another shipment of 100,000 pounds of old iron, this week,' and a short time ago he shipped 60,000 pounds. All together, he has shipped just about an even million pounds this year. ' /• L A little daughter of E. G. Warren, in the north part of town, has ,a rather bad case of scarlet fever. The house has been placarded, and other precautions taken, as required bylaw and there is little likelihood of any spread of the disease. A great many people are using the telephone to send in items. This is exactly what The Republican wants. Still others are handing written items to the carrier boys. If you have visitors don’t neglect this, and remember also that any other kind of an item is wanted. The representatives of the paper cannot cover all the ground and often miss affairs if attentibn is not called to them. ’ Robert Parker received this week from State Fish Commission-

ery Z< T. Sweeney three beatiful specimens of the pheasant which the goverment is distributing throughout the country, with ' a view bf getting them well started in captivity,' when they will be Rberafed. 1 They have a very hansome brown plumage, and are said to be marvelous insect destroyers, Mr. Parker has prepared an inclosure at Fountain Park and placed them there as an addi- . tioual attraction tp our zoo. —Remington Press. k The Unde Seth Haskins Company arrived from Monticello at 9:55 am. The Street parade took jdace at noon but owing to the rain and the muddy condition of the streets the band did not appear in their fine uniforms. The management has about S9OO invested in the uniforms and parade paraphenalm alone, and did hot want risk rdining them in the rain and mud- They gave a very creditable parade, and Will doubtless be greeted by a good house tonight Arthur Ahrens, the German comedian with the company, is - reported to be S whole show himselfbyanumber of bur citizens who have seen the show in other places/' -

Faith Faker Dowie was up against it worse at Hammond, last night, than he was when he got the medical students after him at Chicago, a few days before. Hammqpd has been a center of the Dowie craze quite a while, and the several deaths that have occured there on account of it have greatly exasperated v the people, and last night when he tried to speak, the meeting was broken up, and Dowifc ran out of town. He took refuge in a trolley car, which was riddled with stones. Dowie was pretty roughly handled, and has probably quite a good many black and blue bumps, which arnica will be better for than his faith cure. The annual re-union of the Catholic order of Foresters was to have been held at Crown Point last Thursday, but owing to the diphtheria scare there, State Chief Ranger, E. P. Honan, of Rensselaer postponed the re-union until Nov. 7th.

MONDAY. Albert Overton has gone to Monon op business. Miss Julia Leopold has gone to Chicago where she will enter a business college. Ed Fritts, has gone to Anderson where he will accept a position in a Pail keg factory. M. L. Spitler is again improving, after something dfa set-back, the latterr part of last week. Just received a big line of new bits in music at 25c. B. F. Fendigs. Mrs. A. Linn, of Attica, who has been visiting here for some time returned home today. Mrs. Frank Vanatta of Fowler, who ha's been visiting relatives |iere, returned home this morning. Mrs. Mamie Williams Porter arrived from Missoula, Montana, Sunday, and will visit her parents for a couple of months. V. D. Cline, the Monticello auctioneer, was in town Sunday. He was on his way to Morocco, where he has a big sale, today. Charley Kleist Monon agent at Brookston, who learned the business at Rensselaer, has just been married to Miss Mabel Ashley, of Reynolds. They are off to Denver on a wedding trip. John Younglas, an old resident of that locality died last night, at bis home west of Surrey/ after a long sickness. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 10 a. m., at the St. Augustifie’s Catholic church. Judge Healy, whose, improve--ment for a time was decidedly encouraging, has not been making much progress lately. There seems to be no noticable change

in his condition, recently, either for better or for worse. i ' ' Tuesday night is Halloween, and the young people are preparing to observe it, in the usual manner. Whatever* pranks they do however, we trust they will strictly avoid all destructive or dangerous acts. J. F. Irwin returned home Saturday evening, from a three .weeks’ sojourn at Hunter’s springs, near Attica. J. F. Antrim, who had been there for a few days returned also. * The Crown Point foot ball team, which plays here on Nov. 11th, has been winning right along, this season, but our boys say they are not scared. The Rush Medics are the only fellows whom our lads are at all nervous about meeting. Still they know, that Crown Point has a good team, and our boys will need to 'put up the best game they’ve got, to beat them. Bro. Geo. H. Healey, of the Brookston Gazette, was laid up for a number of days, and now gets around on crutches, as the result of a foot ball accident. Our erring brother says he knows when be has got enough and that henceforth, he will leave the active pursuits of foot ball to younger and more active men. * ‘ Rev. Sam Jones, although a democrat, speaksihe truth. In a sermon the other day in Georgia,

he said: “The biggest fool in. the world is the one who stands up and argues against facte. I was talking to one of those free silver loons a few days ago and called his attention x to the great prosperity that has come upon our country, mills and shops and mines tunning on full time, and I said truly prosperity has come to our land again. He said. ‘lt ainlt struck me yet!’ I said, It’s mighty hard to hit nothing.” There was an all day temperance ‘meeting at the Christian church, Saturday,'conducted by I- S. Wade -of Lafayette, state lecturer of the I. O. G. T. The attendance at most of the sessions was small owing largely to the bad weather. In the evening, however, Mr. Wade spoke to a large audience. Sunday afternoon he • spoke at Slaughter school house id a crowded house. Today he has gone to Morocco where he has an appoint* ment. Henry Hildebrand, of the Front street saloon, was before Squire Burnham, Saturday evening, charged will selling to minors. He was fined the minimum amount fixed by law, S2O and costs. There are two other charges of the same class, which will be tried a week from next Saturday night. The affidavits were sworn out by Joe Shindler, from south of town, who is said to have it in for Hildebrand because the latter put him out of his saloon lately for making rough house. Shindler is the same lad whom Unde Eph Fleming downed with a beer glass, a while back.