Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

FRIDAY, Born ’ Thursday night, Nov. 23rd, to Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Parker, west of town, a daughter. Lyman T. Hall and Eva Barker were married Wednesday Nov. 22nd, by Rev. Henry Rhorig, near Aix. E. L. Clark is back from his visit to Kansas, and is holding down his old place as deputy county auditor. Rev. H. C. Patterson, of Indianapolis/ agent for the Christian Standard, preached at the Christian church last night. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Howard, of Remington, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Parks, several days this week. Mrs. Eliza Marion has bought John Jones’ house next to N. Fendig’s place near the south end of Division street, and she will soon occupy the same as a residence. Dr. Johnson has gone to Williamsport, today, to accompany home Mrs. High, the elderly lady from that place who broke her leg, at Robert Dowler’s place, some six or eight weeks ago, by a fall down the cellar stairs. Some mischevioua. parties slipped into the" vestibule est’ttf’6 Christian' church, during 'the services,' last; and'; turiffeScT off’ half the church lights. The lads had'besfridt repeat the prank, for Capt. Burnham might git ye, if ye don’t watch out. • A series of meetings which have been going on at the Christian church for some time will tonight. Rev. J. E, Collins, a minister of the Seventh Day Adventist denomination is in town, and is arranging for a series of meetings here. ✓ The Conkling family held the the boards at the opera house here Monday and Tuesday nights, and gave two of the best preformances of the kind ever seen in Monticello. Those who missed seeing these acrobatic wonders missed a rare treat. —Monticello Democrat. John Jones, who has sold his residence on Division street, has bought of Delos Thompson the spacious house near the south end of River street, now occupied by

J. P. Hammond. Mr. Jones will occupy his newly purchased property as a residence. Through the faulty reading of a rather dimly written item, The Republican, Thursday gave the name of Miss Minnie Dumand as Miss Minnie Dunn. She was the niece of Mrs. Wm. Warren and Bruce White, who has just returned home to Kansas. Rev. B. F. Ferguson' went up to Chicago, Thursday and brought John King home from the hospital. He has been there four weeks and is somewhat improved but ought to have stayed much longer, but, as was not unnatural, he got homesick and discouraged. The Conkling Family Vaudeville Show Company arrived for a two night’s stand, today. . People here who have seen this company at neighboring towns say they put up a first-class show and a good clean one, too. The three female acrobats especially are hard to equal. The building and loan department of the state auditor’s office has made its report showing that six associations had gone into the hands of receivers during the year. Thirty associations have retired from business and only seven new associations have been organized. associations have gone jintb liquidation. f t Tlie Turpje-iuowecase a| Logansport has been suspended for a few weeks to enable the defendant’s attorneys to prepare some of their documentary evidence. Hearing will be resumed Dec. 18th, when it is thought the evidence will soon be closed, and the case will then be argued.

People who live on the Kankakee say it is perfectly wonderful how the carp have cleaned the grass and weeds out of the river. Where grass and water-reeds used to grow so thick it was difficult to shove a boat through them, it is now clear water, the carp having cleaned out everything.—Valparaiso Messenger. The Kankakee Valley Telephone, of Wheatfield, has now completed its first year of precarious existence, and is now becoming less wobbly on its pins, if we can judge from Bro. Robertson’s promises for the future. He promises marked improvements in the year to come if his subscribers, past, present and to-come will come forward with the needful, as we most truly hope they will. He is giving the “north end” a very good newspaper, while to many people, there and farther away, his quaint, odd, not always wholly elegant vein of humor would be greatly missed if the Telephone should be forced to sound its final ring-off. To the Women’s Relief Corps, the ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic and many friends, the sincere thanks of the family are hereby tendered for the acts of kindness and tokens of sympathy during the late sickness and at the death and burial of our dead. James A. Burnham & Family.

SATURDAY. Rev. H. M. Middleton and wife are still visiting in Ohio and are not expected io return until Dec. 10th. Married at the home of the bride’s father, in Milroy township, Wednesday, Nov. 22nd, by Rev. D. J. Huston, Mr. Greer B. Bunnell, to Miss Myrtle Scott. Miss Grace Jacks, who has been doing local reporting for The Republican has been compelled toresign on account of her health. Rev. F. L. Austin, the Church of God evangelist has gone to Brush Creek, Ohio, to hold a series of meetings. He will begone two or three weeks. z Arthur Trussell, north of town, had bis thumb come in contact with a buzz saw, the other day, while having his wood sawed, bat luckily still wears his thumb. He got a pretty bad cut, however.

The Ladies Liferary their annual anniversary meeting last evening. It was held at the residence of Granville Moody, on Grace street. A large number of invited guests were present, and a very interesting program was rendered. Rev. D. D. Hoagland, of Northwestern University, is in town and will occupy the pulpit of Trinity M. E. church, Sunday morning and evening. Miss Lona Flynn has returned from Lowell. She reports that her sister, Mrs H. V. Weaver’s little boy has fully recovered from the scarlet fever, and that all the necessary disinfecting process had been duly gone through with. The Conkling Family Novelty Company showed to a highly pleased audience last evening, and will repeat the performance tonight with an entire change of program. The acrobatic work is of the highest order and alone is worth the price of admission. Monticello Democrat, —Judge Thompson, of Rensselaer, has filed his complaint against Hugh Lowe in the White circuit court for $311.50 as attorney’s fees in the celebrated Turpie-Lowe case, in which he was at one time employed as counsel for Mr. Lowe, The diphtheria outbreak at Lowell is not as serious as was reported according to the Lowell papers, although a quarantine has been established, as stated, and schools closed and public meetings forbidden. Up to the middle of jthis week there had been only three cases, and one death. It is not likely that the disease will spread extensively. Thursday evening, at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M Wasson, the ladies of the G. A. R. gave a surprise party to Mrs. Julia Healey, who is spending a week with her friends in Rensselaer, Thirty persons were present and the evening was spent in conversation, singing our national songs, and throug hthe kindness of Mr. Parcells in listening to the the gramophone and later partaking of refreshments. It was a thoroughly enjoyable occasion.

The Crown Point Star is a respectable paper and represents the respectable I portion of its community. It naturally has mighty little to say in regard to the Crown Point foot ball team. One remark it makes, though totally untrue is based doubtless on an error. It says a Remington paper roasts Rensselaer foot ball team and credits the Remington paper with saying Rensselaer never plays a fair game. No Remington paper has made any such statement for they know it would not be true. Probably the Star is thinking of the Brookston’s Gazette’s article whose statements are wholly unjust and untrue and will be answered and refuted in this paper, seriatim. Will the Star make honorable correction of its error?

Manager Parry, of the Crown Point football team announces that their coming Thanksgiving game will be the last their club will ever play under its present management. Parry does not explain the reason for this, but he does not need to. It is because the team’s dishonorable and dishonest management has made it a stench in the nostrils of all decent people. The better element of their own community will no longer sustain it, and so far has their bad reputation extended that that they can no longer secure games with respectable teams. As the Rush Medics stated when playing here, they had been solicited to go to Crown Point, but they had learned of their methods and would have nothing to do with them. E. K. Warren, president of Three Oaks village, is said to have become greatly irritated by the report that Admiral Dewey had no right to give away the cannon presented to the village. Mr. Warren has issued a statement to the effect that if such is the case the people of Three Oaks willglad-

ly turn over the cannon to the United States government. It is not at all likely however, that the red-tapeism of the navy department will compel Three Oaks to give up their gun. It is of no value on earth except as a trophy, and as such Admiral Dewey’S moral right to give it away at least is unquestionable; and Three Oaks fairly and honorably won it in competition with the whole country, and we are confident that overwhelming public sentiment in their favor, will prevent the loss of the weapon. State Treasurer Levy says that it would be impossible for the state to pay off any more of its debt within the next ten years, even if the money is available, as the payment on none of its outstanding bonds will become optional before that time. He says, however, that if there be no extraordinary expenditures during the coming ten years, enough money can be put in the sinking fund to easily wipe off the slate and allow the state to stand free of debt. He would regard it as poor policy for the state to go into the market and buy up its own bonds for redemption, even if it had the money, as all of them are placed at easy interest, over $3,000,000 of the $5. 000.000 being placed at 3 per cent, and the balance at 3a.

MONDAY. Mrs. Bertha O’Neall visited relatives in Monticello, over Sunday. Grandmother Blankenbaker, in the northwest part town, is seriously sick. Mrs. Edward Peacock has gone to Rockville to spend Thanksgiving with relatives. S. M. Laßue has gone to Kankakee, 111., today and from there I will go to Chicago to buy holiday I goods.

Gus Grant now owns a gramaphone, just purchased through the local agent, E. M. Parcells. Special Thanksgiving attraction Thursday Nov. 30th, at Ellis’ opera house. “Those Heavenly Twins.” ! Miss Belle Chamberlain, of Kentland, is the guest of Miss True Yeoman, until after Thanksgiving. Mrs. M. L. Spitler and daughter Miss Maude Spitler have gone to Goshen for a protracted visit with with Mrs. Nellie Learning. John Shroyer of Kankakee HL, and Peter Shroyer of Zanesville, Ohio, are visiting the Norman family just north of town. Three marriage licenses were issued last. Saturday, by Clerk Coover, which is a larger number than has been issued in any day for many months. •1 Mr. Charles C. Graves, of Monon, and Miss Emma E. Rodgers of Milroy Tp., were married just before noon, to-day, by Squire Burnham, in his office. It is quite a youthful couple, the groom being 21 and the bride 17.

Rev. J. E. Collins, of Noblesville a minister of the Seventh Day Adventist denomination, will begin a series of meetings this Monday evening, at the Church of God. Will hold meetings every evening at 7:30 o’clock, during the week. Official program for Thanksgiving day should read like this. Regulation turkey dinner any time from 12 to 2 o’clock. Foot ball at 2:30 and be at Ellis’ opera house at 8:15 to see “Those Heavenly Twins” the greatest of all Musical Farce Comedies. Hon. Thomas J. McCoy’of Rensselaer, is a candidate for re-elect-ion to the chairmanship of the ReI publican organization of the Tenth Congressional district. Mr. Mc-

Coy has already served two terms and, as far as the Call can learn, there is no objeetion to his serving a third term.—Lafayette Call. The matrimonial epidemic that has devasted Milroy Tp., for some time past is now supposed to be dying out for want of raw material. It has cleaned out the supply of brides from one extreme of age to the other; as shown by the fact that one of the latest of these brides was 76 years old, and the very latest was only 17. If the disease shows a disposition to attack females over or under these extreme ages, Dr. Hurty will be sent for and the whole township be quarantined.