Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. f Chase Kelley, proprietor of the Rensselaer steam laundry, is at Lowell today. A w Mrs Jay Studer, from Ft Wayne, is visiting her son at St. Joseph college. ’. Mrs. Braddock, of Chicago, arrived to-day for a visit with S. E. Yeoman’s family. Born, Monday, Nov. 27th, to Mr. and Mrs. Orville Eller, -north of the railroad, a daughter. Hiram Day has gone to Tolono, 111, to visit bis father. He will also visit other relatives, at Danville, HL, before he returns. Miss Mae Brannon, who has been with Mrs. Imes millinery store for the past three months returned home today. Union Thanksgiving services will be held at the M. E. church, Thursday, at 10 a- m. Rev F. M. Watkins will preach the Thanksgiving sermon. Howard Landis and Mr. Boothroyd, of Delphi, who were here attending the funeral of the former’s'wife, returned home today. Will Woodworth is not recovering from the effects of his recent accident as well as was anticipated. He was quite bad last night, but is some better day. Monticello has a new sensation, in the finding of the dead body of a newly born infant near that town Sunday. The supposition is that it is a clear case of infanticide. V. Ettelson, of Chicago, has rented the room in Makeever’s building, west of the Farmers’ Bank, and will open a boot and shoe store, therein. Miss Lizzie Roberts, teacher of the 6th and 7th grades in our city schools, has gone to Grant county today, on account of the death of her brother-in-law. Her room in the schools is closed today. The conclusions reached by Prof. Wiley of the department of agriculture, concerning the value of wheat and corn as food for hogs, is that for fattening purposes wheat stands at 13.7 and corn at 12.3 as to quality. This advantage of wheat over corn is -more than recovered by the latter on the score of cost. As to the digestibility of the two by the human stomach, he says corn is not inferior to wheat.

Thursday will be a football day here, sure enough. Besides the game between the Carson, Pirie, & Scott team and our big Athletics, another game has been arranged for between our excellent high school eleven and the Lafayette high school team. This game will take place at Riverside Park, at 10 a. m. on Thanksgiving Day. Our high school team has never been defeated and it is said that the Lafayette boys have the same record. It will surly be a fine game. WEDNESDAY. James P. Sherman has gone to Evanston to spend Thanksgiving. Born Sunday morning to Prof. Mochel and and wife a nine pound girl. Miss Nellie Imes from Monti cello is the guest of * Mrs. Mel Medicos, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Fletcher of St. Anne 111. are the guests of T. F. Clark. Mrs. I. B. Washburn has gone to Logansport to visit friends and relatives. M. P. Warner and family are visiting Mrs. Warner’s brother at Winamac. Miss Grace Brown, of Danville, Hl., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Dr. English. City clerk Irwin is confined to his bed on account of a seriously P. T. Welsh and wife are visiting their son Paul Welsh, «t the St Joseph College.

Mrs. W. C. Milliren and son, have gone to Denver Ind. to spend a few days with relatives. * Miss Tillie Fendig has gone to Chicago, to spend the Thanksgiving season, with friends. Mrs. A. L. Padgett and Miss Maude Daugherty have gone to Lafayette, to visit friends a few days. . Miss Grace Thompson arrived from Northwestern University, today, for the Thanksgiving vacation. ' The postoffice will be closed Thanksgiving day, from 9:30 a. m. until noon; and from 1 p. m. to 6 p. m. Mrs. Anna Wartena, after a weeks visit with her son Abe Wartena returned to her home at Hammond Tuesday. Mr. Bremerkamp and Mr. Berling from Decatur, Ind., are the guests of O. Bremerkamp, at St. Joseph College. Mrs. Harry Brown returned from Evanston today, where she has been visiting- Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Monnett. Vermont Hawkins, fireman on the Pan Handle R. R., arrived yesterday, for a few days visit with relatives and friends. Mrs. John McCormick and Miss Nellie McCormick of Ambia, have returned home after a week’s visit with Mrs. G. A. Strjckfaden, Mrs. Conrad Shaffer 7 miles south of town who was recently operated upon for hernia, by Dr Johnson has completely recovered. A four year old son of A. J. Hoy, of Hanging Grove Tp., died Sunday, of typhoid fever. The body was taken to Illinois for burial. Miss Abbie Harrison, supervisor of drawing in the Remington tpd Goodland schools arrived today to spend Thanksgiving vacation at home. Austin & Paxton have sold the former Bob Michaels place, in Jordan Tp., 176 acres, to Mr. McDaniels, on the Pete Wasson place, southeast of town.

The Logansport Bowling Team has sent a challenge for a series of games with Rensselaer’s famous ten-pin prostrators. An effort will be made to accommodate the Logan sporters. Hallie Flynn is down from Chicago, to spend Thanksgiving at home. He now has a good position as salesman in the hosiery department of J. V. Farwell & Co.’s great wholesale store. D. B. Nowels who has been located at Monon for some months, looking after the Macadam Company’s crushing plant, has finished bis labors there and returned home, Tuesday afternoon. Joseph Shide’s family, seven miles south, in Jordan in a bad state with typhoid fever. Mr. and Mrs. Shide are both sick with it and also two of their children. They have it pretty bad, we are informed. The Jasper Library Association has perfected its arrangements for a series of entertainments for the benefit of the library. The first will be given by the city high school, on Friday evening, of next week, Dec. Bth. The second will be by the Ladies’ Literary Club, on Jan 13th. The annual election of officers of the W. R. C. will take place next Monday night, at the G. A. R. Hall. Meeting will be called at 7 p. m. All members are requested to be present. By order of President. An old maid stood on the steamboat deck, whence all but her had fled, and calmly faced a kissing bug that circled overhea The maidens shrieked and the matrons swooned, and the men swore all amain, but the game old maid like a hero stayed and whispered “oome again.” There was a buzz—a thunder sound—the old maid—was she dead? Nay, still she stood and cried for more but the kissing bug had fled—Ex.

Judge Thompson has ordered the purchase of 20 dozen chairs, to beplacedin the east ■ court room in the court* house. The room, has never been furnished with seats, It is not often used for holding courts, but has proved to be a convenient place for farmers’ institutes, library entertainments etc. and now that it is to be per-manently-supplied with chaffs its usefulness in those lines will be greatly increased

THURSDAY. R. 8. Dwiggins went to Chicago today. Mrs. Wm. Griffith of Lafayette is visiting John Smith. Joe Reynolds is up from Delphi taking in our football game. Miss A. Hildebrand is visiting her brother at St. Joseph College. Curtis Randle returned today from his hunting excursion at Reynolds. Mrs. Delos Thompson and children are spending Ja few days in Chicago. Mrs. Lou Burke of Attica Ind*, is visiting her neice Mrs. W. H. Parkison. Mrs. Jesse Smith of Delphi is visiting her daughter Mrs. Will Hoover. Charles Linn of Attica is spendThanksgiving here, guest of his sister Mrs. W. H. Parkison. Rev. Henry Goldsmith and Joseph Frank ‘of Violet, Ohio, are visiting at St. Joseph College, Miss Maggie Lang and sister Lily are spending Thanksgiving with their parents at Surrey. Mrs. Chilcote is confined to her bed on account of sickness. Mrs. B. Chaffin, of Lafayette, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Rosa Thomas. Mrs. S. L. Ensminger, of Crawsfordsville, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Austin.

Mr. and Mrs. Bowsher of Lafayette are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Roth. Mrs. C. T. Vaught, of Hadley, Ind., is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Sanders. Miss Maud Eberhart and, M. B. App of Lafayette are the guests of tee letters sister Mrs. Sam Roth. Miss Eva Wetli and Robt. Wetli of Kentland are visiting their brother Chas. Wetli at St. Joseph College. Bert Carter and Edward Mills of Purdue University returned home yesterday to spend Thanksgiving vacation. Mrs. J. F. Irwin and daughter Marguerite, have gone to Laporte, for a short visit, with Prof. Newton Warren and family. The ladies of the Christian church, desire to express their thanks to the public for their liberal patronage at the bazaar, yesterday. The receipts were over •33. Ray Thompson is at Lafayette today, hollering for the I. U’s, his old college, in the Indiana vs Purdue foot ball game for the championship of the state. Miss Bernice Warren of DePau w University returned home yesterday to spend Thanksgiving vaca tion with her patents. Mayor T. J. McCoy, wife, daughter LuElla, and Dr. Berkley went to Chicago yesterday to be present at the great Chicago-Mich-igan foot-ball game to be held there today. Byjthe accidental omission of the Mrs. (from an item yesterday we stated that Dr. Washburn had gone to Logansport. It was MrsWashburn, that we intended to mention in that item. The only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Smith, west of town, a young lady about 16 or 17 years old, has been in very bad health for quite a long time, with a lung trouble following meales. She is now confined to her bed most of the time. The directors of Winona assembly, the great Indiana Presbyterian resort, near Warsaw, having

no money to pay the indebtedness of association amounting to $20,000, have concluded to plat thirty acres of lots a short distance from the auditorium. It is hoped by the sale of these lots at from $l5O to S4OO to raise $35,000, $20,000 of which will go to liquidate the debt and $15,000 to improve the low grounds and bathing resort. Ray Thompson has leased for oil and gas purposes 500 acres of his Walker township land, to the Inter-State Oil and Gas Company. Judge Thompson has also leased for the same purposes, ,to the same company, large tracts of his land in Union township. Wanted:—Reliable men who can" put in all or part of their time to take orders for Lubricating Oils and Greases on commission. Salary paid to successful men. w2tp The Fedebal Oil ,C 6.

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