Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

FRIDAY. Mrs. C E. Mills is on the sick list. Walter White, is in Hammond today on a business trip. | Misses Mabel and Edith Barber, f are visiting in Rose Lawn. Miss Martha Wood went to Parr this morning for a short visit. Mrs. D. C. Hopkins is recovering after several Weeks’ sickness. J. H. S. Ellis, went to Delphi, on a business trip yesterday. Elder D. T. Halstead will preaoh at the Church of God, next Sunday, at 10:30 a. m. Mrs. J. T. Morris, of Delphi, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. D. H. Yeoman.

Mrs. Johanna Kosema, who has been visiting here, returned to her home in Chicago Heights, today. Joseph Middleton, of Middletown, who has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Enos Cox, returned home, today. Thos. Peacock, of Paxton, 111., is here visiting his brother, Erastus Peacock and other relatives, for a few days. Mrs. Belle Parker, and Mrs. L, A. Moss went to Frankfort Thursday for a few days’ visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Moss. The 20 dozen chairs ordered by Judge Thompson for the east court room arrived today and are being placed in the room. They are ordinary folding chairs. . Rev. A. H. Zulmer, pastor of the Church of God, has gone to Rolla, Ind. to remain over Sunday. He preaches there one Sunday in •every month. Elder and Mrs. 15. T. Halstead, whose permanent return from Dakota was mentioned, will make their home with Mr. and Mrs. Jared Benjamin during the winter. The Rensselaer Bowling Club was organized last evening, with 20 members, T. J. McCoy is manager, B. F. Feadig assistant manager, J. E. Wilson captain and A. R. Hopkins secretary and treasure. Miss Elizabeth Reeve, returned home, last evening, from Chicago, where she has been taking a course in music, in one of the musical conservatories then. She will not return until after Holidays. Nannie Stitz, the young lady who committed suicide near Remington, is stated to have done so

through a disapp&intment in love. She had been engaged to a young man named John Ross, but he had deserted her. Fred Sargent has engaged to enter the services of the Osborne Implement Company on the Ist of January, with headquarters of Streator, 111. Previous to that time he will make a trip down into Southern Kansas and Oklahoma, for a few weeks. Subjects for presentation at the Primitive Baptist church: Saturday evening, The Kingdom of Glory, the Earth made new, the eternal home of the Saved. Sunday evening, The Second Coming of Christ. No time setting, no fanaticism. Rev. I. A. Shanton, D. D., of Terre Haute, representing Vigo county board of children’s guardians, oame up today with a little girl whom he took out to Rev. A. G. W. Farmer, southeast of town, and will leave her in place of one already there who will be taken elsewhere. Mrs. F. M. Watkins and Baby Esther departed this morning for Hillsdale, Mich., where her daughter is attending college, and where they will make their future home. Rev. Watkins has resigned his pastorate of the. F. W. Baptist church and will join them later. L. L. Ponsler is making preparations to remove tolola, Kansas, the first of the year. He has an interest in a big brick manufacturing plant there, of which his brother-in-law, Ad Robinson is vice-president. , Mr. Ponler will be secretary and general manager of the business! Brick making is a great business, at lola, on account of their natural gas, and the Robinson brothers are very largely interested in it. In response to an invitation from the Logansport bowling league for a match game at that city, the following distinguished bowlers from Rensselaer went to Logan, today: Harry Wade, Wm. McCord, Jesse E- Wilson, Bert Hopkins, G. A. Strickfaden, D. J. Thompson, Frank Ross. C. E. Mills Curtis Randle, Wm. N. Jones and W. H. Robertson. Though this will be our league’s first match game, we look for them to give the Logansporters a hard game.

SATURDAY. Miss Lola Banta, went to McCoysburg, to spend Sunday. W. H. Martin, returned to the soldiers’ home, at Lafayette today. Mrs. Leslie Clark and son Howard went to Frankfort today and will remain over Sunday. J. M. Devault, of Monon, returned home today, he was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Clark. Mrs. L. M. Fletoher, of St. Anne, 111., returned home today after a week’s visit with her sister, Mrs. T. F. Clark. There will be a graphaphone entertainment and Box Supper at South Lawn School house, Bark ley tp., Deo. 18th. 1890. The’experimental welljat Wolcott was down to a depth of 700 feet a day or two ago, and nothing more valuable than good water found, that far. Miss Maggie Lowman the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lowman who for a long time has been in bad health is now confined to her bed most of the time. The party who has got a set of iron pulley block, which does' not belong to them will save trouble by returning them to M. Chipman or C. S. Chamberlain Immediately. We were in error in stating that Treasurer Eleot Parkison’s official bond was “all in the family,’’ as nearly as many names of persons not relatives are on the bond as of relatives. ( Miss Ollie Conrad, of Chicago, who has been the guest of Mrs. James T. Randle, went to Mt. Ayr today to visit her aunt, lies.

*- J f James T. Randle returned home last evening! from Attica, where he went last Wednesday to take his son Thos. Randle of Barkley, who has been sick all summer, to the Indiana Mineral Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Freeland, of Chicago returned to their home yesterday afternoon, after having purchased the residence property of John R. Warren, north of the railroad, and expect to move here in a few weeks. The horse and rig stolen from Reynolds last Saturday night, which sheriff Warner was so earnestly searching after, was found next day in a man’s yard, a mile south of Reynolds. Some parties had taken the rig for a ride out. A notable event in its line was the golden wedding, in White Co., last week, of Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes. They have lived in White Co. all the years of their married life. They had nine children, 23 grandchildren, and 1 great grand child present at the occasion. The ladies of 2nd ward, of the Presbyterian church, will have a reception, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Eger, Thursday Dec. 14th. Supper from 5 till 9 o’clock. Sandwiches, coffee, pickles, pressed chicken, creamed potatoes, jelly and sherbet, all for 20c. Music by the Junior Mandolin Club. Everybody cordially invited.

Wolcott Enterprise: A $21,000 electric light plant has been established at Pontiac, 111., by John Whitesides of this place. He is now dickering with the Remington town board for a franchise which if granted, a plant will be established there though not on as large a scale as at Pontiac. The “Immortal J. N.” is in town and attracted considerable attention on Fourth street this afternoon by his long, flowing gray hair, his heoric figure and strange talk. He appears in vigorous health, thus exploding the story that the recent spell of heart failure at a town in Ohio would end his earthly career.—Logansport Pharos. The expected detachment of the Salvation Army arrived from Chicago, this afternoon under command of Ensign Wolf. There were three women and two men in the party, and another man is expected to-night. They are especially well'provided with musical' instruments. Their first meeting will be at the M. E. church Sunday morning.

The members of the Rensselaer Bowling Club, who played at Logansport, Friday evening were defeated in two games out of three. The Logansport players, though a nice lot of gentlemen, have a bowling alley that has evidently been made over out of a superannuated cattle shed, and our bowlers, being used to a good alley, couldn’t readily “get onto de curves” in the floor thereof. The Logansport team will be over some time during Holiday week, for the return game. Our bowlers will show them a good alley, a good game and a good time. Our bowlers are unanimous and enthusiastic in their praises of the courtesy and hospitality shown them by both players and people, at Logansport.

MONDAY. Miss Flossie Starr, is improving after a weeks sickness. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Robinson, of DeMotte, are in our oity today. Mrs. Geo. Cooper, of Barkley tp. is improving after a long sickness. Several families have the whoopping cough among their children. L. W. Alford, of Rose Lawn, is in our city, today, on a business trip. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Gorham, Sunday morning Deo. 10th a nine pound boy. Rev. L. R. Hotaiing, who has been holding services at Valina, returned to Kentland, today.

Mrs. Will Wishard’s Sunday school class gave her a masquerade surprise party, Saturday evening. Miss Libbie Walton, is not improving very fast, and perhaps her finger will have to be amputated. Fred Bergher, of Remington, came this morning to work on the telephone line for Mr. Montgomery. A very pleasant dance took place in Warner’s hall, Friday evening, given by members of the Rensselaer high school. Mra Anna Kineard, of Marshfield, Ind,, returned home, today, after several days visit with her neice, Mrs. E. F. Short. Mrs. Eliza Marion, returned, to day from a visit to her brother Geo. Axe at Boon Grove,Jfad. Mr. Axe came back with her.

Mrs. A. S. Davis, of Chicago, who has been the guest of Mrs. Frank Foltz, for several days, went to Indianapolis today. J. L. Foster who has been doing building work in Brook, Morocco, and Goodland for the past seven months returned home Saturday. Grandmother Marshall has received intelligence of the death, last Monday, at Waterloo, Mich., of her sister, Mrs. Mary Gorton. Her age was a little over 80 years. The neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. John Bourne, east of town, gave them a surprise party and oyster supper, Saturday evening. Mr. Bourne is going to quit farming and move to Wisconsin. A. P. Sample, who has been telegraphing for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis apd Omaha, R. R in Wisconsin and Minnesota for several years past, is here to spend a few weeks with his parents in Barkley tp. L. D. Marion went today to Buck Creek, Tippecanoe Co., where he will visit his brother, John Marion, whom he not seen in 34 years. Later he will go to Fowler and spend several months with his daughter, Mrs. Martin Cook and family.

Over at Winamac the grand jury returned two indictments against Charles B. Caldwell, trustee of Franklin township, Pulaski county, for accepting bribes from Lizzie Philipson and Lottie Lauthan of $75 each to secure their employment by him as teachers in the public schools. One of the jurors advised him of the action taken by them in time to permit him to resign his. position, and when the sheriff went to make the arrest he found that he had made a trip to another state. The state case against Jacob Dluzak, on the charge of stealing A 1 May’s corn, and which supposed stealing led to the beating of Dluzak and the trial of the Mays in this county, is now on trial in White county, and Saturday’s Monticello Journal says the trial will last several days yet. The reason why the case involves both Jasper and White counties is that the stealing if any took place in White county and the beating in Jasper. The civil suits against the Mays, brought by Dluzak for his injuries are still pending in White county.