Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1899 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

FRIDAY. D. B. Nowels returned from Monon today. Supt. L. H. Hamilton, is visiting the Wheatfield schools today. James Castile of Kankakee 111. is in our city on a business trip. The temperature this morning w£s reported at 6 above zero. Miss Ora L. Haag, went to Reynolds, today to visit with friends. Jesse Wilson went to Indianapolis today and will remain three or four days. F. W. Smith, of Lafayette Business College, is in our city, today on business. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Tanner of Pittsburg Pa. are the guests of his brother J. N. Tanner. Bert Ramey left this morning for Newport, lowa, to visit his sister, Mrs. Geo. Anderson, J. P. Hlimmond has moved into Mr. Kennedy’s house on Clark st. near N. S. Bates’ place. < F. L. Parkison arrived today . from Wichita, Kansas, where he had been since last spring. Miss Mary Murray, went to Hammond, yesterday, and will visit there and in Chicago, a short time. Mrs. James T. Randle, was called to Morocco, today by the sicknes of her daughter, Mrs. Samuel Fischer. Mr. and Mrs. Enos Eikenberry, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Vannie Lesh, returned to their home in Eton, Ohio, today. Uncle Bill N. Jones and son John are moving into their lately purchased residence the former DeLos Thompson place on River street. G. C. Meeker, H. Fredericks, and Fred Sommers of Hammond, arrived today on a hunting expepetion, they are the guests of A. Rosenbaum. Mrs. I. N. Warren and baby, of LaPorte, are.the guests of Mrs. Warren’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. James F. Irwin. They will remain until after Christmas. Benj. Gifford, of Kankakee, 111., I. D. Dunn, of Tefft and Horace* Marble, of Wheatfield, are in town today watching the progress of the big Kankakee drainage scheme

The snow of yesterday is tramped and frozen down too hard for removal from the walks now, but the marshal says he expects the people to clean them off as soon as the snow begins to thaw. R. 8. Dwiggins has gone to Marion, today, and will visit his sisters there for about ten days. He will then return here for a short time, but soon thereafter go south for the winter according to his usual custom. Joseph Shide, who lived about four miles this side of Remington, died Wednesday night, from the effects of an abscess on his bowels. He was about 45 or 50 years old, and leaves a large family. The funeral was held today, at the Catholic church at Remington. Conrad Kellner and wife, who were old neighbors of Shide and indirectly connected by marriage, went over to attend the funeral. Mrs. F. W, Babcock and her six children and sifter Miss Patton, who were here on the sad errand of attending Mr. Babcock’s funeral returned to Chicago this morning. Mrs. Babcock will probably continue to reside in Chicago, but her plans are not yet definitely decide upon. She is left with a large family of children several of them quite young and the oldest only 18, and with but a small estate for their support. There is a good deal in “signs” and lucky and unlucky days after all. As everyone will argree that it is unlucky to be struck by lightning on Monday, or take hold of a circular saw in motion on Tuesday or tumble down stairs with a coal scuttle on Wednesday, or to be hit by a cable car on Thursday, or fall overboard from a canal boat on Friday, or marry on Saturday a girl who swings ten-pound dumb bells ◦r be the last one of thirteen at dinner Sunday when there is only grub enough for ten.

SATURDAY. Marsh Rhoades is confined to house on account of sickness. Mrs. Olive Ham, went to Attica, today, and will visit two weeks.. Mrs. Alfred Thompson, went to Ohicago, today, for a few days’ visit. Miss Mary Bates went to Ladoga, today and expects to remain all winter. Mrs. O. E. Hauter, and daughter went to Chicago today, for a few weeks’ visit. M. B. App, returned to Lafafayette, today after two weeks’ visit with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Roth. Miss Telie Linn, after a months visit with her sister, Mrs. W. H. Parkison, returned to her home in Attica today. Miss Clifford Moody arrived home today, from Cornell University, lowa, to spend her vacation with her parents. Mrs. Emma Miller, returned to her home in Ohicago, yesterday, after a few days’ visit with her sister Mrs. Wesley Miller. Mrs. C. T. Vaught, who has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Sanders, returned to her home in Hadley, Ind. today. Prophecy and History will he Rev. A. H. Zilmer’s subject at the Church of God, Sunday evening. Members of the city high school are especially invited to be present. Mrs. J. H. Bourne, went to Rockton, 111. today, to visit her sister, for a short time. Beloit, Wis., will be their future home It is only a few miles from Rockton. Mr. and Mrs. A. Pruitt, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. McFarland, went to Chai mers today. ' From there they go to Burlington, Me., to spend the winter. Titus Camer, the young man whose hand and face was burned by the explosion of powder at the college two weeks ago left yesterday for his home in Ohio to remain’until his burns are healed. An interesting feature of the Newton township teachers’ institute, held at Saylerville today,

was the presentation to Jackson Freeland, the township trustee, of a fine rocking chair by the teachers of the township. The present is a well deserved testimonial of the teachers’ appreciation of Mr. Freeland’s interest in the schools of the township and his fair and liberal treatment of the teachers. The Township Association of Indiana will open its sixth annual meeting in the Masonic Hall at Indianapolis, December 27th, to continue two days. Mayor Taggart will welcome the delegates to the city at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning. Various topics of interest to township trustees of the state will be under discussion. A large attendance is expected. Many of ,tthe trustees of Jasper county are intending to attend. The literary and musical enterment for the public library, last night, in the east court room was a decided success in point of merit, ,and satisfactory in attendance; the proceeds being about $14.00. It was given by members of the city high school. The next library entertainment will be on the evening of Jan. 13th, under the auspices of the Ladies’ Literary Club. They have engaged W. W Pfrimmer, the Kentland poet and entertainer, for the occasion.

A large percentage of both the quills and feathers of turkeys which would otherwise net the grower or market man a nice profit, absolutely go to waste because many people throughout the interior towns and country districts do not know how to grade and sort them for sale. The Warren Feather bone Co., Three Oaks, Mich., have introduced the plan of buying the whole fleece as it Comes from the turkey, and their little booklet “Quills and Feathers” tells all about it Address them as above and get full particulars. Yens Anderson, though not yet agile enough for a dancing master, gets about mighty lively on his new cork foot, especially as he has been wearing it only a week today. The Monon Company is doing the right thing by Yens an d the first of the year he will be gin his duties as a flagman in their employ on a street crossing in Hammond, at the very good salary of S4O per month. This by the way is a good point for the railroads that when they out part of a man off, they can make good flagmen out of the more valuable remnants.

MONDAY. Mrs. Merril, of Lebanon, Ind., is the guest of her son Omar Merril. A daughter of Peter Woods, five miles north of town has the typhoid fever. Mrs. John McClanahan, living north of the depot, has a bad case of broncho-pneumonia. Mrs. W. B. Austin is in Chicago today. ; M. McKenzie of Monon, is the gnest of Agent Beam a few days. Miss Ora Duvall went to Lowell Saturday to visit a few days with Mrs. Hattie Weaver. Mrs. W. H. Galbraith, of Chicago, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. James Lewis, of Barkley Tp. S. B. Jenkins, went to Fair Oaks this morning to attend the funeral of Mr. Calls’ little child. The eclipse of the moon was quite a striking and interesting spectacle, Saturday night, as seen from this vicinity, though somewhat dimmed in the earlier part by the hazy condition of the atmosphere. The star musical number of all present or .previous Rensselaer lecture and entertainment courses. The celebrated Salisbury Orchestra at the opera house, Wedneseay night. Under auspices of Rensselaer Fiction Club. John R. Warren, who recently sold his residence, north of the liepot, is preparing to remove to Kansas early in January. He goes mainly for the benefit of his wife’s and daughter’s health. They formerly lived in that state several years.

Charles Chipman arrived to-day from Chicago, called home by the illness of his mother. Mrs. M. D. Chipman. She is very low. The'two persons killed at the explosion of the boiler of the Wills dredge, previously mentioned, were Frank Saunders, the fireman of Shreeve, Ohio and Jacob Houdek, a seventeen year old boy of Stark county, who was piling wood on the bank. The dredge was working in Monon ditch. A number of other persons were in and around the dredge, but all escaped serious injuries. S. B, Mulford, last week, closed up the sale of his section of land in Union tp. two miles north of Aix, to some Chicago parties, and today left for his home at Maysville, Ohio. He will return after a few weeks, and remain until be disposes of his this years crops. Mr. Mulford, by-the-way, was 87 years old in November, but his bodily faculties are so well preserved and his mind so bright and clear that few people would guess him at over 70. He is truly a wonderfully active and well preserved man for his age. The bazaar given by the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Christian church, last Friday and Saturday, in Liberal Corner, was a great success. They had on exhibtion a vast quantity of beautiful and useful articles which found a ready sale, and they also conducted an eating department which also did a good business. Their business during the two days amounted approximately, to the very large sum of S2OO. As the articles and the work were nearly all contributed, the S2OO is nearly all clear profit for the society. The latest report received from J. F. Irwin, at the Presbyterian hospital, Chicago is rather indefinite, as the physicians have given him no information as to the result of their last examination. He has been twice examined by x-ray method. The' last was on Saturday, to determine whether more than one kidney is involved. If only one is affected it will probably be removed. If both are nothing can be done for him in a surgical line, for to remove both kidneys would itself cause almost immediate death.

A writer in the Scientific Amer ican makes the claim that, no matter whether the British or Boers are victorous in the present contest between those two peoples, the Americans will be the greatest gainers. The war has created a demand for American goods and manufactured products of various kinds, and by this means a market for our products has been opened that will not cease with its close. America is oa friendly terms with both contestants, and the introduction of American articles of merchandise as occasioned by the war will lead to a better appreciation of their superiority. Whenever a market is opened, whether by this means or any other, American enterprise will push forward and take advantage of every favoring circumstance, while American skill and intelligence will be able to compete successfully with those of any other nation on earth. The 3,000 flint glass workers, the 4,000 Pennsylvania miners, and the 3,000 Fall River cotton mill operatives who have received advances in wages, ranging from 5 to 10 per cent., as well as the 25,000 additional operatives who are promised an advance of at least 5 per cent., are all located in that section of the country in which it is announced that Mr. Bryan will his attention this winter to making himself popular.