Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1900 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. Mrs. Ed Young, of Hammond j is visiting her friend, Mrs. Bichard s Rudolph Miller, of Mt. Ayr, went to Elkhart today for a two weeks’ visit with relatives. About 25 or 30 of Albert Overton’s friends gave him a very pleasant surprise at the home of Dr. and Mrs. S. 0. Johnson last evening. Rev. I. 8. Wade, of Lafayette, grand chief evangelist of the order of Good Templars, has gone to Kniman, today, to organize a lodge of the order there. Mrs. Dila Norman and Mrs. Stella Norman and son Louis went to Chicago today, the former to consult an occulist, and Mrs. Stella Norman to take medical treatment. D. B. Nowels, Wallace Robinson and J. W. Paxton left at 10 a. m. today, on their trip to Kansas and Colorado, heretofore mentioned. Charles Paxton, of Albany, is also a member of the party. So many school children are in the habit of flocking into the postoffice, at the noon hour to ask for “the letter that never came” that no one else can get in, at that time. The matter has become quite a serious annoyance, and at the request of business men city officers, the teachers are endeavoring to break up the practice. Carl Hammacher went to New Albany 1 today. S. M. Laßue went to Burnetsville, today on a business trip. Miss Pearl Blue went to Indianapolis today, to spends few days. Mrs. H. L. Brown went to Danville 111. today to visit with relatives for a week or two. Mr. and Mrs. M. Zerdan went to Chicago today, to visit for a week or two with their daughters. Miss\Alma Shields of Chicago and Mrs. Alfred Thompson left today, fora few weeks visit with relatives 'at Middlesboro, Ky. Will Clarke of Goodland is visiting friends in our city. B. F. Ferguson went to Fair Oaks today to load and ship a car load of cattle. Miss Manda Miller went to Neppee, Ind., to attend the wedding of her brother. Mrs M. J. Hopkins left today for Alexandria, called to see her son Homer, who is seriously sick. J. A. Overton, left 'today for Indianapolis to assume the duties of his.new position. W. G. Paxton, of Hammond, who has been visiting his brother, J. W. Paxton returned home today.

Mrs.JW. A. Rinehart, of Buffalo, is visiting her parents here and Mr. Rinehart’s relatives, in Delphi. Mrs. Chas. Cleaver returned home yesterday to Kankakee, 111., after a week’s visit with her mother. Miss Ollie Frederick returned to Medaryville today, after ten days’ visit with her sister, Mrs. C. E. Hershman. Mr. and Mrs. A. Lardner reurned home to Goodland, today, after a few days’ visit with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wishard. Miss Elvia (iwin returned home last evening from a five weeks’ visit with, relatives and friends at Lebanon and Frankfort. Percy Football Parry, of Crown Point has obtained full control of the Hammond Tribune and will try to put new life into that rather decadent publication. The Tribune is a Republican paper and it is understood that Percy F*. had to supply himself with a whole 1 new outfit of political principles to qualify himself for running a Republican paper. « WEDNESDAY. 0. Horner of Monon is in our city on business,

Harry Kurrie is in Chicago today on legal business. • Vernon Nowels was down town today, for the first time after three weeks’ sickness. Mrs. Ira Gray of Logansport is the guest of her father J. C. Thrawls, today. gSamuel Hamilton left today for Coshocton, Ohio, to spend a year visiting with relatives. Earl Sayler left for Gilman, 111. today, to work for the Georgia A. West Electric Light Co. An infant ohild of Orville Ellery north of the depot, is very sick with catarrhal pneumonia. Mrs. E. R. Newman went to Chioago today, to join her husband there, where they will make their future residence. Miss Josie Nagel returned to Plymouth yesterday after two weeks’ visit with relatives in Rensselaer and vicinity. Mr., and Mrs. J. P. Albaugh of Union City, Ohio, who were here to attend the funeral of Mrs. Jacob Lesh, returned home today. Thomas Glennon, of Peru, Ind., came yesterday to attend the wedding of his cousin, John Walters, and will visit with relatives for several days. C. F. Sack has sold his farm 5 or 6 miles southeast of town, and will make a sale Feb. 15th. He has bought a lot in Leopold’s addition and will build a house thereon and move to town. Congressman Landis, of Delphi was in Indianapolis yesterday and while there stated to a Jc~vnal representative that is not mow and will not be a candidate for the nomination for governor. Valparaiso will not secure the location of the John V. Farwell & Co.’s overall factory, which it was trying for. The people of Benton Harbor Mich, raised the necessary bonus, and the new industry will be started there soon, en/ploying from 600 to 1,000 hands.

A Muncie school teacher awoke the other morning to find that she was S4O shy. She believed that a burglar had stolen the money. Portland bloodhounds were sent for. The dogs were placed on the scent and they trailed the burglar to the edge of town. During the day the school teacher found her S4O in a closet, where she had hidden it. This is a testiomnial of the value of bloodhounds as a burglar ohaser. In the everlasting Turpie vs Lowe case, recently decided in favor of the defendant, by Judge Watkins, at Logansport, the usual motion for a new trial has been made, by the defeated party, and refused by the Judge. The only course now left the plaintiff is to appeal to the supreme court. Judge R. P. Davidson, of Lafayette who has been Lowe’s principal attorney in the oase for about the length of a generation, has entirely withdrawn from the case.

The new oourt house will soon deserved to be called the courting house, judging from the frequency of marriages among the deputy offioials-employed therein. At]least three of these have committed matrimony since the new building has been occupied. The treasurer’s clerk’s and recorder’s offices have each furnished a subjeot. If the epidemio should show a tendency to spread from the deputies to the principals, our bachelor county suveyor would probably be the first viotim.

The public sales are very numerous, now days, but at all of them all the property offered is most always sold at good prices. David Hochstetler’s sale, in Newton tp., took place Tuesday, and today is Fred Stocksiok’s in Milroy. These two with John Sutton’s sale last Thursday and Padgett’s horse sale Saturday,’makes four this month already for S. Phillips & Son, the auctioneers. A number of others are billed for next week, and still, others for the week to follow.

Mis. Wm. Taylor of Lafayette is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. T. J. McCoy for a few davs.

Bruce Hardy, Emery Mills and Rum Porter, went to Lafayette this morning to spend a couple of d4ye. . , y , , , ' Samuel Hemphill died at Danville, 111., at 3:30 this Wednesday morning. The Remains will be brought here tor interment, but the time and place of funeral has not yet been-decided upon. Mr. and Mrs 1 J. E. Meyers, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Meyers and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Shirer, all of Kniman, are in town today on business connected with the sale of the old Meyers home farm, in Walker township. Louis Wildberg, proprietor of the Ideal clothing store, was fifty years old yesterday, for the first and last time in his life; and a large party of his friends thought the occasion propitious for a surprise party upon him*. They carried out the idea in excellent shape. The Rensselaer bowlers will play for the championship with Logansport, tonight, at Lafayette. Bill McCord and Joe Lewis the advanoe guard, went on the 11 a. m. train, the others will go down on the milker, this evening.

THURSDAY. J. J. Hunt returned this morning from a two days’ business visit at Winamao. The Anti-Saloon League’s regular meeting will be held to-night at the M. E. church. The programme heretofore published will be carried out. F. L. Phillips returned to Chicago yesterday, after two weeks’ visit with friends and relatives in Rensselaer and vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. John Barlow left for tbeir homeat Wilsohville, Neb., today, after three months visit with his sister, Mrs. D. M. ;Worland and other relatives. Mrs. Ed. Young of Hammond, who has been the guest Mrs. Mabel Richards, went to Remington today to visit her parents. As Arthur Shedd, from dast of town, was coming to school here yesterday, on a Colorado broncho the animal fell down. It got up again before young Shedd could get his foot loose from the stirrup and started towards home on a run. Arthur was dragged quite Ja long distance, but finally his shoe gave way and he was released from his very dangerous position, with nothing worse than a few bruises and a thorough covering of mud. Mrs. E. Worth Kolb and daughter who have been the guest of her sister Mrs. Frank Foltz, for seven weeks returned to Oxford today. The body of Samuel Hemphill arrived from Danville, on the 9:55 a. m. train today, and was taken at once to Mrs. Hemphill’s residence, on Milroy Ave. The funeral was held there at 2 30 this afternoon, by Rev. H. M. Middleton. The burial services were under the direction of Rensselaer post, G. A. R.

Mrs. John Thornton is very sick with grip and heart trouble. On Tueday evening a very pleasant surprise was given Wm. S. Day by his Sunday school class in honor of his birthday. The evening was spent with music and games and the class on leaving left a handsome present in remembrance of the occasion. Thomas Parks, of Remington, has come to spend the rest of the winter with his son, W. S. Parks.