Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1900 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

FRIDAY. L. Shaffner of Wheatfield, is in our city on business. p. W. Powers of West Lafayette is here on some real-estate business. Mrs. M. E. Thompson went to Chioago last evening, to spend a few' days. There will be services at the Church of God, Sunday morning, by Rev. F. L. Autin. Mrs. Jane Babcock of Hammond came today, and is visiting her grandson P. W. Clarke. F. K. Page of Newman, 111. returned home today after a few a days visit with Dr. A. L. Berkley. R. T. Newman, north of town returned yesterday from a short visit with relatives at Paxton 111. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Welsh southwest of town went to Chicago today, for a week’s visit, with her sisters.

Miss Cordia Jackson of Lebanon came yesterday, and will be “trimmer’’ for Mrs. Purcupile again this season. Charles Linn returned to Attica today, after, a month’s visit with his sister Mrs. W. H. Parkison and other friends. John Cadwallader, in the northwest part of town, is sick .with a fever. Harry Gardner returned today from a short visit with relatives at Monticello. W. W. Pfrimmer, of Kentland, the “Kankakee Poet” will give an entertainment at the Good Hope churoh, in Unioh Tp., on Wednesday March 28th. Edgar J. Hurley, who has been living over near in town today, moving up near Virgie, where he has bought a quarter section on the old Wm. Cooper farm. The continued thawing weather is causing the river to rise rapidly. It is already sufficiently high to back into the engine house of the Rensselaer steam laundry, near the creamery bridge.

A whole string of movers went •through town this morning, bound for the vicinity of Francesville. They started from near Bloomington, 111., and this was the tenth day of their journey. Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Purcupile returned today from a three weeks visit with relativ'es at Monticello and Lafayette, and will visit here for about a week before returning to their home at Omaha Neb. The rush is over in the public sales line for this year, but occasionally one is made yet. C. H. Fay, of Union Tp., will have one Tuesday, March 20th, selling livestock, implements, vehicles, grain etc. John Wessells, the student at bt. Joseph’s College who had his shoulder dislocated at foot ball, last fall, slipped and fell on the ice Thursday, and dislocated the very same shoulder. Dr. Washburn went out and reduced the dislocation.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy McKinsey, the latest bridal couple, are expected home on this evening's train, and the Citizens’ band, of which he is a member, intend to meet them at the depot, witli drums beating, horns tooting and cymbols clashing. In our report of Marion township convention, an error occured in the vote of G. VV. Goff, for trustee, in the sooond ballot. His vote was 78 instead of 31, as given. The votes were counted at two tables and the 31 is what he got at one of them. The fame of Col. Fred Phillips, our rising auctioneer, is still extending.- He now has an engagement to cry a big horse, sale, over in White county, south of Wolcott. It is for E. N. Kendall, Tuesday, April 13th, and 75 head of horses will be offered. • * .

Spring must be here or close at hand, this time sure. A whole flock cf robins, some 18 or 19 by actual count, arrived from their winter dwelling place, in the far south, this morning, and paid a visit of respect to Judge Thompson and family, at their tree4embowered residence, on the south side of town. It is not so very rate an occurence for robins to come singly or in pairs so early as this, but it is seldom they come in sudh large flocks as this was. They held a regular concert in the Judge’s trees, and were evidently troubled by no fears of winter taking a fresh hitch in this region

Mrs. Warren Washburn of Chicago, came today for a short visit with Dr. and Mrs. I. B. Washburn. The dance that was to have been given by the Citizens band, Wednesday night, was indefinitely postponed. Mrs. Anna Lewellen returned to Francesville, today after two weeks’ visit ’with his son Wm. Lewellen and family. ' Charles Nichols, one of the Monon section bosses located here, has been transferred back to Lowell. Mr. Barrymore takes his place here. Perry Gwin, youngest son of J. C. Gwin, has been suffering from a painful disease of his eyes for quite a long time past, but is now improving. Henry Kelley, of Parr, was given 25 cents and costs, by Squire Burnham, today, for s plain drunk, with some ornamental trimmings. The drunk oecured some lime ago. Rev. and Mrs. S. H. Kester, of Barkley, were in town today, for the first time since both have been sick, the latter especially having had quite a long seige of sickness. They have just got moved into the nevy M. E. parsonage, at Valina, a very neat, commodious and homelike structure. •d Albert E. Coen, our ex-towns-man, is very seriously sick at his home at Berwyn, a Chicago suburb. He has a bowel trouble and has been in a very dangerous condition but reports received, today are that the indications are now more encouraging, H though the danger point is not yet wholly passed.

Grandmother Minerva A. Wright, whose hopeless sickness has been mentioned in our previous issues, died this afternoon, at,2:25 o’clock, at the home of her son-in-law, J. W. Medicus, on Cullen street. Her age was 84 years, II months, and 19 days. The funeral will be held Sunday, at 1:30 o’clock p. m., at the by Rev. H. M. Middleton.

It is quite a general impression around town, that Squires Burnham and Churchill and Constable Christie Vick were turned down by the Marion Township Republican convention last Wednesday. This is all a mistake. These gentlemen all hold their offices until 1902, and the justice and constables who were nominated Wednesdry are to fill vacancies *

A marriage which took place in Indianapolis last Tuesday, March 6th, will be of interest to many Rensselaer people, from the' fact tiiat the bride, was until a year or two ago, president of our city. The parties were Mr!. Richard Joluisun, of Indianapolis and Miss Ora Warfield, of Kirklin. She is the step-daughter of our former townsman, Frank Osborne, • and was known to many as Ora Os borne. Mr. Johnson, if we are right.y informed, formerly lived in Francesville.

SATURDAY Brother Paul, of Notre Dame, is a guest at St.' Joseph's College.' 8. P. Leatherman of Wolcott came today to visit with relatives over Sunnay. J. has just had a new phone put in his furniture 6tore, No. 252. (I. H. three sons of Chuteworth 111. arrived last evening and will live on the Henry Fisher farm recently purchased.

Miss Minnie Hemphill is visiting her aunt, Mrs. L. W. Benbow, at Parr, over Sunday. S. W. and Harry Robinson of South Bend of the Interstate Oil Co ara here transacting business in interest of the oil industry. Rev. and Mrs. H. M. Middleton have both had the grip this week, and the latter is still down with it, but Mr. Middleton is around again. S. Burkett, of North Manchester is in town in the interests of Manchester College, located at his place. He will remain for most of next week. ' J. E. Clarey, of Ellsworth, 111. the buyer of G„ W. Burk’s farm went home Friday, after closing up the purchase of the farm. He intends to occupy it himself. Mr. Burk is arranging to vacate it at an early day and will make a public sale the 21st. of this month. A. H- Hopkins is in Chicago today. Miss Lessie Bates is in Lafayette today. Winfr* d Pullins went to Logansport to visit with relatives and friends, today.

Miss Flora Harris went to Chicago today, to attend the Art Institute for about six weeks. Misses Merle and Gladys Beam went to Reynolds today for a short visit with their aunt, Mrs. W. H. Williams. Warren Washburn, of Chicago, and Prof. Kennedy, of Thorn town, are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. I. B. Wash burn. - Mrs. R. G. Lock and children, of Rose "Lawn, camd today, for a short visit with W. V. Porter southwest of town. Miss Ellen Sayler left today for two weeks visit with her sister Mrs. Louis Daugherty in Hammond, fron there she will go to Crown Point to visit with relatives.

Elias Arnold, who lived on the east side of Union Tp., north of Burk’s bridge, has been trading farms with his father Andrew Arnold, and as a result, has moved over into Barkley Tp., some miles from his former residence.

An interesting addition to the canine population of Rensselaer was made this forenoon. When Mayor McCoy arrived from Chicago he was escorting an enormous and very handsome St. Bernard dog, which some of his Chicago friends had sent down as a present to the mayor’s daughter, MissLouElla McCoy. ‘•The Bishops’ Bugle Blast,” or the call of the church to fasting and prayer; will be the subject of the service at the Methodist church tomorrow morning. The pastor would like to see all the members of the church and congregation pre. sent. Miss Maggie Kenton will preach tomorrow night. All are cordially invited.

It is said that mail for S. B. Nicknm, the perpetual light fraud, is still being held at Logansport post-office awaiting instructions from Washington. There are several bushels of letters, among them a nurabor bearing special delivery stamps, which indicate that they contain mmey. Nickum is making no more promises to exhibit his light.

The river was booming again last evening reaching the highest point for several years. It was so high, in fact, nnd so much ice jammed against the Milroy street bridge, near the creamery building, that it looked for a while as though the bridge might bo carried away. And had the water continued to rise and the ice to come down from above it might wrecked the laundry building near the south end of the bridge. The change to colder as evening approached obviated the danger however, by checking the rise of the river, and the moving of the upper ice. The water was still very high, this morning, but to’ wards noon went down* rabidly. As we go to press the gorge is forming again and the bridge is evidently in danger.

The horse-thieves have not en--1 tirelv forsaken this region, after jail. One Gottlieb Aeschliman, miles southwest of Monon, sends out cards, that he had a team stolen, March 6ttr. A gray horse, weighing 1,300 and a dark brown mar.-, weighing 1,200. The owner must want to get them back very b al, as he offers the whole sum of $5 fnr their recovery. Perhaps the $5 was a misprint for SSO, however.

The approaching editions of of the Topeka. Kas., Daily Capital, edited by Rev. Charles Sheldon, which will sell for 25 cents for the week and which project he has contrived to have most thoroughly advertised throughout the country, prompted the following trite editorial id the Middlebury Independent: “If Jesus wts running a daily newspaper for a week, wonder if he would take advantage of all the free advertising he oould get to more tlmn double the subscription price”

Two trunks belonging to the Hollander familv whose arrival here was noted a few days ago, have oeen at the Rensselaer depot all day, waiting to be forwarded to Fair Oaks. . The address on the trunks was the following: “Den Heer G. Poortinga, Fair Oaks, Staat Indiana, Noord Amerika S. S. Rot. Terdan, 2 de‘ Klasse, Holland-Amerika All of which is as plain, almost as the description of a battle in South'Africa.' It means: The Mr. G Poortinga, Fair Oaks, Ind., North America. Steamship Rotterdam, 2nd class, Helland-Ameri-can Line. At least we submit that as a good rough translation.

MONDAY. W. R. Noweis spent Sunday in Chicago. Miss Bessie Newbold visited in Monon over Sunday. Miss Cinda Mecklenburg is quite sick with catarrahl pneumonia. Misses Mary Meyers and Lida Schanlaub are in Lafayette today. Ham Sayler, 3 miles west of town, is quite sick with the grip. Miss Jennie Marlatt spent Sunday with Miss Birdie Kazan at Monon. A little child about one year old of Jack George, 5 miles north of town, died Sunday morning of pneumonia, and another child is very low with the same disease.

Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Kannal went to Chicago this morning to spend a few days* Mrs. Geo. Sharp went fcf Peru Sunday, for a few weeks visit with her parents. Mrs. M. E. Kolb went to Watseka 111. today, for an extended visit with her sister. Dan Robinson has just moved to the vicinity of Morocco, where he has rented a farm. Born Saturday, March 10th, to Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Nichols, of Barkley tp., a daughter. Joe Jackson is moving into one of John Makeever’s houses opposite the court house. Mrs. Dick Wood and children returned today from several days’ visit with relatives at Monon. Miss Sarah Jane Dixey came home from Evanston Saturday for two weeks’ visit with her parents. Miss Ora Henkle returned from Danville, Ind. Saturday where she took 14 weeks course in music. Mrs. R. F. Flanders of Mt Ayr took the train here for Chicago, Saturday, to visit for a week with her brother Jesse Roberts.

Mr and Mrs. Geo. Rodgers, from LaCrosse, Wis., after two weeks stay in our city left today for Louisville Ky. to make their home. Simpson Low, of Medaryville, got the honor he was seeking, the nomination for presidential elector on the Republican ticket, in the 13th district. Mrs. H. J. Bartoo returned to Goodland, Sunday evening after a week’s visit with her mother Mrs. Erastus Peacock, who is recovering from her sickness. The Porto Rican bill goblin is not proving such a scare mark among Indiana Republicans as some peopla-wouid have us imagine.— Lafayette Call. Rev. J. L. Brady returned today from lair Oaks, where he has been holding meeting for the past two . weeks. Twenty accessions were made to the church. Mrs. G. H. Maines and daughters arrived Xoday from Chatsworth, 111. Mr. Mains and his sons havi"ti arrived last Friday. The}' will live on the fokner Henry Fisher farm, northwest of town. Misses Harriet Yeoman and Gertrude Edris Markham went to Chicago to spend a few da^-s.

Miss Markham has been the guest of Miss Yeoman for several weeks and will retnrn to her home at Kokomo, from Chicago. The ground hog winter does not end till next Saturday, March 16th. How disciples of the Groundhog faith *can reconcile their belief with the very fine weather of the last 5 or 6 days we leave for them to explain. Also with the much mild weather experienced in February.

The Columbian Literary Bociety gave a very good entertainment, at the Opera House, Saturday evening, for the benefit of {the Jasper public library. It well deserved a larger attendance, and especially as so deservedly popular an institution as the public library was the beneficiary. R. B. Porter’s 2\ year old son Bruce, got the end of one of his fingers caught in the cogs of a clothes wringer, this morning. It was mangled so badly that the physicians at first intended to amputate it at the first joint, but on further examination concluded to try to save the finger. O. P. Robinson, of Rensselaer, has withdrawn from the race for the sheriff’s nomination. He thinks.the fight is now between a candidate from the north and, one from the south and he withdraws to let them fight it out.

There is a hitch in the completion of the sale of the Masker feed •barn, contracted some time ago. Everett Halstead, the purchaser, is. in possession, but Mr. Masker has declined to consummate the sate. The cause of the disagreement has not been publicly explained. Not unlikely the matter will have to bo settled in the courts.

Albert Marshall, of this place and Carl Blind, of Oxford, who took the West Point examination recently, in Chicago, found they were up against a pretty hard proposition, in the examination. It lasted three days and was very thorough and rigid. It will probably be several months before they receive any information as to their standing in the examination. 1 will soil my lands in tracts and ou basis of payment to suit all purchasers. 8. P. Thompson. I3tf. Try the great five cent oigar “The Monogram” at Fendis’li City Drug Btore.