Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1900 — Page 3

CITY NEWS.

FRIDAY. A. Leopold returned today, from a few days’ business stay in cagoIt was only 10 above zero, this morning, which is cold enough for the middle day of March- - Mrs. Mattie Schrader returned from Lafayette yesterday, where she has been for several months. Miss Bernice Warren, of Green* castle, came home last evening for a few days’ visit with her father, J, F. Warren.

That Pray family, north of the railroad, needs help badly again. The township trustee can’t do much for tnern. Mrs. Sue Jakes —returned to Delphi, today, after a weeks’ visit with her sister-in-laws, Miss Sadie and Grace Jakes. Miss Jennie Schleman, after two months visit with her brother, southeast of town, returned to Medaryville today. E. P. Honan and Geo. Strickfaden went to Hammond last evening to attend the State Convention of the Catholic Order of Foresters. The people who have been begging around town the past few days, sometimes claiming to be movers, and sometimes to be new comers living in remote parts of town, are a lot of very fluent liars, and no doubt are professional beggars. Born, Thursday, March, 15 to Mr. and Mrs. John Platt, in town a daughter. An infant child of Albert Biggs south of town, is seriously sick with pneumonia. J H. Chapman was able to be out yesterday, after 10 days’ sickness with the grip. Miss Lou Wallick returned to Fowler today after a short visit with her father, J. Y. Wallick. George Hosmer has returned from a protracted stay at Winamac, and is again sojourning at the Makeever House. Mrs. Mel Abbott and baby went to Delphi yesterday for a few weeks’ with her parents Mr. and Mrs- George Landis. Mrs. J. 8. Ross and little daugter returned to Rossville, 111. today after two weeks’ visit with her sister, Mrs. Adaline YatesMr. and Mrs Joseph Studer of Ft. Wayne, Ind. came today, for a few days’ visit with their son George, at St. Joseph’s College.

Bruoe 0. Chiloote of Ekford, Calhoun county, Michigan, is here visiting his mother and brothers here, in the city. He will remain about one week. Godfrey Schultz, an old and well known German resident of Union tp. died last night, of heart failure, resulting from dropsy. His age was 80 years. He has lived in our county a great many years. Mrs. Chas. Sprague and W. H. Robinson who were here during the siokness and death of their aunt Mrs. Minerva Wright, returned to their home nt Medaryville, yesterday. Mrs. J. P. Hammond, who has been quite seriously sick, for some time, with intermittent fever is now somewhat improved. Her ' sickness has delayed the opening of the Wheatfield bank of which Mr. Hammond is to be the cashier and resident manager. Uncle Jimmy Overton slipped off down the lino to Crawfordsville today. The approaching end of the groundhog winter reminds Uncle Jim that it is time for sap to begin to flow now, and he has gone down there to help a . friend of his to manipulate a big maple sugar grove. There are several hundred sugar maple trees in the “bush” and all of them .the pure quill. Nary a glucose or“nigger heel” molasses tree in the whole lot. And if there were any Unole Jim would see that none of their sap mixed with any of the syrup he had any part in manufacturing.

’ Two boys from Fair Oaks, one of th.em'P. W. Liston’s son, were in town Thursday, exhibiting and offeriug for sale a very much selfworn and second- handed old jawbone which they said was dug up about a mile and a half east of Fair Oaks. The bone was 15 inches or so in length and large in proportion, and was pronounced by local scientists the jaw-bone of a mammoth. The tooth sockets are still very plainly to be seen. The bone is fossilized, that is turned mostly to rock, but is in its original shape and nearly perfect. Near the same place, according to the bpys, two fossil teeth were found, weighing 6J and 7 lbs., respectively. Also some other bone's, which went to pieces as soon as they were handled. A. H. Hopkins returned today from a week’s stay in Chioago. SATURDAY Mrs. John Mann is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. James Matheson north of town, are on the sick list.

This is St. Patricks Day. Green ribbons are few and green grass is fewer. D. Casto went to Francesville today to visit with relatires over Sunday. Miss Blanche Hoyes went to Lafayette today for a short visit with friends Miss Jessie Adams returned to Monon today, after a week’s with friends and relatives. The marriage license issued by the clerk, last Thursday was the first for just ten day. Mrs. C. D. Martin and Mrs. T. Thompson returned last evening from a short stay in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Purcupile and daughter Marybelle went to Chicago to spend a few days. J. H. Anderson returned to Chicago Heights last evening after a short visit with John MoCollyr* Miss Martha Ellis returned to Monticello, today after a few days’ visit with her brother, J. H. S. Ellis.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Patrick went to Rose Lawn yesterday to visit with her sister Mrs. Medworth for a few days. Ralph Paxton, the traveling man, went to Indianapolis today after a short visit with his brother, J. W. Paxton and family. Louis Baltz, John Murphy and J. W. Ganty, who assisted Geo. Maines in moving her 6.. returned to Chatsworth, 111. today. The primary conventions, to elect delegates to the Repulican convention, were held throughout the county, this afternoon. Curtis Raqdle will leave Sunday morning, for Lamar, Colorado, near which place he has a good situation on a large stock ranch.

Misses Ethel Arnold, Sylvia Winslow, Minnie Hooper and Mrs. John Blaze of Fair Oaks were baptised at the Christain church today. Judge S. P. Thompsou. is having extensive changes made in the intt-rior of his residence on Work street. R. C.,Dowler has the contract. Senator Fairbanks’ bill to reimburse the state of Indiana for money expended in fitting out state troops was Monday passed by the senate. The money involved is almost $700,000. The bill is now before the house for consideration.

Ooin Paul Krugar now says that he and his followers will all ‘ die in the last ditch” before they will cease fighting the British. We remember that Oom Jeff Davis used to talk the same way exactly, about the Confederacy, but Uncle Jeff died of old age at his home at Biloxi. Uncle Jeff was talking through his hat then and we guess Uncle .Paul is now.

Joe Paxton of Albany came back from Colorado with E. C. Nowels, yesterday and is visiting his brother John W. He intends to remove to Colorado before long.

Mr. and Mrs. Win. Rdington, of Logansport, the new cooks for the Makeever House, arrived last evening. Mr. Edington is head cook and his wife attends to ‘the pastry department. Hon. E. C. Nowels, of Tamar, Colo , arrived yesterday afternoon and will remain for a few days. As previously noted, he will make a public address at the court house Saturday evening on the advantages of his part of Colorado. St. Patrick’s day was ushered in with zero weather, this morning. It is not often cold as that, on March 17th, but, sometimes it is even colder. White man is mighty oncertain,” but not half so “oncertain” as March weather. Our former resident, A. F. Griswold and family, after quite a number of years residence at Hammond and Monticello are now moving back here, and will occupy a farm southeast of town. Mrs. Griswold and daughter arrived from Monticello, this morning.

The team of horses stolen from Gottlieb Aeschleman, of White Co., on March 6tb, as previously noted in this paper, were recovered a few days later near Medaryville. The man who had the horses gave bis name as Nixon, was captured. He said another man named Thomas Ferguson was concerned in the stealing, and that he had started for Fisher 111. Sheriff Warner, of Monticello, went after and caught him also. Both men are now in jail at Monticello, under SI,OOO bonds.

. Friday was the last day of the groundhog’s reign of six weeks and the dying kick of the pestlient little beast was the worst of the whole period. It gave us three or four days of extra bad weather all in a bunch, and ended with the thermometer at zero, and a howling wind to make it more effective. The zero mark, or a little lower was what the general run of thermometers stood at early this morning, and also most of last night. The lowest registered by the goverment thermometer at the Makeover House, was one above zero. Lieutenant J. C. Orr, of the regular army, Cuba and the Philippines, did not speak at the court house last night, on account of the severe weather. Tonight' he will give a lecture at the opera house the total receipts of which, except the cost of the hall and printing will go to tne school library. Admission is only 10 cents. The Lieutenant is a very intelligent man and has had a most un usual experience, and his lecture will no doubt be both interesting and instructive. At the low price of admission and very deserving object, the opera house ought to be crowded.

Marshal McGowan got after some of those beggars, who have so much in evidence for the past few days and fired them out. They are a band of traveling professional beggars, and have a picturesque lot of lies cooked up, ready to work upon the sympathies of ’the charitable. One of their stories was that they were movers trying to get to St. Louis, and that a baby had just been added to their family and that its mother was sick. Another w’as that one of their children had just died. In many cases they would claim to belong to a family which had just moved into some distant p&rt of town, but always there was a big family of.children, and always a very sick mother. Their stories were always told in the regular professional beggars’ whine, and that alone ought to have warned people to be on their guard against them. The young women and girls of tlje party attended to the begging while the grown people stayed at the wagons. The whole outfit ought to be arrested for obtaining goods under false pretenses or for . vagrancy. Other town should be on the watch for them.

MONDAY. Dr. Hartsell and Mr. aud Mrs. O. C. Halstead, of Newton tp., went to Chicago this morning, where Mrs Halstead will take treatment at Hahnemann hospital.

Geo. Philips of -Monon is in our city today. Frank Ross is able to be up again after a week’s sickness. Taylor Boicourtwent to Chicago today, and will remain a few days. T. F. Clark, superintendent of the county asylum is sick abed with the tonsilitis.

Mrs. Warren Washburn returnto Chioago, Saturday, after a week’s visit with Dr. and Mrs. I. B. Washburn. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Haus of Westville came Saturday and are the guests of his brother T. W. Haus. James Leatherman Sr. who has spent the winter with a son in Indianapolis, returned here this morning. Curtis Randle did not get away Sunday for Colorado, as expected, but left on the 9:55 train this morning. Mrs. Thos. Crockett went to Virgie this morning to see her aunt Mrs. James Wiseman Sr., who is seriously sick. Miss Mary Meyers went to Chicago today to spend a week in studying spring styles and purchasing millinery goods. • Mrs. Squire Wiseman, of near Virgie, is very dangerously sick, and not'expected to recover. Sh e lias jaundice and a kidney trouble, “Lieut.” Orr had a very thin audience at the opera house, Saturday evening and the audience by all accounts, had also a very thin lecture. Judge U. Z. Wiley, of the Appellate court, dropped off the 10 a. m. train this morning, to spend a few hours with the Reublican brethren who are here for the county convention. Charles F. Remy, of Bartholomew county, a prominent candi> date for the Republican nomination for Reporter of the Supreme Court, is in town today, looking after his political interests. Orange Bowers, clerk in the shoe department of the Chicago Bargain Store has resigned his position and accepted an offer from his former employers, Kennedy and Murphey of Morocco.

The funeral of Gottleib Schultz, of Union tp., whose death was previously noted, was held Saturday afternoon’ at the resident. A Lutheran minister, from Goodland conducted the religious services. He was buried in the Schultz family cemetery. Capt. J. G. Dodd, the well remembered ex-chief master of navigation of Gifford’s fleet of steam dredge boats, has just come north again, from Manchester, Tenn., and has gone to Springfield 111. to run a dredge of the Chicago drainage channel type, for John McAndrews, of Kankakee 111. J. C. Paxton returned to Albany today,

Elmer Maxwell is seriously sick with lung fever. H Boman of Fowler was in our city today on business. Judge Thompson went to Kentland today to hold c^urt. Mrs. Elizabeth Brown is not quite so well again today. Geo. Heuson, in the northeast part of town, is on the sick list. Chris. Popp, on the Granville Moody farm, is very sick with the grip. Jack Montgomery is at Reynolds looking after his telephone lines today. Miss Iva Alter went to North Manchester today to attend college during the Spring term. Joe Leach, of Pleasant Grove, has a child very sick with pneumonia, and not expected to live. Miss Maude Healy returned to Brookston today after a short visit with relatives and friends here. $ Earl Reynolds, of New York city, is here for a few’ days visit with his mother, Mrs. Hettie Reynolds. Mrs. Philip Bosten returned to Chicago, today after about two weeks visit with her brother August Geopp of Pleasant Grove.

Some Facts. 14 Is a Fact That We Sell Only _____ Goo ds That Go In The State* Having Pure Food Laws. \ HI 7 That by buying in moderate quantities :l; - » always have fresh goods. That we never buy stale or adulterated goods and then give a cut and l skin rate. t you can buy more goods for the same money, or the same goods for less money of us than elsewhere. That you always get a square deal _ and no cause to kick when you trade with us. T. hat good goods, low prices and square dealing has doubled our trade each year in the past, - That we want to quadruple it next year and are willing to offer inducements to bring the trade to do so, All this and more at the ‘ ‘Square Deal Pure Food” Grocery^ W J. A. McFarland. _ Phone 00.

Esther Pagett, daughter of Alt Pagett has been sick with tonsilitis is somewhat recovered from that, but is now suffering from a gathering in her head and is not improving as rapidly as could be wished for. Mr. and Mrs. Washington Cook of Hanging Grove lost their other twin baby, Saturday, from pneumonia. It was a boy. It was buried Sunday, in Crockett cemetery, by side of its twin sister, which died a few days before. Their ages were about four months. Judge E. C. Nowels had a large audience in the court house, Saturday evening, at his Colorado meeting. He spoke for about an hour, and in a very interesting manner. The resources and fertility of Colorado, and especially of the Arkansas Valley, were very strongly set forth. He also gave a very interesting and instructive description of the methods and results’of irrigation as applied in Colorado.

The Pray family, north of the railroad, were taken to the county asylum, yesterday. There were nine in the family, the mother aud eight children. Where the father is no one seems to know as he has deserted his family. Anyhow, the poor house is too good a place for him. The penitentiary would be a much more suitable place, These nine new additions raise the total number of inmates at the farm to just twenty. This is Evidently March weather all right. Saturday morning it was zero, and all day Saturday the wind would shave a man, without lather. Sunday morning it was 27 above zero, and by night it was raining and before morning was thundering. Today a good deal of rain with a little sunshine has been the program. For Tuesday, the weather bureau says colder, and generally fair, with perhaps some snow near the lakes, and that may catch us. Robert Randle traveling agent for the Ingle Mfg. Co. returned home Sunday, after a trip through southeastern Kan.,and Oaklahoma where he found business very flourishing. He left today for Floopeston, 111. and lowa. The Halstead-Masker hitch and feed barn has been holding several adjourned sessions in Sqiure Burnham’s court, lately. It seems that some days ago, James Masker the former possessor and as he claims, present rightful owner, called at the barn and demanded possession of John Kresler, the

manager. The latter, being now under the employ of Mr. Halstead, refused to give up the barn, except by the latter’s consent, or by legal process. The discussion waxed warm, both men lost their tempers and Kresler intimated his intention to put Masker out, or even injure the symmetry of bisfeatnree. Masker had Kresler tried for provoke before Squire Burnham, and Friday evening the Squire rendered his decision, which was a verdict of not guilty. Coupled with this was a little valuable advice to Mr. Masker, which was that if he considered the bam rightly his, the proper way to get it was by a legal process, a writ of replevin. This, it is understood, will be Mr. Masker’s next move.

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