Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1900 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. Geo. Gowling went to Goodland today, to visit with relatives. , John Hayes, returned today from a few days’ stay in Chicago, f Win. Drewett, living in the north part of town, is very low with bronohitis. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gardner went to Monticello today for a short visit with relatives. Miss E. J. Williams who has spent the winter here left for Sterling Valiev, N Y. today. Miss Anna Burget of Blackford went to Battle Ground today for a week’s visit with relatives. O. Abbott of Appleton, Wis. came yesterday to work for J. B. Sparling, southwest of town, Born, Saturday March,. 24th, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Drewett in the north part of town, a son. Mrs. R. E. Spencechmd daughter, of Hammond, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hale Warner. Howard Mills and Dee Ferguson are spending their vacation week with, the Leuming boys, at Goshen. Miss Sadie Leopold went to Chicago yesterday evening for a few days’ visit with relatives' and friends. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Prince northwest of town, went to Monticello today for a short visit with her mother. Norwood Gardner of Monticello was here today, and was engaged to clerk in Laßue’s store, beginning, Wednesday. R. B. Harris has been appointed deputy township assessor, this year and will the difficult duty of assessing Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Tyner and children returned to Cedar Lake last evening, after* a short visit with her father, Hiram Jacks. Wm, A. Rinehart of Buffalo, ,N. Y. has been quite sick with pneumonia ever, since he returned home from bio visit here, but is now improving. A three-old son of Aleck Hurley in Barkley tp is quite bad with scarlet ’fever, An older child in the same family had it a few weeks ago, but recovered. A. Woodworth and daughter Mrs. F. P. Morton went to Monon today to attend the funeral of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Anna Cox, whose death occurred Sunday. W. C. Smalley, general agent of the Champion harvester company was in town afternoon, after spending Sunday with his family in Carpenter tp. His headquarters are now at Aurora, 111. Geo. Barcus is at Lowell today. Harry Kurrie went to Knox today, on legal business. Wm.. Scott., of Monticello, was in our city today on business. Fletcher Monnett, of Evanston, is the guest of his daughter, Mrs. Burton. A. O. Moore, near Pleasant Ridge, went to Delphi today on a business trip. County Superintendent Hamilton went to Wheatfield today to visit tlfe schools. George Francis, of LaPorte, is visiting his cousins, Misses Kate and Carrie Marshall, this week. Vermont Hawkins returned to today after several days’ visit withfriends and relatives. Tho Wabash College Glee Club, whose entertainment here a year ago, wns so greatly appreciated, had made a date here again, for Wednesday of next week. April 4th. Harry Kesainger, the Oddfellows’ block grocer, has moved his residence from the rather remote regions beyond the railroad, into Mrs. C J, Roberts’ house, on South Division street. J. P. Hammond went to-Wheat-field today to open the new bank there, of Which he is to be oashier and resident manager, and the opening of whioh has been several weeks delayed by sickness in Mr. Hammond’s family.

Rev. J. G. Black, of Monbn, j will preach at the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning and evening. Wm. Shields returned to Sheridan today after a week’s visit with his daughter, Mrs. Wolf, in the Gifford district As they go through the shops, all the Monon baggage express and mail cars are having steps removed and both ends will be blind This is a hard blow to the ‘‘hobo” fraternity, as they will now have to do their touring on the trucks or on top. , ■ Remember tlie special strvioes at the Methodist .church each afternoon and evening of this week. The pastor will speak tonight on Jehoshaphat’s great victory oyer Moab and Ammon, when they combined against Judah, 2 Chronioles 20: 1-30. Everybody is invited to attend. IVfr. and Mrs. W. H. Beam received the sad news by telegraph, yesterday, of the death, at Fresno. California, of Mrs. Beam’s i mother, Mrs. Jennie Wright. Her death occurred Mar. 2511 i. She had been sick for some time, but.the last word previous to. the news of her death, was that she was better, and the news of her death was thus eutirely unlooked for. At the senatorial convention at Goodland, today, to nominate a Republican candidate for senator from Jasper, Newton and White counties.. Eben Wolcott, of Wolcott, was nominated by only two tenths of a vote. No further particulars were received when we went to press. No doubt his closest opponent however, was W. H. Coover, of Rfensselaer. WEDNESDAY. A. G. Hardy is at Lafayette today. Riley Thomas went tj Chicago today. Gladys and Madge Beam are on the sick list. Miss Glenn Day returned today from a visit with her sister at Knox. R. E. Perkins of Mishawaka is tho guest of his brother. J. H. Perkins and family. Miss Bessie Hardy ’went to Remington today for few days’ visit with relatives. Mrs. Hugh Carr, of Monon, came last evening for a brief visit with Mrs. W. H. Beam. J. W. Jessup returned from Sheridan today where he has been settling his mother’s estate. Mrs. James Norris and children and her sister, Mrs. James Fisher and children went to Hammond today to visit with their brother until Sunday. J. F. Irwin went to Brook today on a business trip. Judge and Mrs. S. P. Thompson and daughter Grace went to Chicago today. J. M. Tanner returned this morning from a short business trip to Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Werner, of Francesville, aro the guostsj|of her sister, Mrs. Ed. Bruce. J. H. Payne has moved from near the railroad into S. C. Hammond’s house, on south Cullen street. Mr. and *Mrs. Chas. [Goodrich of Chicago, carao today "and will make their home on a farm near Remington. G; B. Mackey, of San Antonio, Tex., went to Chicago last evening after a short visit with hisTrother-in-law, C. W. Platt. It has seldom snowed harder, since snowing was first] invented than it did „ considerable Jof the time this forenoon. At J. H. Daugherty’s place, 2£ miles southeast of town, is'a sorrel yearling pony, awaiting an owner. It has a in the face. Winter has come Jagain,| good and plenty, j according to the weather bureau. Their prediction is that the big snow-storm of today will be followed by][colder weather and northwest wind, tomorrow. .

The Republican’s editorial desk is now ornamented by two enormous California Oranges, a from Mrs- Minerva Brown d arsner, who raised them in her own door yard, at Oroville, California. Wm. Drewett, whose sickness several times been mentioned, died at his home, four or five blocks north of the depot, at 2 o’clock this morning. His age was 77 years. The funeral will be held Thursday, at one p. m. We are iu receipt of a copy of the announcement of the Spring term and Summer session of Indiana University It is a neat pamphlet of forty-six pages and gives full information concerning the work that will be given from April 3 to August 24. 1900- A copy will bt stmt to anyone on application to the Registrar of the University, Bloomington, Indiana. THURSDAY. Geo. Barcus is in Lafayette to day. B. F. Ferguson is at Rose Lawn today. Ben King’s little boy Frank is quite sick. Robert Brand is quite sick with malarial fever. * „Mra Solomon Way mire has the intermittent fever. W. B. Austin and Delos Thomp son are at Lafayette today. Fletcher Monnett returned to Evanston today after some days’ visit here. Mrs. P. W. Clarke returned-’ today from a visit in Chicago and Hammond. Miss Helen Wasson is home from Veedersburg for a short visit with her parents. Grandmother ChUcote remains very weak but is feeling somewhat better today. Miss Ella Surprise returned to Lowell last evening after a week’s visit with Mrs, Chas. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cox went to Indianapolis today, where he has a contract for some carpenter work. Mrs. Ida O’Meara ami Miss Rilla Osborne, teachers in the Wheatfield school are a few days’ visit. C. B. Steward is confined to his bed with a severe case of intermittent fever.

VV. O. Nelson and wife, teachers in Keener Tp.. are here on account of the sickness of Mrs. Nelson’s father, J. W. Porter. Nick Guss, a former resident of this vicinity, but for several years in business at Kelsey, Minn., and postmaster there, has just removed to Gladstone, North Dakota. The funeral of Wm. .Drewett, whose death was mentioned in Wednesday’s items, was held at 1:30 p. m. today, at the residence, by Rev. H. M. Middleton. Interment was in Weston cemetery. Mrs. Dr. Stockwell, now at Manchester, Tenn, sends The Republican a boquet of beautiful flowers from that state, and added “Gardens nearly all made and hardly any snow this winter. Warm and pleasant here.” Judge R. P. Davidson, of Lafayette, who withdrew as the attorney for Hugh Lowe in the great case, a few weeks ago, has sued Lowe for $3,000 attorney’s fees, for his services in the case. The suit was in White county, but has been sent to Logansport, on change of venue, and will be tried at their coming term of court. Snow and slush like we have now is no new thing for the later days of March, and it is only necessary to recall last year, to prove that fact. For instance Mrs! G. K. Hollingsworth has a kodak of her sons, made the Ist. day of April last year, standing on a big snow man. Just a month latter, she pictured the same lads perched in a tree loaded with blossoms. If there has any method ever been discovered whereby nastier, more disagreeable weather than we are having today can be produced, it has never been heard of in this sectiop of country. Logaiisport’s “grand old man” Judge Horace P. Biddle, a great jurist and a great author, was 89 years old last Monday. The event was observed, as usual by an alldays’reception at the Judges residence. John Eger is now also an avowed candidate for the Democratic nomination for mayor, at the convention to be held next Monday night. The contest beween him and E. P. Honan is waxing quite lively. There is also something of a contest for their nomination ! for city clerk. J. J. Hunt and Earl Mann are the parties men- ! tioned being in the race. James W. Porter, living on Vine j street, has been very sick for some i days past from pneumonia, follow-; ing the grip. He was in an ex-! tremely dangerous condition last; night, and for a long time was un- ■ conscious. Today he is a little : better, but still very dangerously sick. Owing to the bad and threaten- j ing weather, there was n 6 W eek of j Prayer services at the M. E. ohureh last night. The service will be held tonight, however, and, as before noted, the dreadful famine in ; '‘ V 4 , ’ ■

India will be the special theme. It is to be hoped that the collecwill be a liberal one. Robert A “Hopkins has resigned his school at Surrey and is in town today preparing to go to Olene Oregon, to accept the schoel there as heretofore noted. He will leave tomorrow forenoon. Letters and telegram and telephone messages are pouring in to W. H. Coover, from prominent men from Newton county, expressing their conviction that Mr. Coover was robbed of the nomination that was rightly his, at the Goodland convention Tuesday. Every man thus heard from, offers to back up Jasper county effort we may make to have the wrong righted; As. our city grows and prospers, the lack of sufficient street illumination becomes more apparent, and the calls upon the city councils for arc lamps in several different localities where they are badly needed, continue - to be turned down for various reasons, chief of which are the cost of installation and the insufficiency of the electric plant. Call for inoandescent lights in private residences have lately been refused also, as the plant is now carrying its full capacity. A gentleman in a position to know, made the statement yesterday that be believed a canvass of the city would show that there are enough people ''now without lights, who, if they could get them would add five-hundred incandes cent lights to the number already in use. But until the present plant is enlarged by the addition of bigger engines and dynamos, these people cannot be accomodated, and neither can the streets have the lighting that they should have. What the plant needs is a large engine of 200 or 300 horse power with dynamos to match. The large engine is more economical to run than a small one considering the power derived, and with that improvement, the plant would need no further attention in the matter of size for many years. A change will have to be made some time, and tho sooner it is done, the better. Charles Porter, of St. Louis, Mo , arrived today, called by the dangerous sickness of his father, James W. Porter. Rev. J. L. Brady went to Fair Oaks today to conduct the funeral of Samuel Richey’s infant son who died Wednesday. Mrs. John Gaffey, of Gifford district went to Chicago yesterday evening to see her daughter, who is sick.