Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1900 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. A. Halleck. went to M.onticello. today. E. P. Hodkins of Chicago, is in our city on business. R. D. Wood, an*' attorney from Lowell is attending court here. R. S. Dwiggins went to Chicago today for a few days’ business trip. Roy Blue came home today having finished his school at Stoutsberg. B. Retherford of Chicago, came today, for two days’ business stay in our city. Misses Rosa and Dixey' went to Evanston today,, to visit with friends. Mrs. J. Y. Wallick went to Delphi yesterday for a week’s visit with her mother. Mrs. Nora Israel went to Indianapolis, yesterday, to spend the summer with her sister. Mrs. T. J. Culham. W. B. Morris, who was here to attend the funeral of his nephew Bruoe Pumphery, returned to Rushville yesterday. Mrs. H. Daniels and children of Barkley tp., went to Effner, 111. today to see her sister, Mrs. F, W. Dykemnn, who is sick. Prof. Postal, the hypnotist, will give his next exhibition at Morocco, on Thursday and Friday evenings, of this week. C. L. Thornton went to Chicago Heights today, prospecting for a new looation. He has resigned his place with Coen & Brady. Miss E. Ehresman who has been the guest of her friends, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Hauter, left today, for her home at Hamilton, Ohio. Walter White took his brother Robert to the mineral springs, near Attica Sunday. The latter has been sick a long time, with rheumatism. Dr; H. L. Brown’s are moving from their present place of residence on Van Rensselaer street to their summer residence on the Monnette farm, north of town. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Halstead returned from |Chicago yesterday, where Mrs. Halstead has been for some time at the Hahnemann hospital. She thinks she will be benefitted by her treatment at the hospital. Mrs. Geo. Hilton of Montpelior, 0., after a weeks’ visit with her husband’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. DavidJJHilton, went to DeMotte, today to visit with Mrs. Chas. Harrington, a sister-in-law, before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Merrill returned today from a two weeks’ visit with relatives at Kirklin, this state. Miss Elsie Barnes, after three weeks’ visit with her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Roberts, returned home to Fowler today. Dr. I. B. Washburn is at Loganeport, today, attending the meeting of the Kankakee Valley Medical Association, and of whioh organization he is president. A four year old son of Dr. Gochenour, of Montioello, was kicked in the head by a runaway horse, Saturday and killed. The runaway was caused by the howling of a lot of drunken hoodlums. Mrs. F. W. Tobias returned last night from a week’s visit with her husband at Evanston. The new owners of the Kohler brick and tile works, west of town, J. F. Irwin & Sons, are now in possession and are making their first kiln of tiles. Mr. Irwin’s sons, “Big Ed” and Fred have the direct management of the works. Mrs. James Flynn, who has just returned from a visit to her daughter, Mrs.,Hattie Weaver, at Lowell, reports that the latter’s two children are both sick with the whooping cough, and that the three year old boy also has malarial fever, and is seriously sick.

Uncle Abe Leopold is urging upon our business men the advisability of forming a Commercial Club. They are a good thing to have, and especially after we get one or two new railroads, and things are coming our way, it will be an absolute necessity. John Rush, the carpenter, found a lady’s belt, yesterday, in the rear of Casper Eiglesbach’s barn, John describes it as a truly elegant article, satin lined, silver gold mounted, and a. big diamond in the center of the clasp. He hooked the belt around a fence post und says the owner can have by calling on the post, and “uo questions asked.” Dr. Ernest May hew, of California, was married a few days ago, to a young Chicago lady, and his friends and relatives here are looking for a visit from the young man and his bride before they go back to California. He was a Rensselaer boy," and a Son of C. P. Mayhew, a former well known business man here, now of Red Bluffs, California. The oomedy drama of four acts •‘How Hopper Was Side Tracked” presented last evening by Jule Walters abd his company, in whioh Jule Walters sustained the principal part, that of “Happy” Hopper, made a deoidedly favorably impression. There is not a dull moment in the play, whioh is full of excitement and witty sayings, and all combined makes a very enjoyable entertainment, and one that is wholly free from all objectionable features A petition asking the pension department to restore his pension of sl2 per month to our townsman, Henry Mackey, has been circulated, and ha 3 been signed by 395 of our leading citizens, including all our town and county and court officials. At the outbreak of the civil war, Mr. Mackey, then a young man and a British subject, was living in Arkansas. He was practically forced into the Confederate army, and deserted to the Union troops at his first u»pportunity. He then entered the Union navy and served until after the close of the war, serving the country faithfully. He was granted a pension under Harrison’s administration, but in Cleveland’s second term Hoke Smith took it away on the professed ground of “disloyality” but probably it was the “disloyality” to the Confederate cause that Hoke really had in mind. Mr. Mackey is a derserving and patriotic citizen, in every way, and is fully entitled to the pension whioh was so unjustly taken away from him.

The cattle and stock men continne to have their troubles as well as other people, and Squire Burnham gave his decision in one of their complications last evening. Tom Robertson, of Milroy, took a bunch of oattle belonging to Commissioner Sim Dowell, to feed through the winter, on wild hay and corn stalks A certain amount per month was to be paid, per head, and the oattle were to be weighed at stated intervals, and if they fell off in weight, Robertson was to forfiet 4 cents per pound for what they lost, and if they gained Dowell was to pay the same rate extra for the increase. Robertson had also a bunch belonging to Billy Burns of Barkley. He kept Burns’ cattle until his obeap feed was all gone, under an agreement, as claimed, that Burns, in return, would also take Dowell’s cattle. This Burns, for some reason, did not do, and Mr. Dowell had to take his cattle away, a month or more before the contracttime, and put them on more expensive feed. He olaimed that this worked to his damage, and therefore he and Robertson could not agree on what balance should be paid the latter. Hence Robertson sued for $l5O. Squire Burnham tried the case last week, and last night gave Mr. Robertson a verdict for SSO.

Mrs. R. Erwin returned to Monon yesterday, after a short visit with hor uncle, Sidnial King.

WEDNESDAY. Mrs. F. A. Hoover and children of Ft. Wayne came to-day, to visit with relatives for several days. Philip Stonehill of Brook returned this way last evening from the Mineral Springs where he has been taking treatment. John Hodshire’s little son, Mose, is laid up with a badly cut knee, as the result of a fall. Dr. English sewed up the out and thinks the boy will be all right in a week. The Ladies Literary Society meets with Mrs. Chapman, this week as stated in the program. Ladies having cook books whioh are unsold are requested to bring them to the meeting Friday. Mrs. J. F. Warren and daughter Miss Carrie Warren arrived home this morning from their six weeks stay in the south Miss Carrie’s health has been rnuoh benefitted by her southern sojourn. Merle Gwin finished his winter term of teaohing, in Keener tp., yesterday. He has been engaged to act as a deputy in the™.county treasurer’s office, and will begin his duties there tomorrow. He is already familiar with the work. At Monticello, Tuesday, the proposition to incorporate as a city was voted down, by a majority of 80. As the town is situated, we can not see that it loses anything of value by refusing to adopt a city goverment. A city government was practically necessary in Rensselaer, in order that we might obtain municipal lights and waterworks, at one time and in one general system. Monticello, however already has public waterworks, and probably can get public lights when they want them. Their streets also are pretty well improved, already, so we hardly see where the fuller power of a city government could be of much benefit. M. F. Chiloote is at DeMotte on legal business today. C. G. Spitler is making a business trip at DeMotte and Dunville today. Mrs. D. E. Hollister went to Kniman yesterday to visit with her son for a few days. Elder D. E. Hollister went to Mishawauka yesterday to attend the meeting of the Presbytery. Grant Tyler went to DeMotte this morning, called by the serious sickness of his aunt, Mrs. Martha Tyler. Mrs. J. W. S. Ulrey, of Brook, returned here, last evening from a three weeks’ visit with relatives at Greenfield, Ind. J. B. Sayler sent out his first party, westward, today. There were five in the party, namely John D. and Kelley Cadwallader, of Rensselaer, Herman Nims and O. S. Martin and son, of McCoysburg. They go to Northwestern lowa, and ostensibly to work on new lines of railroad, if they don’t strike a better job when they get there.

J. M. Gardner is at Monticello today. Dr. A. E. Schmadel has completed his term of school in Gillam tp., and has returned to Rensselaer, for the summer. Ralph Alkire, of Monticello, began working ’today in Laßue Brothers’ department store, in charge of the grocery department. Misses Mabel and Edna Yeoman arrived today from Kingman, Kans., for six weeks’ visit with W. E. Moore and other relatives. Mrs. Newman Snow, of Blackford, is better from her recent attack of pneumonia, but is still sick from other causes. Mr. Snow is also seriously sick now. It would be a rash man that declared today’s snow stbrm to be the worst for April 11th ever known in this locality, for it is hard to have weather so bad here, but what we have had still worse, in other years. Still the “oldest inhabitant” among us would scratch his head a good while before he reoalled anything muob worse, for the time of year.

THURSDAY. J. F. Irwin is at Lafayette today Oh business. Miss Bessie Brown of Crown Point is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Goff. fc: Catherine Callahan went to Chicago today, for a few days’ visit with her sister. Miss Minnie Schultz went to Monon today, for a week’s visit with her parents. Mrs. J. W. Dillonback, of Chicago, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Everett Brown, near Valma. Miss Mary Nightingale went to Francesville, today, for three weeks’ visit with her sister. Mrs. E.. L Hollingsworth accompanied her daughters, Cecilia and Dorothy, to Evanston this morning, where the children will spend Easter with Miss Mae Rice. Next Sunday will be general rally and benevolence day at the M.'E. church. A special service appropriate to Easter will be held in the morning and the Sunday school will hold its annual missionary service in the evening. All the members of the church are especially requested to be present at all the services on that day and the public is cordially invited. Prof. Postal has gone over to Morooco to give his hypnotic exhibitions. Eph Hickman will do the heavy sleeping act, in some show window. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Peters, 4 miles southeast of town, went to Chicago, today, to have, their three children confirmed in the Episcopalian church there. Mrs. Nate Reed and baby, (especially the baby) went to Michigan City today, for a few weeks’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Lally. Mr. Reed accompanied them as far as Hammond. Dr. I. B. Washburn returned last evening from Logansport where he attended the Kankakee Valley association. Thirty-three doctors were present and the session was an interesting and valuable one. The next meeting will be held at Hammond, June, 12. The Halleck telephone exchange and switchboard is being moved today, from the Makeever House into its permanent location in J. F. Bruner’s offioe, in the old postoffice building, opposite the court house. Mr. Bruner will continue to have charge of the switchboard. The services at the Christian church, next Sunday morning, will be of unusual interest, and will be a song service, by the choir. The sacred cantata, ‘ the Nazarene” will be produced. In the evening the pastor’s subject will be “In three days, I will rise again.” All are invited to both these services. The snow storm of Wednesday, whioh continued for several hours, and a good deal of the time was a howling blizzard, was the worst snow storm of the whole winter with the exception of one early in November and another which began the last day of February. Farmers say it is the first time in their remembrance when theirioat sowing was interrupted by a snow storm in April. Rev. F. L- Austin, whose acceptance of the pastorate of the Church of God at Argos has already been mentioned, will go to that place Saturday, with his family. Last evening their intended departure was made the occasion of a very pleasant surprise party, at their residence, in which about 35 of their friends participated. Mrs. C. C. Sigler came last evening from Monon and is the guest of Mrs. Hettie Reynolds. They intend to locate at Lowell this summer. John and Minnie Schultz of St. Joseph, Mich., and W. H. Fischer and Wm. C. Fricke of Chicago, who were here as witnesses in the case of Schultz vs. Kleinschmidt, returned to their respective homes last evening. A rather belated news item tells us that March 28th, was Mr. and Mrs. Geo. P. Daugherty’s 45th wedding anniversary. Also that a

surprise party, in honor of the event, by the ladies of Milroy Circle, was abandoned, on account of the sickness of their daughter Mrs. A. L. Padgett However the occasion did not pass wholly unnoted, as a handsome, present was given the worthy oouple.

The town of Brook has also filed & petition with the Newton County Board of Commissioners, for the privilege of being voted for as a new county seat. Their petition, coming in later than Morocco’s cannot be acted upon until after the Morocco proposition is voted on. As this will not be until June 19th, it will probably be as late as August before Brook gets to be voted on. There is no hope of either town succeeding under the present law, but both being voted on will give a good basis for determining how badly the people of Newton want to m ove their county seat, and also show which of the two towns is the more popular for the place. Try the great five cent cigar “The Monogram” at Fendig’s City Drug Btore.