Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1900 — MONDAY. [ARTICLE]

MONDAY.

Claude Cunningflam spent Sunday with his parents at Monon. W. B. Austin is at Lafayette to day on business. A. Halleck of DeMotte is in ov.r c ty, today. " . ' S. R. Nichols went to Chicag o this morning on business. Mr. and Mrs. Brannon, cf Monon, spent Sunday with their daughter, Miss Mae Brannon. Mrs. W. B. Austin and daughter, Miss Virginia, returned from Lafayette Saturday. I have some money to loan on real estate or good personal security. Jay W. Williams. Roy Jakes of Elwood came Saturday evening on account of the serious illness of his sister. There'were 132 tickets sold here, for the Chicago excursion, yesterday. It was a good civil crowd. Mrs. Geo. Wolverton, of Chalmers was the guest of Mrs. Het tie Reynolds today.

Joe Reynolds came today from Delphi to attend the funeral of his grandfather,. Joseph Callow. * Mrs. Afidrew Arnold six miles north of town, who has been _yyry sick is re 'overiug. ■ Mrs. Newte Hendricks, three miles east of town is quite sick with neuralgia. Mrs. Nate Reed and baby went to Rantoul, 11, today to visit with ' Mr. Reed’s brotlmk Mrs. Sue Jak<-s, who has been ; at the bedside.of Mi s Sadie Jakes for several dtp returned t> Delp 1) i .y ester da y. lialph Sprague, of Montezuma, Ink,-pmit Sunday with his wife, ..ii > is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Woodworth. Lawson Meyers went to the Indiana Mineral Springs todgy to take a course of treatment for rheumatism. Irwin Bros., of the former John Kohler tile mill, finished burning their second kiln of tile, Sunday, and believe they had great success therewith. They expect to burn a kiln every week during the season. M. A. Ryan, a leading attorney, of Delphi, came over today, on business connected with the suit against the Monon, growing out of the death of Wm. Sheffer, of Parr, and in which he is interested in connection with E. P. Honan.

J. H. McDonald, of Rensselaer, and Fred Waymire, of Jordan, accompanied the remains of Mrs Amanda Waymire, to ' Warren county, where she was buried at Independence, last Saturday* Mr. McDonald was a son-in-law and Mr. Waymire a nephew, of the deceased. She was buried by the side of her husband, whose death occurred about two years ago. Miss Mabel Jakes of Delphi, and Miss Maggie Jakes and Mrs. Lucy Wildrick of Biookston spent Sunday with the Misses Jakes. John Andrus, the carpenter, received quite a severe' cut on his right thumb, last Friday while working on the new barn being erected at St. Joseph’s College. Mrs, O. M. Allen of Kalamazoo Mich., aftes a short visit with her daughter Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth went to Hammond,} to take treatment of Dr. Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Hollingsworth accompanied her. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Young and little son returned to Hammond Saturday after a week’s visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Westfall at Remington and friends here. Mr. and Mrs, H. Thomas returned to Momence, 111,, this morning after two weeks’ visit with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Smith, northeast of town. The time appointed for Dr. LB. Washburn to undergo his surgical operation, was 2 o’clock this, Monday afternoon, at Presbyterian hospital, Chicago. Dr. Fenger was to perform the operation. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gwin went to Monticello, yesterday to visit with their daughter, Mrs. George Thomas. Mr. Gwin returned last evening but Mrs. Gwin will remain for a few days. In Indiana, 110 rural mail routes are now in operation and 160 applications for routes are pending. Fifty of the 92 counties now have rural free delivery. Miss Leila Middleton,’who has been at the Deaconess Home in Indianapolis, returned home last Saturday and will remain here this Quite a number of persons now find work on Al Sphung’s snake, turtle and frog “farm” in Starke county. He has 3,000,000 frogs of all ages, while turtles and snakes by the hundred revel in the pond. He ships-the frogs and turtles to Chicago and eastern markets while the snakes are, sold to colleges for dissecting. Big snakes are sold to museums. Sphung is said to be making a fortune from his “farm.” . Al Rishling arrived home this morning, from Cincinnati, where

he had been with another load of horses for Dennis Gleason. There were sixteen -horses in the load, and the prices Mr. Gleason paid for them averaged up about SIOO per head. Col. R. P. DeHart, of Lafaytte says the speech of Hon. J. Frank Hanley, at the Republican, convention, was eloquent, argumentative, plausible and instructive. And I’m proud that Tippecanoe has a man who can talk in that way, added the colonel. Warren is also proud to have such a man to send over into Tipped.noe county.— Warren Review. The Lennon Str ck Company which was to have shown here all of this week, will not open until Thursday evening and only give three performances cere. They are taking in some new members and hence their inability to open sooner. At Valparaiso, where they were last week, the manager ,two of his members notice that he I would not want them after the end of this week. Instead of waiting that long they pulled right out for Chicago and took two other members with them. Hence the necessity of getting additional members here. Candidate Bryan gave what he calls bis lecture at Valparaiso, Friday evening, to a very large audience. It is merely a political speech, which he charges for as a lecture. The Vidette says of it “Mr. Bryan is acknowledged to be an able man and we are willing to bow to his genius, but when he advertises to give a lecture in a college auditorium, where some scientific subject is to be discussed or educational matters advanced, it is not expected that a political harangue will be given. Republicans do not like to be put in a position where they must remain and listen to an arrangement of the president when it is a breach of etiquette to withdraw.” , The Boston Herald observes that “what the country needs to realize is that this year the presidential campaign does not have to wait for conventions. It is already in progress. The two leading candidates are as much in the field now as they will be fifteen

weeks hence. The chief issues ; are as clearly defined. Events from day to day are supplying new material for debate on the stump and in the newspapers, and things , may happen that will change the emphasis. But that will be true w all the way along. Each party will keenly look out for every chance to make fresh points. It is, of course, conceivable that some tremendous changes will arise in domestic or foreign affairs of such a radical nature as to throw into the shade topics now at the front, while bringing into foremost prominence others which at present command little or no attention. It is conceivable, but altogether improbable.”