Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1900 — TUESDAY. [ARTICLE]

TUESDAY.

I led Snrgen’, of Monticello, is in our city today. Rankin Hals’* ad went to Chicago on business trip. d iss Bessie Foster is quite sick with a stoinmli trouble. holt. Randle is at Lowell, today o : business. . B n hart Fendig and George Scott, went to Cedar Lake this .m e nitig fur a day or two fishing. ’lrs. M. E. Thompson re.urncd ye.- ...-id ay fr. an ‘several days’ stay i .'..’i.ieagti., furs; Rebecca Porter returned last evening from several days’ visit at Lafajetu. Mrs. Mary Drake went to Chicago last evening as a delegate to th- AV. c. O. F. •1 P. Sherman—went to Cincinnati yesterday afternoon on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. 3- Forsythe went to Chicago today o to- purchase goods. Leoaard A. ’Ensminger, sen of Dr. Eusminger of Crawfordsville, is the guest of Rensselaer relatives. Miss Emma Moser, who has been working at the Nowele House returned to her home at Onarga, 111., today. Mrs, Ray Mossier and son Philip went to Cincinnati yesterday afternoon to visit with relatives until Friday. l&iss Jessie Thornton returned to Danville. 111., today, she-took her little sister Laura with her for a month’s visit. Miss Bessie Moody, who has been taking a course in music 'at Boston, Mass., arrived home today after about two weeks’ visit at Annapolis., Washington, end cither cities.

Rev. J. W- Blair, of Soeth Salem, Ohio, was the guest of Rev. 11. M. Middleton fast night. He accompanied Mr. Middleton to Chicago this morning where they will, attend the Methodist general B. J. Gifford has written to Chairman Coover, of the general railroad movement, promising to be here, Thursday evening, to talk with the people at the public meeting, .that evening. Merrill Al. Tyler, formerly of DeMotte, more recently of Star City, is now a resident of Rensselaer. He came several days ago and his family arrived today. He is occupying one of S. C, Hammond’s houses, on Cullen street. The Democrats of Barkley township held their township convention at Cosy Palace school house, last Saturday. Charles F. Shroyer was nominated for township trustee by 59 votes to 8 for John Marlatt. Horation Repp was nominated for assessor and Henry Snow and John Callahan for justices. W. H. Randle has been appointed administrator of the estate of the late Nancy Jane Shaw, in accordance with a request made by her, previous to her death. Last night’s heavy rain is heartily welcomed by the farmers, as they needed it in their businessOats and grass especially were needing rain. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Perkins went to Mishawaka last evening to attend the funeral of his bother’ 8 widow Mrs. P, C. Perkins. Her husband was the patentee of the Perkins Hfind Mill. The, removal of Wallace Robinson to Colorado, leaves a vacancy on the Rensselaer sohoG. bmrd. He had a year still t> se . L etc 8 Thompson’s term übj jxpnes tins years. Mrs. Cynthia Nichole Baoughter who moved to Flagler,lowa, several months ago, immediately after her marriage arrived from that place today, and expects to remain here. Her husband will join her here later. . Mrs. John Schofield, of Brook, who had been detained here for some time was taken to Longoliff asylum last Saturday, by her husbjmd and Mr. and Mn. Joseph

Schofield, of this place. The. physicians at Logansport did not I extend much encouragement as to her chances for recovery. G. W. Tenney, of the KendallVille, Rochester & Western 'R. R. is working down the line from Kendallvlle, having elections for aid ordered by county commissioners. He sent word that he would reach -Rensselaer today" or tomorrow. Should lie bo here on Thursday bis road and Col. Git ford’s might have a bead-end coll : - sioti. ’ - ■ The sale of the Short bitch barn, and re iicnce, to E. L. Bruce, negotiations for which wore coeipleted Monday after. loon, was declared all off, this morning. Mr. Bruce decided that he wyui.d not buy the barn under the terms of the lease ot the lot, as held by Mr. Short. Tne lot belongs to A.’ Leopold. The result of Dr. Washburnls surgical operafioa, at the Presbyterian hospital, at Chicago, Monday afternoon, was a great disappointment. Instead of finding his disease to be gall-stones, and therefore amenable to surgical treatment, it was found that it was a ;slow-growing tumor, which could not be removed and for which nothing could be done. Tfie tumor surrounds and involves the gall-bladder, and in such a way as to destroy its function. The operation required two hours time.