Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1900 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. B. S. Fendig went to Chicago today for a few days’ business trip, Miss Eva Greggs returned to Chicago today, after a short visit with her parents, north of town. Pete Minicus went to Chicago Heights today for a short visit with relatives. Will Rider of Indianapolis, is in our city for a Jew days’ on business. Mrs. Ernest Owens returned yesterday, after a few days’ visit with friends in Lafayette. Miss Bell Crail, north east of town went to Paris Tenn., today, for two weeks’ visit with relatives. Miss Amanda Hoyes went to Lafayette this morning, to attend the Union Business Collere there. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Lee, of Lowell, are in our city today on business. Miss Orrie Clark, the proffesfiional nurse, went to Chicago, today, to take charge of a patient. Miss Clifford Moody went to Chicago today for a few days’ visit with Miss Bessie Moody. Mr. and Mrs. U. G. Tyler, returned home from DeMotte today where he has had employment for some time. Mrs. John L. Nichols, north of town, returned home yesterday day after a few days’ visit in Iroquois county, 111. Miss Lucile Trussel, returned to Rose Lawn today, after a few days’ visit with her parents, north of town.

Clifford, Jackson returned to Chicago this morning after a month’s visit with relatives, south east of town. Mrs. Agnes Kelley went to Rockford, HL, for a month’s stay with her daughter, Mrs. Harry WempleMrs. Wallace Nichols of Mt. Ayr, returned home yesterday, after a few weeks’ visit in Medaryville. Mrs. 8. A. Harris returned home yesterday, after two weeks’ visit with relatives at Shelbyville and Franklin. Mr. and Mrs, 0. A. Dwyer, of Lowell, came today and are the .guests of her nephew and neice Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Clarke. Mrs. 8. F. Wood and daughter, Miss Viola Losh, went to Francesville today to attend the street fair. Mrs. Andrew Minkus and children went to Francesville today for a few days’ visit with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Greenfield, went to Gilman, 111., today for a few days’ visit with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. 8. L. Long and E. C. Spitler north of town, went to North Manchester, Ind. today for a few weeks’ visit. The Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias is now in session at Indianapolis. J. J. Hunt is representing Rensselaer Lodge. Mrs. Elizabeth Michaels, north of town, came home yesterdny, after a short visit with relatives in Iroquois county, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs- A. M. Patrick, of Delphos Ohio, and sister, Mrs James Randle, left for Oswego, Kans., today for a few weeks’ visit with relatives and friends.

George Ketchmark has been granted a license for a saloon at Dunnville, otherwise Tefft. It is the first time that the place ever had a saloon. The Rensselaer Bank has finished its removal and is now permanently located in the fine new brick bnilding on the north side of Washington street. Misses Kate Stockton and Lulu Loux, of Lima, Ohio, after a short visit here with friends, went to Chicago today, before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Coen, Fred McColly and Miss Mattie Yeoman’ left for Altus, Oklahoma; today, for two months’ visit with the former’s parents and to see the country. A new method of training for foot ball was tried for the first time, last evening. The results are not sufficiently satisfactory to justify the continuance of the method. At least that is the opinion of Capt. Jennings Wright and Mose Leopold, and they are the recognized authorities on foot ball matters.in these parts.

C. W. Rhoades has rented the rooms in the Nowels’ block, just vacated by the Rensselaer bank, and is fitting the same up in fine shape for a barber shop. It will be repaired and repainted and otherwise put m shape to make it one of the finest shops in town. He will not move for several weeks yet. It is the opinion of those whose opportunities for information are best, that the parties who recently bored the test well on the Thomp-son-Lawler farm, just east of town have no intention of carrying out their declared purpose of returning and boring several new wells. It is thougnt that they put down the one small hole, to hold the lease, and that is all that they intend to do. Mr. Thompson says he will give no more oil leases. A petition is being circulated and extensively signed asking the City Council not to pass the ordinance entirely prohibiting bicycle riding on side-walks. They ask that the ordinance be made to prohibit all such riding over walks in front of business places, and that the speed be kept down to a safe rate in all places. Such an ordinance, if carefully enforced, would remove practically all of the objectionable features of riding on the walks, and yet permit their reasonable, moderate use, in that way, to a great many to whom such use is a great advantage, and who, for the most part, have abused the privelege, heretofore.

WEDNESDAY. • Ed. Parcells is on the sick list. Squire Burnham is in Hammond today on business. Mrs. A M. Bruley, in the north part of town is quite sick. Mrs. W. A. Rinehart went to Chicago today on business. 8. M. Laßue is in Monon today on business. George Reynolds, of Monticello, is in our city today. Mrs. Alfred McCoy is in Chicago today. Alice Hullengreen, of Monon, is in our city today on business. Edward Hartman is on the sick list. John McCann of Lafayette is visiting friends south west of town. J. Ft Douglas, of Delphi is in our city today on business. Wm. Gray, of Monon, is here for a few days’ business trip. 0. G. Spitler went to Goshen this morning to visit relatives for a few days. Mrs. Rebecca Porter is recovering after a week’s severe sickness. C. W. Elkire, of Delphos Ohio, is here for a few days’ business trip. Girl wanted for general housework. For name of party enquire at this office. Charles Dickens of Barkley tp., went to Omaha Neb., for two months’ visit with relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Sayler went to Chicago this morning on a business trip. Delos Thompson and Alfred McCoy are in Chicago today on business. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hugh, of Lowell are in our city today on business. Lemuel Foster, of Lafayette, came yesterday for a few days on business. Frank Garvin, of Remington, is the guest of friends f°r a few days. Benj. Huston, of Indianapolis, is the guest of relatives, south of town. W. Dee Parker has returned to Irvington to resume his studies in Indianapolis University. August Cuptee of Crown Point formerly of Rensselaer is visiting frie’ ds here for a few days. Ralph Doleman of Englewood came today and is visiting friends northwest of town for two months. Thomas Hotline, of Battle Ground, came yesterday for a two days’ business trip.

Mrs. A. E. Brown went to Winamac today to visit with her son. Charles Brown, for a few days. John Caper, south of town, went to Elkhart today where he has employment in a machine shop. Mrs. J. B. Spangle, of Chetopa, Kans., a former resident, is visiting Mrs. Thompson and other Rensselaer friends. Lewis Hunting, of Brookston, came yesterday and is visiting for a few days’ with friends east of town. Miss Lulu Holderman returned weeks’ visit with her parents, west of town. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Pyne, of Whitehall Mich, returned home today after two weeks’ visit with Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Spriggs and family. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Halleck, of Lafayette, came last evening and are visiting with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. W. Weurthner, west of Thomas Burrin of Lowell, began work today, as clerk in B. F. Fendig’s drug-stoie, succeeding Louie Fendig, who has gone to Brunswick, Ga. Mrs. John G. Dodd and children arrived this morning from Manchester, Tenn., and will make this their future home. They formerly resided in this county.

Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Stoner went to Crown Point today to attend the fair there, and where Mr. Stoner will officiate as the expert judge of poultry. . Mrs. F. J. Lewis, a woman of quite advanced age, mother of Mrs Lucy Hoffman went to Lafayette this morning to become a permanent resident of the Soldiers Home, at that place. The opening game of the football season will take place, tomorrow afternoon, at the Athletic Park. The contesting teams are to be Brook and Rensselaer and a very good game is anticipated. \ G. W. Burk has been sick at the residence of his son, Manley, near town, since return from Colorado and North Dakota, but was able to be in town again today. Mrs. Mary B. Coffin and daughter, Miss Alice Coffin, mother and sister, respectively of Mrs. C. D. Royse arrived from Indianapolis today, and will make their future home with Mr. Royse’s family. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dwyer, of Lowell, after a few days’ visit with their nephew and neice, Mr. and Mrs. P. W Clarke, went to Logansport this morning for a short visit with relatives, before returning home. Daniel W. Storms, a popular resident of Lafayette, well known in Rensselaer, has carried off the high honor of being elected Grand Chancellor of the Indian* Knights of Pythias at the grand lodge now I in session at Indianapolis.

The temperature this afternoon reached the comparatively extreme height of 90 degrees. Probably it is the hottest October day, in this latitude, for many years It was 84 degrees yesterday and even that was pretty hot for October weather. Postmaster Peck, of Remington is working up a rural delivery route from that town, with good prospects of its being established It runs south and east of Remington and is considerably more in Benton and White counties than in Jasper. Trustee Comer of Union township, has just received a letter from the Attorney General to the Effect that road supervisors will be elected by the popular vote of the townships the same as other officers and not by districts. Each voter will vote for the whole number of supervisors in his township and a road district might be 50 Republican majority and yet if the township wept Democratic," the Democrats would get the supervisors in that district, as well as all the rest.

A report that our able water and light plant superintendent was to be married last night, got into general circulation, and was so generally believed that the residence of the bride to be, on Front street, was honored by a call from an unpromptu belling party. Finding their call there was premature the boys made another venturejon Van Rensselaer St where the telegrapher has frequent and protracted business, but there also they were a few days ahead of time. THURSDAY F. J. Hunt is in Indianapolis today on business. J. P. Sherman made a business trip to Chicago today. Amzie Laßue yvent to Sherva, Ind., today on business. Miss Lena Riddle is spending a few days at Surrey this week.

Daniel Stoneback of Hammond is here on business today. M. M. Tyler went to Lafayette this morning, for a three weeks’ business stay. The Brook foot ball team arrived in good time today, and a game is in progress at Athletic park, as we go to press. Temperature 92 degrees in the shade, at 1:30 p. m today. How hot is that for Oct. 4th ? Mr. and Mrs. Eb Morris left last night for two or three weeks visit in old home scenes in Ohio. Mrs. Ephriam Sayers, of DeMotte, is visiting relatives here for a few days. Miss Violet Brown, of Danville HL, came today for a few weeks’ with her parents south of town. Mrs. S. J. Hendricks went to Newman 111. to visit with relatives for two or three weeks. Mrs. M. J. Fenwick, southwest of town, went to Monon today to visit with relatives. Miss Mae Hamburger, of Hammond, returned home today after three weeks visit with friends. John L. Huffman of Monon is the guest of friends here for a few days. Frank Feaster and Frank Fisher of Remington went from here to Chicago today on business. Mrs. G. W. Goff went to Crown Point and Chicago last evening for a few days’ business trip. Mrs. Anna Wartena and daughter Alice, went to Hammond yes terday for a short visit with friends and relatives. Stewart Hammond went to Wheatfield this morning to visit his son J. P. Hammond for a short time. Mrs. E. D. Sparling of south of town after 3 month visit with her parents, near Lafayette, returned home last evening. Miss Anna Southerland went to Chicago last evening, to resume her duties as saleslady, after a short visit with her parents near Pleasant Ridge.

J. H. 8. Ellis went to Chicago, today to procure the uniforms for the new Rough Riders' Club here Miss Cora Cox of Indianapolis came yesterday and will resume her r duties as trimmer, for the Meyers’ sisters. Miss Jessie Pruitt of Hazeldell 111. left for Kirkland Ind. today after two months’ visit with Mrs. i Abraham Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Washburn went to South Bend this morning to visit with relatives for two weeks. Rev. H. S. Kester, of Barkley tp., left for Osage, lowa, to conference last evening and will make his future home there. Mrs. Kester will join him later. Mrs. W. A. Huff and two children went to Crawfordsville today to visit her fatner and other relatives for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Styles and children of Monon returned home today after a. few days’ visit with her sister Mrs. Benj. Smith.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Devern a a newly wedded couple of Kankakee 111. are the guests of het sister Mrs. Nathan Huston, east of town. Frank Webber has moved into town from near Pleasant Ridge, and occupies the R. E. Leatherock property, in the northwest part of town, which he bought some time ago. Mrs. Geo. P. Daughtery, just east-of town, has been Very sick, with cerebral congestion for nearly a week, but is now considerably improved. Mel Makeever of Denver Colo., after a short visit with relatives here, left last evening for a months’ business stay in New York before returning home to Denver. Some very “ornery” or very foolish person walked on the new cement curb, on Cullen street last night, leaving his ugly boot tracks for about 50 feet, where the cement was still soft. The tracks indicate a full-grown man.

The supreme and appellate courts will resume, Tuesday, after the summer vacation. The supreme court has about 650 cases to decide, and the appellate about 880. One of the big cases pending is the Roby racing case. Micah B. Halstead, a few miles west of town, was old enough to vote in 1856, and he wanted to vote for Fremont, but he had just returned from California, and was held not to have a legal residence here. He voted twice for Lincoln, however, and expects to make it twice for McKinley, before he is many weeks older. Another to be added to the Fremout-McKinley list, is Geo. R. Robinson, for many years a resident of Hanging Grove and now in Barkley township,

Sheriff Lawrence and his brother sleuths at Crown Point get up a new theory every day. to account for the human head, in Cedar Lake. But while still holding to the absurd theory that it was Pearl Bryan’s head, they dragged the lake for the rest of her body, which was buried four years ago, at Greencastle. We still hold to the theory that some prankish medical students took that method of disposing of their share of some cadaver, which they had dissected and then had no further use for.

Cal Porter was another man who was down South doing business with the antis with a gun, in 1864, when Lincoln was elected the second time. But he got to vote for him for he was in an Ohio regiment, and Ohio, unlike Indiana, had a loyal legislature in those days, and her soldiers at the front were allowed to vote. His first vote, however was in 1862, at Chattanooga, when he voted for Ohio State officers. Ohio’s great war governor, Brough, was running a second time against Ohio’s great war traitor, Vallandigham. In the whole regiment, of 600 or 100 men, Vallandigham got only four votes. 1