Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1900 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. J. H. S. Ellis is transacting business in Chicago, today. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Brenner are in Chicago today. W. H. Parkison went to Winamac today, to attend court. A. S. Hull of Lowell is in our city, on business today. J. Zook of Gifford went to Frankin, Johnson Co. today, for a few days’ business stay. Born Saturday Nov. 10, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meokling of Comer, a daughter. Born Sunday; Nov. 12, to Mr. and Mrs Rufus Bordwell, 9 miles east of town, a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. B Forsythe went to Chioago this morning to purchase their Holiday goods. C. D. Nowels went to Delphi, this afternoon for a short business stay. Mrs. C. J. Bridge man returned to Delphi yesterday after three weeks’ visit with friends here. John D. Sink of Rose Lawn the prosecutor elect, is in town today. His term begins next week. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McGimpsey of Kokomo, sprnt last, night in our city, and left this morning for their future residence at Golden, Oregon. Miss' Bertha Schofield returned to Hammond, last evening after a week’s visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sohofield. Mrs. Hugh Lowe of Monon came last evening for a short visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bussell. C. A. Roberts left last evening for a few weeks’ visit with his brother L. F. Roberts and other relatives at Shenadoah, lowa. Mrs. W. W. Haskins, of Englewood, returned home last evening, after two weeks’ visit with her brother Charles Gutterich, south of town. Mrs. 9. H. Alkire of Monticello, who has been the guest sinoe Thursday of her son and wife Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Alkire returned home today. Mrs. Wm. Deer and children of Monon, after three weeks’ visit With her father, Geo. Jenkins, northeast of town, returned home to lay. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wolf, of Arcadia, who have been the guests since Friday, of their daughter. Mrs. A. L. Ward, returned home today. Miss Carrie Adams and Mrs. A. Southman, of Kempton, 111. returned home today, after three weeks’ visit with the latter’s son J. Devereaux, four miles northwest of town. Uncle Mac gave the biggest . duck dinner on record in the town, last night. The Republican and Democratic campaign choirs, members of the drum-corps and many invited guests, .were present. We learn that the principal reason why Thorpe Beagley was hit so hard for sheriff in Newton county, was not the oounty seat matter at all, but exoessive addiction to the drink habit. The foot ball gaipe set for Monday of this week, did not take place. Through some misunderstanding the transportation was not forwarded to Logansport in time for them to get here.

Miss Lina Lewis, who has been working in the Halleok central office at DeMotte, returned yesterday, to take charge of the central office here, succeeding Miss Fern Nelson, who has resigned. Mrs. C. D. Martin, Mrs. Bion Zimmerman and, Miss Elizabeth Reeves are spending a few days’ in Chicago. The Women’s Relief Corps did a large business with their dining hall on election day. They took in S9B, of which S7O will be their net profits. They supplied the meals for all four of the township election boards as well as a great many meals to private persons. The Methodist people wish to dispose of the old Cotton house to some one who will move it away, to make room on the lot for their proposed new parsonage, but so far they can not find a purchaser, and they are about to employ men and have the building tom down.

Will Wood and little son Douthit, his step daughters, MisS Eva Duvall and Mrs. Ada Young, together with Alsen Hopkins, his late wife’s brother, all of whom had been here since Mrs. Wood’s funeral, left Monday evening for Chicago. From there they will leave, probably on Wednesday, for Torrion, Mexico, which is Mr. Hopkins’ place of residence, and where the others mentioned also expect to make their future homes.

Cards have been received here announcing the wedding of Miss Frances G. Pym to Mr. Austin F. Denny, at Indianapolis, Monday, Nov. 12th. Miss Pym was principal of the Rensselaer high school for several years some 10 or 12 years ago. More recently she has be<m lady manager of the Indiana Safe Deposit Company, of Indianapolis, a responsible and lucrative position. The groom is a son of Hon. Caleb S. Denny, a former mayor of Indianapolis. Our football team will play at Delphi Saturday, with the Mulberry team. It is expected that the latter will pick up a number of extra good players from other towns and give oar team a hard game. The team will go over on the 1:45 p. m. train Saturday and return on the 6:32. It is proposed to take the Citizens’ band along. There is also hopes that enough others will want to go, to secure a special car and a rate of $1 for the round trip.

Two more members of Owen Callahan’s family, near Comer, have developed small-pox, or rather that mild variety of the disease, called varioloid. They are Ella, a 16 year old girl and Owen Jr., a 13 year old boy. Ella’s case developed Saturday, and all symptoms then indicated a very severe case, but luckily a recent vacoination had “worked” just the week previous, and that turned the case into varioloid, of mild form, with only a very few eruptions. The boy’s case, which began later, is following the same course. Mrs. Agnes Kelley, who has been visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Wemple, at Rockford, 111., for some time past, will remain with her until Spring, but expects to return to her own residence here, at that time. Her son Park is also with her, at Rockford and that plaoe is also the headquarters of her other son, Chase, who is traveling for the Chicago Reoord. Sheriff Reed went over to Monticello, yesterday afternoon to arrange for the official canvass of the vote for state senator. The canvass has to be made in the oldest county seat in the district and that is Monticello. It must be made tomorrow. The canvass of the votes for joint representative must bo made the same day at Crown Point. Nate has to be in both places the same day, and at pretty nearly the same time, but he expects to make it all right. A general store a small Illinois town has found a simple cure for the “mail order habit.” His customers were rapidly abandoning him and ordering goods

from the large city houses. For awhile he was tolerant, assuring himself that there was room for all and that he could still coont upon a certain percentage of trade in his locality. When il became apparent that people were ordering bars of soap and boxes by mail the general store man began to look for a remedy. He found it in a counter attraction. Every week he rune a column of “deadly parallel” prices, quoting the mail order prices on one side and his figures on the other. He find than he ean easily compete with his big rivals on most articles, and has succeeded in repairing his broken fences by showing people that things can be bought cheaply right at home. Once convince your public and they will willingly trade with you.