Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1901 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. Mrs. Lucy Malchow is spending today with friends at Monticello. Frank Cook, of Brookston, spent New Year’s Eve with Rensselaer friends. T. J. McCoy joined his family at Lafayette today to spend New Years with friends. Miss Julia Leopold is spending New Year’s Day with Miss Maude Healey, at Brookston. Mr. and Mrs. J. W McConahay, Pleasant Ridge, are spending New Years with friends at Monon. Miss Myrtle Chipman is yisiting with friends at Wolcott, for a few days.

Mias Pearl Parker is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hinchman, at Brook, for a few days. Dr. A. L Berkley attended the L’ncoln Club Dance at Lafayette, last night. « M. F, Chilcote is spending New Years at Dyer with his nieces the Misses Miller, Mr. and Mrs. B. Retherford of Chicago are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Day. Mrs. G. A. Thomas and children of Monticello, ar<* the guests of Mr, and Mrs. J. C. Gwin. Mrs. J. T. Remley went to Wheatfield today, to attend the wedding of her niece Miss Della Smith and Mr.'jHenry Gilbransen. Mrs. Melinda Clouse, of Hoopeston, 111., after a week’s visit with her sister Mrs. John English returned home yesterday. Robert Thompson, of Plainfield 111., who has been the guest of his niece Mrs. S. C. Johnson, left for his home today. Miss2Rosa Lane, northwest of town arrived home today from a week’s visit with her sister at Indianapolis. F. Richards and S. Britton northeast of town, are making a short visit with relatives at Claypool, Ind.

Charles Cartmell returned home to Monticello today, after a short visit with his uncle and atint, Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Nichols. Mr. and Mrs. Delos Thompson arrived home this afternoon from a visit with her mother at Battle Creek, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Monnett, of Evanston, arrived this afternoon, to attend the funeral of their grandson, Fred Burton. Mr and Mrs. Lee Catt, of Greenfield, spent the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Catt, returning home today. Ernest Clark returned last evening from a few days’ visit with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cole at Lafayette. Mrs. Eliza Kennedy, of Indianapolis, is the guest for a few days of Mr, and Mrs. J. W. Childers. Miss Gertrude Yeoman left this morning to enter the Byrant & Stratton Business College, at Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Haskell, who have been visiting relatives at Mt. Ayr, returned home to Chioago from here today. The new century dawned cold, Jt>ut bright and sunny as an angel’s smile, or something of that kind which the poets know better about than common people. In fact a more perfectly beautiful winter’s day was surely never experienced in this region.

John Shields southeast of town, left today for two weeks’ visit with his brother David, at Manchester, Tenn. Mrs. E. Florence, of Delphi, after a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John English, returned home yesterday. - Mrs. J. 8. White and children who have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Hilton, for the past week returned home to Chicago today. Rev. and Mrs. Charles Postill of Wingate are the guests of her parents Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Richardson and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Haas. Mrs. Wm. Livengood and children, of Wabash, returned home yesterday after a week’s visit with her sister, Mrs. Chas. Arnold, north of town. Col. H P. Davidson Superintendent of Northwestern Military Academy, of Highland Park, 111, was in town yesterday, in the interests of his institution.

Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wasson after a week’s visit with their son, Harrison Wasson 5 miles southeast of town, returned home to' Union City, Ind., today. Mr. and Mrs. E- H. Jackson and son, of Champaign, 111., left for their home this morning after a week’s visit with his brother, H. W. Jackson and family, northeast of town. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Clark, of Fowler, after a week’s visit with her mother Mrs. 8. A. Brown, returned home todfcy. Her mother accompanied her home for a month’s visit. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Washburn and little niece, Aetna Francis Kennedy, after a week’s visit with Dr. and Mrs. 1. B. Washburn returned home to Chicago this morning.

Bruce White left this morning for Crab Orchard, West Virginia, where he has the job of superintending the drilling of a large artesian well for a big coke plant, at that place. Mr. White is an expert in well drilling, and we look to see him completely successful in this engagement. Mrs. G. E. Murray and Mrs. Grant Warner entertained the ‘‘Old Peoples” card club last evening at the former’s residence on River street. Twelve couples were present, and indulged in whist, and did not break up until they saw the old century let go and the new one take hold. Mr, and Mrs. W. S. Parks entertained several couples last evening at their home on McCoy Ave. The evening was pleasantly spent in music and games and watching the departure of the Old Century and the dawn of the New. One of the most enj’oyable features of the evening was an oyster supper. The lakes of northern Indiana are filling up with a growth of vegetation. It is said if the muskrats were not trapped from these bodies of water they would scon clean out the rank growth of weeds. Let us have a law protecting the muskrats, at least for a period of years. They are wholly harmless and somewhat useful animals when alive and worth next to nothing when dead. Let us protect the muskrats. The new year and the new century started in with a pretty big slump in temperature, to say the least. The (J. 8. th emo me ter, at the Halleck telephone central, registered 8 degrees below zero, some time last night. This morning common thermometers around town varied from 2 to 6 below. Early in the morning many theremoneters were down to 10 below. Heretofore the thermometer mark has not been in sight of the zero. WEDNESDAY. W. H. Parkison is transacting business in Lafayette today. Grant Renicker near Blackford is on the sick list. _ Mrs. Henry Wilson of Aix is quite sick.

Miss Helen Wasson after a weeks vis i t ret urned to Veedersbarg, today. Livi Renick er arrived home ( this morning from a few days’ visit at Columbia City. Ind. Charles Sigler after a short visit with Rensselaer friends returned to Hebron this morning.H. L. Nelson returned to Chicago last evening after a week’s visit with Rensselaer friends. Miss Mollie Love, of Lowell returned home last evening after a short visit with Miss Maude Jacks Mrs. Wm. Kennedy > of Kniman, returned home yesterday, after two months’ visit with relatives and friends at Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Yeoman and children, who have been visiting Rensselaer relatives returned home to Ambia, Ind. today. Louie Wilcox, of Surrey arrived here last evening from a week’s visit with friends at Springfield Ohio. Dr. C. A. Leenheer, of Chicago, who has been the guest for the past week of Dr. Ira Washburn returned home today. O. A. Abbott, after a weeks’ visit with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sparling and other friends left today for his home at Appleton, Wis. Bayard Clark and daughter of Tipton, after a short visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark, returned home today. Luke Rogers of Wolcott, who has been the guest of his daughter Mrs. H. H. Barcas, returned home today. Prof, and Mrs. I. N. Warren and little son, who have been spending the holiday vacation withJßensselaer relatives, returned to LaPorte today. J. A. E. Reesor, after two weeks’ visit with his sister Mrs. F. P. Millard left today to resume his studies at the American School of Osteopathy at Kirkesville, Mo. The temperature reached 8 below zero again, last night but it got warmer during the night and was several degrees above, this morning. Mrs. N. S. Bates arrived home last evening from a week’s visit with her brothers at Ladoga and her sister Mrs. J. Trindle at Richmond, Ind.

Mrs. Sam Roth and baby returned last evening from ten days’ visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. M. App and other relatives at Lafayette. Rev. Smith, of Mt. Ayr, took the train here this morning to officiate at the wedding of Miss Netta .Collins and Mr. Charles Ross, of Dunnville. Isaac Lewis after a week’s vacation spent with his parents near Valma, returned to Terre Haute yesterday to resume his studies at the State Normal. Miss Harriett Yeoman, who has been badly affected with rheumatism for some time past, Jis taking the mud bath treatment at Hunters’ Springs, near Attica. Bertram Goff has been associated with his father in the latter’s general bakery and restaurant business, and the firm name, hereafter, will be G. W. Goff & Son. Rev. P. H. Faulk, of Morocco, will begin a series of meetings at the First Baptist church, tonight. They will continue eyery night until over Sunday, and perhaps longer. Melville W ishard left last evening to resume his work at the Keyston Biidge Co. at Pittsburg, Pa., after a week’s vacation spent with his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. W. W ishard. • Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kurrie entertained twenty-five of their friends last evening at their home on North Weston street, in honor of his brother, Walter Kurrie of Philadelphia, Pa. Berl Richardson, and Misses Elsie Watson, Lillian Nowels, Helena Washburn, Gail Wasson, Bessie Moody, and Bernice Warren college students, all returned to their respective institutions today.

The way below zero weather for two nights running has made good ice on the river and C. C. Starr started his ice plow this morning, and will go to cribbing his crop, tomorrow. The ice is 7 or 8 inches thick. Mies Rose Coate, of Wabash, who has been the guest the past week of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Sample, near Vai ma, and Miss Dora English in town, returned home yesterday. Her nephew, Parker Sample, accompanied her, and will remain for a week’s visit. So far as the trial of Mrs. Lyda and Starr Cox has progressed, it seems to us that the state has not made out a case that would at all justify a conviction. Some suspicious circumstances have been shown, but the defense has made at least a very plausible explanasion of most of these, and has presented as many or more circumstances suggesting suicide, as the «tate has suggesting murder. Unless the state makes a stronger rebuttal than it did in direct evidence we shall not look for a conviction of either one of the accused.

Lawyer Jesse Roberts, of Chicago, was in town Tuesday, on bis way home after a short visit with his father, Press Roberts, west of town. He has been so busy with his legal business that he had not been here in 8 years, He is head of the law firm of Roberts, Roberts & Owens; and so full of business in the 24 different courts in Chicago ibat he never gets away for even a single day, except on holidays. He lives at the suburban city, LaGrange, and is its corporation attorney.

At the opera house last evening the Riley-Burton Stock Company who are playing a week’s engagement here, presented the five act comedy drama entitled “She Loved Him So.” The company wbich is a good one, is winning many friends here. Each member presented their individual part in a highly satisfactory manner. The costuming and stage effects are of a very good class. This company is drawing larger houses nightly. To-night they will give their beautiful | pastoral drama, “Elsie Bradley,” in addition to which will be added a phonograph entertainment.