Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1901 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. Taylor Wood, of Parr, is on the sick list. Mrs. George Colvert is recoving . from an attack of the grip. Everett Halstead is making a business trip to Chicago, today. Mrs. Peter Kessinger, of Milroy tp., is suffering from an attack of pleurisy. Mrs. P. W. Clarke went to Hammond today for a few days’ stay. W. J. Imes returned Monday after-noon from several days’ visit with his mother in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. J. H, Thornton, the newest bride and groom, are visiting relatives at Fair Oaks. Mrs. Florence Ford, of Annapolip, Ind., is visiting her sister, Mrs. S. E. Sines at Aix. George Minch, of Lafayette, is transacting business in our city today. L. M. Devault, of Monon, returned home today, after a few days’ visit with friends here. As usual Jasper county escaped the worst of the recent storm. It was much worse west and north of us than it was here. Mrs. Hugh Lowe, of Monon, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bussell. The former continues quite sick The weather was deoidedly cold again, last night, and Bruner’s U. 8. thermometer registered one degree below zero.

C. B. Steward went to Rose ; Lawn this morning to complete the insurance adjustment for loss, by fire, of Thomas Grant. Alt Padgett shipped a car load of horses to Chicago last night, and went up today to dispose of I them. Mies Stella Parkieon and Nellie . Moody went to Chicago last evening for a short visit with Miss Bessie Moodj. I Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Churohill are visiting for a few days’ with fjl her parents Dr. and Mrs. Scott, at 1 Monticello. Mrs. A. Carson and ohildren of Patten, Ind. arrived today to join her husband in their new home in <» the Giffords’ district. Mrs. Ida Reed and children, of near Parr, went to Manson, Ind., today to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. Enos Smith. Charlie Wiltshire is down from Chicago on the account of the ierious sickness of his mother, Mrs. Harry Wiltshire. | j V j Mrs. Homer Hardy and Miss Vs Stella Snyder, of Remington and ISP. C. Devaney, of Noblesville, are I 'he guests of Mr. and Mrs, Frank 113ardy. ■jj I Edward Miller northwest of town I jrrived home today, from Eton Ijj Ohio, where he attended the f uner- ■ lof his mother and a few days’ K isit at Roseville, Ind. ■ The 10:55 a. m. south bound I rain today, was about en hour ||Site, on account of trouble with | ir brakes, before ' they left 1 Chicago. B The January weather reports |i ive the highest temperature for liUe month at 60, Jan. 15th, and. Kie lowest, 2, Jan. 31. Th 6 mean, §||>mperature for the month was 30, jßie average for 30 years having M|ben 28. The total precipitation 1 as 1.59 inches, which was below Ml ie average, of 2.91, for 30 years.

Frank M. Lakin and son Edward, | northwest of town, left this morning for a week’s stay at Chickasha. Okla., to look at the country in that vicinity. Misses Belle Lally and Nellie Rozean, of Michigan C/ity, who have been the guests since Sunday of Mrs. Fred Phillips and other friends returned home today. Mrs. E. H. Wood, of Monon, came last evening called by the sickness of her little grandson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Randles’ little boy who is quite sick with a sore throat. Pete Brenner returned to Indianapolis yesterday after a weeks’ visit with relatives and friends here. He still works at the same drug store he did when he firstleft here nearly 3 years ago. Under the heading of “Three well known legislators,” the Indidianapolis News published large portraits of Senators Osborn, Wolcott and Ogborn. Mr. Wolcott is widely recognized as one of the leading men in‘ the state senate.

Judge Tyner, of the postoffice department, is calling the attention of postmasters to the law forbidding any. reference in newspapers to drawings or lotteries of any character. They can neither be advertised in advance nor the result announcedA merchant down in Arkansas refuses to advertise, “Because,” he says, if hd does, “somebody will be ’a-pesterin’ me all the time to show ’em my goods.” An exchange says he is the same man who when a customer came in and wanted a suit of clothes, asked him to come back some time when I am standin up.”

The “Town Topics” performance, at the opera house, last night, was, by all accounts, about the most laughable show that ever struck the town. And nothing coarse nor objectionable about it either. The company has concluded to remain another nieht and to repeat the performance tonight. J. F. Warren has concluded to go down to Oklahoma City and see how he likes the country, climate etc., before he definitely accepts A. M. Atkinson’s offer, as previously noted. He will leave here for the purpose on Feb. 15th, in company with Mr. Atkinson. The latter offers to pay all expenses of Mr. Warren’s trip in case he is not willing to remain there under Mr. Atkinson’s offer Rensselaer boys always come to the front in athletic contests. Thus the students of Highland Park Military Academy had a series of oontests a few days ago, for prizes given by Chicago business men. Delos Coen, of Rensselaer won the first prize for standing high jump; and also for best running high kiok; the last being 8 feet 8 inches, Rioe Porter also got a first prize, being for best rope climber.

The next entertainment for the publio library will be on Friday evening Maroh Ist, and will be a decided novelty. It will be Simon H. Dobbins’ celebrated lecture “From the Cradle to the Jail.” Mr. Dobbins is an ex-sheriff of White oounty, and has been giving his lecture at various places for the past several years, and always, so far as we have heard, to the great satisfaction of his hearers. He is said to be a pretty good second to Sam Jones, in his combination of humor and wisdom. F. E. Mortimer, one of the Town Topics Company called on the old retired minstrel, Daniel D. Emmet, near Mansfield, Ohio, about a month ago. Emmet is the author of Dixie, and is now 83 years old. Mr. Mortimer secured a photograph of the old minstrel and on its back the old man copied the first verse of Dixie, Reading as follows. Dis worl was made in jiss six days And finished up in various ways. Dey den made Dixie trim and nioe But Adam oalled it Paradise. Photos, all styles ana sizes at Donnellys.

Some smooth individual has netted himself several hundred dollars recently by raising checks issued by B. J. Gifford or those having authority to issue them in his interest. His checks are all printed on tinted paper and the person doing the work has used acid to remove the original figures, usually small amounts, and substituted amounts of a hundred dollars and upward. Although the action of the acid discolored the paper slightly where applied, the scheme was not detected until several hundred dollars had been obtained in this manner. It is believed the guilty parties are now far away, still it may be well enough to scrutinize very carefully any of the Gifford checks which may come to you. — Wheatfield Telephone. ' ,

WEDNESDAY. Mrs. Libbie Black, of Ogden, 111. is the guest cf her sister Mrs. Joseph Francis 3 miles west of town. Miss Minnie Thomas left today for an extended stay at Wabash Ind. Cf! M. Saxby, of Freeport 111., is spending a few days’ here buying horses. Mrs. J. H. Sayler, west of town is still quite with nervous trouble, - The sleighing is excellent in this region now and seems likely to last for some time. J. H. Walters, of Logausport, is in our oity today, on real estate business. E, W. Duvall has gone to Chicago, for several days’ business stay. Born, this, Wednesday morning Feb. 6th, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Daugherty, 2| miles southeast of town, a son. Mrs. Frank Kennel, of Lafayette, returned home today after a week’s"visit with her sister, Mrs. C. Kellener and other relatives. Mrs. Agnes Sweet, after a few weeks’ visit with her sister, Mrs. Wm. Hoover Jr., south of town, returned home to Delphi, today. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Wolf at the tile mill north of town is quite sick with pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Ulyat, of near Brook, took the train here today, for Indianapolis, called by the death of their niece, Mrs. Ella Hicks. Mr< and Mrs. Alfred Jacks and children returned this morning from Lee, where they attended the funeral of his grandfather, James Culp. Mrs. Nettie Hoover left today for Pensecoia, Florida, where she will remain the rest of the winter for the benefit of her health. Her little neice Ara Griswold, daughter of A. F. Griswold, southeast of town, went with her. The Town Topics Company, which performed here again last night, yre still here, their next date being at LaPorte, Thursday night. Through a change in their advanoe agent they were left without a date for a few nights. Miss Maggie Flossick, of Perrysville, Ohio, arrived last evening for a stay of indefinite length with her cousin, Mrs. Yerley Morris, who has been sick for some time. Mrs. Hilton, mother of Mrs. A. B. Robbins, died Tuesday night, at Mr. Robbins’ home, in Keener Tp. She had been sick a long time with rheumatism, She also leaves a son, Jim Hilton, living in Chicago, and an older son, by a former marriage, Mr. Richardson, of Med&ryville. Her age was about 75 years. Mrs. Morgan Butler of Peru was in our oity last evening and this morning representing the Blufton Mitten Co. and the Peru Basket faotory. She has been representing these companies for the past six months, taking her husband’s position, he having been stricken with paralysis last Jnly Mrs. Butler is also quite a newspaper worker, having been employed by different papers in the state.

Mrs. Wm. NoWels, southwest cf town, and Mrs. E. W. Morris, of Rensselaer, returned home today from Chicago Heights, where they have been taking care of-their son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Morris, who have been sick with diphtheria but have now recovered and who accompanied them home for two weeks’ visit. Alexander Johnson superintendent of institute for feeble-minded children at Fort Wayne says the preservation of forests and protection of birds go together, but that it is hard to enforce the laws about birds, because person interested are in the minority. He recommends that the state should get possession of the exhausted farm lands and re-forest them. This, in 50 years, he said, would restore the natural fertility and make a home for the birds in the meantime.

The Republidan joint committee of the two houses of the state legislatuie has agreed on a congressional apportionment bill which will, no doubt, become a law. It is practically the Osborn bill. It will make 9 Republican and 4 Democratic districts. Charley Landis’ district, the 9th, which has heretofore been close, will get Howard county, and be reliably RepublicanHebron can now hold up her head as proudly as Three Oaks It is to entertain the vice-president next year if all goes well. Oscar Dinwiddie has discovered that Theodore Roosevelt i#»a member of the Dinwiddie Clan and wrote asking him to attend the annual reunion next September. In reply the vice-president-elect wrote an interesting letter, saying that the relationship was correctly traced and that it would be impossible for him to attend the reunion this year but he would without fail come for the next meeting iipJ9o2. —Hebron News.

THURSDAY. Geo. H. Cooper, of Mokena, 111., is in our city on business today. T. J. McCoy is in Lafayette today on business. Mrs. Harry Wiltshire still continues very seriously sick. M. F. Chilcote is transacting business in Chicago today. Mrs. Wm. Bringle of Newton tp, is sick with pleuro pneumonia. James Babcock of Parr is suffering from a bad attack of the grip. S. R. Nichols, of Barkley tp., is transacting business at Knox. The infant child of Frank Keiper, at Comer is quite sick with tonsilitis. C. E. Mills is out again after a few days’ confinement with the grip. Attorney C. W. Hanley is in Rose Lawn today on legal business. T. J. McCoy has a new “speed -

Dr. and Mis. F. A. Hester «f • Indianapolis are the guests of their ! daughter Mrs Geo. E Murray. W. A Stucker, nofthwest of town, and Joe Schanlaub, of Mt. Ayr went to Lafayette today for a short business stay. Mr and Mrs. Arthur Catt are preparing to set up housekeeping in Bert Hopkins’ tenant house, in Riverside Park. Mr. and Mrs. M. CarsoD, of Melvin, 111., are the guests this week of W. D. Bend near Pleasant Ridge. M. M. Tyler went to DeMotte, last evening to see his mother Mrs. A. A. Tyler, who is quite seriously sick. Plain sewing wanted to do Enquire of Mrs. Sarah Platt, east part of town. Mrs. Bert Brenner and Miss Irma Kannal entertained the Euchre Club, last evening, at the home of Miss Kannal, on McCoy Avenue. ing cutter,” the only one of the kind in town. It is a very elegant little turnout, and weighs only 85 pounds. The weather has moderated very greatly today, yet it was pretty cold again last night, and Bruner’s self-registering U. S. thermometer reached 4 degrees below zero sometime during the night. The Endeavorers of the Barkley Christian church will give. an Oyster Supper Feb. 9tb, 1901 at the hpme of Mr. and Mrs. A. Vore \ mile east of Valma. Proceeds for the benefit of the church. Everybody cordially invited.

Ed Heath, of Aydelotte, is stopping off here today, on his way borne from Chicago, where he has been making purchases, preparatory to moving here, about the Ist of March, into the house he recently purchased. J. W. King, who has been sick for two years with nervous trouble and his whole family, have lately been sick with colds and grip, but are now all getting better. Henry Steel, a mile north of Blackfoid, is very bad •sick with lung fever, and likely not to recover. He has been sick for three weeks and never consented to have a physician until 3 days ago. Mrs Criteniden A. Cox, of Chicago, who has been the guest since Saturday of her parents, Elder and Mrs. D. T. Halstead, left today to make her home wirh her son, George W. Cox, at Seattle, Washington. Dr. I. M. Washburn reports that the ynnr.g Putman boy, near Parr, so badly injured last Sunday by a horse-kick, is getting along very satisfactorily now, and the conditions are very encouraging for his'complete recovery. If anybody has 200,000 gallons of sauer kraut they should notify the commissary department of the regular army at j Washington, bs cause Uncle Sam needs it for his army in the Philippines. Somebody that sauer kraut} is good eatiDg for the tropics and the war department has decided to try it on our eoldiers over there.