Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1901 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. Mrs. A. Lewis is very sick with pleuro pneumonia. Delqs Thompson is in Chicago oh business today. Fred Fatka south east of town is. improving from his recent sickness. A 12 pound boy was born Monday, April lo to Mr. and Mrs. William Eldrich, of McCoysburg. Eliza Rainey, daughter of John Ramey is recovering from a very dangerous sickness.

J. H. Maines went to Chattswortli, 111., today for, a short business stay. J. P. Overton and son Randle returned last night from Wooeung 111. Randle is recovering from a dangerous attack of pleurisy. The meetings at the Christian church began last night with much interest shown. There was one accession. Mrs. Ellen Porter returned this morning from a four months’ visit with her daughter Mrs. May Nelson, of DeMotte, Wilbur C. Sayler went to Terre Haute today where he will attend the spring and summer terms cf the State Normal.' Carmen Penn returned yesterday afternoon from a two weeks’ visit with relatives, at Murdock, 111. " ' r Miss Emma Swasick, who spent the winter with her cousin Mrs. Verlie Morris, returned yesterday afternoon to her homein Mansfield Ohio.

Mrs. R. A. Merril and little son of Denver, Colorado, who have been the guests of Mrs. Merril’s brother, Reas Goble, started for their home 6t that place today. Mr. and Mrs. William Ridenour, of near Virgie, took the train here today for Concord, Oklahoma, where will make their future home. Messrs. G. E. Murray and G. K. Hollingsworth went to Kansas City, Mo., today on a business trip. They’ may go further west before returning home. __ m .., v Maloney came down from Chicago this afternoon, called here by the dangerous sickness of her grandson, John Drake, whose death occurred this afternoon. Mrs. D. B. Nowels left today for Lamar, Colorado, where she will make a six weeks’ visit with her husband D. B. Nowels and her parents Mr. and Mrs. George Burk. The condition of Father Sohill remains about the same. He is still in St.- Elizabeth hospital, Chicago and thought to be gainingjstrength'slowly, but is still unable to speak.

A Dew temple of the Rathbone Sisters’ order was instituted at Wolcott last week, the work of instituting being done by the Kentland team. The new lodge starts out with thirty members en • rolled. Preaching at the First Baptist church Sunday morning at 10:30 sharp, by Rev. P. H. Faulk. Subject, “Resurrection.” At the close of the service the ordinance of baptism will be administered in the river. Preaobing in the evening at 7:30.

Mrs. A. W. Cole, of Lafayette, has purchased a beautiful Italian Burl Packard Piano. The instrument by the Geo. L Bruce Music House, through their representative F. Alonzo DeMarcus. Lafayette, Ind. The Soutbers-Prioe company opened their week’s engagement at the opera house last night with the play “Ifigomar,” which was produced in an entirely'satisfactory manner.

J. F. Warren and daughter Carrie, accompanied by Granville Moodv, Jr., started on their w,-stern trip this morning. Miss Carrie and Master Granville will stop at Witehitn, Kan , and visit Mr. and Mrs. George Dunn, ar.d Mr. Warren will go on to Oklahoma City. Carrie will visit her father at Oklahoma City before returning home* which will be in about three weeks.

Our hustling proprietary medi-, cine firm, the Rational Remedies Co., is already attracting attention aw .y from home. Mr, F. A. Ross, has had offers of assistance from several sonreep, the last being from the North Chicago Land Association, composed of Detroit and Chicago Capitalists, who want to put up a building and a bonus in return for a large interest. We understand Mr. Ross has the matter under advisement.

WEDNESDAY. A 1 Riceling is in Chicago on business today. Miss Mere Dielie of Chicago is the guest of Miss Cordela Monnett. Newtqn Pumphrey went to Hammoud on business this morning. Miss Ruth Harris is the guest of Miss Virginia Stamm, of Hammond. Mrs. C. Madlung, of Monon is here to attend the funeral of her nephew, Thomas Drake. Mrs. J. C. Frazee and daughter, north of town, went to DeMotte today to visit relatives Mr. C. W. Burleigh, of Fresno, California, is the guest of W. H. Beam and family. The Monon 'wifi rtin a 75 cent excursion to Chicago and return May sth. Further particulars later. A daughter was boru this Wednesday morning, April 17, to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sfoweis of Barkley township. Mrs. Benjamin Harris and daughter Flora, went to Chicago this morning for a few days’ visit with relatives. The latest is hypnotism by long distance telephone. Come to think of it, that is the safest way to try to hypnotize some persons.

John Kellner and son Conrad went to Chicago this morning, called there by the death of the former’s nephew, Fred Hess. * The one month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wheeler, of Barkley township, was buried in Brown cemetery Sunday. Mrs. W. C. Babcock and son. William and Miss Belle Laßue are taking in flie wonders of Ringling Bros, circus at Chicago today. John, William, James and Morris Maloney, of Chicago and Miss Nellie Drake, of Joliet, 111,, are here to attend the funeral of Thomas Drake. Arthur Kreseler left yesterday afternoon for Wilsonville Nebraska where he will be employed until the middle of September in his cousin Dr. Shoemaker’s office. Richard Putts, 82 years of age living seven miles southeast of town, who has been very sick with pneumonia, is very low and not expected to live.

Over one hundred slot-machine arrests were made by the Lafayette police force Saturday. Fines were imposed but the machines are still doing business at the old stand. August Rosenbaum’s 3 year old daughter, Florence, fell off a chair this morning, and dislocated the right elbow joint and fractured one of the bones in the forearm, near the wrist.

The Halleck Telephone Co. expects soon to extend their line from Kouts to LaCrosse. Agent Ripley says there will be a reduction in rates over this system next month. —Hebrofi News Oce .hundred and twenty-five hunter’s licenses have been issued in Indiana since the new game law has gone into effect, netting $3,000. The money will be paid into the state treasury and used to employ game wardens. The oldest “old maid,” who bore the distinction of being the oldest spinster in the United States, died last week at her home at Sparksville, Indiana, aged 105 years. We wonder if she admitted this distinction herself in life, or was it thrust upon her after death? F. H. Robertson, former editor of the Whea! field Telephone and well known in Hebron from having been in the business there also, is now employed in the Goodland Herald force. He gave up the medicine show business after u very short trial.—Hebron News. The government has taken a hand in the introduction of the much talked-of male shirt waist. Orders have been issued by the postoffice department requiring the city mail carriers to wear shirt waists this coming summer. The shirt waists will be light gray in color and will be made by a clothing firm at Detroit. Suspenders, if used, must be worn under the shirt waists. —Ex. The meetings at the Free Will Baptist Church still continue with renewed interest and will continue throughout the week. Rev. McBride has secured the services of Rev. Ed. Mead, a very able speaker, who will assist in the meetings this week. He is a brother of Rev. Joe Mead, who it will be remembered was here last winter and was so universally liked.

THURSDAY. Mrs. Od Ricki eis quite sick. A young child of Mr, and Mrs. James Wood is very sick. M. F. Chilcote is iu Chicago on business today. G. E. Marshall has been sick all the week with a severe case of tonsilitis. A good time in store for you at the apron social at W. H. Egers’ Friday night Miss Gertrude Kenton of Monticello came last night to nurse Mrs. A. Lewis. Prosecuting Attorney Sinkes of Rose Lawn is here on legal business today. » Dr. Z. C. Smith and wife of Brook visited relatives and friends here yesterday, Mrs. Robert Randle and daughMabel and Mrs. Ray Thompson are visiting friends in Lafayette today. Miss Margaret Zimmer, who has been visiting her'parents south of town, returned to her home in Bloomington today. * Byron Sayler has resigned fyis position as clerk at the Makeever House and has been succeeded by Will Pattee, formerly the porter. Miss Bessie Foster of El wood is spending a week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Foster 6 miles south of town. Father Francis of Fairbury Ill.* came today and brought an orphan girl from an Orphans’ Home in Chicago, who will make her home with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Harmon. Miss Freda Kohler went to her home in Chicago Heights yesterday afteYnooD, after teaching a successful school year near McCoysburg]

Rush & Warren have moved their office headquarters from the old George Murray building into the new Odd Fellows’ building and will now be found in the office room with J. F. Irwin. { Henry Wiles, a Loganspoit merchant, yesterday received a letter demanding SSOO, and as a penalty for nonconformity with the demand, the abduction of his 13-year-son was threatened.

Mrs. J. H Larffi went, to Franlfort this afternoon for a weeks’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Barnes. Mrs. Martha Reed went to Rose Lawn yesterday afternoon, called there by the dangerous sickness of her daughter, Mrs. Demina Uiff. Buck Stanley, of Loganspori, once noted temperance lecinrer, ran up against the wrong man one day last, week and received a broken nose and a few extra embellishments. —Idaville Observer. Miss Mabel Wood went to Chicago this morning to visit her brother, Paul Miss Wood will leave Chicago in a few weeks for the south, where she will sp-nd th*. summer with relatives. State Geologist Blatcbley bus collected 1,600 different species of bugs and beetles, on tobieb he will comment in his next report after the one that will appear in June. He also has 2,800 “accession notes” telling of the habits of the bugs and beetles.

“Michigan City Dispitch: A well-known sportsman of tbi* city who was out hunting for snipe yesterday accidently hit the game he was aiming at. Instead of the large snipe he thought he had brought down he found that he had killed a 15-pound turkey belonging to Bob Boone. Fortunately for the hunter Mr. Boone saw the humor of the situation and there was no worse penalty inflicted than the moral lesson involved.

The clerks of Stark,* L iPorte and Newton comities have sent *5( 0 • ,» ?i;e am‘i»<e».nvate collected < r hunting ■' »JD- fi >IU UOH-re-bl ' .■!•" of Indiana T e licenses 0 >-1 825 h > ear. ha*e -c unty, weieii will prno-bh c ! c t 'more than m.v o.lier. has » I .> r. y*»t reportJed Ihe law provide- for monthly reports where money >s c Elected. The Chicago & Southwestern Michigan Electric Railway company has filed articles o s incorporation. The Toad will run from Chicago to St. J- seph, tapping the j Michigan fruit belt, n distance of 11)0 and Ps estimated c;st is | *2,000,000. Tan ro d will run [ through Miehi.au C. y ,o I Ham- | murid. . V i S . 0 -hatisiioinn B. F, Johnson said yesterday, *hat the crop reports which are now c cuing to him from county atsessors oviA the state are much more encouraging than those ibrtt have been received heretofore. He gr»vv it as his belief ' at many assessor* filled out the cron report blank too early, bt-foie conditions in their ci unties ha-1 hten sufficiently d vtdoped to Lira the basis ' f. r reliable estimates. 1 Columbia City Commercial: A i letter was received in the post-of-j lice ir ’Busco directed to the big- ; gest fool in town. The postmaster was absent, and on his return on© ■ of the clerks info r med him. of the 1 receipt of the letter. The clerk told him he didn’tknow who'tbe biggest ! fool in town was, so he opened it himself, and found written nothing but these words: ‘'Toon art the man.” I' -