Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1901 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. Sheriff Hardy made a business trip to Monticello today. C. W. Murray tfiade a business trip to Monticello today. Mr. and Mrs. J H. S. Ellis went to Chicago yesterday evening. The Freewill Baptists have begun a series of meetings at Vaughn Chapel. W. S. Richards went to Parr this morning to do a job of paper hanging. Mrs. M. B. Alter is spending the day with her daughter Mrs. A. E. Kirk, at Parr. Born, Monday, May 20th, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lewis, of Hanging Grove, a son. Dr. R. B. Wetherill and A. C. McCorkle, of Lafayette, were in Rensselaer today. Born Monday, May 20th, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Theis, of Union tp. near Virgie, a daughter.

Mrs. Jane Babcock came from Hammond today to visit her daughter, Mrs. P. W. Clarke. Mrs. John Whittenburger returned to her home in Peru today, after a short visit with Mrs. Elmer Wij£ox. Mrs. Mary Jane Russell, of Switzerland county, is visiting her son, James Russell and family, near Newland. Mrs. Jennie Van Houtin who has been at the bedside of Ancil Snodgrass, returned today to her home in Cayuga. Mrs. Maria Hopkins returned yesterday evening from Logansport where, since the encampment was over, she had remained to visit friends. Ancil Snodgrass, who recently came from Texas and is now at the home of his mother, in the east part of town, is slowly growing weaker. Gus Larsh is caring for him nights. G. D. Mustard and wife of Goodland, came to Rensselaer this morning to visit their daughter, Mrs. Sylvester Gray, and their son, Charles Mustard.

Mrs. William Washburn and daughter, Mrs. Rowles, went to Medaryville today to visit the family of John Sebring. The rehearsals for the vaudeville entertainment are being held each day and everything indicates a splendid performance Friday evening. George Gorham has re-opened hia shooting gallery at the old location. The space between Forsythe’s store and Makeever’s bank building. A young colored woman from Altanta, Ga., arrived today, to act as cook for Mrs. T. J. McCoy. Another colored girl from the same region is expected tomorrow, who will be in the service of Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth.

Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Nelson intend to follow the vocation of traveling photographers for the next few months, They will make a specialty of using a multiplying camera which makes a large number of pictures at one sitting. The Rational Remedies Compauy has just put a new remedy on the market. It is named “Entericure” and is specially designed as a “summer” remedy. Being for the cure of summer complaint and similar troubles in old and young. Francesville and Salem township Pulaski county, are also getting a move on to vote a two- per cent, tax for the Chicago & Toledo Transfer Railroad. Reports are that the people there are as enthusiastic for the road as at most other points along the line. Kniman came near.havlnga bad fire yesterday afternoon. August Hilscher’s smoke house got on fire and was burned. No great damage was done, but only hard work prevented the fire extending to other buildings, in which case much damage would have resulted. A good summer normal will be conducted in Rensselaer this sum. mer, which will no doubt, be greatly appreciated by teachers and would-be teachers. And especially by those wiser ones who keep in mind the fact that under the new law, the higher percentage they make in their license examinations the bigger salaries they will receive. The normal will be under the able instruction of Supt. W. R. Murphy, of Remington schools, and Principal W. O. Hiatt, of Rensselaer schools.

Twin boys were born Sunday, May 19th, to Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bushong, at the home of her mother, Mrs- M. E. Henkle, in Barkley Tp. A few hours after their birth Mrs. Bushong was taken with a very severe attack of pneumonia; and her life is now' despaired of. The twins are large, healthy babies, weighing 8| and 7 pounds, respectively.

Mrs- J. T. Randle and daughter Mrs. D. A. Stoner, are at Morocco today attending the funeral of Ted Bermenderfer, the 17 year old son of Isaac Bermenderfer. He wnsa nephew of Mrs. Randle’s and a cousin of Mrs. Stoner’s The latter’s children are with her, also. A notable golden wedding celebration took placej at Kentland Monday. It was that of John Ade and wife, who had been married 50 years, on that day. Mr. Ade has been a resident of what is now Newton county since 1853. Having located at Morocco when that place was still in Jasper county. The present damp cold drizzly weather is only a sample of what we always have more or less of, along this time of the year;- but that fact does not make it any the less disagreeable. The rain which has come with the unpleasant weather has been too limited in quantity to meet the needs in this vicinity. Hun. Clem Studebaker, of South Bend, has presented SI,OOO to the fund now being raised for the erection in Indianapolis of a magnificent monument in memory of ex-President Harrison. The only other gifts equaling that of Mr. Studebaker are those of United States Senator Fairbanks and Hon. John W. Foster, who was Gen. Harrison’s secretary of state.

Indianapolis News: The tenth congressional district with becoming modesty will not ask for much at the next strife convention. It never does want much. The avowed candidates are Johnson for reelection as state statistician; Judge Dyer, for treasurer of state; Frank Doran, for auditor of state and Darr Storms, for secretary of state. Then Harry Marshall may be a candidate for auditor, and Will Wood may decide to run for congress. Of course, this does not include the entire Republican party of the Tenth district. There may be others.

WEDNESDAY. W. A. Rinehart, of Buffalo N. Y. is in Rensselaer for a short stay, Mrs. Nancy Davisson of Fair Oaks, is visiting her brother, John McColl y. The St. Joseph College base ball team will go to Monon to play a return game of ball Saturday. Miss Edna Jordan of Hammond is spending the week in Rensselaer with relatives at the Makeever House. J. W. Burton, of Rose Lawn and Charles H. Cooley, of the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, are in Rensselaer today. The Senior class of the Rensselaer high school is enjoying a picnic today, at Mt. Ayr the guests of Miss Jessie Merry. L. H. Hamilton is representing lioquois Lodge, Odd Fellows, at the grand lodge at Indianapolis. C. B. Steward is also attending. According to dipatches in the city papers, a big oil strike has just been made near Delphi. The oil was found at 912 feet depth, in Trenton rockMiss Ella Ritchie went to And-) erson today to visit her brother, Omar C. Ritchie. Tomorrow is Omar’s forty-fifth birthday and the visit of his sister is a surprise to him. liLs. John C. Parker, of Gifford, went to Lebanon today, where her father, John Cunningham is lying quite low as the result of a cancer on his left jaw. He is almost seventy years of age. Drs. English and Berkley held a consultation, this morning, on the case of Mrs. Ora Henkle Bushong, whose dangerous condition was mentioned in Tuesday’s items. They fo.und some indications of slight improvement.

Mrs. Paris Langley, of Bloomington, has sued the Monon for $20,000. Her husband fell into a pit at the engine house, sustaining injuries that are said to have made him insane. It is alleged that the pit was left improperly covered by other employes .of the company.

John McCullough and family, of Hillsboro, are spending this week with their daughter, Mrs. Charles Cliff. They came overland in a carriage, a distance of about one hundred miles. Vern Robinson, who for several months has been working in the printing at Washington, turned home today. He will not return there it he can secure irrploymeut at home. Mrs. J. W. McEwen went to Chicago this morning, where sle will meet her daughter, Mrs. L. A. Bostwick, of South Bend, who will return with her to Rensselaer, for a two weeks’ visit. Lafayette is arranging to raise a factory fund by means of weekly subscriptions. That is, each subscriber agrees to pay into the fund a stipulated amount each week for a stated period. A good plan, and one that will not prove burdensome to any one. Uncle Andrew Arnold is reported somewhat worse today. Charles Wellington, General Agent for the New York Life Insurance Co., has removed from Goodland to Lafayette, and has ordered The Republican changed to his new home. Extensive rains were quite general yesterday in all directions from here, but this immediate region was unfortunate, anj. received little more than a very slight sprinkling or two. W. L. Nowels, hurt in the first of last week’s runaways, is able to get about some, but is still far from well. Mrs. Nowels, however, is not making the improvement that was hoped for, and there is little prospect for her removal to her own home for some time yet

Ground was broken yesterday for Babcock & Hopkins’ new elevator, and the erection of this large and modern ware house will be hustled right through. Chief Engineer Kent, of the Monon, was here yesterday and arranged to construct a new side track to care for the business of the new elevator. Briggs Brothers have sent the little trotting mare they recently bought of Thomas McGow an to Chicago, to have her trained for the track. She is of excellent breeding being of the Wilkes strain, and sired by Red River, and promises to make a very fast goer. She is also one of the trimmest and handsomest little pieces of horse flesh ever raised in Jasper county. The body of Judge Gould, a prominent attorney of Knox, who died a short time ago, was sent to Fort Wayne and cremated, in compliance with his own wishes. The metalic box containing his ashes has been sent back to Knox, for interment. It measured 6by 10 inches and weighed, box and all, only 16 pounds. Another thing out of the ordinary Mr. Gould did was to leave 31 SIOO bills, that no one knew anything about, tucked away in a-corner, and these his wife has just discovered. Uncle Bill N. bowled against the wrong kind of a proposition, Monday night. He bowled against 42 single pins, and was to have 10 cents for each pin knooked down, and to pay 50 cents for ea6h one he missed. He hit 33 and missed 9. The result was that he had to pull his weasel skin for $1.20 for the benefit of the four nervy sports who backed the other side of tho proposition.. Rev. Killian Schill, of the Indiana School, editor of the Catholic Messenger and other church publications, has improved a little from his stroke of paralysis, of several weeks ago, but still lies at St. Elizabeth’s hospital, Chicago, where he was at first taken. It is still very doubtful if he ever gets up again.