Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1901 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

FRIDAY. Mrs. Henry Randle is quite eeriously sick at her home northeast of town'. Mrs. R. W. Burris, of Lewistown, went to Lebanon today to visit relatives. Hiram Day went to Lowell this murning-to Ipok after some cement sidewalk contracting. Mrs. Dila Critchlow and Mrs. George Borhom went to Lafayette today to visit relatives. Charles Sprague, of Medaryville, was a business visitor in Rensselaer this morning. Mrs. William B. Brown, of Crown Point, came to Rensselaer yesterday to visit G. W. Goff and family. Uncle Simon Phillips was able to be in the business part of the city today for the first since taken sick. John Osborn, who has been visiting his brother, Earl, at Kniman, returned today to his home near Stilesville. Mrs. M. E. Brainerd returned to her home in Hammond yesterday, after having visited the family of her cousin, J. C. Gwin, for several days. Mrs. Fred C. Sanders and Miss Oria Jackson, of Lebanon, came to Rensselaer yesterday to visit Mrs. J. H. Jessen and other relatives. Mrs. Charles Zink and two daughters, of Wapakoneta, Ohio, came yesterday to visit her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Borntrager, south of town. Marion Churchill, who went to Washington state several months ago, prospecting for a permanent location, arrived home yesterday evening. J. F. Bruner went to Wabash City yesterday to attend a district gathering of the agents of the Union Central Life Insurance Co. From there he will go to Marion for a short visit returning home Monday.

David “Washburn, who for the past four months has been visiting his brother, Wm. Washburn, left for his home in Stockton, Kansas, today. He expects to return here in July. L. H. Hamilton returned yesterday evening from Indianapolis, where be had attended the Grand Lodge I. O. O. F., as delegate. C. B. Steward was also in attends ance at the Grand Lodge meeting. John Casey, formerly of the Blackford neighborhood and now an inmate at the soldiers’ home at Marion, came to Rensselaer today to remain a few days. He is greatly pleased with life at the home. Our long delayed and long looked for rains came last night, and in large and liberal quantities. Plenty of thunder and lightning came with them, not to speak of quite a brisk hail storm, in the evening. W. B. Austin will attend the Wabash College Alumni banquet Monday evening, May 27th, at the University Club, Chicago, respbnding to the toast, “A Few Comments.” Representative Statesman, Congressman Landis and others are on the program, The Citizens’ band gave their first open air concert for the season Idst evening, and the first ever given under the direction of Prof. Schath. It was very fine what there was of it, but a portion of the program was cut off by the rain. The band has made great progress under Prof. Sohath’s instruction.

Mrs. Ruth A. Phillips, who lives near the Church of God, suffered a stroke of paralysis while working in the yard at her home Thursday morning at about 9 o’clock. Mrs. Phillips is seventy-three years of age and the stroke affected her left side. Today she is slightly improved but her condition is still quite alarming. Whenever a Chicago shark wants easy money he eomes over to Valparaiso or some other like place and collects an advance payment and then goes his way. The scheme never fails. It has been worked here three or four times a year for a decade and the old adage that a new sucker is born every minute still holds good. People pay such whelps in advance and then beat their grocery bills.— Valpo Vidette. J. H. Patton, of South Bend, visited Rensselaer yesterday in the capacity of a traveling shoe salesman. He is the most minature of all the traveling men who visit this city, being only four feet and and seven inches tall and weighing only ninety-two pounds. His small stature has not prevented him from making a success as

business man, however, for he is a shrewd and clever gentleman; in one of the most lugicd men on the road and has large property inter ests in South Bend, where he is a highly respected citiz in. P. S. Hemphill, who drives one of I. N. Hemphill’s dray wagons, is incapacitated sot work as the result of a series of accidents that have happened during the past few days. In the first place the front wheels suddenly pulled from under the dray and he was pitched from his high seat to the ground ana considerably bruised. He continued to work, however, and. Wednesday evening was loading a weeding machine on the dray, when it pitched to one side in such manner that one of the sharp tongues struck the great toe on his left foot, passing almost through it The last accident has caused him much pain and he will be unable to return to work for several days.

SATURDAY. L. H. Myers went to Monticello today, to negotiate for the purchase of a farm near there. G. N. Moyer, of Laketon, Ind., came to Rensselaer today to visit the family of John Renicker. Lawson Myers, who has been working for the Jasper Telephone Co. at Wolcott, is home for a few days. A. H. Hopkins of this place and A. W. Hopkins, of Chicago, met at Cedar Lake today for the transaction of business. Rev. Edward Courts and H. C. Sayler went to Lagrange today to assist in a revival meeting of the Free Will Baptists.

Will Barkley and John Bissell went to Lafayette today to attend the state field day meeting at Purdue University. A. L. Snodgrass, of Givin, lowa came today to see his brother Ancil Snodgrass, whose condition is gradually growing worse. E. F. Emery, formerly of Remington, now quite an extensive land owner in Jennings Co., was in town on business, today. Miss Mae Bridges, who has been visiting the family of Isaac Glazebrook for several weeks, returned to her home in Greencastle today. Mrs. William Hanley, of Kniman, who had been the guest of Charles Hanley and family for several days, returned home yesterday. Amos Agate and son Ralph, of Newton Co., were doing business in Rensselaer yesterday, and visiting the former’s old friend and the latter’s namesake, Capt, Ralph W. Marshall.

The Halligan-Tanner cattle case adjourped today until next Thursday. The trial will last several days yet, as not even all of the plaintiff’s evidence has been introduced yet. E. C. Miller, Jacob Hurley, Mrs. Henry Snow, Isaac Miller, Wm. Brubaker and wife, and Mrs. Grant Renicker, went to Cerro Gordo, 111., today, to attend a national convention of Dunkards. Ike Miller, who works at the saw-mill on the D. H. Yeoman farm, north of town, got a bad fall while atjiis work Thursday afternoon, resulting in quite a severe injury to one of his legs. Manager E. A. Wills of the St. Joseph College base ball team, took his men to Monon today to play a return game with the High School team of that place. Fathers Hugo and Mark accompanied the boys. R. J. Lefler, who has served for the past two years in the Philippine Islands as a member of the 39th U. S. Infantry, having enlisted at Lincoln, Neb., arrived in Rensselaer today to visit for a short time with his father, James Lefler, who resides north of town, and other relatives. Marion Churchill whose arrival home from the far northwest was mentioned yesterday, devoted considerable time to inspecting Mennesota prospects, and was so well pleased that he wi’l move there with his family, and engage in stock raising. He expects to depart within the next lOdays. Those who went west with him, Herman Churchill is in Idaho and Crisler is in Washington, but it is not known if they will lopate there permanently or not. James Thompson returned today from Oklahoma, where he had gone about three weeks ago to engage in the carpenter trade. He reports building conditions quite slow there, however, and he was unable to secure steady employment. The country has just undergone a serious drouth that was broken by a good down-fall of rain on last Friday The wheat and young corn withstood the drouth and are looking well but the oats according to Jim are very seriously damaged. Ross Grant, of South Bend, is visiting a few days with his mother, Mrs. Mattie Grant, and other relatives. His wife has been here for past week, the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Alter. Ross is a traveling salesman for the Reed-Murdock Wholesale Grocery Co., of Chicago, and his sales have been so satisfactory to them that his route in northern Indiana and southern Michigan was recently changed to include a number of larger cities and towns, and what is of even greater importance his salary was materially I increased at the same time.