Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1901 — MONDAY [ARTICLE]

MONDAY

Miss E. S. Johnson, of Philadelphi, is in Rensselaer on business. Miss Odessa Posey, of Gillam township, is spending the week at Albert Overton’s. Miss Louise Heim, of Kentland is visiting her brother, Hermon Heim, at the college. Miss Annie Shideler, of Millhouse Ind., is visiting her brother, Albion Shideler, near town. I. N. Hemphill is placing a new 6-horse-power water motor in his blacksmith shop. Mrs. Ed. Webb returned yesterday to Monon after a visit with H. B. Murray and family and other relations. Miss Bessie Speers, who has been the guest of Miss Gail Wasson, returned home to Evanston, 111., today. The damage suit of Mrs Shrimplin, of this county, against John F. Judy, of Warren county,, was set for the present term of court in Warren ,but has been continued foranother term.

A little child of Mr. Tatro’s, east of the depot has been severely sick from a stomach trouble. A report that it was struck and badly hurt by a neighbor’s child, seems without foundation, as the physician, Dr, Merrill, could find no mark of any such injuries. Kokomo ministers have followed the example of Wabash ministers and have adopted resolutions condemning Sunday funerals. The action taken by the Ministerial Association of this city, has resulted in there being almost no funerals on Sunday. The attempted innovation of having them held in churches instead of residences, has not been so well received, however.

The Children’s Day program at the Christian church next Sunday will occupy the regular Sunday school hour, from 9:30 to 10:30. Ed Mills and Merle Gwin have returned from Purdue University, for the summer vacation, the former having completed the Sophomore year and the latter the Freshman year. Lawdie Martin, wife and baby, of St. Louis, and Delaney Martin, of Cincinnati, came Saturday for a weeks visit with the boys’ mother, Mrs, Caddie Martin. Misses Zoe Sayler, Myrtle Bringle and Myrtle Putt went to Valparaiso today to enter the Normal school for the summer term. Court reporter John Walker went to Lafayette today to assist Alva O. Reser, the Tippecanoe county court stenographer, through a rush of work. Mrs. H. 8. Measure and Mrs. H. E. Clayton, of Saoremento, Cal, who have been visiting the family of B. W. Ellsworth, in Barkley township, for several days, left today for New York City, at which place and in New Jersey they will spend the summer. Oscar Anderson, the blacksmith is confined to his bed with chronic stomach and bladder trouble. Mrs. E. L. Berry, of Frankfort and Mr. Frank Moore and daughter Miss Lizzie Moore of Indianapolis came today to see his mother, Mrs. W. E. Moore, who is quite seriously sick. Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth went to Kalamazoo, Mich., tcday, to be present at the commencement exercises of the Michigan Seminary. Miss Cecilia Hollingsworth graduates from the grammar grade this year. J< H. Cox has sold a half interest in his fuel business to A. L. Branch who was formerly in the fuel business in Danville, Ind. The business will be conducted under the firm name of Rensselaer Fuel and Feed Co. State Chief Ranger E. P. Honan and State Trustee George Striokfaden of the Catholic Order of Foresters, also James Walters, delegate, and Cooney Kellner went to Elwood today to attend a state meeting of the order. B. O. Gardner and wife and son of Harvey, 111., were here last week, looking after the interests of their farm east of the city, It was Mrs, Gardner’s first visit to Renssealer and she was quite pleased with the place. A party of W. R. C. and Gnthridge Post G. A. R. members visited Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Warne, near Parr, some days ago, and enjoyed the hospitality of that estimable couple very greatly. Dr. J. F. Tuttle, D. D., the former president of Wabash Collage, of Crawfordsville, died at his home in that city, Saturday night, His funeral be held Tuesday. He was quite well known in Rensselaer, to which he was an occasional visitor, as the guest of Mr. and Mrs, W. B. Austin. The closing exercises of the Michigan Military Academy, at Orchard Lake Mich., at which Taylor McCoy is a student, will be attended tomorrow by Mrs. Alferd McCoy, T. J. McCoy and daughter Miss Luella McCoy and Rea Warner.

Rt. Rev. Bishop Alerding, of Fort Wayne, arrived Sunday afternoon, to be present at the commencement exercises at St. Joseph’s College. Other distinguished visitors who have arrived are Rev. Angust Seifert, former rector of the college, now rector of a Catholic seminary at Carthagina, 0., and Rev. Father Dinnin of St. Mary’s church, Lafayette. Four more new vestibuled coaches were taken to Chicago attached to the milk train this morning. They are of the same design as the four that have been running lor the past month on Nos. 5 and 6 through Rensselaer and will be run hereafter on these trains, thus making one vestibuled train each way between Chicago

and Louisville, each day. An old bridge near Danville, which was condemned as unsafe, was found to be built on beams of black walnut, a very scarce and valuable wood nowadays, but common enough when the bridge was built 40 years ago. The walnut is in the best of condition and can be sold for more than enough to replace the bridge.

J. F. Warren arrived home Saturday evening from his visit to the president of the Aetna Company, at Hartford, Conn., in connection, with the loan business in Oklahoma. It was his first trip “way down east” and it was a very interesting experience to him. Hartford he thinks the finest city he ever saw, and one which would be a delightful place to live in. Mr Warren will start back to Oklahoma City on Tuesday Mrs. Lewis Muster returned Saturday from Lafayette, where she had been called by an accident to her 18 year old brother, Earl Mathena. While cleaning a revolver the hammer was blown off by a heavy discharge of powder, and struck him on the side of the head, inflicting a severe wound. His fore arm was also badly powder burned. He is now getting along quite nicely, however, and will recover. whioh at first was thought doubtful. Editor Leslie Clark, of the Rensselaer Journal, went to Indianapolis Saturday and brought back with him his oldest son, who for the past nine months has been a student in the asylum for deaf and dumb. The little fellow’s sad affliction has been a source of great concern to his parents but his instruction during the past few months has been very profitable to him and he is an adept pupil at reading and writing. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Coen and Miss Lelia Coen, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Porter went to Highland Park, 111., this morning to be present at the closing days of the Highland Park Military Academy, where their sone, Delos Coen and Rice Porter are students. Today is given over to the field day events and both boys are entered in the contests. Tomorrow and tomorrow night the commenoement exoercises will be held. They expect to return home Wednesday. "