Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1901 — City News. [ARTICLE]

City News.

FRIDAY, L. F. Hopkins came down from Chicago today. Judge 8. P. Thompson and wife and eon Simon were in Indianapolis yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Coen and son Delos returned yesterday from Highland Park. Jess Niohols is now confined to his bed with sickness, at his home just west of town. Mrs. W. W. Reeve is now confined to her bed with a severe attack of rheumatism. • Miss Doris Porter went to Indianapolis this morning for a visit of three weeks with relatives. Kenneth Morgan has gone to Delphi where he will be night olerk at the New lona hotel. Charles Mann returned yesterday from a week’s visit in Indianapolis, Sheridan and Cioero. A team of young base ball play ers expect to go to Brookston to play a match game next Wednesday. Born Thursday night. June 13, to Mr. and Mrs. Lacy Clinger, 3£ miles northwest of town, a daughter. Mrs. Levanda Huff and grandchildren, Ethel and Emil Huff, went to Crawfordsville today to visit relatives.

M. F. Chilcote yesterday took his twin grandchildren, Lizzie and Jennie Chilcote, to Dyer, for a week’s visit with relatives. Mrs. D. C. Gordon and twin Children, of Monon, are spending today in Rensselaer guests of her brother, John Gray and family.^ Rev. L. M. Hussey, of Jonesboro, came today to assist Rev. Labounty in the quarterly meetings at the Union M. P. churoh. D. V. Yoder, of near Mt. Ayr, took the train here today for Grovesville, Howard county, where le will visit relations for a week. Uncle James H. Rice and wife, of Morooco, visited Superintendent T. F. Clark and family at the sounty asylum, Wednesday and Thursday. A. K. Yeoman arrived home Wednesday evening, after two weeks treatment for rheumatism, it Hunters’ Springs, near Attica, le is muoh improved. Rensselaer and vioinity had a toaking summer shower, at noon ;oday. This rain was very limited n scope however, extending but ittle ways, north or south.

Mrs. Stella Downey nee Johnson of Wilsonville, Neb., oame today to visit the family of her uncle, R. B. Porter. Jake Wildberg arrived home today, from nearly 8 week’s pleasure trip in the west. Most of the time was in the mountains of Colorado and New Mexico. B. D. Comer, trustee of Union tp., has sufficiently recovered from his severe spell of sickness to be in town today. ’* He found the effort most too much for his strength, however. Clyde Reeve who has been confined to his bed with rheumatism for quite a long at the home of his father W. W. Reeve,'is now considerably better, but not yet able to get about. Rev. Henry Arlen, A. M. of Goshen, Ind., will preaoh at the Free Baptist church (formerly the Primitive Baptist church building) at 11 a. m. Sunday. Rev. Edward Mead, the pastor at 8 a. m. Mrs. Henry Hildebrand gave a party, last evening, at their, home on Front street, in honor of Mr. Hildebrand’s 40th birthday. Some 60 invited guests were present and enjoyed a very pleasant evening. Refreshments were served.

/•" County Treasurer R. A. Parkison was in Indianapolis yesterday, making his semi-annual settlement with the state auditor. He paid $16,744.50 into th 6 state treasury and received back for school purposes, $7,148.34. W. A. Huff, the jeweler, has sold his residence property at the corner of Weston and Harrison streets, to A., B. Cowgill, The latter will be given possession on July Ist. The price paid was $1,600 fqr house and one lot. !B. P. Honan was re-elected state chief ranger of the Catholic Foresters, at their meeting at El wood, this week. He was also re-eleoted internation delegate to their convention to be held at Detroit hi August. George Strickfaden was also re-eleoted state trustee, of the order.

Miss Florence Sourbrey, a graduate of the Illinois Training Sohool for nurses, who nursed Andrew Arnold during the latter part of his sickness, remained for a few days to visit the family of Dr. I. B. Washburn, and left for her home in Englewood yesterday evening. The water and mud cure establishment in Warren Co. near Attica that was originally called Cameron springs, and later named Indiana Mineral Springs, has just been renamed again. It is now named “Mudlavia.” Large sums have reoently been expending in building up the establishment. Today, June 14tb, is “Flag Day.” It was on June 14th, 1777, that the Continental Congress adopted the following resolution,“Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States bo thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.”

The Monon air brake instruction oar is being placed in condition to go on the road next Monday. The oar will instruct the employes of the road at Chicago, Monon, Michigan City, New Albany and Bloomington, and will be in charge rot Traveling Engineer W. J. Hartman who will havejas his assistant Ed King of the'machine shop. Wm, Obenchain, of near Blaokford, who was so badly bitten in the face by a dog, Tuesday, while a wolf ohase was in progress, and was 'inj town today to have hisjinjuries*dressed is getting

along very well, so far. It is Mr Obenchain’s opinion that the wolf they were in pursuit of was the same one that was killed by young Nelson Griggs, that same day., The Hammond Republican says that all the prospective candidates for sheriff in Lake county have withdrawn in favor of Charles M. Daugherty. Charley is an old Rensselaer boy. It rather runs in the family to be sheriff, for his father, Lewis L. Daugherty, now of Hammond, was once a sheriff of Jasper county; and a cracking good one too. Just as Charley will be in Lake. Mrs. Alfred McCoy, T. J. McCoy his daughter LuEJla and son Taylor arrived home from Orchard J Lake, Mich., last evening. Taylor ; has been doing fine work at the j Michigan Military Academy, the I past year, and is accounted one of their best and brightest students. I His excellent standing has reoeiv(ed substantial recognition in his ! being appointed to the office of drum major of the cadets corps.

SATURDAY. Mrs. Ben Smith in the east part of town is seriously sick. P. M. Fawcett went to Chicago Heights this morning to seek employment. Mrs. Mattie Grant has been quite sick for a few days with rheumatism. Miss Eva Clark went to Bloomington today to visit her sister, Mrs. Robert Johnson. Mrs. E. A. Dingriok, of Chicago, came to Rensselaer today for a week’s visit with Wm. Michaels, near town. Miss Gertrude Taylor, of Wolcott, was here for a short time yesterday evening, enroute to Chicago. Miss Icile Williams returned to her home at Eniman today from Lebanon, where she has been visiting since March. Mrs. S. W. Johnson and three daughteis, of Ames, lowa, arrived today to visit the family of her uncle, A. Foster. • Rev. A. L. Ward went to Paris, 111., today, where he will fill the pulpit of the Christian church tomorrow.

Mrs. W. H. Sanders and children went to Hadley. Ind., today, where she will visit for several weeks with her parents. Albert Marshall, of Wisconsin University, at Madison, Wis., arrived home today, for the summer vacation. Mrs. G. E. Mitchell went to Bedford, Ind., today, near which place she will visit relatives for about two weeks. Mrs. Mary McGahan, who has for the past two weeks been visitings har nephew, Carl Lamson and wile, went to Chicago today, and will go from there to her home at Teylorville, 111.

Dr. Merrill attended the high school commencement exercises at Hammond Thursday night; bis daughter. Miss Ethel Mae Merrill, being one of the graduates. Charles Maier and little son returned this morning from Champaign Co. 111., where they had been for the past two weeks. He resides 12 miles northeast of town. Miss Mina Martindale last evening quite pleasantly entertained the members of the Junior class of the Rensselaer schools, at the home of her parents, northwest of town. Mr. Right has decided to move the old post-office building after all, and some parties in Lowell have the contract. It will be taken out near the depot, Mrs. Esther Wilson, of Harrisburg, Pa., and her son W. R. Wilson and family, of Mechanicsburg. Pa., came today to visit the former’s brother, William Bull for a fe* days.

W. R. Lee, of Hanging Grove township has traded his farm of 80 acres for a stock of hardware at Harvey, 111. He will remove his stock to McCoysburg and open it there for public trade. S. O. Derby passed through town today, driving from Morgan Park, 111., to his farm, the former Post place, in the eastern part of Hanging Grove township. His family will join him there Monday. Mrs. J. B. Sayler returned yes terday from Winamac, where she has been for the past three weeks. Her mother, Mrs. L. Messerly, is now almost well from the injuries sustained by a fall several weeks ago-

Mrs. W. H. Townsend, of Goodland, and Mrs. A. Lease, of Manchester, Ohio, and Mrs. S. 8. Dryden, of Peru, Ind., came to Rensselaer today to visit the daughter of Mrs. Townsend, Mrs. C. W. Rhoades. G. W. Goff went to Crown Point yesterday to see Mrs. Goff, who has for the past few weeks been staying at the home of her sister there. She is still in poor health and Mr. Goff does not expect her to be able to return home with him. Mrs. R. E. Flanders and Miss Maude Irwin went to Chicago yesterday, where they will remain for several days, and at which place they will meet Miss Lillian Roberts of Denver Colo., who will return home with them for an extended visit. The new revenue law will go into effect July Ist After that date no stamps will be needed on bank ohecks, certificates of deposit, express receipts; life, maiine, inland and casualty insurance, leasee, money orders, mortgages, powers of attorney, notes, telephone and telegraph messages and a number of other things.