Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1901 — City News. [ARTICLE]

City News.

FRIDAY. Mrs. Elmer Wilcox is improving from a very serious sickness. Mrs. Joseph is visiting her parents at Frankfort. Miss Bessie De Frees, of Indianapolis, i 9 the guest of Mrs. F. A. Ross. Attorney Geo. F. Palmer, of Monticello, was in Rensselaer yesterday evening. Mrs. E. Smith came down from Chicago today, to remain for the Leopold-Wolf wedding, Sunday. Court Reporter John W. Walker went to Bloomington, today, to spend vacation with his mother at his old home. Mrs. Nancy King returned to Kirklin, Ind., yesterday, after having visited her sister, Mrs. Henry Randle, for about five weeks. Miss Emma Barriger, of Eliza, bethtown, Ind. came to Rensselaer yesterday, to visit the family of A. J. Freeland in Newton tp. John Sharp left this morning for Sandusky, Ohio, where he will visit relations for the next two weeks. Mrs. Sylvester Gray and two little sons are spending the day with James Babcock’s family at Parr. Mrs. T. W. Grant returned to Rose Lawn yesterday evening, after having visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Clark for a short time. Leo Wolf, the prospective bridegroom, arrived from Hammond last evening and will remain until after the Leopold-Wolf wedding, next Sunday. Will A. Shanlaub and Wilbur Sayler returned yesterday from Terre Haute, where they attended the spring term of the state normal. Mrs. E. C. English went to Danville, 111, today, to remain for some time yvith her father. Dr. Brown, of that city, whose probably fatal sickness has been mentioned. Iroquois Lodge, I. O. O. F. held their semi-annual election last evening. The officers elected were, Noble Grand, S. C. Irwin, Vice Grand, P. C. Wasson, Secretary A. B. Cowgill. Miss Love Crampton, a very popular young lady of Delphi, well known here from frequent and protracted visits, is to be married July 2nd to Albert H. Caulkins, a traveling man of Lafayette. Monticello Herald: Capt. William Guthrie is packing up his effects preparatory to a trip to New Mexico and Arizona. He makes the trip in order to find a location where he will Me immune from hay fever. He will remain permanently if he finds a desirable looation,

v Jennings Wright has finished moving his undertaking business into his newly completed building, on the south side of the street, next door east of Sharp’s gallery. He hes a finely arranged building for the business. Crown Point bad a very severe hall storm last Tuesday afternoon which broke out practically all the windows in town on the north side of buildings. The damage amounted to many hundred of dollars. Fruits and garden stuff also suffered great damage. Curtis Randle returned yesterday from Enid, Okla., where he has been for several months. For the last three months he has been siok and unable to work. After a few weeks here he expects to go back to Enid, and resume his work as a traveling salesman. Mr! and Mrs. R, W. Burris and sou John, of Lewiston, went to Lebanon today, called by news of dying condition of her father, T. J. McMurray, whom they did not expect to find alive. He was 78 years old, and was afflicted with a stomach trouble.

The staff correspondent of the Indianapolis News at Winona assembly says that of tne members of the Western Association of Writers now in session there, but two names out of one hundred registered at the hotel are legible. They all have the Horace Greeley stamp of illegibility. Miss Mary Gilbert, who will give an entertainment at the M, E. Church tonight, arrived last evening, her last place being Tipton. She and her uncle and manager A. C. Gilbert, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wishard during their stay here which will be until over Sunday. Action to test the law allowing farmers to put in timber land for taxation at $1 an acre, passed in 1899, will be brought before the Jay county board of review. Just 34 farmers desire to take advantage of the law, this year, and the board refuses to assess them this way. Mandamus proceedings will be brought. E. V. Ransford went to Harvey, 111., yesterday to remove his family and household goods to Rensselaer. They will occupy the property Mr. Ransford recently traded for, the A. Lewis residence. Mr. Ransford is the senior member of the firm of Ransford & Franks, proprietors of the * Rensselaer Racket Store. Au automobile which passed through town Wednesday evening was one belonging to John F. Judy, of Judyville, who keeps them for sale and also for rent, in Lafayette. *lt is propelled bysteam and burns gasoline. It left Chicago at 10 a. m. and reached here about 7 p. in. The distance was 103 miles the way it came. It left here about 8 and expected to make Lafayette easily in two hours.

Editor Swain, of the Hammond News, was overcome by the heat Wednesday and fell with considerable force on 1 the frame of the press at his office, resulting in a broken nose, sprained thumb and other painful injuries. Herman Florich, an 18 year old boy, son of August Florich, was killed by lightning, Tuesday evening, on his father’s farm, near Goodland. He was plowing corn when struck and himself and both the horses were instantly killed. Monticello —Will Patton, formerly of this city but now associated with Bert Kingsbury in the manufacture of cigars at Remington, was married to a Miss Lucas, of that place, last evening at 8 o’clock. They came here on the noon train today and are the guests of Mr. Patton’s mother, Mrs. Andrew Dunlap. They will visit friends here a few days. The Crown Point Register last week had as a supplement a half tone picture of John Millikan, former editor of the Register. M r - MilUkan will be 87 years old July 16, next. He at one time pubished the Crown Point Cosmos and later the Register, which paper he published until 1891 when he sold out to S. B. Day. Mr. Millikan bears the distinction of being the oldest editor in Indiana. And now Gifford's railroad has had a wreck. It was only of a hand car, however, and it occurred about one o’clock last night. The car was thrown from the track, and Jim Anderson, one of the hand-car-men was pretty severely hurt. His left collar bone was badly broken. Dr. E. C. English was called out to Gifford, right after the accident, and gave the injured man the necessary surgical attention.

W. T. Annibal, of Indianapolis, attorney for the Chicago & Toledo Transfer Railroad Company, was n town today, on business of the company. He states that the second and final survey of the line will begin next week, and the surveyors be followed by solicitors for the right of way. Further that if the several pending propositions for voting aid along the line are decided favorably, construction work will begin early in August. It is also probable that the present eastern terminus will be Ligonier instead of Kendallville, as formerly intended. Milt Chipman returned yesterday evening after an absence of about six weeks, spent at different places in northern Indiana and southern Michigan, and including a visit [with his son, Charles, in South Chicago. He repoita that most crops in Michigan are much later than usual and that the wheat which is in a fine condition, will not be ready to cut before July 12. The corn, although backward, is growing nicely and- there is every prospect for an abundant fruit crop the apples, peaches, pears and small fruits all being iu the best condition.

SATURDAY. Taylor McCoy went to Lafayette today. C. P. Wright went to Peru today. Albert Overton is sick with a severe case of quinsy. An eleven pound son w T as added to the family of Prof. I. N. Warren and wife, at LaPorte, last Thursday June 27th. Oscar Anderson is lying very low at his home with a liver disease and the doctors are convinced that the disease will result fatally. Miss Emma Burgett, of Franceeville, was a guest of J. T. Penn and family at the Nowels House yesterday. W. J. Wright yesterday received notice from Indianapolis of his success in passing the embalmers’ examination held on May 17th. J. B. Sayler, who has been working for the McCormick Co., near South Bend, is home to spend Sunday.

A baby girl wag born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Kepner, in the north part of town, Misses Harriett Haas, of Tipton and Pearl Huff, of Warren, Ind., who were college friends of Miss Sadie Leopold, have arrived to attend her marriage Sunday. Mildred CloWery, who has been visiting in Chicago, came to Rensselaer today and after a short visit with Bessie Hardy, left for her home in Remington. Quite a bevy of “long distance” passengers took the 9:55 train north this morning. One for Seattle, Wash., two for San Francisco, Cal. and one for Lamar Colo. ■■■? Two young colored boys are now working at the Makeever House. One as a porter, the other as a kitchen maid. One came from Chioago, the other from Virginia. Rev. W. E. Stanley, presiding elder of the United Brethern churoh is in town today, and will preach this evening in the Free Baptist church, on Cullen street. Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Brown left for Danville, 111., this morning, and will attend the funeral of Dr. Myron Brown, at Urbaua, tomorrow. Dr. English will go direct to Urbana, tonight, The Medaryville Advertiser says Jim Hazeled is recovering very nicely 0 from his injuries in the stabbing affair, and will be oct in about a week. Poise], who cut him, is still missing. John B. Ross, of Brookston, one of the elevator men who charges Samuel Born & Sons, of Lafayette, with having defrauded them, is here today to oounsel with W. C. Babcock.

About 50 young people mostly from town enjoyed a pleasant evening party at Joe Leur’s place, 4 miles south of town, last evening. There was music and dancing and refreshments. A. Lewis, the cigar manufactuier, desires to inform the residents of Rensselaer that he is going to Lafayette next Tnesday, and wishes to thank them for their kind patronage and good will shown for the last five years. And also asks a continuance of the same as his goods will be constantly for sale by all first class dealers. Nickum, the busted and absconded perpetual light faker, of Logansport, appears to have a successor in one E,W. Herleman, of Frankfort. The description of his “light” reads about as Nickum’s used to do. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Francis, students of the American School of Osteopathy, at Kirksville, Mo., are here to spend the summer vacation with their relatives in Rensselaer and vicinity. Arthur T. Cox, a former resident of Rensselaer, in the lumber business, now in the same line at Russelville, this state, was married on June 20th, to Miss Luella Fuller, of Lowell, at that place. Joe Schofield, the liveryman, has just sold a fit) acre farm he owned in Keener Tp., to Ray D. Thompson, the attorney. The price was 81,200. Mr. Thompson already owned an adjoining 00 acres. Henry Hosliaw, in the northwest part of town, has a very bad carbuncle on the back of his neck. It was opened yesterday by Dr. Johnson, affording him considerable relief; which however, may be only temporary. Robert White, who has been at home for the past week, suffering from an attack of rheumatism, went to Chicago Heights this morning for a week's visit, after which time he will return to Chicago where he clerks in a cigar store. An exchange says that if farmers would follow these instructions they need never go to any expense of dehorning their cattle. Buy a five cent stick of potash, and when the little horns make signs of starting on the calf, rub with this caustic stick, and that cbR will never know that nature intended that it should have horns.

Our former townsman. Ptef. Wm. Baughman, has resigned ■■nm director of the Brook Military Band, »»nd our other former townsman, Dr. Aaron Wood, succeeds him. A small blaze in a summer kitchen caused the fire alarm to sound about 7 this morning. It was in John Gray’s house m the east part of town. Neighbors had the fire ont before the fire company arrived. It is Col. Thomas J. McCoy now. Tom reoeived his commission today for his position on the Governor’s staff, the appointment for which was mentioned sometime ago. He is appointed Assistant Paymaster General with the rank of a Lieutenant Colonel. There was a very heavy windstorm in southwest Jordan, last Tuesday evening. It did not oover a very large scope of country but was severe as far as it went, blowing down trees, upsetting outbuildings etc. It was severest in and around Lyman Raymond’s plaoe. , 1 Bob Bissenden, the painter and. ex-sailor left this morning for Seattle, Washington, where he expects to work at his trade. Seattle is quite a long distance away, but to a man of Bob’s roving propensities it did not seem much of a jump, and he left for there wi*h as little conoern as ordinary people would show in going to Chicago. Squire B. B. Jeffries, an early resident of Remington, living in that town from 1866 to 1879, died Saturday June 22nd, at the home of his son, Frank P. Jeffries, assistant general passenger agent

oaketC. *£L I. railroad at Bran** rills, Ind. . W*. wwmWifmmThe remains were brought bac kto Remington and the funeral held j Monday. Oar former townsman, Charley Paxton of Lamar Colo., who brouht a shipment of sheep to the Chicago stock yards, a week or two ago, stopped off here today, for a few hours. He had been to Montpelier, Ind., where the Paxtons still have business interests, and was on his way back to Lamar. He has sold his ranch there and will probably move back to Hammond, and engage in the lumber business with his brother Will Paxton. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Purcnpile left for their home at Brooklya, N. Y. yesterday afternoon, after about three weeks’ visit with his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Purcupile, and other relatives. They will make short visits at Thomtown, and Indianapolis on their way. Brook Reporter:—Next week we will publish an interesting letter on the early days of Newton, then a part of Jasper county, from the pen of Aaron Lyons. Mr. Lyons was born, on what is now the Jerome Franklin farm on February sth J 832, and is the oldest native bom oitizen of the now Newton and Jasper counties. Mary had a little lamb, it fol lowed her to church, and then it* stood around the door like an owl upon a perch Why don’t the little lamb come in? the watching people cried Why. Mary told the silly thing to wait for her outside. Bo you, each gentle maiden may one and all still find some sheep-head waiting near the door if you admire that kind,—Ex.