Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1901 — City News. [ARTICLE]

City News.

TUESDAY. John Bruner is in Monticello • this afternoon, Mrs. Mell Abbott and little daughter went to Delphi today to visit her parents. Charles Yeoman arrived taday from Pullman, 111., to spend the 4th with his family. Mrs. H. C. Earl, of Chicago, came today to remain indefinitely with the family of Wm. Donnelly. Mrs. Charles Parke, residing near Surrey, is recovering from a severe sickness. A baby girl was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wilcox, is the east part of town. The foundation for the Babcock & Hopkins’ elevator building has been completed and the frame work begun. Joseph Osborne and wife of Remington, are spending today ‘at the home of their daughter, Mrs. W. S. Parks. Parm Wright has just completed the erection of a barn at his residence in the southeast part of town.' Joseph Sparling went to DeMotte this morning to visit relatives and possibly visit in Illinois before returning home. Robert lines, eon of WiU lines, of Hammond, came to visit his grand-parents, Willis J. Imes and wife today. “Shine,” the colored man who has been working for Parm Wright has gone to Pennsylvania to work as a hostler for the company represeats in the Jasper Co. oil fields. Mrs, T. E. Willey of Mt. Ayr, who has been very sick for about a month, is reported better now and able to sit np today for the first time. Mrs. S. A. Hemphill went to Danville, 111., today to remain two weeks or more at the home of her son,, James Hemphill, who is 8 C. & E. I. engineer. Mr*, and Mrs. Leo Wolf, whose marriage was related in yesterday’s paper, did not go to Chicago over the Big Four as was expected they would, but passed through Rensselaer yesterday on the 8:30 train.

Samuel Schofield, of Monticello, came to Rensselaer yesterday to visit his brothers, Joe and Jerry. He may decide to purchase land near Rensselaer if he finds something to suit him. The Rensselaer ball team, captained by Jay Say ler will play at Lowell July 4th. Several of the boys expect to enter all the athletic courts and they will of course, win about everything they go after. Lightning yesterday struck the barn on the farm Wm. Coen recently sold to George Angus. The siding was tom off for some distance but the building was not fired and the damage was slight. Wm, Pauley and children, of Chicago, came today to visit the father of his deceased wife, Matthew Zehrden and family. Mr. Pauley will return to Chicago tomorrow but the children will remain here for several weeks. The Spiritualists Society of Remington have arranged to hold a week’s tent meeting in the Remington park. They will begin Saturday, July 6, and continue one week. Bills advertising them have been posted in Rensselaer. The frequent electrical disturbances of the past few days have ciused no end of trouble for the telephone and electric light men. Many ’phones and several storage batteries have burned out, but all instruments have been promptly repaired. Harry Kessinger, has traded his 80 acre farm 7 miles southeast of town in Milroy township, to Jos. H. Schmidt, for a 83,000 stock of groceries in Harvey, 111., and went there this morning to take charge of the store. Laßue & Ransford engineered the trade The oats crop now bids to be a much better one than was figured a week or two ago. JMany farmers report that great progress has been made in the appearance of that grain in the past ten days and fields that then- looked almost a failure are now indicating a fair sized yield. T, J. Sayler returned today from his Colorado Springs and other places. He made no investments there but may return and should he invest it is not improbable that he will decide to remove his family there, He was greatly pleased with the country and considers 'money making opportunities good in that state. Thomas Parks, of Remington, drove to Rensselaer Monday and remained over night with his son, W. 8. Parks. This morning he departed for Bakerfield, -Cal., where he will be for some time settling up the business affairs of his brother, John Parks, whose death occurred a short time ago.

A. Young and Miss Ola Boyer, of Jeffersoville, Ohio, arrived in Rensselaer yesterday evening to visit the former’s sister, Mrs? Joseph Schofield. Seventy-five teachers and these aspiring to be teachers took the examination Saturday and five others who are attending normal schools have sent their papers to Superintendent Hamilton to be graded. This gives Louis a rush of work for this hot weather and he expects to spend the 4th in the midst of the Mms. Frank Hoover and a hired man were plowing corn at Wm. Hoover’s farm, southwest of town when the storm came up yesterday, and the lightning struck so near to them that both were considerably stunned. Their teams were frightened and ran away but no damage resulted. The boys were able to be in town this morning. This part of the country is having altogether too much rain and it was rather adding insult to injury to follow yesterday’s big rain with another big one today. Much of the corn south and southwest of town is almost drowned out, and the weeds are getting a start that is quite discouraging to farmers. The several days tropical weather just past, resulted in a tropical storm Monday afternoon. The wind blew “great guns” and the rain came down in sheets and torrents. It was the heaviest fall of water while it lasted, for the year, and perhaps for several years; and came in fact, much faster than the sewers could carry it off, with the result of water backed into various cellars.