Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1901 — City News. [ARTICLE]

City News.

' FRIDAY, Mrs. Joseph Lar6h returned from her Frankfort visit today. Jerry Schofield went to North Judson this morning, on business. Mrs. Mabel Richards went to Williamsport, today to visit relatives. Mrs. Fred Fitzsimmons, of Hammond, came today to visit with Mrs. August Rosenbaum. Louie Ries and Eddie Pottlitzer, of Lafayette, were in Rensselaer this morning. J. E. Paulev, of Lafayette, is here today looking after his farm interests. J. W. Walker, the court stenographer,“is back from his vacation visit at Bloomington. Born Thursday night July 11th. to Mr. and Mrs. George Foulks, southeast of towu, a son. A five year old son of Frank Ccchin, 3 or 4 miles south of town has a case of “scarlet-rash.” Miss Feme Nelson is back from Sheldon and again in charge of the Halleck telephone central. Mrs. Mary Stombaugh and children returned to Battle Ground . o * today after having visited for about two weeks with Mrs. Albert N, Chaffin and other friends. Mrs. C. D. Thornton, of Hillsdale, Mich , who has been visiting her Bister, Mrs. Sherman Renicker, went to Surrey this morning to visit relatives. Frank Peregrine and family returned today to Chicago, after having visited relatives here and at Pleasant Ridge for about two weeks. Mrs. Sarah A. Brown and daughter, Mrs, Marie Clark went to Waynetown today to attend the funeral of the infant child of Mrs. Brown’s eon Charles Cordray. W. T. McCoy, wife and mother, of Chicago, arrived here yesterday to visit A. F. Long and family. Harry Kessinger returned to Rensselaer tcday from Harvey 111., George Houser accompanying him on a business tnp.

The Beasy family have sensibly made up their quarrel after their two days’ 6eperation. and are now j living together again, as happy as ever. Isaac Thompson arrived from Bluffton, Ohio, last evening, and was by the side of his brother, David when his death ocrured, this morning. Miss Kathryn Rodgers has moved her residence from the Spitler tenant house on Weston street into Mrs. A. M. Harrison’s house, on Van Rensselaer street, near the Christian church. Mrs. C. W. Hanley has gone to Goodland to attend the funeral, this Saturday at 2 p. m. of her lifelong friend, Mrs. Fred GilmaD, one of the three Newton county women killed Wednesday in the C. & A~ wreck, at Norton, Mo.

Mrs. Frank Robinson and two children, of lola, Kansas, arrived this afternoon spend the rest of the summer with Mr. Robinson’s mother, Mrs. Margaret Robinson, and other relatives. She reports the heat in Kansas to be worse than nere. It was 110 in the shade the day Bhe left lola. Baughman & Williams, the new law firm, have leased office rooms up stairs in A. Leopold’s building now occupied by the Racket store. Their lease there is only for a short period, however, as they hope to secure more satisfactory rooms in the new Odd Fellows building, when erected, As before stated, the new firm will open here about August Ist. Uncle Elijah Warden, of Montioello, is now chief navigating officer of the old post-office ship that has been stranded in the middle of Washington street for about two weeks. Uncle Elijah has the right kind of an outfit and evidently the right kind of knowledge to float the old craft and 6treer it promptly to its new moorings near the depot. Henry Farmer, a young man who resides in the Sharon neighborhood, left today for Yukon, Okla., where his brothers, Worth and Albert Far met, are engaged in business. He expectß to register at ISlreno and to tfeke his chances at securing a quarter section o£ governmept land. If be is not successful ip securing land he .... V . *-i - ij. - ■ ■ a_» <

expects to engage in business with his brothers at Yukon. Dr. Moore’s case of surgical instruments Arere recovered through a notice in The Republican. The case was found on Weston street by Mrs. J. W. McEwen. Some person took the ease from the Dr’s, office* thinking, no donbt, it was a pocket book containing money, and finding out their mistake, threw the case down in the weeds by the side of the walk. Mrs. Maria Hopkins returned home yesterday afternoon from Englewood, where she has been since July 4th assisting the family of P. R. Hopkins, jn nursing him through a severe sickness Mr. Hopkins is better known in Rensselaer as “Lan,” and is so much improved that he came aho last evening and will spend a few weeks here while recovering from his sick spell. The engine of the 1:45 p. m. train south today broke a cylinder at Fair Oaks, and was running on one side and considerably behind time, when the train passed here. Mrs. M. L. Spitler and daughter Miss Maude designed taking that train to connect at Monticello for Kentland, for Lulu Rider’s funeral, but its lateness prevented their going, Miss Rider was an intimate friend as well as a distant relative of the Spitlers. Still another Kentland resident has been identified among the killed at the C. & A. wreck at Norton, Mo. It was Miss Mabel Ross, member of a prominent family of Kentland and a special friend of Miss Lulu Rider, also killed. Her father is Arthur Ross, a hardware dealer. The remains of these two victims and of Mrs. Gilman of Goodland, arrived this forenoon, and the funerals were held at Kentland this afternoon. Mrs. Gilman’s funeral will be held at Goodland at 2p. m., Saturday. The Fort Wayne News of July Bth gives the particulars of the distressing accident which resulted in the death of little three year old Lewis Speece, heretofore briefly mentioned. Mrs. C. W. Rhoades of our city, was-visiting Mrs. Speece her sister, and on Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Speece took Mrs. Rhoads to look through a fire engine house near by. While they were on the seoond floor the little boy caught sight of the shining brass rod, on whioh the flrecen Blide to the floor below. He suddenly broke away from his mother, who was leading him by the hand, and before she could overtake him be had reached and fallen through the opening to the floor below. He struck upon his head and died 3 hours later, in spite of anything that could be done to save hiß life. He was his parents

only child, his death, especially under such distressing circumstances, was a terrible blow to bis

SATURDAY.

Miss Sadie Cody went to Chicago today to visit friends for the next two weeks. George A. Thomas and wife, of Monticello are visiting her parents J. C. Gwin and wife. Mrs. Nina Reach, niece of Mrs. W. F. Powers, went to Wolcott today for a short visit. Melvin Wishard, the engineer, is down from Chicago, to visit his parents over Sunday. Mrs. Everet Brown of Pleasant Grove went to Monon today to visit her father, over Sunday. Mrs. W. L. Loveland, who has been visiting Mrs. F. A. Ross returned to Evanston today. Mrs. Wartena and daughter returned today from their visit with the Wartena boys in Hammond. Miss Eva Ringo, of Chicago, came today to visit for a week or more with Mrs. Frank Foltz.

Mrs. Fred Sommer, who oame yesterday to visit August Rosenbaum and wife, returned to Hammond today. Col. Huge Jaxon DeFrees, of Indianapdis, who has been visiting Thompson Ross, returned home today. R. T. Newman returned today from a two weeks’ sojourn in Princeton and other northwestern Illinois towns. Mrs Charles Harrington and children, of DeMotte, came today to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs, David Hilton. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Hann, who have been visiting at the home of W. S. Grant west of town, returned to Hammond today. James Maloy publishes notice! of intention to apply for a saloon license for his brick building, on Main street, near the depot. M. R. Cox, formerly of this county, now engaged in the billiard hall and bowling alley business at Chicago Heights was here on business yesterday. W. T. McCoy and wife of Chicago, who have been visiting Mrs. A. F. Long, went to Frankfort today to visit her brother, G. V. Moss and family. Lacy Gwin and his two little boys, left for their home at Marshfield, Wis., this morning, after a short visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gwin.

John Sharp returned today from his visit in Sandnsky and other places in Ohio, and his sister Miss Opal returned from a three weeks’ visit in Burnettsville. Miss Anna Jakob, who has been visiting Miss Anna Meyer, went to Reyolds today to visit friends. She will return here for a more extended visit before going to her home at Loda, 111. Mrs. J. P. Rowen and Misses Rosa Chupp, Ada Elder, Dora Thornton and Mattie Yeoman went to Parr this morning to attend the Free Will Baptist quarterly meeting. Misses Nelllre and Emma McGuire, of Elwood, who have been visiting at Remington, their former home, came to Rensselaer today to visit E. P. Honan and wife, until Mbnday when they will return to Elwood. We are reliably informed that Charley Clifton, who left here about 17 or 18 years ago, is now keeping a hotel at San Bernardino, i Cal. His ion, Charles Jr., who recently returned from serving in | the volunteer army in the Philippines, is with him. Mrs. Dr. Ernest Wishard is j I • * making a short visit to her hue- j band’s parents, Mr. and Mrs Wrn Wishard. She has her infant eon and Mr. Wishard’s first grandson, with her. Father Wishard is 81 years old and the father of 10 children and he thinks it was high time for some of to eome arornd with a grand child. Dr. Wishard has recently left Indianapolis and settled in Noblesville.