Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1901 — THURSDAY. [ARTICLE]

THURSDAY.

Mrs. Hugh Gaffey, of Barkley tp„ is quite dangerously sick. Dr. I. B. Washburn made a.professional trip to North Judson, yesterday. Mrs. James Jordan, who has been quite sick for some time with enteritis, is slowly improving. George Spitler, who has been with the bill posters of Robinson’s circus for two or three mouths, returned home last night Will Porter says there is a fine crop of wheat on his Kansas farm, near Coats, this year, but that the drouth has. used up the corn.

Mrs. Fred Grischow, of Michigan City, is visiting her old friends, Superintendent Clark and wife, at the.county asylum, for about two weeks. Mrs. G. W. Goff went back to Crown Point, yesterday afternoon, for another protracted stay with her sister. She finds that her ( health is much better there. Mose Tuteur and daughter. Helen returned yesterday from two weeks’ visit in Peoria. His j sister Mrs. Eliza Spangler and her j husband, George Spangler,’ of Peoria, came with them for a visit.

Capt. and Mrs. J. M. Wasson and daughters, Misses Helen and Gail left this morning for Buffalo, N. Y., to visit the exposition and other things of interest down that way. B. F. Ferguson was the lucky man that negotiated the sale of Uncle Joe Parkinson’s farnu, at peasant Ridge, to Mr. Gardner, of Harvey, 111. The old post-office building got up a great spurt of speed after it got on to Cullen street, and was hull down on the horizon yesterday afternoon, and now has entirely disappeared from view. The recent near proximity of rain storms seem to have mitigated the heat today, to some extent. Still it is above 90 in the shade, and that is hot weather, the best you can make of it. Walter and June Waldorf, of Chicago, are visiting their aunt, Mrs. G. K. Hollingsworth. Miss June, though only 12 years old, is an accomplished pianist, and plays the most difficult compositions with ease.

Mrs. Eliza Rock, of Toledo, Ohio, arrived yesterday afternoon, to visit her daughter, Mrs. W. R. Nowels. She is 82 years old, but stood the trip very well, considering her age and the heat of the weather. The big steam roller is now at work on that portion of the street improvement on Cullen street south of Harrison. Sayler & Company, the contractors, are pushing all their different pieces of street work here right along. Mrs. F. B. Meyer returned to Water Valley today, to join Mrs. Nate Reed, now of Michigan City, in a camping sojourn. The Reeds are about to move from Michigan City into some point in Illinois. Mr. Reed is engaged as a land agent now. Summer showers are again becoming frequent. This plaoe had a light shower last night and some miles northeast in Barkley, there was a regular soaker. Some miles east also they had a good shower yesterday afternoon. James Chapman cf Milroy tp., is doing some tall talking about some tall wheat he raised this year. He got the seed from Canada, and says some of the stalks were five feet high, with heads large in proportion. He thinks it will thresh 50 bushels to the acre.

Ike Glazebrook’s building, on Front street, formerly occupied by the Rensselaer Laundry, is being fitted up for the new cigar factory, and Mr. Hopkins, the manager, will go to Chicago tomorrow to buy the stock. Hence it is evident that the factory will very soon be in operation. Capt. E. Ross Smith, 22, of the 159th Indiana during the Spanish war, and captain in the 30th in the Philippines, was granted a divorce in Washington Saturday on his complaint that his wife, whom he married two weeks before his departure fer Manila, grew indifferent during his absence. He was tbe youngest captain in the army. Elder A. E. Pierson, now of Rome City, spent last night in Rensselaer and is now visiting in the vicinity of his old home, at Parr. He has been in very poor health lately, being afflicted with the dropsy, and is just out of a hospital at Fort Wayne, and expectsto return there for further treatmentThe Lowell Tribune says Col.

Gifford has been there in the interests of his road, this week, and that all he asks of Lowell is the right of way. The Tribune says, very rightly, that Lowdl people will make a great mistake if they let the road pass by on either side when it is to be had on such easy terms. And indeed they will make a most tremendous mistake. Cocoanut taffy, newsboy lemon gems, iced Homestead cookies, lemon cream biscuit, fig-bar, chocoate creams are all fresh at Starrs Gollmar Bros. & Schuman’s 2 big shows united will give an exhibition here July 29. Wanted a good experienced girl to work in house. Family of two. J. R. Van ITT a. Try Vick’s for ice-cream. He has the Thompson-Reid make. It can’t be beat. See Dr. Merrill, over Moody & Roth’s meat market. Try the Thompson-Ried make of Chicago ice-cream, at Vicks. Nothing finer in the city. J. P. Warner has employed A. C. Harrington an expert horse shoer and plow workman. Give him a call. First water-melons of the season on sale at Vick’ fruit store. Large house on McCoy avenue Enquire at this office. The Rensselaer Decorating Co. are prepared to do all kiuds of first Class Painting, Paperhanging and Kalsomining on short notice. Drop them a card for estimates, docl Have Joe's bus call for you when wanting to go anywhere, day or night, he will be there on a few minutes aotica Paoall) ir 1