Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1901 — MONDAY [ARTICLE]

MONDAY

The official thermometer registered 99 degrees again yesterday. Mrs. B. M. Donnelly and son Lutber are visiting relatives and frieDds in Monticello, this week. Sunday, August 11th the Monon will run another 75 cent excursion to Chicago. Miss Mamie Morrison, of Wheaton. 111., came Saturday for a week’s visit with Mrs. S. C. Robinson. Abram Halleck and John Bruner are in Lafayette today attending the state convention of the independent telephone companies.

Mrs.B. K. Zimmerman and little daughter, knd Miss Cora Zimmerman returned Saturday evening from a month’s visit with relatives in Dayton and Springfield Ohio. Miss Jennie Marlatt, who has been visiting her father, Perry Marlatt, north of town, for the past three weeks, returned today to Evanston, 111. Two laundry wagon graduates are now serving as porters at the hotels, Julian Hopkins at the Makeever, and Glenn Wishard at the Nowels.

Miss Georgia Dickinson returned to Chicago Saturday after a six weeks’ visit with her parents n=ar Remington

Rev. A. G. Work, of the Presbyterian church, who is taking a month’s vacation, left for a visit at his former home in Oxford, Ohio, today. Misses Mary Gran nan and Elizabeth Hamilton, of Oxford, Ohio, who have been in Chicago, were guests over Sunday of the former’s cousin, Mrs. James McMannue, north of town.

Lee Mauck, six miles northwest of town, cut himself badly with a chizel Saturday, on the right knee. Dr. English, who dressed the injury, says it will lay Mr. Mauck up for several weeks.

W. H. Gardner and wife of Harvey, 111., oome today to look after their reoent land purchases here, and to see their son, B. O. Gardner, who has been here for the past ten days.

Gollmar Bros. & Schumans show company arrived here Sunday afternoon, coming from Winamac, which was their stand Saturday. Their street procession was a 11 a. m., and was a very creditable display. They have a very good show.

Mrs. Belle McConnell Jones, who for the past ten days has been visiting her oousins, the Laßue boys, left today for her home in Louisville, Ky., taking Mr. and Mrs. Amzie Laßue’s daughter Belle, home with her for an extended visit.

The body of Cyril Hinchman, the young boy drowned at Brook while swimming, was taken to Wolcott, his previous home, for burial. The train which carried the body was the one which killed W. W. Watt, in West Carpenter Tp. A. C. Lester, an old resident of Newton county, even while it was a part of Jasper county, knd well known to all our older citizens, is here today, visiting his brother-in-law, Felix French. He now lives in Nemefaa Co., Neb.,' and says crops were never better than than this yettr. 11 i..t) | 1- |.‘

Mrs, Gladys Hendereop, of Georgetown, S. C.„came Saturday for a week’s visit with the ,family of her unelp, G. Vs. opff. jMrs. c Henderson was formerly AU® Gladys Sigler and as sucty she is* well known tp Rensselaer people by repson pf frequent visits h£tp. This is her first visit here sinpe her marriage. . , t , : John Gray, who; wept to Rocky Ford, dol., on April 4th, in oompany' with John L. Turner, has returned to Rensselaer, A new sugar beet factory, costing a million and a half dollars is located at Rocky Ford and lots of beets are being raised there, and this year’s oropis an extremely good one. ■

Monticello Journal: —Conductor James Kinney and train crew, cf the Panhandle, passed through the city today to attend the inquest at Remington made necessary by the accidental killing of W. W. Watts last Wednesday. The deceased was 35 years of age and leaves a widow and one child. Engine No. 214 which ran him down is regarded by the railroad men as a hoodoo as it has killed seven people in the last two months.

Crown Point Register:—Deputy Game Warden Davis, of Lowell, in town Tuesday. He has recently returned from a tour of his territory, Jasper, Newton, Lake and Porter counties, and says that there have been many convictions under the new game laws. The most difficult law breakers to convict are those who seine fish. His last conviotion was that of a man at Fair Oaks for shooting prairie chickens, \

Mxs. F. B. Learning and sons, Marion and Harry, Misses Ruby and fillis Abbott, Lillian Sparklin, Helen Hawks, and Grace Crowell, of Goshen, came today to visit during the week with Mrs. M.“£7 Spitler and daughter, Miss Maud, and Robert Newell, also of Goshen came to visit Taylor McCoy. All the young folks will be quite frequently and elaborately entertained during the week at a number of Rensselaer homes, the week's festivities to begin with a party tomorrow evening at the home of their hostesses, Mrs. Spitler and daughter.