Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1901 — City News. [ARTICLE]

City News.

TUESDAY. Charles Simpson is spending a few days m Chicago. Mrs. Hewlitt Smith, of Hanging Grove, is recovering from a serious sickness. Mies Bernice Warren last evening entertained a few friends at a six o’clock dinner. Two daughters of Wm. Smith, residing near Aix, are quite sick with cholera morbus. Miss Ona Tyner returned to Monon yesterday after a short visit with friends here. Lawson Meyer is in charge of some telephone construction work at Gas City. Miss Ophelia McClanahan returned this morning from a month’s visit with relatives at Brookston. Frank Myers, a clerk at Geo. E. Murray’s store, is spending a few days at the Pan American exposition at Buffalo.

News comes from Geneva, Ind., of the birth Jast Sunday Aug 4th, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur S. Novels, of a fine daughter. Rochester-and some other places over east, are voting today on the proposition to aid the Tippecanoe Route. M. F. Maher and sister, Miss Kathryn, of St. Louis, came here today to visit their uncle, John Reed, in Jordan tp. Miss May Huston, of near McCoysburg, took the train here this morning for Denver, Col, to visit relatives for the next month. Misses Hazel and May Hale, who have been visiting their upcle Hale Warner and family, left today for therr home in Wabash. Misses Mary Yates and Maude Hemphill went to Rossville, 111., today, for a two weeks’ visit with .relatives. County Treasurer R. A. Parkison left today for a visit of two or three weeks with relatives in And near Kingman, Kans. Isaac Glazebrook and wife and Charles J. Phegley left yesterday evening for a week’s visit at the exposition at Buffalo.

Frederick Bchreimer and son, wao has teen visiting the former’s brother, George, near Blackford, left \eeteidiy for his home: in Chicago. W. W. Watson came down from Chicago yesterday to spend a few days with his family who are visiting Mrs. M. B. Alter and other, relatives. Mrs. Frank Gay and son, who have been visiting her mother, Mrs. Sarah Cowgill and family, for the past month, left today for their home in Griggsville, 11l Mrs. Louis Hoppe and children, ■ who have been visiting their relaI tives, the Nagles, for the past three weeks, left this morning for their home in Waterford, Wis. Dave Jakes, the musician, who was employed at Alfred McCoy’s hous-- as a hostler, left last week for Vinita, Indian Territory, to join the band now under the instruction of Prof. Mochel. George McCarthy has been confined at his home for the past two weeks with a large abcess under his right arm. It was lanced yesterday and he is now recovering quite satisfactorily. Mies Mary Bates, the deputy clerk, is back in the office, after several week’s stay at Ladoga and other Montgoc ery county points. It is much dryer there than here and life there is pretty nearly a burden on account of the dust.

Mrs. Haag returned yet terday from Plymouth, Ind., where she had been visitingjrelatives. Her husband's sister, Miss Anna Haag, accompanied her home for a short visit. I Clerk Major reports that his father, Hon. George Major, at Mulberry, is making very slow and , unsatisfactory progress in recovering from his very dangerous sickness of several months ago. B. W. Ellsworth, from northeast of town, left here today for Port- . land, Oregon, to visit for several weeks with his mother, who is 74 years of age. He also has a brother and sister residing there. Fred Tharp and two other young men from Monticello passed through Rensselaer this morning enroute to some point, as yet unundecided, in Minnesota. Fred hopes to secure employment in an electric C. F. Snodgrass, who has been at the bedside of his brother, Ancil Snodgrass, here for some time, returned yesterday to his home, in Lafayette. Ancil is gradually sinking away and cannot live longer than a few weeks at most. Miss Mary Goetz returned today from Franklin, Neb., where she had been visiting her brother for the past three k weeks. Her niece, Miss Dorothy Grof, of Chicago', accompanied her home, for a short visit. According to the Peru Journal Andrew Carnegie’s library gift- to that city may be rejected. Trouble has come up over the selection of a suitable site and no agreement can be reached. Muncie is in the same state. Mrs. J. C. Paxton and daughter and nephew, Herbert Paxton, who have been visiting relatives at Arcadia and Montezuma?, returned here yesterday to visit relatives. In about two weeks Mrs. Paxton and daughter will return to their home in Kingman, Kans. Born today to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chamberlain, on Front street, a daughter, and their first child. Mother and child are doing finely. Daddy Chamberlain couldn’t tell a dynamo from a kilowatt, but he will get straightened out in due time. Prof. Bernard Dentinger, the new instructor in music for St. Joseph’s College, arrived from Chicago today, with his family. He will reside in town and an effort is to be made to secure his services as instructor of the Citizens’ band, after the departure of Prof. Schath. Thomas Gilmore, of near Surrey, in company with nine men from Monon, left.today for Chicago, at which place they are supplied with laborer’s tickets for Bryan, So. Dak., at which place they are promised remunerative employment. Our 9:55 a. m. train north is the popular train for people going away on long journeys. And this morning’s train pretty nearly broke the record for long distance travelers. It carried away 5 Jasper county people whose different destinations are Portland, Ore.; Denver Colo.; Kingfisher, Okla.; Kingman, Kans.; and Bryan, S. Dak. Another sad accident occurred in Newton county, Monday. A 11 or 12 year old son of James Roberts was Lauling a load of corn to Kentland. The lines fell down and the boy got down behind the horses to pick them up. One of the horses kicked him on the heacTand the team then started and one of the wheels ran over him, and the boy was killed inetantly. G. L. McDaniel, of Gillam tp., took the 9:05 train here today for Kingfisher, 1 Okla, near which place he has leased 320 acres of land, all of which he will sow in wheat. In April of this year Mr. McDaniel shipped a car load of cattle and horses to Oklahoma and he did not return from there until July 18. This year’s Oklahoma wheat crop was so enormous that he leased land while there for next year’s crop. ■•w Ara Ta«r KMaeyi f

George H. Hopkins is in Lafayette today. Attorney E. B. Sellers, of Monticello, is here today. Fred Phillips went to Chicago today to attend a stock tale. Ed Peacock went to Portland, Ind., today to invoice a stock of goods. Misses Stella Parkinsen and Bessie Moody are in Lafayette today. Cooler tonight. Continued cool Thursday, is this afternoon’s weather prediction. Hon. Robt. Parker, of Remington, was here for a short time yesterday evening. Mrs. E. G. Camblin and Miss Flosse Graves of Morocco are visiting with Mrs. Jas. Masker today. Mrs. Chas. Simpson and daughter have gone to Monon for a few days’ visit. Merle and Gladys Beam went to Indianapolis this afternoon, for a week’s visit with relatives. Two young sons of Joseph Williams, residing near . Aix are sick with malarial fever. Mrs. Mary Alexander, of Franklin, came yesterday to visit her sister, Mrs; Louisa Gratner, in Barkley Tp George N. Dunn and wife went to Dunnville this morning to spend two weeks visiting his father, Hon. I. D. Dunn. Mrs. W. G. Slagle and Miss Bonnie Jordon went to Hammond yesterday, the former for a several days’ visit with her parents there. Attorney C. W. Hanley has been confined at his home for several days by an attack of cholera morbus, from which he is now recovering. W. B. Strater, of the state board of charities, is here today with a view to placing an orphan in the home of a family residing in the country near Rensselaer. Misses Ruby and Ellis Abbott, of Goshen, who have been visiting at the home of Mrs. M. L. Spitler left today for Chicago to visit friends. A nine year old son of Wro, Thornton, near J, C, Gwin’s lumber yard, fell off a fence yesterday evening and broke one of the bones in the left forearm. Dr. Johnson reduced the fracture. Uhcle Elijah Warden is back from Monticello completing the removal of the old post office building, which has been resting a few weeks, a block or two from its final destination near the depot. F. E. McCoy and wife, of Muncie, who - have been visiting relatives at Lee and McCoysburg, and Mrs. Geo. McCoy, of Lee, are guests today of the families of Wm. Daniels and Alfred McCoy. A force of 3-1 engineers is now surveying a line from Knox to Plymouth, and thence through Bremen and Goshen to Toledo. It is more than probable that in the course of human events this line will be bnilt.—North Judson News. Dee Helmer, of this city, while fishing at the Kankakee river, near Baum’s bridge,\Sunday morning, was bitten twice by a rattlesnake on the left foot. The foot was soon swollen to twice its normal size.—Valpo Vidette. Jerry Schofield has traded his residence property on Austin Ave to Amzie Laßue for property in Servia, Wabash county, and as soon as he can close up his business interests here he will remove to that place. He will probably engagein the livery business there The compulsory education law has been amended so that it includes children of the ages from 7 to 15 years, who are required to attend school for the full period provided by the township or corporation in which they live, except in cases where children of 14 or 15 years of age are actively engaged in supporting dependent members of the family, and in such cases they will only be required to attend school twelve weeks.

Mrs. Oscar Anderson, of this city, has received intelligence of 'thedeath at Attica, Tuesday, Aug. 6th, of her brother-in-law, Gus Anderson. His age was 65 years. Oscar Anderson died here last Friday, and his brother in Attica survived him only four days. Fifty-six Lafayette saloon keepers were fined and costed about sll each, Monday, for following their usual avocations, otherwise selling liquor, on Sunday. It was a Klondike strike for the prosecuting attorney, for his rake-off was $5 in every case An attempt is being made to smooth up and put in good condition, Washington street. It is first loosened up by the Sayler & Co’s, big steam roller with four inch spikes in the big wheels, aftef which several inches of coarse and fine macadam will be put on and well rolled. It looks like a very promising expedient. Sept. 14th is “Indiana Day” at the “Pan Am.” and according to Adjutant Gen. Johnny Ward not only will the Governor and his military staff about 40 strong be present, but also fully 500 of the state militia. Gen. Ward says

very low railroad rates will be ••cured and also arrangements made to reduce the boys’ expenses while at Buffalo. Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Paris arrived from Brooklyn, N. Y. yesterday afternoon, and A. F. Kimball of the same place arrived in the evening, Mrs. Kimball having arrived Saturday. John W. Paris, of Yonkers, N. Y., arrived today, and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lewis, and nephew, Loyde Paris, also of Brooklyn, and Mr. and Mrs. Will Ladd, of Oxford, Ind., are expected tomorrow, when a complete family re-union will be held at the Berry Paris residence.