Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1901 — THURSDAY [ARTICLE]

THURSDAY

A. Stimson, of Stoutsburg, is in Rensselaer today. J. W. McClintock and family have removed here from DeMotte. Mrs. Louis Wbitsell went to DeMotte today to visit relatives. Miss Carrie Warren returned yesterday from a week’s visit with relatives in Lafayette. Shelby Grant* 1 mile west of town, went to Clhesnut, 111., for a short visit with relatives. Civil engineer J. C. Tbrawles is doing some surveying on Nelson Morris' ranch, near DeMotte. Mrs. Geo. N. Dunn returned to Dunnville this morning after a short visit with her parents here. Mrs. C. Hildebrand and her 4 little girls went to Lafayette, la6t evening, for a few days’ visit with a sister. Mrs. Nancy Allman and little Genevive Briggs of Monticello, are spending the day at the home of Mr. and Mr§. Paris. M. F. Maier and sister Katheryn who have been visiting thedr uncle J. J. Reed, in Jordan tp., left for theirihome in St. Louis today. Miss Lorene - Yanatta returned to her home* in Fowler, today, taking her cousin, Madelene Phillips, home with her for a shfirt^vjsit. Mrs. Jane O. Railsback, of Argos, Ind., came to visit her little grandson, Lloyd Paris, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Berry Paris. Lee Jessup, the contractor, took his force of men to Rose Lawn this morning to build an addition to Laßue Bros.’ 6tore room. The addition will be 24x66 feet in dimensions.

A. Leopold reports lots sales in his addition to the following persons: Henry Hildebrand 2, Hiram Day 2, James Kight 2, Dr. English 2, Wm. Mackey 1, Harley Shields 1 and Sam Yeoman 1. The Merchants’Cigar Factory, is now under full headway and their first output of cigars will be put on sale, tomorrow. Two brands only are now being made. “The Merchant’s,” and the “Urbane.” Other brands will be added later. M. M. Ocker, the Wheatfield elevator man, has a new elevator at Stoutsburg, on the Three I, alxost completed, and will be ready to receive grain there the middle of next week. J. C. Pearson and wife and Mrs. Wm. Hammond returned yeaterday evening from a week’s visit with relatives in Indianapolis. They will leave in about two weeks for their home in Coates, Kans.

Roy Blue, of our town, has been engaged as principal of the Wheatfield schools for the ensuing school year. He is a teacher of much successful experience and an excellent selection for the place. The 1.0. O. F. lodges of Jasper, Benton, Newton and White counties will hold their second annual picnic at Fountain Park, Remington, on Thursday, September 26th. Programs will out in the near future.

Lucius Strong and wife and little granddaughter Clara Yeoman, went to Ambia today to visit Dal Yeoman and wife. Mr. Strong will return in a few days and Mrs. Strong will remain for a longer visit The West Baden Springe Company, whose hotel was recently burned, has accepted planß for a new structure, to be five stories high, of brick, with steel frame and to contain 600 rooms. The work on construction is to proceed st once. J. A. Sigler & Co, the progressive DeMotte merchants, are erecting a new store building 26x80 feet in dimensions, When completed they will move their stock of general merchandise into it, and plaoe some other line, probably furniture in the old building.

Geo. W.|Peterßon, who has made his home with relatives here for some,months, has gone to Marion, to the national soldiers’ home. He was a member of the 20th Indiana regiment in the civil war. W O. Nelson and wife, the photographers, who have been stationed ataWheatfield for several months, are now arranging to remove their gallery to Hebron. They are spending a few days’ here visiting her mother, Mrs. James W. Porter. *

A. S. Keen, the Wheatfield furniture dealer and undertaker, has received his diploma as an embalmer and is authorized to drees corpses and prepare them for shipment to any part of the United States. Mi*. Keen has a Well stocked furniture store at Wheatfield and is a progressive and patronage deserving citizen. J. F. Bruner arrived home from his visit to the Pan -and Niagara Falls, Sunday night. The exposition’ he thinks is good for the money :t post, but to people who saw the world’s fair, it is rather small potatoes. The buildings however, are very fine. He visited Niagara, of course, and enjoyed it greatly. He went in company wjth Representative John Beckman and wife, of Brunswick. Lake Co.

Mrs. M. E. Henkle, of Barkley, has been granted a soldiers’ widow’s pension, of sl2 per month, as the widow of the late Joseph Henkle. It was secured through Capt. Burnham’s pension agency, in only four months from the date of the application. Peter Hancock, the man badly hurt at* Rose Lawn’s big whiskey row of last Friday night is still alive, and remains seemingly in about the same condition as when first hurt. Reuben Gundy, another of the supposed participants, has been arrested and released on bail.

For some reason, we failed to learn at the time, of the special reason for the late re-union of the Paris family. It was that last Thursday, August Bth, was the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Berry Paris, they having been married just 50 years on that day. The assembled children left various tokens in remembrance of the day. John Snyder, 21 years old, was found dead by the Monon tracks, Sunday morning, about a mile north of Monticello. All circumstances indicated that he had been struck by the south-bound passenger train which passed here at 11:25 p. m., Saturday night. The last seen alive of the young man, was when he left Monticello about 10:30 p. m., Saturday, very much under the influence of liquor.

James Yeoman, 6 miles west, has threshed his 8 acres of Canada wheat mentioned some time ago. It did not yield quite the 50 bushels to the acre some people had estimated, but it was a fine crop of most excellent wheat, for all of that. The 8 acres threshed 256 bushels, which is 32 bushels to the acre. It is stated that Mr. Yeoman can sell the entire crop at $2 per bushel, for seed. Wm. Carter, the bright young colored man who has worked for Delos Thompson and other Rensselaer parties for some time past, is talking of going to a colored college at Atlanta, Ga., to study for the ministry, he being of a very religious turn of mind. He also talks of launching oat in literature by writing a book. Just now he is in a quandary to decide between two subjects, one is “The black side of white people.” The other “The white Bide of black people.” Verily, both are very comprehensive subjects and if William is unable to decide whioh is llmbest, he might combine the two and “catch em, both gwine andcomin.” Uncle Fitz Bedford is greally pleased over his success in raising sugar beets. The head agriculturist of the Central Sugar Company was down and says the best will go 25 tons to the acre and the

whole cjop will average 20 -teas. If the above company does no’t want to take the beets at the contract price, there are several factories in Michigan hot after them at more than the contract price. Mr. Bedford believes, from the sweetness of his beets, that their sugar test /will realiza fully SIOO per acre on them. And far the biggest end of that will be clear profit. The weather gets pretty hot occasionally, but only by starts and jerks, and does not get down to steady business as July weather did. »To illustrate this zigzag quality of tlie present weather, last Friday Aug. 9th, is a good example. The UU S. thermometer here registered 97, degrees that day, which was the highest of the month, so far. Yet the day before it was only 85 degrees and the day after <?nly 86. Yesterday was another day when the weather took another hot freak, and 96 was registered.