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

TUESDAY.

Geo. V. MbBS, the Frankfort attorney, was a business visitor in Rfenseelaer today Miss Maggie Kenton is also assisting in the revival meetings at Parr. Oren Parker returned to Chicago Monday morning, utter a short visit in Rensselaer. Miss Edna Sigler leturned heme today, after a week’s visit with Mrs. Bert Bronner. C. W. Hanley got oat again today for the first time after his hard spell of oholera morbus. Mrs. A. Gangloff, just east of town, is recovering from a dangerous sickness from stomach trouble Miss Pearl BursoD, of near Pleasant Ridge, left this morning for Valparaiso, to visit friends. Miss Anna Long, of Vincennes, returned home today, after a month’s visit with Miss Carrie Warren. Grandfhiberß M Bulb nniv ed home Saturday night from several months’ stay at Reedsburg, Wisconsin. Swartzell living north of the depot, is suffering greatly from erysipelas in one of her knees. R. Sprague returned to Montezuma yesterday. His wife, who has been visiting her parents here will aleo return to Montezuma, within a few days.

The marriage of Miss Cedella, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Harris, to Oren F. Parker is announced for Oct. 1901. Mieses Mahala Bed Mary Scott, of Ogden, 111,, returned home today after a visit with Joseph Fiatcis’ fiu.i’y. west, of town. Isaac and Eli Washburn and their respeciive wives, of Pulaski (Jo., are visiting their brother, Dr. I. B Washburn, for a few days. Babcock & Hopkins have their new elevator bo nearly completed they will begin to reoeive grain there tomorrow. Wednesday. Mrs. Robert Paris went to Kewanua yesterday to visit relatives. From there she will return to her home in Brooklyn N. Y. Advertising car No. 1. of the Wallace shows arrived here last evening and its numerous bill posters and distributors have been busy here today. Miss Juno Kannal gave a “slumber party - ’ last evening, to 10 young ladies, in honor of Miss Edna Sigler, of Valparaiso. Breakfast was served at 7:30 this morning. Misses Beseie Burk and Glenn Robinson left this morning for their home at Lamar Colo,, but will stop on the way at lola, Kaus. to visit relatives. They have been here three months. Plenty of green corn at this season of the year is a gnawing luxury and its scarcity is annoying deprivation. The latter condition has been the prevailing odb here for some time, but the later crop is bow coming on aud there is au abundance on the local*market. Charley Murray arrived home from Oklahoma yesterday afternoon. He located his 160 acres near a promising county seat town, in the El Reno district. It is fine land and beintends to return there in a short time and sow it to wheat. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Williams, of Chicago, returned home this morning, after’a visit of some length with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Robin-

son. Mrs. Williams was formerly well known here, when by a former marriage, she was the wife of Thomas Geer. Miss Ella McDonald, who is attending a business college at Indianapolis, was the only one of Mrs. Wm. McDonald’s 10 children, who was not with her last night when she died. She arrived here at 10 A.M , this morning. Mrs. J. C. Paxton and daughter, who have been visiting relatives here for several weeks, left today f6r Areola, 111 ,to visit relatives Mr. Paxton and son will remain here until next Tuesday when they will meet Mrs. Paxton and daughter in Chicago and all will return to their heme in Lamar, Col. The members of the proposed military company had a meeting in the east court room, last evening, to arrange some preliminary matters and to discuss the rules and regulations of the service. All are anxious to be mustered in and only tbe authority of the adjutant genera] is now Deeded. The former implement store od Cullen street, on Dr. Horton’s -lt>t, has been remodled into a blacksmith shop, and is now occupied by the Danford brothers, George and Charles. They slbo have a shop near the depot. George Danford’s family is a Foresman, but will move here. W. J. Miller, our former townsman. who w r as last mentioned as being very dangerously sick at a sanitarium at Bsttle Creek, Mich., is no w a resident of the National Soldiers’ home, at Marion, this state. . He is able to Walk only a few steps, and does his getting about on a wheel chair. He expects to make Rensselaer a visit about the Ist of September. Edward McCurtain, a scholarly looking young man from “way down east” is visiting friends in Rensselaer and vicinity for a short time, He is a son of the late Solomon McCurtain, of Barkley tp. For some time past he has been teaching at Fall River, Mass., but now he will go as far west as he has been east. He has secured the principalship of tbe Carbon, Wyoming, public schools, and will leave for that place on August 17th.