Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1901 — WEDNESDAY LOCALS. [ARTICLE]

WEDNESDAY LOCALS.

Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Spandau, of Danville, 111., who fctve been visiting Mrs. Marsh Warren; noTtb of town, went to Chicago, today, for a few days’ stay, before returning home. after his two weeks’ sickness, with malarial fever. Uncle dim is nearly 70 years old, and this is the first time he ever bad to have a doctor, on account of sickness. A marvelous instance of life-long good health, truly- He bad a few broken uDoe, and had to have a doctor patch them up, but for actual sickness, requiting medicine, this wns hie first round. Capt. Charles Pigman, of the navy and family, -are visiting his mother in Delphi, for a few days. He commanded the oruiser Charleston when it struck an uncharted reef off the coast of Luzon, some months ago, and was lost. He now commands the big monitor, Monterey, and according to the Delphi Herald, thinks “she can whip any ship afloat, if you give her the kind of water she likes.” J. F. Osborne, better known as Frank, is in town for a few days visiting and transacting business. He has finished his work with the Colborn Lumber Company, at Michigan City, and now thinks of locating at Newcastle,”the county seat of Henry county. His family are there already, and also his step-daughter, now Mrs. Ora Johnson, and her husband, who is a varnisher in a corn shredder factory. Mrs. Harvey Phillips, now of near Delphi and her step-son, John R. Phillips, of McCoysburg, our county assessor, left here on the 9:55 a. m. train today, for Roswell, New Mexico. They are called there by a telegram informing dbem of the supposed dying condition of Frank Phillips, her son and John’s half brother. Frank was suffering from consumption and went to the southwest about a year ago, in hopes of benefitting his health- It is not thought likely that they will find Dim alive,;