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

THURSDAY

Harvey Phillips, of Carroll Co,, is visiting Rensselaer'relatives. Mrs. Sam Roth has gone to Dayton, Ind., for a few weeks’ visit with her parents. Mrs. Linnie Wemple returned home to Rockford, 111., today, after 2 weeks visit here. ' Mr. Shelby Grant and daughter, Mies Hattie, returned from their visit at Chesnut, 111. Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Freeland, living 5 miles west of Surrey, this Thursday morning. Mrs. Peter Rhoads went to Chicago today to visit her sister and daughter for some weeks. Mrs. Orloph Sebring and children of Peru, are the guests of her cousin, Mrs. Wm. Rowles, for a few days. Miss Grace Borsoh, of Lafayette is visiting Miss Pearl Tanner, of Valma, and also Rensselaer acquaintances. Percy Jones and Wm. Brown two more of John Maitindale’s nephews from Lafayette, oame to visit him Ihis morning. Joe Harmon, of Pontiao, 111., returned home yesterday, after a visit of some weeks with his father, A. Harmon.

Lynn Martindale and Ray Brown, of Lafayette, arrived yesterday afternoon for a few weeks’ visit with their uncle, John Martindale, in Newton Tp. Mrs. Thomas Lamson and baby left for Elm Creek, Neb., today, for several months’ visit with Mr. Lamson’a parents. Mr. Lamson accompanied her as far as Ohioago. The Rensselaer oity schools will re-opon on Monday Sept. 9th, the seoond Monday in the month. The oounty teachers’ institute wii be held here the first week in September. H. T. Abbott, H. L. "Ward and W. K. Sharp, of Sannemin, Livingston oounty, 111., are here looking for land They are accom-

ponied by J. Broadbead and N. Teal, of Forest, 111., as agents. Three more men went to Rbine--1 under, Wis., to work on the track, today. They were Bdly Rondabush and “Theordore’s Bill” Hurley, of Blackford and Simon Hochstettler of Pair. They were sent through J. B. Sayler’s agency. The celebrated Collins Chicago ice cream, bought of Goff & Sons, Rensselaer, will be served at the Barkley M. E. social, at Charles Parker’s, Saturday evening, Aug 24th. Ed and John Hurley, Sam Willetts and George Whited, a lot of young men from Gifford’s railroad left for Rhinelander, in northern Wisconsin, yesterday, to woik on a railroad. Through his advertisement in The Republican Robert Michaels has sold one of hie three farms to Jim Shafer, of Brook. It is in Jordan Tp., contains aores and the price was S4O per acre, cash. It is unimprovad land.

Attorney Jesse E, Wilson left for Elizabethtown, Ky., today to take some depositions in the Bedford vs Alvey case, involving the custody of the little Hitchcock boy. Mrs. James Spencer, of Monticello, Mrs. Anna Spencer, of Chicago and Mrs. Bessie McOwen, of Joliet, HI., are visitiDg Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Bates, today. The same party make them a visit every year, about this time, E. W. Williams, an oil man from Monticello Ky,, left herejfor homej yesterday. He has been examining the Jasper Co. oil fields. He thinks the field is all right, but the chances to get oil leases in the district are no longer good. Rev. Ed Meads, of the F. W. Baptist ohurch, was unable to secure Sam Jones for a lecture in September, as an opening for Lis proposed big revive! The revivel will be held, though, Jones or no Jones. Mrs. Alice Warren, widow of John W. Warren, went to Chicago Heights, last evening, where she will vißit her brother H. L. Hendrickß. She then expects to make her home at Maywood, 111., where her son has employment in a factory.

' Mr, and Mrs. Geo. Sharp arrived home last evening from a four weeks’ visit at Peru. Mr. Sharp also made a trip to Toledo. Near there he saw a new railroad being graded, and was told it was the Chicago & Toledo Transfer Railroad, our own “Tippecanoe Route.” He did not make his contemplated trip to Oklahoma. The Lafayette Call says of Jesse L. Holloway; the conductor killed at Shelby, that be was 41 years old and had been in the service of the Monon for some time as a freight and extra passenger conductor. The body was taken to Lowell and an inquest held, before being taken to Lafayette, for burial. A verdict of accidental death was rendered,

A party of ten left this morning on the milk train for a prospecting and location hunting trip through North and South Pakota. Sherman Renioker, Jerry Shea, J, F Bruner and Spencer Greenlee took the train here, and Charles Zard, Simon Kenton, Elmer Kenton, Mason Kenton, Mort Murphy and C. A. Hopkins at Surrey. Eli Dowell, from southeast of town, returned yesterday afternoon from his trip to Oklahoma. Ho got No. 12,341 in the El Reno distriot, at the land drawing. There are not that many quarter sections in the districts but Mr. Dowell believes that enough whose names are ahead of him Will not go back to file their paperß, to yet give him a ohanoe to looate a claim.

Gns Bushong, whose alleged actions at the home of his wife and mother-in-law, in Barkley township, created quite a sensation some months ago, is now staying regularly in Rensselaer, when be is not at work in the vicinity. Gus may say and perhaps do some pretty wild things when under excitement, but a great many who know him well think he lacks a whole lot. of being an all around bad man. He is a good worker and by all acoounte, while on the farm, was a good manager. He is quiet and well behaved and a very pleßant young man to meet and talk with. He also, as we know from Dr. Ira Washburn’s statements, was a good and faithful soldier in the Spanish War.