Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1901 — City News. [ARTICLE]

City News.

FRIDAY. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Landis returned home to Delphi, today, after visiting Mrs. Mell Abbott. The Conway cases from Parr have been postponed until next Thursday, Aug. 28th. Mrs. Harty Kessinger and children have gone to Medaryville to visit until over Sunday. H. T. Bott and family of Bloomngton are visiting old friends here for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Connett, of Champaign Co., 111., returned home today after visiting Millard Frost near Aix. « «r Rev. and Mrs, M. R. Paradis, late of Hastings, Minn., arrived here on the 1:46 train, this afternoon. F. P. Leatherman, of Wolcott, is visiting his father, James Leatherman, and his brother -lames N., for a few days. Ralph Jones went to Chicago this morning and tonight will cross the lake to his uncle Ed Tharp’s summer house in Michigan. ' Mrs. M, M. Rutledge, of Amerville, Ohio, returned home today, after 5 or 6 weeks’ visit with her sister, Mrs. A. E. Brown. Miss Dena Gangloff returned to Indianapolis yesterday afternoon, after a visit with her parents, east of town. Mrs. Charles Verrill, of Biwabac Minn , arrived today, to visit her father, Joseph Gaines,' west of town. Hugh Lowe, of Monon, has been very dangerously sick for some time past, but is reported some better today. Mr. Beasey the Singer sewing machine agent has moved from south of the Makeever House into James Norgor’s property, in the northwest part of town. Dr. Frank Hemphill, now of Plainfield, Wis., who had made a short visit to his mother, west of town, went to the southern part of this state today, previous to returning home.

Mies Kate Burk, of Wolcott, is visiting Mies Mary Meyers, for a few days. Miss Mary Scheuriok, of Bloomington, Hl., arrived today, to visit her sisters in town and her parents in Milroy tp. Rev. M. Zumbuelte, of Hanover Center, a former popular pastor of the Catholic church, here was in town today. Prof. W. H. Sanders and family returned home this afternoon, from their summer’s visit with relatives at Middletown and Hadley, Ind. Mrs. Dunlap, Mrs. Woods and Miss May Dunlap, of Chicago, who are visiting relatives here, went to Columbus, Ind , today, to visit other relatives there. Mrs. Belle Watson, who has been keeping house for F. W. Bedford for the past six weeks is seriously sick at bis place with malarial fever. Mrs. M. A. Hopkins is at Indianapolis attending the annual reunion of deaf mutes at the Indiana deaf and dumb institute, for three days. Mrs. J. A. Milligan and son, of Garnett, Kans., who have visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Parkison, at the Ridge, and other relatives in the vicinity for a month, left for their home this morning.

Another very heavy shower, here yesterday afternoon, added to all the late previous rains, makes all the rain that will be needed here for some time. It is great for pastures, and there are few if any fields of corn that will not be benefitted. Potatoes, tomatoes, onions etc. are also all helped a great deal. Sheriff Warner of Monticello has issued c.rds offering SSO reward for a young negro who is reported to have attempted to assault Mrs. Wm. Myers of Reynolds, last Friday evening. The woman’s cries and resistance frightened the brute away, and he has not yet been apprehended. Quite a party took the train from, here yesterday afternoon, to attend the yearly meeting of the Primitive Baptist Association, partly from Rensselaer, and others from west of town and Mt. Ayr. The party included C. D. Noweis and wife, Isaac Stacker and wife, David Nay and wife, David Mauck and wife, Mrs. Simon Kenton and Mrs. Louisa Thornton. The Lafayette Call has an account of the trouble in a women’s lodge here which resulted in one of the sisters banging another over the head with an umbrella, and the bangesa being fined for assault and battery. The Call’s account was set up by lineotype machine, and on one line reads as follows: Macabee arresbrdl hrhl hrddlluou-

ouou. This probably is to represent the way the talk got to going after the umbrella episode. Ben Wallace, the Peru circus man, who has made a large fortune jn the circus business in the last ten years, and whose show will exhibit here in a few day's, is unable to travel with his show, owing to continued ill health. He is suffering from Bright’s disease and there is understood to bo no hope of his ultimate recovery, though he is not yet confined to the house by the malady.

SATURDAY. B. E. Walker, of Chicago, is visiting friends in the city. Miss Sadie Haff, of Valparaiso, is visiting friends in Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Timmons I • are in Lowell today on business. Miss Edna Dillon is visiting friends in Lafayette, for a few days. Miss Clara Lamar, of Lee, is visiting at the home of E. M. Banes. 'John A. Kelley, of Chicago, is a visitor at St. Joseph College today. Frona Lacy, of Buchanan, 111. came today to see Wm. Parr, of Milroy tp. Mrs. Ida Eaton, of Frankfort came today to visit the family of Grant Reed. S. L. Derby, of Lemont, IIJ., is visiting his son, O. R. Derby, east of McCoysburg. -

Born, this, Saturday, Aug. 24th, to Mr. and Mrs. Amos Davisson, of Union tp., a daughter. Misses Grace and Wilma Peyton went to Monon today to visit relatives for one week. Mrs. Jennie Stanley returned to Monon today, after a short visit here with Mrs. Grant Hopkins. C. E. Tryon, of Strawn, 111., who has been looking after his big farm east of town, returned home toda y- * r Miss Sarah Ellis, who has been visiting her brother, J. H. S. Ellis returned to her home in Monticello today. Hon. Jas. E. McDonald, of Ligonier, president of the state fair association reports that negotiations have begun to arrange for Cresceus, the trotting king of the turf, to give an exhibition at the state fair next month.

The 14-years-old son of Joeeph Gangloff, residing just east of town, is quite sick of cholera morbus. Mrs. Delos Thompson is quite sick of tonsilitis and is under the care of a trained nurse from Chicago. Miss Floy Grant, daughter, of H. M. Grant, east of town, went to Chicago today, for a two weeks’ visit with relatives. C. A- BaU, of Francesville, who has been assisting his son Charles, in the well-drilling business, returned to his home today. Mr. and Mrs. John Dukes, who have been visiting the family of W. H. Stephenson, returned to their hqme in Frankfort today. Misses Miriam and Mary Hyland returned to Chicago today, after a pleasant week’s visit with Miss Elizabeth Reeve and other friends. Misses Augusta Swigert and Marguerite Gordon returned to their home in Lafayette today, after a month’s visit with friends here. Mrs. R. Sprague, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Woodworth, for the past seven weeks, left for her home in Montezurfia, today. * W. J. Imes and Miss Blanch Hoyes attended the funeral of Wm. Imes, at Monticello yesterday. His death at Bozeman, Mont., was mentioned several days ago.

Mrs. Mabala Robinson is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. H. Hamilton, for a few days. She is now attending a school for trained nurses, in Chicago. Christian Lee and Jacob Lockner, of Strawn, 111.,- and CGerbracht, of Chattsworth, 111., are here today looking after some land business. Mrs. Leota Jones went to Remington this morning for a two weeks’ visit with her brother, John Tharp, and to attend Fountain Park Assembly. Mrs. Sarah Keefer, of Denver, Col., who has been visiting relatives in Monticello and attending the Fountain Park Assembly at Remington, is visiting friends here.

Mrs. Wallace Parkison, of Indianapolis, who has been visiting the family of Alfred Jacks and other relatives, went to the home of her father, Isaac Parker, near McUoysbnrg today, for a week’s visit. Mrs. U. M. Baughman, of Monon, wife of the senior member of new law firm of Baughman & Williams, came up yesterday and rented the E F. Short residence, on Franklin street, which they will shortly occupy. Stewart Bail, who until recently was the porter at the Nowels House, was called to Tuscola, 111., Thursday, by the serious sickness of his father, whom it was later learned died yesterday evening at 7 o’clock. The funeral will occur at Tuscola Sunday. Iroquois township and the town of Brook, Newton county voted for good roads, by the expected big majorities. The total vote for the roads was 263 and against them only 98. The proposition’ is to build 24 miles of good stone roads in the township, and to improve certain streets in Brook. The commissioners of Newton and Lake counties and Iroquois Co. Til., met Tuesday and agreed to build abridge across the Kankakee river on the State line. Iroquois will build half and Newton and Lake the other half according to their assessments.