Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1901 — MONDAY [ARTICLE]

MONDAY

A. F. Griswold is in Hammonc today on business. Attorney Martin Quinn, of Lafayette, is in Rensselaer today. Mrs. A. F. Long and children returned from Lafayette Saturday evening. Mrs. Samuel Singer, of Hartfort City, Ind., is the guest of Mre. W. C. Babcock. Miss Grace Jakes, of Lafayette, is the guest of Misses Ora ant Myra Clark. Mrs. Sylvester O’Mera, who was quite sick last week, is now slightly improved. Miss Florence Lycn. of Delphi is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Julia A. Healey.

Mrs. John Randle returned today from a several days’ visit with friends in Remington. Claries Garling and family returned this morning from a visit with Delphi relatives. Misses Katheryn and Florence Marshall returned Saturday from their visif in Joliet, 11lMisses Belle and Anna Doyle, of LaSalle, 111,, are visiting their sister, Mrs, A. J. Harmon. Misses Madge and Zoe Hartman of Bozeman, Mont., are visiting their aunt Miss Nellie lines.

Maud and Jay Renicker returned today from a weeks’ visit with their grandparents near Delphi. Mrs. Ezra Clark and grandson, Harve Robinson, went to Lafayette Saturday evening to visit relatives. Sylvester O’Mera had a very bad spell last week but is somewhat recovered, and is now resting easily.

George E. Murray and family left this morning for Buffalo, N. Y-, to spend the week at the exposition. Mrs. Kittie Schofield returned to Englewood Saturday after a two weeks’ visit with J. L. Newton and family. A. V. Eaton, wife and one daughter, of Lafayette, arrived this morning to assume the management of the Nowels hotel. Charles Hanley, of Union tp., returned Saturday from Wabash county, where he had visited relatives for a week.

Miss Grace Jacks, of the.nurses’ training school, at Danville, 111., is spending the week here with her parents and friends. Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe are in Chicago buying their fall goods and will also take a trip into Michigan to investigate the fruit crop. E. M. Neher, of Rossville, Ind., who has been employed as instructor in sciences, in our city schools, arrived here today. Mrs. H. B. Murray returned from Chicago Saturday, her daughters Clara and Bessie remaining there for a longer visit. A. K. Moore, who has been living near Pleasant Grove, has rented Mrs. M. B. Alter’s farm, east of town, and will remove there next March. John Osborn, who has been visiting his brother, Earl Osborn, near Kniman, for the past two weeks, returned to his home in Indianapolis today.

Rev. B. F. Ferguson preached at the Free Will church at Badger near Brookston, last Sunday, the regular pastor, Rev. Droz, being away on a vacation. Mrs. James Duvall returned to Monon yesterday after a week's visit with the family of T. F. Clark. Mrs. Chas. Robinson accompanied her home for a week’s visit Mrs. Ira Norris was called to Chioago Heights this morning by the death of her grandson, the 4 months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Watson, of that place. George N. Dunn and wife started for their home in Wichita, Kans., today, after a long visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Granville Moody in Rensselaer, and other relatives and many friends in this place and at Dunn* ville, where Mr. Dunn's father, Hon. I. D. Dunn, resides.

Miss Eliza Thomas returned to her home in Monon today, after a two weeks’ visit here with her mother, Mrs. Marv Thomas. George Phebus and Miss Clara Dettmering, of Chicago Heights, were guests over Sunday of relatives in Rensselaer. Will Phebus accompanied them home, having secured employment there. Mr. Taylor Wood, of Parr, and brother of Logan Wood, the wellknown merchant at that place, and Miss Belia Parker, of Gifford, were married Sunday afternoon, Sept. Ist, by Rev. J. L. Brady, at his residence. Mrs., Candace Loug bridge will compete at the old settlers’ meeting in Rensselaer, for the prize offered for the best essay of 500 words of the early history of Jasper county.

Clyde Gray, of this place, and Van Wood from north of town, left last night for South Dakota. They expect to go from there to Seattle, Wash., and may decide to locate permanently in the west. The remains of Mrs. Jane Vanatta were taken to Valparaiso today for burial. They were accompanied by Mrs- M. J. Hatton, of Chicago, a daughter; Wm. McKee, a grandson of Chicago, and Miss Minnie Rathbone. Mrs. S. A- ‘Keefer and Mies Grace Gee, who have been visiting friends in Rensselaer; went to Monticello Saturday. After a visit with friends there and at other jlaces they will return to Denver, Colo., their home.

Louie Fendig, who for the past eleven months has been located at Brunswick, Ga., arrived in Rensselaer this morning for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fendig and family. Louie is advertising agent for a large real estate firm that does business all over the south. Some parties from Brook put in nearly the whole of Sunday night trying to get Fred Glaokin, the circus day housebreaker, out on bail. The clerk fixed the bail at SIOO and this the Brookers offered, but Sheriff Hardy thought S3OO was small enough for a burglar, and refused to accept the SIOO. It is thought the Brook men will secure the S3OO bail, and return. Ed Peacock, until lately with Laßue Brothers, left today for Chicago, having secured a position as a traveling salesman for the big wholesale and retail dry good house of Carson, Pierie, Scott &c. He will spend two weeks at the house, learning the lines, and then proceed to Grand Island, Neb., which will be his headquarters. He will have the states of Nebraska and Colorado for his territory.