Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1901 — THURSDAY. [ARTICLE]

THURSDAY.

This day of McKinley’s funeral is also the 20th anniversary of Garfield's death. Ezra Clark returned yesterday from a two weeks’ visit at Grand Rapids and Whitehall, Mich. Miss Harriet Yeoman arrived home today from her trip to Cleveland, Buffalo, Niagara Falls etc. Miss Georgia Peacock returned yesterday from a several weeks’ visit with her sister, in- Dunnville. Grant Tyler and wife, west of town returned home today from two weeks’ visit in Wabash county. • Wm. Briggs, one of the tailors, returned yesterday from Chicago, where he has been for. the past two weeks. Mrs. B. Forsythe has gone to New Philadelphia, Ohio, to visit her father, who is in very poor health, • Mrs. Dr. Snyder returned to Lafayette yesterday evening, after a week’s visit with her cousin, F. W.Bedford. There was still another frost last night, but it was very light and probably did no damage, at least in this county. ~—— T* J. McCoy went to Chicago yesterday evening, to witness today the pararde in honor of the dead President. I. L. Jones and wife, of Pontiac, 111,, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Angler, and Mr. Jones is looking after the farm he recently purchased here. The revival meetings at the Free Will Baptist church will continue every evening, this week, and Sunday morning and evening, closing with the Sunday evening meeting. Dr. Charies M. Huston, of Hamilton, Ohio, who is visiting his brother, W. C. Huston, at McCoysbuig, spent yesterday in Rensselaer visiting a number of acquaintances. Grandfather J. M. Gwin returned yesterday evening after an absence of about three weeks, spent with relatives in Delphi and Kirklin. His grandson, Blaine Gwin, who had been at the same points for the past week also returned home. Ttos. H. Beets ha 6 sold his farm the former Mitchell place, abou four miles south of town, to Vincent Eießle, who now lives north of Remington, but has sold his farm there. There are 164 acres in the farm and the price is $9,100. or about $55.50 psr acre. Possession will change March Ist. Albert Marshall, who attended Wisconsin University at Madison, last year, has reconsidered his decision not to go back there this year

and will return there next Monday if Trustee Blue can find another satisfactory teacher for the Slaughter school south of town. Albert will again be one of the leading players in Wisconsin’s famous football team, this season. The fine new Methodist parsonage in Rensselaer is the finest in the entire conference, as was stated by Rev. Royee in his fine and effective address in behalf of Rensselaer, at the conference. It will not have that distinction long however, for there is one under construction at Crawfordsville to cost §5,000; and one at South Bend which, with the ground will cost §IO,OOO. South Bend is also preparing to out-do the whole conference in a church building, having one under construction which will cost, including the above parsonage, §75,000. John Poole, of South Cullen street, is now the owner of about the finest and most artistic piece of Indian work ever found in this region. It is a stone pipe, found last Monday, on his farm in Hanging Grove Tp, It is made out of a piece of hard blue rock, probably granite, and is about three inches long by 1£ inches thick. It represents the head and shoulders of some animal, probably a black bear. Thq_, mouth is open in a ferocious manner, with a double row of big teeth displayed. Eyes, ears and nostrils, are all carefully carved and also the shoulders and forefeet with their big long daws. It is, indeed, a remarkable piece of carving to have been exeouted, as it must bave been, by the Indians, with only the rudest instruments to work with.