Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 24, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1901 — City News. [ARTICLE]

City News.

FRIDAY. Judge S. P. Thompson is in Lafayette today. A girl baby was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Ross Goble. Mrs. Emma Lane, of Chicago, is visiting her brother, Alfred Peters, south of town, for a few days. 1 Mrs. George Gorham and two children went to Crete, 111., this morning for a week’s visit with relatives. Misses Clara Hemphill and Ora and Mabie Keaton returned today from a visit of several days in Indianapolis. Miss Alice Morlan returned to Liverpool, Ohio, today, after a six weeks’ visit with relatives in and near Rensselaer. R. T. Newman arrived home from his trip to Macon, Mo. today. He was not well enough impressed with the region to buy any land there. Samuel * Baker and family, oj Crawford county, Ohio, came this morning to visit his brother, Wm, Baker and other relatives. Abe Wartena has moved from the Jim Fisher house, on Main street into Mrs. 8. J. Williams property, a few blocks further east. Mrs. Johanna Long and daughter Margie, of Medaryville, returned home this morning, after a visit with her daughter, Mrs. W. M. Pence, at Brook. Adam Saidla and wife, who have been visiting their son, Isaac, north of town, for the past four weeks, returned to their home in Montgomery county today.

Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Frazee and daughter Lora, of Barkley tp., left for DeGraff, Ohio, today, to attend a meeting of Dankarda. They will also attend a similar meeting and visit relatives at Kokomo, on their way home. Mrs. M. E. Spitler and daughter Miss Maud, Miss Edna Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Knrrie and Harry’s two brothers, Walter, of Philadelphia and Frank, of Denver went to Chicago on the 9:55 a. m. train today and will see "Ben Hur” tonight. •

Rev. O. L. Chivington of the Barkley M. E. church, and eon Dean, left thia morning for a week’s visit at his former home, in Mercer county, Ohio. Miss Lessie Bates went to Ladoga today for a short visit with relatives. From there she will go to Terre Haute to attend the State Normal school. Mrs. W. C. Comer went to Delphi Thursday, where she will visit a short time until Mr. Comer finishes his work here, when they will return to their home at Hadley Ind.

September, so far, has been a poor month for marriages in Jasper county. A license issued yesteiday was the first since Sept. 7, acd only the third for the whole month, to this time. Dr. L. M. Wells has returned to DeMotte and will again practice medicine there, He left there for Nebraska about a year ago, but found the climate did not agree with his wife’s health.

The meeting at the F. W. B. church last night, was about the best, in point of interest, of any of the series. Stoves are being put up today, and hereafter the church will be heated on cold evenings. Anderson Jenkins, on the old Jenkins homestead, near Blackford is suffering from that lingering but usually fatal affection, Brights disease of the kidneys. His condition is such as to preclude hope of improvement. Robert C. Livingston, a 14 year old boy and son of the late Moses Livingston, and nephew of Mrs. Cicero Pancoast, west of town, has just been awarded a $2,200 judgment against the city of Hammond. He was badly hurt two years ago by the fall of an old building, in Hammond.

Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Overton, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Francis and Miss Lois Robinson, all students of the American School of Osteopathy, at Kirksville, Mo., arrived this afternoon, called by the news of Thomas Robinson’s supposed fatal sickness. Thomas Robinson is now lying near the point of death, at his home on the west side of town, and few hopes are entertained now for any turn for the better; and there is but little likelihood he will sar vive the night, although slightly more favorable symptoms have been apparent since noon.

The Crown Point Star’s 1859 items this week, state that the new 150 saloon license fee was to go in effect in June of that year, and there would be an end of free whisky, which sold then at 16 cents a gallon. It was estimated that there would only be six saloons in Lake county, after the SSO license fee was exacted. The same county now has 250 saloons.

Another great peach sale, Tuesday and Wednesday, September 24th and 25th. One more car of 300 to 400 bushels, 75 cents to $1 per bushel. Chicago Bargain Store.

SATURDAY. A. L. Padgett is in Lafayette on business today. A baby boy was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Rosenbaum. Job English, of Brook, is visiting his brother John English, today. Oren Parker, of Chicago, came today to visit relatives and friends over Sunday. Larkin Potts and wife returned today from a visit of several days in Indianapolis. Mrs. Wayne Gwin, from west of town, returned today from a week’s visit with relatives in Indianapolis. Mrs. Henry Chide went to Lafayette today for a few days’ visit with her sister, Mrs. Frank Kennel. Mr. andT Mrs. Nathaniel Henson, of Grant Park, 111., came today to visit his son, Nathaniel Henson, in Rensselaer.

Jay Saylor returned last night from a protracted stay at Buffalo, where he had a situation on the exposition grqundg. There was still another light frost, last night, but like the two preceding ones, it was probably too light to do much damage.

Mrs. Wm, Moore and Mrs. Eliza Galbreth went to Monon today, where they had been called by the serious sickness of John Van Nice. Miss Esther Rozell of Chillicothe Ohio, returned home today, after a three months’ visit with her cousin W. M. Hoover and other relatives.

Ed E. Faris, a former well known Gillam resident, now doing a prosperous business in the restaurant line in Chalmers, was in town Friday. on a business visit. Thomas Robinson’s symptoms are considerably better today, but not sufficiently so to justify any very confident predictions that the improvement will prove permanent.

Miss Birdice Blye, of Kentland, the well known violin player and pianist, was married last Wednesday, in Chicago, to Dr. Wm. B. L. Richardson. They will live in Chicago.

John Kimble and others were down from Gifford today, hauling out goods for the branch store LaBros. are establishing there. It will be a general store, and under Mr. Kimble’s management, County auditor W. C. Babcock is at French Lick Springs, taking treatment. He suffered a severe bilious attack the latter part of last week and his sojourn at the springs is for a general resting up. Mrs. T. J. McCoy and daughter, Miss Luella, returned home from Chicago today. They were accompanied by Miss Bae Sloman, of Coldwater, Mich., who will be one of the bridemaids at the Mc-Coy-Berkley wedding. After about 10 days or more of northerly winds and cool weather, some of it decidedly cold, the south wind and decidedly warmer weather of today, is quite a welcome change, September, so far, has been very cool for that month.

Mrs. Isaac Reubelt and two children, who have been spending several weeks with her mother, Mrs. Peter Rhoads, left today for Perrysville, where Mr. Reubelt has been employed as superintendent of the public school, for the coming year. Asa Brown, of Gifford, was in town today. He reports that the frost last night nipped late potato vines, but that was about the extent of its damage in his region. Corn there he reports all out of the way of frost, and a good crop. He speaks from what he knows, as he has over 100 acres of good corn, himself.

The boiler of the electric light plant at Sheldon, 111., exploded Wednesday evening. Clarence Pawley, one of the owners of the plant, was instantly killed. Frank Slavick, an insurance agent, was probably fatally injured and L. D. Snow, a banker, badly hurt. The building was wrecked and the machinery demolished.

Prof. W. R. Murphy, the retiring superintendent of the Remington schools, and family, took their departure for Redlands, Cal., Friday; and carries with him the good wishes not only of his own immediate community, but of people all over the county. The Citizens Band gave their last open air concert for two weeks and perhaps for the season last night. Next week they play for the Lafayette carnival Thursday and Friday nights. After that it will depend on the weather whether there are any more concerts or not. J. D. Brosnahan. of Spokane, Washington left today after a few days’ visit with the family of his father-in-law, John English. He had been to Buffalo, attending the exposition. He will visit ether friends in Chicago for a few days before leaving for his western home. Beaver tp., Newton Co.- includ-. ing Morocco, voted for a system of stone roads, last Saturday, following the example of Jefferson, Grant and Iroquois townships. McClellen township will vote on the same question, on Oct. 12th. This stone roads movement will soon give Newton county the best system of roads of any county in Northwest Indiana.

A. C. Reeve, of Holdridge, Neb., is making a few days’ visit with his brothers, N. W. and W. W. Reeve. It is the usual course of things for gold mines to be in the west, and people who own them to live in the east, but in Mr. Reeve’s case this order of things is reversed. He lives pretty well west but himself and other persons in his county, own a promising gold mining property way down east in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. He has been down there looking after it, and closing it down for the winter.