Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 24, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1901 — City News. [ARTICLE]

City News.

Mell Laßue went to Lafayette this morning for a few days’ stay. A ten pound boy was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Chester Zea. Ira Long, of Barkley tp., went to Hammond today to seek employment. Miss Edna Dillon went to Lafayette to spend the week visiting relatives. Mrs. Elmer Wilcox went to Lafayette today to visit relatives for about one week. Miss Oedella Harris went to Lafayette today to visit friends and to attend the carnival. Werner Miller returned today from a two weeks’ visit with relatives in Bellington, Wis. Mrs. lines, the milliner, now has an additional trimmer, in Miss Bertha Ginn, of Frankfort. 8. G. Galbreath went to Monon today to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law, John VanNioe. Mrs. G. Babson, of Seward Neb., arrived Monday afternoon to visit her uncles, N. W. and W. W. Reeves. B. D. Richardson, of near]Valma, left this morning for Madison, Wis., to enter the senior year of the Wisconsin University, Mrs. Dr. Ensminger returned to her home in Crawfordsville this morning after about a week’s visit with relatives in Rensselaer. A. O. Reeve, of Holdridge, Neb., left for his home this morning after week’s visit with his brothers, N. W. and W. W. Reeve, in Rensselaer. Isaac Leopold and wife, of Wolcott, and Miss Julia Leopold, of this place, went to Chicago this morning to remain about one week. Fred Parcels and Kenneth Morgan went to Francesville today the former to work in a barbershop and the latter in a restaurant, during this, the carnival week at that President Roosevelt will be rty-three years of age on Oct. Sth next The next youngest president in the nation’s history was Franklin Pierce, who was 48 when elected.

Mrs. J. L. Smith went to Delphi today to attend the funeral of the four-year-old daughter of her brother, T. P. Scearcy. Mrs. Minnie Alvey returned this morning to her home in St. Johns, Ky. Her husband and little Frank Hitchcock preceded them there several days. Rev. Ed. Meads returned this morning from h«s trip to St. Louis and will assist in the closing meeting of the revival, at the F. W. Baptist church, tonight. This is the first day of autumn, the eun having, “crossed the line” yesterday, the 23rd, at Ip. m. It is pretty warm for autumn, though having been 80 degrees at noon today.

The entertainment at the opera house on next Friday night will be interesting to young and old, girls and boys, men and women, lads and lassies, anybody and everybody. ' Thursday at St. Hedwide Catholic church in South Bend, Bishop Alerding, of Fort Wayne, confirmed 510 young people at one time. It is the largest class ever confirmed in Indiana. Rev. S. E. Sines, the United Bretbern preacher, former pastor at Aix, who has been living in Rensselaer for some months past, is now moving to Oakwood, 111., where he has been assigned to the pastorate of a church. Rev- Levi Bird is the new pastor of the Aix church.

J. T. Miller and daughter Edith, David Long, Mrs. Wm. H. Brubaker and daughter Margaret went to Hbward, Howard county this morning to attend a Dunkard meeting. From there Miss Edith Miller will go to Camden, Ohio, to make that place her future home. The county commissioners and county council of Kosciusko county are opposing the voting of subsidies to the proposed new Toledo and Chi cago Transfer railway company, the former body by refusing to cal[ electionsand the latter body by refusing to appropriate money to cover election expenses.-Winamac Republican. ;

Wm. and Abraham Campbel), who last week sold their farm in Union tp., to Wm. 1 Myers, left this morning fora month’s visit with relatives in Kenton and Lima, Ohio. They expect to return and will probably buy property and make their permanent residence in Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Knowlton, north of town, went to Lafayette, yesterday afternoon, where they will spend a week visiting relatives and attending the carnival. Their aunt, Mrs. Mary Reynolds, of Warsaw, Ohio, who had been visiting them, went with them, and will return home from there. Mr. and Mrs. Irving L Jones and children, of Pontiac, 111, returned home yesterday afternoon, after a week’s' visit with Mrs. Jones’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry. Amsler. They are thinking strongly of coming to Rensselaer to live, also, but have not fully decided the point. Mr. Jones, like Mr. Amsler, is the owner of a good farm, in this vicieity.

Rensselaer has now attained to the dignity of having a strike, once in a while. Some Borlo of the hands working on the briok street job, quit at noon today. They were getting $1.50 per day but ask $2.00. 'phey were brick carriers, sand and dirt shovelers etc. Henry Nedrow, boss of the job, says he will send to Michigan City for hands before he will pay the increased wages.

Henry Gowland, Frank Morton and Wm. Dennis of this county, and residing near Rensselaer, and George Meyer, of near Mt. Ayr, returned today from a weeks’ prospecting in Minnesota and South Dakota. They did not invest any in the states they visited but came home so well pleased that it is possible they may yet return there and make land purchases. Near Woonsocket and Mitchell, South Dakota, land ranges from $lO to $25 in price and is good for wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley growing. Corn is now the chief produce especially in the Minnesota where wheat was a few years ago, almost wholly grown. The men enjoyed their trip and consider it worth its cost even if they do inot remain there.

This town is now short on plumbers, for the time being. Bruce White and Britt Marion, composing the firm of White & Marion, left this forenoon on an extended trip to the far west. They will visit Los Angelos, San Francisco and other California points, and also various places in Oregon, and other western states. Their tickets are good till Nov. 15th, but they are likely,if they find suitable locations, to stay there all winter, and if then well enough satisfied, move their families out and remain there permanently. A special reason why Mr. Marion would like to change bis residence is that his health has been quite poor for a tong time past.

WEDNESDAY.

F. L. Hunt is making a few days’ business stay in Indianapolis. Mrs. Ed. Heath has gone to Oxford to visit relatives for a few days. Miss Addie Clark went to Marion 0., this morning to visit her grandmother. Mrs. Gertie Robinson went to Lafayette yesterday to visit the

family of Art Cole, and attend the carnival. Mrs. Ed Wiler, of Andersffn, came yesterday to visit W. O. Babcock and wife. v ■■' / •■-rj Miss Hazel Harrington, of Lafayette, is visiting her brother,. Arthur Harrington. Mrs. A. Gangloff and daughter Laura, of just east of town, are Lafayette visitors, today. Glenn Grant left yesterday after, noon for Waterloo, lowa, where.he has a good offer in a department store. # I. Mrs. Lewis Foster, neur McCoysburg, re'urned yesterday from a two weeks’ visit with relatives at Urbana, 111. Mrs. J. H. Payne and daughter, Mrs. F. W. Middleton, of Hammond, are visiting relatives in Rensselaer..

Mrs Hascall, the Mt. Ayr milliner, was over today to meet her new trimmer, Mrs. Nellie Ewick, from Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kessinger have gone to Lafayette to visit ’friends and attend the carnival, for a few days. Mrs. A. D. Bond and children of Pleasant Ridge, returned last evenfrom a week’s visit with relatives near Gibson City, 111. Merle Gwin went to Indianapolis this morning to enter the Indiana College of Medicine, which begins its fall term today. Rev. D. A. Rodgers, of Newport, returned home today after a short visit with his-brother-law, County Treasurer Parkison and family. Mr. pud Mrs. G. E. Murray attended Ben Hur, at Chicago last night, and tonight Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Chapman will attend the same popular performance. W. W. Winslow, of Brazil, superintendent of the works that make the paving briok being used on our briok streets, was here today. The strike on the street work still continues, although work is going on with nearly a full set of hands, and at a but slightly reduced rate of speed. G. W. Goff went to Crown Point last evening, where Mrs. Goff has been for some time. The latter’s health remains poor, and the length of Mr. Goff’s stay will depend on her condition. Messrs. Kannal, Thrasher and Antrim, of Pontiao, 111., who were here looking for land, went to Knox, today. They may return here and buy some farms they looked at. George Mustard and Harry Thewlius went to Fair Oaks, today, to begin work on a fine house A. McCoy is having put up on his farm, about a quarter of a mile from Fair Oaks.

J. D. Rich, of Brook, was in town this morning. He reports that he has traded his business property on Main street, here, the former Foster House, to 0. E. Osborne, ofJWanatah. He receives a stock of goods in Foresman. What Mr. Osborne intends doing with the Foster house we did not learn.

Earl Duvall has rented John Makeever’s tenant house, on Division street, just vacated by Geo. Mitchell. Earl is preparing to occupy it about the middle of October. There are to be a whole lot of interesting matrimonial events in October; some of which have already been announced and some not yet made public. Quite a delegation from Mt. Ayr and vicinity took the train here for Lafayette, today. It included Mrs. Barton, Mrs. Clark and Messrs. Clark, Zoboroski and H. L. Wright. The latter has only just lately returned from several weeks’ stay at St. Elizabeth’s hospital, Lafayette, where he underwent an operation for appendicitis. <