Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1901 — City News. [ARTICLE]

City News.

FRIDAY, Roes Sigler, of Kersey, came today to visit relatives. J. E. Francis went toMonticello today to visit relatives, Mrs. Horatio Ropp, of Barkley tp., is sick with malarial fever. Mrs. W. C. Babcock went to Chicago today tor a few days’ stay. Rena Wray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wray, is quite sick sick with intermittent fever. Rev. C. D. Royse went to Crawfordsville this morning, on business. He will return tomorrow. Mrs. D. T. May, of Mt. Ayr, took the train here today for a two weeks’ visit in Prebble county, Ohio. Mrs. Claud Sigler, of Kersey, who has been visiting her parents in Monon, came today for a short visit with G. W. Goff and family. Judge S. P. Thompson returned today from Monticello, where he sat as special judge in the Spencer case. C. R. Beber, of Logansport, division foreman for the Central Union telephone company, was in Rensselaer yesterday and this morning. Thomas Robinson is now making such excellent progress towards recovery that he was able to sit up today in a reclining ohair. Last night was another cold one, like the night before, with sharp frosts both nights. Farmers say it will do good in ripening the corn. Ed Warren and wife and Mrs. J. F. Bruner and son Frank all attended the funeral of Mrs. Joseph Tyler, to whom they are related, at DeMotte, today. It looks like June had come again in front of some of our city grooery stores now, from the display of green corn, string beans, radishes, etc. All of home production. , Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rinehart, of Buffalo, N. Y., left for Schuyler county, Mo., last night, where Mr. Rinehart’s large farming interests are and where they will remain for about two weeks.

Mies Margaret Mioks, of Seneca Falls, N. Y., maid of honor at the McCoy-Berkley wedding, left yesterday evening for St. Lonis, Mo., where she will visit relatives, until about Nov. Ist

A new I. O. O. ,F. lodge will be organized tonight at Giffoid. The Rensselaer team will perform the work, and county superintendent Hamilton has been appointed dislrfct deputy for the occasion. Oswald Wilmanns, of Milwaukee, Wis., and Antoine Meyer, of Granville, 111., were guests yesterday of Oscar E. flauter, southeast of town. Mr. Meyer is thinking of buying land near Rensselaer. Fred Sargent, of Forest, 111., our fomer townsman, is here today with A. A. Blair of Piper City, 111. a land prospeotor. Fred came over with a party of 5, but he left two at Remington- and sent two to Francesville. / The attorneys fpr the County Commissioners in the brick street injunction case, were granted an the Supreme Court, by Judge Reiter, and they now state positively that the appeal will be perfected within the time allowed by law.

George G. Jenkins, formerly of Goodland, and an ardent worker in farmers’ institute affairs, is here today. He now resides at Big Rapids Mich., and is here to sell potatoes to Rensselaer merchants. The present price in Michigan is 60 and 65 cent§ a bushel. Norman Warner has just sold his share of the Bedford farm to Addison Parkinson. The tract is in the southwest corner of the farm touching Melville street, the corporation lihe, on the east and the gravel road on the south. It conaias 18 acres and the price is $2,500. A. Leopold SSOO, E. L. Hollings, worth SSOO, B. Forsythe SSOO. That is the very encouraging starter for the Rensselaer Cabinet Factory fund. If that pace can be kept up a few days the factory will be ours and Rensselaer will have taken "a mighty step forward in the march to permanent prosperity. The contract for etill another big iand sale has just been filed for record. The DeArmond land, jn Kankakee Tp., is sold to F. Guy Bernard, of Benton Co. The farm contains 720 acres and the price, $29 per acre, amounts to I^O,BBo. Hot water house and store heating plants are being installed in various Indiana towns, and a movement is on foot for such a plant in Monticello. They are installed by companies and sell heat .at so much per amount used, in the same manner that lighting companies would sell gss or eleotrio lights. A plant sufficient for Monticello would cost SIO,OOO. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Giver attended the funeral at Monticello. yesterday afternoon, of Edward

Babb, the young man whose accidental death was previously mentioned, and to both of whom he was closely related. Being a nephew of Mr. Giver and a cousin of Mrs. Giver. He was killed by being'strnok by a train at Lombard 111., near Wheaton. He was nearly 30 years old and unmarried. * <¥ r townsman, Ed Heath, who already owned a section or more of the best; land in Benton county, has recently come into possession ot 640 "acres more in the same vicinity, by the division of his father’s estate. As the result of this great increase in his land interests in Benton Mr. Heath thinks it ik necessary to move baok there and he therefore is offering his Rensselaer property for sale. Mrs. Mary E. McGee, widow of the lake Frederick MoGee, and whose affairs were reoently aired in the oircuit court on a movement by some of her relatives to have a guardiaD appointed to manage her property has just sold her residence about a mile west of town, to John Bislosky Sr., of Newton tp. Mr. Bisloeky will oocupy it for a residence. The prioe for the house and* three acres was S6OO. In a review of the annual report of the Monon, the New York Commercial Advertiser says that line is abundantly able to take care of itself as an independent property. The possibility of the

abeorbtion of this road by one or Another of its neighbor, its says remains unchanged on account of the Beattyville bond suit. It is predicted that the Monon will be able to pay dividends on its common stock upon the final determination of this suit, if it wins. The Columbia and the Shamrock had a rattling good race, yesterday, with all the wind they asked for, and under conditions which gave the fairest possible test of which was the best boat. The Columbia won, over the 30 mile course, by about 'three minutes. The whole, contest is to be the best 3 in 5, and the Columbia so far has won two races and the Shamrock none. The next race is being sailed today. If Columbia wins, it will end the contest.

H. D. Sherriok, the new lineman for the Jaaper county telephone company, went to Logansport today, to spend Sunday. Barry Kessenger has traded his 80 acres Milroy tp., farm to S. L. Pinkney, for a stock of general merchandise at Crescent City, 111. Gaylord Nowels is now employed in the Delphi planing mills and his family went there today to take np their permanent residence. Rev. M. A. Richardson, now pastor of a United Brethren ohnroh at Attica, visited bis brother, Scott Richardson here this week. Peter Giver has attended the funerals of two nephews at Montioello at different times this year, both of whom met their deaths by aooident. Rev. A. L. Ward went to Martins ville today, where he will preach tomorrow. The pulpit here will filled by Rev. L. R. Hotaling, of Miohigantown.

SATURDAY. j * Miss Gusta Devel went to Monon to visit relatives over Sunday, Watt Hopkins of near Vaughn church is quite sick with typhoid fever. T. E. Willey, of Mt. Ayr took the train here this morning for Chicago. Fred Philips is recovering from a severe attack of inflamation of the bowels. Delos Thompson and wife returned today from their visit at Buffalo and in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. John R, Bierma, of Chicago, came today to visit Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Parkisou. Mrß. C. H. Porter, of Delphi, came today to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Williams. Mrs. Tom Henon and two little sone, of Brookstou, came today to visit the family of John L. Nichols. Frank Sayler and Zern Wright went to Broekston today to see the Brookston-Monon foot ball game. Mrs. Frank Holem, ' formerly Miss Mabel Brinley. of South Bend, is visiting Miss Myrtle Haus. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ulrey, of Newton tp., went to Lafayette today for a week’s visit with relatives, C. Hansen and wife and daughter Jennie went to Gardner, 111., today for a short visit with relatives. Mrs. Leo Wolf of Hammond, oame today to spend Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Leopold. Mrs. R. A. Littlefield returned to her home in Remington today, after a short visit with relatives here and at Fair Oaks. Mrs. John Cooke 'and children, of‘Goodland, have been visiting Mrs. Austin Hopkins for a few days this week. Miss Annie Betts, of Mt. Ayr, took the train here today for Fairmount, Minn., for a month’s visit with relatives. John McColly ofj Chicago Heights, is visiting his mother Mrs. John MoColly and other relatives in Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sayler of west of town, drove to White county [today, to spend Sunday with John Sayler’s family.

Mias' Lillie Saylt-r weat to M daryville today !<j visit relative and will go from there to Avondale, Mich., to spend the wir.tt-rat the home of her cousin, Rev. W. H- Sayler. Huri-y’s bum, together with a team of homes and < t.h< r articles, last Tuesday, as pr.vitusly mentioned, was pirriy c-iver-d by $225 insurance Mrs. Harley Lams n from southwed of town, and Mrs Lizzie Gwin from southeast left y esterday evening for Madison, Ohio, to visit Miss Mollie Babcock, at the National W. R. C. Home. The Muncie military company has kicked out of the s at.-, national guard and will go it alond, as a zouave company. Au attempt will be made to get the RensseHit-r company into the vacantjdaca l>-ft by MunciOs withdrawal. The last brick in the brick street was laid last evening. The boss offered the three beers apiece if they finished before 6 o’clock and workedall the afternoon for the dear beer for dear life. At 5:30 exactly, the last brick went in.

The Goodland Herald states that Dora Wickwire will probably be brought home from Kansas City, next Monday. She was hurt in July but evidently is still far from complete recovery, as one of the hospital nurses will accompany her home. A. E. Abersoll. of Pontiac, 111., returned home this rnorniDg after a few days’ visit with Nicholas DeMoss, of Gillam tp. He has rented a farm on the Gifford land will remove there next spring. He took home with him some samples of the Gifford corn, ears that measured 14 inches in leogth. Judge Thompson this morning appointed five City Commissioners to fill the places of the four who resigned on accoant of the City Council changing the Van Rensselaer street assessments, and one other vacancy previously existing. They are D. G. Warner, J. J. Hunt, J. H. S. Ellis, Lnoins Strong and Robert White. Mrs. Charles E. Baker, of Wicheta, Kans„ came today to visit the family of her cousin, H. Wood. Mrs. Baker formerly lived here, and will be remembered by a great many people as Louisa Baker. This is her first visit here since her parents removed to Kansas many years ago.

Crown Point Register: It is a long timejuntiljthe next oonnty convention, but it seems to be pretty certain that John N. Beckman, who so creditably represented Lake and Jasper counties in the last General Assembly will be nominated for representative from this county. Mrs. W. M% Baughman and little daughter Iris, went to Monon today where they were joined by Mr. Baughman, and all went to Indianapolis to remain over Sunday. Mr. Barghman has been at Medary ville for several weeks, negotiating the sale of a stock of goods that he procured recently in a trade, Hustling advertisers through the country are besieging postmasters everywhere with requests for information as to the names of persons who live along rural routes for advertising purposes. So annoying to the department has this become that the following general order has been sent out: “Postmasters and other postal officers and employes are strictly prohibited from making public the names or addresses of persons living along rural routes. ’