Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1901 — City News. [ARTICLE]

City News.

THURSDAY* B. F. Fendig and Mose Leopold are in Chicago today. Jim Randle, who is working in Chicago Heights, came home yesterday so.- a short visit. Mrs. L. A. Moss, now of Chicago came down for a few days' stay iu Rensselaer this afternoon. Jennings Wright and Frank Sayler are taking in a football game at Delphi, this afternoon. Mrs. Frank Randle and daughter left yesterday for th6ir future home in Clark’s Hill. Mr. Rindie joined them there, today. Barney Meinbrook, 3| miles south, is recovering from a pretty severe mixture of measles and malaria Mr and Mrs. H. S. Harmon, of Garrison, lowa, returned home today after a month’s visit with relatives in this vicinity. J. F. Eubank and wife and two children and John Moyer, of LaFontaine. Wabash county, came yesterday, to visit their cousin. Squire J. M. Troxell. Mrs. Grace L. Brown, of Danville 111., is visiting her sister Mrs. Dr. English ane her brother Dr. H. L. Brown, for about a week. Mrs. M. H. Hayes of Indianapolis, returned there this afternoon with her aged mother, Mrs. Jane McCullough, who will make her home there in the future, Virgil Nowels. of Chicago Heights, made a short visit with his father, John W. Nowels, north of town, returning home yesterday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Parkinson, a quite elderly couple from Longton, Kans., arrived here yesterday afternoon to visit his stepson, Wm. McConahay, at Pleasant Ridge. Some 12 or 15 members of the Ladies’ Industrial Society of the Rensselaer M. E church, visited Rev. H. M. Middleton and wife, at Remington, yesterday. Mrs. Elizabeth Gwin and Mrs. Harley Lamson returned today from their visit to Miss Mollie Babcock, at the W. R. C. home, at Madison, Ohio, and found ti6r enjoying quite a fair degree of health. Recorder Porter returned from his three days’ fishing expedition on the Kankakee today. He brought a fine drove of fish of various kinds, and at the head of the herd was a 10 pound Mississippi Cat. ‘ Baldie” Powers, Joe Sharp and Charley Robinson returned yesterday from a few days’ fishing expedition on the Kankakee. They* had quite excellent sucoess and brought home fourteen good sized almon, as well as some other goods fish.

Mrs. Thomas Driver of Barkley tp., and her sister, Mrs. Anna Breeze, of Macon Ga., who makes her home with her, have gone to St. Charles, 111., for several weeks’ visit with relatives. The Squire, s daughter, Mrs. Gondeck. of Chicago will come and stay with him during their absence. Monon engine 108 has been assigned to regular runs 5 and 6. A run was made from Chicago on the milk train Sunday, and the new McDonald valve was given a thorough test and proved very satisfactory. It is said the engine saves several tons of coal on each tripJay Battenberg, of Wadena, and L. M. Baroe, of Fowler, have been here for several days, looking for land with a view to purchasing. Both have recently sold good farms in Benton county, and would like to try the productions of Jasper county soil if they can find any loose land bargains.