Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1901 — City News. [ARTICLE]

City News.

FRIDAY. Mrs. Charles Nichols is visiting friends at Monticeilo and Idaville. Bloomington is installing a hot water heating gsystem. which will be ready for use'in a week or two. J. H. Ellis and two sons are in Chicago today, and expsct to stay for Ben Hur, tonight. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Huck, of Remington, took the train here this morning, for a visit at New Lebanon, 111. Mrs. Joseph Dluzak and children, sontheast of town, have gone to Kankakee, 111., to visit relatives for a week. A 5 year old son of Paris Daugherty, 6 miles southeast, has typhoid fever. John Foster, also 8 miles east, also has a mild case of the same disease. Mrs. E. C. English has gone to Englewood to visit her sister, Mrs. L. F. Hopkins for a week. She will take occasion to see Ben Hur while there, and also Joe Jefferson in Rip Van Winkle. Watt Hopkins, northwest of town, is improving rapidly from his attack of typhoid fever. Mrs. H. W. Price in the same direction, is also recovering from her severe attack of general neuraligia.

The Executive Board of the Indiana Free Baptist Association will meet at Logansport Monday, Oct. 14, at 4 p. m. Rev. B. F Ferguson is president of the board, and will preside at the meeting. Mrs. M. A. Webster, of Westfield returned home today, after several weeks’ stay here; where she was called by the siokness and death of her brother David Cockerill, northwest of town. An elderly man from four miles west of DeMotte made his first visit to Rensselaer today. About his first enquiiy was if Babcock & Hopkins’ new elevator was the oourt house. The oourt house dock whioh has been oq a strike and therefore not striking for more or less of the time for some days, "was overhauled today and put in good order again by Mr. Hofstadt, from the Chioago firm whioh furnished the clock. Mrs. Edwin May widow of the architect of the Indiana state oapitol and who has had aolaim of $5,000 pending before the legislature for many years, died in Chicago last Monday. She was widely known to members of the legislature for the past 20 years. Edward George, aged 86, who was hit by a Monon train at Bedford Tuesday, died from his injuries Wednesday night. Mr, George was attempting to oross the traok at 15th street and did not hear the approach of the train. Be was the wealthiest man in Lawrenoe'oounty.

A Washington dispatch says that ona question that will be Settled at the first of the next meeting of congress will be that Judge F. E. Baker, of the Indiana supreme court, will succeed bis father, Judge John H. Baker, as United States-distriot judge for the district of Indiana within a year. It is likely that nothing further will be done about the proposed factory location. The committee offered the faotory as large a sum as in their judgement could be raised here for a faotory of that size and promise, and~the offer wa6 declined The members of the committee are not disposed therefore to push the matter Rny further. Another automobile wandered throughJcwn at noon today. It was going from Lafayette to Chicago. and left Lafayette at 8 o’clock. This one was a steam machine, using gasoline as fuel. The owner said his type of machine was called simply a “mobile.” He put up a good roar about Jordan’s hard road to travel, some 3 miles in length, between here and Remington.

And still another of the old time resident’s farms, north of town, has been «old. This time it is Uncle Clint Hopkins, himself living in town, who has sold his farm, four miles nerthwest of town, to L. N.tßarce, of Benton county. It contains 160 aores, is well improved and the price is $66 per acre. Mr. Barce lately sold out in Benton county for SBO per acre, and thinks the one he has just bought here is as good as the one he sold. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Paulsen, of Rockford, 111., are visiting their oousin, Mrs. J. J. Montgomery for a days. Mr. Paulsen is an artificial limb man. Not that his own members are artificial, for they bear every appearance of having been cast in nature’s mould, and a large sized and well shaped mould at that, but he manufactures artificial limbs for those whom nature or accident have deprived of their natural means of locomotion and labor. He is head of the firm of Paulsen fy Co. and their specialty is aluminum and leather artificial limbs. Bruoe White and Britt Marion, our widely traveled plumbers, arrived home this afternoon from their trip to the Pacific coast, after an absence of 17 days. They passed through Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, and visited Los Angelos and San Francisco, in California and Ashland and Portland in Oregon. They saw much to interest them in their long jour ney, but no prospect sufficiently promising to induce them to remain there. At Ashland Oregon, they visited our former townsman, Robert Hopkins, who is well pleased with his new home, and thinks there is no plaoe like Ashland. They traveled over 6,000 miles daring their trip.

SATURDAY.

P. W. Clark is in Hammoud on business today. Z. T, Campbell is in Kankakee, 111., on business today. Miss Nora Newman went to DeMotte today to visit her father. Mrs. Ida Reed, of Parr, returned today from a two weeks’ visit with relatives in Frankfort. Joe Jackson and John Marlatt returned yesterday evening from a two days’ stay in Chicago. Joseph Travers, fr< m west of town, went to Fitheny, 111., today on a visit and business trip. Miss Mabel Eaton, of Lafayette, arrived last evening to join her family at the Nowels house. Mrs. Thos. Lang and two little daughters, of Surrey,'went to Indianapolis today to visit her parents. Ed Pattee, the bridge builder, returned today from a several weeks’ trip, mostly spent in Florida. Miss Jessie Arnett, of near Valma, returned today from a six weeks’ visit with relatives at Delphi. The joint teachers’ institute of Hanging Grove and Milroy townships is being held at McCoysburg today. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Benedict, of Oxford, drove to Rensselaer yesterday to visit their neice, Mrs. Frank Foltz, for a few days. Mrs. Wm. Deere and children returned to Monon today, after a ten days’ visit with her father, Geo. Jenkins, near Blackford. Miss Elizabeth DeFrees, of Indianapolis, returned home today, after a two weeks’ visit here with Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Ross. Rensselaer is still shy on city commissioners, L. Strong and J. H, 8. Ellis, two of those recently appointed have declined to qualify. Vermont Hawkins, of Anderson, came yesterday for a short visit with relatives. He will return Monday, his wife, who preceded him here, accompanying him home. Wm. .Green, a hotel keeper and wellj known character of Cedar Lake, died there last Tuesday, at about 70 years of age. He had lived side of the lake a great many ~ years.

Merle Gwin, of this place, who is a freshman in the Indiana College of Medicine, at Indianapolis, has[ been made the president of the [class organization, an honor that is certainly well placed. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Pierson, of west [of town, and Mr. and Mrs, James Haskell, of Mt. Ayr, arrived yesterday afternoon from attending the Baptist State Convention, atlFranklin, Ind. Uncle [Billy McDonald, who recently sold his farm near Pleasant Rid we, has just bought 240 acie3 in Boone county, near Thorntown, and for which he paid $76 per acre, or SIB,OOO in all. O. W. Larsen and Miss Hefferlin, southeast of town, went to Chicago last evening to visit his sister,* Mrs. J. E. Griffith. Next Tuesday Mr. Larsen will leave for South Dakota, on a prospecting tour. A. F. Griswold, who now lives on G. L. Parks’ land in Milroy Tp., has purchased 160 acres just over the line in Princeton township, White county, of James Parks, which he will occupy after the Ist of Marob. Isaac Lemna, of Dwight, IIL, returned home this morning, after a short land preceding visit in

Jasper county under'the chaperonof C. A.- Dean. He did not purchase but expects to return liter and close up a deal. C. C. Robinson who lately sold his “Oak Grove” farm, near Lee, advertises a large public sale at that farm on Oct. 23rd. at which a large list of farm property will be sold. The list of farming implements is especially large. Col. Fred Phillips, of our city, will be the auctioneer. Mrs. C. F. Iliff and children of Chicago Heights, returned home Friday after three weeks’ visit with her mother, Mrs. J. F. McColly. She states that the factory work does not agree with Mr. Iliff’s health and that they intend to return to Jasper county, shortly to again make their home here.

Mr. and Mrs. AmzieLaßue were given a pleasant surprise yesterday evening at their home on River street by about 25 members of the Rathbone Sisters temple. The occasion was their 19th wedding anniversary, an event in a Rathbone family that is certain of some manner of celebration. The evening was enjoyably spent, refreshments being furnished and served by the guests. George H. Maines, the owner and occupant of the former Henry Fisher farm, just northwest of town is continuing to make excellent improvements thereon. It will be remembered that he had an elegant and commodios residence and large and substantial barn built there last year, and he has just recently completed the erection of. a large lOfoot double com crib, with an elevated driveway, and a capacity of 5,000 bushels. He has also ordered and will soon install a pair of new Fairbanks stock scales. It is such progressive farmers as these that are daily adding to the value of Jasper county’s farm lands. Today is practioally the opening of the foot ball season. While some games have been pulled off earlier in the season, they have been generally merely for praotice purpose, but today in the foot ball circles. “Greek meets Greek,” and the big teams will this afternoon encounter the first tough propositions of the season. The only Rensselaer college student scheduled in the line-ups is Ed Mills, who will play right half back for Purdue in one half of the game against Chicago University. Marshall is on the half-back sub. list for Wisconsin, who play Beloit, and is quite apt to get into part of the game. The red sporting supplements of the l&tg dailies will be eargerly sought by the foot ball enthusiasts tomorrow.