Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1901 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. Mn=. Mel Abbo ! is visiting her parents at Delphi. Mrs. Win. Overton has pope to Monon to visit her pi.nits. C. R. Tombaugh, of Pontiac, 111., was here looking for land, but went on to LaCross this afternoon. Mrs. J. A. Larsh has gone to Frankfort for a week’s visit with her parents. * Mrs. Marietta Ennis of Lafayetto came to Rensselaer today with a view to purchasing a farm. Mrs. Eliza Rock, mother of Mrs. W. R. Nowels went to Chicago today to visit relatives. Watt Hopkins, northwest of town has recovered sufficiently from the typhoid fever to be able to drive to town.

Mrs. fl. J. Bartoo is spending the week with friends at Goodland. Wm. Zea, of Remington, has just leturned from b trip to Dakota, where he bought several hundred acres of land. Mrs. Minerva DeArmond, a | former resident, now of Greensburg, Ind , is visiting friends in Rensselaer. i Henry Eiglesbach and [wife re- , turned today from a ten days’ visit I in Clondorf, Ottawa and Saline, Ohio. Mrs. 0. D. Martin returned yesterday from a visit of seven | weeks with her sons Lawdie and : Delaney at Cincinnati.

Temperature at 1 p. m. today, 75 degrees in the shade, by government thermometers, which is very warm weather for so near the last of October. Mrs. Hannah Hasselbring, of Cisna Park, 111., was in town on business today. She is the widow of Fred Hasselbring, formerly of Kniman, and still owns a farm near that place. Johnson and Carlson, the two men arrested at DeMotte for dynamiting fish in the Kankakee river gave bail Monday at Crown Point for $250 each, to appear at the next term of the Lake county circuit court and were released. Charles A. Lee, of Hanging Grove, who sold his farm some time ago will make a sale on Nov, 15th. It is his intention to move to Missouri, Mrs. C. W. Hanley went to Kniman last evening, to help care for her mother-in-law, Mrs. Wm. Hanley, who is very low with dysentery and other diseases. A 10 year old daughter of Mrs. Sallie Merritt, of DeMotte, whoße death occurred about 10 days ago, from typhoid fever, is now sick with the same disease,. but is improving.

At the close of the morning services at the Christian ohurch, Sunday, the rite of baptism by immersion was administered to three candidates, Misses Carrie and Mary Pierce and Emma Marlatt. Mr. and Mrs. W. H, Coover, who have lately returned, the former from Colorado and the latter from her summer’s stay at Bay View, Mioh., are in town today. They have praotically decided to remove to Colorado, but are still somewhat undecided as to looation, between Boulder and Colorado Springs Miss Margaret Micks, of Seneca Falls, N. Y. who has been visiting in St. Louis sinoe leaving Rensselaer, the day after the McCoyBerkley wedding, returned here yesterday for a short visit With Dr. and Mrs. Berkley.

Mies Stella Shields, one of Rensselaer’s corps of school teachers, who has been in Monon for the piet week fat the bedside of her father, returned this momiDg j ; leaving him somewhat improved. Miss Katheryn Marshall taught l her room duiing her absence. Messrs. J. H. Cahill and Earl | MilligaD, both of New York City, j are visiting Delos Thompson for a few days. Mr. Cahill is the attorney for the Bell Telephone Co , and Mr. Millikan is a relative of Mr. Thompsons, and lived here when a boy. Bert Rhoades returned yesterday evening from Indianapolis, where he has been attending business college for several months. He will take his old position of quarter back on the Rensselaer foot ball team and it is now safe to say that Rensselaer will soon have a representative team in the field.

Mrs. Theresa McCurtain, widow of Solomon McCurtain, and her children, have sold to Robert Randle, of Rensselaer, the old McCurtain farm in Barkley Tp. It contains 200 acres and the price was 140 per acre. Mrs. McCurtain has, in turn, bought of Geo. W ■ Marshall, of near Parr, his 60 acre farm, aud herself and some of her sons will occupy it. The price was $42 50 per acre. Mr. Marshall intends to move to North Dakota.

WEDNESDAY. Lem Huston, the news dealer, is laid up with the rheumatism Mrs. Sarah Rees and Mrs. W. C. Babcock went to Chicago today to see Ben Hur. Mrs. Wm Hanley of is slightly improved from her recent severe sickness. 8. W. Myers, of Sugar Grove, 111., returned home today, after a short stay here. The 13 year old daughter of Charles Martin of Parr, is sick of laryugiai diphtheria. Peter Kessinger has built a fine large bam on his farm southeast of town in MUroy Tp. Dr. J. H. Bogart, of Clinton, Ind, visited his uncle, Wm, Wishard over Sunday. Henry Childers and wife returned to Delphi today, after a short visit with their son Will. Mrs. Abner Foster, residing 7 miles east of town, is recovering from a several days’ sickness. Mrs. Frank Randle, now of Clark’s Hill, is making a short visit with Rensselaer relatives. Miss Emma Garley returned to Woloott today, after a short visit with Mrs. Frank Stone, east of townL. E. Halthouse, wbo been visiting his brother at the college returned to his home in Decatur Ind. today. Walter A. Forbes, of Remington, began clerking today in the clothing department of Laßue Bros.’ store.

Mrs. Peter Giver seriously scalded her left forearm Monday by falliug down while carrying a kettle of scalding water. Ed Heath is moving baok to Benton county today, to be nearer his large property interests there. He will reside in Oxford. Mrs. Sena Williams returned to Indianapolis today, after a ten days' visit with her sister, Mrs. Joseph Freeman at Kniman. Mrs. Frank Gondeck, of Chicago, returned home last evening, after a few weeks’ stay with her father, James Driver, of Barkley Tp. P. T. Clifford, Reed Murdock & Co’s, big drummer was here Tuesday. He is 24 years old, 6 feet 2 inches high and weighs 250 pounds. He will be quite a chunk of a lad when he gets his growth. M. O. Cissell and wife of Argonia Kans., who have been visiting relatives and old friends here, left today for Michigan City to visit bis brother Dr. J. H. Cissell D. D. for a short time before returning to their home.

j Miss Emma Shindlerof Rosalia, I Wash., who has been Visiting reln--1 tives for the past four weeke, left today for a visit of several weeks with relatives in Cleveland Ohio. Perry Anderson, an elderly man living southeast of McCoysburg in Milroy tp., slipped off a load of hay last Saturday and broke both bones of right arm, just above 4he wrist. Geo. Hoehn, of Kankakee, 111., was here yesterday, looking after 6ome business affairs in Jaspei county. Mrs Hoehn was a former resideut of this county, having moved away about six years ago. Mrs. Scott Graham, of near Gifford, who has beeh visiting relatives near Kirklin, returned home today, being accompanied by T. N. Amos and wife of Hamilton county who will visit them for some time,

W. A. Huff, the jeweler, is today moving from A. Leopold’s house on North Front street to Ed Heath’s large house on Forest street. The Daughters of the American Revolution will begin their annual rummage sale on Nov. 15th, for benefit of public library. Friends of the library are asked to save their “rumniage” for this sale, and it will be called for. C. F. Stallard, of the Lafayette Y. M. C. A gymnasium, has again been employed as physical director of the gymnasium founded by Rev. Work of the Presbyterian church. He will come Friday of this week, Nov. Ist, and regularly'on Fridays thereafter. The juniors’ class will be held at 4 o’clock, the ladies’ at 5 aud the seniors’ at 7 p m.

C. W. Duvall who has hauled the U. S. mail from the depot to the postoffice since time out of mind and the American Express for about as long, has sold both those businesses to Frank King and Charley Murray proprietors of the King feed barn. Mr. Duvall’s business as agent i>f the Standard Oil Company has grown s > large that he will dev,»teall his time to that hereafter. Call and see the best assortment of hosiery and underwear in the city. J. J. Porter & Co