Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1901 — City News. [ARTICLE]

City News.

FRIDAY, B. F. Swartz, of Urbana, 111 , is here in the.interest of his farming. Miss Anna Honan, of Delphi, came yesterday to visit E. P Honan and wife. Uncle Job English, of Brook, is visiting his brother John here, today. The two-years-old child of Joe Leach, of Valma, is quite seriously sick of cholera infantum. Mrs. Margaret Webster, of Westville, Ind., returned home today, after a short business visit in Rensselaer Mrs. C. L. Tousley and two children, of Chicago, came today to visit her brother, George L. Morgan. Attorney E. B. Sellers, of Monticello, has been seriously tick for some weeks, with liver and stomach troubles, but it is now thought he will recover. Mr. and Mrs. E Timmons and Mort Ritchie went to Chicago Heights this morning for a short visit with the former’s son, William Timmons and family. John Armstrong and son, J. L Armstrong, of Champaign, 111., are here looking after their farm land in Walker tp , and considering the purchase of more land in Jasper county. The affidavit against John G. Liggitt of Fair Oaks, for alleged violation of the game law was quashed, this afternoon but another may be filed. He is not even charged with killing a quail, but only with pursuing one. The K. P. District Meeting for the district composed of the lodges in Lake, Porter, Jasper and Newton counties will be held at Lowell Monday, Dec. 16, 1901. Rensselaer lodge will no doubt be well represented. County Superintendent L. H. Hamilton attended the I. 0. O. F. grand lodge meeting at Indianapolis this week. He was recognized by being appointed on the legislative committee and being made the regular district deputy for Jasper county. Barney Comer and J. E. Alter, two of Jasper county’s most enthusiastic farmers’ institute workers, went to Remington this morning to assist in the supplementary institute being held there today and tomorrow. They both attended the Wheatfield institute and report an excellent meeting, especially the second day. The big rattlesnake at the school house must have “got up wrong end foremost” this morning, whichever end that is for a rattler, for he has been in very bad humor all day, keeping his rattle going almost constantly. The presence of so many good looking school inarms instead of having a mollify.

in ; effect on his temper, as would naturally be expected, has really Seemed to hpve the contrary result The annual two days’ session of the Jasper County Association is now in progress, this being the first diy. Today is spent in visiting and observing the methods of the Rensselaer public schools, and in which the first and eighth years attract far the most visitors. Saturday the general exercises will be held. The attendance is large, including practically all the present teachers in the county. R. M. Moore, of Trafalgar, Johnson Co., is here visiting his sister, Mrs. Joseph Yeoman, and renewing his acquaintance with all our old settlers. He lived in this vicinity from 1845 to 1855. Mr Moore is now mourning—the death of his wife, which occurred on the 13th of this month. She had been an invalid for 30 years; and a most remarkable fact in connection with her long sickness was that for 27 years Mr. Moore was never away from her over night except one night. John and Fred Foresman, who bought the Enos Timmons 122 acres in Jordan tp., also bought 40 acres of George Iliff, and 40 of Mort Ritchey making 202 acres in all, for which they paid SSO per acre. They are now engaged in extensively tiling the farm putting in 135 rods of 12 inch tile and two car loads of smaller tile. Mr. Timmons has closed his deal with E. F. Short for the Plymouth, Ind., feed barn, and will remove there next March to take charge of the same. Mr. Short seems to have acquired a mania for feed barn building and will go to some other point and erect another barn.

The tallest horse probably ever seen in Jasper county is now munching his povender at Schofield’s livery sta'ble. He is said to be 18 feet tall, long in proportions Also that it takes two men, one standing on the other's shoulders, to put his harness on; and that his weight is four tons. Some of these statements are somewhat exaggerated, *but as a matter of fact he is full 18 hands, or 6 feet high at the shoulders, and long in proportion. He pulls a large grocer’s delivery wagon nearly as large as either one of our hackmen’s buses. His owner is from Lacayette and js selling patent wringers.

SATURDAY. Lawrence Sayler, son of Lewis Sayler, has h severe case of grip. J P Overton left today for a week’s visit at Monon, Delphi and Ro-sville. Miss Ethel Lanks left for Hoopeston, 111., today for a month’s visit with her sister. Miss Rose Platt returned to Danville, 111., today, after h short visit, with her parents here. James Shigiey, of near Chalmers, Ind , is here today, looking after some farm interests up north. The total rainfall in the protracted but drizzling rain of yesterday and today, was seven tenths of an inch. ( T. B. Herron, of Brookston, is here visiting his daughter, Miss Ella Herron, in town, and relatives at Blackford Uncle Ellis Walton and daughter Mrs. George, have finished their removal to his newly purchased re sidence, just north of the light plant. Wm. Green and wife, of LaFontaine. Wabash county, who have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. Henry Toomeiers, near Newland. returned home today.

The Chicago Tigers came down on the 1:45 p. m. train for their game with Rensselaer this afternoon There were 17 in the party in all. 4 S. T. Comer, who is now on the U. S. petit jury, at Indianapolis, is home for over Sunday. He will return Monday, but hopes to get excused from further service. Mrs. Sarah Dunham, of Burnettsville, returned home today as er a visit of two weeks with her sister Mrs. Mary Swartzell and other re’atives here, and her daughter in Chicago. Thos. Brewer, of near Medaryville, whose serious sickness was mentioned when hie sister Mrs. J. W. King, of this place, was called to his bedside, died last Monday Consumption was the cause of his death.

T. J. McCoy ireturned from Chicago last night and reports that Dr. Berkley has had the bone removed from the upper half of his injured finger, and prospects are now good for’his recovery without aiy more extensive amputations. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson, of Blodmington, Ind., came yesterday to visit her* parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Clark. They had been in Lafayette, where Mr. Johnson’s mother died last week, after a lingering sickness covering a period of eight years. Pat O’Dea, the famous kangaroo kicker who has been coaching the Notre Dame University football team, has announced that he will retire from the game at the end of the present season. He will go to Australia, where he will take care of bis businessjinterests thereRev. Meads* has been holding ing revival services at Parr, with quite good interest and attendance. Rev. Ferguson will preach there Sunday, Nov. 24, and Rev. Meads will preach’here in the morning and Maggie Kenton will preach in the evening. Oklahoma is all right. News comes from [Mountain View in that coming state, that ‘Dr. and Mrs. R. have just added a"fine boy to their family jewels Heretofore theirs have all been girls, which are nice enough, of course, and couldn’t be nicer, but a judicious mixture is always better than all of one kind.

In the way of fast corn husking here is a good one from Barkley Tp. Jess Eldredge, eon of Nate Eldredge is the boss busker of hie neighborhood. Joe Leach and Bill Myers bet Doc Nichole $25 that Jess wouldjhusk 110 bushels in 10 hours. Jess turned loose last Thursday and in 91 hours he had f pulled in 112 bushels. Doc is wondering where he is at. And still the people of Fair Oaks do not lack excitement. The latest was a scrap there, this morning between J. G. Liggett and Joe McGee, in which both were battered but McGee is said to have got the worst of it. McGee filed the affidavit charging Liggitt with shooting a quail; which was the cause of the row. Liggit was fined for the assault on McGee.

Wolcott is raising the money for the Chicago factory by,selling lots for a new addition. Senator Wolcott headed the list for 10 lots, and in all 70 lots were subscribed for in about two hours Thursday evening, at SIOO. It was thought the requisite number 105, would be sold before Friday evening. This lot method was suggested for Rensselaer, for this same factory, by The Republican, but the suggestion was not acted upon. Stepnen T. Comer, who lately sold hit half section farm in Union tp. to C. W. Coen, has bought of Uncle Jake Keener the latter’s old home place, a mile further west. The price was $45 per acre, Uncle Jake has owned the place ever since the war. Mr. Comer, whose health is poor, intends to give up hard work and after this time will spend his winters in thesouth, but he wants an anchorage in this county, and so bought the Keener

place. A call was sentout Friday, from the headquarters of the G. A. R. of Indlftna for members of the visiting committee to meet at the State Soldiers’ Home at Lafayette, December 5. Each congressional district will have one representative. The committee will soon make an urgent appeal that every county in the state build a cottage at the home for ito soldiers. At present thirty-two counties have cottages. A dispatch from South Bend in the Indianapolis News says the South Bend foot ball team wants a game with Rensselaer, for the championship of Northern Indiana and a stake of $250 to SI,OOO a side. A letter to the same effect has been received by Manager Wright. Our boys had much rather play for glory and not for gain, but rather than not have the game, the cash will no doubt be raised. The game, if it is arranged, will take place at South Bend soon after Thanksgiving. Charles A. Lee, who recently sold his farm and made a public sale of personal property in Hanging Grove tp., has closed a deal for the purchase of the K. B. Clark hardware and buggy stock at Medaryville and himself and brother Walter Lee, the hustling McCoysburg hardware and lumber dealer, went over there yesterday to invoice the stock. He will continue to run the store in Medaryville, and if he is made up of the same hustling qualities as his McCoy sburg brother, is sure to make a big success of the business.