Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1901 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

FRIDAY, H. J. Gowland went to Porter county today with a view to purchasing land. Chase Thomas came down from Dyer yesterday for a short visit with M. F. Chilcote. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wolf, of Hammond, visited A. Leopold and family yesterday. Mrs. M. A. Little, of Burnetts ville, came today to visit the family of Dr. I. B. Washburn. Lawson Myers,-now of Gas City, is home for a short visit with his parents, postmaster Meyers and wife. i Prof. Will Shanlaub, of the Morocco schools, is spending the Thanksgiving vacation with his parents in Rensselaer. Misses Edith and Hazel Ringo of Chicago, came yesterday for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foltz. D. T. May, of Mt. Ayr, left today for a week’s visit with relatives at Franklin, Muncie and Kokomo.

A. G. Harrington, who has been in Warner’s blacksmith shop here, has purchased a shop in Moncn, and will return to that place. Chas. Lewis, of Logansport, and Emmett Hall, of Indianapolis, came this morning to visit Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foltz.

The 12-vears-old daughter of George Maines, northwest of town, is now very low of pneumonia, and the outcome is very uncertain. Mrs. Jesse Nichols, Mrs. Frank O’Meara and Misses Katie Shields and Ethel Sharp, school teachers in other parts of the oounty, are today visiting Miss Evelyn Miller’s school, at Surrey. T. J. Sayler, Delos Thompson and True Woodworth are in Lafayette today, where the suit of the Indiana Macadam Co., in which the first two are interested, against the town of Monon, is on trial.

Delos CoeD, Ric^Porter and Jno. Bissell returned to the Hyland Park Military Academy this morning, they having been given only the one day’s vacation. Jay Sayler came down from Chicago today to remain a few days. He played full back for the Chicago Dentals against Valparaiso yesterday and his team was victorious by a score of 24 to 6. Young Sayler is reputed one o£ the best foot ball plajerson the minor college teams in Chicago. A telegram was received during the foot ball game yesterday from our talented stage performer, Augustus Phillips, in Brooklyn, N. Y., worded as follows: ‘‘Three rousing cheers and a tiger for Rensselaer. Telegraph results.” B. F. Fendig sent him the score after the game and there was rejoicing in Brooklyn over the victorv.

The fine old oountry mansion of F. W. Bedford was alive with guests Thanksgiving night in honor of the W n R. C , of Rensselaer. Those receiving with Mrs. Jones were, Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. Bennett and Miss Kathryn Jones. The guests of honor from abroad were, Dr. and Mrs. Snyder, Mrs Bennett, sister of Mrs. Jones, all Lafayette. Fine refreshments were Berved late in the evening. The presence of a goodly number of young ladies and also the other halves of the Corps sisters, made the evening very amusing. But then Mrs. Roberts was there.

SATURDAY. Mrs. John F. Major and son went to Englewood today for a short visit. Miss Adda Chiloote went to Mt Ayr today to visit her sister, Mrs SarahftSigler. MissJMaud Daugherty and little niece, Esther Padgitt, are spending today in Chicago. Frank Horsewood and wife, from west of town, left today for a short visit with relatives at Orland, 111. Eli Arnold and wife left yesterday for a several days’ visit with relatives in Pern and Wabash. Mr. and Mrs. R. Burton of Remington, came yesterday to visit Mr, Jerome Harmon and family. Mrs. E. H. Rouse, of Columbus, Ohio, returned home today after a visit with relatives here and in Chicago. Ed’and Emory Mills came np from Pnrdne yesterday for a short visit with their parents, 0. E. Mills and wife. C, E. Tyner and wife returned to Monon yesterday, after a short visit here with her father, H. N. Jaoks and family. Rev. A. C. Droz, of near Brookston, who has been assisting Rev. Ed. Meads in a revival meeting at Parr, went home today. Mr. and Mrs, Frank Rees returned to LaCroese, yesterday, after a short visit with the family of John Williams, in Jordan tp.

Miss Flora Newell returned to her home in Converse, Ind., today after a two weeks’ visit here with her uncle, Smith Newell.

Mrs, M. A. G*affin, of Kokomo, was here yesterday securing some records affecting some work of the tax ferrets in Howard oounty. Mrs. Edith Sines and Mrs. Virginia Thompson returned to Delphi yesterday after a short visit with D. H. Yeoman and family. Mrs, Christina McMurray, of Lebanon, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. R. Burris at Lewiston., returned home today. Chas. Hammond left yesterday day for a few days’ visit with relatives in Hammond and Chicago. His wife preceded him a few days. State President, Mrs. Mary S. SwaiD, of Richmond, visited the Women’s Relief Corps, last evening, on business connected with the good of the order. Eva, the 12 year old daughter of G. H. Maines, just north of town, is somewhat better today, from her very dangerous sickness, with pneumonia.

Mr. and Mrs W. H. Coover are now here superintending the loading of their household goods, for shipment to Boulder, Colo., their 1 future home. This warm, bright beautiful day is the last day of the very finest November in the recollection of anyone. The temperature at one p. m. was 48 degrees. S. W. Ruth, of Monon, who bought the Geo. J. Fredline 80 acres in Hanging Grove tp. about two months ago, was here yesterday. He expects to move on the farm about Maroh Ist. The dedication of the new Parr Freewill Baptist churoh takes plaoe tomorrow. Persons can go on the milk train at 7:31 a. m, and return at 6:15 p. m. A basket dinner will be the noon hour order. Medaryville Advertiser: — S. E. Nicoles, the Monon agent here, is taking a month’s vacation, which he will spend like a gentleman of leisure. Mr. C. F. Snodgrass, of Lafayette, is filling his place during his lay off. Mrs. Snodgrass came up Wednesday evening to hnsband. Glenn Wishard is the big marl of the Rensselaer high sohool foot ball team, and though only 17 years old is six feet high and weighs 165 pounds. He is quite a lad for his years, but he was np against a still bigger one, of the same age, at Monticello Thursday. He was also a six footer, and weights 195 pounds.

This is the season of the merchants’ greatest harvest so far as the abundance of trade is concerned, end the ohance of securing one’s full share of it, is enohanced by a neatly worded invitation through the newspapers that reaoh there customers. A dollarjspent judicially in advertising, like bread cast upon the waters,[will bring returns tenfold, to the[advertiser. Rensselaer Post, No. 84, G. A, R. had the honoi of a visit last evening, from the three chief state officers in the department of Indiana. Namely State Commander Garrigue, of Kokomo; Col. James S, Dodge, of Elkhart the J udge Advocate, and R. M. Smock, of Indianapolis, the Adjutant General, After a pleasant visit with the Post they also paid the W. R. C. a visit. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Barney',DeWitt at Fair Oaks, Wednesday,[Nov. 27th, at 5:20 o’clook, oooured the marriage of their daughter Stella, to Mr. Allen Gray, of Goodland. The bride and groom were in Rensselaer Friday, spending the day with friends. Until the first of January they will reside

in Goodland, after which time they|will remove to a farm near Gowrie,*lowa, for permanent residence. Otto*Steel, of north of Parr, was arrested yesterday afternoon, by Constable Vick, on charge of trespass. He lives on one of Judge Thompson’s farms, but raised some orops on the Mrs. R. Fendig farm in that neighborhood. A difference es opinion between the owner of the tenant as to whether the rent should be paid in money or in part of the crop, seems to have been the cause of the arrest. The case is set for trial next Tuesday.

MONDAY. Miss Ella Herron spent Sunday with her parents in Brookston. George Mustard went to Kankakee, 111., today, on business. Charles Robinson and wife spent Sunday with relatives in Monon. Mrs. Mary Travis returned Saturday from a two weeks’ visit in Logansport. Art Cole is up from Lafayette today for the sole purpose of seeing the foot ball game. Mrs. Albert Weil, of Peoria, 111., came Saturday to visit her relatives, the Tuteure, here. Miss Laura Wells went to Kniman Saturday for a short visit with relatives. B. W. Ellsworth, northeast of town has gone to Crescent City., 111., for a few days’ business visit. Guy Peacock, who has been working at Anderson, is home for a short visit. L. M. DeVault, of Mendota, 111., who has been visiting T. F. Clark and family, returned home today. Hcmer Smith, of near Brookston was here Saturday afternoon, the guest of his cousin, Mrs. Eva Morgan. Rev. J. L. Meads, of Illinois, will preach at the F. W. B. church tonight, and every night until Thursday. Mrs. Kate C. Ward, Department Inspector Ladies of the G, A. R., visited the Rensselaer Circle Saturday evening.

S. H. Howe was over from Thawville, 111., Saturday, looking after his farming interests in Banging Grove tp. Mrs. Anna Wartena returned lo> Hammond Saturday after a weeDe visit with her daughter, MiseAfioe, teacher of the Randle school. Mrs. Nellie DeWolf returned to her home in Rose Lawn Saturday, after a short visit here with the family of Peter Heil. Miss Flora Wilcox, of near Asphaltum, is visiting her unole, Frank Osborn, and other relatives, in Rensselaer. J. M. Wasson and Thomas and John Eigelsbach went to Delphi this morning to attend the fine stook show. Mrs. Eliza Galbreath and Mrs. S. G. Galbreath went to Monon today, the former to remain for some time with a daughter there. The oity schools are all cloeed this afternoon, for the great foot ball game. Also most of the business bouses. Oscar Russell, who has been visiting bis brother, James Russell on the Gifford Ranch, returned to his home near Madison, lnd., today. Joe Re ynolds headed a crowd of 35 from Delphi, who came here this morning to see the foot ball game. Almost all of them aTe wearing the black and red and will root for Rensselaer, E. Y. Raneford, of the Racket Store returned from Monon this morning, where he closed a deal for the Hinkey shoe stock, which he will bring to Rensselaer to close out.

Albert Helsor and family, who for three years past have resided on a farm near Kniman, left today for Biwabik, Minn., where he will be the foreman of a section gang on the Duluth & Iron Mountain railroad, a position he held before coming to Jasper county.

Mrs. Verlin Morris accompanied her sister. Mrs. J. B. Irvin, to the latter’s home at Blue Island, 111., Saturday, and after a short visit theYe will go to the home of her parents in Flagler, la, to spend the winter.

Albert Marshall, the injured player in the Wisconsin-Chicago foot ball game of last Thursday wrote from the hospital Sunday that he expected to be able to go back to Madison today. His collar bone was badly broken, being considerably splintered. Mr. Isa Whitaker, of Wheatfield and Miss Maud Brick, of Gillam tp., were married late last Saturday afternoon, Nov. 30, by Squire J. M. Troxell, in his office. Only u few friends were with them. They are eaoh 22 years .old. They will live in Wheatfield. J. J. Reed and wife and John Bruner returned yesterday from their trip to South Dakota. Mr. Reed had previously bought lfiO acres of land and on this trip purchased 480 acres, making him a seotion in all. He will remove his family there about March Ist. Misses Ella and Mosselene Thompson, who recently returned to Jasper county after a five years’ residence at Paris, Tenn., left today for Hamlet, Stark county, to reside permanently. They had been visiting their sister, Mrs. Victor Moore, north of town, for several weeks. Wilbur S. Sherwell, the Evansville policeman arrested-two weeks ago at the instance of the coroner on a charge of having murdered Mrs. Georgia Railey and Miss Lena Renner, was held to the grand jury Sunday after a pre liminary trial that lasted nearly all day.

The Ladies’ Literary Club celebrated their 24th anniversary, last Friday evening, at the home of Mrs. M. E. Thompson, one of the few surviving charter members of the club. There was a large attendance and a number of very fine papers. Espeoially noteworthy was an original poem by Mrs. Thompson, the hostess, in which she gave a general retrospect of her life in Rensselaer. The musio also was especially excellent J. A. Patton’s poultry house at the largest perhaps in northern Indiana, was burned about 4 o’clock Saturday morning, and the business is said to have employed 45 people. The loss is estimated at $17,000 with insurance, of SIO,OOO. The South Bend-Rensselaer foot ball game is in progress as we go to press. It has attraoted a greater interest than any game ever played here. The South Bend players arrived at 11 a. m., there being about 50 in the party, inoluding 18 players. Pat O’Dea is the Captain of the South Bend team and is playing the position of fall back, Sunday was surely a* fine day for December Ist, in'this region. It was bright and sunny practically all day, and the highest temperature, by government thermometer, was 58 degreee. % This was the warmest day since Nov. 11th, when it was 69 degrees. Only two other days in November were warmer, Nov. Ist 59 degrees, and 2nd, 60 degrees. A lively runaway ooonred here last Saturday afternoon. Wm. Prewitt, of Jordan, was driving into town, and his horses got soared on the college road, by a tingle-tree coming down, and started to ran. The oooepants all jumped or were thrown out, and were not hurt. The buggy a one seated one was practically demolished and left at the oorner of Washington and Milroy streets. The team, without the baggy ran through town and as far as the alley by Danford’s blacksmith shop, where they were canght. President Roosevelt was a highly interested epeotatpr Saturday, at the foot ball game at Philadelphia, between West Point military and Annapolis naval academies. Of course the president was not

wronght up by the strenuousnese of the affair until he came the Billy Smith act, and broke through the lines and swatted the opponents of his favored side. In fact he wag too disoreet to favor either side; bnt he pushed right np to the side lines, and when Daly, of the oadets, made a phenomenal run of 105 yards, he got up and rooted and robber-necked with the best of them. By the way, Oar Teddy could probably put up a pretty good article of foot ball himself, if circumstances should require it. The game was 11 to 0 in favor of the West Point boys. The position of a rural free delivery mail carrier is not the good thing it is commonly supposed to be. By December 1, there will be on the rolls of the postoffice department, 6,000 rural carriers. They are resigning at the rate of 150 a month, which means if no more were appointed the entire force will have resigned in less than four years. The resignations and removals from all causes among city carrier is les3 than 3 per cent annually. The trouble is that the salary isn’t large enough. It is SSOO a year and out of this the carrier has to boy and maintain a horse and wagon. As his route is twenty to thirty miles a day he is required to keep two horses and sometimes three if the roads he has to travel are rough and the country hilly. The only thing the department furnishes is the mail sacks. In view of the talk to bring them ander civil service rules. Superintendent Machen, of the free delivery bureau, is urging that their salaries be raised to at least s6ooa year. The department in some parts of the country actually has difficulty in finding competent men to take positions at present salary. Buch has not been the case in this oounty, however.