Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1901 — WEDNESDAY. [ARTICLE]

WEDNESDAY.

JudgeS. P. Thompson made a business trip to Lafayette this morning. Mrs. J. C. Gwin has gone to Monticello for a week’s visit with relatives. Mrs. J. C. Porter went to Indianapolis today, for several days’ visit with relatives. James Yeoman returned home from Chicago where he has been attending the stock show. Mrs. R. J. Porter went to Onarga, 111., this morning, for a two weeks’ visit with relatives. Mrs. W. N. Pence and Miss Laura Ponton of DeMotte are here for the day to visit friends. Newton Byers, of Wheatfield returned home this morning, after a short visit with friends here. D. G. Warner, Walter Porter and P. W. Clarke are attending the big stock show in Chicago,'today. Miss Lottie Wiloox, of Shelby, returned home this morning, after a few days’ visit with F. B. Myers and family. Mrs. DeMarcus who has been visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kessinger returned to her home at Wolcott. August Malchow, Howard Myers and J. C. Gwin were passengers to Chicago this morning, to attend the stock show. Miss Maud Healey, who recently completed a business college course in Indianapolis, is now employed in Hanley & Hunt’s law office. Dean Brooner and Charles Werkoff, the Lafayette plumbers,’ are here Bgain to install a system of hot water heating in Dr. H. J. v Horton’s recently remodeled residence.

Attorney A. F. Knotts, of Hammond, is at Indianapolis to defend his father, who is oharged with violating the federal game law The elder Knotts lives at Medaryville. Noble Teal, who is in the real estate business with Fred Sargent, at Forest, 111., is here today, in company with two prospective land buyers, C. Rudkins and A. M. Martin, of Fairbury, 111. Jesse N. Jenkins will make a public sale at his place in Barkley tp. a half mile north of the Burns sohool house, on Thursday Dec. 12. Horses, cattle, farming im plements, grain, hay etc, will be sold.

A movement is on foot to gravel another mile of road just north of town, It is proposed to Btart at the north gravel road, At Normans’ corners, and gravel east one mile. The same road west that point as already graveled about a smile. Lyman Barce and Noah Zigler* of Benton county, are moving their implements over to their respective recently purchased farms, the D. C. Hopkins and John Clary places north of town, and whioh they will take possession of March Ist. T. J. Sayler left this morning for his future residence, at Lamar Coin. His son Frank will leavetonight with the car of goods Mrs. Sayler and daughter Florence, will visit relatives in Illinois a couple weeks, before starting for Lamar. President McDoel. of the Monon, began his railroad-career at a little station on the Wabash, called State Line, in Warren county, under L. H. Parker, at $35 a month. He is now a railroadpresident, and Mr. Parker is superintendent of a division under Jjim. > G. E. Murray and Jennings Wright went to Chicago this morning, on the pleasant errand of buying fine sweaters for each member of our victorious foot ball team. The money for them was raised by popular subscription, and enough to give each of the 14 or 15 members a $5 sweater. Christie Vick was the originator of the movement.

The Machlor drainage canal, by which 17,000 acres of Kankakee marsh land in Laporte county are to be reclaimed, was completed at noon Saturday. Work on the big ditoh was begun on July 1, 1900, but was greatly obstructed by litigation brought in the Laporte county circuit court, state supreme oourt and federal oourts at Indianapolis and Chioago, by the Panhandle Railroad company, to prevent the crossing of its right of way. Mach of the land reclaimed is owned by the Pontiac, 111., syndicate which is building the town of Lacrosse. The canal is ten miles long and cost $40,000. The President’s message was delivered to Congress at noon, Tuesday. It is a paper that meets every reasonable expectation of what Mr. Roosevelt’s first message would be. It is a plain straightforward paper, that says jnst what it means and means jnst what it says. And though written in jnst such plain common language as he uses in describing the killing of a cougar or grizzley, it is nowhere laoking in dignity or elegance of language. Every sentence is fall of statesmanship and of patriotism. It is in no sense a partisan document, although it does come out strong for protection and sonnd money. But people who will find fault with him for that, simply don’t know what is good for them nor the country either.