Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1901 — City News. [ARTICLE]

City News.

TUESDAY. Sheriff Hardy took Thomas Price to Longcliff asylum, at Logansport, today. Mrs. Mary J. Hopkins has gone to Alexandria, to visit her son Homer for about three months Born, this Tuesday forenoon, Dec. --, to Mr. and Mrs C. W. Platt, on Division street, a son. Mrs. Oren Parker, of Chicago is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Harris, until after Christmas. Lovest temperature last night, 5 belo v zero. Temperature at 7 a. m., 4 balow. Temperature at 2 p. m. today, 12 above zero. t Misses Clara and Bessie Murray ' arrived home Saturday evening, l from several weeks’ visit with I the relatives at Mason City, TH. Mrs. W. J. Miller, now of Battle * Creek, Mich., arrived today for a visit of considerable length with i her relatives, A. Woodworth and family. John W. Walker went to Indianapolis today> and will report the State Dairyman's Association’s annual meeting at Pldinfield, commencing Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Will Murray have gone to Kingman, Kansas, for a three weeks’ visit. They were accompanied by Miss Nellie Moody, who will stop off at Wichita to visit her sister, Mrs. Geo. Dunn. D. A. Stoner is again in great demand for judging poultry at poultry shows. Last evening he left for Poseyville, and will be busy there all the rest of the week, scoring points on exhibition birds • I Harry Wiltshire met with a painful accident, this forenoon,j while cleaning a chimney, at J. C. . Gwin’s residence. He slipped and ( fell off the roof, a distance of about 15 feet, breaking one of the bones of the right ankle. Milt Chipman arrived home from a long absence, last night, and proceeded to celebrate hia return in the old time method. One dollar and costs before Squire Burnham was what he wound up with, this morning. T. R. Daugherty has now be-' come a resident of Rensselaer, having moved in from hia farm

about 2 or 3 miles southeast and now occupies his recently purchased house, the former Alvin Clark place, in the northwest part of tow . rThe will of the late Wm. B. Hurley, of Barkley Tp., has been filed for probate- It gives the widow the use of all the property until her death, and then distributes it among the children. The estate consists mainly of a farm of about 60 acresMartin Burns left this morning for Riverside, in Southern California, where he intends to pass the winter, and possibly locate permanently there or in some place in that region. While in robust health in most respects, the winter climate here does not agree with him, which is the principal reason for his going to California. Mrs, S H. Howe arrived yesterday afternoon, from Dwight, 111., which has been their re sidence for quite a number of years past. They are now moving to Fair Oaks and in the spring will take possession of 8. E. Yeoman’s fa min that vicinity. Mrs. Howe hoped to arrive in time to attend her father, Uncle Billy Pieroe’s birthday dinner, but was too late. Uncle David Culp, of Hanging Grove tp., was in town today. He has been laid up several weeks with a bad sore on bis heel. He has resigned as trustee of Osborne cemetery, after 30 years continual serving in that oapaeity. So also has Thomas Jacks who has been in for 25 years. They think it is time for younger men to take up the duties of caring for the cemetery.

Mrs. James Masker and children joined her husband at Lowell, yesterday evening, and at which they expect to make their residence, Mr. Masker being in charge of a feed and hitch barn there. Mr. Masker, by the way is the pioneer of the hitch barn business in Rensselaer, having built the first one here, several years ago. There are now three here and one of them is probably the largest in Indiana. L. H. Hamilton, onr county school superintendent has been appointed county committeeman of the McKinley National Monument Association, and will receipt for all funds placed in his hands. This is a patriotic movement, and all who can should contribute something. Contributors will receive a memento from the National Association In forwarding remittances to Mr. Hamilton give yonr name and address plainly, together with amount enclosed.