Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1902 — City News. [ARTICLE]

City News.

THURSDAY. Wm Johns, of Hillsboro, came here yesterday to see about renting a Gifford farm. J, F. Warren Will talk to the farmers’ institute, Saturday, on the subject of Oklahoma. Gus Bernhardt, of McCoysburg, went to Chicago this morning for a two weeks’ visit with relatives. Levi Renicker went to Moline, 111., today, to purchase implements for the firm of Renicker Bros. . Mrs. John Pullins, from north of town, left today for a visit of about two weeks with relatives in Urbana, Ohio. Ten pin bowling Bill N. Jones’ team, the I. X. L’s. defeated the North Siders last night, by 80 pins in the three games. Bill N. made highest score and highest average. Mrs. Susie Homerding, of Orland, 111., who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Bernard Stein, southeast of town, returned home today. '" . ■ a(i ' ' ' . a'.-. Mrs. John H. Hagins, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Wm. Powers and daughter, Mrs. Ed Irwin, left this morning for her home in Minneapolis Minn. The Knights of Pythias and the Rathbone Sisters will hold a joint installation at the K. of P. hall Friday evening of this week, to which all Knights and their fami'ies are all invited. The various township trustees met with their township advisory boards, last Saturday, and must now make their annual report to the county auditor within 10 days of that day. Several have already been in and made their reports. Mrs. G. W. Goff, now spending the winter at Crown Point, with her sister, writes that her health is again impioving quite satisfactorily, and much confidence is felt in her ultimate restoration, to a fair degree of health. Temperature at 2 p. m. today 51 degrees, which is the highest since Dec. 13th the day before the bottom fell. The same thing may happen again now. So far however the weather bureau is not making any predictions of another cold wave. - Next Sunday, at Trinity M. E. church, will be regular quarterly meeting day. The subject at the morning service will be, “The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.” Which will be followed by the administration of the Sacrament. In the evening Rev. Dr. Beck, the presiding elder, will preach. Rural mail carriers earn more than SSOO a year. They furnish a horse and vehicle, board themselves and devote their whole time to the work. Congress would be justified in increasing the salaries to S6OO a year. The wear and tear on a hdtse. harness and buggy amounts to SIOO or more when they are used every day in all sorts of weather.

The Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, at their meeting last night voted to attend the biennial meeting of the supreme lodge at San Franoistjo, next August, as a cpmpany. A meeting to elect officers will be held on Monday evening, Jan. 20th. W. C. Miliron, a restaurateur of Rensselaer, has rented the north room of the new Moorhous building and will open up a restaurant therein about February 1. The Moorhous & Alkire grocery expects to be in its new quarters in the south room in a short time<—Monticello Journal,’ Ex-Mkrehal Thouias McGowan will soon resume his pristine occupation ct a tiller of the soil. He has bought of Art Fisher the old Hoohbaum farm, 9 miles north in Union tp„ 80 acres in extent, for S4O per acre; giving in part payment his residence property on Walnut street, for $1,960, Possession of properties will be exchanged the Ist of February. Mr. McGowan will occupy and work his newly acquired farm, himself. The Nowels Hotel, now under the management of A. V. Eaton and E. B. Piper, and which has been conducted for many years as a $2 per day hotel, was today changed to a $1.50 house. The service accorded guests will, according to landlord Piper, not be__cheapaned, but the lower rate is made as a bid tor increased patronage. Vincent Shaw, the old gentleman who fractured his right thigh bone last Saturday evening, by slipping on thejce near the home of his sister, Mrs. J. L. Nichols, in Barkley tp., was sent to his home in Qhio, 111., today. He was expressed through on a cot, his physician accompanying him as far as Chicago, to assist in the railroad transfer. George B. Davidson, lately of Ancona, HI., is in town today. He has just traded off his general store at Ancona for the old Ketchmark farm, in Kankakee Tp., of 160 acres, and therefore lie is no longer a resident of Ancona. His wife is staying with a sister at Goodland, until a new residence is selected. Mr. Davidson also still owns several hundred acres in Union Tp. About fifteen friends of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Nichols assembled at the home of Mrs. Nichols’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Flynn, last evening. It was the first opportunity the guests had been given to congratulate the bride and groom, who left here the day after Christmas day, immediately after their marriage. Light refreshments were served and the evening very enjoyably spent.

The debate on the Isthmian canal is now on in Congress. Heretofore the Nioaraugua route was the only one considered as practicable. But now that the partly constructed Panama canal has been offered for $40,000,000, which was heretofore held at $100,000,000, a new question is raised. Both routes have their advantages, and now that the Panama route is offered at a reasonable price it is proper to consider, it fully, before taking final action on either. The suggestion that the whole question of the choice of route be turned over to the president looks about as feasible as any yet made. Two dollars a month buys a Singer sewing machine. At the Singer office. dtf