Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1902 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. A car load of Pittsburg coal, just received, at Coeu & Brady’s. H- B. Kurrie is making a trip to Logansport and Rochester, today, on legal business. Mrs. Badie Elkins, of Indianap olis, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Wash Lowman, east of town. H. B. Smythe, of Chicago Heights, returned home Mouday evening, after a few days’ visit with Miss Busan Kessinger. Corn is only 53 cents in Rensselaer, today, a falling off of 9 cents, within a very short time. Oats are 40 oents. Mrs. Mattie Shrader and daughter returned home to Lafayette, today, after 5 weeks’ visit with Miss Edna Dillon.

Mrs. Isabel Parker, now of Frankfort, is visiting Mrs. A. MoCoy, and other relatives, for several weeks.

There will be preaching at the First Baptist ohuroh next Sunday morning and evening by Rev. W. T. Carpenter, of Goodland, Ind.

Judge Gillett is said to be the youngest man that ever oooupied a seat on the Snpremb bench in this state. He is only 42 years old and has been a circuit oourt judge 10 or 12 yeara. Mr. and Mrs. R. 8. Dwiggins have made another change in their searoh for the beat climate and pleasantest surroundings in southern California. Their latest removal waa from San Deigo to Long Beach.

| The Christian Endeavor Society 1 of the Christian churoh will give a sooial at the home of Mr. and Mrs. , W. W. Reeve next Friday evening. All Endeavorers and their friends cordially invited to attend.

| It is claimed that there are 600 socialists in Anderson and that they will nominate a full oity ticket. A oommittee is now soliciting funds which will used to purchase a printing outfit. It is the intention to establish a weekly news- | paper.

F. M, Pollard, representing the Chicago Chronicle was here today. The society pages of next Sunday’s Cbroniole will be devoted largely to Indiana people, and will contain theporfraits of mahysbbiety women. Among these it is understood, will be a number of Rensselaer’s handsomest young ladies.

Mrs. Bophia Bingman, wife of John E. Bingman, died last Friday, Jan. 24th, at Peoria, 111, of a stomach trouble, after a short sickness. Her funeral was held Sunday at Remington. She had gone to Peoria, to nurse a daughter through a sickness. She was the oldest child of the late Henry C. Smith and wife, of Rensselaer and lived here many years- She was about 57 years old. The temperature did not reaoh to snob an extreme degree of oold last night, as was anticipated. The lowest registered by the government thermometer was 5 below zero. It is probable that that is the extreme oold for this present oold spell, as the weather bureau prediots a slowly moderat-

ing temperature after today. A prediction which the change of the wind to southerly is certain to make good. According to the Ambia Journa a petition asking Governor Durbin to pardon Fred McConnell from further dententien in the penitentiary at Michigan City, was circulated in county last week, and was quite generally signed, among the signers being all of the jurors on McConnell’s trial. In Ootober of 1000, McConnell was sentenced to from two to fourteen years iu the penitentiary for embezzling the funds of the bank of Ambia. Rev. Lee Tinsley, formerly pastor of the Christian church of Wanatah, and well known by many of our readers, now of Mt. Carmel, 111., preached a sermon to his people last Sunday fixing the time fer the second coming of Christ, and he furnishes bible quotations as proof of his prediction. It is best not to be in a hurry to order ascension robes, however, for the time is not till about 1926, and fashions may chenge before then. John Huberlz, proprietor of the Huberlz House, at Kentland, died suddenly last'Wednesday morning. It was at first reported that he had suigided by the laudanum route, but an inquest before a justice of the peace resulted in a verdiot that death lesulted from catarrahal and bronchial congestion, superinduced by the excessive use of alcoholic stimulants. He had lived in Kentland since 18b7. He was once a resident of Rensselaer, when a young man, and a good while ago. There is naturally quite a scramble for the appointment of oircuit court judge in the LakePorter circuit, to succeed Judge Gillett, who is elevated to the Supreme bench. A. F. Knotts, of Hammond was first in the field “of oourse.” In fact the telegraph sounder at Hammond hadn’t finished clicking off the message from Durbin that Gillett was appointed, when Armanis had hie grip paoked to start for Indianapolis, to work for Gillett’s job. Virgil S. Reiter also of Hammond, is a candidate, and is making a strong showing. Frank Gavit, of Whiting, and W. C. McMahon, of Crown Point complete the list of Lake county candidates. In Porter county Grant Crumpacker, brother of the congressman, was endorsed by the county bar, but he has withdrawn; and the bar at Valparaiso has endorsed Hiram'X 'Gilleft.'Tatßer of J. IT- just appointed to the 4 Bupreme bench. Governor Durbin hasn’t exactly taken to ihe woods yet, but he has slipped off to Anderson, whioh is the next thing to it.

WEDNESDAY.

Charles Bwain of Moroooo, was in town today. Miss Rosa Chnpp went to Surrey today for a few days visit with her parents. Lowest temperature last night 5 above zero. Higheet today, 15 above. Mrs. Nelson Randle is now mnoh better than she has been before for months. Mrs. Mattie Phillips pleasantly entertained about 25 of her lady frienda yesterdey afternoon. Mrs. Emma Ciosidine of Fulton 111., came todaj to visit Mrs. W. 0. Babcock for a few days. Two little children of Emmet Pullins six miles north, are recovering from light oases of pneumonia, Fletcher Monnett returned home to Evanston, last night, after several days’ visit with his daughters, Mrs. A. P. Burton end Mrs. H. L. Brown. Dr. I. B Washburn continnea to improve right along, under Dr, Senn’s treatment, in Cbioago, and all tboujghts of an operation has beeu abandoned. - I - A John Ramey, who has been eo greatly afflicted for a long time past, with tumors and swellings.

has now been confined to his bed for several weeks, with an en'arged knee joint, Charley- Parker, of Barkley tp. has sold hi# farm to Carey Lawman of the same township. It contains 80 acres and the price was $55 per aore. Mr. Parker will remain on the farm this year.

Mrs G. K. Hollingsworth has returned from Crawfordsville. Mrs. Ensrninger though still quite sick, is so much improved that her friends are much encouraged. Mrs. 8. J. Austin and Mrs. Vlatie Hopkins still stay with her at Crawfordsville.

M. Leopold and J. J. Montgomery went to Wolcott/this afternoon to after different matters there, growing out of the fire. Mr. Montgomery goes to look after telephone matters the local company having lost considerable in the way of phones, wires, poles etc.

Landy McGee says it is no traveler’s yarn about him thrashing J. F Hieronymus, at Kansas City. He says he went out there just for that purpose, and when the chance came, he thrashed the fellow good, and then some. But would have given him still more bad not a policeman happened along, and stopped proceedings. That was a caie in whioh the better the beating the better the deed. Mrs. Jane Reynolds, whose eiokness was mentioned in connection with the fact that her daughter-in-law Mrs. Hettie Rey nolds of our c"‘.y had been called to her bedside, died at her home in Chalmers, Monday afternoon She waa the widow of Benjamin Reynolds, and both hawalf ypH husband had many acquaintances in this oonnty, especially among the older residents. She was in her 83rd year. The funeral will be held Thursday, and interment made in Montioello cemetery. The insurance company allowed Abe and Ed Long $932 insurance on their burned farm building near Mt. Ayr, The oontraot for a new 8 room house, on the same-founda-tions, has been) let to Rush & Warren, of our city, and they agree if weather is suitable, to have it ready for plastering inside of two weeks. They will put eight carpenters to work on it. The lumber has been bought here, and the first load went oyer today, and 12 more will go tomorrow.

THURSDAY. H. R. Karri,e was a passenger to. Lafayette this morning. N. J. York, of Monon, was in the city on business today. A. H. Hopkins went to Chicago this morning for a few days’ busin ss day. August' Tebeau, of six miles west of towD, is quite sick with appendicitis. Miss Bessie Meyers returned this morning from a two weeks visit with her parents ate Lee.

Mies Ida 1 Long returned this morning after several weeks visit with relatives at Wabash. -a - ■

Mrs. Rebecca Porter returned a, laet evening from about a week’s visit at Lafayette and Attica.

Dr. H. L. Brown left Wednesday evening fora few days’visit with his mother at Danville, 111.

Mrs. E. P. Honan is attending the bouse party given this evening by Mrs. M. A. Rhyan of Delphi. Henry Mackey, whose health is S»ill vejy poor, expects to go to Chicago ins few days, for a surgical operation.

Mrs. Floyd Robiueon returned home Wednesday evening, after several days’ visit with relatives in Chicago.

At Trinity M. E. church Rev. C. D. Royse will continue his disof the subject of Spiritual sin, Dext Sunday evening. A. Leopold, today left on the 1.45 p m. train for Wolcott, to look alter his interests at the Wolooit lire.

C. tJ. Taylor, of Chicago, who ha- been visiting with Newton Puraphrey for the last few days, left on he 1.45 p. m. train for Kantland enroute to Chicago. Mr. Jesse Welsh, of Chicago, who has been visiting with Frank Welsh and family, south of towD, the past five weeks returned to Chicago this morning. Subject at Christian church Sunday morning: Is the Christ Life Practioal in the Lives of Men Today? Evening subjeot: Christian Union.

F. L. Flanigan of the International Correspondent’s Schools, Scranton, Pa., was in the city Wednesday in the interests of its pupils here.

Subjeot Sunday morning, at the Presbyterian cliuroh: The Gain of Taking Heed to Warning. Evening: Different Kinds of Prayer. Mrs. Wash Lowman, on the Delos Tnompson farm, east of Pleasant Ridge, is very siok with pneumonia, bnt is now somewhat improved.

W. A. Rinehart is here having just come from his 7,000 aore garden spot, in Missouri. The weather there is muoh the same as here, and about the same depth of snow.

Prinoe Henry, of Germany, will, it is now stated, surely visit Indianapolis, during his trip in this country, next month. From Indianapolis he will probably go to Chicago and if he does, and knows a good thing when he sees it, he will go over the Monon route. In that case we may get to look at the car his "Imperial Highness” is riding in, anyhow.

Another half inoh of sno# was added to the three or four inches previously on the ground, last night. Jasper county is still in the lucky weather belt. Thus the three inch snow fall here of Tuesday night, was an all day and all night storm in some parts of the state.. And in the southern portion there was a great sleet storm.

•G H. Healey is well pleased wi h his job in Uncle Sam's big print shop, at Washington. The day*’ work is eight hours, and lively while it lasts, and the pay i* *4 a day. If oYfcr time work is required 60 oents per hour is paid. G. r K e thinks he is in for a steady j"»> He thinks also that he may » •»« the night force, for which the pay is larger.

The I. X. Ls. Bill N’s team, got it warpped to them a’ the bowling contest, last night, v ith the Monarchs. The scores were 2533 for Monarohs to 2384 for the I X Ls. Al Robinson, of tice Mouarchs made the best single score 212. C. E.- Mills, of the same, best average 179. The 2533 scored by the Monarchs is a new record for this season, They »<i-.o made the record score fur the season for one game, 950 pins.

The plays presented by the Frank Davidson company .re all pure as a breath of mountain air. Not a single objectionable feature can be found throughout the performances. Here are plays to which you can your mother, your sister, or someone else’s sister, with the assurance that they will thoroughly enjoy every moment of the three entertainments. The dates are Jan. 30,31, and Feb. 1.