Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1902 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. j Geo. A. Striokfaden is transacting business in Monticello today. Mrs. Berry, after two weeks’ visit with her daughter, Mrs. U. 'M- Baughman, returned to her home in Monon, yesterday. | Mrs. Brady is entertaining abont 60 of her lady friends, this afternoon, at her residence, by a -Schumann recital, by Mrs, Delos Thompson. Miss Warren, of Chic igo Heights, after a several days’ visit with relatives here returned to her home this morning. Mrs. Boyd, of Mt. Vernon, la, returned to her home today, after several days’ visit with Granville and family. Perry Castor is baok from Chioago Heights, for a day or two, on business. He is still in the carpenter’s trade, and gets all the *%vork he can do at $3.37$ per day

Rev. T. A. Hall held the first servioe last uigbt, of a protraded meeting at the Christian church. The meetings will be held every night, for some time. E. Jensen and son Louis, of Wbealfield, were in town today. Mr Jensen oame here in the interest of his son, whom he wishes to place in a suitable shop for several mouths. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Winter®, who spent the past week visiting the family of E. L. Bruoe, this morning left for a few days’ visit at Shelby before returning to their home at Frapkton. Mrs. Emma J Turpie, of North Platte, Neb., left for her home today after a six weeks’ visit with friends at this plaoe and Monon. While here she visited with her brother, U. M. Baughman. J. N. Sample will not move into his reoently purchased Levi Renioker five acre tract, just north of town, he having rented the John Heferlin farm, south of town. Mr. Renioker will oontinue to live on the plaoe, as a tenant.

Ed Moon blacksmith and footballist, was called to Tnsoola, 111., today to take obarge of an nnruly horse, the blacksmiths of that place being unable to handle him. After Ed gives the beast a low tackle or two he will know he has been playing football anyhow. John Hefferlin, just south of town, and all his sons and his son-in-law, Mr. Hanson, are all prepared to remove to South Dakota, within a few weeks. They have rented and will take charge of a large dairy farm in that state.

Back Wheeler will not hang, next Saturday. The Supreme Court has stayed the execution until June 6th, to hear an appeal. It is in these long delays by the courts in punishing orimiuals, which cause much of the crime in this country, and also most of the lynobiugs. Over in LaPrrte oounty a township reoently voted an SIB,OOO subsidy for another railroad’s construction. The joke abont it ta that the other railroads in the township, the Lnktf Shore, Lake Erie & Western and the Pere Marqoette roads; with which the new line will oompete, will have to pay two-thirds of the subsidy as taxes.

iV.-' V l -* v~~* - { a ••• •• February still keeps np the pace fo!r solid winter weather, it started out with. Last night there was another inoh or two of snow, and

a temperature of four degrees below zero. The low temperature and high northwest wind, makes today one of the worst, if not the very worst, of the winter, so far, to be out in. . _

Mayor Eger and his household are plunged in sorrow today, for “Jim De Monk” departed this life, last night. It is not known exactly what caused the monkey’s death, but it seemed something like rhenmatism. Jim was a merry, trioky little monk and very affectionate towards members of the family. He was a South American by nativity, or descent, and Mr. Eger bad owned him for about two years.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Clark arrived from Crystal Falls, in theNortbern Peninsula, this afternoon and will as before stated, now make their home here, occupying the farm north of town recently purchased by R. B, Porter, Mrs. Clark’s father, of J. W. Cowden. They have lived at Crystal Falls two years. There was 22 inohes of snow on the ground in that hyperborean region, when they left there and zero weather.

Alt Padgett’s mule sale, last Saturday, was a success. He sold 15 mules and 5 horses. The mules, all but the odd one, sold in teams, and the prices were from S2OO to $250 per team. They were big, stout mules, of oourse, and chuok full of hard heavy work. The horses, also heavy and strong, brought from SBO to $135. It don’t take many such sales to foot up to a couple thousand dollars. Mr. Padgett will give another similar sale in Maroh.

J. B. and J. J. Williams, of Cleveland and Marion, Ohio, respectively, and brothers of J. W. Williams, of our city, left today on a notable pleasure journey. They will go with one of Cook’s excursions, in a trip to Europe and the far east. They expect to be gone three mouths, and that tbeir trip will include a visit to Jerusalem. It is said that six members of the wealthy Shirk family, of Peru, Delphi and other Indiana cities, will be members of the party.

Trains are having no end of trouble this cold, stormy weather, and for them to be more or less behind time is the rule now rather than the exoeptioD. The north bound train due here at 4:30 this morning came in behind the milker, at 7:30 this morning, owing to some mishap down the line. The 9:55 a. m. north train, which was 30 minutes late here, broke a coupling at Cedar Lake, and was still stalled there at 2 o’clock this afternoon.

WEDNESDAY. Mrs. M. L. Spitler, this morning left for a two months visit with her ■on Marion L. Spitler of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Miss Mand Sines, who has been visiting Miss Harriet Yeoman the past week, returned to her home at Delphi today. Mrs. Slagel, of the Makeever House, who went to Hammond a few days ago, to visit her parents, is sick there and will be unable to return home, for some days yet. Miss Sadie Elkina of Indianapolis, who was here to attend the funeral of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Wash Lowman, returned to her home today. The big labaratory and oonnected hotel of the Keeley institute at Dwight, 111, were burned, Tuesday, entailing a loss of $300,000. Miss Sadie Craft after a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Borntrager, south of town and other relatives and friends in this vicinity returned this morning to her home in Chicago. •• W. S. Major, of Wessington, South Dakota, after several months visiting in Indiana, the last few days of which were spent with his brother, county clerk, J. F. Major, left for his home today.

Miss Grace Pnlver, after a weeks visit with her sister Mrs, P. W. Clark, left this afternoon, for a short visit with relatives at Hammond before returning to her home at Danville, 111. The secretary of state’s office is one of the best paying institutions in the state. Last year the receipts amounted to $90,000 in fees from incorporations, increases of capital Btock and fees paid by foreign corporations.-" The salaries and offioee expenses do not amount to more than $16,000 and the margin is clear money to the state. Prophet Elijah Dowie finally made a settlement with his brother-in-law, Stevenson, for his lace making faotory, and thus avoided having the plant placed in charge of a receiver, as would otherwise have been done Tuesday, by Judge Tuley, of Chicago. Stevenson sued for $175,000 and it is known that the amount paid him by Dowie is about that figure. “Lije” Dowie is now taking it out in cursing the courts and the newspapers. J. W. Cowden, Dick Grow and Harrison Warren made a trip over into Cass county yesterday. Mr. Cowden went to make some arrangements towards moving over to his new farm near Logansport, and the others to visit relatives, Mr. Grow haying a brother- there and Mr. Warren a sister. Mr. Cowden is more than ever pleased with his recent real-estate purchases in Cass county, and himself and son-in-law Manley Burk, will move there within a week or two, if the weather is not tco severe.

Wonder if a preachers’ trust will be the next thing in. that line? Anyhow a move in that direction will be made in Rensselaer tonight, when two preachers will effect a consolidation or merger. They are Rev. Ed Meads, the able and popular pastor of the Free Baptist ohurch, and Rev. Maggie Kenton, an eloquent and successful preacher and evangelist in the same de nomination. The ceremony will take place at the residence of Mr. aud Mrs. John Rush, and Rev. B F. Ferguson will perform the ceremony.

Lml night was another very cold one, the temperature reaching down to 12 degrees below zero. It remained at that point until 7 a. m., this morning, when the change in the wind to southerly began to get in its work, and the mercury began to climb towards a higher and more genial altitude. The weather bureau now promises milder weather, and it is to be hoped the promise will prove good. This temperature of 12 below was recorded by the U. S. thermometer. Common thermometers, around town, many of them at least, reached several degrees still lower.

0, D, Nowels has retnrned from a two days’ trip to Columbia City, Ind,, where he went to meet his son, Arthur 8. Nowels, who is figuring on baying a lumber business at that plaoe. Arthur has jnst sold his lnmber yard at Geneva, and is looking for a favorable opening elsewhere, and will probably locate at Columbia City. He has been at Geneva two years, and has done a good business and sold out to good advantage. He also did a little on the side, in the oil line, at Geneva, and lately cleaned np a cool SI,OOO just as easy as findiqg it.

The Schumann recital, by Mrs. Delos Thompson, Tuesday afternoon, given by Mrß. J. L. Brady, was quite a novel funotion here, in the way of house entertainments, bat a very enjoyable one to the cultivated musical tastes of Rensselaer’s society ladies. About ten of the great composers’ pieces were rendered by Mrs. Thompson, in bet usual surpassingly excellent manner, and several of the pieces *ere given a second time in re* Hponse to the persistent request of the auditors. A goodly house-full • f ladies were present, although quite a number were kept away by , the severe weather.

THURSDAY. A. S. La Rue, is in Monon on business today. A? W. C. Milliron. of Montioello. is here on business today. M. F. Chiloote was in Montioello yesterday on legal bnaineas. Mrs. Foos, after two weeks’ visit

witb relatives here, returned to home at Danville, 11l , today. Co. Snpt. Hamilton went to Wheatfield this morning, to visit schools and attend township institute Saturday Morton Kilgore, of Goodland, and Harry Strohm, of Kentland, have been re-appointed postmasters of their respective towns. Misses Grace Morgan, Ella Watson and Mabel Eaton, went to Lafayette yesterday evening for a two week’s visit with Miss Mfljpoe Eaton.

The sermon on Spiritualism intended to have been given last Suudaj night, at the M. E. church waa'postponed, and will be given next Sunday night, insteed. Rev. J L. Brady, returned yesterday from accompanying Mrs David Winslow, of Fair Oaks to Indianapolis, where she gees in the hope of being benefited by an operation on the eye. Dr. Kirk’s, of Parr, new ad in the Repbulican is the one that drew Ist prize, $5, in his ad writing competition among the school children of Union Tp. It is all right.

Charley Murray arrived back from bis latest Oklahoma visit, today. In about 30 days he will return and make a longer stay on bis claim, and improve the same, considerably. He is more than ever well pleased with bis claim.

Fred Laridis, of Logansport, the youngest of the gifted Landis boys is cutting quite a swath in his race for the Republican nomination for Congressman and in his district, against Major ’Steel, and he may win out. The Riversides beat the I. X,Ls. at the bowling alley, last night, by 2427 pins to 2359. Chas. Garland made high average, 181 pins. Bill N made high score, 214.' The Riverside are now cocks-Qf-the-walk in the bowling tournament. The snow continues to fall in limited quantities nearly every night, and occasionally by day, and there is now 8 to 10 inohes, on the level. Sleighing is good in places, but only in places, as it has blown off the grades in some spots while many of the east and wes roads are pretty badly blocked with drifts. <

Vernon Nowels has sold his restaurant and bakery business on Washington street, Milliron’s old stand, to A. J. Brenner, until recently of Mt. Ayr, and who is now in possession of the business. Mr. Nowels still retains his Case on South Van Rensselaer street, and has taken personal charge of the same. Sanford and Rankin Halstead, of west of town, |left Tuesday by way of Goodland, for the Big Horn valley, in Wyoming, where there are Baid to be great chances for farming and stookraising. They went with Dr. Traugh, of Goodland, who has been out there several times Ibefore. Several others also went from Goodland, and more joined them at Peoria, 111. -

Mr. Harry Aldrich, a former Rensselaer boy, sen of Granville Aldrich, was married Jan. 6th, at Kanaranzi, Minn., to Miss Evangeline Jones. H*rry and bis bride are both trained nurees, and graduates of St. Peter, Minn., hospital for the insane. She is now connected with a private hospital at Luverne, Minn., and of which the two will take complete charge after July Ist. Harry has been at St. Peters hospital for two years. Mrs. John Eger is entertaining a large party of her lady friends Cdaeata Voor B««m Vllk Omwnli. «£s? s*“’s , uxssirad , sss- !

this afternoon, at her residence on Van Rensselaer street, A specially novel feature of the affair is that the guests appear dressed as ohildren, either in present day costumes or of some former period. It is anticipated that some “pretty broad views of life” will be presented during the proceedings. No men peoples|(or peeples) are allow ed within 100 yards, and the penalty for kodaking is instant death. Again the government weather bureau’s reports show the strange faot that Rensselaer was about the coldest plage in the country daring one night. When the U. 8. thermometer here s‘ood at 12 below zero Wednesday morning only two other places in the United States reported as low a temperature; Moorehead, Minn., 20, and Bt.*-Paul, Minn., 14 Chicago had only 8 below aud Indianapolis only 4, as their low marks On Recount of the postponement Blue Rock shoot at Riverside Park today, several" otrt of town sports were not only dipappointed but inconvenienced to a certain extent. Among the out-of-town shooters to arrive this morning were, Capt. Joe Blisjain and M. W. Thompson, of Liifajette, who have won several medals in the state tournaments in the last few years and came fully expecting to give thebojsan exhibition of first clasß shooting. The shoot is postponed until the 19th and 20th when it will take place sure.