Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1902 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

FRIDAY. Mrs. Fritz Zard is visiting friends at Surrey for a few days. Ed Moon, the horseehoer, is now working for Chas. Hansen. J. J. Montgomery went to St. Louis today on business. Dr. and Mrs. Weil returned to Peoria, 111,, last evening. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Mason Kenton, northwest of town, this morning, a son. Miss Kate Alexander, who has been nursing Mrs. S. C. Johnson has returned to Indianapolis. Mrs. G. W. Cover, of north of town, went to Monticello today for a few days’ visit. Mrs. R. D. Thompson and Ada Nowels went to Indianapolis today for a few days visit. A. 12 year old son of Mrs. John Ramey is quite sick with remittent fever. Mrs. J. C. Ogle, of Frankfort, Ind., came last evening for a two weeks’ visit with her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Wolf, north of town. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Jackson, of Lebanon, Ind., returned home this morning after a few days’ visit here with relatives. < Mrs. I. J. Baker returned to Little Rock, Ark., after a six weeks’ visit with her brother, G. L. Thornton, of this place.

Mrs. Georgia Catt returned home last evening after a week’s visit at Chicago, and with her mother at Thayer. ’ Mr. and Mrs. J. McCollough, of Hillsborough, Ind., are visiting their daughter, Mrs. C. W. Clift, for about a month. Mrs. A. McCoy and Mrs. T. J. McCoy, went to Annapolis, Md.,Today to spend the Fourth with the latter’s son, Taylor. Joe Meyer and wife returned to Pittsburg, Pa., today after a week’s visit here. His mother, Mrs. Wm. Meyer returned with them for a short visit. The Calumet Tire Rubber Co., of Chicago, is looking for a location outside that city, and has its weather eye on Valparaiso just at present. Mr. Geo. B. Ensenberger, chief promoter of Wright Carnival Co., at Evansville, Ind , is in town today in the interests of our street fair question. Mr, A. G. Scott of near Monon,' , was in town today. He is getting about on crutches since his fall from a haymow and breaking a leg, one day last fall. The Warsaw Times says a citizen of Bremen was fined 135 for

i pounding a mule. He whipped i his wife the next day and was fined $2 for that; He now wants to sell the mule to cut down expenses. While several of the town fellows were out shooting yesterday afternoon, Charles Montgomery, tinner for Warner Bros., received a superficial scalp wound by the accidental discharge of a gun, Dr. Berkley dressed the wound. For the first time in two or three years the potato crop promises to be above the average. Early potatoes look very fine and the yield should be large. The price of potatoes in the market is beginning to feel the effect of the oncoming crop, and is dropping some every two or three days. Quite a number of character, pictures of Gus Phillips are in! the window of Fendig’s Drug, Store. A part of these represent him as Sidney Carton in ‘‘The Only Way,” and the balance as Levengali in “Trilby.” Gus is a good one on the make-up, and no ' one would be apt to recognize him in any of these various disguises. It is said that the Pennsylvania road has found by actual exper- ( ience that it costs more to take the , same train 100 miles burning oil as fuel for the locomotive than it does to burn coal. But there is ‘ economy from burning oil as fuel as there are no ashes to handle, no fire from sparks, no smoke, no cinders, and less cost for repairs to the engine. Company M. had another serious engagement with the enemy, last night about eight o’clock, in which a large number of blank cartridges were fired. Whenthesmoke cleared away the wounded and dying "comrades” were strangely in the minority, however, considering the care and percision with which the muskets were loaded and fired. The usual large crowd which always turns out when there is anything doing in Rensselaer, was in

Rook-laying is now in progress on the new K. of P. building, the first rook of ’the foundation having been laid at 2:30 Thursday afternoon. * These foundations are being laid on the solid bedrock, and they will stand as long as earth does, if not removed by man’s labor. The bed-rock at that place is about 10 feet below the surface of the ground, and nearly 3 feet below the' top of the exoavation for the basement. Thia bed-rock, as it usually is when uncovered here is almost perfectly level and in all the higher places polished off as

smooth as glass by the action of the glaciers of the ice age. The court house is the only other building besides this in the buaines part of town, that has its foundations on the everlasting rock. It is astonishing how many of our boys- and girls have cultivated the unhealthy habit of walking with drooping shoulders and cavedin oh eat. If this continues another decade the future generations may reasonably be expected to get about on all fours as it is said the pre-historic man did. Parents

' and teachers should correct this habit in the young, and teach them to hold up their heads, look the world in the face, and be glad and thankful for the jrivilage of living. I

SATURDAY.

Guss Phillips went to Fowler, Ind., today for a few days’ visit with relatives. Monon has arranged for a street carnival to be held Aug. 26th to 29 th. Mrs. 8. 8. Barnes, of Fowler, came last evening for a week’s visit with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Edwards went to Pontiac, 111., yesterday for a week’s visit with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Newt. Warren, of LaPorte, Ind., are here for an exended visit with relatives. Ethel Spriggs went to Whitehall, Michigan to spend the summer vacation with relatives.

The British have lost 30,616 men in the Boer war, exclusive of the wounded who died after returning. . j ", Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Robinson returned to their home at Lamar, Col., today, after about a week’s visit with Rensselaer relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Williams went to Delphi today to spend Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Chas. Porter. Mrs. E. Jensen and son Alexander, of Wheatfield, are visiting Mrs, Tom Thornton for a day or two. Jordan township is now as in all wet times simply floating away. In three different places along the range line road in that township 1 the water is more than hub deep to the buggies. j A two year eld child of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dluzak, of Remington, ! swallowed a piece of metal which 1 lodged in its aesophagus several days ago and required surgical aid to be removed.

Mrs. Clara Woodoook, wife of E. E. Woodcock, editor of the Lowell Souvenir was quite serious- 1 ly burned with gasoline last Tuesday, while lighting her stove, from which the fire ignited to a rag saturated with gasoline and to her' clothing. She will recover. ’ In a game of base ball between Remington and Wolcott played at the latter place last Wedntsday, the Wolcott boys put it over their adversaries by a score of 15 to 4. 1 The Remington boys are waiting' to get even on the Fourth when,' they play for a purse of 130. A new time card will go into 1 effect on the Monon Sunday June 29th. The only change made that 1 will effect Rensselaer people is that in the running~Time _ of N 0.33 which is due here at 1:46 p, m. The time of this train is changed to 2:01 p. m. or 15 minutes later than heretofore. It is undoubtedly Helen Gould’s ' own fault that she is being annoyed by a fictitious husband. There has been no time since she has been of marriageable age that she could not have been supplied with the genuine article and without the trouble or expense of advertising. Rev. T. A. Hall, of the Christian church, will begin a series of special sermons on Old Testament Characters next Sunday night. The first one of these will be delivered that evening and the subject will be “Adam.” The subject for Sunday morning’s service will be Patriotism. The emperor of CHina is going to select a third wife. The second Mrs. Kuang was a very pretty woman, but when the court fled from Pekin she got lost in a well, and so far no efforts have been made to find her. It is believed that she refused to recognize the old dowager empress as the whole thing, which accounts for her being lost, strayed or stolen. Another heavy rain fall has I visited this Section daring the past i twenty-four hours, which it is safe ( to say had done an inestimable amount of damage to the growing

crops as well as to the ripening grain. Baing as it was unaccompanied by wind the damage is of course Considerably lessened to the latter crops. The total amount of rain Which fell at Rensselaer as reported by the government rain guage was 1 90 inches. Mrs. Addison Paykison entertained the Ladies’ Literary Club at their regular meeting yesterday afternoon at her pleasant residence. The entertainment was of a musical nature and some excellent selections were rendered. Some good recitations were also given at the conclusion of which fine refreshments were served. Every one present seemed to enjoy the occasion greatly but no one member enjoyed it more than Uncle Ad himself. William Shepherd started Tuesday for Denver, Col. and will prospect there and at other points in that state for a suitable opening and if not suited there he will

strike the rice belt of Texas. Shep has lived here so long he seems like a fixture and we are sorry indeed to lose him but wish him the best of success wherever be may “stake his tent.” Mrs. Shepherd will remain here for the summer at least and continue her class in music.—Remington Press. Most of the pretty snake skin bands seen on Panama hats come from League Island in the port of Philadelphia. At this season of the year the island is fairly alive with pretty garter snakes which the ever watchful marines are turning into money. On captur-. ing a dozen of the snakes, their skins are stretched on boards and tanned for a week in the sun. Then they are ironed until each skin resembles a piece of changeable silk. The skins are then ready for the market. Many of the marines receive 50 and 75 cents each for these unique hat bands.—Ex.

Metropolitan newspapers lampoon country papers a great deal for giving so much space to gossip. The facts are that the news in a country paper is the gossip of its community, and the news in a metropolitan sheet is the gossip of the world, and some of it infernally rotten, too. There is a distinction with a difference in that the “gossip” of the country sheet is much cleaner and more wholesome than much of “world’s gossip” which appears in the me tropolitan papers. Each has its sphere, the difference being that the city editor sells his opinions ( to the highest bidder, while the county roosters more often goes hungry Lr the privilege of expressing his.

___MONDAY. Miss Mamie Fleck went to Parr today for a short visit. Henry Reed is very sick with painters’ colic. W. C. MilUron of Monticello is here on business. Mias Fannie McCarthy went to Dunnville today for a few days’ visit. Miss Ella Welsh returned to Remington today after a few days visit with Miss Maude Hemphill. Will Timmons, now of Clark Bros, grocery, at Lafayette, is spending a couple of week’s vacation with his parents here. Belle and Wade Laßue went to Louisville, today for a visit of three weeks duration, with relatives. The 9:55 s. m. train was three hours late, today, caused by a washout on the C- H. <fc D., beyond Indianapolis. A. G. Hardy accompanied Thos. Cain of south of town, to Attica this morning, where he will receive treatment for his rheumatic troubles. Mrs. G. K. Hollingsworth and son Thomas, went to Crawfordsville today to attend a reunion of the Austin family at that place tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bruner and daughters Cora and True, and Mrs. J. M. Troxell and Miss Grace

Warren are visiting Mrs. A. Halleck and other friends at DeMotte for a few days. Ross Grant traveler for Reid Murdock & Co., left this morning to begin work in his new field, which includes a portion of northern Illinois and‘part of southern Wisconsin. Married, Wednesday evening, June 25, at the home of the bride in Syracuse Kans., T. C. Stringfield and Miss Frances Scott The bride is the youngest daughter of Samuel Scott, a former resident of Rensselaer, and has many relatives and friends here. The month of June just ending has been unusually bealthy one here, if it has been wet Only one death oooured in town during the month, and only two in the town and whole (surrounding country, within the territory which comes to Rensselaer for burial permits,

Judge and Mrs. 8. P. Thompson returned Saturday night from their three weeks’ stay at Chicago and Winona. The operation on their little boy was pretty severe bnt it is thought will greatly benefit his bearing. The big rains have put a more or less extended stop to the building operations of both K. of Ps. and Odd Fellows. The result al the Knights’ is quite serious, the sides of the excavation having caved in very extensively. Robert Parker, of Remington states that the news item from Kouts, Porter, regarding a new bank there, was erronious in respect to his connection therewith. He will have no interest in it at all but went there to judge of prospects as a favor to Leon Shaffner, who will be the manager of the new bank.

Now Uncle Ad Parkison has got them all down, He sold three cars of cattle at the stockyards today. One oar, with 19 steers sold for $7.85 the top price of any Jasper county cattle. Another load brought $7 55 and the other $7.25. The Whole shipment of cattle brought an average of $lO2 per head. Charley Spriggs, the tireless hnnter for specimens for the school museum, made a double haul this morning. He had a big hrown mother bat with thre<- young ones under its wings, as they carry their young ones. He also had a double handful of green or grass snakes. Which he handled as tenderly as babies, and which are also as harmless. He

will continue his tender treatment of bats and snakes until all are riioely pickled? in alchohol and placed on the shelf as specimens in the school museum. A report* circulated in town this morning that a horse was drowned in the.river at this end of Burk’s bridge, and that a buggy was in the water also. Ylenoe it wss sup. posed there was a man drownded there. After several persons had made preparations to go out, The Republican got telephonic communications with Henry Gowland, present owner of the old Stackhouse farm, and frox him it was learned that the report was for the most part false. A man attempted to cross thp bridge Saturday night, and got into trouble in plenty. Bnt he got out and also got his horse out, but his buggy is still "in soak?” Several parties drove out to Burk’s bridge, 4 miles north, this morning, on the false report that a drowning had occurred there. They found the water about half a mile wide. The bridge is impassible, and the water is a foot deep above the planks of the bridge. On the pike on this side flows a streem about the size of the Missouri river at low water, not so very low either, for a man waded through it to the bridge and the water took him under the Arm pits. The pike beyond the Pullins bridge is also so deep under water as to be impassible.