Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1902 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. Fountain Park Assembly opens next Saturday, August Sth. There will be another Sundry excursion to Chicago August 17th Fare 7b cents. Mr. and Mrs. Roth Wottman, of Streator, 111., are visiting relatives here for a week. Mm. Samuel Howe is improving from an attack cf malarial fever. Wayne Parker, of the Indiana polis university, is home for the summer vacation L mnard Keister, a 16 year old boy, is seriously sick at his father's home, near Egypt school house. Mr. and Mrs. Vermont Hawkins, of Anderson. Ind-, are visiting her • parents, Mr. and Mrs A.L. Willis. D. F Alter and family are visiting in Monticello, Delphi, and Frankfort fur a couple of weeks. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs, W N. Jordan, of N-wland. previously mentioned as sick with dysentery, died last night.

Frtd Landi-t, Repub loan candidate for congress from the 11th district, is to a Logansport young lady soon. Rev. fi. M. Middleton, of Remington, will occupy his old pulpit at the M. E church here, Sunday morning. Mrs. 0. L Reed returned to her home in Peoria, 111 , today after a visit wi'h relanvHa aad frieuda here. B. F Ferguson left this morning for North Dakota on la,id business He will be gone nearly two weeks. Randle Overton was thought Lr a whi e last night to oe dying, but he afterwards rallied somewhat, ■ wad -today wfeeling a. liu te .better... Rumors of someone having been shot up about the Kankakee river have been in circulation here, today, but so far we are unable to find any foundation for them, and believe them to be unfounded. Mrs. E. Duvall and daughter, Miss Ora and son Ed, left th's morning on an extended pleasure trip in the south west. They will .visit C. H. Cannon and family for about a month at Chandler, Okla. ,

A large panthrr has been seen by several reputable St. Joe coun'y farmers the last few .days. The animal has killed two calves. Where it came from is a mystery. It may have escaped from a circus. At the light rain early this morning a little lees than a tenth of an inch of water fell. It served to interrupt threshing until noon, however. —;— Clyde Masters and Thomas Zimmerman, two young men from Dorth of town, left this morning for Lexington, Neb., where they will stay indefinitely. Mrs. W. B. Price, an old resident of Carpenter tp., and mother of County Surveyor M. B. Price, died at her home last night, after a lung sickness. Her age was 75 years Herbert Toops, who has been living in the Sharon neighborhood for some time past, left this morning, for Yukon, Oklahoma, with the intention of permanently locating some place in that region.

Mrs. A. A. Yates and daughter Miss Mary left this morning for a visit with friends arid relatives in the west. They will visit in Omaha and St. Paul, Neb., and will be gone about a month. J. G. Guthrie, of Monticello, Democratic candidate for Congress in this district, was in town lest evening. The captain is a pleasant and popular gentleman, but he is eurely chasing a rainbow of very delusive construction if he images the big Republican majority in this district can be overcome by any candidate of his present pjlitical faith. Louie Fendig is here for about a m »u*n’s stay with his parents. He is s’ill with the town booming company he has been with for a year or two past. They have worked in all the southern states, their last one being Texas. From here Louie will go to Colorado Springs to rejoin the company. They will work Colorado for a while but go to California this winter. Mr. Wolf, at the tile mill torth of town, received the sad news this morning, by telegraph, that the six year old son of Harry Alter was killed in Clinton county, this morning, in the hay field, in a run-

away. Harry formerly lived at the tile mill, for several years and is well remexbered by our citizens. The particulars of- the srd aioident have not been received. An important deal in Milroy tp.land has just been negotia'ed through B. O. Gardner’s agency. It is the sale for Edward Lynch, of Strawn, 111., of the former Loshbough place, of 240 acres. It is sold to Henry 0. Hefner, of Holddredge, Neb., who will move to Rensselaer, There are 240 acres in the the tract and the price was 110,000. ' There was a six-round boxing match in some quiet nook in town, last night. The principals were Wright, who hammers horse shoes in Kohler’s blacksmith shop, and Fred Paroells who scrapes ohins in his father’s barber shop. Both were said to be pretty handy with their dukes, with little to choose between them. Wright is said to be training for a regular match in the prize ring. WEDNESDAY. Mr. Mark Foresman, of Goodland, is a Rensselaer visitor today. Miss Ella Watson is visiting in Monon for a few days. Mias Kathryn Rogers was in Lafayette yesterday on business. H. 8. Ellis was in Shelby and

Wheatfield yes’eiday, advertising the Carnival. I Walter Reynolds who has been quite rick for some time is reported better. | Charley Hershman is spending 1 a few-days at Lafayette on .business. Mrs. J. Q. Alter and son Frank went to Delphi today for a couple of weeks. Miss Nellie Geary, of Lnfayette. is visiting M-'ss Kathryn Jours for a few days. Miss Lizzie Schuricb went to Lake Bluff yesterday for a short visit with her sister, Rose. Mr. J. B. Martindale is visiting in Chicago and Ma-ion Ohio for a week. Miss Belle Laßue arrived heme yesterday from a five weeks’ visit in Louisville Ky. Florence Eaton returned to her home iu Lafayette yesterday, after a short visit with her sister Mrs. E B. Piper, at the Nowels House. Mr. Archibald Hall of Springfield, 111., spent Tuesday night and Wednesday with his brother, Rev. T. A. Hall, of the Christian church Michigan City is credited with having a deaf and dumb base ball team. It must be great fur the spectators, but what will the poor “rooters” do. Misses Belle and Martha Openheimer, who have been visiting their bruther in-law B. S. Fendig, for some time, went to Toronto, Canada, fur-a- virit with -£fUmLihere. Dr. Kres.ler assisted by Dr. Johnson performed an operation on Mrs. Lewis Hagg, yesterday afternoon, for the relief of an in ternal hemorrage. The patient is doing well today. Misses Ara Glazebrook and Lora Rhoades left today for a two weeks’ visit with friends in Buffalo, New York. They expect to visit Niagra Falls and other places in New York, also Toronto, Canada, before they return. Night Watch Burgess Dillon bad the misfortune to lose a $5 bill the other night somewhere between Eiglesbach's meat market and his home. He would like to renew his acquaintance with the said “William” again. 0. W. Duvall is again in the bus business, having bought out the John Jones bus line. He will take possession on Friday. It is about as~hard for Mr. Duvall to stay out of the bus business as it would be for a fish to stay out of water. Twenty-two boys of the age of from 10 to 17 years, have organized themselves into a company of the Boys’ Brigade. Leo Reeve is the captain. Later they expect to get themselves uniforms and will probably make Company "M ” hustle for the next honors. The funeral of Mrs. M. B. Price of Carpenter township, who died Monday night Will be held at the family residence northwest of Remington tomorrow at two o’clock. Interment will be made iu the Remington cemetery where her husband is buried. ,■ A burglar entered the house of Editor Woodard, North Liberty, the other night. When he found that he was in a newspaper man’s house, he fled. The editor caught

him, after a chase of a mile, and got bis picture for the story in his paper. THURSDAY. Carl Duvall has been on the sick list for a day or two past. Some of the floats to be used in the Industrial parade are all ready being built. Walter English is visiting his uncle at Danville, 111., for a few days. George Hemphill is spending the week with his relatives at Indianapolis. The Bedford Stone Quarry works’now have a strike on and are out of work. Rev. B- F. Ferguson went to LaGrauge.'lnd., yesterday fur a few days business. Misses Sarah and Catherine McEnery of Chicago are spending the week with Mrs. L. H. Hamilton. Quite a number of Rensselaer citizens are attending the funeral of Mrs. W. B. Price north of Remington today. Jerome Helmith formerly of Siglers’ store at Mt. Ayr, is now connected with the Chicago Bargain Store. Mr. G. E. Marshall, editor of this paper, left yesterday for a trip In the west, his first objective point being Canon City, Col. Mr. and Mrs. Julian M. Hopkins, of Lafayette, came this morning for a visit with relatives here and at Mt. Ayr. Leelie Clark is moving bis household goods from his present residence to bis new house near 1 Charley Spriggs residence, today Charley Wellington, of Lafayette, the New York Life In-

surance man, was a Rensselaer visitor yesterday. Frank Wood and Taylor Boicourt are in Chicago this week buying the goods for their new Wolcott store. Reports from Rjchester, Ind., where the Wright Carnival Co. is this week say large crowds are in : attendance every day. Montgomery C. Burk of Crawfordsville came yesterday to begin his duties as clerk in the dry goods department of Forsythe’s Bargain Store. An Elkhart Ind., man sold his wife one day recently to another admirer for the proverbial "thirty cents” and thinks the man got beat at that. Miss Ellis Abbott and Mrs. F. B. Learning who 'have been visiting Mrs. Mary E. Spitler for several weeks returned to their home at Goshen, Ind., today. Miss Flora Roberts who has been visiting the families of J. W. Williams and Mrs. A. M. Stockton for a few days returned to her home at Lafayette, yesterday evening. A considerable amount of grass and weed mowing and street cleaning is now going on, which is a greatly needed improvement. Everyone should clean up before the Carnival. Mre. Carrie Nation is billed to address the Kankakee Chautauqua Assembly at Kankakee, 111., on Tuesday Aug. 12th, and Miss Ellen M, Stone the abducted missionary will be present at that assembly on Aug. 16tb. Russell and Johnny Harmon gave a pleasant little party to about twenty of their little friends, from 4 to 6 o’clock yesterday.

Refreshments consisting of iie . cream, frez-n fruits and cake were ' served. Mrs. O. P. Jenkins, wife of Prof, O. P. Jenkins of the Stamford University of California, who has been visiting with Mrs. G. E, Murray for a few days, started on the returned trip to her home at Pailo Alto, Cal, today. Mrs. N. W. Reeve was bitten by a large snake which had found entrance into their cellar at their home on Van Rensselaer street. She was bitten on the hand, and though it is thought the snake was not poisonous,' yet she was pretty badly frightened. The snake was of an unknown variety. The committe on decorations requests that all homes of the K. of P. or others who wish, be decorated for the Carnival week, every body should take pride in this matter and make onr City as beautiful as possible. The committee will furnish any information, and help those who desire their services. The Nowels Hotel again changed bands yesterday, Mr. Eaton retiring, and Mr. E. B. Piper the manager moving back to Lafayette The new proprietor is Mr. M. M. Huston of Minonk, 111., an old hotel man, who has already taken possession. Mr. Huston will move his family here next week. F. M. Frank returned Tuesday evening from quite an extended trip in the north and east. He spent a week at his old home in Pennsylvania, and from there ourneyed to New York City. After that he spent another week at a summer resort in Wisconsin, being gone from home in all about three weeks. This is the first vacation be has taken in five years