Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1902 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

FRIDAY. Mrs. E. H. Hilton is confined to her bed on account of sickness. A? or 8 year old daughter of Grant Daley, of Sharon, has a bad case of pneumonia. J. F. Warren, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is visiting relatives here for a few days. Miss Clara Robinson went to Water Valley last night for a short stay. Mrs. Clifford Dayton and Miss Maude Grant returned to Chicago last evening, after a visit with rel* atives here.

Mrs. Vermont Hawkins returned to her home in Anderson, Ind., after an extended visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Willis* Mrs. Leota Jones and ‘Mrs. J. Q Alter went to Monticello, today, to attend the funeral of a young ohild of Glenn Tharp, now of Goodland. , Mrs. M. A White, editor of the Chicago Art Journal, is the guest of Mrs. M. E. Thompson, and made an address to the Ladies Literary Club, this afternoon. The seven year old son of Fritz Zard west of town, fell out of a haymow and broke his left arm yesterday. Dr English reduced the fracture. There will be no ohuroh services at the Presbyterian church Sunday evening; morning service as usual. The Presbyterian C, E. society will meet Sunday at 6:30 p, in.

Thursday afteruoou. at Valperaieo, Pe*ar Buruea, the old time janitor of the Valparaiso normal ooHege, committed suicide by banging. He had been more or Idea demented for several months. Both parties will take the sixtyday poll of Indiana, commencing ibis week. This ia one of the important featarea of the campaign, as it furnishes a reliable list of the legal voters, and gives the leaders tbeir first definite information regarding the party’s strength. Mrs. Wallaoe Murray,of Barkley Tp., got a bad down stairs, a few days ago, and cut her scalp quite badly, and also suffered extensive bruises, and possibly some fraternal injuries. Dr. English gave ' the neoeaaary surgical attendance. A pleasant function connected with the wedding of Mr. Wm B. Wilcox aud Miaa George Anna Cover, of Wednesday evening, was a fine wedding supper, immediately after the ceremony, given the newly married couple by the groom’s sister, Mrs. J F. Bruner, at her residence on Division street. Uncle Bill N- has got bis bowling clothes on early this year. A few days ago he bowled five practice games and made the unparalled score, for this place, of 1,115 pins, in the five games. Thia was an average of 223 pins for each game. It is believed that thia beats the state record. The weather got dangerously near the frost point last night, but if there was any frost, and some - 4

' early risers say they saw soine, it was too light to do any damage. Warmer weather is now promised by the weather bureau, and has indeed, already arrived; and the frost danger is probably past for a week or more, at least. B. 8. Fendig is moving his poultry and junk headquarters from his old stand on Cullen street into his new place, the former Ludd Hopkins building, at tbe cbrner of Washington and Front streets. He has fitted up and added to this building until he has a large and complete poultry handling establishment, with all modern conveniences. Those enterprising Makeever boys continue to prosper and to progress. The most recent indi-

cation of these facts is that San--1 ford Makeever & Co., dealers in . bonds, stocks &0., long of 84 Adams street, Chicago, have open- ' ed a branch office at 170 Broadway, New York. Sanford has moved to New York to take charge of the office there, and John L-, who has been practicing law at Osceola, Neb-, for many years past, has moved to Chicago and succeeds Sanford in charge of tbe business there.

Darrow & Worden, of Laporte, will file an action in the Marion county circuit court next week to compel the state auditor to sell tbe Kankakee submerged lands, which were deeded to 'the state in 1851, under the provisions of what was then known as the Arkansas swamp land act In 1897 the legislature 'passed an act compelling the state to sell these landsThere has been some question about the constitutionality of the act, and this suit is for the purpose of testing the law. If it is held to be good many thousands of acres of land will be thrown open to the public in Laporte, Porter, Jasper and Lake counties.

SATURDAY. Bert Richmond has gone to McDonald. Mich., for a few weeks’ visit. Mrs. Mary Jane Hopkins returned last night from a short visit with relatives at Monticello. Bern, Friday night, Sept. sth to Mr. and Mrs. Sam. Both, on north Cullen street, a son. Mrs. T. E. McCurdy, of Peru, Ind., returned home today, after several weeks’ visit with her sister, Mrs. George Sharp Misses Emma and Nellie McGuire, of Elwooa, returned home today after two weeks’ visit with friends here. , Some 60 tickets were sold here this morning for Water Valley, for people going to the Odd Fellows’ picnic or for the pickerel fishing.

The very light frost seen here Wednesday morning was heavy enough in the marsh lands of the Gifford district to seriously scorch a good many fields of corn. Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Hollingsworth and sons, arrived home this afternoon from several weeks’ visit with Rev. Paradis' at Waverly, Minn. Mr and Mrs. Isaac Lemua, of Dwight, 111., arrived hero today to stay a few days at theiy farm, the former Green Thornton place, in Barkley tp., and to rent it for another year. They expect to occupy lit themselves the year following. The seoond. or third, trial of J. ts Walliok, for shooting Elmer Reynolds, is set for next Wednesday, at Monticello. Mr. Walliok, wo understand, has moved to Bloomington, XU., but hewill no

donbt be on hand at the day set for the trial. Harrison Warren has sold the Charley Stackhouse farm, 3 miles northwest of town, which be bought last spring, to Squire W. E. Moore. It is an 80 acre farm, and the price was 91115 per acre. Mr. Warren will prospect the eastern part of the state, for another farm. 1

Prof O. E Holland, of the male high school, Louisville, Ky., and oqe of the able corps of institute instructors here this week, returned to Louisville, today. He was a former popular high school principal, in Rensselaer.

Mrs. Eva Crane and children and Miss Dora Or agin returned home to Logansport, today, after quite an extended visit with relatives here. Mrs. Cranes’s hushand, Rodney, wfio is an engineer on the Pan Handle, was lately in quite a bad wreck, where his fireman was badly hurt and another man killed. Mr. Crane was not hurt at all. Cards are out for the marriage of Miss Elizabeth G. Reeve, of Rensselaer, and Mr. Wm. Earl Housman, now of Chicago. The ceremony will take place on the evening of Wednesday, Sept 17th at tne home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Reeve, on south Van Rensselaer street.

Quite an excitement was caused in Remington, yesterday morning, when Uncle Bill Rich, an elderly and prominent resident of that town, found a new born boy baby in a basket on his door step. A card attached said that the babe was 5 days old. Whether Mr. and Mrs. Rich will accept the babe so easily acquired, we did not learn. The item about Mr. Dickey, of Rose Lawn. Thayer and Shelby, losing a pocket-book with $2,000 in it, on the oars, and having it found and returned, is still going the rounds. Up along thi line, the people who claim td be well informed, say the pocket book contained S2O and that the two ciphers have been added on for advertising purposes. Jack Montgomery, superintendent of the Jasper Co. Telephone Company, is a “mighty fisherman before the Lord” or some other party. Himself and wife came down from the Kankakee river last evening with a string of 105 Pickerel, being a two days’ patch for both of them, but mostly Jack’s. Il is the biggest string yet reported.

Au editor desiring the news asked a man to write it from his neighborhood and got this reply: ‘•We have two school marms, the hog cholera and about fifty bushels of potatoes, and a tarnal fool who married a cross-eyed girl because she had a mule and forty acres of land, and the same is your humble correspondent.” Preston M. Querry, of Medaryville, formerly of Gillam Tp., this county, and an ex-oouhtj commissioner here, has just been

nominated* by thfe Republicans of Pulaski county for county treaaurep He is a fine man, and if he should happen to be elected in thaterropgly Democratic county, the people will have no reason to regrettheir choice. There was quite a meeting of the former Osborne family .here yesterday. It included Mr. and Mrs. J. F, Warren, of Oklahoma City, Ok., Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cole, of Lafayette, Mrs. E. K. Mason, of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Mrs. Chas. Johnson, of Whitehall, Mich. All will remain for the M. E. conference next week, except Mr: and Mrs. Cole who returned home today.

The body of the old man who was killed by a switch engine in Monon, last Tuesday, was buried, by order of the oornor, in the condition he was found in, after the accident. The citizens there thought a more decent respect should have been accorded, and with money raised by subscription, they had the body dis-interred, Friday, and embalmed and properly clothed, with new clothes. Ths frequency with which supposed Wm. Bartholins are being arrested in various places, suggests the case of a man who was “wanted” in Russia and bad been photographed in six different positions, and tbe pictures were duly circulated among the police departments. The chief of one of these wrote to headquarters ar few days after the issue of the set of portraits and stated: “Sir, I have duly received the portraits of the six miscreants whose capture is desired. I have arrested five of them, and the sixth is under observation. and will be secured shortly.” The Chicago papers state today that the body of Mrs. Alfred Moore, of this place, is to be exhumed at Hoopeston 111 and be taken to Chicago for a postmortem examination, for evidences, of poison; and that Mr Moore was expected in Chicago today tp obtain the necessary orders from court Ray Moore, a brother, has been in Chicago several days, pushing on the work of investigation. Tbe body of Mrs. Dubsky, who died at the Presbyterian hospital tbe same day as Mrs. Moore has already been exhumed, and analysis is being made for evidences of poison. Everything indicates that the methods and management of the hospital are to be thoroughly investigated and Dr. Graham, tbe chief of the hospital management, who asserted that the manner of Mrs. Moore’s death was “none of the public’s business” is likely to find that it is a good deal of the public’s business before it qnds.

MONDAY. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Parker Sunday, Sept. 7th, a boy. Ed Milts went to Purdue this morning. Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Walters Sunday Sept 7, in Milroy Tp., a girl. Miss Kathryn Rodgers returned today from a two weeks’ canvassing trip in Pulaski Co. __L_

Born to Mr. and Mrs. H. 0 Sayler near the depot, a girl. Sat. Sept. 6th. Mrs. W. J. Imes is in Chicago for a few days studying styles and buying new millinery goods. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Muster were called to Valparaiso Sunday by the serious sickness of Mr. Muster’s Mother. Miss Burggrain, trimmer for Mrs. Imes, has rotorned for the fall season, from her summer’s stay at her home in Vernon, Ind. Mrs. Rebecca Porter arrived home today from her extended visit with relatives at Oroville, California. Mr. and Mrs. George Dunn returned to Wichita, Kans., after several weeks' visit with her par eats, • Mr. and Mrs. Granville Moody. Mine Maude Daugherty and neioe Esther Padgett, arrived

home this- moxniog from- w viait with lelatves at Romney and Lafayette. Miss Basse Rhode, of PinevilIhge, Ind-, Miss Lura Forsyth of Nineveh, Ind., and Prof. E. T. Forsythe of Irvington, Ind., are visiting with Rev. and Mrs. T. A. Hall this week. J. F. Bruner has just returned from his trip to South Dakota. He reports crops and prospects good there, and brought back some fine samples of this year’s corn, to prove the facts.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dixey desire o extend their very earnest thanks o their many friends for their kindness during their late affliction, in the death of their daughter, Mrs. Sarah J. Guhl. Rue Parcells was badly scalded Sunday on his head, face and chest. He was at Nowels’ short order restaurant, and while holding a oupof hot water, was “monkey ing” with some other boys, and in some way, bis arm was jolted and the hot water thrown on hjm. It is a big, bad, deep scald, but the doctor thinks be can prevent any bad soars on Rue’s face, which is what Rue is most anxious about.

Willie Lowman, 13 year old son of Alfred Lowman, has a bad case of pneumonia, at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Lowman, a few miles east of town. Tbe family is moving back to Tennessee, and the boy’s father had started there with the hdusehold goods, leaving Mrs. Lowman and the boy to follow later. The boys’ sickness has developed since his father left. W. H. Parkison spent Sunday at Attica, where his wife is visiting her parents. While there he saw a great ball game between Attica and Williamsport. Both towns had raked Lafayette and all other neighboring places for their best players, but the star of them all was Guy Peacock, of Rensselaer who is a member of Chalmers team this year. Mr. Parkison says “Peaky” is a wonder as a baseball player, and that be struck bis right gait when he got into that game. Albert Marshall has gone to Remington today, and will spend a few days there organizing and coaching their high school footjail team. He can stay only a few days, however for he has been offered and accepted tbe position of athletic instructor for Northwestern Military Academy, at Highland Park, 111. A number of other towns in this vicinity, such as Morocco and Wolcott, are calling loudly for foot-ball coaches from Rensselaer, and it is probable that several of our good players will accept some of these offers. Wolcott will probably secure Frank Sayler, now at Lamar, 0010