Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1902 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. Mrs. John Carlin, of Parr, has a severe case of remittent fever. President Roosevelt is at Indi* anapolis, today. Frank O’Mera is in Chicago today on business. A full attendance of Rebekahs is desired Saturday, at 7:30 p. m. The next Chicago excursion will be Sunday, Oct. sth. Mrs. Del Thornton returned to Monon after a few days’ visit here with friendsand relatives. Mrs- Nicholas Krull,-of Monon came today for a few days’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chis. Ramp. Mrs. Charles Platt returned from the Hunters Springs last evening after 3 or 4 weeks treatment. She does not think her rheumatism is much better. Mrs. D. G. Warner, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Thompson and Mrs. J. H. Larsh returned from a trip to Benton Harbor, Mich., last evening. Mrs. G. B. Davidson started for Beaver Falls, Penn., last evening for a months visit with relatives. They have shipped their goods to Goodland, their future home. A meeting to elect a captain for the foot ball team will be held Wednesday evening, atß. F. Fendi/s. A full attendance of all players is requested. Today is the date of the autumn equinox, and the sun will cross the line at 35 minutes past six o’clock this evening. The astronomical summer ends today, and the days and nights are of equal length, all over the earth. The Indianapolis base ball team has finally won this season’s pennant in the American Association, after a long, hard struggle with Louisville. At the wind-up Indianapolis h*d 681 points to Louisville 672. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hopkins, of northwest of town, arrived home yesterday afternoon from a visit with his father C. A. Hopkins, near Aydelotte. Wat says the corn they have in Benton county this year is a marvel. Beginning at the prayer meet-

ing service at the Christian church Wednesday evening Rev. Hall will give a series of talks on the literary structure of the Bible. These talks cannot help being instructive as well as interesting. Everybody cordially invited to come and hear them. Monday evening at the Christian Church Mrs. Sallie K. Jones, of Corydon, Ind., gave a very interesting and instructive talk on the work of the Christian Woman’s Board of Missions. . This is the only mission board in the world that makes no distinction between home and foreign missions- A good audience was in attendance. Valparaiso Vidette:-Col. Powell the tall man, has been in town the past couple of days. Powell is up against it. Besides being defendant in a divorce suit by his midget wife, he was charged double room rent in a Michigan hotel the other day because he bad to use two beds to contain his seven feet of elongation. The body of Mrs Alfred Moore, of east of Rensselaer, the circumstances of whose death are familiar to our readers, has been exhumed from the grave near Hoopeston, 111. and taken to Chicago. There the stomach was removed (and the body then returned to Hoopeston and reburied. The analysis of the contents of the stomach for evidences of poison will be made October Ist.

WEDNESDAY.

B. F. Fendig is in Chicago today. Mrs. Ray Wood went to Chicago today for a weed’s visit. Mrs. Joe Jackson went to Chicago today for a short visit. Vaughn Woodworth has been very sick for the last week with malaria fever. Mrs. 8. K- Jones returned to Corydon, Ind., today, after a short visit with Bro. Hall and family. B. F. Ferguson went to Pierceton, Ind., today to attend the Free Baptist State Association. Rev; and Mrs. Wm. Miller returned to CerroGordo, 111., today after a week’s visit with relatives in this vicinity. A full attendance is desired at the regular meeting of the Rathboue Sisters Friday night, account of initiation. Misses Helen Tuteur and Edna Wildberg returned home last evening from a two weeks’ visit at Ligonier, Ind. Perry Thompson is still another victim of the bicycle ordinance to the usual extent of $1 fine and |2 costs.

Grandmother Livingston, of Crown Point, returned home Sunday, after an eight days' visit with her daughter, Mrs. A. 0. Pancoast, and family, a few miles west of town. ' E. P. Erwin, one of the wealthiest and most prominent men of Indianapolis, died Friday, aged 58 years. He was the owner of the Denison hotel and leaves an estate valued at $750,000. Lieut. Governor Gilbert does not recover his health as rapidly as his friends wish, and he may have to cancel his speaking dates for the campaign. He is now in Northern Michigan. A rather unusual phenomenon is reported from Felix Parker’s place in Hanging Grove. It is the appearance of a considerable number of blossoms on a cherry I tree. Something not often observed at this time of year.

Merrill E. Wilson, of Elkhart, and K, of P. grand prelate, of Indiana, and bis cousin, H. C. Wilson, of Goshen, are here in the interests of the Endowment Rank, Knights of Pythias a branch of which they hopa to organize here. Mrs. A. L. Tyler left for Akron, Ohio, this forenoon, on receipt of a telegram stating that her mother, the venerable Mrs. Jpne Hammond, of that place, vas at the poinfbf death. She has reached the advanced age of 89 years. Dave Platt was at it again today, and at it so bad tbafhis father was compelled to file an affidavit against him, and he was fined |5 and costs, or 111.25 in all, for by Squire Troxell, and sent to jail to lay it out. Quite a number of persons had planned to go to the Kankakee today, to catch pickerel. The rain appears to have soared them all out except Rev. T. A. Hall and C. E. Hershman. They are Christians and can stand a heap of water. Governor Durbin Tuesday notified Warden Reid, of the state prison at Michigan City, that the case of Lewis Russell has been investigated by Assistant Attorn y General Hardy and that he' sees no ground for further interference, and Russell will hang Friday morning at 1 o’clock. There will be a harvest home service at the Christian church next Sunday morning. A special Invitation is extended to old people. The pastor will preach a sermon on the subject: “Lessons from the Leaves.” Special program and music trill t be prepared. All are cordially .invited. There will be thp usual services in the evening. The big rain we have just been favored with may not be “just what the doctor ordered,” but anyhow it is juat what the farmers have been wanting. It fixes their land all right for plowing, sets the grass and fall seeding to growing, and is good for turnips and other fall root crops. The total rainfall here, from last night upjo 1 p. m. today was 1.36 inches.

Miss Mahala Robinson, who has been attending a training school for nurses in Chicago, for some years past, has now gone to Prescott, Arizona, on leave of absence, to nurse a cousin, Mrs. Joseph Moore, who is hopelessly sick with a cancer of the stomach. She was formerly Miss Maria Banta, also a former resident of this county. She was recently operated upon in Chicago, but it was found impossible to afford her any permanent benefit. Miss Robinson still has another year in the training school before she completes her course, and will return there after her services are no longer needed by Mrs. Moore.

THURSDAY. Mrs. J L. Nichols went to Chicago today for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Huff and Mrs. D. A. Stoner are in Chicago today. Frank Kressler has been con- *** fined to his bed for several days on account of sickness. The North Judson News is now advertised for sale, bn account, of the death of the editor, the late J. Don Gorrell. Samuel Price was accepted at Long Cliff asylum, at Logansport, and was taken over today by Sheriff Hardy. Another half inch of rain came last night making 1.86 inches for the entire rain of about 36 hours duration. The farmers say it is none too much for their use. Frank Wood, of Wolcott, is here today. He came from Chicago last evening. His firm Boicourt" & Wood is already doing a fine business at Wolcott. , M. M. Tyler is again a resident of Rensselaer, and occupies Mrs. Nancy Porter’s property, corner Vine and Dayton streets, He has been at Rose Lawn for the past two years as manager of Laßue Bros.’ branch store at that place. He will now engage in business here. Milt Roth has bought of Mrs. L. A. Moss the old Moss residence, at the corner of Cullen and Angelica streets. The price was 51,950, and the property consists of a large but rather old house and two lots. Mr. Roth does not expect to dispossess Rev. A. G. Work, the present tenant, but intends next year to build himself a residence on the inside lot.

A printer recently tried his hand at farming,-but couldn’t make things work right and is now back at the case. He bad a “wrong font” team —a horse and a mule —and this would not “justify.” He said the farmer fired him after he had “pied” three or four “columns” of potatoes. He showed his limited experience in farming by asking the farmer’s wife if she wanted the hens set “leaded or solid.” Mrs. Minerva Warner, now of Alpha, Boise 00., Idaho, arrived here last night to visit her nephew C. L. Thornton and her only living sister, Mrs. Eliza Gyenhalgh, of Kansasf who also is visiting Mr. Thornton. The sisters had not met before for the long period of 37 years- Their maiden name was Lewis, and they were raised on what is now the Wm. farm, three miles north of town. Mrs. Warner came from Kentucky here, she having been there visiting her daughter, Mrs. Alvey.