Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1902 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. W. H. Parkiaon is in Chicago on business. 3. M. Laßue went to Monon today on business. Joe Marshall haa gone to LaPorte county for a few daya’ visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hollings worth have gone to Indianapolis, for a few days stay. L, W. Hunt, of Baroda, Mich., is visiting his brother J. J. Hunt, for a short time. Mesdamea Walter Porter, Bruce Porter and son, and A. Collins left today for a three weeks’ visit at Bucklin, Kansas. Miss Maggie Parkharst. of Reddick, 111., returned) home today after a stay of three months stay with Mrs. Harvey Moore. Misses Martha and Belle Openheimer left today for their home at New Orleanes after an extended visit with their sister, Mrs. B. S v Fendig. | F. L. Snyder, the manager of Beyer Bros, poultry house, at Monticello, was in town Monday, look* ing after that firm's branch house here. . > James Willis went to Mazon,111., today and after a shirt visit there will go. to Cody, Montane, to look the prospect over, with a view to remaining if found satisfactory .

Mrs. Logan, post mistress at Gillam, in Gillam Tp., has tendered her resignation, and Orpha Bisher will be appointed to succeed her. Mr. Bisher keeps a stare at that place. E. F. Emery, now of North Vernon, was in town today closing up a land deal, whereby he sells to Mr. Blair, of Jennings county, a 160 acre farm in Carpenter Tp, and receives 200 acres in Jennings. Mr. Emery already owns 800 acres in that county. The Inter Ocean Comedy Company gave “A Western Girl” last night, to a large and evidently well pleased audience. They have a well balanced company with several specially able members' The Irish Specialty man, especially, is a whole show himself. Tonight . they will give *‘A Terrible Time,’ Briggs Brothers, the tailors who have been doing business for several years in the room next door west of Goff's restaurant have dosed up their shop and quit. They left last night for Chicago, but expected to probably go to Mexico to locate, pining a brother already there. While they were, individually, considerably on the sporty order, they have left a clear financial record.

WEDNESDAY. Bruce Porter went to Delphi today on business.- < Mra. 8. H. Powell and daughter went to Lafayette .today for a month’s visit. , Mr. and Mrs. John Rush went to Watseka. 111., today for a few days’ visit with her parents. Misses Irma and Juno Kannal returned last evening from a few . days’ visit in Chicago. Kenneth Morgan went back to Elwood today after a several weeks’ visit with his parents. Dr. Bill Babb has gone to Marion, Ind., to spend the winter at the national soldiers’ home. The 11 months old ohild of • James Ballis south west of town is very sick with gastroenteritis.

Mrs. Anna Tyler returned home last night after an extended visit with relatives at her old home in > Akron, Ohio. j Mrs. C. B. Whittemore of Mari engo. 111., came today for a several . days visit with her sister Mrs. Fred . Lagen. j Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Slagle went to , Chicago today to see his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Slagle, before they start for their future home in California. Hon. B. F. Shively, es South Bend, one of the Indiana Democracy’s biggest guns, spoke m the east court room, this' afternoon. The attendance was about 200. i Mrs. M. Holmes returned to Danville today after a few days visit with her father, J. H. Thornton, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Del Thornton and children who have gone there to live. J. W. Williams has bought as an investment a residence property on Van Rensselaer street, north of the light plant, of Mrs. W. T. Perkins, now of Mishwaukee. The property is now occupied by W. R. Rowles. Hallie Flynn, formerly traveling for J. V. Farwell & Co., of Chicago, but more recently with a St. Louis firm, left for Louisiana last Saturday night, and will spend aever&l months there, traveling for the dry goods firm of Ferguson & McKinzey, of St. Louis. Warren Bullis, youngest son of the late George Bullis, died Monday, at the home of Wm. Michaels in Jordan tp., of a throat trouble. He was aged only 24 years, and was unmarried. The funeral was held at the residence today, and interment made in Weston cemetery.

Work on the Odd Fellows’ new building has been practically at a stand-still for some time, on account of non-receipt of material for inside finishing. The burning of the Delphi Lumber Company’s plant, which was getting out the material, some time ago, is the principal cause of the delay. Rensselaer had two eminent Republican political visitors today. They were Judge John H. Gillett of Hammond, now on the Supreme Court bench and candidate for reelection, and Nat U. Hill Republican candidate for state treasurer. They are good solid men, both, as well as very pleasant gentlemen to meet, personally, and both add great strength to the state ticket.

A. O. Reser, of Lafayette, a former prominent legislator from Tippecanoe county, is in town today, rushing his old Remington type writer business. Mr. Reser is now a newspaper man to some extent, as be now writes the “Man About Town” department in the Lafayette Sunday Times. 0. B. Steward has been putting on style with a very handsome lady’s gold watch for some time past, but be won’t any more. He was buroing brush - yesterday, and in some way caught the watch chain in the brush and palled it pat of his pocket and into the burning brush. He did not miss the little ticker for some time, and when he did and raked it out of the fire it was totally rained, both case and works.

We have jast bad oar Autamn Opening of the most complete stock of millinery goods ever shown in town. Come and seeoar pattern hats, and oar line of lovely nntrimmed felt hats at prices to suit anyone. -

MRS. L. M. IMES.

THURSDAY. Born to Mr- and Mrs. Thos. Hayes Oct. 22nd, a son Mrs. Eliza VfJiite went to*Fran-. oesville today for a two weeks' visit. * Vaughn Wood worth, is able to be out. again after a month’s sickness with malaria. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charley Toney, of Laura, Got. 21, a daughter. Miss Sue Ennis returned to Chicago today after a few days’ with Mrs. A. P. Burton. Mrs. R. D. Thompson and Mrs. Bert Brenner went to Chicago today for a short visit. Mrs. L. M. DeVault, of Lafayette is here for a few days’ visit with her parents of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Clark. Clerk John F. Major went to Indianapolis this morning to get this county’s supply of state election ballots. Mrs. Frank Foltz returned yesterday afternoon from a visit at Watseka, 111,, and was . accompanied by her aunt. Miss J. Sketo, who will visit her sister, Mrs. M. Kolb.

Mrs. M. M. Yeoman and children started home to Kingman, Kansas, today after a month’s visit with relatives. She was accompanied as far as Chicago by Mr. and E. G. Warren, Mrs. D. F. Grant and Mrs. A. K. Yeoman. All our town ministers have agreed on the same subject fpr next Sunday’s night’s sermou, as per'their announcements in this paper- Namely: “Do we need saloons in Rensselaer?” Uncle John Thompson, who has been living with a eon at Galesburg, Kaus., since he left here three years ago, has now gone to Kansas City, Mo., to live with hie daughters, of whom be has three at that place.

G. A. Williams made another of his telling Republican speeches at MoCoysbarg, last night There was a good attendance and a more than good interest and attehtion. There was a specially large number of young men present and all very enthusiastic in the Republican cause. Paris Daugherty arrived home yesterday afternoon from a two weeks’trip to the Big Horn region. He brought a quarter section oat there last spring, without seeing it, and made the trip thia time to see how be liked it, and the country. He is well satisfied and intends to move there next spring.