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

CORRESPONDENCE.

Hangin# GroveMrs Edd Randal and Mr. Ray Yeoman teacher of the Parker school spent Sunday night and Sunday at the home of their parents.gputheast. of Rensselaer. ■Mrs. Day and Mrs. Peter Stiller have returned from a two weeks visit among relatives at Valparaiso. Mr. and Mrs. Jospeh Rowen of Rensselaer visited at Mr. Englishe’s Friday. •< Mrs. Day, Airs. Baily and her daughter Jennie visited Mrs. Stalker Monday afternoon. Mrs. Geo. Smith and daughter are entertaining some young ladies from Joliet 11l Cris Johnson talks of moving to Minnesota. He says he has bought a farm there. Most of our sick people are improving. Judging’from the immense amount of tile that is being hauled into the northeast part of this township we are going to have good crcps in the future.

Kemingi onMisses Daisy and Fay Cannie were Wolcott callers Monday. Mr, and Abbott of Bloomington visiting the latters mother Mrs. "Andrews. Jack Montgomery and Bert Rhoades were seen on our streets Wednesday, Mrs. L. E. Fischer of Earl Park is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. W Puckett. Mesdames Alkire and Carnett attended the carnival at Lafayette Thursday. Mrs. Hal. E. Sheetz of Indianapolis attended the Hicks-Spencer wedding Wednesday evening, John Kenyon and family of Fowler came Thursday to visit Mrs. Kenyons parents Mrs, Mrs. James Parks. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burger wen to Huntington, Ind,, Friday to visit the formers parents Mr. and Airs, John Burger. Dr Pothuisje and F. L. Peck were Rensselaer callers Friday,

Mrs. Geo. Besse and daughter Gertrude visited friends in Rensselaer Saturday. Messrs. Tie try Henderson and Earl Thompson and Miss Violet Thompson of Goodland spent Sunday with Miss Gertrude Cooper. George Tabor of Chicago came home Friday for a few days visit. Mrs. Steely and sister of Otterbein visited Mr. and Mrs. Alkire o\er Sunday. Mrs. Matson of Goodland was a guest of Mrs. Baleolm this week. Ten young men came in on the noon train Saturday to husk corn for the farmers, plenty of work but scarcity of help is the cry among our farming friends. Mrs. Will Watson and Mrs. Pitts of Wolcott were shopping here Wednesday. M e had two weddings Wednesday evening, Mr. Harry Spencer and Miss Fanny Hicks at the home of the bride. They have gone to Logansport when the groom hatl pre, pared a cozy home, Mr. Everett Parks and Miss Mary Zimmerman, were the other couple. They were married at the groom’s home. They will reside on Sonth Ohio Street.

Fair uaKs. The heaviest frost of the season occurred last Sunday night. Born, last Monday, Oct. 20th, to Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Strain, a ten pound son, M m. Tully has made some repairs on his house which greatly improves its appearance. Born, to Mr and Mrs. Chas. Ferguson, Friday Oct. 10th, 1902, a son. Mrs. True Culham spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Chas. Holly, at Beaver City.

. John Casey and L. Kessler have improved their houses with their new roofs. Mrs. Isaac Kight spent the past two weeks with her daughter Airs. M. Sbehan, at Lafayette. Mr. Kight was also there over Sunday. A fine girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm Warie on Monday, Oct. 13th, 1902. Ellis Jones, of Remington, Demo*cratic candidate for County Treasurer, was in town last week looking after his political welfare. 3 The Monon will run another cheap excursion to Indianapolis next Sunday, Oct. 26th. Only $1... for the round trip. Born, last Sunday morning, Oct. 19th, 1902, to Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Burroughs, a ten pound boy. Mother and child doing wetll. also the father, Bruce Moffitt shipped his hay press to Honcon, Wis., last Monday, preparatory to commence pressing at once. Chas. Gundy has applied for saloon license for another year. Wm. Fuller and wife are visiting his brother and wife at Star City for a week. Millie Larson, of Rose Lawn, spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Fry, and other friends i n town. - Mrs. McClanahan, of Rose Bud, who has been sick wjth malarial fever for the past three weeks, is now improving rapidly. Dr. Berkley, of Rensselaer, is attending her. Work is fast progressing on the new elevator and it will soon be completed, under the supervision of Contractor Chas. Nowels. He has a good force of men at work.

Will and Schuyler Brockus have gone to Billings, Mont., to see their brother Elias, who is charged with murder, and also to be present at his trial, which is set for next Monday* the 27th, we are informed. Quite a number of our local sportsmen went to the Kankakee river fishing last Sunday, but their catch was not burdensome to carry home, for not more than a dozen fish were caught by the whole party owing probably to the high water’ Caused by the heavy rain of last Friday night. Rev. Hall, of Rensselaer, commenced a series of revival meetings at the Christian Church on Monday evening of last week and will continue them yet this week. The meetings are being well attended, and up to Sunday evening five new additions were made to the membership Hon. Jesse Wilson, of Rensselaer, Republican candidate for Joint Representative, spoke to a large and enthusiastic, audience at the school house last Tuesday evening A severe electrical storm visited us last Friday night at about midnight, accbrnpanied by a very heavy fall of rain but not very much wind, which did a good deal of damage to the telephone service, principally The insulated wires entering the Central office at the drug stere were badly burned and the Halleck phone was completely gutted. Setting tire to the wall paper and some patent medicine signs which adorned the walls. Luckily the fire extinguished itself before it got under headway. No one was in the store at the time and nothing was known of it until the next morning. The building proper was not damaged. The Jasper County line suffered very little loss, if any, at this place.