Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1902 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

FRIDAY. Miss Maude Fry returned to Fair. Oaks this morning after a short visit. Miss Belle Gilkey, of Chicago, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. G, K. Hollingsworth. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hammond, of Wheatfield, spent Thanksgiving with relatives hereSherman Renioker returned to his new location in Taylor Co, ■- Wisconsin, today. Dr. and Mrs. E. C. English and sons returned home from a visit at Danville this morning. Mrs. Chas.' Hanley and Miss Gertrude Hopkins went to Montioello today for a short visit. Miss Graoe Adams. returned to Hoopeston, 111., today after a few days visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Adams. Mr. and Mrs. George Mitchell and baby, of Remington, oame today for a few days’ visit with Prof, and Mrs. W. H. Sanders. Mrs. C. A. Hill, of Valparaiso, formerly Miss Joeva Green, is visiting her mother here, Mrs. Wm Green. Mr. aud Mrs. F. B. Willhart, of Crawfordsville, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. V, Burk, for a few days. J. 0. Carmiohael has already , moved into his new shop on Oullea street, opposite the rear end of the Makeever House. Frank Herald of Gbioago and Ghas. Park of Tiffin, Ohio spent , Thanksgiving with Misses Helen j and Lena Teuter, returning home today.

Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Warren left yeeterday afternoon for Chattanooga, Tenn., for a short stay. Mr. Warren went to buy iron for the E. of P. building and Mrs. Warren for the sake of a trip. The Jasper County Teachers’ Association began its annual two days’ session in the east court room at 11 a. m. today. Prof. Coulter, of Purdue, is present and is the principal instructor. The weather pretty nearly scored a tonohdown, last night. The temperature was down to 19 degrees, or 13. below the freezing point. It was the ooldest of the seasoni so far. Today it is yery fine again and promises a spell of good weather. The repairs for the bursted steam pipe of the oourt house heating plant arrived at six o’clock last night, and the plumbers, janitor and fireman worked until one o’olock this morning getting the repairs made. It is all right now, though. FTed Paroella, who coaches and plays with the Remington team this season, got a pretty bad jolt at Woloott, yesterday. He fell on the baok of his head, and was pretty badly hurt He had not fully recovered his faculties at 6 o’clock this morning*

J. H. Ssyler, better known as Ham Baylor, has rented his farm, a few milea weet of town, to hia brother-in-law Erhaidt Wenrthner Jr., and will move to town, for the benefit of his wifa’s health. They will ooenpy the Milt Ohipman property on Elm street. A freight train wreck at Dyer, last night, oansed some delay in trains and the early train south, the Ohiosgo paper train, went around by Wheeleta. The particulars of the wreck have not been received hare, farther than that a broken flange on a wheel oauaed nine oan to run off the took.

Jasper county will be represented by some very fine swine at the big stock show, in Chicago. Seven were shipped from here this morning; five were from Look & Wellington, of Remington, and one each by Ben L. Smith and H. M. Shuster, of Jordan tp. Two of them especially were monsters, and Smith’s the biggest of all weighing over 700 pounds. Mose Leopold went over to Wolcott yesterday, having been selected by the Woloott team as their referee at the Remington-Woloott football game. But the Remington boys had their kicking clothes on aud they kicked until one of their own selection*was seleoted to referee both halves of the game. And before it was done with they kicked so hard at one of his decisions that they kicked themselves olear out of the game.

SATURDAY. Wm. Kight of Rose Lawn was in town on business yesterday. Mrs. Sarah Minor is spending a few days at Pleasant Ridge. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Steward of Chicago, are guests of their oousin Mrs. H. L. Brown. Mrs. Stella Sorrell returned to Sberidan today, after several weeks visit with her father Hiram Jaoks Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hazen went to Chioago, yesterday for a few days visit. Mrs. Elizabeth Puroupile went to Logansport today for a few days’ visit. Mrs. M. C. Burk went to Crawfordsville last evening for a two weeks visit with her mother^ Mr, and Mrs. M. MoOonahay returned to Idaville last evening after a few days visit with their son Dave MoOonahay.

Mr. and Mrs, G. H. Colvin of Brookston returned home last evening after a short visit with Mr, and Mrs. Ed Parcels. Mrs. 0. H. Porter, of Delphi returned home today, after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Williams. Miss Boyce Lally, of Miohigan City, formerly of Remington aud well known here, was married Friday, at Miohigan City, to W. J. Lordan. Mr. aud Mrs. T. J Brown aud family, of Glencoe. 111., returned home today after a short visit with Mr. aud Mrs. Ezra Clark and other relatives. dispatch oame today from Mrs. Josie Vedder, who is sick at Bozeman, Mont., asking that her sister, Mrs. Lillie Benbow, of Parr, come to her, but the latter is now sick and unable to go. Mrs. Vedder is Squire J. M. Troxell’s youngest daughter. * Indiana has had the speakership of the lower bouse of congress at three different periods in the history 6f the Republic. The first one, during the slavery agitation period, was John G. Davis, of Sullivan distriot, the second,. during the rebellion, was Schuyler Colfax; and the third, during the Tilden reform era, was Michael G., Kerr, of New Albany. All three were exceptionably able and strongmen. The Indianapolis News numbers oonseoutively not only the shredding machine aooidents in the state, as they are reported, but the hunting aooidents. The two classes of the casualties are running a very even race in number, the last shredder being 21 and the last hunting number 22. One or two of each are reported every day. Several deaths have resulted among the hunting aooidents and others have lost limbs and been otherwise maimed for life. If football resulted in a quarter of the number really bad, accidents that hunting does, there wonld be a great and well founded demand for laws to forbid it entirely.

Remington people have been getting married about every time they turned around, for some time past, and the Pfess says five or six more weddings are on the string there for the near future. One of these has already developed, as will be seen by oar marriage lioenae report. The parties are Albert P Taber, and Miss Leona Sohwerdman, a grand-daughter of J O. B. MoDougle. Among the indictments returned by the White oounty grand jury this week, at Montioello are two for engaging ‘as principals in a prise fight. As Woloott is in White oounty, and as numerons parties of sporting proclivities from that town, have been called to Montioello on grand jury summons, this week, it needs to gift of propheoy to figure oat that Wright of Rensselaer and Hennesey of Frankfort, are the parties inolnded in these indiotments.

MONDAY. A 1 Wallace, of Ohioago, is the guest of Miss Maude Irwin. Bora to Mr. and Mn. Ora Fay, of Aix, a daughter, Nov. 90th. B. F. Ferguson want to Montioello today on business. ' Mias Belle Smith of Kniman returned home Saturday after a few days visit with Mrs. J. D.

Mies Grace Jaolts went to Morris. HL, today for a few weeks’ visit with relatives, Arthur Smith of Chioago Heights spent Sunday with Miss Freda Kohler. John Shortridge. Momence, 111., a former resident of this county, is Visiting Rensselaer friends, today. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Phillips went to Chicago yesterday for a weeks visit. November ended and December begins with the ground bare of snow and with olear weather,an4 warm for the time of year. Miss Jennie Mariatt returned to Chicago this morning after a weeks visit here, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. John Mariatt. W. 8. Parks started for Redlands, California, today for an extended visit with his father, who lives at that place. Mrs. Evh Reeoer and ohildren returned to Medaryville today after a few days visit with her aunt Mrs. J. P. Simms in the east part of town. Erastus Peacock, the railway mail route agent, has been sick since last Thursday, with neuralgia and fever, and was unable to take his run, today.

The pretty boy is all right for pink teas and the like, but the boy who isn’t afraid of work and ie known for his industry, is the ohap who will most likely come out best in the long run. After a boy passes the teens his looks don’t count for much. Elmer Wiloox. the railway mail route agent, is preparing to move hia family to Cincinnati, some time this month. His run is now between Chioago and Cincinnati, over the Monon and the C. H. & D.. and starts from Cincinnati, hence he finds it vary inoonvenient and expensive living here instead of at Cinoinnati. Prof. W. O. Hiatt, principal of the high sohool is quite siok with pneumonia and unable to teaoh. His classes are instructed by Supt. Sanders. Russell Art man, an 11 months old baby, being raised by Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Elder, at Parr, died at three o’olook this, Monday morning, of inflamation of the bowels. The body will be taken to Newman, 111., for burial.

The Kankakee Valley District Medical Society will hold its winter meeting at North Judson on Tuesday Deo. 9th. Dr. I. B. Washburn, of Rensselaer, first president of the society, is on the program for a paper cn “Puerperal Eolampsia.” - - ■ ' Are you saving any money? It’s the duty of every man to lay up something for a rainy day. We are experiencing an unprecedented era of .prosperity. The ohanoes are a slump is ahead of us. It pays to be prepared for the slumps. J . Montioello Journal: D. K. Fry, of Rose Lawn, was in the city yesterday in search of a water spaniel valued at 9900. The dog had been stolen from him by two strange men who yrs re passing through the oountry in a baggy. With the assistance of Officer Roth rook he looated the men and the dog at Alvin, HI., and left at onoe to reclaim his valuable canine. The Rensselaer Athletios have been honing for a game with the Prinoeton Tigers. Not the striped jangle raiders from Prinoeton College, New Jersey, bat an athletic team of Prinoeton, 111., of the same name, who this year have eaten up everything they have gone np against, the same as our Athletics did last year. The game can not be secured this year, however, for the manager of the Prinoeton team writes that they are done with foot ball this year, but if our boys want a game next season they oan have it Richard Gould, formerly, of Laporte oounty, who went west and started a bank, at Bellwood, Neb., defrauding hundreds of his creditors, including many inventors frost Laporta oounty. and some