Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1902 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

FRIDAY. Mrs. Heury Randle went to Chioago today to visit her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Phillip^r*; (Jed. ; G. Breese pf Mmtioeilo isl here as a Witness in the case of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Do. vs. Lamborn, Mrs. W. J. Millar returned home today to' Battle Creek, Miohigari, after a visit with Rensselaer relatives. Mrs. Eltoabeth Morris, mother of Mrs. David Yeoman, returned to Delphi today after a three months’ visit. L. 0. Riohardsen, of McCook, Neb/aska, is visiting his sister, Mrs. L. Kaub, in Rensselaer and other relatives in the vicinity. Good reliable man of good education wanted to drive a wagon For name of party enquire at thv office. L No track has been found of the bank robbers who killed youDg Reynolds, at Westville, but it is supposed they went to Chicago. The case of Thompson vs the tax ferrets was finished late Thursday afternoon. Judge Howard took the the case under advisement and will decide it in April. Mr. and Mrs. M. Quivelio of South Bend, returned hymo today after a visit the latter’s parents Mr. and Mrs Pat Halligaii, uorth- f east of town

Homer Wi'aou,; Kfngmato,' Kaus,, returned home tcyky, after a four weets «i«it with Jasper county relatives. He is a nephew of Levi and John Clouse, ‘ A. McCoy Rod granddaughter f Mrs, Dr. Berkley started this morning for Queen Oiiv, Mo., where they wiil visit their daughter and aunt, Mrs. W. A. Rinehart. Mrs Deo. E. Myers, of Kuunan, was shopping in Rensselaer Thursday and owiuu to the suspension

of the Vfonon trains was compelled to remain here until this morning. Squire J. M. Lewis, the old time justice of Barkley Tp, has resigned ibite office and turned his dookst oVer to Squire M. P. Corner, who is now the only justice in the township. Everett Brown, storekeeper and postmaster at Pleasant Grove has moved ( his building a quarter mile or. so east ofor olose to the Gifford ‘ J. A railroad, and will in town 1 ' 1 “ ‘ 1 ' • - Squire J*, M. Troxell has just received a new docket, as justice of the oity oourt of Rensselaer, by appointment of Mayor Ellis, who thus turns the magisterial functions of his offioe to a justice, as mayors are by law permitted to do The freight train wreck at Lee Thursday forenoon was not cleared up until late in the evening, the milk train south being the first train through and that was held here about 20 minutes. The 3:27 p. p. train north went around by Wilders.; Albert -Harmon has returned from a couple of days’ stay at the big live stook show, in Chioago, and says it is immense. The Herefords however, are on top in the cattle department. He reports Col Fred Phillips as scoring another big suocess there in his capacity of auctioneer. J, K Smith and family, of 10 miles north, has ranted his farm and today himself .and. family left for Indianapolis; where they expect to make their home, for a year at least and perhaps permanently. Bert Goff went to the Kankakee to hunt, today, and blazed out a new trail in going there. He went by way of MoCoysburg and the Gifford road, whioh last will dump him down right in a region where the ducks are so thick and hostile that he will just have to shoot them in self defense. Evertt Brown, of Pleasant Grove, and perchance some other hunters of along the Gifford line were to join him on the way.

SATURDAY. 1 S. R, Niohols went to Monon 1 today to look at some stock. E. R. Bishop returned to Bnrnettsville today. | G W. Terwilleger went to Champaign, 111., on business. I D. A. Vogel, deputy olerk of White oounty, is in Rensselaer on business today. A. Plnmmer and Louis Geiger, viewers on the Nesius ditch retnrn- ! ed to Wolcott this afternoon. • Mr. and Mn. W. H. Galbraith | of Chicago are visiting relatives in | Rensselaer and Valina. Mr. and Mrs. Dessie Porter of Boody, 111., are visiting his father John. Porter at Parr. John Sharp who came home from Mo&tioello yesterday has gone on to Morooco, to work for Hart the poultry dealer. D. B. Nowels left for Lamarr Colorado today. Mrs. Nowels and Auburn will remain in Reosaelaer for the present Miss Blanch Hoyes went to Aorors. 111., this morning for a short visit with her sister, Miss Mary Hoyes. Mary Fslsey, who has been in Rensselaer sinoe the carnival re. turned to her home at Monon today. A. B. Anderson, of Crawfords* villa has been appointed U. S. district judge for Indians, to snooeed

iJudge J. H. Baker, who'hsSi resigned. ■ i Mrs. John Karsner, of Chicago," is down for a visit with her daugh-, ;ters, Mrs. Pste Giver and Mrs Harry Wiltshire, until after 1 the holidays. • H. M; Babb has gone to Reed eburg, Wis. to spend the winter. Jn spite of his 90 years of life and the cancer on his band, he has stillmuch bodily vigor, aud seems good for yet many years of existence. ; parties who drilled the experimental oil well at Water Valley some months ago, and whioh proved a failure, are going to make another trial, in the same vioinitv. The new attempt will be on this side of the river, a half mile west of Thayer, on the Adams’ ranch. It has got so that lawyers will bring suits against corporations “on speo” on the most trifling grounds. Thus iu Carroll county Miss Mande Erb has sued the Monon company for personal injuries. She alleges that on the evening of Oot. 25tb, she had oc-

caeion to cross the company’s tracks, on Union street, in Delphi, and a freight train blocked the crossing. She started to “go around the end” in foot ball parlance, and catching her feet in the wires of the interlocking switoh,, she made a touch down from which she has not yet recovered, She thinks the railroad company should be penalized o off play about $5,000 for her benefit. Michigan will exhibit at the World’s Pair, St. Lonis, one of the most complete collections of pio neer relics in the central states. The articles have been gathered by Eiwell Hoyt, who has built at his home in Eau Claire, a log cabin for the purpose of storing and displaying them, The articles number 1,000 in all, and inolude the crude contrivances with which the forefathers kept house, cleared the land tiled the virgin soil, wove their clothing, a great variety of traps made use of to capture wild animals and a large assortment of old fashioned arms, relics of several different wars, including that fought for the independence of the American colonies.

MONDAY. Joe Paxton went to Frankfort today on business. Rev. A. G. Work has gone to Brookston, today. Miss Nellie lines visited in Montioello over Sunday. J. 0. Porter went to Fair Oak* today on business. Mrs. Chas. Parker has gone to Roseville, 111., to visit relatives. Mrs. A. Lewis of Lafayette is visiting friends here this week. Mrs. Nicholaa Krnll returned to Monon fcrtlay, after a few day a visit here Matt Huston, in the northeet part of town, is laid op with a severe case of neuralgia. A seven year old son of Gideon L. Miller, of near Surrey, is recovering from a severe attaok of typhoid fever. The north bound train dne here at 4:30 this morning was six hoars late, on aooonnt of an engine off the traok in the yards at Lafayette B. F. Ferguson returned this morning from Brookston where he attended the dedieation of the new Free Will Baptist ohnroh yesterday. * ■ - r, ‘ r.-va

Mr. and Mre. Ellis Jones, Remington’s latestbridal couple, came this way from Chicago this after noon, and drove the rest of the way by team. # Mrs. P, M. Wood, of Valparaiso, wife of Presiding Elder Wood will Speak at the M. E. churoh tonight on the subject of the Women’s Home Mission Society. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Phillips came home from Chicago Saturday evening where they have beqn attending the Stock i show. Mr. Phillips was one of the auctioneers. 7- ■* t ' lY f , . *■’ • »7i All but two of the teachers in the new school building were obliged to dismiss their schools this morning on acooynt of inability to sufficiently heat their rooms, * t Mr, apd Mrs. Geo. S, .Guild" of Medaryyille have rqturnpd fyome from Tennessee, leaving their eon, who was ‘so- badly Jhuft by his horse falling on him, well on the I road' to recovery. The Odd Fellows grand lodge, at their recent pieeting re-appoiSt-ed L. H. Hamilton, of Rensselaer, district deputy grand master for the subordinate lodge, and 8, G; Irwin to same position for th‘e En-' cemjpment. Wm. MoNeil. an old time resident and business man of Wheatfield, has just moved- liack to that town after a several months’ trial of city life in Chibago, ; where he was engaged in the real estate business. Mrs. Mary Drake went to Chicago today to attend the funeral of her unde; John Conly, who died yesterday. Mr. Conly, who was known in Rensselaer, was very old and had been sick for some time. V

Monroe Banes has the oontraot for building a big horse barn on the Spitler farm in Newton oounty near Mt. Ayr. It will be a pretty big barn 32, by 60 feet and with a slate roof.. G. W. Spitler .and Fred Hartman went over today to begin the work, Crown Point Register: A Valparaiso young a piece of wedding cake under her pillow to sleep over, but before she retired her little brother stole the cake, ate it and put a pteoe of limburger oheese in its plaoe. The young lady went to bed and dreamed she was buried alive. Of the thousands of newspapers that received the president’s message in advance only one, the Capitol of Vincennes, violated the obligation not to use it until it had been read before congress. The breach of faith of only one emphasizes the integrity of the press as a whole. A royal old banquet took place in the banqnetting room in the Odd Fellows’ building, last night. The parties invited themselves to occupy the room, but they grew so festive that the sonnds thereof attracted attention and the banquetters were ronted out. The remains of the feast showed that they had 16 bottles of beer, orackers, oheese, sausage and other likeohoioe viands in correspondingly liberal quantities.

Franoesville is to have another newspaper. Editor Knotts of the Tribune had arranged to go to Winamao as deputy oounty auditor, and to sell his paper to H. A. Ames. Differences arose when they came to draw np the oontraot and the deal fell through, and now Ames is patting in s printing plant and will start a new paper. A Missouri editor apologizes to his readers for the lack of news as follows, whioh shows the trials to which a country editor is often snbjeoti "We expeoted to have a marriage and a 'death notioe this week, bat a violent storm prevented the wedding, and the doctor being sick himself, the patient recovered, and we are sooordingly oheated out of both items,” The appointment of A- B, Anderson, of Orawfordsville for U. 8. judge is a great triumph for Congressman Charley Landis, in whose district Mr. Anderson Uvea. Especially as the whole Indianapolis posh, with Senator Fairbanks at