Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1902 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. S. P. Thompson went to Monti* cello today on business. Mrs. J. T. Murray of southeast of town, started for Piqua, Ohio, today, for a two week’s visit. Born, Friday Deo. sth, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kays, in the north part of town, a daughter. Official temperature at 7 a. m. today, three degrees above zero. Lowest during night, one degree above zero. Miss Sadie Stookeiok, daughter of Fred Stooksiok, on Dayton street, has a severe attack of pneumonia. The new firm of Parker & Bowles are getting their show cases and other fixtures in position, in their future store, in the new Odd Fellows building.

The City Council met in the assessor’s room, at the oourt house, last night. Mayor Ellis has arranged with the commissioners to meet in this room, until the robins nest again, or the weather lets up a few. Unole Joe Yeoman, in the north part of town, had an alarming spell Monday forenoon resulting from heart weakness. He became unoonsoious and remained in that condition for quite a long time but finally began to recover and is getting over the attaok very satisfactorily. Dan Patch, the celebrated pacer, who tied Star Pointer’s world -record of 159 J this season, has just been sold for $60,000 to M. W. Savage, of Minneapolis. It is the highest price ever paid for a pacer. Dan Messner, of Oxford, Ind., who raised Dan Patob, sold him last year for $20,000. Henry Kistler, a laborer at Lpgansport, intended to commit suicide and offered an undertaker an insurance policy of SI,OOO with understanding that he was to give him a decent burial. The undertaker told the police, and, just, as Eistler was preparing to shoo himself an offioer broke into the room and took him to jail. A movement has been started at Westville to raise a testimonial fund for the father, mother, and sister of Wesley Beynods, aged 16 years, who was murdered while protecting treasures intrusted to his oare. The father of the boy is mentally incapable of oaring for himself, and the family is in a position to appreciate the benefactions of the public. It is desired to make the movement wide in scope, and the Westville bank will likely be made the place of depoeit for the subscriptions.

The purpose of the fund will be to properly mark the boj ’a grave and to devote the remainder of. the fund for the family. WEDNESDAY. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Preble returned from Woloott yesterday. Geo. Pumphrey went to Zioneville today on business. A* Mrs. T. A. Hall and ohildren returned from a two weeks visit at Indianapolis last evening, Dennis Gleason, the horse buyer, is buying horses here again, for a few days Mrs. C. A. Fr«ake returned to Center, Ind., today after a visit with Mr. and Mrs, E. E. Preble. Lieutenants L.JWilcox and True Woodworth, of Company M„ are attending state meeting of national guard officers, at Indianapolis. Rev. Avey, of Anderson, Ind„ will preach at the First Baptist ohuroh Sunday, moraiug and evening. Prof. W. O. Hiatt is recovering very satisfactorily from his attack of pneumonia, but will hardly be able to- resume teaohing before next week Prof. Leonard, of Wabash! College, Crawfordsville, is in town for a oouple of days, in the interests of his institution, and gave a talk to the high school this forenoon. Mrs. Mary McClanahan of DesMoines, lowa, who is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Galbreath, and Mrs. Eliza Galbreath of Barkley went to Monon today for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Willey, of Mt. Ayr, visited Rensselaer relatives today. Mr. Willey has reoently changed his business at Mt. Ayr, selling out his hardware business and is now in the lumber and coal trade.

It is just a year now sinoe Joe Borntrager was shot in the back, in a hunting aooident. He was much more dangerously hurt than Jehn Stuber, bit his injury is now entirely recovered from, whereas Stnber’s will leave him crippled for life. The Indianapolis News numbered the aooident to young Stuber, near Rensselaer Monday afternoon as hunting accident No. 33 for this season. r The hunting list is getting a lead now on the shredder maohine, whose latest viotim, also reported for Monday, was No. 28.* Special services at the Christian ohuroh next Bnnday evening. There will be special music by the ohoir and quartelt. The pastor will preach a sermon on “The

Current Reformation ” Everybody invited. A special invitation is extended to the young people. Mrs. W. 8. Parks has received a oard from Mr. Parke mailed last Saturday at Sacramento. He was having a great trip, and reports that that part of California is now like in appearance to Indiana in June. He was still over 400 miles north of Redlands, where he was headed for, but expected to arrive there Sunday. The cold spell departed, as abruptly as it oame. Following is its record: Sunday morning, 12 degrees above, Monday morning 2 degrees below, Tuesday morning 1 above, Wednesday morning 34 above. That the warm spell is also doomed to a brief existence is what the weather bureau predicts. High northwest winds and colder is predicted for Thursday. C. J. Dean has written baok from Bozeman, Mont.; saying that his sister-in-law, Mrs. Josie Vedder, is now improving very satisfactorily from her long siokness, and it is hoped she will be able to make the journey back here about Christmas- Mr. Dean is growing fat on Elk meat, but still he thinks winter a bad time to go from here into the light air of the Montana mountains. Mr. Vedder has sold his ranoh in Montana and they will looate somewhere in this state or Illinois.