Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1902 — ADDITIONAL LOCALS-Thursday. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL LOCALSThursday.

Thnrsday. Mrs. W. C. Babcock went, to Chicago today. Misses Maggie Healy and Mary Meyer are in Chicago today. Frank Foltz went to Knox today on business. Mrs, GT. A. Strickfaden went to Chicago today, Born to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Brubaker of Parr, a daughter Saturday Dec. 13. County Superintendent Hamilton is in Wheatfield today visiting sohools. The township schools of Jasper oounty will all be closed from Deo. 25th, to Jan. Ist by order of the oounty board of education. Today’s heavy rains ana warm southeast winds are using up the sleighing at a rapid rate. The 4 months old ohild of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Elijah, west of town’ is very sick. Mrs. J. F. Major went to Chicago today to attend the wedding this evening of her oousin Miss Rae Weaver. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dit k Gasoway on the old Sam Yfoman farm west of town, an eleveu pound boy Saturday Dec. 13th. Mrs. Julia Grant widow of Gen. U. S. Grant, died last night at her home in Washington, She was 77 yearß old. Judge Hanley was over at Winamac four days last week, trying oases in which Judge Nve was disqualified. Miss Lanra Wells, of Lake Village, after a few daysj visit with Miss Maude Hemphill, went to Logansport today. Judge and Mrs. S. P. Thompson aud daughter Miss Edna expect to leave for the south, Tuesday to remain for the winter. They have not definitely selected the place of their principal sojourn. Mrs. J. L. Jones desires to say that she has on band constantly a full assortment of Croft and Reed’s fine soaps, extracts, perfumes eto. Phone 278.

Harvey Graut who moved to DeMotte last spring, engaging in farming and hotel keeping, has rented the D. L. Richardson properly, on Cullen street, and will move here this week. Mrs. A. Gangloff was called to Washington, 111., today on the account of the very dangerous sickness of her daughter. It is thought she can not live. She has five youug children. W. C. Shead, who has been in the news agency business for a number of years past, has sold the business to Christie Vick, one of his competitiors, who is already delivering his daily paper routes. Next Monday, Dec. 2*2nd will be the winter solstice, when the 6un reaohes its furthest point south. Winter then begins, according to the almanac, but most people will be hard to convinoe that we have not been having a pretty stiff article of winter for some time past, already.

Rensselaer is again to have an osteopath pbysioian regularly located here. Miss Anna Francis, a graduate last Jane of the Osteopathy college at Kirksville, Mo., has rented rooms over the Harris bank and Will open her office there inafew days. _____ Mrs. John Ramey, in the northeast part of town, had a sadden and very alarming attack of congestion of the brain, Sunday and fell nnoonsoieus, in which condition she remained most of the day. Her condition is still pretty serious, but her physician thinks her chances for recovery ace now good.

The advice of Master Aaron Jones in his annual address before the Indiana grange to the farmers of this region to give more attention to their apple orchards, is timely. The dilapidated condition of old orohard throughout this eection of the state and the noticeable lack of new orchards coming on, tells plainly the story of negligence in this most important feature of griculture. W. C. Hopkins has his goods packed ready for shipment to the far west. He has changed his mind about where he will locate, and instead of going to north Nebraska be has concluded to go to Washington, aud locate somewhere near Spokane. He expects to leave about the middle of January. His brother Robert, now at Ashland Ore., also intends to try the Spokane country, Constable Lyman Zea performed his first official function as a constable this forenoon, he having arrested that bad man from up the creek, Jerry Karsner, on complaint of Bessie Massey, the colored oook at Goff’s restaurant. The charge is assault and battery, and it is based on the inoideut of last Saturday, elsewhere related, when Jerry gave the girl a bad cut on arm. Jerry was arrested out at Alf Donnelly’s place, where he had gone to work. The trial was set for 1:30 this afternoon, before Squire Troxell and a jury. Elmer Dwiggins who for several years past has been in Buenos Ayres, South America, but for six months last past in Paris, France, visited his relatives here over Sunday, and then joined his wife who is staying With a sister at Remington. In South America he was in mercantile business, but in Paris he was representing the Equitable Life Insurance Co , of New York. He expects to remain in this country hereafter, probably in New York City. His br« ther Jay is still in South Americe.