Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1902 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CITY NEWS.

FRIDAY. J. H.S. Ellis went to Chicago today on business. Frank Foltz went to Monticello today on business. 8b eriff Hardy went to Monticello today. Mrs. J. B. Martindale went to Terre Haute today for a three weeks visit with her parents. Will Thornton and Cliff Passons both have new houses nearly ready to move into, on east Elm street. Mrs. J. A. McFarland was called to Greencastle today on account of the serious sickness of her father J. J Hendricks. Misses Edna Randolph and Edith Wall, of Hammond came tofor a few days visit with Dr, W. W. Merrill and family. Nick Krull, the Monon baker, was in town today, and reports himself as having n big business in his present location. True Woodworth returned home yesterday after a few days’ visit with his sister, Mrs. Myrtle Spragne, at Montezuma. Elmer Fisher.' now of Champaign county, 111, is back here on business and visiting his brother Zell, of the feed barn. Frank Adams, of Hammond on his way to Kentucky stopped off here last evening for a short visit with friends. Mrs, E. H. Shields went to Monticello yesterday afternoon to spend the holidays with her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Malony. Miss Stella Cline, who has been working an the Nowels House returned to Wolcott yesterday afternoon, A wild goose for Christmas is not usual in tbfa region. Coen & Brady received one yesteri-dv as a present from their representative at Virgie, O. A. Yeoman, who shot it while hunting.

Don’t forget the old man with the fish on his back. > For nearly thirty years he has been traveling around the world, and is still traveling, bringing health and comfort wherever he goes. To the consumptive he brings the strength and flesh he so much needs. To all weak and sickly children he gives rich and strengthening food. To thin and pale persons he gives new firm flesh and rich red blood. Children who first saw the old man with the fish are now grown up and have children of their own. He stands for Scott’s Emulsion of pure cod liver oil—a delightful food and a natural tonic for children, for old folks and for all who need flesh and strength. 4o§^o r pt«??8t?15L Ch N , 2wVortc.

The buck-saw men should not be turned entirely down these days even if they do charge more for sawing wopd than the buzz saws do. They and their families have to live, and they can’t make a living sawing wood at 50cents a cord. The 2 p. m. train south this afternoon struck a wagon at Lowell and totally pulverized it. A man in the wagon was thrown pretty nearly into the next township but was not hurt. The horses hitched to the wagon were not hurt, either. Geo. H. Maines and family will be residents of Rensselaer from and after today. They are moving today from his place a mile north into the Robert Randle residence on Dayton street, which he purchased some time ago. His fine big farm is rented to Fritz Zard. The ladies of the M. E. church did' a big business at their bazaar and chicken-pie dinners and sappers, yesterday. In fact had one of the most succeßsful affairs of the kind ever given here. The net proceeds will be about $75.

The Western Horseman says buyers at the Chicago stock yards declare that draft horses with weight were never as difficult to obtain and never any higher in price than at present. There is no let-up in the demand for good drafters and exporters have been very active buyers the past month. The Tide of Life company gave a performance above the average to a house also above the average at the opera house, last night. They have an interesting play and a strong oast of characters; also a big outfit of special scenery which enables them to put their play on in good shape. Oapt. J. G. Dodd, who was for many years chief navigator of one of the Gifford steam dredge boats in this county, but went elsewhere about five years ago, arrived here today, and Monday will start Gifford’s new dredge, at Newland. He expects to deepen and clean the big ditches for about three months and then to take the dredge across the Kankakee river to work on the grade for the northern extension of the Gifford railroad. Mr. Dodd’s present residence is Kankakee, 111.

SATURDAY. Emory Mills is home from Purdue to speud the Holidays. E. M. Neher of Ohioago University is here for a shortvisit. Mrs. E. J. Klaiuk of Ohioago came last evening for a few days visit with Mrs. Hettie Villiers. . Mr. and Mrs. Schyler Robinson oame home from Kirksville Mo. to day, to spend the holidays. Misses Ada and Graoe Noweb' went to Flora today to spend the Holidays with their parents. Chas, Miller of Bloomington 111. returned home today after a few days visit with Mrs. J. B. Sayler. Mrs. Bam Roth and children went to Lafayette today to spend the Holidays with her parents. Ohas. Fidler, who is'attending school in Ohioago, oame home today for the Holidays. Mrs. Otto Clark returned home today after a thee weeks visit with friends at Indianapolis. Albert Marshall, of Hyland Park, HL, is home for the holidays. Delos Coen oame home today from Yale College to spend the holidays. The present warm and wet weather bids fair to give us a black Christmas if it keeps on a few days more.

E. D. Knotts has sold the Francesville Tribune to Judson Fitzpatrick, who formerly worked in the office, Try our soft coal at $3.65 jer ton, strictly cash, at Donnelly Lumber Co, B. M. Richardson, school principal of Plymouth, Wis., came home today to spend the holidays with his parents, in Barkley Tp. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Parkison of Indianapolis came today to spend the Holidays with their parents in Barkley tp. He is attending 'a medical college at Indianapolis. Misses Carrie Marshall and Grace Nowels, of the Chicago Uni. versity training school arrived last evening for the holiday vacation. The latter went on to Flora, where her parents reside, this afternoon. E. C Maxwell and son had a good day for their sale, Thursday, a few miles northwest of town, and all the property offered sold at fair prices. The horses, especially sold well. The sale amounted to $1,240. > Rowles & Parker’s new dry goods and notion store opened this morning in good shape. Their clerk bree consists at present of Miss Mildred Harris, Clyde Comer and Perry Gwin. The last two will probably only be employed during he holidays.

Le wis Sayler of Rensselaer, and Geo. F. Meyers, of Kniman, finally closed up their real-estate deal mentioned some time ago,yesterday the properties involved being their respective residences, in the places named. They will each take possession of their new places of residence about Feb. Ist. Harvey Grant has moved back from DeMotte, and will occupy D. H Yeoman’s residence, north of the railroad, and Mr. Yeoman and family will soon go to Florida. The Richardson bouse, on Cullen street, w hich Mr. Grant had intended to rent will instead be occupied by lok Yates, who will move back into town in a few days. The shortage of coal in Lafayette is so severe on the poor that several women and children have been forced in their distress to steal the fuel and were arrested by the railroad police. The conrt releaed them without punishment. In Chicago the scarcity of fuel is also something terrible, and if continued severe weather comes on will be vastly worse. Thos. Gray, the principal defendant in the suit of Judd vs Gray, died last Sunday, at Francesville, after a sickness of only a few days. He was born in Scotland and was about 70 years old. The suit was on trial at Monticello when he died and will have to be tried over again, with other parties

for defendants. In this suit the Grays are fighting to retain the last of-thejr once large landed possessions in this vicinity. Aunt Jane Babcock, grandmother of Mrs. P. W. Clarke, of this place, died at Hammond at the residence of a daughter one day last week. She was an early settler of Lake county, and previously to moving to Hammond lived in the vicinity of Lowell for a great many years. She was quite well known here from numerous visits to Mrs. Clarke. Her age was 77 years. She was buried at Liwell last Saturday. Capt. Erastus Peacock, the railway mail clerk, is making progress towards recovery from his sickness, although rather slowly, and with occasional back-sets, His brethren of the R. M. 0, Mutual Aid Society of Louisville, remembered him with a basket of six kinds of southern fruit and a quart bottle of “Kentucky Green River.” This latter is “for sickness only,” but callers who are good judges of that kind of Kentucky panacea will be permitted to emell of the cork,