Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1903 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

FRIDAY. Miss Tillie Fendig of Delphi, is home for a few days visit. Mrs. 0. H, Porter returned home to Delphi today.

Mrs. Chas. Stephenson returned home today after a few days’ visit at Argos.

Mrs. D. H. Yeoman returned home to Ambia today after a few days’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Strong.

Even Crawfordsville, right on the edge of the ooal fields, almost, has been obliged to shut down its city light plant for want of ooal.

Miss Mona McFarland, after a short visit with her oousin Jean MoFarland, returned to Mansfield, Ind„ this morning.

Miss Nellie Smith of Chicago retained home today, after a few days visit here with friends

Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Snithel of Delphi returned home today after a few days visit with their daughter Mrs. Wm. Merrioa.

Mrs. Harry Wemple of Bookford, 111,, is here- for a several days visit with her moth&, Mrs. Agnes Kelley,

Mrs. Bebeoca Albough of Ohioago, returned home today after a few days’ visie with J. M. Lesh and others.

Mrs. Ernest Fritts returned to her home at Dunkirk today after a few days’ visit with her parents Mr, and Mrs. J. Q. Alter.

Miss Fannie Porter left for Virginia- Female Institute at Staunton, Va-, today after a holiday visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Walter Porter.

The New Year kept its resolutions to be good only one day, and that is hardly as long as the average. Today it started iu with enow, sleet and then rain without oeasing. Mrs. Frank Lewis and Mrs Bose

Ladd returned to Oxford today. They have been visiting their parents Mr. and Mrs. Berry Paris, and their sister Mrs. Willis Imee.

During the year 1902 there were 136 marriages in Jasper oounty. That number is somewhat of a falling off from 1901, when there were 144 marriages in the oounty.

The Bm&ll room on the north side of Washington street recently vacated by W. 0. Shead is being fitted up for an effioe to be used jointly by C. A. Dean and Col Fred Phillips.

Miss Nettie Joidan of Rookford and Mrs. John Jordan of Gibson City, tUI» returned; home' today after a few days visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Jordan, of Newland.

The first Jasper county marriage license for 1903 was issued this forenoon. The parties were Gnst and Gnsta. Namely Cost Schultz and Gnsta Reitter. It is to hoped their matrimonial weather will not be as windy as their gusty front names indioate.

, Peter 0. Wasson and Harrison Wasson will make a partnership sale on Jan. 13th, on the farm southeast of town formerly belonging to the former, now the property of Ed. Ran ton, of Hoopeston, 111. They ran the farm in partnership and are making the sale to settle np the business. Harrison will continue to work the farm, under its new ownership.

Superintendent Ohas. Chamberlain wae notified yesterday that the Davieea Co. Coal Company had loaded and shipped two oars of slack ooal for the Bensselaer light and water station, and whioh are expected to arrive in a day or two. Mayor Ellis went down to Terre Haute yesterday afternoon to see if he could harry the shipment of ooal here, and very likely he will succeed in having some more shipped very soon. The two weeks’ series of meetings at the Presbyterian ohuroh, opened last evening with a large attendance and an excellent interest. The evangelists in charge are Bev. B. A. Bartlett, as the preaoher and Bev. M. M. Bankin, as the singer. They are regular authorized evangelists of the Presbyterian ohuroh, and until very reoently have been established as pastors of Presbyterian oburches. Bev. Bartlett at Greenaburg and Bev. Miner at Bright, Ind. They resigned their pastorates in November and began their evangelioal work Deo. Ist. Meetings will be held every evening and after this week every afternoon, at 2:30 p. m. The snbjeot for Friday evening will be, Bringing others to Christ. For Sunday: Morning, Beward of soul winning. Afternoon, for men only, Be men. Evening, Was the man of Nazereth Divine?

SATURDAY. Mr*. Ed. Miller went to Montioello today, to apend Sunday. John Saylor, of Montioello, ia here today. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Lageu wont to Ohioago today where they wil make their foture home. Miaa Etta Htookaiok returned to Paxton, IIL, today after a saw days, visit here.' Mildred Spitler went baok to Goahan today after an extended virit with her parent*, Mr. and Mia. Ohaa. Spitler. Mtoa Blanch Kenton returned to ladianapoUa Into night after a few days’ visit with her parents, Mr and Mr*. Wm Kenton. Mia. J. B. O’Malley and ohil-

dren returned to .Pontiac, 111., today after * spending the holidays with her parento, Mr. and Mrs A. Harmon.

Mr. and Mrs. A. H Nowels’ 9 year old son is recovering from a severe case of long fever, at the home of his grand father. CAp t. J M. Wasson.

Mrs. Ida Tobias, after a week’s visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dixey, returned to her home at .*Lake Forest, Ilk, last evening

Nicholas Archer, of Wheatfield tp, whose insanity has already been mentioned, was .taken to Longoliff.asylnm, today, by Deputy Sheriff Bruoe Hardy.

Dr. Arthur Kresler is at Indianapolis today, assisting in an important snrgioal operation on Mrs. Firman ntherford, of Jordan Tp. who went there last Tuesday.

Mrs. Mildred Powell returned to Valparaiso ' today, after - a few weeks’ visit with her daughter, Mrs- C. G. Spitler. She is now making her home with her brother, Rev. M. H. Appleby, at Valparaiso Sqnire Troxell’s justice mill grinds oat considerable of a grist for the school fund, these days. Yesterday he paid that fund $49.50. Also to the township fnnd $13.45 and to the oity $4.

Prosecuting Attorney J. D. Sink, of Bose Lawn, was in town today. He was just wandering homeward after a holiday visit with relatives in Berrien Co„ Mioh., his old home.

Theodore George is baok from a week’s stay at Logansport, where he was studying the lines of Uhl Bros. & Co., wholesale furnishings and notions, for which he will begin to travel next week. He has northern Indiana and southern Michigan for his territory. Indianapolis Journal: “After four months of severe testing of the newly invented form of steel tie and rails on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago, excellent results are shewn. The new rail is the invention of a Pittsburg eogiueer and oonsists of a pressed steel trough grinder supporting

each rail, with channel spaces to maintain the gangs and fastenings for the rails, which do not require the use of wedges or any other contrivances.” -4^,-4--^-.

MONDAY. W. H. Poatill went to Kankakee, for a few days on business. ■ W. E,' Yonog of Cbioago was here today on bnainesaT^ Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Robinson returned to Kirksville, Missouri, today. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Rhoades went to Chicago, yesterday for a weeks visit. Delos Coen returned to Yale College yesterday after spending holidays with his parents. Misses Clara Hess and Stella Wigmoreof Montioello spent Sunday with Miss lima Robinson. Miss Myrtle York returned to Monon yesterday If ter a weeks visit with relatives. ■ -m Miss Essie Kendall returned — : : : home Saturday from a holiday visit at Oxford and Pine Village. John Norman’s daughter, at Parr, who has Bppendioitis, is getting better. Chas. Fidler returned to the Rush Medioal College today after spending the holidays with his parents, eaat of town. _ M. P. Cbalfant, a late graduate of the law department of the Valparaiso normal, ia here with a view of locating in the praotioe of the law, Mrs. James R. Parkison is another sufferer from the now mnoh prevalent disease, pneumonia. The snow fall last night was about two inches. Oar wideawake marshal had his horse snow-plow in vigorous notion by four o’olook in the morning. Arthur Tuteur returned to Michigan University at Ann Arbor today. Trevor Eger and Emory Mills also returned to their respective universities. Notice was reoeived from the Coal Bluff company this morning of the shipping of another oar load of slack ooal, for the Rensselaer light and water station.

Albert Harmon got baok from LaSalle, HI., yesterday, to be on hand for his public sale, Tuesday. Mrs. Harmon did not come baok yet. as their baby is sick and not ’in conditiontof^Javel. Miss Boe Dennis and brother Milton, east of town, went to Marion, Ind., today where they will enter oollege. She will continue her elooutiouary studies and he will study law. The meeting at the Presbyterian ohuroh, three of whioh were held Sunday, were all largely attended, and the evening especially so. Bev. Bartlett is a powerful preaoher and Bev. Miner a fine singer. It [he marriage of Mr. Joseph ' lligan and Miss Maggie Healy be 1 take plaoe next Wednesday 1 w ning. After the wedding they for leave for Florida, on an exbe led wedding trip. lad< . O. Pumphrey has just added 18 bis Dureo Jersey herd a ftcre itered sow whioh he thinks 1 of the best of the breed in ® rio ‘ er county. He bought her of , Marion Schultz herd, at In--12 ipolis, and she cost him SOO, k j.Jorge Bobinson, who has been * of t jing on the telephone lines 322 5 foT quite * leQ 8 time past ' ’Hi as become an expert in the qqq^ql left for Louisville, last night 'he eJ9 he has an offer of a permantis F °* itioa 111 Hme line of . n I.tbmby th n - dease E. Wilson, joint reted. ntatives of Jasper and Lake ias in the state legialature, to Indianapolis this afternoon 0 oord on hand for the opening aeany pa ’Sunday, and for any preuy caucuses that may be iceviouoly. C'jert 8. Drake, of H—- «, has hefto appointed executor ?“* a °'h estate of the Into Staoey ~ “®gtt*h. He left a will giving his son Milroj and his daughter Gertrude, the two of his children who have lived at home and had

care of him daring bis yean of poor health all his property. The estate consists of a' 40 acre farm and some personal property. Unole Alf McCoy is in poor health this winter. He was np to see Dr. Herriok, in Cbioago, a few days ago, and be deoided the trouble resulted from gall stonea although the uaual great suffering whioh they oause is not present. He has an almost complete loss of appetite; and the disease also has resulted in a very marked yellowness of the complexion.

The ladies of the Presbyterian ohuroh announce that they will give a “rummage sate” the latter part of this month.