Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1903 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. Leo Teuter of Chicago is here for a few days. Mrs. E. D. Rhoades returned last evening from a weeks visit at Chicago. Miss Helen Teuter returned last night after a two weeks visit at Chicago. W. A. Huff went to Indianapolis yesterday to attend the Opticians State Convention the 12, and 13th. Dave McConahay went to Idaville yesterday for a weeks visit with his parents. Mrs. Harry Wemple xeturned to Rockford today after ajtwc weeks visit with her mother Mrs. Agnes Kelley. Gaylord H. Cbiloote has been appointed administrator of the esstate of his father, the late Uapt. Mordeoai F. Chicote.

A large delegation of Rensselaer Temple, Rathbone Sisters, went to Chalmers this afternoon, where they will institute a new temple. Some 21 of the Sisters went down T. J. McCoy left for Kansas City last night where he will attend the meeting of the National Live Stock Association. as a delegate from Indiana, by appointment of Governor Durbin. Mrs. A. Jordan of Gibson City 111., who has been visiting her son W. M. Jordan of Newland for .the past three week, went to Thorntown today for a week’s visit, before returning to here home. Kentland received its third car of hard coal for the winter late las Saturday evening. It was tried to keep its arrival a secret so that it conld be quietly distributed Monday, but its arrival got noised abroad Sunday and by 5:30 Monday morning the last shovel full had been sold out. Ed Pattee has rented and just moved upon the Joseph Duvall farm, at the east end Jordan Tp., which he will work this year. There are about 320 acres in the farm, and he also will work about 80 acres more, belonging to Mrs. Timmons. Gen. Samuel Thomas, the well known railroad man and financier of New York is dead. He was once the principal stockholder of the Monon road, and was its president for quite a number of yean until the recent sale of the road to the Louisville and Nashville, He was €3 yean old. Last night’s temperature did not score as a low degree ,ofcold as the night before, contnry to the general expectation. The lowest point reached, by the registering U. 8 thermometer, was not quite four degree below zero. The change of the wind to southward during the night sent the mercury upward at a comparstivily npid nte and at 7 this morning it was £\above, which was 12 degrees warmer than 24 houn before.

WEDNESDAY. Mrs. C. D. Norman went to Fair Oaks today. Born to Mr. and Mrs. George Masters near Blackford, an 8| lb boy Jan. 13th. J. T. Randle is improving from his severe sickness and is now able to sit up. M. A. Ryan attorney at Indianapolis, formerly of Delphi, made E. P. Honan a short visit yesterday. Miss Mary Eger went to Denver. Colorado today for an -extended stay. Uncle Johnny Gwin went to Herscher, HL, today, for a visit with his daughter, Mrs. Sayers. Mrs. E. H. Kibler, of Englewood, returned home today after a month’s visit with her daughter, Mrs. J. F. Major.

Frank Maloy was called to Chicago thia morning on account of the serious sickness of Mrs. Bernard Maloy. Mrs, J. Slagle and son Otto returned to their home at Troy, Ohio this morning after a months visit with her son W. G. Slagle at the Makeever House. Simon Kesaick and family of South Dakota came today for a visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gaines of Newton township. The thermometers struggled up to 25 today in the shade and warm enough to thaw a little in the sun. Which is almost summer weather com [ a red with what we have been having. Some 20 or 25 couples injoyed a pleasant social dance at Dr. Berkley’s last evening. The music was a novel feature, boing furnished by an Apollo, an instrument that plays a piano automatically, and in the most beautiful manner, Bruoe White has been appointed ixeoutor of the estate of his nother, the late Mrs. Eliza White. Be is the sole legatee of all her property except two small bequests io non-resident grand-children foe will was made in 18d>7. Meetings will begin at the F. W. Baptist church, tonight, and continue indefinitely. They will be conducted by the pastor, Rev:

Jos. Cochran, assisted by the former pastor. Rev. Ed. Meads, now of Dunkerton, lowa, Meetings will be held every evening, and everybody is invited to attend. Another former resident <st Gillam Tp., has died recently in Medaryville. It was Mrs. Matilda Rayburn, wife of John Rayburn. Her death occurred Jan. 4th, z and she was buried at Independence, in Gillam. Jan. 6th. She was nearly 79 years old. Her aged husband survives her, and two daughters. Mrs. Ooppess and Mrs. Cook. Forty-five young men of Marion who joined a suit club some lime ago, have finally come to the conclusion that they have been “taken in.” Each of them paid at least 125, bnt no one has yet secured a suit. Warsaw, Wabash, Huntington and Marion have all been easy for the suit club man. Rensselaer had its experience with the same scheme early last year. It is the desire to get something for nothing, the gambling spirit, that makes so many people easy marks for suoh rascally schemes. Superintendent Clark, at the county asylum, has got back his lost, strayed or stolen Henry Brockway. He is the elderly party who, some months ago, made his escape from the asylum and finally turned jp at the home of a relative in Clinton county, having

made the trip by ‘‘Foot & Walker’s line.” He sseujs to have had a return ticket over the same route, for he recently put in an appearance in the vicinity of his old home, near DeMotte. Mr. Clark drove up there Tuesday and lassoed the old man and brought him back. He was not at all anxious to come and had to be tied by ropes before he could be kept in the buggy. Those winter agriculturalists, the ice men, who plow their crop one day and harvest it the day after, and always reap where they have not sown, are getting 'busy now.~ M. P. Warner finished Ms

plowing this forenoon, and this afternoon began filling bis ice house. In the morning Strickfaden and Moody & Roth will begin hauling ice. C C. Starr is clearing up, blit he bad the bad luck to have his dam leak and the water ran out from under the ice. He has repaired the dam and hopes his ice will be in good shape in a few days. The ice being put up is 9 to 11 inches thick and of fine quality.

THURSDAY.

A. M. Chaffin went to LaPorte today to pass the winter with his mother. Mrs. F, B. Meyer went to Shelby today for a few days visit with friends. Mr. C. T. Stallard who has not been holding classes in the Gynmasium for two weeks, on account of the special meetings, will meet his classes again on Saturday. - To day’s warm bright weather is very welcome to most people, after the prolonged coldness. It bids fair to make an end of the snow. The county jail has been empty just a month, except an insane man from up north was kept there a few days. It is a good many. months since the jdl has been empty so long before. Charley Greenlee left last night with his car of goods and stock for Ada, Indian Territory, near where he expects to locate. The family left on the 11 train, this forenoon. The Presbyterian evangelists, Revs. Bartlett and Rankin, closed their two week’s series of meeting here last night, and took their de parture today. From here they have gone to Winamac to begin a series of meetings.

Three more oars of coal came in yesterday for the light and water plant, and two more on the road. There is now enough on hand to last three or four weeks, and the two additional oars will be good for about another week. The kind of coal is what is called "mine run” £kl, and is about SI more per ton than slack ooal which can not be had.

The laundry insurance still hangs fire. The company offered SSOO, Mr. Lagen offered to take $800; the oompany writes again intimating that it is ready for a compromise somewhere between the two figures. Mr. Lagen is now in Cfiioago. His brother Phil is there also, and reported sick in bed. Mrs- John Ramey is 'afflicted with softening of the brain, and her condition is apparently hopeless. She has some lucid intervals, but for the most part is entirely deranged, and every night has to be strapped to her bed. She will not eat and has become very much weakened.

M. P. Warner, Moody & Both Striokfaden and Eiglesbach are all putting up ioe, today, and expect to get in a whole lot, no matter how warm the weather gets, Starr and Hana have not started yet. The ioe is good and thick but much of it not quite so dear as could be desired. Dr. Byron Bobinson, of Bush Medical College, oame down from Chicago today and assisted by Drs. Washburn and Washburn, performed an inportant and dangerous operation on Mrs. Logan Wood of Parr, consisting in the removal of the uterus. The operation took place at the Comer house, where Mrs. Wood is donioiled, with a nurse from Chicago. She hm been in very poor health for a long time.