Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1903 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY, Mr. and Mrs. John Collins of Brook are in town today. Mrs. Jesse Ball went toFranoesville today for a few days visit. I*. W. Clark went to Monon today on business. Mrs. Simon Leopold and daughter Selma of Woloott came yesterday for a few days visit. Miss Mary Harding of Mopen returned home today after a two weeks visit with friends. Chas. Maoklenberg is confined to his bed on aooount of an attaok of the grip. Born, Saturday, Jan, 17th, to Mr. and Mrs. Levi Sanders, near Parr, a son.

The three year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Bd. Waling five miles southwest of town has a serious attaok of lung fever. Mrs. Rev. Jos Coohran is recovering from several days’ severe sickness with neuralgia and other complications. A new anesthetic preparation is known chemically as “alkyloxyphenylquaindin.” The name itself ought to be sufficient to put almost anybody to sleep. It is said that everything comes to him who waits, but he who hustles while he is waiting will have things come bis way much sooner.

Alt Padgett shipped a number of very fine draft horses to Chioago last night. One of these is said to be the reoord horse for this region and that be actually tips the soales at the enormous weight, of 2,000 pounds or just an even ton. of these horses | weighs 1,700 pounds I N. Warner’s new briok building is approaoh|ng completion, but Warner Brothers do not expeot to move into it with their handware store until about the Ist of Maroh. There are several applicants for Leopold’s building they are now occupying, among them W. O. Milliron, the baker, in Montioello, * bnt ihe lease has not been closed with^anyone. T. J. McCoy, John Duvall and Louis Muster went to Chioago to* day to attend a big sale of standard bred trotting stock. Among the horses to be sold is Rensselaer Wilkes, the well known stallion formerly belonging to the Rensselaer Stock Farm. It is understood that Mr. McCoy will bid up pretty lively when this horse goes to the block. E H. Tharp, W Chicago, who is visiting bis relatives here, and later will go to Remington, Montioello and Indianapolis, states that he has sold his big and very prosperous wholesale fruit business in Chicago and has retired from aotive business- He had contemplated that step for some time, bat took it somewhat sooner than he expected on aooonnt of a very serlons attack of sicknesa some time tgo. He had an attack of ap>poplexy, from wbioh be whs un-

conscious 17 days., , Ha owns an immense fruit farm in Allegan county, Miohigan, on the lake shore, and has a fine residence there. He will move there in the spring and make that his home hereafter.

WEDNESDAY. * . G. A. Williams went tb~ Roee Lawn today on legal business. Mr. aod Mrs. Will Rowles went to Chicago today for a stay of several days. Obas. Rishliug and Willie Barkley went to Monticello today for a short visit. - Miss Mary L. Kennedi of Marion, Ind is visiting MnrrN. H. Warner.

1 A Leopold went to Hammond today for a few days visit with his daughter. 1 I Miss Kate Smitbers returned to Delphi today after a few days visit with her sister Mrs .Will Merrica i Mrs. Maggie Wright returned to Rushville today after a few days visit with relatives. A ealled meeting of the Re* bekah lodge will be held Saturday evening, for tbe transaction of important business. 1 Order of Noble Grand . N. A. Hendrix, of east of town, on The Pleasant Ridge gravel road will have a public sale on February 3rd. His health is poor and be intends to quit aotive farming and move to town! Elbert Zoll, a former Rensselaer boy, now oonneoted with tbe Hammond Paoking Co., has just been traußfered from tbe Chioago to their St. Joe, Missouri office with an increased salary.

Mrs. V. Rothenbnrg of Mulberry Ind., returned borne today after a few days visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. L. Byrd north of town- Her sister Miss Emms Byrd returned home with her. Stenographer John W. Walker went to Lafayette last night to report the prooeeding of the State Dairyman’s Association tbe 21st 22rd and 23rd. John reported the same meeting last year and never missed a word nor a snort nor a sneeze.

Rensselaer Wilkes sold for more in Chicago Tuesday than T. J. MoCoy oared to pay. He brought $1,060, and waa sold to a Philadelphia man. When in the heyday of his glory,Juat after he had won a big raoe at Indianapolis, the Stock Farm owners were offered SIO,OOO for Wilkes it is stated. Afterwards be failed to keep np the paoe and trotting Btock also took a tumble and they sold him for about $2,000.

Franoisville now has two newspapers. The first number of the new one was issued last Thursday and promises to be a good paper. The man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is oonnted blessed. The men who keep two newspapers going in*** one-newspaper town, have to hoatle a blamed sight harder, whether they are blessed to the same extent as the extra grass grower or not. The new paper is named The Review- H. A. Ames is the editor and Ames & Porterfield the publishers.

THURSDAY. Jim JBollis, in Jordan Tp., has a ohild very siok with the measles. Rev. Aspey, of Anderson, will preaoh at the Baptist Sunday both morning and evening. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Bruoe, of Bidney, Ohio, left for their home today, after a visit with Mr. and Mss. Jams Msthsmon.

Born, Wednesday night, Jam 21st. to Mr. and Mrs. James Randle, oo south Weston street, a daughter and their first child. Warren Washburn manager of the Goodlaod Telephone and G. D. Clymer, general agent of the American Central Life Ids. Co., also of Good land, were in town today ou business.

Mrs. G. L. Thornton, 4 miles northwe-t of town, has just returned from a two weeks visit with her son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs»o.*A. Abbott,-at Appleton Wisconsin. Also their infant son; born Jan. 7th.

The establishment of a new bank here, to be known as tbe First National Bank of Rensselaer is now a settled faot; J. *W. Pex_ ton being the principal organizer It is expected to be ready for business about the Ist of April. A. 0. Scott, of near Pontiac, 111., is in town today. Be is here looking after his farm in Jordan tp., the former Fred Waymire place. He expects to move on the farm about Maroh Ist.

C. C. Starr will have his ioe house filled with a fine quality of ioe in a dav or two more. It is 12 to 14 inches thiok. He has a big foroe of men at teams at work, and they have already got about 500 tons stored away.

There were more people at the F. W. Baptist meeting last night than could Gad seats. It was expected that arrangements would be made today to pat in a number of obairs to famish additional seatinf facilities.

Although T. J. McCoy did not buy Rensselaer Wilkes in Chioago Tuesday, he did bay {one of his oolts, a very handsome] five] year old gelding, Capt. Sigby. Tom bongbt him off tbe bargain counter, so to speak, and will see what be wili develope into. Possibly into another “Sampson.” Anyhow he is a right promising yonng horse. G. L. Thornton,'{who sold] his farm miles northwest to Edgar Brnoe some time ago, has sinoe tbe sale made a prospecting trip through Missonri| and lowa, but came baok with his mind made up to stay in Jasper oonnty. The farm he sold Mr. Brnoe is an 80 aore one, and the prioe was $64 per acre. He bought it in the spring for S6O per aore.

Three weeks of (January have now gone whfim- they can’t “do any more dirt” or good] either. Will our neighboring newspaper brethren who still persist in publishing, at the beginning of eaoh month that anoient and] disoredi ted rubbish, Rev. Hioks* predictions compare the wild weather he predicted with the mildj'weather we have experienced, and then deoide if they haven’t lent their oountenanoe to that anoient hnmbng long enongh.

This is the 22nd day of January, aud just one mouth since the winter solstice oooured. The day’s length is now 9 hoars and 36 minutes, whioh is an increase of 23 minutes daring the month. This increase, surprising as it may seem, has all been given to the.last half of the day, the forenoons not yet having increased at all, the son rising today at 7:22 whioh was exactly the time it rose on Deo. 22nd. Hereafter the forenoons will begin to lengthen out, also.