Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1903 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY”. Waiter Porter went to Hammond today on business. Mrs. Rae Mossier went to Wolcott today for a few days visit. Albert Ball the advance agent for Monarch Minstrels is here today. * Mrs. W. O. Milliron and son Robert of Montioello, are here for a few days’ visit. The infant daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Will F. Smith is very sick with stomach trouble. J. W. Childers is quite sick at his home in the east part of town with a kidney trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Powers returned today after a few days’ visit at Montioello and Wolcott. Mrs. Clarence Sigler and Mrs. Ola Hubbard, of Kersey, came today for a few days’ visit. Monday’s Delphi Herald says that the condition of Mrs, Joseph Cowden does not improve and that owing to her age, her death is only a matter of a short time. !

S, J. Rife of Gifford, was in town today, procarring bills for a public sale on Feb. 4th, He expects to move away, bat has not decided upon a location, and will first visit his aged father in Ohio, whom he has not seen in 21 years, and then make a trip to Kansas. I Rev. A. 0. Droz, of Brookston, came ap last evening, to take Rev. Rev. Meads’ place in the F. W. B. 1 meetings. He will lead in the singing and also assist in the preaching. The meeting last night was ' largely attended and resulted in two more conversions. Frank Blancett, of the former John Kresler farm, 5 or 6 miles 1 southeast of town, has sold the f armlo his neighbor, G. W. Terwilliger, and will soon move to Urbanna, 111, where himself and wife will oare for the latter’s mother, who is in poor health. He will make a public sale Feb 12th. Some of the old vets are disposposed to question the accuracy of The Republican's statement that there are more survivors of the 48th regiment in Jasper oonnty than of any other, and very likely they are oorreot The 87th has still a good many survivors here, and also the ?tb, although the greatest number is probably of the 48th or the 87th and no very great difference between them. An effort will be made to amend the garnishee bjllls so as to provide that they shall apply only to "dead beats.” Judiciary committee met Saturday to oonsider the matter again and the members expressed a belief that the bill might be so obanged that they could not be resorted to as a weapon against men who really try to pay their debts bat who, through some misfortune, fall behind. Bome amendment will be

devised to meet the demands of the labor intrests who are opposing the present bill because it often catches people of honest purpose. Still another legislative apportion ment bill has-been introduced. This proposes to put Jasper, Benton and Newton together again in a senatorial district. This was the senatorial district previous to the present arrangement and was very satisfactory to all concerned, and no doubt wonld be again. For J a representative distriot it puts Porter and Jasper together. NewtoD, our old running mate, now slightly estianged, is hooked on to Lake, as in the other proposed bills. Evidently that is to be Newton county’s legislative fate this time, it no doubt being, an affliction visited'on Newton county to teach a few bad kickers over just what it is to be yoked up to people who, politically speaking, put both feet in trough whenever the call oomes to feed; as a pun- , isbment for their wrongful aoonsations against Jasper county.

WEDNESDAY. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Catt of Cbenoa, 111. returned home After a weeks visit with relatives. • j Mrs. 0. Or. Spitler and Miss • Maud Spitler went to Chioago today. 0. K. Ritchey took his daughter Elsie to Ohioago today to have here eyes ex amined by a specialist D. A. Stoner, Indiana’s greatest poultry expert, Jis at Ohioago Heights today, judging a 'poultry show. -*■ J. F. Irwin is now confined to biß house, and largely to his bed, by a recurrence of bis chronic kidney trouble. Mr* and Mrs. Eugene Sayler of Cullom, 111. oame last evening to attend the funeral of her sister-in-law Mrs John Hodishire. Felix Frenoh and family are paoking their goods preparatory to moving to Kansas. A. O. Moore who has bought their residence will probably move in next week. The temperature yesterday reached a maximum, of 47 degrees, which was the highest so far this month, and the highest since Deo. Ist, when the same mark was reached. Last year the highest January temperature was 52 degrees. Mrs. Bernard Maloy, of Chioago whose serious sickness has previosly been mentioned, is very much improved, and seems on the way to a permanent restoration to health. Bbe recently underwent a very serious surgioal operation in a hospital in Ohioago. The Rensselaer Mandolin Club, or 20 strong went over to Monon this afternoon, and this evening will, in conjunction with the Monon olub, give a big entertainment there. Friday evening the same olnbs will give a joint entertainment here. It no doubt will be most enjoyable affair. The ‘‘sheet order house,” on Van Rensselaer street, justifies its name by the short order in whioh it changes ownership. Another change will take place Saturday. Oonrad Shafer, of 6 or 7 miles south of town, has bought the business of Mrs. Rutherford, and will take possession on . the day mentioned* Mrs. Hettie Reynolds returned from Delphi last night, having been unable to remain longer from being needed at home to oare for her aged mother, Mrs. Callow, who is fast approaching her 92nd birthday. She is quite feeble this

winter, but otherwise in excellent health for one of her advanced age. Mrs. Reynolds left "her siater-in-I law, Mrs. Cowden in about the same condition as when she went | there, she being unconsoious with’ , no prospects for improvement, and kept alive only by opiates There is a bill incubating in the Legislature to change the terms of city oflioers back to four years. The law passed two years ago, outting them down, from four to two years, knocked out a Democratic mayor, marshal and one | councilman in Rensselaer, and permitted the election of Republicans in their places. If now a law is passed wbiCh will extend the terms of these Republicans to four years agaia our Democratic townspeople will begin to think that the whole thing was “done a purpose” just to get them out of their offioes. Really, however we do not think

the change was made for poljtioal advantage, for while it worked to the advantage of the Republicans here it worked to their disadvantage in other places. In fact the change of oity officers’ term from four to two years was simply a piece of freak legislation whioh no man ever did or ever oonld give a good reason for.

THURSDAY. U. M. Baughman is in Lafayette today on legal business. Mrs. R. D. Thompson went to Lafayette today for a few days visit. Charles Kelley went to Chioago today where he has a position in a laundry. - v- ■ Mrs. S. E. Childers, of Delphi, oame today on account of the sickness of her son, W. Childers. Mrs. J. W. Nelson was called to Lafayette today on aooount of the serious sickness of her son-in-law. Will Childers is reported as somewhat batter from his serious sickness. Mr. and Mrs, Edward Dumas, went to Goodrich, 111. where they will make their future home. Mrs Mary Karsner of Chioago oame last evening for a three weeks visit with relatives.

Mr. and and Mrs. Delos Tomp eon, Mrs. Frank Ross and Miss Fannie Milliken went to Chioago today for a few days. Frank Yeager, of Chioago, is in this vicinity to recuperate from a severe spell of sickness. He formerly lived here. J. H. Childers, of Delphi, is here today visiting his brother, Will. He is still in the auctioneering and real-estate business, and evidently very prosperous. Rev. Hall’s revival meetings at th 9 Christian church are well attended every evening. Rev. Shearer, the evangelist, and Mr. Harrold, the singer, will be with him on and after next Sunday. His subject tonight will be "New Testament Conversion.” The meetings at the F. W. B. church will oontinue all of this week. Tonight and Friday night Rev. Droz will present some speoial features in the way of songs. Montioello Herald: B. M. Don-

nelly, who is now located^at Kankakee, 111., came Saturday to help in the celebration of his mother’s 81 birthday whioh occurred Sunday, The oelebratiou was held at the home of her son, Thos. E Donnelly, east of town. l?rank Foltz and C. D. Nowels returned from Montioello this ing after matters connected with the settlement of the estate of Mrs. Nowel’s father Mr. Barns. Work on the K. of P. building has been resumed, and good progiess is being made, considering the extreme heat of the weather now prevailing. By Friday, however aooordiug to the weather bureau, it will be extreme cold aud that will interefere with the workmen. Suoh is Indiana weather.

The preseut warm spell reaohed its culminating point, at noon today with a temperature of 55 degrees. It is a higher winter month temperature than any for this year or last year either. The highest in January, February and Daoem her of last year being 52 degrees Much colder is predicted for Friday.

One of our, ooal firms received another oar load of nnt size of hard ooal last night, which makes three cars of hard coal for that one firm within a few days. The other firms have notioes of other shipment on the way so that it seems safe to say that there is no longer any danger at all of a hard ooal shortage in Rensselaer. And it even seems highly probable that onr dealers will soon haye an abundance to spare to the people of less fortunate neighboring towns. Here ik, is almost the last of February and there has been no ice near Montioello fit to harvest. W hat’ll the boys do for ice oream for their girls if the restaurants don’t succeed in making a connection with somebody’s ioe houses oat of town?—Montioello Herald. Something mast have ooonred to our old bachelor brother of the Herald, to jar him a whole month oat of his bearings. He is surely agitated abont something, and perhaps that something happened daring his last trip to Rensselaer. Well, if so, we can only hope that it is a waveuf joy and not sorrow that has rolled across his peaoefnl breast. Ts so, then the scarcity of ioe in Montioello needn’t out any ioe with him. Rensselaer is packed fall of it, and every pound is guaranteed to freeze a big gob of ioe oream stiff and stark.