Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1903 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. •* ’£wixt sleet and snow, and rain and drizzle; thia ground hog weather makes a fizzle. I Alt Padgett shipped another car load of horses to Chicago last night and went today to look after selling them. $ Mr. and Mrs. Felix French and daughter, Miss Lizzie, left on the 9:55 a. m. train today for their future home near Hutchinson, Kansas, and where their son is already located. Zern Wright, who has been in the employ of the Merchants’ Cigar Company here for a long time past, has given up the place and accepted one in a cigar factory at Hoopeston, 111., to which place he will go in a few days. The Monarch Ministrel oom- ~ pany arrived this forenoon, and at noon gave a street parade, in spite of the rain. They are a big company, and reports from towns were they have exhibited, say also a cracking good one.

Mrs. James Amsler and child, arrived from Perry, lowa, yesterday afternoon, and are visiting her father-in-law, Henry Amsler. Her husband will soon arrive with their goods. They own and will occupy the former E. L. Bruce farm, south of town. The Public Library Board met yesterday afternoon and appointed a committee to act with the City Council committee, on the matter of securing a site for the Carnegie library building. The committee consists of the following:* R. B. Porter, J, J. Hunt, W. C. Babcock, Mrs, T. J. McCoy. There has bean a change in ownership at the Racket Store, and the firm will no longer be ,/Ransford & Franks, but simply E. V. Ransford. He has bought the interest of his partner, Mr. Franks, and will be henceforth the sole owner and manager. Mr. Franks will remain and assist in the management of the store, in Mr. Ransford employ.

There is a <, pas6ell”of boys who go to and from school on Susan street who are very mischievously inclined, and who pull off pickets from yard fences, throw things against houses, sometimes ring doo¥ bells and run, and even break windows in houses, and otherwise make themselves very annoying. The people who suffer from these acts are getting about out of patience, and if the boys persist in their acts they are likely to get themselves into serious trouble. It has turned out that the library bill introduced by Representative Cantwell, of Hartford City, permitting a slight increase in the rate of library taxation, is designed to apply only to Hartford City. For that reason a special bill designed to apply only to Rensselaer, will be introduced by Representative Wilson; the out-

lines of which were agreed upon while he was here Saturday and Sunday. Rensselaer now has “coal to burn” if not any to throw at the birds. Coen & Brady received another car of the heretofore scarce chestnut site last night, making 5 cars of hard coal to arrive here in one day. They request us to state That our statement that hard coal had gone up all along the line was a mistake, as they are still able to sell at the same price as heretofore namely $9.00 per ton. A telegram was reoieved from Danville, last night, that Mrs. Dr. M. S. Brown was much worse and delirious. Her son, Dr. H. L. Brown, the dentist left on the 6:32 train and her daughter, Mrs. Dr. English, and Mrs. H. L. Brown on the 11:30 p. m train. Mrs. Brown has been in poor health, and steadly failing for quite a long time, and the news that she was worse, and probably very near the end, was not unexpected.

WEDNESDAY. G. H. Williams went to Rose Lawn today on business. Frank Foltz went to Kentland today, to attend court. Mrs. Fred Middleton, of Hammond, returned home today after a visit with her sister, Mrs. Britt Marion. Miss —Jessie Stephenson, who was here to attend her father’s funeral, returned home to Chicago today. Mrs. Orlando Finney, of Elwood, Ind., came yesterday for a several days’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Morgan. Rev. C. D. Royse went to Indianapolis today, to represent the Rensselaer Ministerial Association in the fight against the repeal of the blanket remonstrance pri velege Representative Wilson introduced his Rensselaer library bill in the house, Tuesday. It was referred to the committee on libraries

The Bachman triplets are doing finely so far, and the physician, who saw them this forenoon, believes that all three will live. The mother-ia-also now doing well. Rev. Jos. Cochran, pastor of Rensselaer, Vaughn and Parr, F. W. B. churches, will begin a revival meeting at the J*arr church, next Sunday. Miss Sadie Ellis returned to her home near Monticello, today, after a few days visit with her brother J. H. S. Ellis. Her little nephew Jim Ellis went home with her. Mrs. Dr. English and Dr. H. L. Brown found their mother still living when they reached Danville, and able at times to recognize and talk with them. Her condition however, is such that no lasting change for the better is hoped for. The Wright Carnival Company which showed here last summer, is wintering at Evansville, this winter. There is a whole page account cf the company in last Sunday’s Evansville from which it appears that the show is being very greatly increased and improved for this year’s work. Daniel Lesb, five miles north of town, is going to start a large fruit farm In the spring. He will set out about 2,000 trees, four acres of black berries and raspberries and four acres of strawberries. It looks like the people et Rensselaer might have a chance to buy berries pretty cheap in the near future.

Today’s weather is something different again. The southeast wind of Tuesday, has given plaoe to a northwester, and the drizzling

rain to flurries of snow. The'temperature is considerably low er also. The Monarch Ministrels had a big audience at ..the opera house, last night. They give a fine entertainment, both in the ministrel line, and in its acrobatic features. It is a good clean show also, , 4 Senator Dausm&n, of Elkhart, will introduce a bill this week providing that in a circuit district of over one county judges shall be ' allowed SSOO a year for traveling | expenses. This would give Juege Hanley SSOO boost in his salary. Senator Osborne has introduced still another legislative apportionment bill. In his bill Jasper county is not changed from its present connections, being left I with Lake county for a representative and with Newton and White for a senator. R. P. Benjamin received a letter from Thomas Knight who with his family recently moved to Yukon, Oklahoma. He states in the letter that he likes the lodks of things first rate, People are plowing for oats and rushing spring work right along. The subject of the morning service at the F. W. Baptist church Sunday Feb. 8, will be “The Office work of the Holy Spirit.” The text for the evening service will be “Is the young man safe.”

J. A. COCHRAN, Pastor, va. w. An exchange notes that in this month each day of the week occurs four times. This has happened but fifteen times in the last 132 years, namely in 1778, 1789, 1795, 1801, 1807, 1818, 1829, 1835,1846, 1857, 1874,1885,. 1891 and 1903. In the next fifty years it will occur five times, in 1914,1925,1931,1942 and 1952. Miss Eila Ritchey, who has been a telephone “central” ever since Rensselaer has had a telephone system, and has been in charge of the long distance lines ever since a separate switch-board was installed for those lines, has tendered her resignation, to take effect in a short time. She intends going to Anderson to keep books for her brother’s big furniture firm, we understand.

Lowell hafbhM tutr~exaggerated boozer by the name of John Daugherty. Last week he was released from 6or 8 weeks in the jail at Crown Point, and on his return to Lowell, he celebrated by drinking in the saloons all day. At night he went to the Lowell cemetery where he spent the night in throwing down and in some oases breaking and defacing the momuments. It is stated that the damage he did would amount to thousands of dollars.

Sixty or seventy miles difference* north and south often makes a big difference in the character of the weather. Thus the all day’s rain here Tuesday, was an all day’s snow storm in Chicago, with a .snow fall of six inches. Opinions differ, but most people would much rather have it come in rain than in snow. The entire precipitation here during Moncay night and Tuesday, was .90 of an inch. Which was four-fifths as much as during the whole of January,

THURSDAY. Joe Lyman, of Monon, is here, today on business. . Miss Rosa Brubaker of near Parr left for Eaton, Ohio, today where she will make an extended visit. Mrs. Marion Adams went to Hammond today for a few days visit with relatives. Mrs. Mary Karsner returned to Chicago today after a several -weeks visit here. The temperature was down to 9 above zero this morning, whioh is pretty cold compared with whaVwe have been having lately. Rev. Aspey, of Anderson, has been engaged to preach for the First Baptist church every second Sunday. Next Sunday will be his next regular appointment here. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hurley 12 miles northeast of town returned home today after an extended visit

with relatives at Cerrogordo and other places in Illinois. Mrs. W. 8- Parks was called to Remington today, by the news that her mother, Mrs. Mary Osborne, was thought to be dying. At noqn however she was a- -little- better, but her recovery is not expected. She is 84 years old. The meetings at the Christian church are growing in interest every evening. Bev. Shearer is doing some splendid preaching and as a leader and soloist Mr. Harrold is proving himself a master. Lewis Haag has gone to PlymoutlF, Ind., to locate, and his family are about ready to join him there. Mrs. Haag has been carrying the mail on the Pleasant Grove route for Comrade Fox, the contractor, and the latter is now looking for another carrier. Mr. Robert Clark, pf Rensselaer and Miss Clara Haste, of Parr, were married Tuesday, Feb. 3rd, by Rev. Thomas Meyer, pastor of St. Augustine's Catholic church. The gtoom’s occupation is stated as a laborer and his age at 29 years. His bride’s age is stated as 33 years.

A. (X Moore finished moving into town yesterday and now occupies his residence on Cullen street, lately bought of Felix French. Aus is "saying nothing and sawing wood” now but it is surmised that he will not have time to saw much wood, in a literal sense, after the First National Bank gets open for business.

A report appeared in a Chicago afternoon paper yesterday that Oklahoma City was burning up, and which, report caused considerable uneasiness here, as several former residents are located there. The story was probably a fake, as today’s morning papers have nothing about such a fire. The story is all the more unlikely as it came from Wichita, Kans., which is the storm center of reckless telegraph liars, for the whole country. The Lowell Tribune gives details of the destruction wrought in the Lowell cemetery by the drinkcrazed wretch, John Daugherty. Some 35 monuments were simply pulled over ; 14 others were pulled over and their tops broken, and 12 others were broken in from two to four pieces. Daugherty was arrested and is now in jail, in default of bail. The law does not provide adequate punishment for suoh a crime, the maximum being a fine of SSOO and six months in jail. The money damage is estimated at $1,500 to $2,000. No one can say that our February weather lacks the charm of variety, at least. This is the sth day of the month. The Ist day was calm, cloudy and a heavy fog. The 2nd was a west wind, partly cloudy aud partly clear, with a little rain. The 3rd day was cloudy with a southeast wind and snow, sleet and rain. The 4th day was a west wind, cloudy with rain, sleet and snow. The sth day was a northwest wind and sun shining clear and bright. That makes about three changes of weather a day, on the average. The Rensselaer athletic girls are going to try to imitate the successful work of the Rensselaer boys, in athletic contests. Their first move in this direction will be next Saturday when our high school basket ball team will go to Monon and play a match game with the Monon girls. The following will be the players for the team: Alioe Drake, Lola Clift, Frances Eiglesbach, Irma Crosscup Mary Wright, Josie Porter, Madge Beam. It is probable that quite a large number of rooters and rootesses will go over to see the game and help holler for our side.