Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1903 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

, TUESDAY. Charles Hansen and son went to Chicago today for a short visit. ** Miss Minnie Bask went to Lafayette today for a few days visit. The trial of Wempe, the alleged confidence man, is set for Thursday March sth. W. W, Beeve now carries the mail on the Valma and Pleasant Grove route, for Comrade Fox. Mrs. J. 0. Porter went to Logansport, today for a - few days visit. XI J. W. Childers is now so far recovered from his sickness as to be able to walk down town. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baughman Logansport oame to day for a days visit with his brother U. M. Baughman. Mies Edna Wildberg returned to Chicago today after a few days visit with her parents Mr, and Mrs. Louis Wildberg. Mrs. J. B. Sayler accompanied her sister Mrs. George Keller to N- Winamao today where she will visit for a few days. Miss Lillie Busk of Rantoul, 111., returned home today after a three weeks visit with her unole and aunt Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Rusk, w Mrs. J. H. Kinney went to South Bend today for a weeks visit with her daughter Mrs. Fred Chilcote. W Notice was received today of the aooeptanoe of Edward Prairie at Long Cliff asylum. He will be taken over as soon as possible, probably tomorrow.

Dr. I. 6. Washburn has been | confined to bis house most of the time for two weeks, by a recurrence of his old bowel trouble, contracted in the civil war. Mrs. Dr. English arrived frcm Danville, 111., today, where she was during her mother, Mrs. Dr. Brown’s, last sickness, death and burial. The mail on the star route for Aix, Blackford the departed, GIL ford and Newland now leaves at 1:30 p. m., or a half hour later than heretofore. It was a difficult proposition this forenoon to heat the sohool houses .sufficiently to be inhabitable; and a or two rooms in the new buildhad to dismiss. and Mrs. Sam Rife and family, of Gilford, took the train here today for their future home Si in Hutohinson, Kansas. They shipped their goods last week. Jerry Healy left last night, in the wake of the Monitoba breeze, for New Orleans, where he will thaw out his congealed veins, and take in (h? Mardi Gras festivities, The Indiana Lincoln League at Indianapolis re-elected R. Harry Miller, ©f Fairmont, president and Georgs D. Heilman, of Evansville, secretary. Grant Mitchener, of Vl Valparaiso, was elected vice-presi-dent for the 10th district.

Zero weather prevailed all day until two o’olook, when the obange of wind to sooth westerly began to pnsh the meroarv upward and at three o’olook it was two above, and still pushing. The indications are that the backbone of the cold snap is now broken. At DeMotte Monday a train on the Three I road hnmped into a big wagon belonging to a man named Hilton, who had been banl- , i n R grain. The wagon was de- . molished and one of the horses i considerably hurt. Mr. Hiltou , was not in the wagon at the time, * in fact the team was running away when it ooourred. The new Sunday base ball bill is already dead, having been killed in the State Senate, Monday. It was designed to take the plaoe of the Indianapolis Sunday base ball bill, and repealed entirely ths law against Bunday ball playing, all over the state. The law as it now stands, and will continue to stand does not prohibit playing ball on | Sundays for amusement, but only i games for which an admission fee is charged. The smallpox situation in Logansport is so oritioal that all publio assemblages are to be forbidden, j The newspapers of Logansport ; have not made mention of the , presenoe of tbe infeotion in that I city, save to tell the story of a I victim of the malady who was confined in the county jail. Notwith- ' standing this the Holy Angel’s I academy it that place was closed several days ago beoause of the j presence of the disease. The j situation evidently has oontinued io grow more serious and radical measures are to be taken to oheok a spread of tbe disease. The opera bouse has also been closed. The river today is higher than it has been for years, and is out of its banks and into barn yar.ds and bick lots more than for a long time passed. At one time today it was several inches above Joe Sharp’s high water mark. This -extra high water is caused by the sudden cold spell. There was previously lots, of water, in the river, resulting from the raiu and melted enow, and the sudden zero weather made lots of floating ice on the river, and this has gorged the river-all along through town.

WEDNESDAY. G. W. Goff and W. B. Parkison went to Fort Wayne, today to attend the state meeting of the Independent order of Foresters. Mrs. Ellen Oram*returned to Logansport today after a weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Warren. Judge Hanley has gone to Wiuamao to try a number of cases for whioh Judge Nye is disqualified He will probably be there about all the rest of the week.

A match game of basket pall between the girls high school teams of Rensselaer and Hammond, will take plaoe Friday evening, *in Warner’s hall. „ Mr. and Mrs. George Ulrey, who were married a month or two ago and went to 8k Louis, expeoting to make their residenoe there, have returned to this vicinity. Mrs. U lrey was formely Mrs Gibson. Mr. and Mrs. U. M. Baughman and Mr. and Mrs. Snyder went to Monon today to attend the wedding of his sister Mias Gertrude Baughman to Henry Green of Rantoul, 111. Chas. Marquand, of ten miles east has an attaok of renal oholio or kidney stones. It is usually a terribly painful disease and was

so in thin case, but he is now re* ported mnoh easier. Firman Rutherford of Jordan tp. was Bummoned to Indianapolis the latter part of last week by the intelligence that bis wife, now in a hospital there was much worse. We now bear that she is much better again, and with excellent prospeots for complete recovery. Jndge 8. P. Thompson undoubtedly made tbe mistake of hia life, with possibly one or two exceptions, when he left tbe sunny south and oame northward right in the teeth of this worst blizzard of the winter. The latest reports from Forest Morlan, at the Presbyterian hospital are that he continues to improve, even better than oould be hoped for. We learn that the boy’e trouble all came from a boil on the leg, last November, whiob did not discharge properly, and thereby got the poison all through hia system. Four more new members were taken into the Christian ohuroh, Tuesday evening whioh makes 46 in all during the meetings. The meetings will continue as long as the interest and results seem to justify it, and as yet there are no indications of any abatement of interest. Reports still oontinue favorable from the smallpox region. No other cases have developed, even in the families where tbe other oases are. AH the quarantined families, although some of them seemed disposed to be a little obstreperous at first, proved amenable to reascu, and are all reported to be observing the quarantine very faithfully. Tbe weather did get warmer last night but very few people are willing to admit that it got any better. Tbe wied, which had become southwesterly Tuesday evening, soon changed to north westerly, and .increased to a howling gale. The result was that this morning was the severest weather to be oat in we have had this winter. The temperature however was not nearly so low as Tuesday morning being six degrees below zero. Mrs. David Shape, of this vicinity, was operated upon at the Deaooness Hospital, at Indianapolis, Tuesday. The operation was an abdomenal one, and of a serious character, but was successfully performed and has every prospect of terminating successfully. Dr. Arthur Kresler accompanied her to the hospital and was present at the operation. ~~

The ooldest weather at Indianapolis for the present cold spell was 9 degrees below zero, yet this is said to be the coldest on record there for the last half of February. Lafayette claims to have had a temperature 17 degreesbelow at 3,30 Tuesday morning and that, so far as heard from, is the coldest in the state.

Indiana hunting accident No. 71, for this fall and winter as reoorded by the Indianapolis News, and that does not include all by any means, occured in Brazil a few days ago. Andrew Metz was the victim, and the aooident was a very peculiar one. He was trying to extract the shell from a shot gun, when it was accidentally discharged. The gun kioked baok, striking him in the right groin, causing a rupture and internal hemorrhage resulting in his death. * Dr. Hurty, the great and only state health secretary, and Representative Kimball, of Indianapolis are greatly at outs over the state laboratory bill, which Kimball is opposing. They have had several bitter quarrels and are likely to oometo blows at any time. It maybe found neoessary to have the Doctor and Kimball both sterilized if they show any more indications of beooming dangerous, to the public health.

A war drama “The Spy of Gettysburg” will be given at the opera house, Friday evening, Feb. 20. It is given under the auspioea of Monon lodge, Knights of Pythias, and the players are dll Monon people, except the manager

R. C Golliday, Prof. W. D. Perkins and Other Rensselaer people who have seen the performance commend irhigbly’and state that Mr. Qplliday is an able manager and has got the oompany in excejlent trainiag. The play itself is also vonohed for as one of great interest. A. G. Wright, roadmaster of the Monou between Indianapolis and Chicago, ranks as the oldest roadmaster in the United Btates in time of service. . Mr. Wright began his career in 1819 on a road in Vermont, oame west and was appointed superintendent of roadbed, bridges and stations of the Beeline, no* the Cleveland division of the Big Four, when John Brough was its president. In 1885 he aooepted the position of roadmaster of the Monon. He will be seventy-three years old in Ootober.

Some weeks ago Ed Bhoadee, the hardware man, placed a $24.00 range in his show window, with the notice that on Feb. 2nd, 25 cents would be knocked off the prioe of the stove, and every day after that 25 cents would come off, until the stove was sold, The prioe rednoer still keeps up its work, and like Harry Kramer’s oasoarets, it works while you sleep, and every morning, another 25 cents is knooked. off tbe price of the stove, remorseless as fate. It don’t work Sundays, however and that is a great mercy, for Mr. Rhoaces oan perform his Sunday religions duty with mind untroubled with the thought of how he is losing money every minute on that stove. The prioe today is 120 25, and whether it will be picked up pretty soon or stay on the bargain counter until the price is nothing or less, is only a matter of conjecture.

THURSDAY. W. A. Hoff went to Indianapolis on business today. Frank Foltz went to Winairad yesterday afternoon, to look after some legal business. Mrs. Chas. Nowels and baby are both sick with light attacks of lung fever. George Borntrager, south of tow n, is recovering from an attack of lung fever. Next Sunday is Rev. Aspey’s regular appointment at the Ist Baptist ohuroh. Mrs. Luoinda Messerly returned to Winamao today after a weeks visit with her daughter Mrs. J, B.

Sayler. Tickets for the Basket Ball match game are now on sale at Long’s drug store. The limit is 130, and half are already sold, The present cold spell has demonstrated that the contractors will have to put more radiators in the school buildings, in spite of the attic hpving been floored.

Three more new members was the reoord last night at the Christian church. That left the tota up to that time only one less than half a hundred.

One of the biggest publio sales ever held in this portion of Indiana is now being advertized in The Republican. It is that of James Lowe, of near Montioello, and it comes off the 28th of this month.

The county health officer was called up to Bruoe Moffitt’s this afternoon, and it is surmised that another case of smallpox has developed in his family, which would not be a matter of surprise.

Bruoe Hardy and E. J. Duvall landed their difficult passenger, Edward Prairie, safe at Long Cliff asylum, yesterday. He raised objections every time he had to gat off cr on a train, but always yielded to argument, of one kind or another.

The “dead row” in the prison at Miohigan City will soon have another occupant and Warden, Reid’s list of oomdemned men will be increased in a few days by the addition of William Jackson, colored, who Saturday was sentenced to death at Evansville for the murder of Allen Blankenship,

a watchman. Two men are now awaiting death at the prison. An old man named Kennedy Roberts was found frozen to death in Reynolds, yesterday morning He was a stranger there, and was thought to be on his way to a sister’s near Logansport. He had S3B. in his pockets,“and therefore was able to have obtained shelter. He had been drinking, which probably was the real cause of his freezing to death.

Mr. and Mrs. T. J Sayler left for their home at Lamar, Colo., this forenoon. During their stay here Mr. Sayler sold his 100 acre farm in Newton Tp., to Wm. Vedder. The price was $55 per acre, and it is a good bargain at that price, although a portion of the land is still considerably covered with bushes. Mr. Vedder, who lately came back Montana, will occupy the farm as a residence.

A man named Martin Gillan, an employe of the railroad, was struck by a switch engine in the yards at Monon, yesterday morning, and very badly, and it was feared fatally injured. The particulars of the accident, and the exact nature of his injuries, we have not been able to learn. He was about 30 years old, and married. Father Andrew Geitl, so long in oharge of the Catholic printing office at the old Indian school, has returned and resumed the same position, after a year and a half in oharge of a Catholic Congregation at Ottawa, Ohio. He also edits the two Catholic monthlies printed by him, .the Messenger, in English, and the Botsohafter, in German.

The cold snap administered a parting kiok, last night, and a mighty vigorous kiok it was. The temperature reached 8 degrees below zero some time during the night, and St 7 o’clock this morn

ing was still 6 below, but rising rapidly. The cold wave has spent its foroe in the northwest, and milder weather is now assured It is to be hoped that we have seen the last of old Zero for this winter, at least.

Rev. W, H. Sayler, of Wixonr, Michigan, is here this week, and has closed up the long pending deal fqr the purchase of the old Edward Morlan residence property on Milroy and Van Rensselaer streets. The price paid was $1,500. There are two lots and they front on both streets named, but the present house fronts on Milroy street. It is Mr. Sayler’s intention to have another good residence built this year, to front on Van Rensselaer street. He will rent both the old and the new properties, 0 for a while, but ultimately will quit preaching and return to Rensselaer and ocoupy the new house, himself. He is still looated at Wixom but on April Ist, will move to Noveeta, in Tuscola Co., Michigan, to take oharge of the F. W. Baptist ohuroh there. Ha has just finished a revival meeting at Novesta, which resulted in 42 conversions.