Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1903 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. Miss Evelyn Miller went to Lafayette today, for a short visit. Miss Alioe Drake weat to Chicago today for a few days visit with relatives. Born, Monday evening, May 25, to Mr, and Mrs. A. C. Carrusthere, on Front street, a son. Mrs. E. P. Honan returned home yesterday after a week’s stay at Delphi.

Well defined rumors are in circulation that a well known oouple have broken up. because of the husband’s moral transgressions. John Medious spent Sunday here. He is still plastering at Chicago Heights, at the rate of |4 a day, for 8 hours work, and double pay for work orer time. Charley Nowles, the expert grain elevator builder, returned to Inwood, Ind.. this morning, after a few daysstay with hjs family here. He has several month’s work over there yet on a big elevator he is building. Mrs. Sarah Weil returned to Peoria, 111,, last evening after a few days visit with relatives here “ Mrs. Linnie Sullivan of St. Paul, Kansas, who has been visiting her brother Dave Worland, went to Warren, 111., today for a few days visit. *

A two year old daughter of John Maxwell, on the R. A. Parkison farm in Barkley fell over a glass jar, Monday evening, and got a bad out. Dr. English gave the Deoessary modioal attention. The Ladies of the Grand Army will serve meals on Deooration Day to all old soldiers immediately after the return from the cemetery, at the Grand Army Hall. Jim Brenner, a carrier for the Evening Republican lost his pocket book last night, with 2 plunks aud as 2 bill in it. He is prepared to do the square thing in the way of a reward, for its return Dave Marion of Chicago returned home last evening after a short visit here. He will start for Beaver City, Oka., next week, and his wife, who is here visiting will also go there as soon as he finds a location. Billy Prior, baker at Goff’s place, had bis vaooinate put on the oalf of one of his legs, that it might not interfere with his business. It got erysipelas in it however, ami oame pretty near doing his business, instead of interfering with it But be is gettiog better now. Carrie Norris, the adopted daughter of the late Mrs. Nancy Norris, was sent baok to the Indiana Home Finding Association’s home at Westfield, this afternoon She has been in care of the Association for the past

four years. She is 18 years old, but somewhat deficient mentally. Medarysville had quite a brisk wind-storm, last Friday, but the damage was not so extensive as at first reported. A big grain elevator was partly 'unroofed, and a large hay barn belonging to Guild & Robinson was blown down. Various small buildings were also more or less damaged. Montioello had a lively time with the wind, for a short time yesterday afternoon, as was witnessed by J. J. Hunt, who was there at the time. Signs and awnings were scattered in every direction, and out buildings jostled from their foundations. It also blew in a big plate glass window, in the front of the Montioello National Bank, in the new O’Conner building. The window, a very large and heavy one, was broken intooountless pieoes, none of them large enough to be of any value. A oourt bailiff was knocked down and quite badly battered by the sudden swinging around of a heavjL storm door, at the court house.

WEDNESDAY. Born, Tuesday, May 26th, 1903, to Mr. and Mrs. George Iliff, of Jordan Tp., a daughter. Bojn, this Wednesday morning May 27tb r to Mr. and Mrs. Ray D. Thompson, a son— Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Ferguson, of Logansport oame today for a few days’ visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Ferguson. Hazel Warner went to Montioello today to attend the graduating exeroises and for a several days’ visit.

Mrs. M. L. Spitler, Maude, Elizabeth and Wood Spitler accompanied F. B. Learning to Goshen today to attend the graduating exercises. % Jim Lister mast][have kept the gait he struck when he left here ao suddenly, right along, for when last heard from he had got clear to Oklahoma, and running. Reece Dunn, of|DeMotte was in town Tuedsay. He reported that he had sold his saloon at DeMotte to Fred Granger and that he* was oat of the saloon business to stpy out.

There was no truth in the report that the lady who left her husband the other day, had taken oooasion to slap the faoe of one of his male friends, according to those who are m the best position to know. Logansport has pat the ban on oarnivals, and.the city oounoil has reoinded the permit it granted a few days ago allowing the Red Men to use the streets for such purposes. Mrs. M. B, Alter oame home last evening after a several weeks visit in Chicago.' She reports that her

son in-law, Dr. H. J. Kauual will soon be well enough to return home. Mr. and Mrs,,., George Mustard desir'e through this means, to express their most sincere thanks to their many friends for their kindness and sympathy daring the siokuess, death and funeral of their little son, Frank. Co. “M.” boys are glad to know that the state enoampment date has. at last been named. The enoampment will be held at Indianapolis July 28, to August 3rd. In addition to all the officers of the state militia there will also be present representatives of the regular army.

Lee Jessup has bought of Will Clouse - the triangular piece of land at the south end of Scott street, being lot 15 in Benjamin’s Addition, and is building a good residence for himself thereon. It will be a 7 room house, and will cost about SIOOO.

The squirrel law does not go into effeot this year until August Ist and the huntera who have become accustomed to hunting on June Ist will have to wait two months longer. Squirrels may be shot from August Ist to Deoember 31st. This change waA made by the last legislature.

Sinoe the long drouth was broken last Thursday, May 21st, there has been some tain every day and np to noon today there has been 2J inohes of rainfall in all. The ground is soaked dear through, and even the most refraotory clods are now melted and mushy. If it stops raining now it will not be much too much.

THURSDAY. A •mall bunch of keys awaits an owner at this office. 8. P. Barnes of Fowler was here on business yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Gray are visiting her parents near Goodland. Mrs. Dr. A. L. Berkley went to Lafayette today for a few days visit with relatives. Company M. has-been ..ordered to maroh in the prooession on Memorial Day, whioh is next Safarday. Mrs. J. M. Wasson went to Chioago today for a few days visit with her daughter, Mrs, A. E. Coen.and family. Nelse Randle is confined to his bed from sickness from an extra hard vaooination. His daughter-in-law Mrs. Dolly Randle is caring for him, “Seemey” Fendig, the Wheatfield druggist is reoovering satisfactorily from his very severe eioknees. Dr. A. J. Miller visited an old patient at Dyer, yesterday, whom he has palled through a long and dangerous long and throat trouble. Valparaiso will have a new department in its city high school, next year, wherein short hand and type-writing will be taught. It looks like an excellent innovation. Sohleman’s buggy store, formerly Renioker Bros., has reoeived three oar loads of baggies within the last eight days, whioh looks like Rensselaer was a good plaoe to sell baggies. Mrs. May Bherman haa returned to Ohioago from her trip to New Orleans, and rejoined her huabend and the danger of a war of exter-

minatioa along the banks of the Iroquois Beems to be over. L. M. French and sister, Mrs. Bassett, elderly people of El Paso, 111., who have spent the winter with W. H. Gardner and family, left" today for Norwich, N. Y, where they will visit other relatives^ The Moses Fowler Chase insanity hearing will oome.np for trial at Fowler next Tuesday, on change of venae. It is thought likely that the Dnhme lawyers will try to bump Judge Rabb off the bench, for the trial.

And now Peewee Newton, of the Montioello Herald, has really uttered something original by way of venting some of the spite his little two by twioe soul harbors for The Republican. He suggests that we be placed under perpetual quarantine. Well, well, Peewee! What a wit and a satirist you are getting to be. At latest reports from Prof. Newton Warren, at Fort Dodge, lowa, he was getting along finely after his operation for append ecitis, and no farther fears were entertained as to bis reoovery. The operation which consists in the removal of the vermiform appendix, w ill remove all danger of a the disease.

Lowell Tribune: The health officer of Rensselaer has issued a bulletin stating that public meetings may be held with safety in that city." The people deserve a greaTdeal of credit for the manner they took hold and stamped out the pestilence. It was because of their hejroio wrok that saved them from a terrible scourge.

The last heard of the Gifford Road was that a line was being surveyed three miles west of Hebron. He seems to be carrying out his statement in a letter he wrote us some two years ago, that was: “That he intended patting bis road through on the line that would oause him the least expenditure of his own capital.” He seems to be trying hard to find that line. —Lowell Tribune.

The Kuights of Pythias and also the Uniform Rank thereof, are moving today, from their old lodge room, into their fine new room in their fine new building. The Masons moving into the same wilding, yesterday. The K. of P. room is the west half of the second floor and the Masons have the east half of the same floor. Both lodges are now splendidly aooommodated in their new lodge rooms.

A Hartford City man has just married his mother-in-law, wbioh eads the Times to say: In the first plaoe he is his own father-in-law because he ia the husband of his mother-in-l&w. Likewise he would not only be a father to the son by bis first wife, but a grandfather as well and the lady would be both step-mother aud grandmother to the boy. There are other possible combinations, whioh oould be thought of, but we' leave it tc the ingenuity of others to figure them out, 4

The news oomes from Indianapolis that George F. McCullough, who is at the head of the traotion railroad interests in Indiana, is soon to start a morning newspaper at Indianapolis to be known as the Star. Mr. McCullough ia the owner of the Munois Star, whioh baa had the most phenomenal growth of any newspaper ever established in the state, and whioh, with one exception, enjoys the largest oiroulation of any newspaper in Indiana.

Ezra Clark went home yesterday noon and foand one of his two big Jersey hogs stretched ont in an unconscious condition, bnt still able to grant oontentedly. In the evening it still was in the same condition. This morning the hog was aroand as asaal, bat complaining a good deal of having tl)e i‘bnst head.” Mr. Clark investigated matters a little and fodnd that the hog had simply been on a big drank. Mrs. Clark had tbrowninto the trough some canned peaches which had spoiled,

or “worked” and this hog bad hogged the whole mesa, and hence its literal state of “beastly intoxication.” Bat today the hog baa sworn off, and wont touch another drop. Wherein it ia wiser than lota of human swine.