Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1903 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. Mrs. A> MoOoy is in Chicago today. Ex-Commissioner O P. Taber • of Remington is in town today on business. The ladies of the Christian charoh will hold a market in the p3Bloffice Saturday J une 20th. Mrs. Louis Wild berg went to Chicago yesterday where she will visit friends. She will also visit riends at Peoria, before returning. Miss Lillian Bayler of Kniman, who has been visiting 1 friends and relatives here, for the past week was called home today on aooount of the sickness of her mother. Wm. H. Rhoades who has been quite sick for some time past is re* ported better today. Ernest Oram, of Logansport came today for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ott Clark. The “Pansy from Parr” advance sale is vary gratifying to the ojmHbination. This is the third day entirely without any rain here, and the conditions seem favorable for more of the same sort. It is just what the farmers need for their corn. EdPuroupile of Omaha, Neb who is visiting his mother here,, went to Indianapolis this mornicg to attend the T. P. A, convention, to which he is a dalegtta from Omaha. The latest news concerning the condition of David Yeoman at Miami, Florida, is that he is still getting along very nioely and is now able to be out. The Miami Metropolis states that he will start for Rensselaer in a few days. J. F. Warren sold his residence property, on south Cullen street, today to its tenant, Prof. W. H. Sanders. The prioe for house, barn and other outbuildings, and two lots on Cullen and two on Grace street, was $2,000. According to a neighboring exchange the reign of the “hello girl” appears to be drawing toward a dose. If the automatic device now being installed by the Illinois Telephone and Telegraph company proves to be a suooees, it can be a matter of s very short time before the girl operators must go. Mr and Mrs. Ed. Puroupile, of Omaha, Neb., oame last evening for a visit with the former’s mother, Mrs. Etizibeth Puroupile and other relatives in Rensselaer. Mrs E Here b man and her mother, Mrs. A. Warren, returned to their home in Chicago Heights, after a few days’ visit with their relatives south of town. Miss Ella Ritchey our former telephone manager but now of Peru, lad, oame last evening to attend the Watson-Washburn wedding, and to visit relatives for a

week or soThere will be a meeting of the Northern Indiana Independent Telephone Company at South Bend Wednesday to decide matters concerning the location for certain long distance lines about to be ereoted. The Rensselaer end of this company are considerably interested in this met ting

WEDNESDAY.

Geo. Williams went to Lafayette today on business. Mrs. Henry May of MoOoyabur g was in town today on business. Mrs. W. H. Stephenson went' to Montioello today for a few days visit with friends. _ Miss Lettie Willis is visiting her sister Mrs. Vermont Hawkins at Anderson for a few days. Mias Mary Highland, of Chicago oame today for a few days visit with her aunt Mrs. Leota Jones. Mrs. Charley Coen and mother Mrs. Elizibeth Brown are visiting relatives in Reynolds for a few days. Miss Mollie Rayburn of Mcdaryville, returned to her home today after an an extended stay with Mrs. C. E. Hershmau here Mr. and Mrs. Warren Washburn drove over from Goodiand this morning to attend the former’s brothers wedding this evening. Miss Harriet Ssyler went to Marion, Ohio, today for a several months’ visit with relatives. That region is the old home of the Sayler family. Miss Ethel Merrill oame last evening from Oxford, Ind., where she baa been attending sobool the past year. She will remain here daring the summer vacation. A Texas paper advertises a “fallblood Durham oow giving ten quarts of milk,ending plow, three tons of straw and a lot of household furniture.” Send os that % ■ oow, we will straia’the output and and sell to the seoond-hand man. The Repnblioan editor and wife left this morning on what looked like a pretty big trip, to their not greatly traveled minds. They expect to go to the Pacific coast, especially to California, and will be away fonr or five weeks, probably. R?v. and Mrs. Beach and two daughters Kathryn and Dorathy arrived here yesterday evening from Aroola, 111., and will attend the Watson-Washburn wedding, at whioh tbs former will officiate, assisted by Rev. Work of the Presbyterian ohnrob. Mr. and Mre. George Mustard who have spent tbs winter with their son-in4aw, Sylvester Gray, went to Whitley oonnty today for several months’ visit with relatives. They expeot to return here and

biy a residence, and make this their permanent home. A a Illinois paper advertises that mothers oan oheok their babies “daring the parade at the nursery department of Blank’s drag store.” A parade in the nursery department of Blank’s drug store must be an interesting sight, but we suppose the people who have babies and drug stores know what they are about, A Missouri editor has oreated a seusation by printing a strong editorial defensive of Snaday fishing. He insists it is no more a sin to oatoh a fish on Sunday than to oatoh a yellow-legged ohioken for minister’s dinner. The comparison is clever and may save him maoh unpleasant criticism from the pulpit. Sunday Jane 14th, will be a day of speoial interest to those who attend the servioea at the F. W. Baptist church. At 9:30 a. m. in connection with the Snnday school lesson the children will render a childrens’ day program. Sermon at 10:45 subject, “Baptism, its origin, the mode and the design of the ordinance,” after whioh we will go to the river and administer this ordinance to a number of persons. J. A. Cochran.

THURSDAY.

Mrs J. W. McEwen and daugh-. ter Mrs. L. A. Bostwiok are in Cbioago today. Sylvester Galbreath is laid ap with a very sore arm, as a result of re-inf eotian from vaooination. Kev. E. Baeoh returned to his home at Areola, 111., today, bnt his wife will remain and make a short visit. Late reports from Newton Warren are that he is doing as well as oould be expeoted, and will recover all right. Rev. Aspy, of Anderson, Ind, will preach at the First Baptist ohurch Sunday morning and evening. On last Monday Dr. S. H. Moore assisted by Dr. Parkison p *rformed rather a difficult operations in the removal of a part of t le lower jaw bone of a patient in Barkley township. Ray D. Thompson has bonght of Dr. H. L. Brown a lot 50x150 feet on Sooth Cnllen street, next to the Brand residence. Consideration *SOO. He will ereot a residence bnilding for himself on the lot. » From a letter, to his parents from John Eiglesbach, who went west some days ago, we learn that John has already seoured a position in a large meat market in Spokane, Wash., and is now at work. Its a pretty good position with good wages attaohed. . There was a very sodden change in the weather last night and there as been a oold disagreeable wind blowing all day today. The highest point reached yesterday was 75 degrees while the lowest point was 52. A sudden oold snap last night however sent the mercury down to 42 or 10 degrees above the freezing point. This is a drop of S 3 degrees from yesterday’s highest mark. Mrs. C. D. Martin apd son Delaney of Oinoinnati dame Tuesday evening to attend the Watson - Washburn wedding. Mrs. Martin will make quite an extended visit here before returning. Delaney is now working ns solicitor for the

C. & O. Coal and Cook Company with headquarters in Cincinnati" He is now on his way northwest, and goes to Wisconsin and Minnesota on the company’s business. He will return here in a few weeks * We don’t know for positive that there was any connection between the weather man and Dr. Ira’s wedding but sure it is that there was a terrible drop in temperature immediately thereafter of something like 35 degrees. Anyhow up to as late as one o’clock before the wedding the Dr. reported oold shivers chasing down his spine and it is now considered that these shivers grounded and forming a wireless oironit brought down this oold snap npon ns. The “bunoh” of whioh Dr. Ira M. Washburn was one of the prominent members bad all kinds of fan with him oat at the 6:32 train last night when he started on his wedding journey. Showers of rice and oonfetti were rflned npon him and bis bride while his umbrella was decorated with a number of red paper hearts and to whioh was also attached a shoe of the antiquated order. The intention was to decorate the Dr’s, luggage with hearts etc, bat he was shrewd enough to get bis tranks safely out of town the day before. The train however was billed with oiroulars reading “Pnzzle, find the Bride and Groom.” Ed Mills returned home last evening from Pnrdue where he has just finished a fonr year course in electrical engineering. He graduated at that institution yesterday in the degree of B. 8. E. E. Ed has done some bard studying daring the past four years and has justly earned his diploma, and is now fitted for the battles of life in one of the best paying and most np to date oallings in existence . He has already had three very flattering offers of work in three very large cities for the big Electrical Corporations in Lynn, Mass.* Sohneotady N. Y. and Chicago. He has not yet deoided whioh deal he will dose with, bat esoh offer him s good opportunity for advancement in his chosen profession.