Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1903 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

TUESDAY. Howard Mills returned home, today, after a month’s visit at various points in Illinois. Miss Dora English went to .Lafayette today, called there by the sickness of an aunt. Mrs. Lottie Potter returned to her home at Bt. Louis, after a week’s visit with her father, Luke Turner. Mrs. M. E. Monnett returned to her home at Evandton, 111., today after a visit with Rensselaer relatives. Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas returned to their borne at Monticello, Monday, after visiting the latter parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gwin, a day or two. Judge Leggett of Fairfield returned bume yesterday after a few days visit with his nieoe Mrs. B. Forsythe. Miss Phillis Hull of Wakegan, 111., returned home yesterday after a weeks visit with Miss Leathe Wright. The Presbyterian Junior Endeavor Sooiety are holding a pionio at the Burton residence, in the north part of town, this afternoon. * • Born to Mr and Mrs, William Markin, of six miles north town, on Monday, June 29th a son. Mrs. Mary Taylor and son, of Red Oak, lowa, oame Monday, for ar visit with her mother, Mrs. Helen Peaoock. Mr, and Mrs. O. W. Duvall and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Eatl Duvall, left this afternoon for a several week’s outing. They will visit Frank Wolfe and family at Michigan City, and then go to Grand Rapids, Mioh. The lowa man who has invented a new olothespin will be hailed as a benefaotor by the housewives of the land. It is so small that a woman oan hold several of them in her mouth while hanging out the week’s washing without interfering with her talk to the neighbor woman across the back fenoe. Advice from Delphi is to the effeot th at John, the two year old son of Mr. and Mrs, Frank B. Lyon, of that plaoe is very seriously siok with diphtheria. The rest of the children have just had tbp disease, and recovered from it, but the Itt'e toy is in a very precariom oonditi ju This is the bo, test diy of the month, so far At noon the U. S. government thermometer registered an even 90 degrees in the shade. While the ooldest point reaohed last night was only 67 degrees. ‘ This is one degree hotter than Monday and 4 degrees hotter than the next hottest day in June, whioh was Jnne 15ih, when it got to 86.

Some fellows are always taking exceptions to what the newspapers have to say of them. As a matter of faot the man who gets mad at what the newspapers say in the way of news and about him is generally just the man who should return thanks three times a day for the things the newspapers know about him an<Fdon’t print. Therp is not one man in ten that the newspaper man could not print something about that he does not want the world to know. The idea is to be thankful for what the newspaper man knows and does net tell.

WEDNESDAY. Mrs. W. A. Huff has been on the siok list for a day or two. Joe Jaokson has just come on with a fine new sorrel team on his bus. The medicine show people are putting up a good sized tent on the vaoant lot just east of W. H. Eger’s residence, Mrs, Elizabeth Hardy, and Mrs. Frank Hardy, of Woodward, O. T. oame today for a visit with relatives. Joe Larsh is moving into his purohased residence on Van Rensselaer street, just north of John Eger’s residence. The Birous Horse stocks record of output for the month of June was 62 machines, Mrs. Raohel Mossier lost on the road between Rensselaer and Wolcott a pink wool baby blanket. Please retarn to her or this office. This is another very* warm day in faot the hottest so far and three degrees hotter than yesterday, the thermometer getting up to 93 this afternoon, while the ooldest it got last night was 69J. George Gorham has arranged to carry the mail v between the postoffice and the depot in the" afternoons for Comrade Fox while he takes the Aix mail. *»* J. W. Horton went to Indianapolis today to attend the State Dental Association meeting at that plaoe. He will be gone until Friday. Dr. and Mrs. D. O. Hinshaw have returned to their home in Ridgetyrm, 111., after a few day’s visit with the latter’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Robinson. Earl Duvall is moving his household goods from his present residence into Mrs, C. L. Benjamin’s tenant house ou Van Rensselaer street, just north of the electric light plant. Dr. Albert Overton has retnrned to Rensselaer, having stopped at Geneva, Wis., on his return from Kirksville, Mo., where he has just completed a two years coarse in Osteopathy. Born to. Mr. and Mrs. J. Mo

Murray, two miles north of town on the Makeever farm, today. July Ist, a daughter. The ueutrl lervices will be held at the Christian ohuroh next Sunday. The morning subjeot will be “How to get Meroies.” / 1 > The Lafayette Morning Journal of Tuesday, in a four oolumn write up and a five oolumn picture sets forth the fitness of their favorite candidate for the governor’s seat, J Frank’Hanly. Other candidates announced besides Mr. Hanly, are Wm. L. Taylor, Indianapolis, George A. H. Shideler, of Marion, and Newton W. Gilbert, of Angola. The revival meetings now in progress at the M. E. church, are announced to continue throughout this week, as nightly meetings only, dosing with the Sunday night meeting.^ Mr. anc Mrs. Hallard Flynn left this morning for a few days visit at Lowell and Ohioago, and will then return to Chesterton, where Hallard will go into the the farniture business with his father-in-law, who owns a good store at that plaoe.

The pionic given to thb infant olasses of the Christian Sunday school in honor of young James Hall, at Yeoman’s grove was a complete success. A good dinner was served aud the little folks enjoyed a good time. Uncle James P. Overton left this morning for a trip through the west, and will be gone some time. He will stop at Hammond for a few days visit with his sou Parker Overton, and then continue his journey yestward to Colorado where he will visit friends at Pueblo aud other points in that state. Mrs. Joseph Rowen who lives north of the railroad has been siok with a severe oase of Quinsy for a few days, and last night suffered from a rupture of a blood vessel in her throat, which resulted in a very severe and dangerous bemorrage. It was some time before the physioians were able to get oontrol of the hemorrage whioh left her in a very weakened condition.

Dr. and Mra. J. J. Sohmidt of Danville, 111., have been visiting at the home of Thos. Robinson’s for a few days and have now started on an eastern trip for a three week’s rest, having left their praotioe in charge of an. Osteopathic physioian. Dx. and Mrs. Sohmidt will visit Washington, D. C. Philidelphi. New York City, Boston, and Cleveland. They will visit some olinioal demonstrations in the Boston and Philadelphia college of Osteopathy, while visiting those cities and on their retarn home will attend the National Association of Osteopathic Physioians in Cleveland, Ohio.

THURSDAY.

Its 93 again today. Mrs. W- L. Wood of Parr, retarned today, from a visit with relatives at varions point in Ohio. Miss Nellie Mnrphey went to Hammond today, called there by the serious sickness of her sister Miss Ellen Mnrphey. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Chrisler, of Mr. Ayr, who have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. Will Wishard, retained borne today. 8 apt L. H. Hamilton attended the State Superintendents meet-

ing at Indianapolis, Tuesday and Wednesday. The meetings at the M. E. ohuroh which have been conducted by Miss Banford, will last till oVer Sunday, Miss Sanford remaining throughout. The work of laying the Mak-em-self sewer has now been completed though not formally aooepted as yet. The work was completed, eduesday, attd has been a long, hard job, there being a little over 5,000 feet to be constructed. The cost was $9,500. W. F. Smith wasthe contractor, John Duffy, one of the best known passenger engineers on the eastern and middle division of the Wabash railway, who three years ago took service with the lowa Central, was killed in a wreck at Des Moines, Ia„ Tuesday. He had a splendid record as a railroad man. Miss Edna May Spooner, Miss Cecil Spooner and their mother, and Mr. Augustus Phillips, of the Spooner Dramatic Company sailed from New York City, Wednesday on the steamer St. Paul, for the old world. They will be absent about six weeks and visit England, Germany and Franoe. returning on the same boat about the Sth of August. The Big Four railroad had a bad smash up yesterday morning at Clark’s Hill, east of Lafayette, when the west bound train No. 37 ditobed just east of the station. The engine and two oars were derailed and badly wrecked, and two tramps who were riding on the “head end” wire badly injured but the train crew esoaped with a shaking up.