Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1903 — CITY NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS OF THE WEEK

TAKEN FROM THE OAILY.

FRIDAY. Miss Clara Goetz went to Chica* go today for a week’s visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Berry Paris are visiting their daughters at Oxford, for a few days. Miss Ethel Huff went to South Bend for a week’s visit with Miss Maude Miller.' W. A. Baughman and J. D. Baboock are business visitors to Monon, this afternoon. Mrs. H. J. Dexter and two children went to Indianapolis this afternoon, to visit relatives. A 1 Padgett drove Kindest Kind for second money again, in a good raoe at Lebanon, yesterday. Miss Maude Walker returned home today from Marion after attending the graduating exercise. Mrs. J A. Ramey and daughter Belle went to Lafayette, today, to attend the oarnival and visit relatives. W. O. Shanlaub, who has been pursuing some speoial studies in Literature at the Valparaiso Normal, arrived home today. Ray, Grace and Farrie Nichols returned to their home in Lafayette, after spending the summer with their uncle, Jesse Niohols. Bimon Fendig, of Wheatfield, is well again and left the hospital yesterday, himself and wife being visitors here, today, going on to Wheatfield this afternoon. Jesse Coen, who has been spending his summer vaoation here, returned to Chioago, today, Bnd will resume hie work as a salesman in MoClurg’s big book store next Monday. E. P. Honon, of our city, has received yet another mark of high honor from the Catholic Order of Foresters. At Dubuque, yesterday, he was eleoted one of the national trustees of the order.

Miss Ida Gibson, and nephew of Lafayette, and her two sisters Misses Emily and Harriet Gibson of New York, and professional nurses in that city, are visiting their aunt, Mrs. Mary J. Hopkins, today.

Squire Thomas Driver and wife, of Barkley, and their daughter, Mrs Gondeok, of Chicago, went to Oldypool, Ind., today, to attend the big holiness oampmeeting in progress then. They will stay until next Wedneeday. Mrs. Elizabeth Hardy, now of Woodward, Okli., is visiting her son Sheriff Hardy, today and will leave for Oklahoma from here, Sunday, as will also her daughter in-law 1 , Mrs. • Franks Hardy, of the same plaoe, who is here now. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Tullis, who have typhoid fever, are reported doing well today. A oonsin of Mrs. Tullis, who was visiting them, retained heme to Ohioago Heights; this afternoon it being feared that he also waa contracting the disease

Wm. Heuson southwest of town accompanied bis aged parents baok to their home at Grant Park,, 111., today. They have been with him sinoe his wife died, some months ago. Mr. Heuson will return later to look after his crops, but he also intends removing to Grant Park. Esley, Charles and Edna Wasson, ohildren of Mr. and Mrs. Peter 0. Wasson, left today for their future home at Winchester, Ind. Mr, and Mrs. Wasson, whose goods are already packed for shipment, will follow them Sunday. Rensselaer loses a most excellent family in their removal.

Mrs. Julia Grandgeorgs, the aged French lady of near Stoutsburg, whose insanity has been mentioned, was taken to Longcliff asylum, today, starting from here. She was in the oharge of Dept. Sheriff 01 Robinson, and accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Gus Oaquelin, her son-in-law and daughter, with whom she lives. Dr. [. M Washburn was called out to the Poole farm, in Hanging Grove, this morning, to treat Ammen Osburn, a son of the ten aut of the farm. He was riding fast and was raked off his horse by the limb of a tree. One rib, at least was broken and he was badly bruised about the waist, and possibly internal injuries were sustained. His injuries were of a very painful character. Mott Ritohey, of a few miles southwest, wrestled with a calf a few days ago, oatoh-as-oatoh-oan, and he was thrown pretty hard. A sore spot in his side, whiohContinued to grow sorer, was a result of the contest; and yesterday he oame to town and Dr. Moore found that one of his ribs was broken square in two. It was a bad break to get in plaoe, but the dootor suooeeded in doing it. James E., and John P. Walters went today to the oonvent of St. Mary’s-in-the-Woods, near Terre Haute. Their sister, formerly Miss Agues Walters will take her final vows tomorrow, as a nun in the order of Sisters of Providence. She has already been oonneoted with the institution for 10 years, and has passed through all the stages of her novitiate. Henceforth her name will be Sister Annaoeata

SATURDAY. Mrs. A. Bitnpson. has gone to visit friends in. Hammond and Ohioago for abont a week. 1 f Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Rom and family left this morning for 5 or 6 weeks' sojourn at Charlevoix, Mioh. Wood Robinson, of the Stook Yards firm of Cpay, Robinson & Co., (a visiting among the Rensselaer oattle men today. v 4 1,1 tte White Spear Mediolne Company is still at Grown Point and 4 drawing an attendance of about 600 every performance--1 Mrs. G. W. Tanner and sister Mias Sophia Btoder, have gone to Pulaski, in southern Illinois, for several weeks' visit with relatives. *' It wae the expected that happened at San Franoisoo, last night. That ia Jeffriea won the big. fight over Oorbett, and on the 10th round. M Mrs. Martha McDaniels’ and daughter Elisabeth left for Ohio

this afternoon and will visit relatives at Cincinnati and Hamilton, for several weeks.

The annual Odd Fellows' and Rebekahs’ celebration was held at Water Valley, today. Some 10 12 attended from herp. John and Jerry Healy are helping furnish the music.

Mrs. Frank Hardy, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Mariah Hopkins and other rela* tives, went to Chicago, today, and Monday will start from there for her home at Woodward, Okla. O. H. McKay, the new laundry man, has been fitting np his place on Washington street south of The Republican offioe with so much energy and perseveranoe that he is now ready to reoeive orders for next week’s work.

Today was the Feast of the Assumption, one of the specially holy days in the calendar of the Catholic ohnroh and is always observed by them. Services were held at St. Augnstine’s ohnroh here, this forenoon by Rev. Thomas Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Frank Randle, of Clark’s Hill, arrived yesterday afternoon for a short visit with relatives. Mrs. Randle has just returned from a six months’ stay in Oregon, for the benefit of her health, whioh is considerably improved. R. G. MoCullough, of Indianap olis, speoial agent of the Connecticut Fire Insurance Co., was in town yesterday, and adjusted the loss of Wm. Washburn’s barn burned by lightning a few weeks ago. The amount paid in settlement was $1,350.

Prof, Sanford Bell, formerly a member/ of the Valparaiso College faoulty, but reoently of the Clark University of Massachusetts, has been eleoted to full professorship in the University of Colorado. He is well known to many Jasper county people. Elmer Fisher, now of Champaign Co., 111., is visiting his brother J. C. Fisher, of the big feed barn, for a few days, and incidentally buying up a bunoh of young horses. He reports good orop prospects there this year. But crops are almost always good m that fertile region. Dr. A. J. Miller was called up into Barkley, near Newland, yesterday, to attend Bob Tombs, thought to be badly hurt, at a threshing maohine. He fell off a load of oats, and alighted on a moving belt, and was thrown over a fly wheel. He was pretty severely bruised on the baok, but his injuries are not serious. M. M. Huston, who had suoh a disastrous career here (for the other fellows) as manager of the Nowela House, has gone to Montioello and taken oharge of the Carson House. Merchants and printers over there will be wise in their day and generation if they do bnsiness with Monsieur Huston on a strictly oash basis.

From one sonroe or another the report drifted in the first of the week that Hoopty Hoodie Powell had committed snioide at Momenoe on Snnday by the oarbolio aoid route, but the news oannot be confirmed, end there is very little likehood of snoh being the oase; aa long as Hoopty oan get booze he will never bother oarbolio aoid.— Brook Reporter. Jeaae E. Wilson, Deioa Thompson and W. F. Smith got home this morning from Lebanon, where they were seeing the Rensselaer hones win wealth and glory in tbs room. Billy Smith went Fnday. He also got seooud money in a SI,OOO rooe end ia whioh the fastest time wm 2.161. Billy wee oleee after the winner, too. Next week the hones will be at Andenon.

Dr. A. J. Miller on hie trip np in the Gifford region yesterday ran aoroM e big nttle-sneke alongside the rood, end that seemed to looking for trouble. Doo gave it e oat with his whip end then grabbed the still lively, snake by the toil and then threw it out in the middle of the road and made e finish of it He then seonred not only the mnei.

cal end bat the biting end also, and brought them home with him. It had six rattles on its tail and the usual two long bat movable poison fangs in its head.

Wm. Angsperger, of three miles west of town, reoeived from Monon this morning a high bred Short Horn ball, whioh he purchased of J. C. Lowe. It was bred ho wever, by the great Canadian Short Horn breeders, H. G. Arnold & Bon, of Maidstone, Ontario. He will not be two years old until the far end of Ootober, but he already pulls the soale down to the 10C0 pounc notch. He is a thouroughbred, duly registered as Masterpieoe 2nd, 174,914. Mr. Ausperger has it in mind to work up a good herd of Short Horn thoroughbreds.

MONDAY. Mrs. Nettie Hurd, of Woodland, 111., is visiting her parents here, Robert Steirs, of Grant Co., is visiting his brother-in-law, W. H. Randle. Born, Snnday, Aug. 16th, to Mr. and Mrs. Moses Lambert, near Aix, a son. Born, Friday night, Aug, 14th, to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hoover in town, a daughter. Ed Mills oame down from Chioago Saturday evening, for a few days visit with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cramer, of Gardner, Kans , visited their aunt Mrs. Hester Hoyes, today. E. V. Ransford, proprietor of the Racket Store, left today on a business trip to Marshall, 111. The Indianapolis excursion Sunday was pretty liberally patronized from here, the number of tiokets sold being 54Miss Amanda Edmunds, of Gardner, 111., returned home today, after a visit with J. H. Perkins’ family, Blaine Gwin went to Attica today, and will take several weeks’ treatment for rheumatism, at Kramer’s plaoe. L. H. Gray, and two daughters, of Salt Lake City, left for that plaoe today, after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hefren. H. J. Baiftoo, now editor of the Moroeoo Courier, oame over Sunday, and this morning took the family and household goods.

Miss Ara Glazebrook returned yesterday from a two weeks’ visit with relatives and friends at Greenoaetle and Putnamville. A meeting of the offioera and directors of the Castle Hall Association is oalled for 7:30 this evening, at Fendig’s drug store. W. H. Gardner shipped hie goods for Hoopeaton, 111,, their future home, today, and himself and Mrs. Gardner expeot to go tomorrow. Mrs. Vanght, mother of Mrs. W. H. Sanders, went to Hartford City, today, for several weeks’ visit, and also her grand-danghter, Eura Sanders.

Misses Katie and Stella Desinger, returned home today, after a visit with their brother Rev. Desinger, at St. Joseph’s College, and who accompanied them home. White Spear’s medioine show tent is reported to have collapsed, Saturday night at Crown Point, while 700 people were inside. Qaite a panio was created, and minor injuries were numerous.

Mrs. Oeoxr Bowen and ohildren left for Fletoher, Ohio, today, to make their remdenoe, for an indefinite period. Mr. Bowen is already there, working on a big grain elevator.

Robert Dewier and Charley Robinaon w«nt to Kingman, Ind., today, for a stay of 10 days to two week*. They will visit T. F. Clark and hi-o do some oarpenter work for bun

Mrs. ov Bond, the aged step-mo lo r «.f W. A. Bond, of east of >owi. returned to her home at Gibe n ( tv, 111., today after a year’s stHy wt h him. She was sooompanied virs. May, who bee been b* re 8 eral weeks oaring for asiokriaug r, Mra. Pnrelay, of the Mate n< bborhood.

A number of the Rathhoie Sisters gave a surprise visit to Mrs. H. J. Bartoo, Saturday alternoon, on the occasion of her irtended removal to Morooco; end presented herewith a fine Haviland China plate. John Medicus is again located here, and is plastering for Hi Day, his old boss. He save he can do better on a steady job here than he can with the bigger wage but more frequent shut downs, at Chicago Heights. The rain here Saturday was about -J of au inch. And that reminds us of how nicely the rain has been disturbuted this season, and while there have been neither drouths nor floods there has been plenty of rain, and at about the right times. There are about 20 oases of typhoid fever in and around Remington, now. It also prevails greatly about Goodland. The oases in Leonard Tullis’ family, southwest are thought to have been contracted at Goodland, as they visited there a while before Mr. Tallis was taken sick.