Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1903 — CITY NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS OF THE WEEK

FRIDAY. Miss Ester Hester, of Cb*ioago is visiting B, 3. Fendig’s family, for several d iys.’ Yesterday wa| a great day for the carnival, but today would probably have exceeded it, had not the rain kept ooming. f pit. and Mrs. E. E. Malone, of Montioello, returned home this afternoon, after four da>s’ visit with her m >ther, Mrs. Elizabeth Shields. There was a pretty good game of base ball here yesterdav, between Mt. Ayr and a local team. Rensselaer won by a score of 17 to 11. H. K. Zimmerman, the veteran night telegraph operator, has been temporarily transferee! to Monticello, to sub during the regular man’s absence. * Mrs W. J. Im a » left this afternoon for New York City, for a visit of 10 days or two weeks with relatives; aud also to do some buying for her millinery store/ Rev. Ryyse of Rensselaer oame to Kentland Tuesday morning and from here drove to Kauband the day with his ministerial friend Rev. Brook.-Keotland Enterprise. A big red three seated “divil wagon” puff wagon, or automo-

bile, passed through town going southward this morning, but never stopped, even to see Uaoeatemalive. The Auditor has received a letter from the Secretary of the State Board of Equalization that the assessment of land in Jasper county, has been raised to 10 per cent, and the improvement raised 50 per dent Mr. and Mrs. Frank Imee, of Grand Crossing, Chicago, who have been visiting his brother Willis J. for a few days, went down the line this afternoon, to visit other relatives in Monon and Montioello, before returning home. There was another big rain here last night beginning about 11 o’clock. The rainfall was- a little more than one inch: The total rainfall of that storm and the lighter showers earlier in the day, was almost inches. There are between forty and fifty oases of typhoid fever in Goodland and vicinity. After exploding several theories advanced as to what is oausing the rapid spread of the disease, the Herald gets down to plain talk and assign it to the filthy condition of the town.-Kent-land Enterprise.

Thursday’s heat in the big Taoht raoe was another failure, because neither boat got around in -ime to make it a raoe. The Reliance was miles ahead of the Shamrock, at the close, and laoked only a few minutes of getting around in time to win. v The next heat will be sailed Saturday. / Borne parties injured in a railroad wreck near Bloomington 111., last Monday, were reported to be from Remington, they live several miles from there, in Benton oonnty. They were a Mrs. Bordwell and three ohildren/ and her father, Samnel Ummell. The last named was severely injured, and as first reported was thought to be fatally so. About two oar loads of people from the north tumbled off the 10,55 train today, to see the oarnival. They came also from Mt Ayr, Brook, Monon and all towns, except Remington. The people of that town

are so rare that one of them should happen to come he coaid get a big price to exhibit in one of the tents * s a rare onriosity. t Louis and Robert Irnes, of Hammond ar.e visiting theit grandfather Willis J. Imes for a few days. Both are fine lads, the former bolding a good position for a railroad oompany, and the latter being already a riding jookey, of great promise. Bob is only 13 years old. but already has a five year contract to ride for one of the leading race horse men of Chicago. He has jn6t been riding at the races in Fort Erie, Canada, and Detroit, Mich. A oasa of elopement or supposed elopement, in high life, but qot S' 1 vory Li_k either, is rep rled from Remington. The parties are Mel Davis, 40 or 45 years old, and a widower by the grace of ttie divorce mill, and Miss Pearl Tuttle the 15 or 16 year old daughter of Aithur Tuttle. They disappeared last night and Clerk Major was telephoned to not to issue them a marriage license, but so far they have not shown up here. There is no place like Lowell for coming to Reneeelaer when we have something doing. Thus besides the large number Who oame Wednesday, on dedication day, there were 40 or 50 oame Thursday, many of whom were misinformed as to the day and thought that was dedication. Today another equally large crowd oame from there. Our people remember and reciprocate good treatment, like that. They also remember the other kind of treatment, and forgive it. Or at least always Beem to as witness the case of Remington.

The carnival performers all draw princely salaries, as a matter of course. Anywhere from 140 to S4OO a week, just as it happens. The snake-ebter, preeumbably gets only his board and olothes. Neither of those items, at first glance, would seem to be at all expensive, but as a matter of fact he, sh<», it or they, is no doubt about the most expensive star in the whole outfit, from the expensive character of her diet. Stallfed bull-snakes from Texas oome high, but she must have them. A box full of the spotted charmers oame here the first of the week, from San Antonio, consigned to the oarnival oompany They were S2O O. O. D. (Oolleot On Devils)and $5. 75 express charges,

SATURDAY. Mian Maud L. Frye, of Michigan City, is visiting Rensselaei friends this week. Mise Edith Berry, of Wabash, teacher of the fourth year in oar city schools, arrived today. Eli Arnold, trustee, of' Barkley v has returned from his trip to Northern Wisconsin, and did not make any land purchases thil time. Mr. and Mrs. Philip MoElfresh left today for an extended visit with friends and relatives in Logansport, Pern, and other points in the eastern part of the state. Miss Bertha Payne ih seriously sick, in the east part of town. She was operated on in Ohioago four weeks ago, for appendicitis, and baa never recovered from the disease. The attendance at the oarnival 1 was not nearly so large today aa on the two previous days, bat the

1 managers say that Saturday in | country towns is asfcaUy a r&ihtr poor day for carnivals, j The Baptist ladies did very well at their enterprise of serving 1 meals, at office. They j took in slOl, nearly all whioh is dear money, as most of the sup ' plies used were donated. Wayne Gwin, now cf near Goodland drove over today to see the carnival sights. He is enthusiastic over a new kind of potato he is raising this year and ofwhioh he has a small patch that is yielding at the rate of 400 bushels per aore.

By a recent decision of the supreme court nf Indiana, dit ih reviewers are vested in more power than hitherto. The supreme court held that upon the case of the reviewers reporting unfavorably to the ditoh their deoision is final and the case cannot be appealed. \ A marriage license was issued today, for Mr. Hale Grant, son of J. A. Grant, of Barkley tp„ and Miss Nellie Niohols, daughter of 3. R. Nichols, of the same townv « ship, and treasurer-elect of Jasper oounty. They will be married Sunday, we understand.

Our European travelers will very soon all be borne again Misses Mary and Helena Washburn left Glasgow Ang. 20th, and probably will reach New York today. W. B. Austin and family expected to sail from Liverpool today, aud will be in New York in 7 or 8 days. Kindest Kind won first money again, ut Munoie Friday. It was a SI,OOO raoe, but the time was slow owing to a muddy track. The best time was 2.17 J. Next week the horses will be at Anderson. Biliy Smith trotted Thursday but didn’t do any good that time.

An offioer came up from Lafa yette last night and today took W. H. Staley, of Bufnsid house raid notoritty, down to Tippecanoe oonnty to stand trial on the oharge violating the fish law. This Staley by the way, is a painter and not a slater ae before inoorreotly stated. But he isn’t the first painter who has had his troubles. For the most part the farmers along the hailstorm traok are now taking a more oheeful view of th.©ir oorn prospeots and, exoept for very late oorn and in the very worse part of the storm, they are figuring on § to sos a crop. The late fields, that were just well eared ont, are praotioally mined, where the storm was most severe.

The eleotric lights have all been removed from the tall ladder, and Dana Thompson was to take his farewell dive this afternoon, immediately after whioh the talking down and paoking the ladders and tank will begin. The result of the diamond contests will be announced at 9 o’olook tonight, at Prof. Burger’s stand, near the Makeever House. Unole Joe Burns, of Fair Oaks, a man pretty well along in years and an old soldier, came down here today to file an affidavit agains Ed Griggs, of his town. Ed gave the old man q severe beating this morning, and of whioh faot his badly swelled face is in evidenoe. Constable Viok will probably go after Griggs, this evening. It will not be the first time he has been before the oourta for similar oases, having in fact, quite a record along that line. *

Unde Sam Duvall had a serious attaok of heart trouble this morning, bordering on He fell and remained unconscious for sometime, and is still seriously sick, but his physoian thinks he will reoover all right A considerable part of bis body is slightly paralized. The county jail is now partly dismantled to put in the new heating plant, and the sheriff has only the outside rooms for prisoners. This has left no place for the youngwoman jailed Thureday night and Abe has put her in an ordinary room and camps on the stairs nights .to prevent' her escape.

The removal of Staley -to Lafayette will now give >(dm « chance to loik her up. i President Soiff, of Angotg Nor mat. College, who was »o have been one of the ii'S’ruo’ora at the county institute, is sick and unable to come Superintendent Bamiltm bas secured ih his pUce Prof Frank Fox, of Colmnbas, Ohio, who has been doing institute work at White county, this wee! be will teach Geography a- d History. Pr f. banders’ troubles in finding a good teaoher for History in the high school are not yet ended. E. L Talbert, who had b->en fully contracted for, das resigued to fake a better paying position at Racine Wisconsin. Still another man, who the Professor thought was about as good as hired, has also got bigger pay elsewhere. This was P. L. Fouoht, and whyFouoht played oncht was to goto Kokomo.

While boring a well on Geo. Turner’s farms 3 miles south of Mt. Ayr, last week, Downing & Giunore structk wood at a distance of 110 feet below the surface. After passing through the wood the diill dropped through a oavity of two or three feet into a deposit of sand. How did it get there? Is a question that is agitatthe minds of some of our keen ing scientists. Samples of the wood can be seen at A, D. Babeook’s office —Goodland Herald. A Mrs. Miller, of Remington, was telephoning over here last night, in reference to her daughter Clara Miller. Some one had told her that the girl was here under arrest on some charge, which was a false report. The girl formerly worked in a telephone exobange at Rrmington, and later at Woloott bat "for a long time” as Mrs. Miller states it, her whereabouts have been unknown to her family. Mr. Miller is in the soldiers’ home at Lafoyttte. They are highly respectable people. The missing’ girl is about 18 years old, A small feature of thercarnival that is about as nasty as the snakeeating and not hale as interesting, is a fellow that sticks his mug through a bole in a canvass and lets boys throw eggs at it at so mnob per throw. Some of the boys got in oheap by using potatoes, instead of eggs, and last night one lad jolted him with a small rook, wbiob ought to have been a big one. The fellow oame oat and paid a dollar to have the rook thrower pointed put, with a view of thrashing him. But the boy was so big and seemed to have so many backers, that the egg target left him unlioked.

MONDAY. Mrs. Luoy Clark, northeast of town, is sick with stomach troubles. August ends todiy, cloudy damp, and 0001. Mrs. Lee Jessup is seriously sick with dysentery. S. Byhee, a North Judson at torney, was here on l-<gal business today.

,■Will Smith’s year old baby is better from a bad case of inflame, tion of the 'bowels. ‘ r ‘ Mrs. G&>. Morgan spent Sunday in Rose Lawn with her daughter Mrs. Orlando Finney. Born, Thursday, Ang. 27tb, to Mr. and Mrs. Will Elkins, of Pleasant Ridge, a daughter. Eugene Cooper of Crown Point returned home this morning after a short visit with Miss Rose Carr. Misp Ethel Gardner, of Valparaiso, returned borne today after a weeks’ visit with Miss Bessie Eger. Natty Soott is now able to sit up, after his long seige of typhoid fever, and will soon be aronnd again, as usual. Mrs. Delos Thompson and children arrived home Saturday night from an extended visit with her mother at Battle Creek, Miob. A. H. Has ton Superintendent of Publio schools of Latty, Ohio, and wife and daughter, are visiting his brother Lem, for a few days. The merry-go-round whioh is staying here this week has been moved over aoross the river on Milroy Park.

John Hodshire whose wife died last fall, has broken up housekeeping and will go to Hoopeston, 111., to work at his trade of briok-lay-ing. The dollar exousion to Chicago Sunday, took 95 people out of Rensselaer. It was a big excursion and consisted of two long trains. Ralph Jones]has now got a good permanent position, as .olerk and operator for the Monon, at Michigan City. He is on dnty from one to nine p. m Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Wright returned to their home in Chicago Heights yesterday after a weeks visit with her parents one mile west of town. Dr. Merrill visited his injured daughter, at Englewood, Sunday. She has recovered her faculties bat is not yet able to sit op. He thinks she can coma home by the end of the week. The Rensselaer bnsiness men are pretty generally agreed that the carnival did not do them mnoh good, from a business point of view, and very few of them will be at all enthusiastic for another next year. Rev. J. L. Meads, of Mnrphysboro, Ill.i an eloquent and able speaker well known here, will deliver a leoture at the opera boose, on the evening of Sept. 11th. His subject will be "Wendell Phillips, Ideal Reformer.”

The report was ourrent in Remington last week that two girls from that town, one of them the Miller girl, had been arrested here and looked up. This report was unfounded. The two girls were here until Sunday but neither of them arrested. The County Teachers’ institute opened in the court house, this morning, in good shape, with good instructors and a large and interested attendance. F. A. Cotton, the state superintendent, favored them with an address in the forenoon, on the Indiana educational exhibit at the Bt. Louis World's Fair. Dr. English, her physician, reports that Grandmother Dutton, of Jordan Tp., was not injured so badly in her reoent fall as was feared, the hip bone not being fraotured. The venerable lady, who is the widow of George Dutton, is 87 years old, not 78 as was previously inoorreotly stated. Squire Calvin Ooopeos and wife, of Medary ville, are making a short visit with their Rensselaer relatives. He has retired from all aotive work and business but the duties of his office of justice of the peaoe, gives him considerable occupation, as]he does the business of his own town and township, and also for the next township, north whioh has no resident justioe. s. Unole Sam Duvall has recovered from his sickness of Saturday and

is around pgain as usual, today. He has been subject to seizures of that kind, at long intervals* for many years past, but as they havo% been becoming milder and leas frequent of Iste years, he is not worrying mnoh on their aoooantw Jim German, of a few miles northeast of t >wn, has the distinction of being the only person arrested here daring oarnivat week, whose arrest coaid in an) way bo attributed to the carnival. He got badly boozed up, and was ran in late Saturday afternoon. Next day he plead gnilty to being drank in a public place, before Sqairo Troxell, and was fined $2 and oosts or sl2 25 in all. Constable Lyman Zaa went np to Fair Oaks, Saturday afternoon, after Ed Griggs, for thumping Uncle Joe Bums, but came back without him. It eeems that s snap action had been commenced before Squire A. M. Mnndon, of Fair Oaks* and he would not permit Lyman to bring Griggs away— It is probable that Mnndon bas put his foot into it by this evidently illegal action. Lost, a physician’s small prescription ouse, with medicine enclosed. Finder please leave at this office. ‘