Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1903 — CITY NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS OF THE WEEK

TUESDAY. Carl Wood is visiting his biother Dr. Aaron Wood, at Brook, for a few days. B. F. Coen loft this morning for Rockford, 111., the scene of his future labors as teacher of history in the Rookford high school. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stackhouse and children, returned ti their home at Indianapolis, yesterday afternoon, after a week’s visit with John and W. H. Eger. Miss Pearl S wank, of Dauville, 111., is here to attend the wedding, tomorrow, of her friend Miss Graoe Pulver and Dr. Arthur Kresler.

Edgar J. Hurley went to Roseville, Clinton County, ou the morning train t > see his father who is Mck, and to aooompany hiadaoghttr Ethel borne. Isaao Leavid and son H ugh and Ohprley Robinson, the carper-' ter all left for southern Kansas,| this morning. in the lead of the j popular Rock Island, lend agaat, j J. U. Huntzinger Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fendig and ! three ohildren, of Brunswick, G*., are here for several weeks 7 visit with bis parents, Mr. and Mrs Ralph Feudig. The latter’s sister Mrs. A. Borobardt also of Bruns wiok came with them for a stay of the same extent. *

A three year old son of Mrs. Mattie Morlan, in the mrtbwest part of town, fed from a high chair Monday afternoon, and broke both bones of the right forearm, about midway between the wrist and elbow. Dr. Kresler is giving the necessary surgical &t tention. The Hampton & Hopkins Sandy B ttom show company, which exhibits here tonight, arrived on the 10.55 train this forenoon, coming from Lowell, which was their stand last night. They are a nice looking bunch of people with a big outfit of soenery and no doubt will put up a good show, as always.

Mrs. W. E. Meads late of Dunberton, lowa, is visiting her Rensselaer relatives for an extended period. Her husband, Rev. W. E. Meads is now engaged in evangelestio work in lowa, and soon expects to join his brother, Rev. J. L. Meade, in that work lyJ. P. Overton arrived home yes terday from a western trip of about two months duration. He took in the mountains, mines and other soenery around Denver and Colorado Springs, and then visited his daughter, Mrs. Virgil Nowels, at Pueblo. Granville Moody and tors Thomas and Granville Jr., left for Ames, lowa, this morning. Tom will enter the lowa College of Agriculture, at Ames, and take the Bpeoial oourse in animal oulture. Young Granville will make an extended visit with an aunt at Mt. Vernon. Win. T. Hord, a former Indianapolis lawyer, now of New York, has just sued the state of Indiana for 980,000. He claims that be collected the 9800,000 civil war claim paid to Indiana by the general government, some time ago, and that he has 10 per oeot. eoDoing for the oolleotion. Hord has a Hord bunch of nerve. By a alip of the pen, we yesterday stated that the merry-go-ronnd had been moved across the

river on Milroy Park, when what should have been said was near Milroy Park. A stntll word but a big difference, as of oonrse, nothing of that kind is likely to be permitted on the park. It is located on Mrs. Viatie Hopkins’ vacaLt lots, on Austin Avenue, near the west end of the Washington street bridge. Mrs Orlo Abbott, and boy baby Levette of Appleton, Wis. aod her brother R. E. Thornton a student of pharmioy, at Fonda, lowa, are visiting their pirents Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Thornton, uortb ■rest of town Mrs. Abbott is,here for about a month aud her brother for ab >ut two weeks.

Wlson Shafer, pone jb or 6 miles west of town, in Newtou Tp., his sold bis home farm, 80 aores extent, to Mr Kuliev, uow of Gilla B, P jbut reoeutly from Bartholomew county. The price wi.s $55 per acre. Mr. Kelley will in ive ou tne farm about the Ist of February, aud Ms. Suafer will probably move iht> Rmsselaer. The sale was uego:Ut j d by C. J. Dean’s Mgenny.

WEDNESDAY Mrs. D. H. Yeoman and daughter Harriett are in Chicago today. Simon Leopold is moving into L. H. Myers’ hbus*, the former P. C. Wasson plaoe, in the east part ot town.

H. W A Jackson, a few miles northeast of town, fell from a wagon Monday, and severely injured one of bis hips. Born, this morning Sept. 2nd, 1903, to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Panins, six miles wist of town, their first son and a ten pounder. Elvin Overton, sick with typhoid fever at Thomas Robinson’s residence, is improving. Elvin’e oase was probably contracted in Chicago. Mrs. S. J. Qeudrioks, in the Wm. Stevenson property, on Franklia street, is quite seriously sick, and tdrebtened with brain fever.

The Tullis family are abcut recovered from their typhoid fever andthtir Duree, Mi6B Proe, of Indianapolis, returned home yeeterday. The Hopkins & Hampton thebter company gave Sandy Bottom in good shape at the opera house, last night, to a large and well pleased audience.

The 2nd twin boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Will Lewis, in the northeast part of town on Angnat 19th died last evening. It was buried at 4 o’clock this afternoon. Mrs. Amelia Smith and daughter Miss Sarah Smith and prospective daughter-in-law, Miaa Bessie Swartz, all of Chicago, are visiting the Vernon Nowe’s and A. Leopold families. Mrs. Jud Adams took her little nephew, Dan Way mire’a eon to the Presbyterian hospital, Chicago, today, to have a growth removed from one of bis ears, whioh seriously interferes with bis healing. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Hemphill lost their only ohild, a girl baby, at lO o’olook this morning, it wes born Jnly 30tb, lacking one day of being five weeka old. It bad always been quite weakly. The funeral will be held Thursday, at the residenoe on Main street at 3 o’clock p. □>., by Rev. Joeeph Cochran.

Drake & Caldwell, the Indiana builders who will erect the Indiana building, at the World’* Fair, will also build the New York, Kentuoky and West Virginia stats buildings. C. R. Weatherhogg, arohiteot for the new library building, is here today, consulting with the library board and building committee. Two meetings were held, one in the forenoon and the other in the afternoon.

Rev. C. D Royce is now attending the annual conference at Sooth Bend. Being a man of unusual energy and executive ind business abilities, he will naturally be given a prominent part in the work of the conference. Another amatner base ball game has been arranged for and it promises to be an extra good one, The city clerks will play against a nine picked from the young men, now atteading the teaohers’ institute. It will be called at 3:30 p. m. Thursday. Misses Mary and Helena Washburn arriyed home this morning from their trip to Europe, ooming by way of Indianapolis, on the 4:30 S. m. train. They were away from home just two months and two days. They had a very pleasant trip and both return in excellent health

Orlan Grant, who has been an able salesman in the shoe department of Forsythe’s department store for a number of years, left this morning for Danville, 111., to t ike a similar position in the big store of Bahl & Son, in which store Frank Meyers is also employed. John Knight and Abe Stone, two rather yoang fellows, each plead guilty this morning, before Squire Troxell, to the charge of provoking In assault. They were fined $1 eaoh and costs, or 910.05 iu all. The oomplaint was filed by John H. Thornton, keeper of a store and refreshment oonnter, near the depot, but the offended party was his wife Mrs. Mary Thornton. The trouble oconred Tuesday night

THURSDAY. Jesse E. Gwin went to Chicago this morning on basiness. B. S. Fendig is transacting basiness in Streator, 111, today. Mesdames Huff and Beam went to Cbioago today for a short sti y. Doctor Horton returned home this morning from a short business trip in Lafayette. Miss Manda Hoyes, of Montioello is visiting relatives here for few days.

I. A. Glazebrook arrived home last night from about three months stay in the west and northwest. Mrs. Brnoe Porter is attending a meeting of the Montioello Baptist Aesooiation at Wolcott today. Mrp. L. E. Wheeler and daughter of Montioello are making a short visit with W. C. Miiliron and family. Miss Mary Porter returned this morning to Chicago to resume her studies in the Bryant-Stretton basiness oollege. Mrs. Philip Steele returned to her home in Chicago today after a two weeks’ visit with Mr. and Mrs, Dr. English. '’* Mrs. Harry Knrrie and sister, Miss Edna Thompson returned home last evening from a short stay in Chicago. Will McCord and Powers took their wives to the Kankakee this morning for a few days camping trip. J. M. Braddock, of Cbioago, general agent in this oounty for the Masssohnsetfk Mutual is looking after basiness here for a few days. Jane and Walter Waldorf of Ohioago, who have been visiting 0. K. Hollingswortn and family for the past two weeks returned to their home this morning. Prof. Tbos. Hesdlee, ypf science and athletics in the oity high school, returned here today, in I time to get into the ball game on

the pedagogues’ tide. He is a catcher from Oatoherville. Misses Elizabeth and Annette Borntrager have returned from a short stay at Fort Wayne, Ind. Elliott, Hughes, eon of Eph HugEesTsbtqe milee west of town, left for Ohio, this afternoon, wh-re he has a brother and expects to remain all winter. The St. Joseph College boys began making their appearance yesterday prior to the opening of the fall term of school. About forty came it* last evening on the 6:30 train. The college reopened today, with about 100 students.

Miss Spaulding manager of tL e Western Union offioe here, returnhome last evening from an extended visit with friends and relatives in Wisconsin and Minnesota, and also in Indianapolis and Greencastle. She resumed charge of her work here this morning. Station Agent Frank Maloy spent Thursday night with his family iu Rensselaer. He has rented the Spindler property on the west side and will soon move his family here. We bid them a hearty welcome in advance. —Lowell Tribune. Mrs. LiviDgst'on returned Saturday morning from Rensselaer, where she has been visiting her daughter Mrs. Pauooast for two or three weeks. See went to Oklahoma City Okla., Tuesday, to spend the winter with her daughter. —Lowell Tribune. The big hew engine for the oily power plant has not been shipped yet, but the big bolts to be worked into tbe foundations for it have bean. Tbe city officials are now wrestling hard with the question of a new dynamo, the purchase o whioh is in contemplation. SergeaL t Joe Hordeman of the 16th infantry U. S. A, who has >een here for the past two weekp, est this morning for Atlanta Ga. ;o join his regiment. There is a a strong possibility of his regimeat being sent to the Philippines aga’n in s short time,

Phur Ws and two Fs; Washbarn, O. O. Warner, John Walker, G. A. Williams, B. F. Fendig and Albert Fendig went out north yesterday on a squirrel hunting expedition. They tell more squirrel tales than they show, claiming to have bagged 34 bat no ones seems to have seen more than 4 of the 34 Geo, W. Worley, ex-oonnty superintendents of Kosoinsko Co., and present member of the State Board of Education, talked to the Connty Institute this morning about the technical school to open in Winona, next week, with the organization of whioh he is prominently connected. September so far has given us warm, dry sunshiuey weather, and that is "just what the doctor ordered” for the farmers’ oom. Two week’s just like it will get the early half of the corn ont of the way of the fro6t and another two weeks the late half. Mrs. Judson Adams retaretd home last evening from Chicago, accompanied by her little nephew, Delos Waymire, wjio has been undergoing an operation in the Presbyterian Hoepital for throat and nasal troubles. The operation was snooessfnlly performed and the little fellow is now thunght to be on the road to complete recovery. W. O. Hiatt left this morning

for South Bend, as a lay delegate to the Method ; et lay eleotorial conference now being held in that oity. One of the main objects of the South Bend conference is to eleot four delegates to the national conference to be held in San Franoisoo. Mr. Hiatt was accompanied by Mrs. C. D. Royee. »J. H. Huntzinger, of Wichita, Kan., who became owner of the Rentselaer mill some months ago, has formed a partnership with James Flynn, the veteran miller, and the same will continue to keep the mill in operation, with Mr. Flynn as resfoent manager. The firm is one that well deserves the confidence and patronage of the people of the town and neighboring country.

; Miss Ina Merrill has returned from a five weeks’vis t with relatives in Hammond, Englewood* and other places. Mrs. Geo. Jr. of Louisville Ky., returned home today after several weeks visit with her sister who resides in Chicago and her aunt Mrs. C. J, Bontrager of this place. . / *' * The funeral of Lawrence Leon the ten months old infant sou of John and Agnes Lakins, of near Parr, was held this forenoon, in Bt. Augustine’s ohuroh, by Rev. Father Meyer, Its death oocured Wednesday morning. Interment was made in Mt Calvary cemetery, For sale my fine new reaidenoe, and six acres of land in the best part of town. D. A. Stoner.