Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1903 — CITY NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS OF THE WEEK

FRIDAY. Park Kelley visited friends in - Woloott yesterday. • Miss Carrie Marshall- went to Monteplier, today, to teaoh in the city schools, the* ensuing school year. Rev. C. D. Royse oame down from Sooth Bend last night to take part in the closing straggles of the anti-saloon campaign. Joa Jaokson has moved his bus station into Fisher’s feed barn, for more ample accommodations. His new barn telephone number is 342. Misses Clara Bartoo and Zulu Tipton of Chicago returned home this afternoon, after an extended visit relatives in this place and Remington/ Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Parkison returned to Indianapolis yesterday afternoon, to remain until spring, and where Mr. Parkison will complete his medioal education' I L. R. Kirp, who has been mana- : ging the Western U uion Telegraph 1 office here for the past month left today for Frankfort to accept a permanent position as operator there. Miss Bessie Eger went to Chicago, this morning, and will enter some musical conservatory there for a two years course. She rather expected to enter the Auditorium conservatory. Messrs. M. D. Gviu, Glenn Wishard, Mell Wishard Ross Dean and Olarenoe Aitemus, and Mieses Juno Eanael, Irma Kannel. Maud Heely, Alice Sbedd, and Eva Aitemus are spending the day fishing at the Kankakee River. Neen Littlefield’s six year old daughter, W dda, fell from a ladder late yesterday afternoon and broke the large bone of her right arm, near the wrist. Dr. English was called and reduced the fracture. The children were doing the high dive aot when the aooident happened.

The funeral of Lawrenee Leon i the ten months old infant son of John and Agaes Lakiaa, of near Parr, was held this forenoon, in Bt. Augustine’s ohuroh, by Rev. Father Meyer, Its death oooured Wednesday morning. Interment was made in Mt Calvary cemetery, "V -j jrMr. and Mrs. D. B. Nowels, late of Lamar, 0010., and their son Auburn, of Chioago University, oame last night and will again make their home here for an in* di finite period. It being their in* tention in fact to remain near their aged parents ss long as the latte* both live. Mr. Rowels has sold out his business and rented all his buildings in Lamar. The saloon fight for this term is drawing to a close. Last night was the end of the time for filing notioes of withdrawals from remonstrances, and the names of 19 such withdrawals were filed in the auditor’s offioe. The anti-saloon foroea have until midnight tonight to file their remonstrances, anc they are working hard to secure as many names as possible, anc especially to win back some of the withdrawal*. The antis believe that they will win the battle by a larger margin than before. E. P. Honan has been subjec t for some years to occasional very bad attacks of aiokneas, which his physicians attributed to neuralgia of the Stomach. He had-m specially severe one on his return from the FoTesten’ Convention, two weeks ago, and is only just able to

get about now. He went to the West Side hospital, in Chicago, a few days ago, and after thorough examination it was decided he had gall stones, and that an operation will be necessary, as soon as bis general health will permit. Mies Lillian Rhoades went to Cincinnati, yesterday afternoon to visit her relatives, the Martins, for an extended period. The new town of Randleviile-on-the- Makemself is growing apace. Uncle Jim Randle has one new house just completed, another well towards oompletitiou and a third just begua. They ail stand in a row on the west side of Callen street, and north of Mr. Randle’s own residence. .The completed house will be oooupied by Isaao Tuteur, the nearly completed one by E. J, Hurley and the one just started by Liuis Wild berg. Tuey are large and well built houses, with the modern conveniences. Two of them are costing abont $2,000 each, and the other somewhat less. They are built 6 a the ‘•day’s work” plan, with Monroe Banes as carpenter foreman,

SATURDAY. Mrs. H. V. Weaver is aiok with a bilious trouble. Geo. Goff and Walter Porter are in Chicago todeiy. Next Saturday, Sept, 12th, is Old Settlors’ Day in Rensselaer. Mies Floes Starr went to Lafayette this morning to take treatment for her eyes.. The last of the yaoht races has fiually been sailed and Shamrook got its worst defeat of all, that heat.. Bom, Friday night, Sept. 4tb, 1903 to Mr. and Mrs. Will Donnelly, on Forest street, a 10 pound daughter.

Jessie and Frank McCarthy went 1 1 Dunnville Friday afternoon to spend a few days with friends. Eva and Clarence Altemns.Jwho lave been visiting friends and rel- # stives here for some time, returned this morniog to their home in Chioago. The Sharon post-offioe]]having, as was previously announced, been discontinued the last day of August the mail for that offioe is now all sent to Rensselaer. H. W. Jackson northeast of town, is recovering nioely from the effeots of his fall, a few days ago. The hip did not prove to be fractured.

The Remington elopers, Mel Davis, aged 45 and Pearl Tuttle, aged 16, have returned 'to | that town, and settled down to domestic ife. The are understood to have been married some place in Illinois. * Mr. Molntosh, of Oonnersville, one of Indiana’s two nationaljbank examiners, was in town today making his regular examination ofjthe First National Bank, the affairs of whioh he found in first .class shape, as they al ways are. The Rensselaer Military Band reoeived several new instruments from Cinoinnatti this morning, odnsisting of three slide trombones, a tenor, alto and cornet. The new band is now ready to begin work in earnest, and if the neoessary encouragement is given them, it will not surprise us much to hear them rendering first class musio bdfore spring. H '

| Miss Flora Ward, of Chioago, is visiting friends here. Mrs. T. M. Watson and son, o Bluffton, Ind., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Shields, for a few days. M. B. Wishard, of the Illinois Steel Works, Chioago, is spending a 10 days vacation with his parents here. 4 ■ f Julius Taylor, the brisk yonng colored carpenter, has been laid np for some time as the result of a rupture, incurred while lifting heavy timbers. The oolt show of the Iroquois Company and Leek & Lane Peroheron-Norman colts is on this this afternoon, at Hetnphill’a feed bain. A very fine bunoh of oolts are on exhibition. Elias Hammerton, oarrier on Rural Rou e No. 2, together with his daughter, Mrs. Nellie McClanahan and obildren, are driving over into Illinois, today, to attend a family re-union near Ciena Park. They will be gone abont a week. His son Lemuel is running the route during his absenoe. On Saturday Sept. 19th, will begin here the annual re-union of Company A-, of the 87th Indiana regiment. That day, Sept. 19, will be the 40th anniversary of tbe battle of Chioamauga, the bloodiest battle of tbe civil war, west of the AUeghapies. The 87th lost half of its fighting foroe in that battle. Uncle Mao is ronnding np all

the old maids in town and will give them the time of their lives, over at the merry-go-round, tonight, at the rate of eight rides for 25 cents. To oommenoe at 8 o’olook sharp. He had seven on his list sore and several more on the string at latest returns. No single ladies known to be more than 80 or admitting to more than 25 will be turned down. The Rensselaer horses have been in it all around, this week. Kindest Kind won Ist again in a SIOOO raoe at Anderson, and Billy Smith 4tb at the Bame place, and at Crown Point John Jones’ Moselle was first in a 2.45 trot and Duvall Bros’ Irene D. was 2nd in the 2.25 trot, and just missed being first. The Thompson horses left today for the big cirouit, beginning at Wheeling, West Va. Wayne Parker, of our city, attended the "convocation of the Chicago University, Thursday, and received his degree of Ph B, Bachelor of Philosophy. He graduated from the university last June. It is his intention to now fit himself for the practice of the law as his profession, and he will enter Columbia Law School in New York, as soon as the term begins. It is probably the most celebrated law sohool in the country.

Mrs. F. B. Learning, of G-oshen, is visiting her mother, Mrs. M. E. Spitler for a few days. She oame by way of Lafayette, where hen self and Mr. Learning attended the funeral, Thursday, of his mother, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Learning and widow of the late Col. Leam-

ing. She died Tuesday, Sept Ist, quite suddenly, anil as supposed, from gall stones. She was abont 67 years old. She was quite well known .and greatly esteemed by many Rensselaer people. The venerable Aaron I. Patman was among those from this county who attended tbe meeting of the Montieello Baptist Association at Woloott, this week. He is one of our wonderful old men. He lives much of the time with his son Edward Putman, near Parr, and thought nothing of walking briskly the mile and a half distance to take the train for the Association He was 90 years old last June. Hears well, reads without glasses, is bright and active physioally and mentally. He went to Kansas with a daughter this year aud staying quite a long time, and now wants to go back there to grow up with the oouutry,

MONDAY. » Miss Grace Nowels is spending the day at Water Valley. Frank Wood of Wolcott, is transacting business here today. W. H. Parkison is transacting legal business in Montieello today. Mrs. Geo Goff returned home today from a short visit with relatives in DeMotte. / y 1 Several of our looal fisherman went np to the river this morning for a day’s sport, . ' Lawson Meyer of West Pnllman 111., spent Sunday here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Meyer. Mrs. W. W. Wishard sustained a severely sprained wrist yesterday afternoon by falling from a chair The merry-go-round which has ieen here since a few days before the oarnival, was moved to Remington today. Miss Louise Babcock returned :;o her home in Chioago today after a few week’s visit with relatives and friends here. Miss Della Russell went to De Motte this morning to visit friends for a few days.

Misses Mary Meyers and Hattie Grant, are in Chioago this week studying the latest styles in millinery. Company M is expeoting to receive their new khaki uniforms anc krag-jorgenson rifles-some time t lis week. Born, this, Mondayjmorning, £ ept, 7th, to Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Woolford, south of town, a 12 xmnd daughter. Miss Jennie Bernard (went to Chioago this morning, where she will enter the Chicago Conservatory of musio. Mrs. Walter Wright returned to her home in Chioago today after a two weeks’ visit here with Harry Murray and family. Mrs. J. M. Allp returned to£her home in Lafayette today, after a short visit here with her daughter, Mrs. Samuel Roth.

Mrs. Ouxtis Beoughter, residing in the west part of town, is reoovermg very nioely from a long siokness with absoessee. Mr. and Mrs. O. Leon Reid j left or Louisville this morning, where dr. Reid will continue] to teaoh history in the boys’ high school of that city.

, The ball game between Brook and Rensselaer was quite an exoiting one, bnt our boys, played in their old time style and]won easily by the score of 14 to 7., Mrs. A. James of Obioago, who bBB been visiting with Edward Hemphill and family, south of town, for some time, returned to her home this morning. Earl Thornton left txlay for Fonda lowa, after a]several weeks visit here with his parents Mr. and Mrs.G. L. Thornton.*jHe is learn' ] ing the drug business at that jplaoe. The busiest building oorner in town today, was at B. Forsythe’s new residenoe, oorner Washington and Division streets. About all the building trades srs represented, painters, plumbers, oarpenters, tinners, lathers snd plasterers* Some dozen or more men in all.

Miss Georgia Peacock went to Chicago today, where she has accepted a position with tbe wholesale millinery firm of Gage Bros. The two year old son of Mr, and Mrs. Wesley Taylor, living two miles west of Aix, died Saturday evening of cholera infantum. Miss Mary Washburu, who has been visiting her parents here since here return from Europe, returned to her home in Chicago, today. Joe Hardman returned home this morning from Montieello, where he was spending a few days in bass fishing on the Tippecanoe river. Joe says he landed several big-bnes. * Rensselaer, Hammond, Crown

Point, Hebron, Shelby and other points should beer in mind the big attendance they get from Lowell at celebrations and should reoiprocate when the K. of P T S. celebrate here on the 24tb.—Lowell Souvenir. Emory Mills who has been training for the pest week with tbe Purdne University football squad, on the banka of the Tippe ;anoe river near Delphi, spent the day here yesterday with his parents. He save that Pnrdne baa excellent ohanoes for a first class team this season and will keep them all guessing. Emory ia slated to play left end on tbe team; and bids fair to make still another of the many noted foot ball players Rensselaer has prodnoed.