Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1903 — CITY NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS OF THE WEEK

TUESDAY. Jai Haat is transacting business in Monon today. Jesse Wilson went to Montioello this afternoon on legal business. Eugene Spitler went to Tipton this morning to spend a few days. Dr and Mrs. H. J. Kannal went to Chicago this morning for a • Mrs. Elena Riley went to Greenoastle, today for a two months' visit with relatives and friends G. W. Michaels went to Ligansport this morning to attend a family reunion and. to visit old friends for a short time. Mrs. Harvey Phillips returned to her home at Delphi yesterday after a week’s visit here with Mr. nnc Mrs. Marsh Warner. Robert White better known as Robbie, came down from Chioago last evening to spend a few days with relatives aid friends. Dan Btoner who has been here for the past week, settling up some business matters, left this morning for hie'home at Wiohita, Kansas. Mrs. C. K. Rowley left today for ber home at Elmira, N. Y. pfter a eeveral week’s visit here with her brother in-law, A. B. Rowley and family. Mrs. Catherine Shield of Lat inia Ohio., stopped off here this morning on her way to Batts, Montana . for a few day’s visit with Mrs * Mary E Thompson.

Mrs Sana Yeomau left this morning for Oklahoma City, where she will epmd a .couple of months with her daughter, Mrs. M. L. Spitler. Mrs.' A. B. Rowley, wl o has been visaing for some time past with relatives and friends at Mitchell, South Dakota, arrived borne t iis afternoon. Granville Moody arrived' home this afternoon from his cattle buying trip at Kansas City. He also visited his daughter, Mrs. George Dunn, at Wichita, Kansas, while away. Mrs. Mary Coen and daughter, Miss Bessie who have been visiting relatives here for the past six weeks left this morning for Oklahoma City, where they will spend a few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Warren before returning to their home at Leger, Oklahoma. Rev. A. C, Drcz, of Brookston, came up last evening, and will remain a few days to assist in the meetings in the F. W. Baptist ohnrob. The meetings are well attended and the interest ia increasing. Last night there were two conversions. Ray Day, of Rochester, Ind, has bean employed as head of the dress goods department at the Ohioago Bargain Btore, to fill the vaoanoy made by Ross Gobel who reoently moved to Oounoil Bluffs, lowa. Mr. Day bits bad several years experience in tbs dress good bnsinesa.

The other evening ■ women who attended the danoe Japped her husband lightly with a fan and said: “l/ove, it is growing late, X think we had better go home.” After they reached their residenoe ■he shook her fiat under hie nose and eeid: "You old scoundrel, you, if you ever look at that oalioo-faoed, nfaokerel-eyed thing , you saw tonight again I’ll bust your head wide open."

Temple Halnmerton, a Rensselaer young man was pulled up before Squire Bussell in Hanging Grove, and fined $1 and oost for carrying a oarry a oonceaUd weapon. The youDg man was ont in that region, catting something of a dasb, and fired bis weapon an I soared a man’s ham and made them run away. In regard to Win. M.Heaver’s somewhat celebrated field of twoseason Wabash county corn, which begins its crop one year and ripens it the Dext, or would have to if it ever ripened it at all in this latitude, we may now say that William to bed it down, one day too long, and the frost of last Friday night caught it good and proper. Still, as a matter of fact, it has turned ont not suoh a bad crop, a ; t*r all. It was just “in the dent” when the frost came, aud William at onoe pat his men to cutting and shocking it for fodder, and it made an enormous yield of good fodder. Toe long arm of Rensselaer justioe reached way up into the northeast oorner of G*illam tp., today and brought young Buok Mitchell before Squire Troxell, on the oharge of profanity. It seems that some time recently he met Mrs. W. E. Wrisaer in the rqj£*, she being in a buggy, and gave her a violent There having been Bonn i 1 fe. ling between the families. He was tried and found guilty and fined $l and cos's. The latter owiug largely to the great distance, for witnesses and offi jfers, were very targe, namely S2B The young fellow went to jril, but his fath >r stated he would oome tomorrow and piy up. Ed Pattee, wb >se supposed exposure to that fe« ful disease, hydrophobia, was relat- d .Monday, went to Chioago ou the early train this moruiag, !o begin his treatme it at tue Pasta*r Institute, which is located on Dearborn avenue, in that oity. Hi wis accompanied by Dr. S C. Johns 3D. The treatment takes fuur weeks time, and coats SIOO, besides boarding aud incidental expenses. The incident is therefore a pretty serious one for Mr. Pat'ee from a financial point of vi->w. That the treatment will effectually protect him from whatever small danger there was of bis contracting the disekee, there is praotioally no doubt whatever. When taken in time, as this case *o rttinly was, the Pasteurizing treatment is as sure a preventive of hydrophobia as vaccination is of small-pox.

WEDNESDAY Mrs. A. MoOoy is spending the the day with friends in Ohioago. Mrs. W. H. Eger ia undergoing eye treatment at s private hospital in Ohioago. Mesdames Will Parks and U. B. Hamilton are making a abort stay in Ohioago* Mrs. O. D Met*, of Warsaw, is making a visit here with her sister, Mrs. J. F. Major. Mrs. Ray Mossier is making s visit this week with relatives in Hammond and Ohioago.

* Mrs. 0. B. Steward arrived £ome last night from a short visit with frjende in Frankfort. Mrs. E. L Hollingsworth is making a few day’s stay this week, in Hammond and Obioago. .. B. F. Waldorf of Chicago, is the guest here for a few days, of M*. and Mrs G. K Hollingsworth,

' That wvs'SFSgreat hit of Samson’s knocking©***t»a pillars. It oertainiy ‘*bronffht down; itbts honse.” Marion Pierson went to Chioago this morning where be will spend several weeks visiting friends, Mr. and Mrs. 0. D. Nowels who have been visiting relatives for some time at Flora, returned home last nightMrs, Ch®B. Porter of Delphi is the gaest for a few days of her paie its, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Williams, Mrs. Margaret Taylor, of Indianapolis is making a several day’s visit here with her sister, Mrs. John Makeever. James MoClanahan of Union Tp., is a member of the U. 8. grand jury, soon to meet in Indianapolis. Geo. Btriokfaden left this morning for West Baden Springs, where fie expects to take treatment agiin for aoonple of weeks.

• Mrs, Mollie Weathers Middleton who has been visiting for the past twiy weeks with relatives in Lafayette, returned home last eveniug Lawson Meyers of West Pullman, 111., visited here yesterday with bis parents. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Meyers, returning home ia*t night. J 0. Thrawls arrived home this morning from Springfield, 111 , where be has been visiting for the past week with his brother, Joseph i'hrawla and family. A band of gypsies made their appearance Tuesday and have been busily engaged ever sinoe in predicting the bright futures of Rensselaer women.

Marshal Mel Abbott got busy again this morning with his street cleaning force; his work today being devoted to the renovating of Washington street. Delos Thompson's horses, Billy Smith, and Kindest Kind arrived here this morning. They were taken ti the Stock farm where tiey...will be kept this winter. Albert Overton who is practising osteopathy at Newman, 111., arrived here Tuesday afternoon and will spend the remainder-, of the week in visiting relatives and friends. Mipsess Ola Paugb aud Emma Soroggs who have been spending tbe pist few weeks with Reese Robey and family, north of cowd, returned this morning to tueir home at ldaville. Dr. W. W. Merrill’s family are to remove to Englewood to make their future home, iu a few d iys, Tue doctor will remain however, and oontinue his praotioe, as heretofore.

Meadames C P. Wright and Matie Hopkins returned home last evening from Attioa, where they have been taking treatment for the past two weeks at the Mudlavia Spring*. The Rensselaer DipsoCuro Company*has secured the two middle front rooms op-stairs in the new K> of P. building, and the work of onring viotims of the drink habit is already nnder way. Mra- Arthur Hopkins, who has been visiting for the’ past few weeks with relatives in Montioelle returned home yesterday evening. Bhe was aooompained by her sister, Mias Sarah Ellis who will visit here for s short time.

Emms Habbarman, 22 years old, of San Pierre, was killed by a Michigan Central freight train at Michigan City Sunday at 10 o’olook. She was attempting to oroas the traoks on her way to Sunday school and became oonfnsed- Miss Habberman was at Miohigan City on a visit. Lagrange and Ripley oouutiea were the only ones in the state that escaped typhoid fever in September, aooording to reports received at the office of the state ■eoretary of health,.bat is’beleived that not even these really escaped. In all there were 166 deaths from this diseases, and 307 from consumption.

Superintendent Hamilton' bus received official notice tbit 1 tbs twenty-second annual meeting of the Northern Indiana Teaohers’ association will be held at Winona Park on April 7, 8 and 9, 1904. There was another decidedly heavy frost last night, the seoond hard frost of the season. Frosty nights and bright sonny days are jufet what the farmers need to ripen up their oorn f nr oribbing. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Hioe returned to their home iD Chicago yesterday evening after a short visit here with Mr, and Mrs Harry Kurrie. Mr. Hine is chief clerk in the < ffi ie of Pras, MoDoel of the Monon railway. 8. L Lace, of and trustee of Keeatr Tp., is laking finishing instruc'ions here this week in the practice of embalm- 1 ing, of H. V. Weaver. His intention to appear before the stite embalmer’s licensing board for examination, in a few weeks.

Ctiarley Spriggs, curator of the school museum, received a contribution this forenoon that made his heart rejoice. It was a very large eagle, sent by his father from Whitehall Michigan. It is a gray or sea eagle, and measures seven feet and four inches from tip to tip of its ontspread wings. Mr. Spriggs will himself preserve and mount the bird and place it in the place of honor in the school museum. J. 0- Milner a young farmer of a few miles beyond Remington, in Bentou county, made one of his occasional visits to Rensselaer, yesterday. He has 195 acres of big corn yet to “shuck” and put in the crib this fall but he epeaks about it as though that muoh shu kmg “didn’t amount tj abuck*,” in that county of big oorn fields. He modestly estimates his uv-rage yield at 45 bushels per acre, whtoh will make a total orop of 8,779 bushels. Mr*. Stephen C. Pemble, who has been visitiug relatives and friends at Mootioello for some time, returned here Thursday on her Why to her home at Momenoe. She lost her pooketbook containing $2350, but luokily it was found iying in the seat occupied by an Imnest man, H. L. Kindig. the Methodist minister at Rensselaer, who turned it over to the conductor and by him to be handed to Superintendent Lowell, of the Moood, which saved Mrs. Pemble the loss of quite a sum of money. There are some hon3et people in the country yet, but to hear some psople talk one would think there were, none.—Lowell Tribune.

THURSDAY. Dr E Ygliah made a professional trip to Lafayette toduy. Orla Finney of Rose Lawn transacted business here today. Geo Williams went to Wheatfield this morning to transaot'some legal business. Mrs. Frank Randle of Clark’s Hill is making a visit with her relatives and friends here Mrs. H. L. Hoback, proprietoress of the Nowels H >use, is making some of her Monon friends a abort visit. Mrs. Wm. Baker went to Lafayette this morning where she expeots o undergo eye treatment of Dr, Peters, the specialist. U. M. Baughman returned horns

this morning from Monou where he has been transacting business for the put two day. Ed Mitohell, of north Gillam, oame down and paid up the fine and oost of his sob Buck, for onrsing and swearing at Mrs. Weener, and the young fellow was released this morning. E. L. Hollingsworth went to Obioago last night to attend the wedding of his yld school ohum, Joseph Halsted. They were soboolmatee together in Ann Arbor in 1882. The 4 year old daughter of Mrs. Clara Burns, living in the part of town is quite seriously siok with attach trouble.

Misses- Lr-la Rowland Mae Dunlap,/>f Chioago, are the guests for a tim days - of/ Mk and Mrs Charles Warner. Mrs. Charles MoLong, who has been visiting here for the past week with her sister. Mrs. Mary Drake, living south of town, returned yesterday afternoon to her home at Delphi. A.big foot bill contest ocoured this afternoon at Remiogton between the Goodland and Remington Athletio teams. Several Rensselaer people went over to witness -IxeLconteat. _ ", : : ~ A. R. Opdyoke, the well known Remington auctioneer, diet there ast Sunday from the effeots of iniDjuries received by bis team running away, while he was returning home from Montioello, last week. Mrs. Frank Ross and mother y ■, : '/■ v , , Mrs. Mary Thompson went to Chioago this morning to spend the day. Mrs. Catherine Shields of Latonia, Otiio, who had been making Mrs. Thompson a short Visitalso left this morning for Butte, Montana.

Mrs. L. A. Moss arrived here this morning from Frankfort and will remain for a few days for the purpose of disposing., of ber house hold goods which are stored here. Bbe expects to make ber future home in Chicago. Mrs. Frank Miloy, of Lowell, came down last evening to spend the balanoe of the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Eger, Mr. Maloy accompanied her here but returned to Lowell this morning on the early train. He is now a fixture as Monon station agent at Lowell. Valparaiso Vidette:- We see by our exchanges that oor old friend, Jesse E. Wilson, of Rensselaer, will most likely be a candidate for state senator from this distnot. Mr. Wilson has made a good officer and we doubt not would oontinue the good work Jf retarned to the legislature. The re-arrangement of the oourt house and jail beating plant boilers was completed last week, and they were firrd up Sunday for tbe first time. Some re-adjnsting is still needed to make the system work just right, but it works well enough to make the court house comfortable, in this kind of weatler. Ed Bruce had sold his farm again, this time the one about four miles northwest of town. The purchaser is D. W. Hutchinson, of Champaign County, 111., who will move on it next spring. The farm contains 80 acres apd the price was $6,000, or $75 per 'acre. The deal was made by C. J. Dean. We are not informed as to Mr. Brnoe’s future intention.

A. L. Padgett had .Kindest Kind, the great trotting horse, on exhibition for a short time this morning at MoCoy’s bank corner. A largeorowd assembled to admire the famous trotter, among the number being Unole Mao. After taking a careful survey ot tie horse Uncle Mao remarked, that although he thought Kindest Kind a wonderful horse, still he believed an investment in steers, sheep or Angora goats would be much b tter policy. Kindest Kind is a much smaller horse than most people expeoted to find him. L mia lam, the 18 year oil so of Mr. and Mrs. Will Imas of Hammond oame down this morning on the paper train, to pay his grandparents. Mr. and Mra. Willis Imea a abort farewell visit before leaving for Los Angeles, Oal.. where he sxpaots to make his fntnre home. He returned to Hammond on ths 9.55 train and expeots to leava for California tomorrow night The cause of his going to California is on aooonnt poor health. He has seonred an exoellent position on s fruit farm near Los Angeles.

A dispatch from Delphi to the Indianapolis Journal states that Mr. Ricketts, of the Delphi Journal, had nothing l whatever to do with causing the arrest of A. B. Orampton The arrest was m * de 90« warraot from p^toffioe

Inspect >r Barr, o* Fort Wsypsf on information, obtained by tbe department before Mr Rick it ts even k lew of tbe publication, as be was in the East at tbe time,