Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1903 — CITY NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS OF THE WEEK

TUESDAY. * v ' W. A. Huff went to Chicago - this morning on business. B. S. Fendig is transacting business today in Kankakee, 111. Airs. R. W. Marshall is spending the <|py with friends in Monon (. Miss Roe Dennis went to Medarjville this afternoon to visit friends for a short time. Mrs. Kate Ross of Wiohita, Kansas, is making a visit here with C. D. Nowels and family. . Mrs. Ada Orossoup who has been visiting with relatives in Englewood for the past week, arrived home this afternoon. Ralph Sprague and wife of Montezuma, Ind., are making a two week’s visit here with Mrs. Sprague’s parents, A. W. Woodworth and family. Miss Helen Tuteur went]to Lafayette Monday (attend the fu|feral of Aer grandmother, Mrs. Jane Bass, who died at that plaoe Sunday morning. Mrs. Geo. Sharp went to Peru yesterday to remain the balanoe o the winter. Her husband expects to begin painting there soon on the Ben Wallaoe show]wagons. " Leo Tuteur of Caioago visited here yesterday with his father’ Mose Tuteur, and went to Lafayette this morning to attend £tbe funeral of his grandmother, JMre, Jane Bass.

Lute Hemphill left this! morning for Illinois where he will! advertise his horse stocks in Kankakee, Joliet and Oitowa. file is figuring on making several big Bales on this trip. . * Miss Mary Porter who recently . graduated at the Bryant|& Stratton business college m Chicago, has aooepted a position here as Stenographer law offioe of Austin . & Hopkins. She begai work tir6 morniig, k* Aif Hickman, a young man usually wide awake at this time of day, is now sleeping in a show window in the Maines furniture store. Prof. Blauudin, the hypno- _ tist, is the author of this sleep,.and will be its finished tonight, at the. .opera house. Mrs. R, C. Parker who has been visiting for some time with William Barger and family of Jordan township went to Lafayette this morning for a short stay with relatives before returning to her home > at Williamsport, Pa. (Jnoh Abe Leopold left this morning for where he will visit for some time with his eon Mose, who is located there > in the praotioe of law. Mr. Leopold may also invest in land if he finds anything to his liking. 0. E. Mills, who returned from Indianapolis Monday afternoon, leaving his son Emory muollMmproved, received further encouraging reporla regarding him this morning, by telephone from his physician. He is now considered practically out of danger. Harry Parker and True Wood- ? worth went ||o Remington this morning to pat a tew finishing touches to the foot ball team at that place. The Remington team has a hard game aoheduled with Goodland next Thursday and are 1 making great preparations to win. Kenton, left this morning for Bncklin Kansas, where he expeots to spend several weeks "'with relatives and friends. He was aooompanied by Charles Dean

who will visit at Coats, Kansas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eli B. Dean. Mr. Dean will also spend some time with relatives in in Oklahoma before returning home. Edward Pattee returned home from Chicago this afternoon, bav. ing oompleted his oourse of treatment at the Pastner Institute He was there just two weeks, and the physicians in charge pronounced him now fully protected from all danger of hydrophobia. Hie danger, as published at the time, came from handling with bars and sore bands, a siok horse that proved to have hydrophobia. Geo. Morgan who is new in the employ of the Reliance Manufacturing Company of Indianapolis, went to Frankfort, yesterday, where bis oompany has the contract for the erection of a large tlevator. The oompany recently completed a big fob at Fletcher, Ohio, and Mr. Morgan oaiue home for a few days visit with his family, before going to Frankfort.

J. M. Burns is backjfrom Kansas for a few weeks visit with his Jasper county relatives. He has been away two years, mostlyjin King man Co., Kans., but he also spent a winter in southern California, and expeots to drift backjthere to locate permanently, in a* year or two. He lately bought 400! aores of grass land in Kansas and will spend a year or two more there "before he goe's back. *

The High School foot ball team is making great preparations for the coming ooutebt with the West Lafayette boys next Saturday. Lafayette probably has the strongest team our boys will meet this season. The squad that reported for praotioe last evening wis the largest so far this year and the plays were executed with a great amouQt of ginger. If the boys keep-up their present gait ajvictory for them next Saturday is probable. Isaac Leave), living a mile or two northeast of town, reports that he bongbt|a goodjfarm cm his last trip to Wabash county. It is four miles northeast of Lagro, is 160 acres in ext mt, and fine, level well improved laud. The prioe was only SSO per wore. Mr. Leavel and bis sons, Hugh, Charles and Jim will move down there about February Ist. Besides buying this farm be rented another, whioh his son Hugh will ooonpy.

Blaundin Hypnotic show gave their first performance of their three nights engagement here last evening to a crowded home, Through the liberality of Manager Wright and ProfBlaundin, many were admitted free on account of it being the opening night. Mrs. Blaundin who ia considered the equal of her husband in the Hypnotic Art, had full oharge of the performance and gave a very pleasing and entertaining show. The vaudeville people who were to have joined the company here yesterday failed to arrive, but the manager states that he has been aasared that they wiirarrlve today and positively appear in tonight’s performance.

WEDNESDAY, James Dickey, of the Bbelby liquor cars transacted business hefire today. «.. Today was penaion voucher day, and a busy time at the bounty clerk’s offioe for that reason. M

Mrs. James Meade of Hammond is the gnest here for a few days of her parents, Mr, and Mrs. E. L.Clark, * JMiss Kate \ Marshall arrived home yesterday afternoon from a several weeks’ visit with relatives and friends in Elkhart and Laporte. Tbe hypnotic oirons had a fair Mzsd audience, last night. Tbe principal event was the waking up ot Alf Hickman from his hypnotic slumbers. Mr. and Mrs. I, Tuteur wish to announoe that they will be at home to their friends Sunday’* daring the months of November and December. *» Today’s advice from Emory Mills continue of the most encouraging oharaoier, and state that be is doing finely and considered practically out of danger. Mrs, W. W, Watson who wss here on aooount of the sickness, death and funeral of her sister. Mrs. H. L. Gamble, returned last evening to her home in Chicago. From present indications there are strong groands to hope that no more deaths will occur junoug the -victims of last Saturday’s wreck, at Indianapolis, That of young Bailey which made the 16tb, was the last to ooour.

Ms. Jessie Criton, formerly Miss Adams, of Monon and Mre. Lee Hullinger both of Franoesville did shopping in Rensselaer Monday and visited with their old friend Miss Edna Dillon in the North east part of town.-

• Tuesday’s maximum temperature was 70 degrees, whioh is pretty warm weather for Novem her; but not a record breaker by any means, for in Nov. 1901 there were threS days of 70 or 71, aud one of them was beyond the middle of the month. W. O. Babcock’s term of office as county auditor has now "extended its full sou^ years, but owing to changes in the law making k ttie term begin Jan. le*, Mr. Baboook’s time is extended until that date, or a period of two months. His successor James N. Leatherman will then*fake oharge of the offioe. Mrs. Jane Bass, whose death oocured in Lafayette Sunday, was a resident of Rensselaer many years ago. Her husband kept a store in the frame building where Murray’s store now is. They reside in the building at the corner of Washington and Cullen streets, wbioh was moved away by Judge Thompson, a year or tWo ago.

8. U. Dobbins, the new proprietor of the Nowels Housejwill; take possession tomorrow. His wife and children arrived here this morning and Mr. Dobbins is < xpected to arrive this evening. Mrs, Lizzie Hobaok, the retiring landlady states that she has purchased a sixteen room frame house located near the depot at Monon, and that she will refurnish it and open np there in the hotel business.

Word that the big new Allis Chambers engine has been shipped for the oity power plant ia expected at any time. The founds* tions for it are oomplete and firmly set. They are massive in dimensions, end built of oonorete, and are six feet in depth. They were bnilt in all respects in accordance with the specifications of the company furnishing the engine, and no fears therefore need be entertained but that they will prove solid and lasting. Oonrad Schaeffer, a quite aged former resident of east Jordan tp. arrived here last eveuing from Peoria, 111., having been brought from Remingtm, by team. H* had lately been suffering from disentsry, and thereby greatly weakened, ami when he arrived here was in a state of oomplete exhaustion. He was carried 1 upstairs into Johnson & Kresler’* office; and given medical treatment. He ia still tbere and ia recovering hia strength very satisfactorily. ,

The train orew of thej*wreoked Purdue train are resisting the findiogoftbe Big Four officials, to the effect that they were responsible for tbowreok. They testified before the coroner that they were running according to tbe company’s orders. Three oar load of pressed briok, belonging to G. W. Michaels,) arrived here today, and will be used on the new residence which he is erecting on the farm south east of town which be purchased about two months ago. The frame work of the building is nearly oompleted. When finished the residence will cost about $5,000 dollars. It will be a 12 room house and one of the best farm residences in Jasper county.

THURSDAY. Mrs. Arthur Hopkins went to Chicago this morniog for a short stay. » ',r Jack Montgomery is transacting some telephone bosiness in Monon and Franoesville today. Mrs. Fred Sommers of Hammond is the gnest here for a few days of August Rosenbaum aod family. Mrs. W. H. Sanders went to Hartford City today where she will visit relatives and friends for some time. ' v ' v > Mrs. Chas. Pefflay, of Remington, is the gnest here for a few days of her parents, Mr, and Mrs Jaok Warner. Mrs. Henry Sparling returned to her home at DeMottethis morning, after a short visit here with Bqnire.Troxell and family. Several of our local foot ball enthusiasts went to Goodland today to witness the game between Remington aud Goodland teams. Ben Fendig went over to offioiate as referee. <»

R. H. Bowen and wife stopped off here Irst evening on tueir way from New York City to their home at Greenoastle, for a short visit with bis cousin Ike Glazebrook and family. Leslie Alter, of Pan left yesterday for Salt Lake City, Utah, where he will visit for several weeks with his brother, Cecil, who is employed there in the Government Weather Bureau- service here J The funeral of Miss El zabetb Borntrager will ooour Friday at 10 o’olook from the Catholio ohuroh. Interment at’Mt. Calvary oemetery, south of town.

The total rainfall here Wednesday was .52 of an inoh. It oame so slowly that it made mod ont of all proportion to that amount of water. The rain helped empty cisterns, pastures and fall seeding. Conrad Bhaeffer, the old man mentioned as siok at Drs. Johnson & Kresler’s offioe, has been taken out to the county poor farm. He has sons who are said to be able to oare for him, if they were so (die posed. Dr. 8. 8. Washburn, a promin ent physician and Democratic politician of Lafayette, is at St. Eiiztbeth’B hospital in a critical condition from blood-poisoning. He pioked bis finger with a needle last week while assisting In amputating a leg for A. D Kiefer, of Kentland, and blood-poisoning has resulted.

Tbe Blaundin Hypootio Circus was to have closed their engagement here lest night, bat tbe vaudeville people which tbby have been expeoting here all week arrived this morning add tho company has deoided to give a complete farewell performance Saturday night. The new members of the oompany who came today are said to be first class artists in their

fine, and a good performance is assured for Saturday evening. The company will go to Brook , next week for a three nights engagement, beginning Mondky evening. The trial of Truman Beam charged with murdering Martha Lawrenoe, some months ago, .afe ihe Beam home, near Valparaiso is now in progress at Hammond, where it was sent on change of venae. The defense will be that tAe girl oboked to death daring a fainting fit. - »