Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1903 — ITEMS HERE AND THERE [ARTICLE]

ITEMS HERE AND THERE

A movement is already on foot to erect a fine gymnasium at Purdue University as a memorial to the students killed in the great wreck; the gymnasium to cost not less tham 150,000. President vlngalls, of the Big Four road, has Written to the effect that that company will contribute liberally to the projeot . —T The Rush Medics went down to Morocco last Saturday «nd walked all over the M‘ tocoo team,, the soore being 33 to 0 in. Rush’s favor. When the Rensselaer Athletios were on the”grid-iron the Rushers from Rush oould not rush them to any great exteut. Out of three games with them Rensselaer won, two, and Rush had a better team then than no*, Hooordiug to all accounts.

The trial of Messrs Zook and 'Fox, of the Brook school board on the presentment of the Newton oounty grand jury, charging malfeasance in office, in connection with building a new school house in Brook omne off in. Kentland this week. The jury very promptly found the aobused men not guilty. There seems to have been more business rivalry back of the oase than anything else.

Kentland W. H. 1 Van Dyke of this place, traveling 1 K | ■salesman for the Barous Horse Btooks Company of Rensselaer, will be stationed at the ‘St. Louis World’s - Fair during the entire exposition, in oharge of an exhibit to be made by the Stocks CoinJust lean back and dream j of the talk Will will put up to prospective buyers during those six months

Warden Reid of the Miohigan [ City prison, announces that be [—lll present each discharged prisoner with a pair of overalls j hereafter, in addition to the full J suit of clothing and $5 iu oash ! wbioh the Jaw provides he'shall j receive. Whether this is intendled «s a suggestion that the fellow l'go to work or that he take care of I his new breeches is not given ont |but a good many of.those who are fidisoharged from prison will not Estop to inquire.

Delphi Herald: Oae of the best Beats in the gallery of the House 1 of Representatives will be reserved 1 next Monday for Mrs. Mary Landis. of Logansport, the mother of Congressmen Charles and Frederick Landis. She requested to be allowed to witness her two 'sons take the oath of cffioe, and they w 're happy to be able to see that her wishes are realiifed. She will arrive in Washington Saturday with her son Frederick. She [s seventy-one years old, but Uprightly as a girl of twenty. , The trial of Truman at Hammond’ is now in progress The most important evidence so ! ar adduced is that of Beam’s 'ather, who.testified that Truman Aid. the girl quarrelled, evidently jecause she refused his attentions. That a day or- two before her Elealh the two had an especially I jitter quarrel because she would Riot give him a letter she had from ■toother young man. That he ■threw her down and slapped her, ■at that time. Other important l&videnoe was that of the oounty Iboroner, who expresses the belief, Krom the marks on her throat, that Pbe was strangled to death by some Kherson's left hand. A photograph ■taken after death showing finger ■ barks on the throat, was in evi■lenoe. * ■ i *— * ■VWe are showing a fine line of ■iadiee waists in ailk, velvet, ■Flannel and Vestings. All oolors Iknd styles. 1 |. Larue Bros.