Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1903 — CITY NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS OF THE WEEK

TDESDAY. B, J. Gifford transacted business here today. Born, Monday Nov. 16th to Mr. «nd Mrs. George Long of Barkley Tp, a son. Elvin Overton went toMontice!lo this afternoon for a short stay with friends. ' ' , ' ' E. H. Kibler of WaTsaw, is the guest here for a few (days of her mother, Mrs. J. F. Major. D. E. Hollister went to Chicago this morning to transact some business pertaining to the Bsboook Zb Hopkins elevator. Mrs. Ray Wood is spending a few days in Wolcott this week with Mr. and Mrs Frank Wood, and other relatives. v \ Mrs. W. M. Huffman roturned to her home at Montioello today after a short visit here with her mother, Mrs. J. F. Lewis.

The prioe cf turkeys andjothfcr 1 Thanksgiving poultry haß;been on t the upward grade the past few I weeks owing to the near approach > of the holiday season. i Miss Anna Staveson who has ( baen spending the pa3t week here ' with her sister, Mrs. Edward ( Millar, returned this afternoon to I her home in Moot cello. - * Mr. and Mrs. B. G- Qiigley 1 who have been visiting the formers pirents, L. T. Qaigley and wife at Mt. Ayr for some time past, left j here yesterday for their home at LaPorte. i George Babcock is representing ( Iroquois Lodge at the Odd ’Fellows 1 grand lodge, at Indianapolis. L. H. Hamilton and Jesse j iNiohols are also in attendance { ■from here. ~ I Will Collins has completely re- i covered from his reoent attack of i pernicious malarial fever and ex- i peots to leave in a day or two for , Starke oounty where he is engag- 'j -ed in the dredging busiaess. { The winter quarters of the t Wallaoe orrous, which includes 500 acres of land near Peru, are > being prepared for the home com- ; the amusement enterprise, which closes the season in Mississippi Fred Phillips and * Charley Spitler went to Parr this morning to take part in Thompson & Babcock’s big sale today. Fred will do the auctioneering and Charley will aot as olerk. Quite a numoer of prospective buyers went up on the same train, John Hodehire who has been visiting relatives here for the past few days left this afternoon for Chatsworth, 111., to oomplete some briok work whioh he has on }_ hands there. When that is done he thinks some of going to Coffeyville, Kans., where he has a several month’s job offered him. Miss Merle, Beam entertained the K. N. and the T, H. D. Clubs last evening at her on Forrest street. The event was in honor of her IBth birthday. She was the reoipient of several handsome presents, among whioh was a beautiful boquet of Chrysanthemums given by the K. N. olub, that being their olub flower. J. W. King has just received word of a very severe accident that befell his sister Mrs, Aim Nyce, near Hastings, Neb. last Friday. She and her husband were returning from-a trip to the oity, when their team was frightened by some

school (children playing in the road, and rau away. Mrs Nyoe was thrown ont and had two ribs broken arid her shoulder dislocated, also a bad cat'pu, the head. The acoident was all the worse to withstand from the fact ,that she wi)fe just beginning to get around after a long spell of sickness. YJ. F. Parker, of Gifford, who is representing Gifford Lodge of Odd Follows at the state encampment, says that the lodge at Gifford has a membership of 75 and that they own their own building which is an excellent showing for so small a place. In speaking of the oil business of that region Mr. Parker states that the industry is on a great boom and that new wells are being drilled every day, A refinery with the capacity of handling 300 barrels of oil a day has recently been installed near the town of Gilford

Last Saturday’s H itnmond News had a savage attaok on our high sohool foot ball team, claiming that the team had a game scheduled with tne Iroquois team, of Hammond, for that day, and then threw down the Hammond team to play with Highland Park. The News claims it was all done for “spite v-riJ' co Rensselaer’s part, bocfiijse tin Hammond High Sohool team, an entirely,.geparate organization from the Iroquois, team, oancelled their engagement to play here. There is not a word of truth or justice in this tirade of the Hammond paper. Our team never had a game' scheduled with the Hammond Iroquois team. Their manager wrote askiog for a game last Saturday but he was informed at once that we had a game scheduled with Highland Park for that day. And the game with Highland Park, by-the-way, has been scheduled and published for last Saturday, ever ainoe the opening .of sohool, iu September. There wasjsome prospfot of a game being arranged with the Iroquois team at H imtnond, at some future date, but there was never the least idea of playing with them last Saturday, nor was there ever any hope held out to them for a game with them taatdav.

WEDNESDAY I. N. Dunn of Dutmville was in town today on business. Will Barkley went to Lafayette this afternoon for a short stay. E. P. Honan went to Chicago this morning on business. Mrs. J. C. Porter went toMonon this tporning to spend the day with friends. Mrs. Joe Adams, living south of town is Buffering from a severe abscess of the left ear. Mrs. Rebecoa Porter went to Knox this morning for a week’s visit with relatives and friends. Miss Carrie Eger went to Lowell this morning where she will visit for some time with her sister, Mrs. Frank Maloy. Dr. S. A. Bell of Hammond has been elected president of the state sohool board, whioh just closed its season at Indianapolis. Mrs. J. Jones returned to her home in Delphi this afternoon after a short visit here with her oousin, Mrs, G, H. Mai nee. Mrs. W. H. Sanders arrived home last evening from a week’s visit at Hartford Oity, with her sister, Mrs. A. B. Finoher.

Mrs. Nancy Ball arrived borne laat evening from Danville, 111. where she has been spending the past two weeks with relatives. The Remington Plungers And -the Moroooo Athletics are scheduled fur a game of foot ball at Morocco next Saturday afternoon. • Everything is now projections for a game of foot ball here, on Nov. SO. The Rensselaer contingent have all agreed to be on hand, and it is now np to Goodland to decide. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jackson, Mr. and Mrs Milton Roth and John Marlatt and wife, Went to Delphi Jhis afternoon to attend the wedding of Miss Amie Parrott, whioh occurs there at 4 o’clock. A Union meeting will be held on Thanksgiving evening at the Presbyterian church, Rev. H. L. Kindig of the M. E. Church will deliver the sermon and the jnusic will be furnished by the Presbyterian church ohoir.

A sad sample of wreoked humanity is now here from no place in particular, taking the dipso-curo. He is a morphine Send and has reached the stage where 20 to 30 grains Bjday are needed to satisfy him. He has no home and is a charity patient of the cure. He has seen better days ana was once a telegraph operator. A. C. Crampton, of the Delphi Oitizsn, who has plead guilty to sending obscene matter through the mails, will have his case settled Friday, by Judge Anderson, at Indianapolis. Mr, Crampton will hen introduce-evidence of good character in mitigation of his fine. Deacon Crampton’s trouble cam e : rom being altogether too "funny” in an account he wrote of a brother editor’s wedding.

Prof. Blaundin and his company passed through here this afternoon on their way to Franoesville where they will begin a three night’s engagement tomorrow evening. The company is now made up of eight people and they are said to be giving a first class show. Prof. Blaundin expeots to bring his {company back to Rens selaer again in about two weeks. Madam Blaundi£ has taken Col. Wright’s place as manager of the show. Last night was a decidedly]! cold snip. Tne lowest temperature regsstered during the night by, the U. S. minimum thermometer v *was 13 degrees aud whioh was still the temperature at six this morning. The lowest temperature heretofore this season was 19 degrees, on Tuesday night. Last night’s temperature was 19 degrees below the freezing point, eihd that means a hard freeze whenever it comesThe mud froze solid and ice of formed on still water an& the river froze clear across. Freezing weather has prevailed all day, today, the highest in the shade being 24 degrees.

Dr. English ha 3 just received a ate edition of The Launoh, azine published in the interests of the Trusoott Boat Manufacturing Company of St. Joseph, Mioh,, whioh contains a very interesting article written by our former townsman, Louis F. Hopkins, describing a launoh trip to the Mississippi river last August, taken by Mr. Hopkins and family, two lady friends of Chic ago and Fred Brown, of Danville, 111. The artiole is very interesting as it gives all tbe details of their jonrney from the time they left Jaokson Park Harbor m Chicago on Aug. 2nd until they arrived at the Mississippi River several weeks later.

THURSDAY.

Dr. I. B. Washburn is again confined to his home, by sickness. The talked of foot ball of onr high sohool with the Iroqaois of Hammond has been abandoned. Jesse E. Wilson and B. F. Fendig are transacting business in Ohioago today. n Mrs. T. J. McCoy went to Lafayette last evening for a short visit with relatives.

Frank Gritser and E. N. Thomas went to Lafayette this morning to remain siveral days. Mrs. W. H. Beam and daughter Miss Merle went to Chicago this morning to spend the day. Uncle Sam Dnvall arrived home last evening from a several day’s stay with friends in Ohioago, B. 8. Fendig, the poultry dealer shipped a oar load of Thanksgiving turkeys to New York last night. Mrs. Sol Mendelsohn returned to her home in Ohioago this mornmg after a week’s visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ike Tuteur. ~ The paper train from Ohioago was about three hoars late, this morning, owing to a bieak-down of the engine, at Cedar Lake. W. S. Parks arrived home yesterday from Kenosha, Wis, where he has been transacting business in the interests of the ony for the past few days. The marrfage of Mi9s Grace Jacks, of Rensselaer and Mr. Leonard Lefler, of Pleasant Ridge, is announced for next Sunday evening at the home of the bride’s parents in the northwest part of town.

Arthur Catt of Chenoa, 111. is spending a few days here with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. A 1 Catt. His wife who accompanied him, stopped off at Thayer to remain with 3 her father Joseph. Kight, whose severe acoident a short time ago has been related. Thompson & Baboook’s big’pubio sale at Parr, Wednesday, went off in good shape. All the property sold readily at satisfactory prioes and the sale aggregated, about $2,500. The highest prioe brought by any one horse was $l3O. Cbarles Greenlee, who went to Indian Territory lapt spring and ater moved to Tennessee, his old "borne, has come baok here with hie family. He will live in Rensselaer until spring and then go on a farm. He says Jasper oounty is good enough for him.

The Hammond Daily Tribune has just installed a fine typs-eettiug machine in its mechanical departm*Jl. The Tribune under its new management has made a wonderful improvement and is now one of the brightest and best srpall dailies in the state. Isaac W. Porter, who is advertising his goods, vehioles, horses etc., at private sale, is preparing to go to California, with his family, to spend the winter, and may looate there permanently. He is undecided as to what part of the state he will go, bat probably to Fresno, where he has two brothers located. Mrs. James Flynn entertained nine aged ladies at dinner, at her home on Weston street, last Tuesday. The oldest was Grandmother Callow aged 93. Among the gueets and the yonngest of the number, ,-was Miss Frost, of Pennsylvania, who is here visiting her sister, Mrs. Muster.

County Surveyor M. B. Price has just received word from Webb City, Mo., that his oldest brother, Hon. Charles H. Prioe is now rapidly nearing his end, whioh is likely to ooour at any time, and oan not be deferred many days at most. His sickness is oonsumptioD, resulting from a oombined attaok of pneumonia and typhoid fever, some time ago. He served Two terms as ooonty clerk here ending about 20 years ago, and has since lived successively in Dakota, Kentucky and Missouri. i The whole-soled philosophers at Phendig’s have phigured out the phollowing phunnygraph: “If a shoemaker, who is on his “uppers” would only hold his "tongue,” keep his “eyes’' open, and throw his “sole” into it and “peg” sway at it, he may “last” until he is very well “heeled.” It is understood that these philosophers “hammered” at this paragraph until the hour “waxed” so late that the proprietor had to “shoe” them out aud threatened to “bandturn” them to “boot.”

The present cold spell culminated last night in an extreme low temperature of 12 cegrees above zero, whioh was one degree oolder than the night"before. And while 12 degrees is not an unprecedented low temperature for November, when zero weather has been known, it is colder than is usually experienced this month, and especially so far from the latter end of the month. Last year the coldest November weather was 19 degrees, on tbe 28th. In 1901 the coldest of the month was 16 degrees, on the sth, and that was really oolder for the time of the month, than 12 degrees is now.

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Harris and daughter Flora and Mrs. Mioah Halstead, arrived home Wednesday from their extended western trip. They were gone justfsix weeks, and went out by a northern and returned by a central route. They visited Spokane, Portland, Salem, San Franoisoo, Los Angeles and Redlands. In nearly all those places they found relatives or old friends. Their principal stays were at Spokane where a brother-in-law J. A. Crisler lives, and at Redlands, whioh is tire home of a nephew, only son of the late John Harris. Both men are well fixed and well satisfied, and have been in their respective localities a long time. The nephew, Mr. Harris, is especially well fixed at Redlands. He has several big orange orehards in the immediate vioinity, and some 15 or 20 miles distant has a big apple orohard and a summer residence in the monntains. In Redlands, his principal residence, he is building a new residence, costing 17,000 or SB,OOO. In Los Angeles they visited H. O. Thompson, a former Rensselaer man, and a brother of Mrs. Sarah A. Hemphill, of our oity. He has a prosperous coal, wood and hay busL

ness there, and it struck Uncle Ben as very amusing to see him delivering stove wood to his oostomers in two bushel saoks. Wood is sl4 a cord there, and people naturally buy in small quantities. Judge Thompson has farmed out the harvesting of nis muskrat crop on his farms in Union tp., to a resident of that region, and guarantees him the exolusive right of trapping on his lands; and the trapper pays the Jndge one oent apiece for all he catches. The Judge has better success in raising muskrats than pigs, and estimates that there are now fully 1,000 wearing his brand, and he does not admit to having marked any muskrat maverioks this year, either. Speaking of pigs, it may be of interest to mention that his ambitious bnt unfortunate sow that started in to raise 11 in one brood and lost 8 of them before night, has since lost the other three and the Judge sold her at the sale to be fattened for pork.