Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1903 — CITY NEWS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS OF THE WEEK

_. FRIDAY. Mies Belle Gilkey of Chicago is the guest here for several days of Mr. and Mrs. G.K> Hollingsworth Mrs. A. J. Brenner went to Mt Ayr, this morning to spend the balance of the week with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. McConahay returned today to their home at Idaville after a week’s visit here with their son David MoOonahay and family/ Miss Elenor Hoffman of Blue guest here fore some time of Miss Flora Harrison returned to her home today, Diok Fiddler who ismstudent in the medioal department of Chioago University came home last evening for a several day’s visit with rela. fives and friends.

O. M. Allen who spent JTbankegiving here with his daughter, Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth, left this morning for bis home at Kalamszoo, Miob. Miss Idabelie Daughtery returned to her home in Hammond this morning after a short visit here with her annt and nnole]}Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Daugherty. Miss Ghristhen Hildebrand entertained aboot 4&Jofcfa«rjbiands at her home on Front 'street Refreshments were served and all report a very good time. J. B. Ellis and daughter Miss Sarah, who spent Thanksgiving here with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hopkins, retarned this afternoon) to their home near Delphi. Miss Tillie Fendig retarned lo Delphi this afternoon after a short visit here with her parent*. Tillie has an excellent position at Delphi as saleslady in a big dry goods store, t

Charley Wiltshire, of Chioago, spent Thanksgiving witb'his parents, returning home last night. He now holds a good position in the mailing department of the Republic Steel and Iron Works. The Goodland and Moroooo foot ball teams played a great game at the latter plaoe yesterday for the championship of Northwestern Indiana. After a hard struggle the game ended iu a tie, the final score being 6 to 6.

Prof. L. J. Rettger will diliver an address tonight at the Presbyterian church on the eubjeot. “A Modern Crusader.” It will begin promptly at seven o’olook, in order that the teachers may also have time to attend the literary exer«lß6S. ** Coach Fred Parcels and his Remington foot ball squad won a a great Thanksgiving day viotory yesterday by defeating Sa«raem in 111. team 39 to 0. Fred has evi dently put some good finishing tonohes to his tram in the past week or two. Jay Sayler, the star full back on the Chicago Dental foot ball team arrived here this afternoon, to go in training with his old teammates here on the Altbletio eqnad, eo that be will be in shape to play a great game against Good land next Monday. .

• A Utter from Grandmother M. A. Marshall, now passing the winter in Will Co , Illinois, among children, grand-ohildren and great-grand-ohildren states that she passed her 80th birthday on Thanksgiving Day. She is reremarkably well preserved for a parson of that age.

The foot ball tetm here woul a like to have played Capt. Rios Porter in Monday’s game with Goodland, but the authorities of Highland Park Military Aoademy said it was against their rules to permit their students to play with outsjde teams, and it could not be permitted. I Wilson Shtieffer has sold his 80 acre farm,six miles northwest of town, to Benton Kelley, of Gifford’iS district; and lias bought of Harvey Grant his residenoe and five acre place, two miles west, on the Bunkum road, and will make that his future residenoe. He will make a public sale on Wednesday, Deo. 9tb.

The skating on the river at C O. gtarr’s ioe house has been spoiled by Mr. Starr building his dam higher aud thus baoking water over the ioe. The dam is a good dam and serves that kind of a good purpose but the boys whose Thanksgiving vacation amusements are thus mterferred with, by the doubling of the dam are apt to double the word also when they it.

The North Judson News, in its / • ; aoooout of thd death of Pat Mo Mauais says his sister Kate wbs one of the gparty, when he was killed. Also that the freight engine was within 53 feet before they saw it He was oae of a family of 13 children, eight boys and five girls. He had lived in Baq*Piurre most of his life. The work of installiag the new engine at the elsotrio light plant is progressing at a rapid paoe an der the supervision of the master mechanic seat down from the AllicChalmers engine works, and £it is thought that by the middle of next week, the big fly wheel will be ready to make its first revolution. The new dynamo has not arrived yet hot iaexpeoted in a day or two. Doctors S 0. Johnson and A. R. Kresler who have been praotiaing medicine here together siaoe May 1,1902 have decided to dissolve pirtaership, the oheage to take plaoe the first of the month Dr. Kresler has rented the east suit of rooms in the K. of P. building and will move into them next Monday. Dr. Johnson will ooutinue his practice in the room? the firm now oooupies

The snow storm on Thanksgiving whioh originated somewhere about the oeuter of Chioago, and never snowed a flake in the north part of that oity, and was 11 or 12 inohea deep ia South Chicago, ieaohdd over into northwest Indiana, good and strong. At Crown Point the storm was so thiok and blinding that it caused a rear end oelliaion of freight trains, whioh killed many thousand dollars' wortn of fine atook, headed for the bi£ etook show ia Chioago. Here there waa neither enow nor rain, except a few light snow flurries before daylight, in the morniDg.

SATURDAY. The regular ohnrch services will be held at the M. E. ohuroh. Sunday as nnual. Mr. and Mrs W. B. Austin of Chioago are making a abort visit here with relatives. Mies Alma Bailor retarned this morning to her htimein Hammond after a few day’s visit here with friends. ...

Harry Harmon of Chioago came down this afternoon to spend Sou* day with bis parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. Harmon,

Mias Della Nauman of Chicago is making a few day’s visit here with her aunt and unole, Mr.' and Mrs. Caas, Roberts. H. M. Grant and wife living west of town went to Chicago this morning for a week’s visit with their daughter, Mrs. P. L. Mattes. Mfs. Mary L*ae returned to her home in Chioago last evening after a weeks visit with her brother, Alfred Peters and family, south of town. Mtsa'Gail W r asson arrived home last evening from Columbia City, Ohio where she has been v siting relatives aud friends for the p.et two weeks.

—M iss Mabel Pfrimmer of Kantlaui attended the dauoe here last evening at the Armory and will remain for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Brenner, Mrs. A. M. Harrison, who has been living in Oregon and North Dakota for two or three years past arrived last night for a visit with friends and relatives here. Mrs. A. J. Boyer who has been spending the past few days here with hoi 1 daughter Miss Bertha, left this afternoon for Indianapolis where she will visit for a short time with relatives before returning to her home in Terre Haute. Arthur Oatt left last evening for his home at Chenoa, 11l after a few day’s visit here with his parents. Mrs. Catt will remain with her father Joseph Eight, at Thayer for a week yet before joining her husband.

A new asssessment law goes into operation next spring. Instead of the assessors beginning their work the first of April as they have hitherto done, they will oommenoe the first of March, a month earlier, and heaoe have a month’s more time to do the work in. Jndge James T. Sannderson and wife, of Fowler departed last week for Everett, Washington, where Judge Sannderson has formed a partnership with Mr. E. V. Curtis in the praotioe of law, and where they expeot to make their home in the fntnr* ■ '■ Dan Stoner who has been trabaoting business here for the past few days left today for Sheldon. 111., to settle up some business matters. From there he will go to Moroooo to pay his mother a short visit before leaving for his home at Wiohita. Kansas.

Billy Park’s express team tried to rnn away again last night but Billy fooled them this time by having a large iron weight attached to one of their bridles. . After galloping down the street about a block they seemed very glad to stop and Will thinks they will behave more reasonably in the future. The body of Wilbert Michaels arrived from North Dakota, last evening, on the milk train, and the funeral was held at oue o’clook this afternoon, at the"resid<moe of bis parents, southeast of town Rev, H. L. Kindig conducted the religion** services. Interment was in Weloh or Egypt cemetery in Jordan tp. The athletio foot-ball , squad took their first hard pratioe yesterday afternoon. There were twelve men out in uniform and everything had the appearance of old times The praotioe yesterday consisted of Tunning through the old signals and some light scrimmage work, The boys expeot to get down to some good hard work this afternoon.

Teachers and others desiring to advertise box suppers and other similar entertainments, are requested to bear ia mind that a small payment is expeoted for these notices. Formerly they were published free bat after they became so numerous, it beoame quite a teak to setjup and publish all that are sent in, and we expeot at least 25 to 50 cents depending on length and number of insertions, for each notice.

Rensselaer Society turned out in large numbers at the dance given in the Armory last night. The music was furnished by three

musicians from Chicago consisting of a harp, violin and Ante. A midnight supper was served by Geo. W. Goff in the Tower rooms of the K. of P. building. The out of town guests who attended were, W. B. Austin and wife of Chicago, Miss Nina Hammond of Lafayette Mias Edith Judd of Miama, Fla , Miss Belle Gilkey of Chioago, Miss Mable Pfrimmer of Kentlapd. Joseph Reynolds of Delphi, Jay Saylers of Cfaioa'go and Albert Marshall', of the Northwestern Military Aoademy at Highland Park, Till : '

MONDAY. 2L Will Porter spent the day yesterday with friends in Lafayette. Mrs Geo. Barcus went to Chicago this morning for a short Btay. Born, Sunday morning, Nov. 29 to Rev. and Mrs. .Joseph Cochran a girl. Borp Saturday, Nov. 28th, to Mr. and Mrs Blaine Wood, north of town, a girl. Attorneys Guthrie and. Sellers of Montioello transacted legal business here today. Mrs. Charles Gundy of Fair Oaks is the gnest here for a few days of her sister Mrs. Elza Grow’ \ R. B. Harris left this morning for Onarga, 111., to attend the funeraPof aj oousin, Mrs. William Ranking - . Mrs. Sijlary Jane Hopkins arrived home-after a two months visit with relatives and friends in Miohigan City and Westville. Miss Etta Stooksiok returned today to her home at Paxtdn, 111., after a week’s visit here with her parents Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Stooksiok.

Dr. W. W. Merrill is packing his office fixtures to move to Englewood, where bis family preceded him a few weeks ago. T. F. MoDonald of Chicago, High Secretary of the Catholio order of Foresters was the goeßt here last evening of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan. , Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blue retarned this morning to thjjir home in Whestfield, after a few day’s visit here with his ; parents, Phillip Bide and family. Mrs. M. E. Learning and sons returned Saturday evening to their home at Goshen after a short

visit hers with her brother, 0. G. Spitler and family. Miss Edna Thompson returned to Chicago this morning to resume her studies in Art and Music at the Kenwood Institute, after a week’s visit here with her parents Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Thompson. Unole Alf MoOoy is around the house again after his railroad acoident and will be down town in a few days. The Spanner will case, from Monticello, ca r me up in the circuit oourt this tfiorning with Judge Rabb, of .Williamsport, on the bench, aud all of White county’s leading attorneys ranged dd one sideor the other. Mies Bessie Eger who has been making a short vipit here with her parents, returned this morning to Chicago to resume her studies in the Chioago Conservatory of Music. - v

Several of the members of the Goodlapd team refused to oome today, but six of the best and most nervy ones oame t and with a number of Remington and Mt. Ayr’s best players, are putting up a good game jagainst the Rensselaer Athletics as we go to press. It is said that the Mouon will shortly begin a rate war on the Frankfort interurban aud will redace the fare from Frankfort to Indianapolis to one cent per mile making the fare one way fifty oents. The present iuterurban rate is eighty-five oents. Mrs. B. D. Com ar of Union tp., who is as progressive in her lines as he*husband, trustee pf that township, is in his, went to Lkfayi ette today* to enter a class in soientifio better making, in the agricultural department of Purdue Uui verrity. - The oourse lasts about two weeks.

A very enjoyable time, especially for the smaller olass of people, was spent at the home of J. W. Hammerton, in honor of his son Johnnie, last Friday, that date being his ninth birthday. Tbs lad’s entire olass was in attendance and iso several' of bis best ohnms, making a total of sixty -fi ve. .Refreshments were served and quite a number of presents were reoeived. Preparatory to going to California Mrs. Nanoy Porter, widow of Dr. James W. Porter, sold her residence on Vine street to Thomas Mnrphy, of nesr Surrey, the price being S7OO. Mr. Murphy who is quit* well along in years, intends to move to town in the near future. > • • At present however he will,have to rent a residence as the hpffcfe be has bought is rented t&^uiher • • . f, ' parties, for several months ah' advanoe.

The death of Mrs. Anna Hathaway oooured at 1 o’olook Sunday morning Nov. 29th, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. array south of town. Her age was 80 years and 21 days anc the cause of her death was Senile Paralytio Dementia with wbioh she had been afflicted for the past year. Besides her danghter Mrs. J. T. Murray, another daughter, a Mrs. Pattersou of Pickaway Ohio, was with her at the time of her death. The bodv was shipped this morning to her old home at Piokaway, Ohio., far burial.

Mr. and Mrs Isaac Porter,and family and his mother, Mrs. Naooy Poiter, took their expeoted departure for California this forenoon, intending to go by the Book Island’s far aonth route. Their objective point in California is Fresno, near the south end of the Ban Joaquin Valley. They go with the expectation of making their permanent home there, if climate and surroundings prove as pleasant and profitable as they expect. Mr. Porter expects to follow there the same line of occupation as he has here for some years past, namely frnit raising and market gardening. He has a (brother at I ‘Geeno who cwue a 20 aore farm of ■ that character, on the outskirts of i Fresno, and as the brother teaches | about nine or ten months every year, he is unable to look after the farm, aod Isaac expects; to take charge of that.

As one of many instances which we might mention ot the exoellenoe of the Republican, in’ both is daily and semi-weekly issues as an advertising medium, the case of Isaau Porter is in point. When be suddenly resolved about 10 daysago to go to California he pat a list of property be wished to sell in this paper, and pt onoe the enquires began to oome in, by person or telephone, and by last 18aturday morning, he had sold every article advertised exoept one rather elderlyjearriage; whioh is left at Kresler’s feed barn. All his customers cams through the cd in this paper. About s dozen other similair complete and rapid closing out of household goods through a, .Tittle advertising in this paper oould be mentioned.