Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1903 — CITY AND VICINITY [ARTICLE]

CITY AND VICINITY

' TUESDAY. j J. H. 8. Ellis ffent to Delphi bis afternoon to spend a couple of day 8. Glen Wishard. of Northwestern U diversity! came home yesterday 1 to spend Christmas. ' -.** Mrs. Ben Preble went to Woloott yesterday to spend Christmas with relatives and friends. . Mrs. Cyru3 Haas and son Vera, are making a two weeks’ visit with relatives and friends in Medary- , villa. Sidney Manwarning left this morning for Sao City, lowa, where he will look alter some business matters for a week or two. Misses Hattie Eigelsbaoh and Floss Wright, of Cnioago Univer- ' eity oame home today to remain i through the holidays. D. B. Nowels arrived here this ' afternoon from Lamar, Colo., to , upend Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Nowels. The danoe whioh Company M. was to have given a week ago at the Armory and was postponed, will foe given this Wednesday evening Deo. 23rd. * Miss Clara Jessup, who has been visiting relatives here for some time, went to Michigan City yesterday afternoon wbete she will make a short stay before returning to her homi at Marysville, Ohio. Geo, Healey reports that when he oroSsed the Ohio river, coming bsok from Washington, it was frozen solid from bank to bank, and the people there told him it was the first time it had been frozen over in eight years.

BUrry Kresler, the newly appointed railway mail clerk is taking his first instrnotions in the business on the Ohioago-Oolnmbns division of the Pennsylvania railroad. His ran is at night from J Ohioago to Marion. Ind, ( Geo. H. Healey, of the government printing office at Washington arrived yesterday, to attend his sister's wedding, on Christmas day. He still holds down his good position in the make-np room at about $1,460 per yearHe will leave for Washington the same day the wedding takes place G. A. Tallis, southwest of town, reports that his son who has been eiok three months with typhoid fever, is now able to sit up a little. His daughter who was the last to take the disease, is also beginning to improve a little. The family has indeed had a severe seige of the disease. C. £. Mills want to Indisaapl oils this morning to bring borne his son Emory, the Renseelear victim of the Pordue foot ball wreok. Emory is Still unable to walk on aooount of his injuries but he is enjoying an exoellent appetite and will no doubt do justice to a big Christmas dinner at home. ’ He will arrive here tonight on the 6:32 train. W. W. Watson, of Ohioago the examiner, so long a resident of Rensselaer and e j frequent a visitor here made his first visit here in his offioial oapaoity y ester- > day and today, having come to investigate e pension application case. This part of Indiana has lately been attached to the Chicago field in pension matters, and hereafter he will no doubt have frequent oooasion to come here on offioial errands in the foiqre. Th« • r. ••• '

WEDNESDAY Coldest last night 22 degrees; warmest today 40 degrees. Wm. Haley went to Lafayette this afternoon to visit relatives for a week. J. C. Thrawlsis making a week’s visit with relatives in Monon and Logansport, ■'! Mrs. J. P. Warner, hurt on 31ippery Saturday. Deo. 12th, is getting along very satisfactorily. Miss Florenoe Curtain of De Motto, is the guest here for a few days of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Halleok, Misses Bessie Eger and Jennie Bernard arrived home this afternoon from Ohioago to spend Christmas.

applicant whose case brought him here this time is Ernest Middleton, a survivor of the Spanish and Philippine wars. ii.fBorn, Monday, Deo. 21st, to Mr. and Mrs. Will Iliff, of Jordan Tp. a daughter. Howard Jones of Delphi is the guest here for s few days of G. H. M sines and family. Mrs. Arobie lines of Ohioago is making a short visit here with Mr. and Mrs. W. I, lines. Jesse E. Wilson went to Ohioago this morning for n short starHe was aooompaaied by his brother Hersobel who has been making a several day’s visit here with him, Miss Lacy Clark, living two miles north of town had the thnmb on her right hand badly mashed yesterday evening by a heavy tub whioh fell from overhead. It is a very painfnl injury. J, A. or .Ad Robinson and brother Frank and also the former’s son, Louis, all of lola, Kansas., arrived yesterday afternoon for about a ten day’s visit with their aged mother and other relatives.

The Presoyterian ladies had good suooess with their bazaar, in C. C. Starr’s store, olearing a beat SBO. C. C. Mason, a Well knovn Brookston merchant, died in a Ohioago hospital Sunday after an operation for oanoer. Atty. George Williams left Jtbis morning for Raymond, Ohio, where he will spend a oouple of weeks with his parents. * Servioes will be held at Barkley Christian ohuroh next Sunday by Elder Elam, of Rensselaer, at the usual hour. All are invited. Mr. and Mrs. John Callows, of Bid St. Louis are the guest here for two weeks of the former’s sister, Mrs. Hettie Reynolds. Mrs. Arthur Herriman living near Mt. Ayr went to Delphi from here this afternoon where she will visit for two or three weeks. Wm/B. Stovers and daughter Stella, living south of town, went to Lafayette today to visit until after Christmas with relatives and friends.

Dayton Kilgore left this morning for his old home at Osoiola, Is., after a abort visit here with his cousin. Robt. Mithasls and family. Miss Iva Amaler returned te her home in Ohioago jjbday, after a several week’s visit yre with her parents Mr. anjf Mrs. Henry Amaler. t m '■

' Rasa Dean, bf Indiana University, oame home last evening to eat Christmas turkey. Mrs. Mary K. Borntrager and daughter Miss Annette, leave tonight for Lonisville, Ky., to spend the holidays with friends and relatives. George Michaels oame home last flight fronrLake Forrest University to spend the holidays here with (his parents, Prof, jnd Mrs. G. W. Michaels. M iss Nina Martindale of Indiana University oame home this morning to spend Christmas vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, John Martindale, west of town.

Mr. and Mrs. Hersobel Brenner came down from Chicago last n : ght to spend Christmas with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Brenner, at the Makeever Houser ' . There are abont fifteen oases of typhoid fever in Carroll oonnty. Bad water is supposed to be the oanse of the epidemio. Smallpox has also been prevailing in that oonnty to quite a large extent Louis Mustard and John Biok* noil had trouble in one of the saloons, last night, and Mustard peppered and it might be said, ’sanlted Bioknell, with his fist. Bioknell’s eye was pretty btdly banged up. It was indeed a “epioy ” affair.

Will Woodworth arrived home from Chicago yesterday, where he was operated on some time ago at the Presbyterian Hospital. His jaw though not entirely healed from the effaots of the operation, is doing very nicely. Tom Cain, former proprietor of a restaurant here, and a foot balk player of renown, is now located at Peoria, 111-, and has a good fob as a street oar oonduotor. Just now, however he is laid off by an - injured band, having a broken bone in it from being thrown off the oar. If Ann was 18 when Sam was 10 how is it that when Bam is 25 Ann is only 22? If Mary and Ann were both brunettes when Mary was Ann’s age and Ann is a blonde when she is as old as Mary was then, how muoh is it worth a bottle? If Ann goes to a theater in ajoarriage, carries a bunch of roses and has supper afterwards, what does Charley get a a eek? Last Saturday would have been pretty nearly a record-breaker in Rensselaer for holidays trade, some of the merohants.say, had the weather not been so bad; but even as it was a good many people got in from the country before night, and a pretty good business was done, in spite of the weather. This week the weather has been fine, and the roads exoellent, exoept somewhat icy, and the merchants and their clerk have been kept pretty well on the jump by holiday buyers.

THURSDAY. Fred Yeiter and family are visiting with relatives in Lafayette this week. Joe Bennett went to Ohioago today for a week’s visit with relatives. John W slker went to Bloomington this morning to visit relatives the remainder of the week. Mrs. Frank Maloy of Lowell is the guest here for a few days of her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Michael Eger. , Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Perkns left today for their old home at Morris, 111., for a week’s visit with relatives. Mrs. M. B. Alter went to Ohioago this morning to spend Christmas with her daughter, Mrs. W. W. Watson. The Ladies Jolly Olnb met with Mrs. T. O. Thornton, last evening, and jastified their name by having; a jolly time. v Bob McGregor left last nign for his horns at Arbor Vita, Wia.. where he will visit daring vacation with his parents.

Monroe Banes is the guest of relatives in Logansport this week. The indications noware that we will have a '‘black Christmas.” Mrs, T. J. McCoy went to Lafayette this morning for a short stay.;' The D. A. R. will meet Tuesday, at 2 p. m., with Mies Mildred Harris.* ( Mrs. W. F. Smith and children are visiting 'relatives in Chicago this week.

Mrs. Gaylord Nowels of Delphi is the gnest here for a week of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Alter. Mi s. Oal Nichols of Lowell is the gnest here over Christmas of her parents, Mr, and Mrs. James Flynn

Mrs, Nannie Slathonr, of Lafayette, oame this afternoon to spend holiday week with her brother, H. O. Hoshaw, and family. Miss lima Robinson oame home last evening from Indianapolis for a week’s visit here : with her mother, Mrs. G. M. Robinson. J. H. Tanner left today for Pittsburg, Pa. where he will visit for a oouple of weeks with Jiis brother, Geo. E, Tanner and fam* ily.

Blaine Gwin and Frank McCarthy, both students at Indiana, University arrived home last evening to remain nntil after tlje holidays,

Mr. and Mrs. Lnoina Strong wsnt to Am bi a | today to spend Christmas with their daughter, Mrs. Dal Yeoman. Hiram Day left this morning for hia old home at Tolona, Ills., where he will be the gnest for a short time of relatives and old friends.

Miss Lelia Travis oame home this morning from Marion to spend the holidays. She is now a student in a business college at that plaoe. M, D. Gwin, who is soon to have another M. D. attached to hia name, and for which he ia attend ing a medioal college at Indianapoliie, oame home last night, for the holiday vacation.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nowels of Columbia City are making a week’s visit here with their respeo;ive parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. D. bowels and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wasson.

' Henry Bayler, of Mosinee, Wis., s here visiting his sister, Mrs. Peter Rhoads,,whom he had not seen before in 25 years. Miss Bertha Boyer, of the City Schools, left this morning for hey lorae at Terre Haute, to spend the lolidays with her parents. James Tatman, of Monon, has Sold the remainder of his racket store stock, lately purchased of S. M. Laßue, to James Lowe, also of Monon He has dosed the store and is packing the goods and will take them to Montioello. John Bioknell appears] to have been hammenld worse by Carpenter Mustard than earlier reports indicated; as he has been confined to the house of his relatives Prior Rowen, ever ainoe; and to whose plaoe Mr. Mustard politely escorted him, after the trouble was over. There was no previous quarrel between the men, but only some old grudge that Mustard thought the time propitious for settling. The Rensselaer High Bohool girls went down to Monon last night to show the girls of that plaoe how to play basket-ball. According to reports the game was quite an exciting one and full of speotaoular plays on both sides. Our girls however proved somewhat the better and defeated their opponents by the dose soore of 28 to 19. A return game will be played here sometime in the near future. m A Mare Island Calif, item in the New York Army and Navy Journal of Deo. 12, says: “Miss Betty Moody has arrived from the East and will remain in the yard ier a lengthy visit, thegoest of Oomdr, and M»a. C. B. T. Moore. Mrs. Moove has issued invitations fora Itoge card party next Wednesday

in hoUor of her gnest. Mbs Moody is s nice a of Rear Admiral Fife, and is well known in Navy oiroles.

Julias Taylor, onr enterprising eolored carpenter, left on the early trainthis morning for Washington Ohio., where he has secured a position as foreman of a planing mill. It is a good job and expeoted to be permanent. Julios has lived in Rensselaer many years, considerable of the time being oujr only colored resident, He is an industrious, steady young man of exoeilent habits and leaves with the respect and good wishes of all who know him.

The new dynamo is now in plaoe at the light station, bnt oan’t be hooked on nntil tbeawitoh board and big belt arrived. The belt ia coining from Bristol, Tenn, It will be 85 feet long, two feet wide, and weigh about 500 pounds. Its cost is S3OO. The old aro light dynamo is out of repair and it will not pay to have it repaired for the short time it oan be used. Hence a short period of poorly lighted streets is before ns.

Don’t fail to look over the large line of decorated china. A big line of salad dishes for 25 to 450 at John Eger’s.

Fine turkeys, nd duoks, a ohiokana and extra fine beef for Christ mas at Moody & Roth’s.