Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1904 — CITY AND VICINITY [ARTICLE]

CITY AND VICINITY

TUESDAY. B. K. Zimmerman made a business trip to Chicago this morning. Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe went to Chicago thia morning to bay goqds. Atty. Geo. Williams is transacting legal business in Monticello today. Misses Stella Parkison and Flora Harris are visiting friends and relatives in Mt. Ayr this week. Charles Norman is making a few days’ visit with relatives in Lafayette,

William Nowels went to Monticello today to transact business and visit friends for a.short time. Miss Ora Clark returned to Lafayette this morning, after spending a week here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ears Clark. Dorset Brooks went te Lafayette this morning to take an examination prior to securing a position as fireman on the Monon. Vai Lawrence, living south of town arrived home this morning from a several weeks* stay with relatives in Indianapolis. Mrs. Helen Muffit returned this morning to her home at Valparaiso after a two week’s visit here with her aged mother, Mrs. Dutton. Mrs. Wallace Parkison who has been visiting relatives here since Christmas left this afternoon for Indianapolis to join her, husband who is completing his last year in the Indiana Medical College. Kenneth Morgan and Bert Goff have opened up a clothes pressing emporium in the room just west of Goff’s restaurant, recently vacated by Mr. White, the sewing machine agent. Henry Wood went to Woloott this afternoon to visit for a few days with his son, Frank and wife. He will also visit his son Dr. Aaron, at Brook, before returning home. A. K. Moore and little daughter, Erbie of east of town, went to Watseka. 111., today relatives in that vicinity for two or three weeks. Isaae Sayler is slowly recovering from the effects of bis tall from a load of corn stalks, two weeks ago, but as yet can sit up but very little.

Irving L. Jones has rented his big farm, a mile east of Surrey, to John Leah, and will move book to Pontiao, 111. He will have a big sale next Monday, Jan. 18th. Mrs. W. A. Hoahaw who baa been spending the past few weeks here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Elder, returned today to her home near Ft, Wayne. The auctioneers are busy these » days. Col. Fred Phillips is auctioneering the Burbage sale, north west of town today, and 8. U. Dobbins, has gone to Francesville, where be has a big sale tomorrow. Last night and today added about three inches mere 'to the d>pth of snow on the ground. There is likely to be excellent sleighing for a while, if the weather does not continue so warm as to * cause a thaw T.J. McCoy, J. H. 8. Ellie, C. E. Mills, F. B. Meyer, G. E. Murray, J. H. Chapman and A. H. Hopkina, attended the Republican dietriot organizing convention, at Hammond, today. There wan no opposition to Mr. MoOoy, for reelection as district chairman.

R P Benjamin, the musical instrument dealer and Mr.bite, the Singer Sewing machine man have jointly occupied the west part of the K. of P. business room The room on the east side, just partitioned off, will be occupied by Mrs. Pureupile’s millinery store. Geo. R. Smith, who lately mov ed back here from Star City, has bought of Earl Sayler his 10 acre tract, just south of town, formerly part of the old Willey place, and will build a issidenoe thereon. Earl bought the place five years ago for S7OO and sells it now for $1,200. The girls representing the basket ball teams of the Monon and Rensselaer High School are scheduled for a game here next Saturday night at the Armory. The Rensselaer High School girls recently defeated their Monon opponents by a score of 21 to 19 and the girls of that place are anxious to get even by winning the game Saturday. It promises to be a very interesting contest. The state board of health report for November is received. During that month there were only six deaths in Jasper county, with a death rate per 1.000 of 5.1. Only Harrison county had a smaller rate, just five,"while Ohio had the same as Jasper county. In Rensselaer there were no deaths at all, and two other of the smaller cities, Ligonier and Covington, were equally fortunate. Mrs. Dr. A. L. Berkley went to Chicago this morning to be present this evening al a reception to be given at the Auditorium, by Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Austin, in honor of tbeir daughter, Miss Virginia and their prospective son-in-law, Ray Merriweather Shayne, whose marriage will occur in Chicago on Thursday of this week.

The Logansport papers are responsible for the statement that the state line division of the Pan Handle railroad, the branch which runs through Remington, will at an early day be equipped with electric oars and that traffic would be cone noted on lines similar to the interurbae method. This would be a great convenience as it would give trains about every two hours and the rate of fares would be much less than the present rates. The So Olub was entertained at an oyster supper and card party last evening, given by Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Kresler at their home on South Oullen street. The guests themselves developed the most amusing feature of the evening's entertainment, for after a close observance, it was found that all the younger members of the olsb present, were on the married list, while the elder element all belonged to the rank of the possible and not a few to the impossible list of elgible candidate.

WEDNESDAY

Atty. Wm. Baughman is transacting legal business in Monon today, Granville Moody and B. A. Parkison made a business trip to Chicago today. * , Mrs. Daniel Williams, living west of town is slowly improving from a severe spell of sickness. Miss Kate Friend, of Monon is the guest here for a few days of Wm. Baughman and wife.

Born, this Wednesday morning Jan. 18th, to Mr. and Mrs. William Augaberger, west of town, a girl. Bessie, the 4 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jessup, is quite seriously sick with the grip Mrs. Otte Clark went to Huntington this morning where she expects to visit relatives for some time.

Mrs. J. A. Level, living east of town, left today for Bergen, Ky., where she will visit relatives for several weeks. Mrs. J. Q. Alter arrived home last night from Dunkirk, where she has been spending the pist two weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Ernest Fritts. Levi Chupp, who has been visiting relatives northwest of town for the past few week’s left this morning for his home at Gibson, Minn. Mrs. W F. Smith who was called to Chicago several days ago on account of the serious sickness of her mother, returned home last evening leaving her mother considerably better.

Mrs. Churchill, living north of the depot was very pleasantly surprised by about thirty of her friends and neighbors, Tuesday. The oooasion being her 69th birthday. A dance with about 50 oouple present was given last night at the Armory under the successful managements of Bicknell, Shindler and Shoemaker. The music was furnished by Healy’s orchestra. Miss Bertha Boyer, one of the 2nd year teachers in the oity schools, is sick with muscular rheumatism and will not be ab'e to more this week, and her room is closed. The second trial of Truman Beam, for the murder of Martha Lawrence, near Valparaiso, will begin at Hammond, ■tomorrow. The attorneys for the defense have taken a change of venue from Judge Tnthill, and J. B. Peterson, a Crown Point attorney, will try the case as a special judge. Miss Cora Casey who has been working for Mr. and Mrs. John Duvall in order to attend the public schools here, is now confined at their home with a serious attack of pneumonia. Her relatives live near Remington, Edgar Cox, a former well known architect and builder here, now traveling in the west for an Oklahoma City house is making a few days’ visit with his parents here, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cox. He left Rensselaer some 7 or 8 years ago. Michael Hancock, one of the parties having smallpox, near Giffdrd, is reported to be in a very serious condition, from gangrene in his feet. A three year old daughter of his son-in-law, George Lambert, in the same house, is quite bad with the smallpox, also. Phillip Blue, superintendent of the county farm, is confined at his home on account of injuries received last Monday, while trying to master a recalcitrant calf, presumably of the ruder sex, and which seems to have got the better end of the argument.

THURSDAY.

Len Tullis, living south west of town is slowly recovering from a severe attack of grip. J. J, Hunt is transacting business for a few days in Lifayet te and Fowler. , The ladies Jolly Club was entertained Wednesday night by Mrs. Mark Hemphill, Refreshments were served. Epworth League subject next Sunday. My place in the work ag«inst Intemperance. Leader Miss Florence Wood. The 9.55 train this morning was 2| hours late in arriving here, the delay being due to the breaking down of the engine near Frankfort. Mrs. B. A. Puroupile moved her millinery and dressmaking establishment, today, into her new and .vary comfortable location in the east room of the K. of P. building

A son was born last Monday to Dr. Bernard Maloy, and wife of Steger, 111. - Mrs. Maloy, has been quite poorly for some time, is very weak, but otherwise doing as well as could be expected. Col. Charles Denby, Evansville’s most eminent citizen and U. 8. minister to China under three presidents, died suddenly at J ames town, N. Y. yesterday, where he had gone on a lecturing tour. From the TopAa, Kaus., Eagle we learn thot Mrs. D. A. Stoner is still in the fancy chicken business, to some extent, and got some good prizes on barred Plymouth Rooks, at a big poultry show there last week.

Mr, and Mrs. G. K. -Hollingsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ross, Mrs. T. J. McCoy, Mrs. Matie Hopkins and son Senior and Grandmother Austin, all went to Chicago this morning to attend the Austin-Shayne wedding which occurs tonight at 8 o’clock. After several weeks of street darkness, our new arc lamps will be burning on and after tonight. The delayed arc lightswitch board has arrived at last, and the new lamps were tested at the plant, Wednesday night, and today have been put in position. If nothing goes wrong the streets will be lighted again tonight, and for the first time with the improved new lamps.

Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Milliron re Oiived word yesterday from Denver, Ind., stating that their nephew, Hugh Martindale was seriously siok in a hospital at Peru. Hugh is well known here, his parents at one time having been residents of Rensselaer. Mrs. A. Leopold slipped on the ice at their residence on Front street, Tuesday, and received a severe fall, causing the dislocation of one of her wrists. Yesterday Miss Julia Leopold also got a very hard fall, in about the same place She was badly stunned for a while, but no bones-were broken or dislocated.

Up in the 13th district John L Moorman, the able editor of the Ku ox Republican, has been elect ed district chairman and state oommitteman, after one of the hardest contests ever held for that position. He represented Congressman Brick’s interests and the other side the opposition. Moorman won by only one vote majority. Ed Rhoads, the grocer, who bps occupied a room in one of the old wooden buildings on the north side of Washington street for quite a number of years past, has arranged to move into much more commodious and convenient quarters. He has rented the room iu Bedford’s building, formerly occupied by Laßue’s racket store department, and will move into the same Saturday night, and be ready to re-open in his new location next Monday morning.

Auditor Leatherman publishes his first delinquent tax sale notice, this week. The list is very small this year being less than half as large as last year, and it was not very large last year. Several of the townships have only two or three delinquencies, and the town of Wheatfield has none at all. The tax sale comes on Monday, February Bth and by that time practically the whole list will ba paid off.

Our old friend Zero paid Jasper county another visit last night, though he did not make his stay quite so long nor his presence quite so offensively prominent, as on several fromer occasions, this winter. The extreme low mark was not quite two degrees below, during the night, and by morning it was about that much above the zero mark. This makes the eleventh time zero has been reached or exceeded, this winter? Today the weather has moderated very materially, and good bob-riding for the lads and lasses is in prospect.

At the M. E. ladies rummage sale Jan. 15 and 16, they will have several good second hand sowing machines, also good organ suitable for school. w

j A suggestion is made to the effect that the next Democratic tariff plank shall declare for. ‘'equal privileges to all, revenues limited to tka necessities of the government aod an equitable adjustment of exorbitant duties.” This is about as meaningless as a plank could be, and iu view ol some very vivid recollections of Democratic statesmanship in action which are still doing business among the votertf a meaningless tariff declaration in the next Democratic national platform would be about the best kind.

It pays to trade at Wm. Schle man’s The Democrats began suits Monday, in both Dearborn and Boone counties, to test the legality of the new state apportionment laws, which they claim to be grossly unfair in many particulars. The oases will be pushed through the circuit courts and into the Supreme court, as early as possi ble, in order to get the matter decided before the nominations for state legislators are made If the new apportionment is declared invalid, the last previous apportionment will remain in effect. The best buggies for least money at Sohleman’s.