Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1904 — CITY AND VICINITY [ARTICLE]

CITY AND VICINITY

TUESDAY Boro this Tuerchy morning Jan., 26th, to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Putts in the east part of town, a son. The match game of basket ball between Rensselaer and Hammond set for next Friday, at Hunmond has been postponed until tue 20th of February. The milk train this morning was about two hours late, because of the inability to get up steam. If it keeps the same gait to Chicago it would get there just about in time to turn around and come back. All the trains .practically are an hour or more late. Mrs. N. J. English of Aurora, Ind. after a three months stay with her son F. English southwest of town went to Muncie, Monday where she will rpeud the rest of winter. Mrs. Ed Mills of Chicago came Monday for a several days visit with her mother Mrs Julia Healy who returned home yesterday morning after a several weeks stay at Delphi. The Epworth League was entertained by Prof, and Mrs. Hiatt last Friday evening. About fifty persons were present. It was simply a saoial affair and no admission charged. The Prohibition address by C. E. Newlin ,of Indianapolis announced in Monday’s paper will not be held -in the Christian church Jan. 28. The time and place will be announced later. Mrs. H. W. Prince and children went to Monticello today for a few days visit after which* they will go to their new home at White Pigeon Michigan. Mr. Prince went with the household goods this morning, Mrs, A. Gangloff took her daughter Laura to Rome City where she will take treatment for nervousness at the Kaeip Institution which is conducted by the Sisters of the Precious Blood. She has been in poor health for several months. For the first time this winter Rensselaer escaped getting the hot end of the poker, otherwise the cold end, during a cold wave. Heretofore we have bad as cold weather as Chicago, but Monday night it was 17 beiow there while at Rensselaer it was only 7belowwhich is a big difference. Here last night the lowest temperature was five above zero. The snowfall Monday and Monday night was about four inches. If a man had a fifty dollar bull pup he would look after if carefully and not let it run all over town at night. But if he has a boy it iskiifferent. He is turned loose at a tender age to go to the bad, and people wonder where the big army of dead beats, bums, tramps and gamblers come from. They germinate from pure seed gathered at home, sown broadcast on the streets and alleys. The boys ought to be given a show equal with that of the bull pup.

WEDNESDAY The plans and specification for the new library building have been received, and February 18th selected as the day for letting the contracts for its oo ns traction. Miss Alta Nowele went to Brookston today for a few days - visit.

Mrs. W. J Reed, of Knox, Ind visited Rensselaer friends yesfer day. Miss Alpha James, of Wolcott, attended ’he Reed-Borutrager wedding. She will visit at the Mark Reed home for a short time Bryan Doyle of LaSalle, HL, returned home today after a Weeks visit ’with his sister, Mrs. A. J. Harmon. Assessir J. R Phillips says last night was the coldest MoOoysburg has experienced this winter the temperature there this morning b-i’ng 16 below zero Miss Frances Irwin, who has been in Storm Lake, lowa, for the past 6 mout’ s* came home last evening for a several days’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Irwin

Tbe worst calamity since the Iroquoie tbea'er fire was an explosion in a coal mine at Obeswiok. Peun., Monday morning. There were 190 men in the mine and all aie now given up ae dead. Louie Frndig, is now permanentlv located at Jacksonville, Florida, in the real-estate business in a branch office of Brobs*:on & Feudig. He writes Jacksonville is about tbe-liveliest town, north or aou’h. east or west. G. R. Smith is preparing to bui d a boufiH and barn on the 10 acre tract s iutb of town, and south of tbe ball park, which be bought <>f Earl Sayler, a few weeks ago He will rubh the building? just as soon as tbe weather'will permit.

Mrs. Charles Bojntrager and daughter Annette, ot south ot town left today for Fort Wayne, where they expect to make their residence in the future.

Mrs. Korah Parker, of Northeast of town, went to the Hunter’s spring, near Attica, today to take treatment for a few weeks. She has been in poor health for quite a long time past. Tbe Lincoln League of Indiana will bold its annual convention and banquet at Evauaville on Feb. 13th. The railroads have made a fare of one half plus 25c. Prominent epeakera from over the state will take part.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Parkison will leave San Diego the last of the month and go to Pasadena for three weeks; after that their next atop will be Fresno, and then San Francisco. Writing on Jan 21st, Uncle Ad says that was the coldeet morning they had seen at San Deigo, the thermometer being 39 degrees above zero.

Oapt. R. W. Marshall arrived home Tuesday from a two months’ stay in Southern California, mostly in San Diego, though he was in Los Angeles a short time, and among others paid a visit to Wm. Miller, a former well known resident jof Wheatfield, who has been in Los Angeles quite a number of years, and has done well. there. Mr. Marshall is quite enthusiastic about California, and hopes to get back there with bis family some day, for his permanent residence. On bis way home his train had both a head and a rear end collision as well as a side-wipe with a blizzard in Kansas, and that was the first entirely cloudy day he had seen since he left here, two months •go. People who are in the habit of depositing letters in hotels and resturants in the evening, suppos-

iag that they will be mailed on the late night trains, by the hackmen, as WB6 ' formerly done, should known that thereby they are probably delaying their letters from 8 to 12 Since the mail crane has been put in at the depot, the night mail train seldom atops here, and uulet-s letters are mailed at the post-i.ffioe and are therefore inside the mail pouch, they have to wait here until the □ext day. Letters placed in the postofflce before eight o’clock, in the evening are mailed all right. Leter than that they have to wait until tae next day, and it is no use to leave them at the hotels or Testaments expecting them to get out any sooner.

THURSDAY Mrs. H. C. Wallace, < f Chicago, returned h< me today after a short visit with Mrs. Gms Nichols. Mrs. Daisy Prffley returned to Remington today after a weeks’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Warner. Miss Gartner of Wabash returned home last evening after a several days visit with friends here. Miss Anna Sample accompanied her for a short visit. Mrs. Ray Mossier has gone to Hammond for an extended stay, to take charge of the little girl baby left by her sister, Mrs. Leo Wolff who died in the theater fire.

Mrs, James Maloy who went to visit her son Dr. Bernard Maloy, at Sieger, 111, some time ago, when their last baby was born, has been taken with pneumonia there aud is very seriouslv sickThe surviving relatives of the late Mrs- W. A, McKenzie desire to extend their very grateful tbanka for many acts of kindness, on the occasion of her sickness, death and funeral. *> Mr, and Mrs. J. E Smith, of Thorntown, Ind., and 0. A. McKenzie. of Escanaba, Mich., who were here to attend tbe funeral of Mrs. W. A McKenzie, returned to their respective homes, today

Mr. and Mrs Denver Miller, who have been visiting various relatives in this vicinity for several weeks, and the last few days with her aunt Mrs. W. 8. Parke, returned to their home at Marion today.

The union revival meetings, held alternately at the Presbyterian and M. E. churches and conducted by the respective pas tors, Revs. Work aud Kiudig are having a good attendance and a growing interest, io spite of the exceeding severity of the weather. Mrs. Maggie Halligan went to Delphi yesterday to attend tbe funeral of Mrs, Rose Knefel, an old friend, formerly Miss Rose Lyons, and well known here. She died in Chicago of pneumonia. She leaves three young children. Her mother is Mrs. Bartley Lyons of Delphi.

The announcement of Robert 8. Drake, of Hanging Grove, as a candidate for Recorder appears in this issue, and thereby an explanation is due, regarding a previous announcement, which was withdrawn. Through a misunderstanding made by the publisher, he was announced aa a candidate for the sheriff’s office, whereas his intention was to be announced as a candidate for recorder.

They had a "Gideons Day” at Valparaiso last Sunday, The Gideons are an organization for religious work composed only of commercial travelers. They do not preach but tell what Christianity has done for them in their every day life. Marshall Field, Chicago’s greatest merchant was present at the Valparaiso meeting. It is stated that bis firm will not employ a man unless he can present a letter from bis pastor showing that he is a church member in good standing. The prediction is made that in a few years all travel* ing men will be Christians; and that hotels will all be without bars, owing to their influence. The Gideons have been organized only four years, and they number 4.000.

Miss .Blanche Hoyes went to Crawfordsville today for a few days’ visit. Mr. snd Mrs. Milton Roth returned last evening after a few days'yisit at LsFayette. 9 The Epworth League subject for next Sunday, is Christian Stewardship. Leader Arthur Hilling. Mrs. Delos Thom paon entertained about 60 lady friends yesterday afternoon, at her home on Front street, with progressive euchre. Refreshments were served. Again we bad zero weather last, night, the lowest being two degreebelow. At 7 this morning it wa-. one below. Tbe predictions as we 1 1 as the judications now are for warmer weather. Charles Harriott, 20 year old son of James Gerriult. living near B. D. Comer’s place in Union tp, cut his foot very badly with an axyesterday afternoon, while cutting wood Dr. Washburn went up and dressed tffe cut. B, D. Comer went to Lafayette to attend the Corn Softool at Purdue for three or four days. All kinds of valuable knowledge for farmers, and stock and poultry raisers is ou tap there now and Barney especially wants to get some new points on Plymouth Ruck chickens.

There are no new developemente at Bedford in the Sarah Schafer murder case, and it looks now very much as though the perpertrator of the horrid deed might never be discovered. Two theories have* been held; one that she was murdered for revenge by a jealous but rejected suitor, who of course knew her well, and was waiting for her to pass that way; the other that some degenerate beast either black or white, happened to meet her there and made the attack with the intention of a criminal assault. Joe Heitger, the young Indiana University man, established a complete alibi, and is no longer under the least suspicion.

The December number of The Detective, a magazine designed as its name indicates, to circulate largely among detectives and other hunters of violators of the law, has a good picture of one Thomas Kinney alias Keefe. The picture is said to be a very life like counter-part of tbe party now in our jail here, awaiting trial for cracking a tafe at Brook. The Kinney, otherwise Keefe, described in the Detective, is depicted as quite a noted criminal, who has done time in the prisons of Ohio, Michigan and Illinois, and who was released from Joliet only last July. We guess ii is the same Keefe, all right.

It seeing likely that still another extension sooth will have to be built to the already enormously lengthy Burk’s bridge, about five miles north of town, unless it is Certain that the river ditoh will be out through soon, which would probably make any further extension unnecessary. The water has been three feet or more deep on the grade at this end of the bridge, and the few people who nave tried to oroes it have some of them got into pretty serious difficulties. Monday a man with a team of mules got stuck there and it was several hours before be got his mules out of the water, and not until the next day that he got bis wagon out. Oomrade'Fox. tbe Aix route mail carrier also essayed to oroes there Tuesday, and be also bad serious tribulation. His broncho got down in the water, and Comrade himself in rescuing her, got into the ice oold water for pretty nearly half of bis vertical extension, but be finally got out without serious damage.