Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1904 — CITY AND VICINITY [ARTICLE]

CITY AND VICINITY

TUESDAY Chaa. D j aa and I. A. Leave! went to Wabash today on business. Mrs. David if ilton, near the depot. is reported seriously sick. FrankCostigan, Prea. of Canton Bridge Co., was here yesterday on business. Miss Rene of Evanston, who has been nursing Mrs EL. L. Brown returned home today. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Uim r turned home today, from a two months’ visit with relatives in Ohio. Mrs. F. Monnett, of Evanston, cams yesterday for a few davs’ vis > with her daughter, Mrs. H L. Brown. Here is a temperance lecture. Out nf every one hundred alcoholics who have pneumonia, seventy die. while of one hundred nonalcoholics so attacked only twenty three die. Mrs. James Maloy, sick with pneumonia at the home of her son, Dr. Bernard Maloy, at Steger, Id , ■was improving at last reports The reports regarding Mrs. Bernard Maloy, however, are still 'Uniformly discouraging. Will Imes, of Hammond, visited his family here last night and to■day left on a trip to New Orleans. Ha will visit his sou Bib, the youthful j >ckey, who has a horse riding engagement there, and also transact soma other business matters. Shelby Comer, of 7 or 8 miles north, came in and produced ticket No. 620, which made him the owner of a fine new Majestic range, at £ D. Rhoades’ hardware store. As it happened Shelby did not need the range, having bought one just like it in October, but Mr Rhoades showed him '‘something else just as good," and he went home ‘‘happy as a lark” And probably a good deal happier than those two particular larks of little judgement elsewhere mentioned as braving the terrors of this arctic winter in this vicinity. By the way this very ticket on which Shelby drew the range was one of those he received when he bought the other range, in October.

And now come "Jin” Wright Doo Kannal, and various other nuhappy victims of the confirmed hunting habit, who pick up and turn over every winter bird in Jasper countv at least once every year to examine them for indications of being qnails in disguise, and they scout the idea that the two meadow larks seen last week bv H. J. Dexter, are indications that spring is coming down the pike at a sure aud rapid rate. These same lorn larks, they joint iy and severally declare, have been hereedhwinter, and that they have seen them with their own eyes and turned them over with their own feet. Moreover they declare that some meadow larks stay over every winter and moreover they plainly intimate that in their opinions meadow larks are no more reliable judges of the weather than a man who does not know enough to come into the house when it rains. And in view of the fact, which they seem to have fully established that these larks had no more sense than to stay in Jasper during such a winter as thia, we are disposed to agree with them in this very unfavorable view of their weather judging abilities.

February is keeping up the the pace all right. The first day was 10 below z«ro, The second brings a howling blizzard.

WEDN.SDAY Mrs. Bertha O’Neil of Chicago came last evening for an extended visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. E M Parcels. The 3:30 p. m. train north yesterday was snow bound at Brookston, and over three hours late when it reached here Mrs. Grace Churchill, of Randall Minn., is visiting relatives here and Monticello and went to the latter place, this afternoon. Mr and Mrs Frank Burns, a young couple married last summer left today for their future home in Pulaski cou »ty, where they have rented a farm near Oik po-t office

Last night was another very cold one, the lowest temperature recorded by the U S thermometer being a little below five degrees below zero At 639 this morning it was three Lelow The union revival meetings at the M. E and Presbyterian churches still continue and with excellent attendance considering the bad weather. The meetings have been in the Presbyterian building for a number of evenings past, and will begin tonight in J the M. E church The only favorable prophecy for February weather yet seen, that seems btsed on sound reason, is in one of the Indianapolis papers, which asserts that there wi 1 not be as much co d weather in February as there was in January, because it is two days shorter. But even about that prophecy there is a goo I deal of guesswork.

Ben Preble has sold his barber business, on Cullen street, to Leonard Tullis ,<.f southwest of town, who has quit farming and just had a public sale. Mr. Tu lis will move to town and take personal charge of the shop, retaining the services of Sam Hendrickson who is now working in the shop. Mr. Preble intends to move to North Dakota in the- spring,—if we ever have one

The beautiful snow had its beautiful complexion badly covered up with dirt yesterday, which came in with the blizzird from the northwest. It is a puzzle where the dirt came from, but perhaps someone one out in that direction will discover they have lost several acres of more or less valuable soil, aud then the puzzle will be solved.

Even in Sou'hern California the people are not always satisfied with the kind of weather they get, though'"tbiß time it seems their pleasant weather is too plenty to be profitable. The usual winter rains have not appeared and the people are becoming greatly concerned thereat. It is also stated that all the churches in Los Angeles were to make a concerted prayer for rain. Disclaiming any intention to epsak irreverently, we still would suggest that if the prayers of the good people out there prove effective in changing meteorological conditions, we wish, after they get their own weather prayed into * shape to suit them that they would bead off a few of the blizzards and cold wave* that are afflicting the old Hoosier state.

Mrs. B. Forsythe returned home last evening after a week’s visit at New Philadelphia, Ohio. Charles Harmon went to Pontiac, 111., his o’d home, this morning, for a few days visit with relatives.

Warren Washburn returned to Goodland today after a short visit with Lis mother, Mrs. Martha Washburn.

M s Michael Schneider, of Cleveland, Ohio, arrived today, called by notice that her aged mother Mrs. John Bislosky Br., west of town, was very low. The Ist day of February was a cold wave; the second day a blizzard, the 3rd both cold wave and blizzard. Surely February is keeping up the pace. Rev. J. A. Cochran, of the F. W. Baptist church it jnbw holdings revival meeting at his Parr congregation, with a good attendance and much interest manifested. Hun. Wm. 0. Wnitney, of New j York, secretary of the navy under Cleveland, and one of the ablest Democrats in the country, died Tuesday, while under aenestbetics, preparatory to an operation for appondeoitis.

Sylvester S. Morris, a farmer living near Burdick, in Porter county, hanged himself in the jail at Valparaiso, early Monday morning. He was insane, and was being held pending the commencement of proceedings to send him to an asylum, He was 55 years old.

Architect 0. R. Weatherhogg was over from Fort Wayne, today, holding another meeting with the library board, to settle some details of the specifications for the proposed building. The question of healing the building was principally under discussion, and evoked quite a variety of opinions. Leonard Tullis had a public sale Tuesday, at b'S place about seven miles southwest. It was a good sale in spite of the bad weather, most of the property selling at gefod prices. The sale footed Up about SBOO. Today Wesley Price, in Barkley has a sale, and tomorrow, J. H. Rusk, in the same township.

THURSDAY W. H. Parkison went to La Fcyette today on business. J. H. Fedde of Momence, 111 id here toddy on business. Mies Daisy Danton of Carpentersville, 11l , returned home today after a two weeks visit with Miss Flora Harris.

Uncle Jim Randle quite sick at the home of his son J >hn, in Hanging Grove but is somewhat improved. Mrs. Randle who is at her home here, is also in poor health, and has been unable to be with him in his sickness.

Ed Randle, sou of James T. Randle, who has owned and occupied a farm in Hanging Grove for a number of years past, has effected a land trade, for a part of the old Randle home farm in Barkley, and they are moving over there to day. ‘‘Little Sam” Parker will occupy the place in Hanging Grove they moved out of.

Mrs. Minerva Warner, wife of Martin V. B. Warner, both former residents of Rensselaer died on Jan. 25tb, at her home in Alpha, Boise county, Idaho. The cause of her death was appoplexy, and her age was about 70 years. Her maiden name was Lewis, and she was a sister to the once much noted "Big Bis” Thornton, of this vicinity. She was buried at Nampa Idaho, some 9Q miles distant from Alpha.