Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1904 — CITY AND VICINITY [ARTICLE]

CITY AND VICINITY

TUESDAY _ Simon' Fendig and Joe Hammond, of Wheatfield, are here today on business. Born, Saturday. February 20th, to Mr. and Mrs Tom Turner, near the ball park, a daughter. Mrs. D Harris and children of Cra*fordsville, returned home today after a several days’ visit with lier sister, Mrs. Mont Burk. Born, Monday February, 22nd, to Mr and Mrs Clarence Maxwell, on tho Bi 1 Bak r farm north of town, a daughter, and an 11 pounder. Mrs. Anna Conkey, a woman of 1 the advanced age of 92 years is * hopelessly sick from old age, at the residence of Charles Platt, on Van Rensselaer street Miss Laura Stanley the young ladywho accidently shot herself in the hand, at the Makeever House, last Friday night, returned to her home near Morocco, ~today. Mr. and Mrs. John Bowers, of Sunmao, lud , are here visiting her Mrs. Anson Cbupp and Miss Velma Tucker, oomiog mainly on account of the siokness, who is now improving very satis- - faotorily. , This warm weather thaws the drummers out, and starts them running first of au> thing. The town hotels are so full of them that it is hard for anyone ese to squeeze into the dining rooms, and overy train brings in a fresh assortment. The “Missouri Gir.” to show here on March Ist. or perhaps to “be shown” would be better since ehe is from Missouri, is being advertised to beat all records. Two ad>anco advertising agents are ■ here or her show today and are pu ting up 500 sheets of paper. From present appearances there wi'l be two, and perhaps three Newton county candidates for the Republicans nomination for Prosecutor. They are John D Sink, ./of Rose Lwn, the present incumbent, R-y Cummings, of Kent and, and perhaps Orth Graves, of Morocco Last night the mercury struck another steep up-grade and had reached 85 degrees by morning, and 43 by three o’clock this afternoon. The warm weather has got the snow on the run again but prob- . ably enough will be left for seed, for the inevitable northwest winds are scheduled for tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Fritts arrived from Dunkirk, lafit night, and will again make their permanent home here, Mr. Fritts taking charge of his father-in-law. John Alter’s oandy store, while he takes charge of rural route No. 3, be ginning March Ist. Their goodt have not arrived yet, and for the present they will remain with Mr liter’s family. Frederick W. Job, of Chicago, quite well known here from his visits to his special friend, Delos Thompson, is a very prominent participant in the big convention . of the Citizens’ Industrial Convention now in session at Indianapolis, and his picture appears in today’s Star. The Association represents the employers of the •country, and is especially organizing to oppose oertain proposed legislation in Congi ess, the eight hour bill in particular; and Mr. 4- Job was selected as one of a committee of three to go to Washington to oppose the bill.

James Rush has sold his Nowe's House hack line outfit and business to Tom Owen formerly of the Gifford region. The transfer was made today. Mr. Owen wilt not move to town for a few weeks, and his famila will go on a prolonged visit to friends in Illinois. Mr. Rush will return to his farm about two miles west of Monon, and to which his family have already preceded him, G. O. Pumpbrey eold his farm

in Newton oounty preparatory to buying IheGiffjrJ 80. Dortheast of town, thereby in iffeof, moving his landed poessssions many miles nearer bis home The farm ir rented for this year to Anthony Trully, who a'so has rented the adjaoent 160 acres, just sold by Vlr G fford to J iraes 1 Hallignn. Mr. Pumphrey intends to extensively improve his farm and to begin the improvement by a thorough system of tiling.

Russell Barmon, son of Jerome Barmon. celebrated his 13th birthday, last night, by a party attended bv all the other newspaper carrier boys in town, and also his employer, Christie Vick. There were eight, of the “newsies” present and eight of those lads can be numerous enough for twenty ordinary boys. They had a good time though and at supper time it came natural for them to want ~ttr handle a second edition of everything that came out Orlando Finney formerly of this city, but for some time past head manager of La Rue Brother’s branch store, at Rose Lawn, has terminated his engagement there and has begun traveling for Steele, Wedeles & Co., a Chicago grocery house. Bis territory is the Indiana gas belt, with hi ad quarters at Kokomo, to which place ho will remove his family. Jesse Fox, also formerly of Rensselaer, will succeed him as hsad manager of the Rose Lawn store.

Still another Jasper oounty man has the bouorof having his picture iu the Indianapolis Star. It ia Squire Charley Bussell, of Hanging Grove, the mighty wolf slayer. The pioture he had made of himself and the big wolf he killed reoently and sent to the State Geologist appears in that paper, today, in d >uble column size. It is a good pioture of the redoubtable Squire and bis trusty gun, nor has the wolf any just grounds to complain that bis pioture is not natural, but a oritter with his big row of teeth sticking out, need never expect to be depioted as a beauty.

WEDNESDAY

Born, this Wednesday, Feb. 24, to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Sbeffer, at Parr, a son. The funeral .of Mrs. Mary A. Thomas will be held at the residence tomorrow, at 2:30 p m. Miss Donna Harmon returned home last night after five weeks visit with relatives at Pontiac, 111. Miss Constance Adams went to Chicago today where she has a 1 position in Gage Brothers millinery house. Tuesday’s thaw was cut very short by a ohange of wind to northwest last night The temperature fell from 42 to 19 a difference of 24 degrees in about 12 hoars. Today’s highest was 23 degrees.

i Mr and Mrs. Geo P. Ketchnm returned home today from their week’s bridal visit in Chicago A. Leopold is about to erect a good brick building at Wolcott, to accommodate the post-office and a store J -C. Frazee, of Peru, lud., is here for a few days’ visit, and looking alter his farms in Barkley towns ip v ' rs Korah Park-r returned 1 home Saturday night from three ! weeks’ treatment at Hunter’s Sprin-s. Id- r health is very much improved Today was Mr. and Mrs. Norman Warner’s 47th. wedding «nniversary. Their sons and their fami ies ad took dinner with them, in honor of the event. Tweuty thousand pounds oF bnUer-is a good d-nl to send out ia one shipment but that is wbnt B. 8. Fendig shippel a few days Hgo It rn <de a our loid. J. T. Miller started to oar his his goods yest-rday, to move to Michigan, but owing to a bt okade near Beuton Harb >r, be took them out again, and is waiting for notice that, the road is clear again.

Tue bens are b j ginoing t,i feel the approach of spring and already heir mor-aHed out-put of eggs has oaused a considerable reduction in priee. Ffere the silling prion lias fallen from 30 cents to 25 per dozen and another right w«rm day will knock i ff another five cents. Mre. O C McClure and children have returned from North Oaroli a, and Mr Mc ! lure wi l join them later They did not like conditions there will enough to make it their permanent resid nee.

A. Fulliger, of Chicago, was here yesterday, tryiug to buy of Dh>l<>B Tuomp-ton his celebrated trut'er Kindest for President MoDoel. of the Mm m The deal whs not consummated and Mr. FtiNiger stated that he would iry-ttiiHin, later. Mr and Mrs Geo A. Borntrager, the latter formerly Miss Margaret Jurbis, returned home last night from a week’s bridal visit in Chicago They will live on the Kannal farm, “about two miles south of town. They were married on Tuesday of la t week, iu the Catholic church at Remington

A North Manchester saloonkeeper named Lautzenhiser has sued seven members-of the Antisa oon league at that place for $5,000 alleging that they destroyed his business by employing minors to frequent bis salon, placed men on guard to watch the place when the minors entered and also made false affidavits The defendants are all prominent locally.

THURSDAY

Uncle Job English of Brook, is visiting his brother John, here today Lewis Baltz, of Hoopeston, 111., is visiting his boyhood friend, •Tudeon Maines, for a few days. Mrs. Chas Dunlap,of Bloominging. 111., came last evening for a several days’ visit with T. F. Dunlap’s family It is now given out with seeming reliability that the marriage of Mr. Frank Bruner and Miss Laura Stanley will take place on March 15th.

Mr and Mrs. A B. Rowley left for Elmira, N Y. today, to attend the funeral of W. D. Brown, a cousin of Mr. Rowley’s and who died on Sunday. They will be ' gone until next Monday or Tuesday. Miss Blench Antrim, a former teacher in the oonaty schools, and I who has bean in failing heaith for some time past, is now very low at the home of bar aunt, Mrs, Jesse Ball, north of the railroad. No hopes are entertained for her recovery. She is a daughter of Geo. B. Antrim, formerly of DeMotte, and still farther babk, engaged in the restaurant business in Rensselaer.

i Miss Hattie Phegley went to ’ Monticello yesterday for a few days’ visit with relatives Miss May Bayes, of Muncie, came today for a few days’ visit with Mr and Mrs. C. D Norman. Miss Josephine Jayne a traveling director of home talent plays will arrive here tomorrow Feb. 26 W. L. Noweis bad a pnblio sale at his plaoe in Jordan fp. t Wednesday. It was a good Bale, and, aggregated about $1,4U0 Rev D. A. Tucker left for ais boms at Bortonsville, Wis., today, Bis daughter Velma, whose siokues j called him here, is now much improved. Peter McDaniel, a well known resident of some miles south of town, passed through here today, with quite a procession of wagons, moving to a farm he bought near Kersey, some time ago.

Quite a large display of the art w,.rfc of the pnpila of. PUT- oiiy schools has beeu ou exhibition at the post office for some time past. The pictures show a very creditable proficiency iu both ptintiug and drawing and crayon work. All of it is good and some remarkably exoelleut for such . young pupils to have executed The cold wave following the warm and stormy one, earlier in the week, readied its lowest point at 10degrees above zero, last night; and reasonable hop j s can now be entertained that we will have no more zero weather this winter. The next number on the weather program is another snow storm, according to the weather bureau today, and warmer again tomorrow. CLmstable Christie Vick went up ioto Wbeatfieid tp., Wednesday, and arrested one James Cain, who works fer Mike Dolehauty. Cain is obarged with pnfanity, the party filing the affidavit being Charles Bobatzley, a well known resident of Wheatfield »p The swearing is alleged to have taken plaoe on the 18'h of last December. The trial was set for one p. no., today before Squire Troxell. Christie brought bis prisoner down here on Wednesday evening’s milk train, whioh was four hours coming fiom Shelby to Rensselaer. If Mr. Sohatzley bad been on that train also, be no d mbt could have got good oases for profanity against the prisoner, the constable and all the other passengers. The trial is postponed to Tuesday Maroh 2nd

Call ou B O Gardner and learn som thing about Oklahoma and Lndian territory Excursions first

and third Tuesdays of each month. When there are parties to go I will go along with them and make the trip an enjoyable onie. B O Gardner, Rensselaer, Indiana,

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