Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1904 — CITY AND VICINITY [ARTICLE]

CITY AND VICINITY

TUESDAY Mrs. C. B. Miller of Goshen, Ind. is visiting her parents Mined Mrs. M. Y, Slaughter south of town. Maroh has not nsed us at all bad no far, and today is so fine that it is better than $lO in any man’s pooket, just to be alive. Miss Bartha Biyer, who resigned -her plaoe as teaoher here on account of poor health, left for her tome at Terre Haute, today. The Monticello light and water plants have got in notion again, after about a week’s shut-down, on account of the high water. The heus’ have warmed up to their spring work in good shape, and as a result the retail price of eggs here has been out square in two in the middle. Namely from 60 cents ddwn to 15 cents. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Williams and eight children of near Wolcott took the train here today for their future home at Devili Lake, North Dakota, where they can grow np, and increase in number, with the country.

Mnj Robert Geety, of the U. 8 army, will be here Wednesday night, to inspect oompaoy M, and the captain wants every man to be in line. The Major is coming considerably sooner than was expected. Rev. E. Taylor, of near Laura, pastor of the United B ethren churches at Parr and Brushwood, was in town today. He and Rev. J. Vandecar, of Dunnville have been conducting a revival at Brushwood for some time past, the meetings at which are being well attended. Joe Jackson, the bus line magnate sold one of his lots on North Van Rensselaer St. Monday to Mrs. J. T, Randle. The price was $550. Mrs. Randle expeots to build a tenant house on the lot, we understand. Our former townsman, Rev. W. H Sayter, who has been looated in different towns in Michigan for quite a number of years, now orders his Republican sent to Firth, Nebraska, a place where, as we remember, he preached for some time before he went to Miohigan. Trnman Beam, accused of the murder of Martha Lawrenoe. in Porter oonnty, is again a free man the case against him having been dismissed, Monday. He had two big and very expensive trials, and both times the jury disagreed and the Porter Oonnty Council would not appropriate any more money to try him again. The Military Band was on the streets this forenoon, playing several selections by way of advertising the Jansen Carnival Company entertainment for tonight, wbioh is for the band’s benefit. Their excellent playing was remarked upon by all who ■ were fortunate enough to hear it, John Hack, the celebrated contractor, came down from Lowell today. He has been housed up about all winter with hie old trouble, the asthma, and at one time had his grips paoked to go to Colorado, but got so bad he couldn’t travel, and so had to stay at home. His dredge work on the Bcott Cooper ditch has been going on most of the winter, in spite of the hard freezes, and he now has a good stretch of the dredging completed.

When yon want to get a supply of the strongest poison made, don’t believe the druggist When he tells you he has “something else just as good” when you ask for cyanide of oaoodyl. It is the deadliest poison known. Three grains thrown into a Urge roam fuU of people will kill them all instantly. The air in a tight box mixed with a milliontn part of its volume of the vapor of this substance killed four dogs, one after the othei as fast as they oould be chucked into it. F- E. Martin, of Kniman, was in town today. He has lately moved there from Watson, 111, and in partnership with his brother Harvey Martin, is in the real-estate and furniture business at Kuiman, although the brother owns and cultivates a half section of land close to Kniman. He evidently is a hastier from Hastleville, judging from the way he branohes out in advertising, he eeing at one ti me last year in as many as 100 different papers. He is a eon of W. H. Martin, who now owns and occupies a large farm in Hanging Grove township. The long smouldering fires of hostility between those traditional enemies the Sophs aod Freebies, broke out at the eohool house, this morning, owing to the appearance of a Soph banner, with sknll and cross.bones painted thereoD, banging high on ajelepbone pole in premeditated defiance of the Freshies to take it down. The battle hong long in the balanoe « until one of theohief champions of the Sophs was, in nautical phrase, pat out of action by a torpedo hole, otherwise a huge tear in bis nether garments, following whioh dire casualty the viotorionß Freshiee settled the pole and oarried away the banner in triumph. David Hazen, of Francesville, and C. B. Gordon, of Effingham, 111., were here t.day closing up the transfer o f Uncle David’s 200 acre farm in this county, which Mr. Gordon bought for $15,000, or $77.50 per acre. Mr Hazen has bought a big tract of land way up in Assiniboia, Canada, and is going up there in a few weeks, to open up his spring work He takes another family and his sons to work the land. Some idea of the scale he expects to begin work on, may be had from the fact that he has just been down to Indianapolis and bought a steam gang plow, which plows nine furrows at a time, and is warranted to turn over 20 acres in a day of ten hoars. The £low will cost him $2,000 by the time it reaches hie farm, which includes S4OO tariff to the Canadian government

WEDNESDAY Walter Imes of Huntington, Ind. is here for a short visit with his father, W. J. Imes. Born, Saturday March sth to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nagel, southwest of town, a daughter. W. 0. Milliron was called to Denver, Ind., yesterday on account of his mother's sickness. 0. E- Mills made a trip down to Seymour, south of Indianapolis, Tuesday, on legal business. The Bird Concert, to have been given at the M. E. church March 15th has been postponed about two weeks, on aoc junt of the sioktiess of some of the songsters. The new date will be announced soon

Tony Striokfcden left today tor Hot Spriug Arkansas for a several weeks treatment for rebnmatism. C. Hanson has moved from Front street into the Mrs. W. J. Hopkins property on south Weston street Mrs. Nancy Towers went to Danville, 111., today for an extended stay with her daughter Mrs. Ida Thornton. Mr and Mrs. Geo. Dunn, of Wichita, Kansas, came today for an extended visit with her parents, Mr and Mrs. Granville Moody. Miss Hattie and Thomas Eiglesbach, of Chicago, came home today to attend the funeral of their grandmother, Mrs. Barbara Eiglesbach The Twenty-second session of the Northern Indiana Teacher’s assoc ation will be held at Winona Lake, Warsaw, on April 7th, Bth and 9th. Mrs, Hettie Reynolds was oalled to Chalmers today on aooonnt of the serious sickness of her brother-in-law, Ben Reynolds, a former resident of Rensselaer, Augustus Stimson, a former well known Jasper county resident was in town today. He now owns and occupies a farm ia Porter county, near Valparaiso. Roe Yeoman, student at Purdue has sufficiently recovered from his attack of pneumonia to return home, yesterday afternoon. He was accompanied by his mother, who has been with him for several weeks. A very large audience attended the performance of the Jansen Carnival Company, at the opera house last night. The entertainment they give is very enjoyable and high class in every way. The Military Bind will derive abont SSO or more, dear money, as their share of the proceeds*

There was more class trouble at the school house this morning, and as is only too apt to be the oase, the boys went too far in their exoite* ment, and some considerable damage was done to sohool property. Such ns a oostly door look broken, some windows broke, and probably %ome slates on the roof The boys bad either better quit now entirely or have their class tumults remote from the sohool bouses. “Hello Deacon, have you got your two-step yet?” iB now quite a popular salutation among the more jocular oburoh members, sinoe the little item in The Republican a few days ago. Really however we guess no deacons or elders are taking danoing lessons, nor very many ohuron members, in comparison with those who are not. As to what the ministers think about it, the statement four of them publish elsewhere is sufficiently self explanatory. The old jail at Winamao has been torn away to make room for ouilding a new s'.rcotnre, and hr the interim Sheriff Wendth had utilizing an old Pennsylvania freight oar for Pulaski oonnty safe keeping purposes. Beveral tramps and a prisoner aooased of obioken stealing were confined therein. A few days ago a Pennsylvania freight crew ooupled op with the Pnlaski oonnty jail, and it disappeared in the direction of Chicago carrying the hobos and the ohioken thief with it. No reward is offered for retnrn of either jail or contents.

THURSDAY Born, Wednesday Mar. 9ih, to Mr. and Mrs. John Bush, in the uorthwest part of town, a daughter. Beech Peterson did not go to Kansas City, as reported, but only to Chicago, and returned home last night. The paper train engine went lame this morning and the train did not arrive here until after 7 o’clock, or over two hours late. Wm. Pruett, of Jordan tp., will turn over his farm to his son to cultivate, and is arranging to move to Michigan- He will have a public sale on Thursday March 17tb.

Mrs. T. H. Robinson went to Wheatfield today for a few days visit. A representative of the Junior and Freshman olasses oalled at this office to deny that anyjdam age was done at the school house Wednesday morning, when a flig representing those olasses was put oq the building. We are not accusing any particular boys or olasses, but we think-vis the boys will refer to the janitor they will find the damage has been doner* by some one and that it is probably a result of the class controversies. Rev. J. A. Cochran will preach hie farewell sermon at the F. W. Baptist ohnroh Sunday evening at T p. m. Maroh 13th, the text will be "Finally brethren farewell” found in 2 Cor 13 11. This service will dose a pastorate of 20 months, in whioh there have been 34 members added to the ohnroh. He has been oalledjto Ormns, Ind. where he will take charge of the F. W. Baptist ohnroh at that plaoe. Major Robert Geety, of the Ist U. S. infantry, of Fort Brady, Mich., inspected Company M. last night. The boys did not torn out as largely as they should have done, and only 38 were in line. The Major found their equipments in fine condition, and the affairs of the company in good shape generally, but the boys still need a good deal of praotice in handling their uew guns.