Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1904 — Other Places [ARTICLE]

Other Places

The city of South Bend has offered a reward of S3OO for the capture of James Kenny, alias James Costello, alias Yoikey, upon whom the crime of murdering Druggist William Runyan at his store in that city on February 20, has been fixed by the confessions of Mr, and Mrs Charles Krienke. The Lamar Register has an account of quite an interesting social function there in the way of..an anniversary celebration, The same being given by our former townspeople, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Sayler, on the evening of March Bth, on the 27th anniversary of their marriage. Some 40 people or more werß present and they were finely entertained by fine musio, ohoioe refreshments, and cards Handsome and useful presents for the worthy couple were also much in evidence.. A few days ago McCutohen bad an elaborate cartoon depicting the funeral of Old Winter whose death was described as the result of a oomplex fracture of the backbone. The undertaker and everybody in the prooession, except the coal man, was enjoying the funeral immensely, as were also the citizens along the line. Today MoCutobeon takes it all back, and Old Winter is book on deok, eavage as ever,' with a new backbone in plaoe, and using the broken pieoes of his old one, as weapons. MoCutcheon is on his knees trying to square it with the old villain by begging his pardon. Ernest Shortridge, of Hammond, who is the Republican chairman of Lake Co., came down yesterday on the 2. p. m. train to represent ; his county at the district committee meeting. He is a native Jasper county boy, and would liked to have stayed here to meet some of his old acquaintances, but the pressure of his duties as official stenographer for the Lake, Porter aud LaPorte superior court would not pormit it. He is a son of, Ireneus Shortridge and wasborn and largely raised in Keener township. He is a rising young man, and will continue to be heard from in the affairs of his community.

The Republican call for conventions to select delegates to the state and congressional district contentions, has been issued by Chairman Williams and Secretary Leopold. It has been found advisable to divide the county into ten districts, each district to have one delegate to each of these conventions. Heretofore these state delegates, and sometimes the congressional, have been elected at the county conventions, but as the statQ committee has issued orders against this method, this division into districts, is the best way that could be adopted. Republican voters should . read this call carefully to find “where they are at” and to learn where they will go to ,help elect their delegates ofi Saturday April 2nd.