Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1904 — THE WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE]

THE WEEK'S DOINGS

TUESDAY W. A. Huff went to Crawfordsville, his old home, today. Rev. A. G. Work went to Brookston, his former looa’ion on a business trip today. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Hallier and eon, of near Baum’s bridge made one of their rare visits to Rensse laer today. The bass are beginning to bite in.the river now, though so far as > heard from they dinot bite unjone who lets them alone. Spring is now fairly launohed out, and in good shape, and surely no finer weather need be wishc d for, than the past few days. Frank Lear, the old reliable, is here this week. Leave orders for sewing m whine and gasoline stove cleaning, and repairs at Huff’s. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Kenton ' and son Charley left today for Mitchell, 8 >uth Dakota, in which vicinity they expect to spend the summer. The city election is passing off very quietly today. The vote will likely be rather light. At 3 p m.. the number voted was 150 at the Ist ward, 100 at the 2nd and 140 at the 3rd. Mr. and Mrs. Wm M. Hoover left for Franklin? Johnson Co., this afternoon, to attend the wedding of a neice, Miss Maroia J. Adams, who on Wednesday evening, will be married to a young man of that vicinity, Ernest M. Pritchard. J. F. Major, our retiring county clerk, with wife and son, took their final departure today, for their future home in Maoklenburg county, Virginia, where Mr Major bought a large farm acme trine ego. Mr. Mq'ar and his family will take with them the respeot and good wishes of the entire community. W. W. Watson, the U. 8. special pension agent, was in town a short time today, He was down in Mississipi recently, visiting bis old friend Tom Farden in his winter home, and what is more he bought 600 acres of land right adjoining Tom’s big tract, He believes he has secured a great investment there. The following relatives of the deceased from other places were here to attend the O. E. Mills funeral Monday afternoon. Mrs. D. O. Mills, his mother, from Ottowa, 111., Miss Phoebe Mills, sister, and Richard D., Mills, brother, of Ottowa, and Horace, another brother of Grand Ridge, 111. Mrs. Mills relatives present were, Mr. , and Mrs. Wm. Gray, her sister and husband of Chicago, and John D. Smith her brother, of Ottowa, 111.

WEDNESDAY Boro, MondayJMay 2nd, to Mr. and Mrs. Miobael Godfrey, in the northwest part of town, a daughter. Rev. and Mrs. 0. W. Poe till of Remington returned home today after a short visit with his mother Mrs. 0. Haas. Mrs. J. H. Kinney, who has been with her daughter Mrs. F. L. Chiloote, at South Bend, since last year, arrived home today. Wonderful is the advance made by all hinds of vegetation and foliage during the past few days, sinoe spring has arrived for sure.

Mrs. Wm. Meyer returned home last evening after a few days ’visit with her son Frank at Danville. J. J. Hunt, as attorney, ha» gone to Indianapolis today to arrange for the surety company bond of $ >20,000 for J. H. Chapman, as assignee of the McCoy bank. I. J. Porter has now improved sufficiently from his attack of par al v sis to be able to ride over to his store every day. He also gets about with a cane with considerable facility. He was laid up for five weeks. Joe Kight came down from Thayer today, for the first time since he met with a terribit i jury six or seven months, ago, when he had both legs broken and crushed, in an accident witha stump pulling machine* The measles still prevails mightily amonz the school children, and the second crop, so to speak is now being harvested Otherwise the disease has got into qpme of the high school c'asses, and has claimed quite a number of victims Theta are said to be over a hundred cases of smallpox at Etna Green, Kosciusko county, and the state board of health has threatened to take a hand in affairs there if better conditions are not at once brought about. Ten members of the old Fortysixth Indiana volunteer infantry have died since the last reunion of the regiment held in Logansport, last November. All of the deoeas ed were at that meeting and one of them was Dr. I. B. Washburn, of our city. < The delegates at the judicial, convention at Brook today, are getting the worth of the money in balloting The fifth was taken about 3.30 and the vote then stood .about like this. Sink 9, Cummings 9, Blue 6, Graves 5, Guy 4. These figures may not be exact, but approximately correct. Blue started in with 10 votes.

Later; Graves of Morocco, was nominated, at 4,45 p. m. The Board of Health in Wabash has forbidden the delivery of milk in bottles and orders a retnrn to the old method of dipping from cans. It states that several cases of oontagiouq diseases have been communicated by the ute of the bottles and tickets. All milk checks must be of aluminum and stejilized at least once a day. Otis Teeter, a boy only a litlte more than 13 years old, was sentenced by Judge Palmer, at Monticello, to the Reform School until he is 21. The boy piled a lot of ties on the Panhandle tracks near Monticello nearly causing a wreck. It waa his plan to pile on the ties then pretend to have discovered them there, then give the alarm and pose as ahero. The railroad’s detectives had already plenty of experience with that same kind of performances however and they soon had the boy in a corner where he oosfessed the whole thing.

THURSDAY • • E. L. Hollingsworth went to Monticello today on business. Miso Dena Gangloff, east of town, has a mild case of typhoid fever. Temperature at noon today, 81 degrees. It is the first time above 80 since Oct 2, Banker J. W. Burgett, of Fran

oesvi He, and our t .Finer to wnsman, was in town today. Mrs. Sarah Cowgill went to Now Philadelphia this morning for an extended visit with relatives Mrs. Myrtle R. Beede, of Tipton Io left for her home today after a several weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth. Martin Burns, of Kingman Co., Kans., is he? e for a few days visit with his brother, W. W. Burns, of Barkley. Work on the Public libra’y building id now in progress, the ground being clear and excavation for-the foundation being under way. Rev J. M. Elam, at tne Christian church, will preach especially to young man, next Sunday evening. His subject will be “Sidetracked.” Mrs. M. 8. C arke of Lincoln Neb., who has been here for ajfew weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. D. E. Hollister went to Manchester this morning, for a short visit before returning’home. Judge Thompson still proposed new business block in contemplation, though has not yet let a contract for it. If he builds it will be two stories high, 70 feet long and 40 feet wide, providing for two good store rooms, on the ground floor. .

Dennis Gleason & Son find it a little slow buying a car load of horses this trip, many of the farmers are using them in their business. However by persistent effort they are picking up’’a car load, and will ship Saturday night. Good horses and good money are closely related terms now, and some they have bought cost them as much as S2OO. Jamas Flynn is again back in the Rensselaer mill. And is the whole thing there, in point of fact. D. A. Stoner, who came back from Wichita a couple of weeks ago and took charge on account; of Me, Flynn having an intention of going into some other business, closed up a contract Wednesday, whereby the entire mill is leased to Mr. Flynn, and he is now in full charge thereof. The mill still remains the property of J. H. Hun ( zinger, of Wichita, Kans. Winamac Journal: Our fellowcitizen, Mr. Carl Sterabarg, is one of the luckiest men alive. b Just a few days before the McCoy bank at Rensselaer failed Mr. drew from the bank $3518, with which to pay his dredge ditch hands at Fair Oiks. As he had an even $3500 oh deposit, it happens that he is a debtor Jo the bank in the sum of $lB. But that wasn’t all of our friend Sternberg’s good luck. The next day after the Hank closed its door®, he went to Rensselaer with SBOO in his pocket for deposit, but he was “looked out” and thus again kind fate interposed to save him from a great loss.