Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1904 — THE WEEK’S DOINGS J [ARTICLE]

THE WEEK’S DOINGS J

FRIDAY G. W. Michaels jr., of east of sown, is visiting'friends in Logan* sport for a few days. Will Donnelly left yesterday for St. Louis to spend the Fourth at the World’s Fair. Born, Friday, July let, 1904, to Dr, and Mrs. I. M. Washburn, an eight pound daughter. Mrs. W. A. Huff, and children are visiting friends in Kentlaod, for o few days. Dan Way mire drove through to Attiea today to visit friends in and around that town.

Born, this Friday morning, J nly Ist, to Mr. and Mrs, Bert Abbott, on sonth Gallon street, a daughter. Mies Minnie ‘ Bartoo left tbie afternoon for Buffalo, N. Y.. for several weeks visit with relatives. * Miss Gsie Jackson. of Lebanon,, is visiting her sister Mrs John Jessen, for a short time.

Messrs. J. J. Montgomery and Jesse Wilson, are in Indianapolis on a short business trip, Uhole Sammy Parker who now lives 9 miles east of town is seriously siok again, he is 85 years old. July opened with a temperature of 56 degrees, this morning, or cold enough to make a fire feel pleasant. Mrs E. D 'Rhoades went to Cincinnati, Ohio, yesterday to visit her daughter Lillian, who is spending the summer there. Mrs. Julia Healy went to Chicago today, and will make hir home with her daughter, Mrs. Maud Mills, for an indefinite period. Wm. Turner, the night operator at the depot, aud wife and baby left today for .their home at Kirkland, Ind. to spend a few weeks. Joe Thornton’s little girl who has been suffering with a hip joint disease was operated on here yesterday. She is now doing very well.

Mrs. Robt, Randle and daughter Phoebe, of Mexico, Mo., came today for a stay of considerable length with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Nowels. The bicycle repair firm of Willis & Morris bas dissolved, by the retirement of Jesse Morris. Jamie Willis, the remaining member will continue the business alone, for the present. Mr. and Mrl. D. B. Nowels and son Auburn returned to their home at Lamar, 0010., this morning after an extended visit with Mr. Nowel’s father, Unole David Nowels. The Eleotrio Theater whioh has been here for the past two weeks palled down and packed up this morning and went to Fair Oaks where it will be one of the leading "Pike” features on their 4th of July celebrations Hon. Titus E. Price, of Yankton, S. Dak., left here for bis home this morning, after a few days visit with hia brothers, M. B. Price, the county surveyor, and 0. H. Prioe, at Remington, having come mainly to visit the latter, on aooonntof his siokness.' Tite is now practicing law at Yankton, and is also in politics considerably, being now, and for several years past, a member of the Bouth Dakota legislature. He is a staunch Republican. . Charley Wiltshire came down from Chicago this afternoon for a

few days’ visit with his parents. He has just returned from a visit to the St, Louis exposition, with the military company of which he is a member. Miss Irene Classon, of Ghioago, came down with him to visit his sister, Lucy. Mrs. Martha Washburn returned yesterday from an extended visit with relatives at Logansport, her mother Mrs. Mary Moore, accompanied her home for a short visit, and to make the aoqnaint anoe Other new great-grand .daughter, tjuit we guess there is not muoh in the ‘‘forebodings.” The long expected news of the death of Isaac D. Sayler was received this morning, his death occuring at Saybrook, 111., some time last night The funeral will be held here Sunday afternoon, at four o’clock at the Mj E. church, <jr immediately after the arrival of the 3:30 train.

The Prohibitionists at their national convention, at Indianapolis Thursday, nominated Silas Swallow, of Pennsylvania, for president and Geo.. W; Carroll, of Texas, for vice-president Theiy were much disposed to nominate Gen. Miles but he declined to be a candidate. Delos Coen, of our eity, and Rensselaer’s first and only student at Yale; University, is keeping up the high reputation for scholarship he attained at Northwestern Military Academy. He has just scored the remarkable success of taking the highest honor in all studies in the Junior year, out of a class numbering into the hundreds in his department. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs C. W. Coen

It may as well be admitted for the benefit of those who speak of the Chicago convention as an uninteresting, cut and dried affair, that there will be considerable more excitment at St. Louis, not because the Belmont.Hill* Parker orowd whioh now has oontrol of the Demooratio interests in Indiana would not have a cut aud dried convention if they oould, but because there are some Democrats who believe that principle ought tc be placed above expendeoy. Here for instance is what Henry Watterson says about the preconvention movements of the only leader of Democracy in this oountry who stands for any definite principle in politics: "Bryan means mischief, and only misohief. He goes to St.

Louis to stir up a strife It can uo longer be doubted that what Bryan aims at is a divided Democracy. What he Beeks is the defeat of the ticket. Where he has failed he has resolved that none other shall win. if another stood in Judge Parker’s shoes that other would invite Bryan’s resentment. Hill is but a rod tag to a mad bull. Belmont is but a figurehead of apeeoh. But Bryan will find before the end of the chapter that he has both overestimated his powers and overreached himself. He may make a scene in the oonvention, nothing more. If he bolts his bolt will lose the Democrats no state that they have and help them gain some states they need. Bryan may go on making money. He may keep himself alive as an agitator, but tke day of his power to wreck aud rain the unterrified and undefiled Dem?oracy of the United States is over.

SATURDAY Miss Elizabeth Spaulding is visiting in Chioago for a few days.

Mrs. Bessie Murray left today for Wabash Ind. to spend the Fourth. Attorney Francis W. Powers, o 1 Lafayette, was in town yesterday on business. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bobinson are visiting with friends in Monti cello for a few days. Mrs. Frank * Kennel is visiting Mr. Kennel’s parents, down near Lafayette, for a days. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Perry, of Ghioago, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Oren Parker for a few days. Mrs. Susan Carter, of Plainfield Ind., is visiting her friend Mrs. J- H. Oox, for a few days. Mr, and Mrs. Mel Makeever, of Cbioego are visiting W. S. Coen and family for a few days.

Nora Leavel of Wabash Ind. is visiting J. F. McColly and family for a few days. Born. Friday night, June Ist, to Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Moore, in Barkley tp., four miles northeast of town, a son. Charley Rhoads has got his little dog Sport trained so that he will take a 30 foot high dive and never bat an eye. He will give a performance with him at Fair Oaks, on the Fourth.

j John T. Sayler. of near Montioello, is here making arrangements for the funeral ofvlsaao D, gayler his half brother. Mr, and Mrs. Wm; JJerahy of Ghioago came yeatejsayfoy«n extended visit, with Ofoar Hauter and family southeast of town, Perry Sumner, the Fowler man wanted for arimual assault on a ittle girl, has never been captured and seems have made good hia escape

Chase Kelley, now of Madison, Wis., is here fora few days’on buainess. He is attending Wisconsin University and will oompletefa full coarse in the department of history next year. Squire James Yeoman, of north west of town, was the only person from’here to attend tne Prohibition national convention, at olis, this week. Mr. and Mrs, Oapt. Payne returned to their home in Montioeb lo today, after a week’s visit with J. F. MoOolly and family and other relatives. Mieses Minnie and Lizzie Hempbill left this morning for a short visit with their brother George, at Indianapolis, where he is attending a business college. Rensselaer oratory will] not all ran to waste on Independence Day. Jesse E. Wilson will hold forth on the Fourth, at Brookston, and G. A. Williams, at Wheatfield.

Wayne Parker is summer vacation, after a year’s attendance at the law department of Columbia University, in New York City, and where he is taking a three years’oourse. Columbia is one of the world’s famous universities, and next to Harvard is the argest in this country. Wayne is taking a three year’s oourse. Aooording to the Chicago papers June in that oity oold as it was, still was notqnite so oold as Jane of last year. In the matter of rain however it was the dryeat Chicago June on reoord, there having been there only .54 inohes of rainfall. This was a trifle less than Rensselaer had during the month. The temperature last night was down to 45 degrees, whioh is deoidedly 000 l weather for the 2nd day of July. Bat we almost always have some 000 l days in this month, last year there being July weather of 47 degrees, in the year before of 46. Even July frosts are not wholly unknown in this re gion. Last week the reunion of the survivors of Wilder’s Brigade was called off by the offioers of the association, but a number ad the veterans met at the home of Dr. W. T, Youkey in Lafayette on Sunday afternoon and decided to hold a reunion in that city jnst the same. The date of the reunion was fixed on September 19th and 20th,

Mrs. Elizabeth Peek died at her home in Remington last Wednesday, June 29th, at the age of nearly 66 yean. She was the widow of Daniel W. Peek, and mother of Charles H-, Wm. E., Frank L. Isaao D., James 1., and Morris Peok, well known and prominent citizens of Remington. The funeral was held Friday afternoon by Rev. O. W. Postill. This is the season of the year when drowning aooideuts are of frequent occurence. The first reported in this region is at Winamac, a 13 year old boy named Glen Charlton having been drowned „ there last Friday. Boys and young men who go in swimming should be constantly warned to be oarefnl, for deadly danger larks ever in the entioing bat treacherous water.

Miss Sarah Smith, daughter of Mrs. Amelia Smith, a former resident of Rensselaer, and sister of A. Leopold, was married at Mrs. Smith’s residenoe, 8 i Park street, in Chicago, last Wednesday night to Mr. Mack Swartz, a young merchant tailor, of that oity. A. Leopold and daughter Julia, and Mr and Mrs. Vernon Nowels, the last named a sister of the bride, attended the wedding, whioh was a very pleasant affair.

Whitepost township, Pulaski oonnty, in whioh Mqdaryville is situated, has finally had a sale made of its bonds for its proposed gravel road system. For some reason there is a hitoh in the sale of the Salem township (Franoesville) bonds, and the construction of the roads is therefore indefinitely delayed. The oontraot for the Salem system is held by the Rensselaer firm of whioh W. F. Smith is the aotive member. Orth Niobole, a young man {got fanny out at the depot laet’Jnight, and got on the first section of the 11.30 p. m. train when it stopped, staying on for a short ride. He did not get off until the train was past the water tank, by whioh time it was going so fast that whence did jump he got a Very hard] fall, on hia face. Hia npper lip [was very badly out. and his nose nearly broken. It was a pretty rough experience, but presumably it will care him of train flipping for some time to come.

Longcliff hospital at Logansport is now taxed to its utmost oap&oity. Over eight hundred patients are being cared for and applications for admittance oan only bs accepted as vacancies occur. Notwithstanding the orowded conditions existing, the authorities in charge state that they have everything systematized and that the patients receive the best attention that can be given nnder any oiroumstanoes,

For some time past sage Wheeler, of the Crown Point Star, has been making a campaign of eduoatiou to bring his readers up to the level of believing that the reason pickerel are not biting inthe Kankakee now is beoause they are shedding their teeth, and getting supplied with new ones. The sage’s son, Harold Wheeler, olerk of Lake county, has been down on the river some days and, according to the Shelby Review fully confirmed his father’s theory. He caught only one piokerel, and a small sized one at that, bat on examing the inside of its mouth, found it had two false teeth, and another with gold filling.

Winamac Democrat: J. P. Wood and wife of Pnlaeki quietly celebrated there golden wedding anniversary last Fridny, Only a few near relatives were present. They were Harvey Wood and wife and Mrs. J, M. Wasson of Rensselaer, W. B. Wood and eon Chester, of Gower, Mo.. Mrs. Hattie Taylor of Winamao anc and Jaoob Wood and family o! Beaver township. The guests enjoyed all the pleasing features that uaually go with a family gathering inolnding a big dinner. Daring the half-century of married life enoyed by Mr. and Mrs. Wood they have spent thirty-five years in this oonnty.