Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1904 — THE WEEK’S DOINGS [ARTICLE]

THE WEEK’S DOINGS

TUESDAY * Mrs. Mel Abbott end daughter are visiting Mrs Abbotts parents at Monticello for a few days. Born, Saturday July 16tb, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm George, 6 miles! north of town, a 12 pound son. Miss Iva Gish, of Wolcott returned home last evening after a short visit with her cousin Omer Dobbins. The temperature t >day, t hough still high has been considerably cooler than tor the pr*viou« two days. At one p nil today it was t 88 degrees Miss Ida Milliken, of New York City, stopped here yesterday on her way to De Moines, lowa, for a short visit visit with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ross. E. D. Rhoades left today for a short visit in Cincinnati, bis wife and daughter Lillian who have been visiting there for some time 'will come home with him. Mrs. L. A- Bostwiok arrived last evening tor a protracted visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J, W. McEwen. She has been in Pennsylvania during the past year with her husband, who is doing civil engineer work on a railroad there. Dr. F. P. Millard, an osteopath physician, visited D - . H. L- Brown a few dsys, going to S >ulh Bend, techy. He was located here for ab ti a year, leaving about three •aud a half years aso. Hi has been loci rd at Worcester, Maes , for «ome time past, but is now looking for another good location in this state. R. W. Spriggs, otherwise

Charley shipped hie household 'goods to Oklahoma City, and himself and eon Samn y left for that place this morning- Mrs. Spriggs and daughter Ethel will remain ■until the goods get through and Mr. Spriggs gets a horns prepared for them. As we have previously stated, Mr. Spriggs has an excellent situation at Oklahoma City, as '■custodian of the buildings of a ■college there. Yesterday the Monon ran a special train from Chicago to Indianapolis consisting of the engine No. SOL and four coaches, loaded with Elks bound for Cincinnati. It arrived here’ about noon and didn’t stop, they were trying to break the record time for a run from Chicago to Indianapolis which they did, making the run in 3 hours and 45 minutes. To show how fast they were running they ran from Monticello to Delphi, a distance of 12 miles, in less than 10 minutes making time of over a mile a minute.

Congressman Landis was at Franklin, Ohio, Friday where he and Champ Clark indulged in a debate at a ohatauqua meeting. The Delphi statesman and the Missouri congressman are two of the best ever turned loose before a crowd and it is extremely doubt* ful if any one in their audiences enjoy the meetings more than the debaters themselves do. They receive good pay for their barnstorming stunts, which probably does not come amiss when the time comes for putting up their campaign assessments. —Delphi Herald. I. 8, Wade, of Lafayette, candidate for congress in this district on the Prohibition ticket. ' was in town today, conferring with the local prohibitionists, on politioial matters. The prohibitionists hav* ing in view the idea of nominating

a full county ticket. Mr. Wade is still Grand Worthy Chief Templar of’the order of Good Templars, of Indiana. It is a position he hue held constantly since 1889, except one year when he declined a re election, and Buck Stanley, of Logaqsport was elected in bis place Buck did not fit into the job just right and the next year Wade had to take the place again.

WEDNESDAY T. J. McCoy was in town over night, returning to Lafayette today, Mrs. Matie Hopkins left this morning for an extended visit with her son Louie at Eaglewood, 111. Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Hollingsworth and family left this morning for a protracted stay at Odin, in northern Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan and sou Edward and his little visitor, Harrold McKenna, went to Chicago this morning, and will take a short lake trip before they return.

Mrs. Chas. Hershman and children went to Valparaiso this morning for a several week’s visit with Mr. Hershman’s parents. Many farmers are already cutting their early oafs crop Generally the yield seems so be rather light, but the quality is excellent. F.-B. Humpston, of Lifay ilte, Monon traveling passenger agent* was in town today, in the interests of the special train the road is to run to Liuisville, on August 15th, for the Uaifoi m Rank K. of P. It is probable that a number will go frern here,

Aunt Nannie Barris, an o d time resident of the vicinity of Mt Ayr, died Tuesday morning, at the home of her son. north cf that place She was the widow of Thomas Harris, who was an uncle of H a nry O. and Benjamin Harris of our oity. She had been sick quite a long time with heart trouble. She had reached the age of about 76 years

Mis; L’lhiu Hiwirth, wh taught the second year grade in the Rensselaer schools last year, has sent in her resignation and Mies Grace Nowels has bean engaged in her place. Miss Nowels is a graduate of the Rensselaer high school and also attended the School of Education, of Chicago University for a year. Last year she taught in the city scbods at Streator, 111. Britt Marion arrived homo last night from several weeks’ stay in the vicinity of Bucklin, Kansas. He likes it so well out there that he has mads up his mind to move out with his family, in about six weeks. He will follow the well drilling and wind-mill lines there and also probably buy a quarter section of land. He reports wheat as a light crop there, but oom looking very fine.

Jack Leahy, whose intended visit with the family of bis uncle E. P. Honan, was recently mentioned, arrived on the early train this morning, having come from New York by way of Cincinnati. His recent attack of the rheumatism has left his left arm helpless but the physicians at the hospital assured him that he would probably gradually regain the use of the arm. The change of wind to northerly yesterday brought a very agreeable change in the weather, in the form of cooler and much dryer atmosphere.

The lo*est temperature last night was 60 degrees, which wane very pleasant change from the 71 degrees minimum of the two previous night?. Miss Evelyn Watson of Chicago who has been visiting Miss Hazel Kirk for several days went to Lebanon, Ind., today to visit other friends before returning home. County Chairman Williams has called the Republican county committee together, for n a xt Saturday afternoon, Important business connected with the county campaign is to be considered, and a full attendance of the committee is desired.

Mr. and Mr?. Robert Paris, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and his sistors, Mrs. F. M. Lewis and Rosa Ladd, and also Mr. Lewis, of Oxfotd, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Berry Paris, largely on account of Mr. Paris's health, which continues very poor. Company M. and other members of the Indiana National Guard will again have the benefit of the presence and instruction of a portion of the regular army, at their coming annual encampment. Orders have been issued for four companies from Fort Sheridan to to take part in the Indiana encampment next week. A new rifle range at the pest will be another interesting feature.

Clay Foster of Crown Point and competing under the colors of the Iroquois athletic club won glory for himself and the club at St. Louis Competing with the pick of the world’s athletes Foster proved himself one of the b?st. The grimes were the Irish world championship contests at the Fair grounds ’ Foster won second place in the hundred yard dash being beaten by inches only by Turner of the London Athletic club of England who made it in 10 seconds hrat. Foster turned the tables on Turner and forty cne other starters by winning the 220 yard < a h in 23 3 5 seconds, winning by a lead of 12 yards.

The Djm >cratio state couv?ntion will be held two weeks from today and a Dumber will be present from thia county, The convention will be a one day affair. All of the committees and officers of the convention of May 12 will hold over through the coming convention. That 320,000,000 Bell telephone story in which the buying ot all competition was alleged to be a part of that great concern’s plans, is explicity and emphatically denied. The money is to be used in improving plants. Twenty years ago Ernest Haag seventeen years old, reprimanded by Lis father, ran away from his hrme at plymouth, going to the far west. He drifted into acrobatic business, accumula'ing a show of his own and he uof lives at Shreveport, La., as a reputed millionaire. This week he is visiting his former home.

THURSDAY John Ramp is in Hammond today on business. Miss Gail Wasson went to Hammond today for a short visit, D. A. Williams, of Fort Wayne, is here for a few days’ visit with his brother, G. A, Williams, the lawyer. It is h’s first visit over here. He is in the life insurance business at Fort Wayne. The big strike of the butchers in the picking houses in Chicago has been left to arbitration, and they will go to work again Friday morning.

Lawson Meyer, now of Blue Island, 111., is spending a few day’s vacation at home here. A young friend, Mr. Sybert, also of Blue Island, is with him. The Star Bloomer Girls arrived at 11 a. m. and their game with the Rensselaer team is in progress as we go to press. Our base ball boys loft out yesterday at Remingion, by a score of 16 to 8 in Remington’s favbr.i The return game will probably be played here on August 9.

Mrs. J. H. Hull and Mrs. M. F. Shaw, of Indianapolis, mother and sister of Mrs. Kindig. are visiting her this week. At Wne-ttfield the physicians have decided Jake Melser.nas the smallpox, and have fenced him into hie own premises. Hi is not much sick. R. W. Sprigg,-before leaving for Oklahoma soli bis mat residence property, at tn» corner jf Franklin ani Plum street, to W. H. Eger, who will retain the sumo as a tenant property. The price was $1,400.

Mies Edith Marshall, who taught in Elkhart the past two year?, has resigned her situation there to accept a more desirable one in the public schools of Billings, Montana. Mrs. John Nordyke, of Monticello, attempted suicide Tuesday, by the use of morphine and chloroform. She nearly succeeded but the doctors pulled her through. Domestic unhappiness is stated as the cause for her attempt. Rev. Gilbert Small, a former pastor of .the Rensselaer Presbyterian church, died Wednesday night, at his home at Idaville, at the age of 77 years. He was a pastor here 18 or 20 years or more ago. He leaves two children, twin sons, now of Indianapolis, and who were small when be lived here.

There was a right brisk shower here, eady this morning, with .16 of an inch of rainfall, A pecularity of the shower was the suddenness which the sky cleared after it was over. Within a very few mioutes after the rain stopped falling no traoe of where the storm came from or where it had gone to could be seen in any direction. The rain extended only a little ways north or siutb of town. C.unty Superintendent Stipp, of Lawrence county, has written to State Superintendent Cotton, asking him to take the lead in a movement to raise a large sum to be used in hunting down the murderer of Sarah Schafer at Bedford. The plan is to ask all the teachers in the state to contribute from $1 to $5 each. It is thought that from $20,000 to $50,000 could be raised in that way.

Some of the young friends of little Elizabeth Spitler, daughter of C. Q. Spitler, have just received souvenir postal cards from her, with pictures of Bunker Hill monument, mailed just after- she had been to the top, thereof. She is spending the summer “way-down-east” in company with her grandmother, Mrs. Mary E. Spitler and her aunt Miss Maude Spitler. They have various relatives in Boston and also in Maine and New Hampshire. It is rumored that the O. H. & D. road, which recently came into possession of new interests, will discontinue traffic relations with the Monon between Cincinnati and Indianapolis. In this event a Monon official states that an equally satisfactory arrangements will be made with another Indianap-olis-Cincinnati line-

Joe Myers, of Pittsburg, Pa., has joined his family here for a week’s visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Myers. He is in the employment of the Adams Express Company, at Pittsburg. He reports last Sunday as the hottest he ever saw there, with a temperature of 104 degrees in the shade. * A number of very inconsiderate people have been trying to amuse themselves by talking to W, H. King on the subject of his delusions, and by questionin': and disputing with him, get bi n to repeat his statements and thus increase his mental excitement In some cases also they have written out checks for him to sign, on a bank where he has money, but which has been notified not to cash his checks. These he presents at the bank and becomes very angry at their refusal to pay. All of this greatly adds to the trouble of his friends, who have trouble enough in such a case, without any additions in that way

J. F. Bruner has returned from his trip to South Dakota. He got his name in the hat for some of the Rossbud land. Hs registered at Yankton, and with him at the same time were a number of others from this county. Namely John L Nichols, John W. Marlatt Dan Lesb, Isaio McCurtain, Sample, and Robert Shook. Mr.

Bruner visited at Wm. Kenton’s place and found him prospering beyond the wildest dreams. He has 450 acres of small grain looking fine and also 200 acres of very promising corn. He raised big crops last year. Next Saturday, by the way is the last day for registering for the Rose Bud land drafting.