Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1904 — THE WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE]

THE WEEK'S DOINGS

FRIDAY Joe Yeoman, of Kingman, Kane, is visiting relatives here for several weeks. Miss Julia Leopold is visiting Tslatives at TiptoD, this state for several days. Mrs. Wm, Smith and . children are visiting relatives in Chicago for a week. Miss Beth Yeoman, of Kingman, Kansas, came today for an extended visit with Mrs, Geo. Ketchum, east of town J. D. Babcock was not so soired vt the strike but that he shipped •two oar loads of big steers to the ’Chicago Btookyards, last evening. This morning’s papers gave the (first 75 names drawn for the Rosebud land. Not only is no Jasper county man in the list, but not «one from any place in Indiana Out west Jordan way they missed most of our bie rain of Wednesday evening, but they got a good •soaking Thursday noon from a shower wbioh just epriukled a little .here. Word has been received here tnat Company M had elected First Sergeant Zern Wright as Second Lieutenant tosuooeed True Woodworth promoted to First Lieutenant. Another detaohment of strike breakers, left here this tporiiing ior Ohio ago, under the leadership o f P* e Matthias of Nelson M jrris Co, The privates in Mi is detachment were, Ray Hopkins, Clyde MuGee, Bob Overton, H irry Watson and Gail Miohaels. Still another Ren a sehier man got his name in the box for tbe Rosebud land drawing. It was Perry Gwin, son of J. C. Gwin, of our oity, and he registered at Yankton also, and thus Billy Woodworth was not the only Rensselaer man to succeed in registering at Yankton, after all. i* Dorset Brooke is preparing to go to Lamar, 0010., to make his borne. His sister, who has lived with him, will live with other sisters near Brook, Newton Co. His brother, 0. A. Brooke, who went west for his health is now at Lamar and able to earn $2 every day, at the carpenter’s trade.

Onoe more the moaotoay was broken in the olerk’s office at the bonrt house yesterday, by the filing of two new oases in oonrt. One is Catherine Mosier vs Matilda Springer and others, the other Jacob Younglas vs Mary C. Teter and others, Both are. quieting title oases. They were the first , oases filed for ten days. The oat in the meal tub in regard to the propped rural mail route south-west ana south-east of Rensselaer, seems to have been discovered for sure, this time. The oause of its hanging fire so long seems to be that it conflicts more or less with another proposed route from McCoyaburg. Both, it seems covers some of the same territory, and one or the other will probably have to change its route some, or be abandoned And perhaps both will be ahanged to some extent, One of the Remington routes also butts into the { same territory, at one or two places SATURDAY Mip. Ike Kepner and ohildren ago visiting relatives at Delphi for days.

The first meeting of tbe Fied Gilman creditors was to be held at Goodland, today Attorney A.' E. Barr and wife, of Chicago, were Rensselaer visitors Friday. Miss Donna Harmon we at to Chatsworth, 111., today for an extended visit with relatives. Mrs. Frank Hanley and children of Chicago, are visiting Judge and Mrs. C. W. Hanley for a few days. Mrs. R. W. Marshall and daughter Katherine, are visiting relatives in Laporte, Ind., for two or three weeks Mr. and Mrs. Joe Meyer, of Pittsburg, Pa., returned home today after a month’s visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs John Donaldson, of Terre Haute, returned home today after several weeks’ visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Martindale. This was Clerk Warner’s busy day. He hied a suit, issued two marriage licenses and had a wedding in the offioe. Mrs. Geo. A. Thomas of Moutioello returned home today after an extended visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J C. Gwin. The Duvall horse. Bilk Rags, did not get in for any of the money in his race at Kokomo. Friday. There were 11 starters in that race. C. B. Philpott, editor of the Kingman, Fountain Co. Star, was in town last night, having some business transactions with LaKue Bros. H. A. FlyoD, uow in the furniture and undertaking business at Chesterton, is here to spend Sunday with bis parents Mr. aud Mrs. James Flynn. Mr and Mrs. Ben McColly, of Chicago Heights and Mrs Cora Graves of Momence, are here to attend the funeral of Mrs. J. F. McOolly, tomorrow.

Rev. James MoOlintook, of Biook, was in lowa today. Rumors of some contemplated iogal action by bis daughter-in* law, Mrs. Will MoOlintook, was the cause of bis visit here. A disturbance in tbe third ward, Thursday night, will be explained at a trial of several parties on the oharge of riot, before Squire Troxell Monday, at 2p. m. which time the true facts now hard to ascertain, will no doubt be revealed. Delos Thompson’s very fast horse that he bought last year, Kindest Kind, is not in very good racing condition this season, and he is using him as a driving horse, and will not put him on the race L track at all this year. Mrs. Charley Sprigg, whose husband is at Oklahoma City, received word by telegraph, today, of the death of Mr. Spriggs father, at Whitehall, Mich. The death seems to have been very sudden and unexpected, though no particulars has been received here. Sam English is going out to Mountain View, Okla, Tuesday, to look over the prosp&ot for tbe oattle business. He. has a third interest in a 3,000 aore stock farm there and is going out to see about it. Only 160 acres of the land is { bought, and the rest rented of the Indians, Mies Eiith Gillett, of Marley, 111., and quite well known here from visits with relatives, is now at at a boapital at Joliet, CfT, where she lately underwent h *uol oessful operation for appendeoitis,

after having passed through two very dangerous attaoks of the disease. Besides Jim Baboook’s two loads of sieers, sold yesterday at the stockyards, Wra. Washburn bad two loads and Will Murray three. There was an excess of oattle on the market that dav, but our men all got good prices. Mr. Babcock’s sold at $5.80, one of Murray’s loads at $5.80 aud two at $5 60 and both of Washburn’s at $5.50. Miss Vina Thomas, who has not been able to walk even with orutohes for several years past on account of rheumatic troubles was today the recipient of a fine rolling and reclining invalid’s chair, procured through the kindly efforts of Mrs. 0. L. Thornton and others. It is to hoped it will be a great bcon to Miss Thomas. The 3poouer family and Gus Phillips did not arrive from lowa on the 10:55 a. m. train today, as expected, but instead came a telegram stating that Miss Ceoil Spooner was sick, and therefore they could not oome. It is possible they will oo me Sunday, but not likely. The danoe arranged for tocight at the armory, partly in their honor will take p'aoe just the same.

MONDAY Mrs. Mamie Porter, of Delphi is visiting her parents here for a few days. Miss Clara Robinson is spending a few weeks with her sister, lima, at Indianapolis. Alt Padgett spent Sunday at home, but will drive Billy Smith in a race at Logansport, Tuesday. Nelscn Duobarm9, Frank Brusnaban aud C. J. Lane left for a prospective trip through lowa, North and Dakota. Mrs. E. E. Pierson and baby of Bloomington, ind., are spending tbe summer with Mr. and Mrs Joseph Lane northwest of town. Eldon Hopkins the new janitor for the school houses, began work this morning, putting the buildings in order for the opening of school in September. Contractors Rush & Warren are making good progress with the library building, in spite of some delays in waiting for material. The walls are now well towards completion The Hooligan’s Circus Company arrived Sunday, and will give a performance at the opera house tonight The way the seats have been eelliug indicates that they will nave a fine house.

C. A. and John L. HefferUn Roy Smith and Glenn Ray her, left for Sooth Dak. this morning and Dorset Brook for North Dak., this afternoon, under Fergnson & Ferguson’s agency, to look for work or locations. Will Timmons, who went to Nebraska some time ago, expecting to work in a photograph gallery did not find the job one to suit and arrived back Sondav- He made quite an extend.-d trip through the western states during his absenoe. Dr. Washburn and B. F. Fendig, respectively assistant surgeon and hospital steward of the 3rd Regiment, returned from the camp at Fort Harrison, Sunday. They report the new camp as a fine place, and Company M. as all in good shape. Mrs. R. W. Sprigg left Saturday afternoon to attend the fnneral of Mr. Sprigg’s father and was joined on the train by her daughter Ethel who had been at Lafayette, Mr. Sprigg telegraphed from Oklahoma City that be would also be present. Superintendent Montgomery and his men hustled hard until Saturday afternoon, repairing the damage of Wednesday evening’s thunder atorm. Some 24 receivers were burned out, in all, as supposed from tbe stroke of lightning that struck Jim Payne’s house. Will Barkley and Jess Nioholsi of the Rosebud land oohtingent, arrived home Sunday. - Isaac

Glazebrook, Will Woodworth and Bert Goff, of their party, are still there and will wora for a while in the harvest fields. Some 25 couples attended a pleasant and well managed danoe at the armory, Saturday evening, the same having originally been organized to aocom pany a reception to the Spooner family, who were unable to oouie. The financial proceeds inured to the benefit of the Military Baud. Rev. A. G. iVork, pastor of the Presbyterian church, left this morning to spend a four weeks’ vacation at McGregor’s resort, at Lake St. Germaine, Wis,, which is his regular summer camping place. Wood Spitler and Firman Thompson went with him, for a stay of similar length. According to tbe LaGrange Standard the visit of the Wallace circus there last week was in the nature of au event. The total takings were $4,500 or more and the orowd was so large on the streets that SI,OOO was left in three saloons. The gamblers who ran games in the tents oleaned np $2,500. D. B Nowels arrived from Lamar Saturday night to attend the stockholders’ and direotors’ meeting of the Jaspar County Tetaphone Company, and will make only a short stay. He reports everything and everybody as doiDg weU at Lamar, and the record orop of sugar beets in sight. The F.yiug Roller evangelists who arrived Saturday afternoon, left for Morocco this morning. They held their last meeting hero Sunday night, aft£r the close of Union out-door services. They all take turns in preaohing, man woman and yoaDg girl. The woman also plays on a mandolin, and all join in singing. Quite a party, some six or seven in number, went to the stockyards from here Sunday, to work as strike-breakers. Among them were Shorty Adams, Albert Wolf, Walt Sunderland, John Webber aud Charley Morris. As oommon laborers they are promised $1.75 per day and board and lodging, bnt they will have to stay inside the works. Mr. Wolf as an experienced butoher will probaoly get much higher wages.