Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1904 — THE WEEK'S DOINGS [ARTICLE]

THE WEEK'S DOINGS

I TUESDAY Fred Guggenheim, of Cbio igo ■visited B. 8. Fendig over Sunday. I The gravel and coal tar roof is ■being placed on Judge Thompson s ||ew building, today. I v Born Monday August Ist to Mr. land Mrs. W. S. Louis of Parr, a Ison. I M’s « Ethel M.oCoily is visiting |friends in Mantiodlo for a few Ida} a. | Mrs. A. J- Brenner and son ■lvan are visiting relatives in ■ Morocco for a few day?. I , Mr, and Mrs. W. M. Young, of E&ewman. lII.* are visiting her Ibrother, D-. A L. Barkley for a I few days. I Miss Margaret Chambers, of nOhioago, is making a two weeks | visit with her cousin Mr?. 8 C. Ilrwin. ■ Miss Jennie Bernard left this I morning for St. Louis, where she lyill remain about a wetk visiting {relatives and seeing the Fair. Mre. E. P- Honan and son Edward returned home last evening from an extended visit with "relatives in Chioago. Mrs. M. E. Btarr of Plymonth, Ind., returned home yesterday. She was here to attend the funeral of her sister, Miss Nora Newman. Charley Platt, of the Rensselaer | cement gang, reports that they had already made 20,000 square feet of cement walk, at Lowell, this season. It was expected that they would finish up their contract there this week. J. R Gray and grandson Harry \ Moorehouse went to Ludington Mioh. today for an extended visit with relatives. Miss. Mabel Coghill of Kankakee 111. returned home today after a weeks visit with relatives in Hanging Grove tp. Mr. and Mrs. A H. Tedford of Sheldon, 111., are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Geo. W. Hopkins for a few days. i Mrs. E. Hershy returned to her in Chioago today, after an extended visit with her sister Mrs. Oscar Hauter, southeast of town. Dorset Brooke, who had intended to go to Colorado, changed his mind and has gone to Fargo, N. Dakota, instead, leaving Monday afternoon. Miss Lillian Rhoades returned (home last evening from an extended visit with relatives at Cincinnati. Mr. C. A. Radcliff of Cincinnati aooompanied her home for a short visit. Miss Nettie Bullis of Jordan tp. left today for Rockford Ill', where she will study to become a trained nurse. Her father James Bullis aooompanied her as far as s Englewood.

Willis Lutz and Wm Roudabaah left for Bonesteel, 8. Dak., this morning to be on hand in time to file on their respective quarter sections in the Eosebod land. Wm Tanner also went along on a prospecting tour. Some 47 tickets were sold here for the Indianapolis excursion, Sunday. Most of those who went visited the soldiers at Fort Harrison. At the annual stockholders' meeting of the Jasper County Telephone Company, held Monday afternoon, Delos Thompson was re-elected president and general manager, and Emory Mills reeleoted seoretary and treasurer.

In addition to those previous mentioned Ralph Hefferlin also left for Dakotas, Monday afternoon on the Ferguson & Ferguson trip. They re at four more today, namely Joel Wagner, Manna Graber, Sam Ycder and Euos Miller. Mbs Mattie Hemphill and Miss Jane Keeney left here this mari.ing for Grape Falls, Montana. Miss Keeney whose former bom* was at Mt. Ayr, is a teacher at Grape Falls and is going back to resume her oooupation. Miss Hemphill also expeots to remain there indefinitely for the benefit of her health. She will go on a ranch, but will teach musio as her occupation, Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Z j!1, of Hamilion Co., Neb., were in town today. Mr. Zoll lived here when ■ young man, leaving 24 years ago, His father and mother, Felix Zoll and wife are buried iu Weston cemetery, and to visit their graves and to oonsider the ereotion of a good monument for them, were the ohief objects of their visit Henry Zoll* now of Hammond, it his brother. They are intending to make an extended trip before they go baok to Nebraska.

The Lafayette Evening Call again changed hands, Monday. Orlando P. Letoher, Frederick R. Letoher and H A. Tuoker sold the paper to Albert G. Blunck, of Jameston. Ohio. The sale also inoluded the week by Home Journal. The piioe is said to have been somewhere between $30,000 and $50,000. Fred Letoher is a son inlaw of John F. Jody and will prebably go to Judyville to assist in his faiber-in-law’s big business Dr. L. M. Washburn and B. F. Fendig saw considerable of Gen. Fred D. Grant, and talked with him some, during his visit to the Indiana troop* now in o&mp at Fort Harrison. He is the picture of his father, the great general U. 8. Gran*, as the latter’s pictures show him, with the same oloseoropped beard. Like his great father he >a a plain oitizen, with no fri’ls on him and talks as readily and kindly to a private or a company cook as he does to a general or a governor. He became very popular during his ehort visit to the camp.

WEDNESDAY Judge Hanley, went to Chioago today on business. Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Hiatt, went to SheridaD, Ind., yesterday for a weeks visit with relatives. Miss Zulu Hopkins went to Kouts, Ind., today for an extended visit with relatives. Mrj, Wm. Beam and daughters Madge and Gladys are in Chioago today. J, H. S. Ellis and son James are visiting in White county for a few days. Yesterday afternoon while coming down the oourt house steps, Uncle Ellis Walton fell and out quite a severe dash in his head, Mrs, Dunlap will give a class recital Thursday afternoon, at her studio at the court house. A'l are invited. Mr. and Mrs. W. L, • Wishard have gone to Northern Michigan to spend his vaoation, and for him to get relief from his annual of hay fever.

Mrs. Matte Hopkins and mutter Mrs. S. J Austin went to Ora* - fordaville today for a weeks visit with relatives there. Mrs. May Jordan and daughter, and Miss Edith Pr.st of Hammond are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hale Warner for a few days. Miss Pearl Graf of Chic returned to her home today, after a short visit with Miss Lois Kendall who aooompanied her home for a short visit. Mondays Delphi HeralJ: Miss. Juno Kannal, of Rensselaer, visited Mrs. Frank Lyonsjbetween trains today, being enronte to Winona. She will return Friday to spend a few days vith Mrs LyonsThe Battle Ground camp meeting next year will open August 3rd, two weeks later than this year. This year’s meeting was the most successful in the history of the association. y BBilly Smith was at Logansport, Tuesday, to see hisj namesake go in another race, and at which he again got second money' in a SIOOO race.

“Hoo’igan s Troubles” wouldn’t trouble anyone but himself very much, if they were to be produced in the opera house here, again. By general co isent it was about as bum a show as has been th's way in a ’ong time. At 'ast W, F. Smith & Co are beginning work on thpirb : ggr ve) road contract at Francesville, which has been long delayed on account of some hitch in selling the bonds. Bruce Hardy, Chuck Bowers, Ves Richards, and Geo Payne are among those who have gone up with teams to assist in the work. R. L. Martin, better known as Lawdia Martin, has justreoeived a desirable p'-omoticn, from the M. K. & T. R. R. which he has been working for. for a long time past. Bereto’cre he has been one of their 'raveling representatives, but now he has been made their commercial representative .at Cleveland, Ohio, and will have offioas and be li oated there permanently.

The stockyards strike breakers from Rensselaer "have been drifting back home prettyjfast, Those that have returned are John Webber, Oppy Wolf, Walt Sunderland. Ray Overton and Clyde] Gray, The work was not very hard and wages were good, but some of them came back because the sleeping and eating accommodations were too rough, and some perhaps were leary of the wrath of the strikers The Remington doctors 'who were here Tuesday to attend the medical society meeting, flashed two of their fine automobiles in the envious eyes of the Rensselaer physicians and citizens generally. They were the properties of Drs. Besser and Pothuisje, respectively. There are now six good automobiles owned in Remington and immediate vicinity, and not one in Rensselaer.

THURSDAY Mrs. Maggie Halligan is vieiting friends in Delphi, this week. Miss Floss Starr is visiting friends at Las lyette. Born, Wednesday night, Aug, 3, to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Muster, a son. „ Charles Harmon went to Pontiao 111., today, for a two weeks’ visit with his brother Joe. The Duvall horse, Silk Rags, is entered for a race at Logansport Friday. J. 0. Frasee, of Peru is here for a few days, looking after his farms in Barkley tp. So far as heard from Jasper county fared the best of any county in Indians, at the Rosebud land drawing. Mrs. Ray Wood and daughter left last evening for an extended visit with relatives in Chioago, and Chesterton, Ind. Mr. G. T. Williamson and wife of Neb. have been visiting his ister Mrs. D. Hilton, are now gisiting in Philadephia, Penn.

Monroe Carr is quite seriously sick with ioflamathn of the stomach, at his home in the west part of town. Steve Barnes, of Fowler is here today, showing some Jasper connty land to a probable purchaser, from Benton oounty. Mr?. Sol Mendelsohn and children and Mrs. Stella Alexander, retained to their respective homes in Chioago, and Helena. Montana this morning after an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs, IkeTuteur. W. A. Huff left for Crawfordsville on the 2 p. m. train, today, called bj tne intelligence that bis aged mother, who lately was taken there, was believed to be dying. C. M. Sands, of our city teaching force, has completed a summer course at the sta*e normal at Terre Haute, and is in town, today. He will spend the rest of his vacation at his home in Kankakee township.

Miss Eliz ibeth Spaulding, Western Union manager, went to Chioago this morning to spend part of a month’s vaoation. Lloyd Jess3u, her able under study, will have oharge of the office during aUamw Sim Dyer, the Wolcott real estate man and son-in-law of ancle John Groom, of our city, was in town Tuesday night. Sam is, beyond question, the best feeler that ever came down the pike. His jollity bubbles out of him, every time he opens his mouth like foam out of a beer glass.

Still the beautiful California summer weather stays with us. The days warm dry, and invigorating, the nights delightfully 000 l and pi aiant. The pereietent north bre ze aooounta for it all. Warme nights and more rain would be better for crops, however, and the change of wind today indicates they are ooming. John King is signalizing his restoration to health by preparing to get into business in a small way. He is erecting a shelter in the

narrow space between B. Forsythe’s department store building and the Makeever building just east, and will oconpy it with a fruit and home made cindy stare. So far as can qo w be ascertained none of the delegates from this county attended the demacratio state convention, yesterday, unless it was E. P. Honan, the only Parker man in the bunch. The other 7. being all Qearstites, have not yet got their seoond wind from the everlasting lambasting Tom Taggart gave them at the May convention.

James Yeoman, of Kingman, Kans., known locally, of old, as “Little Jim Yeoman” is baok here visiting his brothers, Andy and Bob Yeoman, and other relatires. He came baok with a son, who had an operation, yesterday, for some trouble in throat or palate, at a hospital in Chioago. Ha and his other brothers, Maik and Oge, are prospering greatly in Kansas.

Although the nominations have both been made, yet at last accounts Tom Wood, of Crown Point was still running for the Democratic nomination for President and Nelse Bozartb, of Valparaiso, for Governor, with Nelse several laps ahead. Nelae onght to move to Rensselaer and let Lyman Zea beat him a few times for constable and cure his oorstant craze for runniug for office Michael Robinson, of Glllam Tp., and his son-in-law, Chas. H. Guild, 1 the very prosperous realestate man and banker, of Medaryville, were in town yesterday, on business. Mr. Robinson, oommonly known as Miok Robinson, is an ex-trustee of Gillam, and one of the old timers of the township and very few of whom are any longer its residents. And be is preparing to leave, also. He has rented ont hia farm and bought a residence property in Medaryville and will move into it this, fall

A non-resident property owner of White county writes a letter to the Montioello Journal much commending the beauty of that town, and speaking well of the White oounty court house; bat oiitioizes very severely three large so called ornaments on top of the court bouse. He oall* them imps and devils aud certainly they look it. Jasper oounty’s beautiful and stately court house has no misfit ornaments of that kind, except the two hideous gargoyles over the front entranoe, and they are not oon3picuous, though enough so that they ought to beobizled off.