Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1904 — THE WEEK’S DOINGS [ARTICLE]

THE WEEK’S DOINGS

* TUESDAY E. P. Honan, is in Lafayette, today, on business. Ohas. Rishling and Carl Wood -are in Chioago tcday. Abe Halleok is confined to bis bed with a fever. Round trip rate to Lowell Aug. 11:85 cents. Account K. of P. ,4 picnic. > Miss Ara‘Glazebrook is visiting friends in Indianapolis for a few weeks. ■ Miss Allie Dawson, of Marshall, /111., is visiting J. H. Perkins and ifamily for a short time. Bert Brenner went to Indianapolis, yesterday for a few days’ visit with hid brother Pete. Born Sunday, Aug. 7, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kays, in the north part of town, a son. Albert Oppenheimer, of New Orleans, visited his sister, Mrs. B. Fendig, over Sunday. While unloading a separator I from a oar, yesterday Robert McKinnie got one foot badly crushed. Samuel English and Charley Murray left for Oklahoma this morning, having deferred their ; start for a week. Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Honan, of ttarlin, Germany, did not arrive Monday, but have sent telegram saying they would be here tonight.

At the quarterly meeting of Trinity M. E. church, Monday morning, a unanimous request was voted that the coming annual conerence return Rev. k H. L. Kindig ; for another year. M. D. Gwin is home 'for a ■couple months’ . rest before be"ginning his fourth and final year’s attendance at Indianapolis Medical college, and from which, if he keeps the pace he has so far kept, he will graduate with honors that will nearly break the college record. Jim Tyler, from way out near thb far edge of Hanging Grove Tp., was in town today. His neighborhood has had no good rains since early in July, and he reports that corn out there is in a bad state already, and unless rain comes soon, it will be entirely dpne for. Alf Donnelly j ast got home this I'Sfarning from a two weeks vacation and lay-off the first he has taken in 20 years. He spent a week of the time at Mndlavia Springs, taking the mud baths. Alf says he has been “blowing” himself, lately pretty strong as he just finished a new house, bought a rubber-tired top buggy, and taken a two weeks’ vaoation. Last night’s warmest temperature was 44& degrees, whioh is the ooldest weather here sinoe the 19th Of May, when it was even 44 degrees, The average tempdratue Monday was only 59 J degrees, that also being the ooldest sinoe May 19th. The highest Monday was 73 degrees. This is furthermore the 13th day ainoe then was any rain here.

y% R, W. Marshall, deputy prosecuting attorney, vent to the river this morning to join Squire Troxell, Constable Viok and MarBhal Abbott and their camping vacation. Rensselaer ought now to be in for a peaceful time with nil law officers away. But violators of fish and game laws on the river had better be careful what do, or trhat is our gain may prove to be their eternal loss.

Prof. W. D. Pence and his fidld assistant, A. B. Ddnoan, who are here investigating Indiana drainage for the Agricultural Department, drove out Monday afternoon and consulted with Ex-county surveyor John E. Alter, of Union tp, wqo has as complete a knowledge of what has been done here in that line as any man living. Today he is helping them go throogh the ditch records in the oonrt house for information for their line. Another season’s weather record breaker today, wbb the big jump in temperature. The change being almost 40 degrees from early this morning to three p. m. this afternoon. So great a rise in temperature in the same length of time has probably not oooured here before for several years. Still another unprecedented feature, for this season, of today’s weather was the very high dry wind, and which with the accompanying heat dried up moisture and vegetation at an astonishing rate. A few days like it without rain, would be very disastrous to com prospects.

WEDNESDAY Mrs. R. P. Benjamin and son have gone to Lafayette and Otterbein to visit relatives for a few days. Miss Mary Meyer left yesterday for a two weeks trip east, Niagara, Falls being one of her objective points. Miss Blanch Dver went to Valparaiso today to attend the commencement of the Brown Business College. Mrs F. D. Powell and daught r of Tonioa, 111., returned homo so day after a few days visit with Mr. and Mrs, B, O. Gardner. Jesse Ball has move baok from Wabash and has reopened his blacksmith shop, on north Van Rensselaer street. Trevor Eger left for Cambridge Mass, this morning to get in early in the aeleotion of a room for himself, preparatory to enterirg Harvard University, when, it reopens this fall. Will Yeoman, a regular army man of three enlistments and who has seen servioe in the Philippines is visiting his oouain, O. A. Yeoman, of Virgie, and attended the raoes with him here, this afternoon. Prof, and Mrs. Thos. Large, of Oakgale, near Chicago, are visiting the latter’s parents Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Vanatta, for a few weeks. Mr. Large was out of the teaohing business for a while, but is baok in it larger than ever now. Jaok Groom, of Kingman, Kans., is baok for about a ten days’ visit with his parents, Uncle Johnny Groom and wife, the latter of whom being in poor health. It is 15 years since Jack’s last previous visit to his old home. His 12 £ear old son is with him.

The wedding of J. Mortimer Dyer, better known as Mort Dyer, son of Mrs. S. U. Dobbins, of the Nowels House, will take plaoe this Wednesday evening at Chalmers. The bride is Nellie F. Davisson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, L. A. Davisson, of Chalmers. Mrs. Dobbins and family will attend the wedding. The work of building the new Christian ohuroh was started today, when W. S. Day hauled the first load of stone for the foundations, It was a load »oL nigger heads, and when that load was

only landed he went after another off the same pieoe. Nigger heads will probably be used for the entire foundations and the walls be made of brick.

B. F, Fergnson, Charley Chamberlain and Di. W. W. Harteell left for North Dakota this morning. The two first named will go to Devil’s Lake and try their luok in the U. S. laud drawing there: a muoh smaller affair than the Rosebud drawing. Dr. Hartsell is merely going for a vaoation trip, and his objeotive point Lisbon. He will be away about a week. Miss Jennie Mariatt, of Evanston 111., who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Joe Jaokson and other relatives for some weeks left this morning on an extensive and extended summer pleasure trip. She will go first to Atlantic City, N. J , the great ocean resort, and also visit New York, Boston, Washington and other large eaetprn cities and then go to St. Louis to see the world’s fair.

Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Honan, of Berlin, arrived last evening, on the 6 15 train from Chioago, ae expected, and will make a visit for a few weeks, but will also visit friends and relatives in and around Delphi, a portion of their time. They will go over there Satnr. day in company with his brother, E. P. Honan, who is to make an address at the old settler’s meeting there, that day. Both the Dootor and Mrs. Honan have the appearance of finding life in Berlin very satisfactory, both in health and wealth. Mrs. Honan’s mother, Mrs. McMahon, of Danville. 111., met them here and will spend several days with them here.

THURSDAY Walter Imes, of is visiting his father, W. S. Imes for * fewdaye. Mr. and Mrs. Will Imes are making a few days’ visit at the St. Louis fair. Born, Wednesday Aug. 10th, to Mr. and Mrs. John Walters, of Barkley Tp, a daughter. Miss Lorene Vanatta of Fowler, returned home today after an extended visit here with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Phillips. Mrs. Delos Thompson and children left this morning, for Battle Creek Mioh., where they will visit Mrs Thompson’s mother for an indefinite length of time. Mrs, Dr. Karsner of Oroville, Cali., and her sister Mrs. R. B. Harris of this oity, left this morning foi Niagara Falls, and Toronto Canada. According to present arrangements the Rensselaer public sohools will re-open the first Monday in September, being the sth day of the month. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Jackson of Lebanon, Ind., returned home to* day, after a two week’s visit with Mr, Jackson’s sister, Mrs. John Jessen. and other relatives. Frank Wallace is still in jail waiting for satisfactory bail to be furnished. His father was down from Kersey yesterday and took out a blank bail bond, and thought he would get it signed by responsible parties, in a day or two. D. A, Reynolds, of Montioello, a capable and experienced printer, has engaged to fill the position of printing room foreman in The Republican office. Himself and two sisters, Misses Blanch and Lenna have moved into the rooms op stairs in The Republican building.

A big crowd went to Lowell thia morning to attend the annual K. of P- pionio. There were abont 25 of the Uniform Rank, in nni. forma, an i the Military bank waa also iju-4m company. All told there were 80 people in theorowd. Lowell has always been very liberal in sending big orowd* to Rensselaer’* big doings and it is pleasant to see the favor thoa liberally reoiprocated. >r

i During the early part of this week, and just at the time when the hottest weather of the season should have been doing business with ns, as per Parson Hioks, there was frost np arcnnd Auburn, in the northeast corner of this state. It was not very heavy bat enough to do up the pickle prospect. Billy Tannerjhas returned from his trip to North Dakota, and is preparing to go baok there, next Tuesday. He bought a threshing maohine outfit in Ransom oounty of which Lesbon is the oonnty seat, and is going baok to ran it during the season. Mrs. Tanner will ran the restaurant. He re. ports wonderful crops there, in wheat oats and flax, and says it is nothing unusual to see a solid half section in oats that will yield 80 buahels to the acre!

Mrs. Fred Hartman, the lady whose sudden and complete disappearance was the cause of something of a sensation, some six pr eight months ago, was in town a few days ago, visiting her daughter, Mrs. Richards. She is located at Miohigan City, and is said to be working in a restaurant. According to those who saw her, she presented every appearanoe of of being prosperous and happy. Fred, the forsaken one, also seems to have fonnd oonsolatioa for her loss.

It is the opinion of some of the Rensselaer people who were all over the Rosebud land, that Messrs Maxwell and Luts made a great mistake when they decided not to file on a quarter section for Mrs. Lntz, They think that at the lowest estimate there are folly 800 good quarter seotions subject to entry, and in th it case No. 468 should have been good for a fine one. There are said to be a whole lot of smooth talkers around Bouesteel who make it a regular business to disoourage eastern people from filing on their claims and it is surmised that some of them got in their work in this case,

R. W. Marlshall has returned from the river, but without the big consignment of fish he expected to distribute among his friends, The rest of the party are still there but are oatohing only about as fast as they are eating, and at last aocounts the eating was several laps ahead of the oatohing. The continued 000 l weather is bad for fishing. The piokerels that are caught now are usually large, and some of the Troxell party landed a 7 pounder, and oooasionaly one takes the bait so large that they just naturally swim away with the hook and line, and if the line didn’t 'give way, they would take the boat and crew along also. This paper has already several times suggested to the creditors of the MoCoy bank and the MoCoys individually that the best interests of all concerned required the election of a resident of Jasper county as a trustee; and urging the creditors not to give to attorneys or others the right to vote for them at the first meeting of creditors unless they knew that these attorneys or other representatives would vote only for such a resident trustee. We now repeat that advice, and advise further against creditors selling their accounts at this time, unless they are well assured that they are getting as much as they would if they waited to receive their shares, in regular course of the bankrupt court.