Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1904 — Brief Local Items [ARTICLE]

Brief Local Items

FRIDAY TI. W. Jackson, of noriheast of town, is visiting friends st Cham Feign, 111. for a few we* kg, The three week old infant ohild of Wra Lewis, of Parr, was buried here Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Ida Pierce and four children arrived home hs 1 . evening from their all summer’s visit with relatives in Kansas. The Jacob Levine branch store in Leopold’s building has packed up and pulled out, after about four weeks’ stay here.

Miss May Dunlap and Mrs. Walter Comstock and children of ‘Chicago, are visiting Mr. and Mrs, G. 0. Warner for a few days. Rev. V. O. Fritts and femily returned to their home at Dunkirk today, after about 10 days’ visit with his sou Ernest and family. The funeral of Berry Paris will b 3 held Sunday, at 2:30 p. m at the Churoh of Gud. Rev. D. T. Halstead conducting the religious servioes. Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Pritohell a quitea^edcouple of Headlee White Co., are visiting their dauguer, Mrs 0, S. Baker and husband for a few days They made the trip over by team. Warner Elmore, of Remington struck town today by the Oldsmobile route, This is the same make of auto that a Rensselaer party is figuring oirbuying.

Another draft from Aidrew Carnegie for $’,500 for the Horary was by Treasurer Chapman, a day or two ag i. His donation of $lO OJO is paid iu installments cf $2,500 as the work on the building progressee. Mr. and Mrs. Mort D er, a very recent bridal ooupl -, are famishing a house preparatory to setting up housekeeping. They will occupy Mrs. Elinor Adams’ house on north Van Rensselaer street. Mr. D/er is now the owner of the Cullen street barber shop.

David Warren says Nebraska is good for 30,000 Republican majority this year, and that W. J. Bryan's ohanoes for uncorking his oratory in the United States Senate are a minus quanity. The peop*e of Nebraska have long since learned to take the wealthy and prosperous Billy Bryan’s croakings of adversity at their true value.

Editor Bowie, of the News Review is here now, and dares not ; return to his home at Thayer, lest he be slain with alubs and his body be oast into the beer stained waters of the Yalu. The Dutchmen of the Diana Club are to give one of there regular wide open Sunday jsmborees, next Sunday with beer and danoing and shooting all on tap, and the affair is advertised in Bro. Bowie’s paper as a “Sunday School pionio.” Unole Bill N, Jones has just received word of the birth of a daughter to his youngest daughter at Bellwood, Neb, This makes 22 grand-ohildren in all for Unole Bill and all but 7 of them are girls. And of the 7 boys only two of ''them bdaT the name of Jones. Still there does not jret seem much reason wby Unole Bill shonld fear that the name of Jones is likely to /perish from the earth, for some . time yet, at least. North Judaon News: The fellow who puts his paper back in the tpoatoffioe to be marked “refused’'

when he is owing the publisher for what he bas a'ready received will some day be carried by the wonderful postal service of the universe to the pearly portals through which he woold like to pass But he will bj marked “refused" and damped into the general coi filtration of the trash pile. JB. Faulkner,of Miohigan City dem.cratio chairman of the 10th district, now announces th it N J Bczirib of Valparaiso, will be the demcciatio candidate for ooDgrees in this dulriot. From wbioh it would appear that the district boss disposes of the nomination without consulting the wishes of the voters. Anyhow if giving him a hoplt as n uninaiinn is the only way they oan shut off Nelse. tbe perpetual candidate, they ought to put him uader heavy bonds not to come out for another offioe, for a year at least.

A 1 Ramey is j ist bank from a two weeks visit with his daughter in Davis Co , lowa, and also Jmßde a trip over iuto Tajler C ~ Missouri At Burlington be run against the Woiland & Hoffman merry-g -round outfit. He found that they had added an eieotrio theater to tbeir outfit, and seemed to be likely to grow into a whole big oamival show, be ore they stop. They have “9 people 9” in their oompany. They intend to work farther and farther west, and sent baok word that they were not likely to see Rensselaer again, for six months at lead. Evidently, badness is prosperous with them, and life oue long pionio and 4th of July oelebratioD, as well. Woik on the new union depot at Suelby of the Mouon aud Three I road to replace the one burned last winter, will beoommenoed shortly. Material is already on the grounds and the tJana are completed. At present both roods are using separate depots whioh consist of mounted box cars.

• h Although Z:m Dwiggins, the exNapoleon of Finance, now at Lincoln. Neb., has always plead dire poverty when aeked to pay his subscription aooouut to The Republican, until lately when he took a new tack and denied that be owed anything, yet those who have had opportunity to know say he is living on the top shelf these days, and impressing the people out there with the idea that he is a man of very large wealth. Oue of his under agents in the life insurance busiuts i lately told a former Rensselaer man that Ztm told him ihat Mrs. Dwiggias herself had property in Chioago worth half a million dollars.

Tbe present judge of the orimiual court at Indianapolis, who is appropriate or prophetically lamed Judge Whallon, favors Whallon for wife beaters, and is preparing a bill to introduce in the next legislature providing a whipping post for that of offenders. The present method of punishing that orime, whether fining or imprisoning, take* the mexns of support from the wife and family, aud in nine oases otit of ten is more of a punishment to the abused wife than it is to the euilty husband. We endorse Whallon and hie bis plan for whaling.

For sale, good eeoond hand lady’s bioyole at a bargain. Enquire at Rensselaer Feed Store.

'Leave your order for fresh green weet oorn at John Eger’s.

SATURDAY Mrs. Sam Roth is visiting her parents at Mulberry, Ind.,-for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Obiloote, of South Bend, arrived last night for a week’s visit with friend and relatives. Mrs. G E. Murray and children went to Greensburg, Ind„ today, to visit her sister, B. D. Richardson has retnrned to Manitowoc, Wis., where he will again fill his last year’s position in tbe high sohoo 1 . Moss Tuteur and daughter Miss Helen, went to Chicago this forenoon, to oomplete preparations for the latter’s marriage, to take place there Sunday evening. Ic was oaol enough last night to set people to talking about the danger of a frost. Today a change of wiqd to southerly la 3 obviated the possible danger, for the pre sent.

Mrs. Win. Powers and Mrs. Ed Irwin left for Kansas City, this morning, to visit their sister and mother, respectively, Mrs. E. R. Hagins. Tbey will probably also visit the world fair at St. Louis, before they return hotne._ Prof. W. O, Shanlaub has gone to Moroooo the 6oene of his padogogic.l labors, today, and next week will attend tbe Newton county teachers’ institute, at Kentland, and reopen his school at Moroooo the following Monday. On the death of Berry Paris, considerable trouble was experienced in notifying his son John W., whose home is in Brooklyn, bat who was in Pennsylvania, on business. He was finally reached however, and is now on his way here and expected t j arrive a l . 6:32 this evening. . n.

J. E. Holle t and wife who for many years were oitizms of Remington, but moved to Redlands, Cal., fiye years ago, came for a brief visit last Friday. Mr. H illett states that all including Dr. W. Jr Morris are entirely satisfied with the new home on the Paoifio Ojast.—Woloott Enterprise. Isaac Leavell, now of near Lagro, in Wabash Co. was in town today on business. Himself and son and families are attending Fonntain Park assembly. Hj reports crop prospects as reasonably good with bitn, though the dronth hart him tome, and then a recent heavy wind storm did him still more damage. OhauDcey Dobbins, Dutch Eiglesbaoh, and Warren Obaffiu, three enterprising lads of about 9 tc 11 years old, walked olear to Fountain Park, Tuesday, to hear Bryan, and also walked much of the way back The Dobbins boy is a pretty stiff Democrat on general principles, but after hearing him speak once he says he’ll never vote for Bryan for president. T. J. Headleo. former teaoher of science in our oity high school, is here now packing his goods preparatory to going to Ithioa, N. Y., where he will take a two years’ post graduate course in Cornell University. Ha has already attended Indiana Univerity as a post graduate .for a year and obtained an A. M. degree, but now will work for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Ph D, at Cornell. H's ultimate purpose is to fit him self for a oollege professorship. W. W. Watson, the special pen--1 sioa agent, came down from Ohioa--Igo today, and was mat by his I brother, J, O. Watson of Gillatn, J and went out with him for a visit. Next week himself aud family will attend the world’s fair. He also expected to meet here today, onr ! former townsmun T. J. Farden of West Lebanon, Mr, Watson owns a large tract of land in Mississippi and Mr. Farden, an adjoining still larger tract, and they and others are organizing to plant a oolony of northern farmers on the land; and they wished to meet here to arrange some matters o:nneoted with this enterprise. Mr. Farden appears to have missed the appointment for some roason.

MONDAY John Parkison went to Lafayette today to aeonre a room for the ensuing sohool year at Pordoe. Miss Fay Clayton of Monon is visiting Miss Myrtle York a few days, before returning to Jacksonville, 111. Mrs. Henry Eigleebach southeast of town, is recovering from a very severe attack of o.bolera morbus. Mrs. A. L. Willis went to Anderson today, for a short visit with her daughter Mrs. Vermont Hawkins. The Northwest Indiana, M. E. conference, is held at Terre Haute next week, beginning on Wedues day, Sept. 7th.

Warren Washburn is now recovering very satisfactorily from the results of his aooident at Fountain Park, last Friday evening. Orlen Grant of Danville, HI. oame Sunday morning to'spend a short vaoation with bis mother Mrs. Mattie Grant, and family. E. T. Jones, a printer who has been working for the Democrat the past six months, hag terminat ed his labors here and retnrned with bis family to his former home at Cincinnati.

George Hopkins has concluded to remain at Wabash permanently in the employ of the Barons pany, and his wife joined him there today. His son Verndn will remain here for a few weeks longer. Geo. A. (Jlark, of near Morocco, was in town today, with some friends, who took the train Mr. Clark was a member of the sth Indiana cavalry in the civil war and served ia the same company with J. K Gowdy, now consul general to Pdxis. t —c—

Miss Genevieve Swart, ofj Chicago is the gnest of Mrs. Ray Wood, and was given a party in her honor, Saturday afternoon, by Mrs.. Wood, whioh was attendby about a dozen young ladies, A dance in her honor is to be given also at the armory, this Monday evening. Tom Owens, the retired bos man, left Sunday for his future home near Tracey, Minn., when he will have the management of a large farm. His family b will vis t friends in Illinois nntil he completes arrangements for them to join him.

Robert Clark, who has worked at the tile mill north of town for some time past, sold his horses vehicles and household goods, at the public square Saturday afternoon. Mr. Clark is preparing to move to the state of Washington with his family in about two woe, .. Sunday’s Chioago exonrsion was far the most liberally patronized here of any yet this season. The number of tickets sold at tnis station was 131. It was a very largo excursion, having 18 ocaohes and all packed full when it left Rensselaer. Both the Rensselaer horses, Billy Smith and Silk Rage, were inside the money list, at Elwcod, last Friday. Billy was second in his raoe and Rags third in hie, This week they are b.th at Lafayette.

J. H. Sayler went to Chicago, Sunday to visit his wife, who is now in a hospital in that oity. She was operated upon there last Friday. The operation was not extensive, and she is recovering from it very satisfactorily. Fountain Park Assembly dosed Sunday, after a 16 days’ session The attractions were among the beet that oonlJ be seonred, and the attendance also was large in proportion to the great excellence of the attractions. Thomas Eiglesbaoh, of the Chicago street car oondnoting foroe returned there today, after two weeks’ stay at his fathers, Henry Eiglesbacfh’s place, southeast of town. He oame home on aooonnt of sickness but has recovered. (bGollmar Bros’ advertising car No. 2 was h°re today, and a big

gang of men wre bn 97 past ng •and. seal taring-bill*. iiiey .were. just a week ahead of the circus. Bora, this Monday, Aug. 2&ib to Mr. and Mrs C larlee Sn>der, *f Lann, h d hi / ite-. Mrs. Wo. L (Will 1(4. O"' 6ltt of town, is ol* hI 1 vly improvng from h-*r aiok.i-eis xh< having beeu v-rj fiw f>>: rotne time Bruce Hardy son and deputy of Sheriff A- <l. Hardy, will b* married Tuesday evening, to Miss. Edith Brenner, of near Alt. Ayr Mr and Mrs. Samuel Sohriner. of Delphi, went home this after noon, after a few days’ visit wi h the r niece, Mrs. E. A Aldrich, and husband. .V Walter *nd George Kurrie, of Philadelphia, ar« visiting their brother H B. Kurrie. They are contr.ctors in the iron building line. Mrs Minerva Kir ner, o Orville Calif,, left, for her home this morning, after >n extend d vi it with her relatives here Her sis ter, Mrs. J L . Brady, accompanied her a* f sras Chicago

The Merchants’ Cig r Company is neg tilting w th Judge Thomp son for the lease of tae sec and story of his new business build ng as a location for their 'actory. It would be a much better 1 cation than their press .t placi on Front street.

Albert Swarztel. one of the fe w Rensselaer recruits who stayed with hie job as a & rike breaker at the stopk yards was in town for a short v sit. :Sunday Her gets about sls per-weekL board and does not 00 \sider. t ■;« work extra hard* * Himself, H rry and Charley Watson and Ivan Grant are all foindiere who are staying by the job, so far as can we learn.

Wm Roudabuah aud John L. Niotols arrived from Dakota rn the excursion train, earlv this morning. They wire out locating a quarter st-oticn in the Rjsebud laud, in Mr. Rjudabush’s number in the land drawing. His original number was 1695 but so many under him had failed to file that he looated on No. 1068. Mr. Niohols says he has got a fine quarter section of laud, very gently rolling and fine soil.

Some work has been doue in the way of canvasdng for a guarantee fund, for a street carnival aud so far with very encouraging results, there seemiug to be quite a general desire am jng the business men for a carniva l . A ropieseatative of Cannon, Hewitt & Wright Carnival Company is expected here this evening or tomorrow morniug, to make a contraot, oontingert on tbe raising of tbe guarantee fnnd. The carnival, if held, will be tbe last week in September. Estel E. Pierson, of tbe law department of Indiaaa University at Bloomington, is here for a few weeks’ visit with his own aud his wife’s relatives in this vicinity. He has two of his three years’ law course at B.oomington, but will take the third and last year at Indianapolis Uuiversitv. His fevorite law profess jT nas left Bloomington for Indianapolis and he and many other law students will follow him there. Mr. Pierson has made arrangements by whioh he will have a place with one of the leading law firms at Indianapolis, next school year, Thereby getting better opportunities for aotual practice as well as belping largely on his expenses.