Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1904 — Brief Local Items [ARTICLE]

Brief Local Items

TUESDAY Born, Monday, and M*s. L. W. Benbow, at Parr , a son. Mies Edna Thompson is visiting friends at Darlington, Ind , for a few days, Bora, thia Tuesday Aug. 30 1904, to Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Brauer on Division atreet, a daughter. Miss Flora Harris went to Cnioago this morning for a week’s visit with relatives. Miss Telie Linn of was here yesterday visiting her sister Mrs. W. H. Parkison. Mrs. Mary Gray went to Columbia City, today for a short visit with a brother living there. Miss Carrie McDonald of Lacrosse, Ind., returned home today’ after a short visit with her brother Wash Scott. Mrs. H. V. Reed, of Chicago , returned home, this morning after a short visit with Mrs. Mary E. Thompson. Miss Blanoh Hoyes went to Chi* oago this morning to remain about a week getting her eyes treated. Mrs, Viotoria Wood has gone to Taylorville, HL, to visit her daughter, Mrs. Florence Greenawalt for an extended period. Thursday’s Lafayette Special will not leave Lafayette, on its return trip, until 10 o’clock p. m., instead of 7, as advertised. Rev. Fertioh, of Valma, pastor of Barkley M. E- church has been wery severely sick with a bowel trouble, but is now improving. Perry Marlatt, of north of town and two daughters, Mrs. Joe Jackson and Miss Kate Marlatt, left this forenoon for a week’s stay at the world’s fair. J. T. Penn, former landlord of the Newels House, more recently at Thorntown and Red Key, has now located at Dunkirk, in charge of the Taft House, which is owned and operated by 17 business men of that place. Voters who move from one township to another after the Bth of Sept, will lose their votes, Veters must reside in a township 60 days and in a preoiuct 30 days. Voters who change preoinots after the Bth of October wi’l lose their votes. Charley Smith, who has been learning the printer’s trade in the Journal office for the past four years, has given up his job there and is going to Cino innati with E T, Jones, the Demoorat’s retiring printer. George Hempbill has completed his course at Indianapolis Business University, and visited bis parents here ovgr Supday. He has already been given a fine position as stenographer and book-keeper - for the Brown-Ketchum Iron Oom- . pany, of Indianapolis. John W. Roberts, now of Los Angeles, Calif., was in town today. He was a brother of the Mr. Rob- . erts, of Kentland, who was killed in a train wreck a few weeks ago, and also of O. J. Roberts, a former ■ resident of Rensselaer. He also was a resident of Rensselaer about 20 years ago, having studied law in Thompson & Bros.’ office for about two yean. He is now in the manufacturing business at Los Angeles, and is evidently a very , prosperous citizen.

The cigar factory has closed up a lease of the upper fliorof Judge Thompson’s new building, and will move into it as soon as it is ready Temporarily they will occupy the west room down stairs, and will move tomorrow. Gumption Cute called at the postoffioe last evening and requested Postmaster Meyers to notifiy President Roosevelt that his vote was now on the market, at the not exorbitant price of $5, It is much to be feared that if Gump were to sell his vote this far ahead .of the election he would need the money again and sell it to some other fellow, before election d*y came around. Of course the man is not responsible for what he says nor scarcely for what he does. His right name is O'Brien and those who knew him when he was young say that he was about the brightest boy in the community. Whiskey has made him what he now is.

WEDNESDAY - Dr. J. W. Horton left today for a short stay at the Wor'd’s Fair at St. Louie. B. Forsythe and wife returned from buying fall good at Chicago Monday and Tuesday. E. H. Junes and Charley Smith the printers, left this afternoon for Cincinnati. Mrs. 0, E. Mills, returned home today after a short visit with her son Ed in Chicago, and other relatives at Ottawa, 111. Messrs. Geo. Murray, Judge Hanley and J. H. Chapman went to Lafayette today to attend the Fair. Quite a number, especially of old soldiers, went over to the Brook re-union and harvest festival today. Tomorrow Congressman 0. B. Landis will speak. Mies Katherine McDonald, a teaoher in the Rensselaer schools about 12 or 13 years ago, but for 2 years past connected with Williamette University at Albany Oregon, was married at that place on August 3rd. to Mr. H. E. Upmeyer, of Harrisburg, Oregon.

Unole Jake Troxell the well known justice of the peace, is preparing to move back to DeMotte, his former home, to again take charge of the DeMotte hotel and boarding house. Tom Moody went back to Ames lows, today to resume his studies in the lowa Agricultural college, and Kenton Parkison, and one of last year’s high school graduates went with him to enter the same institution.

Business has been very dull in the county recorder’s office lately, and last Saturday was the first Saturday since R. B. Porter has been Recorder when not a dollar was taken in, in the office* This week there is more to do,

J. W. Paris, who was here to attend his father’s funeral, left for his home at Brooklyn, N, Y., today. He is about to change his place of residence to Princeton, New Jersey, where his son is attending Princeton University. A fine rain visited this region early this morning with a rainfall of about two fifths of an inob. The farmers will use it in their business to good advantage, for pasture*, fall plowing and seeding and even some of the corn fields needed still more rain. The rainfall at noon was nearly half an inch.

W E Laidlaw, of Cincinnati, returned home last evening after short visit with Miss Lillian RhoadesMiss Edith Marshall left this morning for Billings, Montana, where she will teach in the city public schools, the ensuing school year.

The man who has always been coming in a day or two to bail out Frank Wallace, of Kersey, is still coming, and it is now so near the time for the September term of the circuit court to begin that there is no longer much object in bis giving bail.' Charles E. Norris, 64 years old, an old time newspaperman, who for three years has been walking about the country for nis health, covering 15,000 miles and wearing out 70 pairs of shoes dropped dead shortly after 5 Saturday night at State and Van Buren streets Chicago- Heart failure is supposed to have been the cause of his death. • The state board of education passed the following resolutions: “The newly adopted books should be put into the schools gradually and only as new classes are formed. ’ It may be well for parents not to purchase books until the teacher decides whether they require new or old books. There is an exchange price on the new books adopted which will be made known by the dealers handling the books*

Constable Lyman Z?a is short a $lO bill and the packet book whiob contained it. He lost it last night after he returned from pressing hay in the country. He is not sure but someone the wad after he arrived home and while his vacant pants laid upon the wagon, and be was doing bis chores in the dark.—Also in his overalls. The wife of Jeptha Crouch", the Lafayette horse importer, is said to have been robbed of SI,BOO worth of jewelry, at St. Louis, Tuesday, which she left on the dresser. Next time she had better not oarry a grip sack full of diamonds when she goes on a trip. Jep can make it good however, on the profits of three or four imported horses. The Hammond Tribune labels as the meanest man in the country a Lake Station man ffho had been doing business with a Hammond man for some months. Finally the Hammond man sent a statement of the balance due him to the Lake Station man, the same being 35 cents, and the Lake man sent the Hammond man the 35 cents in pennies, in a cigar box by express with 25 cents in express charges for the Hammond man to pay. No wonder the Hammond man was riled.

School will open next Monday, as previously aanounced, though that being Labor and Circus day, it is not likely nor, in fact, desirable that any session be held in the afternoon. No one has yet been definitely secured to succeed W. O. Hiatt as principal, but Prof. Sanders has a line on several promising men, some one of whom, he is confident, will be engaged and on hand by Monday.

The latest form of these guessing contest frauds is to guess the numbar of feathers on a rooster. One suoh has been pulled off at Monticello, by a clothing store. The closest guess was by a young lady, Miss Alice Shoop, who no doubt bad picked chickens herself once or twice, She guessed 3780, which was just one more Than the rooster possessed. The wildest guess was 125,000 and about as bad as the other was a guess of 200* Uncle John Daugherty is the veteran rural route carrier of Jasper county. It now lacks but about two' weeks of being four years since he began carrying on the first route ouL of Rensselaer, and during those four years he has missed only four trips, and he missed those, while trying to buy a hone. He has never been sick enough to miss a trip. Before he became a rural

router he used to have spells of sickness every winter. Abel Grant, the new owner of the Parks drayiog outfit and business is now in personal charge of the same, and will move to town in about a week. He will occupy Squire Jacob Troxell’s residence property, on Elm street; the Squire being about to move to DeMotte. Mr. Grant is a worthy and industrious citizen and will no donbt do well in the draying business, although be was obliged to take possession sooner than be had agreed, and did not have the advice and assistance of the former owner in starting into the k work, which was also a part cf .the purchase agreement.

THURSDAY The cigar factory moved this morning into Judge Thompson’s new building. September starts in hot and humid, with a temperaturn of 84 degrees, at one p, m. today Chester Smith has bought a hay press and ij going back into his old business of pressing hay. Mrs. A, L. Padgett went to Lafayette today to stay the remainder of the week. Wm. Guss arrived from Chicago last night, to see his new daughter born a few hours before his arrival. Born, this Thursday morning Sept. Ist to Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Simons, in the east part of town, a son. There were 23 persons from Rensselaer and vicinity that went to Lafayette today, on the special train Uncle Billy Pierce and daughter Mrs. Thos. Knox, went to Lebanon today for a week’s visit with relatives. The paper train was nearly four hours late, this morning, from the blowing out of a valve in the engine, some place up the line Miss Flossie Wright went to Carrollton, 111., this morning, and has a good position in the public schools there for the coming school year, Born,, Wednesday evening, Aug. 31st, at the home of the new grandparents Mr. and Mrs. 0. C. Starr to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Guss of Chicago, a daughter. Rev. A, G. Work, arrived home from his month’s vacation, in Wisconsin, yesterday afternoon, and will resume regular church services at the Presbyterian church Sunday.

The expected advance agent of a carnival company has not yet been seen, nor again heard from, and it is beginning to be thought that he has changed his mind about coming here. Walter W. Reynolds, of north of the railroad, fell on the cement sidewalk at A. B. Coghill’s place, this morning, and bis hip was severely and very painfully injured. It is to soon too determine if the bone is fractured, but the physician does not think it is, Jasper Kenton will leave for South Dakota next Tuesday, and and buy a secton of land thereHe will put his nephew, Mason Kenton, in charge and himself continue to reside in Rensselaer for at least 18 months yet, and perhaps permanently. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Oatt, lately of Chenoa, 111., are visiting friends here at present. Mr. Catt has sold his barber business at Chenoa and is now contemplating a western trip, to look for a new location. Sam English and Charley Murray arrived yesterday afternoon, from two weeks’ stay at their cattle ranch, at Mountain View, Okla., wuere they and their various p rtners have 3,000 acres bought or leased,

The County Board of Education met in regular September session here today. Their business was to settle the time of beginning their various township schools and arrange dates for township institutes.

Born this Monday Sept- Ist to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smith, of Union tp., a son. Dr. Washburn lost the' lower part of one of his automobile lamps, last uight on the north gravel road, and requests the finder to return it to him, One of the greatest battles of modern times has been raging around Liao Yang for two days and so far as can .be judged from reports received, with enormous losses on both sides and noj’decided advantage to either Russians or Japs. Wednesday’s heavy rains were not general in their scope. Thue out in Jordan there were places where there was not rain enough either in the morning nor at noon, to stop the threshing machines. Some 8 or 10 miles north the rains were also much lighter than here. D. C. Warren has gone for b week’s visit with relative’ in Logansport and P<ru, but will return here before going back to his home in Nebraska. In this connection it may incidentally be mentioned that rumors are afloat to the effect that the next time David comes back east he will not come alone.

Dr. W. W. Merrill returned from Englewood, yesterday, and will again return to the practice of medicine here. He will occupy his former rooms in the WilliamsStockton building. His family will remain in Englewood for the present, as his daughter has a good position there.

J. R Vduatta. whj has been very sick for acme time past, with in dications of blood poisoning, and so much so that at times his life was dispaired of, is now improving and his physicians bold out strong hopes for bis recovery. His disease seemst o be a return of a very dangerous sickness of about three years ago, from whidh he has never fully recovered. J. J. Hunt and Miss Pearl Wasson returned Wednesday, from a visit to Columbia City, and Baas Lake. Mr. Hunt is very enthusiastic in his praises of Bass Lake, It is in Starke county was formerly know as Cedar Lake, and is the largest body of water, in Indiana, being five* miles long and two or three wide. It has fine beaches and is a nice body of water generally. The Republican was in error as to Squire Troxell intending to move to DeMotte. He will stay here and run his justice office until the Ist of January, if not longer. They have a good building at DeMotte, 'used as a hotel, and 80 acres of land right adjoining the town, a part of which is in fact, laid off in town lots. The property needs looking after badly and Mrs. Troxell, who is well experienced in the hotel business is going up to take charge of the place, and will run the hotel and have the whole property put in good order, but Uncle Jake will stay here, and look after his offi* cial business