Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1904 — Brief Local Items [ARTICLE]

Brief Local Items

FRIDAY Born, Friday morning, Sept. 16, to Mr. and Mrs. Alva Potts, north of the railroad, a eon. Mrs. W. J. lmes jaet returned from the City where she has been buying her fall stock of goods and studying the fall styles. Roy MoKiusoy has returned home from an extended stay in Indianapolis, where he was taking a course of medioal treatment.

D. C. Warren of Chester. Neb., left for that place this morning after about a month’s visit with relatives here and at other places in this state. Glenn Wishard is home for a short visit with his parents, before returning to his studies at Northwestern University, at Evanston, 111. Albert Marshall has gone to Fargo, North Dakota, to begin his duties as professor of athletics in the Norik Dikota University, located at that place. F.II. Scott, of the Robinson Carnival Company, is here to organize a Queen of the Carnival contest; also a new feature irr the oarnival line kuown as a “Country Store.”

L. G. Lincoln, of Fargo, N Dak., is here looking for prospeo tive land buyers, and land agents. He owns seven sections near Fargo, and is outting it up and selling it out in farms to suit purchasers.

A pretty large land sale of Jaeper county land, but between Illinois parties, has just been put on reoord. John J. Swarlz, of Urbana sells to Chas. F. Mansfield, of Bemeqt, 400 aores in the south, east corner of Marion tp, for $24,000, Miss Essie Kendall, arrived Wednesday evening, to be on hand for the opening of her sohool, on Sept 1 26th, She will teach the Pleasant Ridge sohool, the same as last year. She has spent most of the summer olerking in the . Fair store in Chicago, but ended up by a trip to the world’s fair, where she spent eight days.

The Oliphant Sisters gave the first of their two evening’s exercises at the M. E. ohuroh, last night to a fair sized audienoe, which no doubt, will be muoh increased tonight. They give a musioal entertainment, entirely free of oost, whioh would be well worth half a dollar, if it was a money making enterprise. They intersperoe their singing with talks on religion and stories of their experiences.

Rev. W. H. Fertioh has been returned to the pastorate of Barkley ohuroh and cirouit, for another year. He is not yet a regular member of the conference, having been preaohing for only about two years. He is a man of high education, and heretofore has always been engaged in teaching. He is a very able .’preacher however, in spite of his short experience, and if he so desires, can easily fill fnuoh more prominent appointments tb'an the one now assigned him

Uncle Charley Baker, of over south of Mt Ayr, was in town today, and is advertising for sale ini this paper a ncotor-oyole he bought right rsoently for his own use, he being the first man in this immediate vioinity to buy such a maohine. He finds the frame was built a little too high, or his legs were built a little too short, and so he intends to sell this one and buy another of exactly the same make,

only a little smaller frame, Uncle Charley has no ambition to own an automobile, for he has a pair of black mu’es that will get over the ground equal to moat any automubile, and which he thinks nothing of driving the 10 miles between his house and Rensselaer in 40 minutes. Though he dont have to drive them, but just let them go,

SATURDAY Billy Smith won a raoe at Braz,l Friday, in three straight heats, anc a puree of $250. Dr. A. J. Miller took the oath ot offiie this morning, and is now the city health officer for the oity oi | Rensselaer. •* i Uncle Isaac, at his son John E, | Alter’s, in Union Tp , has grjwn worse again, and was scarcely expeoted to live the day out. Miss Lois Kendall went to Chicago, today and Sunday will go to St. Louis to take a position just secured for her by kei sister, Miss Essie Kendall. The Queen of the Carnival contest'has already been started. So far the candidates are Misses Beulah Yat->O, Lena Tuteur and Blanch MoCarthy. Mrs. and Mr. Geo. M, Myers and son, of Washington, 111., are visiting his father, L. N. Myers, for a few days. Tney cams in their automobile, which is a large and fine machine. Mr. Myers *is also locking after his property here, the former Henry Adams farm south of town.

Lloyd Jeseen, having beoome an expert telegrapher, after three years praotioe, has left the Western Union offioe here, and is now at Indianapolis, where he has a prospeot for a place the central offioe there. Guy jTyler suoceeds him as Miss Spauldings’ understudy, at the offioe here.

John King shut up’ his fruit stand for one day, Friday, and went over to Medaryvillo to renew old acquaintances at] the old settlers meeting. A big shooting tournament was the especially attractive feature to John. There were some of the best shooters in there country there, but Frank Niohols, Medaryvillo’s great gunner, beat the best of them by one bird, on the day’s average.

J. C. Thrawls, our venerable excounty surveyor, was taken violently sick Thursday while at work in the surveyor’s offioe, with gastritis, a severe form of stomach trouble. Owing to bis advanced age, the attaok was especially serious, but he is beginning to improve now and the ohanoes are favorable for his recovery. Mrs. Lyda Kimball who has been here Binoe before the death of he father, Berry Paris, left for her home at Brooklyn, N. Y., morning. She took with her Ellen Paris, her orphaned neioe, who will make her permanent home with her. They will meet Mr. Kimball at Converse, their old home and remain for a few days visit with relatives.

There was a very heavy dew last night, and this morning certain early risers, seeing it gathered on low roofs, and shinning white in the morning light, mistook it for frost. There was no frost however, and in fact it was a comparatively warm night, the lowest being 52 degrees. Today’s fine' weather seems to promise a sure immunity from frost for the rest ol the month* The temperature today reaohed the 80 degree mark.

MONDAY Dm Patch is recovering all rikfkt from his bad sickness out at Kansas City, as per a wireless dis pHtch received by his Rensselaer daughter, Happy New Year. A sin of Robert 8 inoti, ahou 10 or 11 years old, ha* apoet at tie home of Mrs. Cvmok’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Pullins, in Barkley Tp. S > far 'he a t-ick is not vervsevere,

Miss GrnoV Hnss Mbs. Cose Carr and Vemoa Marshall cf thr Republican fore , saw Bird Center, at Chicago Grand Opera Hons- , Saturd .y. They j’onouace it very fi.ie. Lbyde Jdgs.n has to wail ait bile for his Western Union j >b rt ludianapdis. ucd is bt.ck in the offioe here" Grandfather J, M, Gwin is home from a long visit with his daughter at Herscher, 111,, and will remain here for an extended period. Dr W. W, Hartsell has gone to St. Louis to see the big fair for a few days. Nick Krull formerly iooatec here in bakery line,.but mere lately in Mbnon. has just made another move, and locat-c! in K-»nt land, where he will conduct a. bakery and restaurant.

The thunder storm that came up early Sund-y morning brought 88 inches of rain. There was no special need for any more rain at all, just n w, in thi . region except f r plowing and ditching. - _ John Duvall, son of C. W Duvall, is now located at G-and Rapid?, Mich where he has relative?, and is learning the tailor’s trade and business, in the shop of one of the mus f fashionable tailors of tha‘ city. Rev. A. G Work and Elder' D E. Hollister left this forenoon for Michigan City, to attend the fall meeting of the Logansport Presbytery. Its sessions will begin this evening and continue until Wednesday. Rev. Work is permanent clerk of the Presbytery. He will also be called’upon for a report of his experiences and observations at the General Assembly, at Buffalo last spring.

Dr. J. H Honan and wife are by this timJ again on ship board headed for their home in Germany The doctor has prospered greatly over there, but after this visit back to his native land, he]_is lets satisfied to remain in Berlin than he was before and not uolikly will return here permanently, before many years. With the prestige he has acquired during his German career he could easily establish himself in a large practice at almost any place he might choose.

Dee Ferguson, the euterprising son and partner of Rev. B. F. Fergus )n, though he still lacks a mouth or two of being 21 years old, has branched out for himself in life, or at least by himself, and ip by this time in Spokane, Wash., where he will permanently locate, He will be in the real-estate and similar lines of business, and make a special feature of looating eastern people in that region, working in oonjnnotion with his father here. When he went out last week, he took with him a party of (eight parsons, mostly from Montioello whom he expeots to permanently locate there. Wm. Kettleborry and his brother from Nebraska, whose father Wm Kettle Derry Sr. died ahput a week ago on the John Groom farm, sold the former’s worldly possessions, at the public square Saturday afternoon. The property sold consisted of a phenomenally battered and woathern worn set of farming tools, and the prices they brought were equally phenomenal. Thus a wagon good for considerable service Bold for §1 50. An iron beam plow with wheel coulter 75 cents. A sulky cultivator with double set of shovels, 75 cents. A good 4 j tine fork 5 cents. A muzzle load-! ing shot gun, of the vintage of 1840, 90 cents etc. The entire outfit brought less than SS. Two pretty fair work horees sold at $72 and $34, respectively.