Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1904 — Brief Local Items [ARTICLE]

Brief Local Items

FRIDAY The Sipe dog and pony show which was to have been here last Monday, bat did not oome has gone into winter quarters at Kokomo. This is a month earlier than usual and was made necessary by so many of his performing ponies being sick with distemper. J. G. Francis, of Fairbury, 111, was in town today. He was here looking after his farm in Jordan tp. His Jesse Purdem, an enterprising young farmer, is raising’so much oom this yean that Mr. Franois had to oome out and arrange for building some more corn cribs. There was an immense andienoe at Monon Wednesday, to hear J. Frank Hanley’s speech. A. O. Reser of Lafayette alse spoke, dividing Mr. Hanley’s time. After the meeting Mr. Reser took a run up here and says he wants, if posjible to hoar Geo. A. KnigM here 'oTuorrow, E, W. Bowen, of Delphi is said have the finest cow now on aarth, and possibly in the calestial regions also, [a a Bild of 28, she won the world’s championship at the worlds fair. The name of the prize oow is Fair Queen, she is two years old and the daughter of Missey, also a famous oow in her life.

Dennis Gleason shipped another car load of horses to the Cincinnati market, Thursday nicjht, and one of the best lots he has picked np dor a long time. There were 16 in the oar and the whole bunch must have stood him close to $2,800. One pair cost him S2OO apiece, several others $lB5, and still ethers about $175. He picked up most of them over in the fertile fields of Benton county. Geo. Danford, the Lee blacksmith, formerly located here, was in town Thursday. He has m'oved several times since leaving here, his last move being from Rankin, Ind., to Lee. Rankin is, or was, a place in White ocuuty, south of Monon, and not on any railroad In that case the town moved away from the blacksmith instead of the blacksmith moving away from the town. The town recently consisted of a store, .post-office, saw-mill and blacksmith shop. A rural rente was established right through the place, and that abolished the post-offioe, and thereupon the people stopped coming thereand the store and the saw-miU pulled out, and Mr. Danford thought one lone blacksmith shop did not constitute a town, so he pulled out also.

Frank Stout, the Monticello and Delphi horse man who recently tried to ship an old pair of plugs from Indianapolis to the worlds fair by express and which be valued at a million dollars, is dead under circumstances that have caused considerable of a sensation. He and his horses were stopped at Lafayette and from there he was sent *to the insane asylum, at Indianapolis, where he soon. died. After his death it was found he had seven broken riba, and though the injuries did not cause his death, they very likely hastened it* It has been shown that his injuries ocoured before he reached the ■asylum, and. the deputy sheriff who took him therefrom Lafayette appears to be under suspicion. 'Especially as he is said to have told other parties that he had considerable trouble with Stout, ? Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Lewis, of Kersey, were in town today, transacting business and seeing the show*. Mr. Lewis is the general engineer and resident manager of the Gifford railroad, and he reports that the bridge across the Kankakee has just been completed, and the track laid over it and into Lake county a short distance. The big Steam dredge is hard at work north of the river, throwing

up a grade tnrough the marsh. Miss Lillie Barris, daughters, of R. W. Barris, on the G. W. Michaels farm, south of town, lately went to St Louis and Ashkum, 111., on a visit. When she came back she surprised her relativesjby bringing her husband Mr. Wm. Hussong, to whom she on Sept. sih, at Ashkum, After a short visit they returned to that place, to make their home. Uncle Job English, of Brook, is visiting his brother John English, end seeing some of the sights with a possible view to investing They found it a very fine region. The temperature again drew down alarmingly close to the frost mark last night, but did not touch it, the lowest being 4.1 degrees. And the oom crop is still unharmed and a few more days will see the most of it out of danger, though the ripening prcc?'.?* has been very slow lately. Born, Wednesday, Sept. to Mr. Mrs. Eph Hiokm&n, in town, a son. Wednesday Sept. 21 st io Mr, and Mrs. Emmet Fidler, east of town, a da tighter. Tuesday Sept. 20th to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Clemens, near Surrey, a daughter. Thursday; Sept. 22nd, to Mr, and Mrs. James Russel, of Barkley, a son.

SATURDAY Fred Gilman has been seen and beard of quite often in Chicago lately, and has also branched out as a railroad company promoter, for building a railroad in Mexico, doubtless a huge swindle. If the Newton county grand jury which meets next month don’t get after Fred’s hide with several dozen indictments, some one will have been mighty remiss in the duty they owe the people whom Gilman has swindled. Another horrible burning accident of this near vicinity oooured in Kentland, Thursday morning. Mrs. Wm. Dorton was cleaning a kitchen stove with a rag saturated with gasoline, or using stove polish mixed with gasoline, and the rag took fire, and then the woman’s clothing which was burned from her body. Her injuries were fatal, and she died that evening, after a day of terrible suffering.

Ex-Senator J. J. Moore and brother, R M. Moore, both of Johnson county, are visitingjtheir brother-in«law Joseph Yeoman and family. Friday they drove out to the farm they lived on when young. It is a place in the west side of Jordan Tm, dose to the river, and' which their* father Robert Johnson, entered as government land over 50 years ago. They had not seen the piece for 35 years and'could see nothing that looked familiar to them.

Mr. and Mrs Fred Bachman, of northeast of town, were in Friday with their family, including their celebrated triplets. Thty were the center. afa»- admiring: group while they staid on. the cour house square.fl They .are fine hearty boys now, , two of them weighing j nsfc 26poutt«h«aub,and the-qther, who is- not- quite so hearty weighs- 22 poundss The triplets will be two years old next February, - ■ > 11. Albert,' little son of Jesse Say ler 5 miles west of town, fell Jfrom a hay mow, Friday, an 1 broke Jthe left arm below the wrist. I|?Dr Berkley reduced the'fracture. The carnival queen contest was abandoned almost as soon as it was started. There seemed to be no general interest taken in the matter. L. W. Benbow’s baby at Parr, is recovering from its very dangar ous sickness. Born, Friday Sept. 23rd, to Mr. and Mrs* Tom Redgate, miles north of town, a son Mrs. Isaac Glazebrook has received her new fall samples and catalogues and invites all the ladies to call and see the same, Squire J. B. Clemens, of Shelby is making one of his occasional visits back to Rensselaer today. The Remington hogs which did so well at the state fair last week, are to be at the world’s fair at St. Louis next week and are expected to land a number of good premiums,

Uncle Joe Parkison and wife arrived last night from their home in western Kansas, near Bucklin, 'or an extended visit with relatives. Thev continue well pleased with i;heir Kansas home, which is a fine stock and wheat country, R. W. Burris, m the Michaels 'arm south of town, is preparing to move back to his old home in Hendricks county and with that view is advertising a public sale 'or Monday, October 3rd, being the first public sale of the season. The Remington Telephone Company, Besser & Brand proprietors, have secured a franchise in Goodand, similar to the one recently given them here, and according to the Remington Press, will soon open stations in both places, M. J. Foley, of Crawfordsville, was to have made a Democratic speech here, yesterday afternoor, and was on hand for the purpose, but the carnival show manager reused to suspend the shows for the speech, and the crowd preferred to stay with the shows, and therefore the speech was abandoned.

Hon. Geo. A. Knight of San Franoisco, Calif., arrived at 2.01 this afternoon, and made his first speech in Indiana here. Owing to the rain all the forenoon, the meeting was held in the opera house, which was packed. But had it not been for the rain an immense out door meeting wonld have been held. This forenoon s continuous rain was almost a fatal blow to the carnival’s business for the day, also fully as bad for the big Republican meeting to hear the great Pacific Coast orator, Hons George A. Knight. Both the carnival and the meeting did some business this afternoon, but nothing compared with what would have been, had the weather kept fine. Delos Thompson and Jack Montgomery tested their new auto this morning in some quick runs, out to. the Thompson & Lawler place, beyond Pleasant Ridge,, and then south towards Remington, beyond the big sand hill; and which the machine climbed without a grunt. At the Thompson & Lawler farm they went out into the big pasture among the big herd of big cattle, and instead of being scared, as a drove of horses would the cattle showed not the least alarm, but came right and looked at and smelled of the machine. John O’Conner of Walker, Republican candidate for sheriff is

not so busy hunting votes for himself that he does not have time to kill a rattlesnake when he meets one on the public highway. That was whathappenned to him Thursday evening some 10 or 12 miles north from Rensselaer, and while on his way here. The snake was right in the middle of the gravel road, and John got out and killed it with-a small stick, notforgetting to save the rattles; as a conclusive proof that his snake killing story was straight goods,and'not just a yarn got up for campaign purposes John says that, long as he has lived in the northern swampy and snal&infested j regioca.-’ of Jasper county, he never * before saw alive rattlesnake on its- native heaths

Wm Sohleman, of Francesville has returned from bis trip to northwest Canada, and was looking after his business here this week. He reports oats and wheat harvest finished in the province of Assiniboia, where his land is, and threshing in progress. He talks freely of oats crops of 75 to 100 bushels to the aore, and even, in rare oases, of 125 bushels. His partner, David Hazen raised some oats this year, but got there toe late to sow, wheat. He is now breaking up more raw sod and wIU get in. big crops next year. The sod there is tougher than anything mown here, and it put even there jig steam plow to a severe test. By putting in stronger pulling parts, it was made to stand the strain and is turning over about 10 acres every day. Uncle Dave Hazen thinks it a great oonntry and is glad he is there. Mr. Sohleman is also well satisfied with the prospects of his invest ment there.

MONDAY The elements celebrated the end summer, or possibly the departure of the carnival, by a tremendous thunder storm last night beginning about 9 o’clock. In the display of lightning and frequent and heavy bursts of thunder, it rivalled any of the best efforts of the midsummer in that line. The rainfall was .90 of an inch. Mr. and Mrs, A. F. Long were married 15 years ago last night, and Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Hollingsworth 15 years ago today. These respective and respected couples* together with the several promising products- of their happy unions, are jointly and severally celebrating the anniversaries by a trip to the world’s fair. They left on the II a. m. train today and will be gone a week.

, Some 68 tioketsjwere sold], here for the Chicago excursion Sunday. Born, Sunday, Sept. 25th to Mr. and Mrs Wm. Qosley, south of town.a.son Miss Laurel Biggs has gone to Farmersburg, Ind., to fill the place of trimmer in a millinery store for the fall and winter season. Charley Rhoads is at Delphi, this week, with high diving dog, giving performances in connection with a merry-go-round. Mr. and Mrs. J, W. Williams and daughter, Mrs. C. H. Porter, of Del phi/ left -this afternoon, for about a week’s Stay at the world’s fair. , Mrs. Mel Abbott went to Monticello Saturday afternoon, for about a two weeks’ visit with relatives.

Judge Palmer, at Monticello, will give his decision in the Andy Charles and Shorty Adams corn i “cribbing” case on Oct, 3rd. Judge T.F. Palmer, of Monticello, has just been down to Boston taking the 33 rd degree in' Free Masonry, which is the highest degreein ttu order. Will Tanner, who bus been managing Thompson & Lawler’s former Monnett place, east of town moved today on the same firm’d ranch up northwest of Fair Oaks. Lightning struck the Monticello telephone exchange last night and put it out of easiness. It burned the roof off the building, and evidently did a good deal of damage to the telephone company. Mrs. Fred Dalton and children departed for Gilman 111. this Monday morning, after several days visit with friends and relatives in Rensselaer, and vicinity, Dr W. L. Myer, the dentist will be married next Wednesday, evening, at Frankfort, Ind,, to Miss Myrtle Bell, of that place. After the wedding they will visit the world’s fair, before returning to Rensselaer. Lloyd Jessen the young telegrapher, went to Shelbyville, Ill.; Sunday, and will be there several weeks, aa » Bubßtitute for the regular Western Union man. Lloyd will probably be kept reasonable busy on the subbing list from now ou, until begets a regular assignment. Geo. W. Michaels, than whom there is no abler nor more highly respeeted Democrat in Jasper county, and who has been a candidate for Congress, on their ticket, makes no .bones of repudiat-

ing their national ticket this year He will n->t vote tor Parker, and he don’t oare who knows that he will not. A sharp change to colder, after the big thunder storm and present warm weather, will be the natural course of events, With a frost not unlikely." There is still considerable corn a heavy frest would damage, but the bulk of the crop is out of danger, and good big crop it is too. The Lafayette objectors to the election of J. H. Chapman as trustee in the McCoy bankruptcy oases, filed I heir exceptions 1 within the 10 days’ limit allowed by law. Mr. Chapman and his attorneys nbw have 10 days in which to file their reply to the objectors’ bill of exceptions. The big clearing sale at Wildberg’s Ideal Clothing Store, under the management of the “Great Western Salvage Company” closed Saturday night. The sale was evidently a big one, and according reliable reports aggregated over SB,OOO. Mr. Wildberg, who still has a big stock left, advertises that he will continue the sale himself until the Ist of October. t-a i ;

Mr,, and Mrs. Geo. Hopkins came up from Wabash Sunday, The former to tear down and ship to Wabash the carpenter shop of the former horse stocks factory, which the Barons company will re-erect at Wabash, as a part of their proposed stove foundry; and Mrs. Hopins came to visit friends. Their son Vernon came also and will assist in demolishing the carpenter shop. ProL Hop has now branched out into a new business at Wabash. He has organized a college for dogs, himself teing president of the faculty and professor of the science of dog-triok-ology; with Prof, Sunday as assistant professor, He has a class of about a dozen promising young purps, and is teaching them all kinds of tricks and performances, besides the high diving specialty. A good many of the dogs are tuition pupils; but himself owns quite a number, it being his ambition to develops a dog show One of Hop’s pupils is six feet long or six inches longer than Hop himself. This lengthy pupil is ,a Great Dane, and some day may take a notion to absorb his education all in one lesson and do it by eati Dg up his educator. You’ll miss a rare treat if you do not attend the grand Majestic cooking exhibit at Warner Bros. , Don’t get left.