Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1904 — Brief Loca Items [ARTICLE]

Brief Loca Items

TUESDAY Born, Monday, Sep 1 . 26, to Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Wasson, northwest cf town, a daughter; '‘S Mrs. James Gibson, of Mexico, Ind., is visiting Mack Sullivan, southwest of town, Mrs. W. F. Smith drew the or--gan in the County Store, last week, and Mrs. Morg Shields got a fine ohenille stand cover, W. H. Michael, pioprietor of Maple Ridge Farm, near Lowell, was here today advertieicg a big ■sale of registered short-horn cattle for Oct. 14th, and also engaging ■Col. Fred Pnillips as one of |his auctioneers. Rev. W. H. Fert’ch of Barkley M. E. church was in town today for the fi'st time since his recent severe sickness. He resumed his church work last Sunday, Delos Thompson and Jack Montgomery are making an automobile trip to Kokomo, teday, Presumably to call at the HayneaApperson factory where their auto was built. Geo Ulm, head manager of the dredge on the Kent ditch, now working do.wn Curtis Creek, has built a house boat to follow the dredge, and has moved his family out from town, and taken up his residence on the boat. Mr. and Mrs J. A. Hopkins, of the Merchant's Cigar Company, are preparing to move to Brazil, this state where they will work in the cigar factory of their old employer, Adolph Lewis, whose latest move of location landed him in Brazil. )

Blaine Gwin another of Rensselaer gcod foot-ball players, is again attending the state university, at Bloomington, and is prominent in Athletic evente. He played with the university team Saturday, against au alumni team, and ecored the first touch-down. ■ He has a good prospect of getting cn the regular varsity team this season A. O. Moure is moving back on his fine farm in Barkley, near Pleasant Gr>ve. He does net intend to let loose of his livery business here however, but will still retain his ownership and management, and will have two good men in constant charge. He also expects tp spend the greater part of his time here, looking after the business himself. This year’s re-union of the 48th Indiana regiment was held at Walkerton, on Wednesday and Thursday, of last week. It was one of the best for a long timeand attended by some 66 survivors. Ben and W. D. Sayler attended from here. The next year’s reunion will be held at Bremen.. Marion Adams received a dispatch this morning from the D. M. Ferry Seed Company, at Detroit, in answer to his telegram of Monday, in reference to the death of John W. Daley, in the big wreck near Knoxville, Tenn. The Ferry people stated that they would start a man for Knoxville, today, to bring the body back here for burial. There is now every prospect that the Rensselaer high school foot-ball team will be in it bigger than ever this season. There are a large number of the old members still in the team, and many promising new candidates. Thus the team is well fixed for material and it’is also remarkably well provided with coaches, the same being Emory Mills and Rice Por-

ter, both college foot-ball placers ot high renown in day? not long si i ce past. Mr and Mrs. O. D. Nowels and daughter Floy wer? at Flora Sunday, attending the funeral of Mrs Nowel’s brother Oliver 8. Burns, whose dsath occured the Friday evening before. He was 76 years old a d had lived there nearly] all his life. He was a man of prominence and influence in his community, and in politics was an active Republican. His was the third death in the family in much less than a year, one son having died only a week before, and another a few mor ths before.

WEDNESDAY Mrs. A. E. Brown has gone to Brookston for a week’s visit with her daughter, Mrs. Alton Meek. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eiglesbach returned home today after a few days visit with their son Thomas, at Chicago. Temperature at 2 p. m, today, 83 degrees, the highest since Sept. Ist, which was 84 degrees. D. L Hogan, now in business at Kankakee, is here to today looking after his farm, east of town. One other oase where the lightning landed in the cow pasture, Sunday night, is reported by J. C. Martindale, of Newton. It killed a good one for him. Van Grant, one of Mrs. Mattie Grant’s enterprising sons, has accepted a position as a traveler for the J. W. Kirk Soap Company, of Chicago, one of the biggest soap firms in the world. He began his work Monday, and his territory is .all of this state. Gyant Daley, of Danville, Ind , arrived yesterday afternoon, to be present at and arrange for the funeral of hie brother, John W., killed in the Tennessee railroad wreck. The body will arrive at 4:30 a. m. Thursday, and the funeral will probably be held that day. Nothing however has yet been heard of Wilford Daley, in Kansas. Delos Thompson and J. J. Montgomery returned from Kokomo on the train, this morning; having left their auto there for some repairs and alterations. Their ;ourney down was not without tribulations, as their tires got tired and they had to stop at Flors, until another auto from the factory met them with new tires. Another belated summer thunder storm, about two months overdue, arrived early this morning. It was but a mild affair compared with Sunday night’s big disturbance. The rainfall was a quarter of an .inch. Evidently there is more to follow. Mrs Nora Hoffman, of Los Angeles. Cal,, is ""here for a visit with Mrs. J. H. Kinney and other old friends, She was formerly Miss. Nora Moriarty, and she left here 18 years ago, and was married in California a year later, to Mr. Hoffman. She has a daugh-. ter of 16 and a son of 13, but neither of whom are here with her.

THURSDAY Born, Sept. 28, to Mr. and Mrs H. 0, Sayler, near the depot, a son. Born, Sept. 29th to Mr. and Mrs. 8. A. Norman, of Parr, a daughter. Mrs. Berry Paris went to Oxford today for an extended visit with her daughters. Later estimat _s show that the netprefitsof the street carnival to

the Castle Hall Association will not exceed 8150, if they reach that figure’ The Monon now owns 99 engines; 86 passenger cars and 6093 freight oars, the largest equipment in he road’s history. This week s Rensselaer visitors at the worli’s fair have struck a pretty bad time, on account of the heat. Acc irding to newspaper reports it has been so hot in St. Louis this week that the public schools were closed. After much difficulty Wilford Daley, brother of Jonn W. Daley, has been loca'ed in Kansas, and he tehgiaphed to Mr. Cale,J here ih’S morning, that be would arrived on the 6:15 train from Chicago, this evening. Vincent Eisle, three or four miles south, was still another man whose cattle the lightning got after in the big storm. His loss was a two year old heifer, worth about $lB, and insured in C. B. Steward’s agency. No trace saems to have been found o£the SSOO team and outfit stolen from Mr. Peipbo, at Cedar Lake, last Friday jiight. The report that they had been seen at the Kankakee river bridge crossing into Jasper county must be takep with some doubts; for another man claims also to have seen the outfit at Dyer, at about the same time and they could not have been at both places.

Prof. David K. Goss, former superintendent of the Indianapolis schools, committed suicide at Strassburg, Germany, on Monday, where he had an American school for boys. It is this school that John Landis, son of Congressman C. B. Landis was attending. The school is now closed. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Clark have returned from Banton county to pass the winter with their daughter Mrs. Henry Amsler. "Mr. Clark has been sick this summer, but is now improving. His age will be 93 next February, but his mind and memory are still bright and clear, and his bodily health good for his Bga. His wife is 87; her age is telling upon her more than his upon him, both mentally and physically. Rev. R. D. Utter, D. D., former pastor of M. E, the church, but whom the recent N. W. Indiana con ferenoe placed on the superannuate list, is still staying at Romney, his former charge, and perhaps will reside there for some time to come. He was not arbitrarily placed in the superannuate relation by the conference, but at his own request, and agains; the wishes of many friends. The sickness which was one of the causes for his request for*the superannuuate relation, he attributes to the use of impure water. * At last reports received he had not fully regained his health.

Monticello Journal: The oase of Herman E. Rose vs W. D, Owen brought here on change of venue from Cass county has been up for hearing in Circuit court before J udge Gould of Delphi since yesterday. The suit was originally brought by Rose, asking the payment of $60,000 commission for the sale of lands and Owen filed a oross complaint asking that the contract under which the commission was claimed be set aside. Mr. who has been in ill health for the past year is laying in a critical condition at bis home in Boston and is unable to be present, The quarterly communion service will ae held at the Presbyterian church next sabbath morning. The pastor will preach in the evening, upon the theme: ‘‘The Lord’s Book of Remembrance. , Miss Lelia Travis went to Marion, today, to take a position as book-keeper in a furniture store. Theodore George has accepted a position as clerk in the clothing department, of Forsythe’s Chicago Bargain store. '