Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1904 — Brief Local Items [ARTICLE]

Brief Local Items

TUESDAY Squire W, E. Moora left today for a few days’ stay at the world’s fair. Mrs. L. T. Barton and daughter ?Mabel, of Chicago, visited Mrs. \ J. H Chapman Sunday and Mon- ■ day. Born Sunday, Oct. 2nd to Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Kayser, in west part of town, a daughter. Born, Monday night, Oct. 3rd, so Mr. and Mrs. John Behms, in Barkley tp. a son. Mr. and Mrs 0. W. Coen are spending a few days with friende \ln Chicago. Architect C. A. Weatherhogg is over from Fort Wayne seeing how the Carnegie Library building is p progressing, and which he finds very satisfactory. Mr. and Mrs. George Ketchum, of east of town arrived home last evening from several months’ visit with relatives in Kansas and ' Missouri. Mrs. E. N. Hyland, of Chicago and daughter, Mrs. D. Davisson, .of Wolcott, went to that place to* day, after a visit with the former’s sister, Mrs. J. Q. Alter. Mrs, John Hoffman and daughter Bessie have gone to Monticello xfor a few weeks, to attend the car- .. nival and visit relatives.

Mrs. Frank Lainbreoht, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. v Pete Hordeman, left today for a visit to the world’s fair, before returning to her home at Brooklyn, N. Y. Geo. Tullis returned home Monday afternoon, from a visit with \ his sister, Mrs. Ohas. Andrews, at \ Danville, 111., and who is seriously . tsiok, Dr 1. J. Miller is moving his residence today, from Marsh barren’s property on south Weston street, into W. H. Eger’s tenant house on Franklin street, formerly occupied by Prof. W, O. Hiatt. Miss Bethel Yeoman, of Julia 'Kansas, who has been visiting relatives here for some time, left ‘ for her home today, and intending to stop and see the big fair on her r way there. J. W, King, who expected to go to Monticello this week to run a candy stond at their oorn£festiva], has had a return of his sickness and is again confined to his home. Arthur Oatt is now taking a course in optical instruction in Chicago, with a view to locating in a good town in the jewelers’ business, and with the scientific fitting of eye-glasses as a branch of the business.

Mr. and Mm. W. W. Wishard (have gone to Noblesville for an * extended visit with their son Dr. Ernest Wishard, and family. Mrs. W. E’ Meads and Miss Bessie Kenton went to Indianaplis Monday afternoon, and where a Miss Kenton intends to attend school for a year. Mrs, W. H. Beam and Mrs. W. F, Smith, went to Indianapolis . this afternoon, to attend the •m Grand Temple, Rathbone, Sisters, And visit Mrs. W. A. Huff. Drs. Berkley, English, Washburn, Johnson, and Kresler are at Goodland, this afternoon, attended a regular meeting of the Jasper and Newton counties Medica Association, This being the ,Ist Tuesday in October, a considerable number left for the west to look at land.

Charley and Wilson Clark and C. J. Dean, left for Fargo, N. Dak., and Mark Reed, George and Charley Kess'nger left for Kansas. Mrs. C, E. Mills is at Indianapolis attending the Grand Temple, Rathbone Sisters, Squire J. H Thornton and wife have gone to Logansport to attend the reunion of his old regiment, the 9th Indiana, and to visit friends. Uncle Henry Fisher, who has lived in Jennings county for a number of years past, returned here last evening and will hereafter make his home with bis son, Jim. His granddaughter who has kept house fcr him in Jennings county, has recently ’got married, which is the cause of his returning here. The weath.rgot decidedly cold again last night, in fact down to 35 degrees, which was one degree colder than Sunday night. But there was a change to warmer during the night and if there was frost it was light and had disappeared by morning,

WEDNESDAY Mrs. John Duvall is in Chicago, to visit relatives until Saturday. Miss Rilla Cox, of Chicago, is visiting the family of her uncle, J. F. MoOolly. Miss Daisy Ramey of JMedaryville, is visiting Mrs. J. H. Long for a few days, Mrs, Ida Walker, of Michigan is visiting her step-fatherj£J. C. Norman and family. Van Wood, of Francesville, is visiting his parents, Mr, andjgMre, Harvey W. Wood, southeast of town. Mrs. Nora Moriarty Hoffman left for her home at Los Angeles today, after a visit with Mrs. J. H Kinney and other in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Ike Tuteur went to Chicago this morning, where Mrs, Tuteur will remain to visit relatives and Ikey will go to St. Louis to see the fair.

Dr. F. P. Millard, an osteopath physician who was located here a ew years ago, and then went east, las again established himself in Indiana. He has just opened an office at 422 Main street, LaPorte ndiana. Uncle Ellis Walton still clings to life with a tenacity seldom equalled. It is two weeks since re has taken nourishment, and 24 jours since any pulse could be detected. and every night for a week his physician has thought, he could not live until morning. He talks much but is delirious. The first public sale of the season was that of R. W- Burris, Monday, on the Michaels farm, southeast of town, All the property sold readily, at fair prices, and in fact somewhat better than might have been expected, from the season of the year. The sale aggregated about SI,OOO. Mias Lydia Potts has gone to Fair Oaks for a two weeks’ stay with relatives. The name of Dr. Hermon should also be added to the list of the Rensselaer physicians who attended the meeting the medics association at Goodland, Tuesday making six in all from here, They report a very pleasant and profit- ; able session, and a fine batquet a which 13 sat down to the table.

The long expooteldeath of Mra Biti Maloy, wife of D- Barnard Maloy, oooured last Friday at har home in Chioagt. Tae cauae ot herdeithwas oiusumjtion She leaves tvo young children, one o' them only an infant. Her maidan name was Maloney, aud she wa< a s’ster of Mrs. M ary Drake, of just south of tawn. Her funera was he’d Sunday. The arrival of two ‘‘mule footec bogs” in town this morning caused considerable speculation as to bow thp breed originated. The popular theory was that the feet of a mule was grafted onto the hgs of a bog; and the fact that “grafters,” are generally "on th<hog” was considered a strong confirmation of the grafting theory. E. P. Honan, received news by telegraph, this morning of a sad occurenoe in the family of Philip J. McKenna, of Chicago, editor of the Catholic Forester magazine, and himself and family special friends of Mr, and Mrs. Honan Tie news was of the death, last night pf their little daughter. Marian, by poisoning. No particulars of the accident were given. Tbe McKennas are known to quite a number of Rensselaer people, both as the editor of the Forester and from having visited Mr Honan and family last July. Mrs. Honan went up to Chicago this afternoon, to attend tbe funeral.

The fast Monon train south due here at 2:10 Tuesday, struck and instantly killed a man, between Cedar Lake station and Creston. It was Henry Walker ofj Chicago, and reputed to be wealthy. [He bad been staying at 'theJJSigler Hou e for some days, and] had started out for a walk, saying he was going to walk to Creston: It was a long clear stretch "of track where he was killed and there is considerable supposition that he would have escaped had he so desired; but that he deliberately committed suicide. Bcb McGregor has gone to Chi-1 oago and entered the service of the American Steel & Wire Cempany, a very large concern, where there is plenty of room for advancement. Bob is in the advertising department. He is the bright and promising young fellow who graduated from the Rensselaer »higb school last spring, and made his home with Rev. A, G. Work while getting his education. John R. May, the Klondike gold mine owner, arrived home last night from his last Eummer’o stay in that region. His mine is still proving very satisfactory property. It shut down for the winder on Sept. 15th, which is about the time of year winter gets a good'grip in that far northern region. His wife spent the summer with Mr. May’s relatives southeast of town.

H. T. Bott, formexly of this dace, was on the 9£5 train north, hie morning on his way from a visit at his old home, in Monticel0, back to his job in a big print shop, at Joliet, 111. He furnished The Republican with reliable news of the high diving accident, at dontioello. Charley Kleist, recorder of White Co., was over here yesterday as a witness in the Dobbins vs May'case. He having to bring over certain of the land records from his office. Charley was formerly located here for some time, as one of the telegraph operators at the depot. The "In Ole Virginia” show company arrived last night, and are a large company, consisting of 25 people, About all are colored people, except the musicians. They will give a performance at the opera bouse this evening. The intelligence is officially published that Harry B. Murray present deputy county auditor, is to be]the carrier on Rural No. 4, to start the Ist of November. His son Murt, will be the substitute carrier. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. O’Malley, of Pontiac, 111, returned home today

after a week’s visit with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Harmon. I Joe Harmon went back to Ponfac with them. THURSDAY Unole E‘lis Walton has been in a dying condition ever since early this morning. Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Dry bread, o Bartholomew Uo. are visiting her brother Rev. H. L. Kindig for a few days. Born this, Thursday m ruing, Oct., 6th to Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Imes, in their rooms over the Long drug store a 10 pound boy. D. H. Yeoman, J. A. Burnham and J, M. Cooper went to Rochester today, to attend the reunion of their old regiment, the 87th Indiana. Tbe five or six weeks’ old infant child of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Benbow, of Parr whose sickness has been mentioned, died Wednesday and was buried here in the Weston cemetery this forenoon, Robert Clark, who has worked at the tile mill north of town for several years past, left this morning with his wife and children for Chehalis. Washington, where,they expect to make their future home. The temperature hit the 35 degree mark again last night, and plenty of frost was to be seen

again this morning. However neither last night’s frost nor Sunday nights, were severe enough to fully wither the corn leaves, nor other vegetation. More Dakota pilgrims left here this morning. The party was under the lead of B. F. (Ferguson, and consisted of Ohas. Guild, Geo. Prevc, and Mr. Holley, of Medadyville and John Randle, of this county. They are headed for Larimore, North Dakota. The Hammond Tribune says there is nothing in the suioide theory in (he death of Henry Walker of Chicago, killed near Cedar Lake, Tuesday. He was very hard of hearing and therefore

failed to heir tbe train wben it ran him down. "John Alexander, First Apostle of God” as Dowie now [cal's himself, has according to published statements, announced his intention of coing to the Holy-lard before long, and making his first entrance into Jerusalem riding on a white donkey; in imitation of the Savior. We repeat the prediction that if Dowie lives a few years longer he will proclaim himself Chr’st again on earth. The body of John O’Conner, a farmer living about four miles southwest of Remington, but over the line in Benton county, was found Wednesday, in a mill race at Logansport, and was brought back to Remington in the afternoon The appearance of his body and the fact that his finger rings were gone, have lead to the supposition that he was murdered. He had gone to Logansport to visit his father-in-law,’who lives a few miles from that city. We see that some man down east is propagating a breed of crowless roosters, Now a crowless rooster or a squealless hog, would seem about as unnatural as a windless windmill. But while we cannot vouch for the crowless rooster, we can for tbe squealless hogs. Stephen Comer, cf Union Tp., has got a sow that, however badly she wants to protest against that hateful thing in the next pen getting most of tbe swill, can’t raise a squeal to sp.ve her blubber, and

moreover she lately came off the nest with a big brood of pigs, and every last one of them is voiceless also. Steve is thinking of preserving them and perpetuating a squealless breed of swine. Archie S. Robinson was the name of the man who made the high dive at Monticello Tuesday afternoon, and was so badly hurt. He was advertised as "Madame Fatema.” The net was a new one just made in Indianapolis, and he tested it first by a 65 foot jump,

which ’he net withstood withoa injury He passed right through it in the higher jump without it visibly checking his speed. Tbeia were several feet of straw under the net howeve% and this was what saved hinf from instant death. At last reports it was uncertain what th e re-ult of his in juries would ba. The actual distance of his jump was 95 feet. W. E. Curtis baa a two col. umn letter in tbe Record Herald, today from the world’s fair, regarding automobiles, He says tbe first auto ever completed in thia country was at Peoria, 111. in 1895, aud the second by the Hay-nes-Apperson Co , at Kokomo, Ind. There are now 110 auto factories in the United S'atei, turning out 10,000 machines every year, and not able to supply the demand. Curtis cays tbe foreign machines, especially the French, excall the American in speed and elegance of finish, but in the more uselul qualities of durability, ease of management and cheapness the Ameiioans are way ahead, Trustee Chapman filed his brief in reply to t- e Lafayette oojectors, in the McCoy bankruptcy cases, within the time allowed him by law. He was also notified that Judge Anderson would decide the case on the briefs submitted, and not grant any oral bearing to the parties in the matter. Mr. and Mra. Wm. Matheny have gone to Chenoa, 111. to visit relatives.