Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1904 — Brief Local Items [ARTICLE]
Brief Local Items
FRIDAY Born, this Friday, Oct. 7th to Mr and Mrs. W. J. Wright, on Front street, a 9 pound son. Mrs Ed Heath, of Oxford, returned home today, after a visit with her sister, Mrs. Geo. Calvert. The 10:55 a- m. trnn was 45 minutes late, today, owing to a freight train wreck, at Hammond. Mr. and Mis. J. M. Wasson went to their daughter, Mrs- A- E Uoen, and family. - S. R. Nichols was over at Mont cello yesterday and was draf ed in as one of the judges of cattle at the corn car • ival, Mrs. 0. D. Martin returned to her home at Cincinnati, today, after an extended visit with her Rensselaer relatives. UnJe Jake Troxell has gone to PeMotte to spend a few days with his wife, and incidentally perhaps to do a little in the fishing cr hickory-nutting lines. Mrs. Rev. W. H. Fertich from Barkley parocnage, went today to Muncie Selina, Parker, and Eaton, on business and to visit friends Rev. and Mrs. Fertich have property interests in Deleware county
Last night the temperature reached 29 degrees, which was five degrees colder than any heretofore recorded here this season. The resultirg frost was a hard one and the first that effectually out vegetation like corn and vines- Farmers genera'ly consider that frosts do them more good than harm, in hurrying up the ripening of the corn and getting it in condition for cribbing.
The Rensselaer High School team which was so successful in last Saturday’s game, goes to Brook to morrow to line 'up against the Brook town team. The Brook team may have some advantage in weight, but our biys are confident that their skill will Mora than counteract their opponent’s supgjr or weight. The boys will drive to Brook Saturday morning.
Russia has 50,000,000 more inhabitants than has the United States, yet sustains only 800 publications where we have 21,000. And of the 800 the government has subsidized ower one-half. But for the grant out of the Public treasury mo st of the favored wou’d have to suspend publication from lack of patrons. Japan, with one-t bird of Russia’s population, has 2.200 newspapers, or nearly three times as many as her mammoth rival, and, numbers considered, does nearly nine times as much reading. The man Baker, over at Marshfield, in Fulten county, who has been doing such a wholesale business in stealing horses, many of them in Jasper county, was recently arrested for his dimes But on account of his having a large family to support the proseou tion was dismissed. As might have been expected, he celebrated his release by promptly stealing another team and which he appears to have got clear away with. It is hard to say which is the more notable, himself as a rascal or the men who released him as fools-
SATURDAY The rainfall this morning was ,10 of an inoh. Mr and Mrs. C. M, Campbell, of Chicago, are visiting Sheriff Hardy and family for a few days. Mrs. I. N. Stackhouse oj Chicago, returned home today, after a visit with Mrs. Candace Lough-
nage. This is the day for the goat meeting at Hammond, in the A McCoy bankruptcy matter, but no one appears to have attend from here. If present arrangements are carried out Rensselaer will lose another of its successful physician within the next few months. It is Dr. S. C. Johns.n, who is arrange ing to locate in ChicagoMr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe arrived home last night from their visit to the world’s fair. They are very enthusiastic in their opinions, and consider it far in advance of the one at Chicago ten years ago. Mr. and Mrs. F. D Craig of Indianapolis. are stopping off here today, to visit old friends. They are on their way to Chicago, o spend Sunday with their daughters who are living in that city.
Congressman Crum packer arrived here this morning, and will speak tonight at the opera house. Through some misunderstanding, it was supposed his speech would be a week later, hence the failure to announce it properly. The County Commissioners visited Burk’s bridge, Wednesday and niter careful examination decided to have it extended 150 feet further south. This will make’ its total length about 1,000 feet. Prof. H. L. Arnold, of Elkhart, who conducted such a j henomenally popular dancing school here last winter, gives notioe of intension to begin another suoh echo ol rere, next Friday, Oct. 14, in Armory hall, At the meeting of the grand odge of Knights of Pythias at Indianapolis this week, City Clerk T. H. Jordan, of Hammond, was chosen deputy grand chancellor for this district. D. O. Atkinson, of Hammond, was the former incumbent of this office.
A lecturer before a temperance society told his audience, in describing his journeys, that he had merely “a taste of Naples and Rome.” He was horrified the next day, in reading a report of his leoture, to see that he had merely had “a taste of apples and rum,” A card from Rev. J. T. Abbott, our former townman, and ex. county recorder, states that he has just been returned to Ashland. Oregon, for the sixth year as pestor of the M. E. church of that city. The weather there is dedelightful now, Oregon is prosperous, people are moving there in great numbers, and preparations for the great Lewis & Clark fair at Portland are progressing. « Senator Albert J. Beveridge will speak at North Judson next Wednesday, October 12th, at 2:30 p. m. This will probably be the nearest point to Jasper county where he will speak this fall. The people c f the northern townships can reach North Judson easily on the Three I road. Complete plans and elevation of the new Christian church have been receive and will be exhibited and explained at the morning service tom orrow.
MONDAY Ben Dullack of Lafayette visited Miss Mabel Strickfaden over Sunday. '' ; Mrs. Roy McKinzie is clerking in Murray’s storeThere were 58 tickets sold here Sunday for the Chicago excursion. Miss Finette Sanders, of Lafay-
ette is visiting Miss Christine JKldebHrndr--"” — Harvey W. Wood went to Delphi Saturday to visit relatives for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hefner arrived home Saturday night from a short visit to the world’s fair Born Sunday, Oct. OllEto Mr, and Mrs Bertram Gc ff, in town, a 10 pound boy and their ffrst cl.ild. Mrs. Jane Green, of Kouts, formerly of Rens elaer, is visiting friends and relatives in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Fox. of Rose Lawn, visited her parents, Mr and Mrs. Geo. Tullis, southwest of town, over Sunday. Mies Amelia Either, of Milwau kee is now employed in the capacity of governess for E. L. Hollingsworth’s children. Mrs. W. D. Laid’ow, who has been visiting Mrs. E. D Rhoades, went to Chicago this morning, for a short stay before returning to her Lome at Cincinnati. Last Saturday morning’s early mcrning thunder storm was a quiet affair right here in Rensselaer, but over south a few miles it created a good deal of acommo icn with many very heavy peals of thunder.
A 15 year old Valparaiso boy named Leslie Hayne, attempted suicide, Friday, by the strychnine route, because he did not like to attend school. He would have succeeded had be not taken an over-dose thus making him too sick to retain the poison. Saturday's Monticello Journal: E *E. Brinley was arrested on tl e streets be e yesterday on informption from LaPorte that be was wanted in that place for seduction. Deputy Sber.ff Norton came today and will take the prisoner home with him on the evening train.
Sunday was a very warm day for oc'ober, with 80 degrees for its highest and 64 degrees for its lewest temperature. It wbs the warmest October weather since Oct. 3, 1903, when the temperature was 82| degrees, and the warmest for after the first week in October for over four years The hostilities Saturday night even included two young ladies, who work ip. different hotels or rcstau rants in town. There has been bad feeling between them for some time, and Saturday ever ing it culminated in a lively hairpulling match. Two fine fashionable fall hats totally wrecked, were the principal casualties reported.
One of the penalties of having many railroads, like the net-work of them which cross Lake, Porter and LaPurte counties, to get into Chicago, is a great frequency of accidents. Scarcely a week passes it would seem, without some one being killed by the oars in one or the other of these three counties. The latest of these oooured Friday when Wm, Reynolds, a Valparaiso mar, was killed od a crossing near that oity.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Washburn of our oity attended the golden wedding of bis parents at Kentland on Saturday, October Ist. Regarding the occasion the Kentland Enterprise says. "Mr. and Mrs, Perry Washburn celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Saturday by a family reunion at their country home south of Kentland, Mr. and Mrs. Washburn settled in Newton county in 1863, and have resided in this vicinity ever since. They are a grand old oouple, the parents of a large and most excellent family, and are surrounded by every comfort and enjoyment their quiet lives demand, and by an extended acquaintance each of whom count it an honor to be classed as their friend.”
The new Thompson automobile had its first wreck Sunday. J, J. Montgomery and Dick Hartman were crossing Groom’s bridge, 3 miles northeast of town, with it, and had just before loosened the bearings of the ..steering gear a little, and the auto did not turn
quick enough and ran into the side of tne bridge. The front axel was broke square in two, the front spring badly bmt and some miner damage done. They were running slow at the time, or the damage would have been greater, and probably have inc’uded Jack and Dick in the wreck A" it was they were not hurt. They employed a nefgbboring resident to haul the machine to town on a birder truck, and have been busy i epairing it ever since, which repairs are now about completed.
Admiral Geo. W. Pieman and family arrived at Delphi last Friday and will make that city their future home. He entered the javal academy, from Carroll county in 1861, and has been in the navy ever since and now retires under the age limit, Be has had an honorable and responsible career and in some respec's an unfortunate one, he having been in command of the cruiser Charleston when it was destroyed by running upon an unchartered reef on the coasts of the Philippines, a few years ago, but for which accident he was exonerated by a court of inquiry. A fair siz d audience, considering the time of day and week, was present at the Prohibition meeting here this forenoon. The speakers were Hon. Felix McWhirter, the Prohibition candidate for governor and C E. Newlin their state secretary. M. E. Race, of Indianapolis. a mighty voiced singer, was a s rong card 'o draw and hold the crowd. The speaking was from ti e band wagon, anchored near the State Bank. Archie Robbins, the young fellow who made the high jump at Monticello is still living but "what the final result of his injuries will be seems uncertain, as there are indict tions of serious injuries to the spine and the result of which can not yet be determined. Satur-
day night all the principal shows at the carnival bunched together in the big live stock tent and gave a benefit performance for Robbins’ benefit