Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1904 — Brief Local Items [ARTICLE]

Brief Local Items

TU ESDAY Mrs, W. J. Garling of Monon is here viewing friends and rela tives for Borne lime. There is no oircuit court today, end Judge Hanley is attending A E. Cbizum’s fiinertil, at Morocco. Mrs N. Ri ffmger r*-turned to her home in Logantport after visiting Mis C. Fiddler for sjme time, Mrs- S L Conrad from North Manchester, Ind., is the guest of Mrs. L iuis Wiloox for a Lw weeks. Mrs. W. 0. Babcook and Mies Merle today for a few days stay. Miss Nelia MoCombs who has been visiting Reed McC >y at McCoy sbnrg returned to her home in Shelbyville today J, B. Thornton, Vernon Thorn ton of Fair Oaks and Enos Mcffitt. of Sarrey went to Arthur, North Dakota today to prtppeot, Mr. and Mrs. GeiTjO Holland returned to their home in Chioago today after visiting friends and relatives here for some time. Mrs. Deles Thompson and daughter Ecnley returned home today from their visit with friends and relatives in Saginaw, Mioh„ for a few weeks,

Mra. James M. Saward, and daughter Mra. A. P. Shealer, left for Indian Territory, thia morning wher»they will visit Mrs. Marion Dixon and Mra. Edward Montgomery both being ber daughters. They intend to etay several weeks. Mr. and Mia. G. F. Deaoband of Kankakee, 111, h&ve returned here to locate. They have bought Coen & B'ady’a tenant property on E m street, in the northeast part of town, Tdey formerly resided here. Mr. Deaoband ia a carpenter by vocation. N. 8. Bates was djwn at Indianapolis Monday, as a member of the U. S. pettit jury, but was excused for a week, and came borne, A bank wreoker from the eastern part of the state was to be tried and the defense did not have any US9 for any juror who had lately lest money in a bank failure, as Mr. Bates recently bas. The meeting of the members of the Legislature of the Tenth District, held at Lafayette Monday afternoon, did rot accomplish anything. Its purpose was to confer as to what if any joint notion should be taken in case Mr. Crumpacker should decide to withdraw from senatorial race. But no word was received by him. and no action was taken. It devekped however that as tccD as Mr. Crumpacker Whs dt hnitf iy, cu of the fieid, the whcle reprefeeDtaticn i 6 solid for Memenwav.

WEDNESDAY. Mayor Ell s went to Chicago business today. Mra. E. N. Thornton of Himmctd, is t ete vieitiutr friends and relatives fcr a few days. Born, Monday, Dec. stb, to Mr. end Mre. Johnny Price, of Parr, a Bon, and weighing only four pound?. Mrs. Rankin D, Jones, from Cincinnati, ia here visiting her brother Geo E. Murray fcr some Jtime. Dr. Roee Remmeck, the optical spectt-tlist, gives notice that she wM r *T’«iin until n; xt Saturday. J)eo. 10th. Mr. h. A. Wairtp returned to her borne in Peru t da y aft. r vi-.it ing W illiam Yeoman west of town for sc me time. Vice President Faiibanks is a Foxy Grandpa now. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Warren Fairbanks, in Chicago. Tuesday. Mr. and Mra. A Leopold went to]Obior.go tbia afternoon, to visit their daughter Mrs. Ray Messier, •t Bt Joseph’s hospital, She is reported as doing well.

Mr and Mrs. Milt R ith oelebrated their occupancy of their new house, Tuesday eVening, by the birth of a 10 poui d eon; It is their first child, after a tnarrir g? r.f six years. Uncle J. hu Thompson arrived Tuesday af'ernoon, for an extended vii-it with his daughter, Mrs Q. VV. Duvall. Her be a been livirg in Kh neas City for ihe past three yeais-

The late Albert- E- Chizutn, of Morocco, was only 39 years eld, when he died, at d right in the prime of life and bodily vigor and the full tide of professional and fiaanoial prosperity when taken with the sickness that finally oaused his death. His funeral Tuesday was one of the largest ever held in that vioinity. Viiss Bessie Moody gave a six o’clock dinner last evening, at the home of her unole Granville Moody, to 12 young ladies, in honor of next week’s intended bride, Miss Gail Wasson, At 8 o’olook the necessary number of young men made their app a arance and an evening of pleasant social euj jyment was passed. Felix Gilmartin, the young horse Jockey who had the trouble with “Peaky” the pugilist reoently was tried before Squire Irwin, Tuesday on the charge of drunkenness, on that oooasion. There was plenty of evidence that i e was the soberest man in the whole crowd and the Squire promptly and unanimously acquitted him.

The funeral of Thomas Murphy was held thia forenooD, at St Augustine’s Catholio oburob, and was quiet largely attended; Rev. Thomas Meyer, the pastor conducting the services. Interment was made in Mt Calvary cemetery, south of town. The deceased was a Union soldier in the civil war, in the 42nd Indiana regiment and a large number of old soldiers attended the funeral and burial services. Joe Morris the old ex sailor who has been swinging around on the giddy heights of the water tower and tank, will finish bis painting jib today. The old man had just as soon be 100 feet in the air as on the gTouud, and a little more so, as he has more room up there. But when the inside of his throat needs painting whioh is pretty often, he wants down pretty bad. O. K. Ritohfy is etok with intermittent fever. Jesse McGinnis, in tewt/, is also sick wi s h a fever. Mies Beatrice Kenoyer who has been visiting E. Cox of Gifford for some time returned to her home in Woloott today.

Morocco Courier:—The Morocco champion fcotball teem refused to play the old Rensselaer teem which was got together for that especial purpose. That old teim that oleaned up all comers in this stite be good for some hard knteks yet. Governor Durbin has appointed David A. Coulter, of Frankfirt a member of the board of control of the sia*e jrieoa to euooeed C. M. Kimbrough, of Mnncie, resigned btcause he was elected to the state senate a 1 the last eleoticn. The hoard will be reorganized at its next meeting, The members of the bobrd are C. H. Buody, ts Marion, James O’Brien, of South B nd, and Mr Coulter, the last being a republican as wus his predecessor.

A clergyman It: m Kingmnn, Anzma.Ns in New York trying to fi rm a oolony to lead the simple life. They are t) live rent free in cliff houses in a olimate so wehn and dry that the bill fcr olothes will amount to practically nothing, They are tYraiee fruit and vegetables, tend docks and herds and live ‘'ok sa to nature.” It is announced that do less than 1,2C0 f milirs from the Dominion, of Cinada alone have ngreed to try 'ha simple life. The grand round

up and fetrart is to be male in tDe spring. Wm. H Ooover our former oounty olerk for eight years, dr >p ped into Rensselaer last night for a short visit with his many old fiiends Ha went to Rsmiogton bis old home, this afternoon, and jgilLaljßQ- visit relatives at Logansport and Kantian! before he returns home. He has been living in B mid r, CJulo,, for the past three years, whiob place? was selected mainly on aooount of Mrs. Coover’s health and whioh baa baen muoh bet'er sinoe their residence there. Mr. Ooover is at present in real-estate business, though has been mainly engaged in the lumber business while at Boulder, and will probably return to it again.

James McDonald, of Bedford,® the man who was tried for the Sarah Sohafer murder, and acquitted because his attorney declared | he could indiot the real murderer, ' i when he ounld do nothing of the | kind, has been before the publio j considerable lately. He abused bis wife and was separated from h«_r. Then he either went to sleep or purposely lay down on the railroad tracks and got his hr ad bumped, and since then some one set fire to the oabin hia wife ooou pied, and is supposed to have been him. It is also thought that he he tried to commit suicide, when he put bis head on the railrood rails, We still beli ve he ought to be hanged for the Sohafer murder, and the attorney whose false assertions acquitted him deserves little better fate.

THURSDAY Mrs, Mary Alters, from Hammond is here visitine friends and relatives for some tim*. Mr. L. Hildabrand and granddaughter Mary Hildabrand went to Chicago today for a few days visit. Mrs Christina Kellner was called to Chicago today by the Berious sickness of her sister Mrs. Dora Fette, Mrs. Chas. Carow and Mrs. John Bislosky went to Chicago otday for a few days visit with friends and relatives.

Mrs. Anna Hardesty and daughter Mrs. Ethel Alpers of Danville 111., are here visiting her brother Washington Scott, for a few days. The Hada;k Medicine Companv, a s ow aud patent medicine aggregation about 12 in number, arrived today to begin a week’s engagement at the opera house. Frank Kresler did not secure the po-ition at Indianapolis he was exp:cting, but has accepted another just as good at Loaansport, in the Ot o store, and where ha will begin work mxt Monday L. H. Hamilton has been appointed dist3ict deputy grand master for the Odd Fellows of this distriot, and C. B Steward has been appointed to a corresponding position in the Enoampmeut branch ol the same order. The funeral of Miss Elen Hughes will be held Friday, at 10 a. m, at the residence on tne former E L. Bruoe farm, fonr miles northeHßt of town. Rev. H. L Kindig will oondnot the religious servioes. Interment will be in Weston Cemetery. Union B. Hunt, of Winchester former secretary of state, will be

private secretary to Governor J. Frank Eanly. The g vernor eleot announced the appointment Wednesday. Mr. Hauly and Mr Hunt have been dose personal and political friends for many years. Archie Robbins who whs hurt in the hi s h dive at Montioello, wj»s taken from the hospital at Indianapolis, Tuesday, to his parents home at Hartford City. He is improving hut b >th his legs are still paralyzed. His fin I complete recovery is hoped for however. Lawson H. Meyers, son of the P, M., who has baen holding a good pod'ion in tho Chioago'Telephene Company at Blue Llond, 111., for seme t mo past, has just

been given a fioe promotion. He is made manager of that ootni any Y branch Rt Like Forest 111. It is a fine job and has a fine salary with it. Wm. L, Baker, of Indianapolis, editor of the “Township Official” has compiled the township eleotion returns of t is state; for the recent election, and finds that the Republicans elected 508 township trustees, the Democrats 503, and that 7 are iadependtn’, The report heretofore gone out was that the Democrats were way ahead in the number of township trus ee? elect ed at this last elf etion. Fouryears ago they had a m ijority of 149 of the trnstees. j Mrs. Cyrus Haas, who hes been in poor hfalth .fir a long ' time with dianetie, has b?en very

much worse for some days, and today kas been laying at the point of death all day, at the residence on Front etr< et Tie absent members of the family have been summoned to her bed side. Inolnding her sods, Rev. C. W. Postill, at Ramiugton and Austin Haes, at Lafayette, and Mrs. Oglesby and Will Postill, at Medaryville. The ladies of the Frasbyterian ohuroh have found that the room on Van Rensselaer street is too small for the many attractions they are preparing for their Bazaar and market, on Deo. 16tb, and 17 tb, and especially the Ladies Home Journal Booth, and they have therefore Beoured a larger and bttfcer located room. It is the store room in Leopdds Arctide building, d xt door west of Fend'g’a drug store, and formerly oocupied by Ranford Raoket store.