Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1904 — Brief Local Items [ARTICLE]

Brief Local Items

TUESDAY Mias Clara Jones, of Delphi, is the guest of Miss Belle Mauies. Mrs, Wilbur jHoshaw, of Monroeville, is visiting ber Rensselaer and Parr relatives for a few weeks. Prof. 8. E. Sparling, of Wisconsin University, is making a short visit with his parents, southwest of town. *.'Mr. and Mrs. J. H. O’Neil of Chicago, visited her parents Mr, and Mrs. El Ptroells, over Christinas. , Most of the big rain'all went into the ground, which had been too dry to freeze up tight, and the river has raised but little. Geo. Barcas went to Juliet, 111., today, and from there will return to his home and business, atx Wabash. His family will remain here for a couple of weeks. Mrs. B. S. Fendig and little daughter left today for New Orleans for an expended visit with her parents Mr. Fendig accompanied her as far as Chioago. There was a very pleasant holiday dance at the Armory, last night, with about 35 couples in attendance, The music was a piano and drum, by phyers from Monticello-

The Unole Josh Perkins Company arrived at 11 a, m., end will perform to-nigbt at the Opera House. The’r Rube band started to parade at 1:30 but the wind blew them all over town. Recorder elect, John W. Tilton ■was down from Wheatfield, today, getting ready to take charge of his -offiqe on Jan. Ist. He does not think he will move his family to town until spring. Bring out your overgrown feline statistics. A man at Covington has a Tom that tips the beam at 18 pounds, and thinks it the biggest old he or she oat in the state of Indiana. The Weather Bureau predicts a temperature of 10 below zero, by tomorrow morning, as the result of the cold wave already here and ■ doing business. It will mean a Ifallof about 60 degrees in 24 ftp principle of “git a plenty HBou'r gittin” applied to the rain after we started to a very nnu 9dal dry ■early three months’ dur total rainfall during continuous 30 fijfelft r' end.-d just beWrtH 205 inches ■bince the latter part rain than fell ■ ! part >f !><•<’ of the ap ■ he ■10:30 this morning ■ . from Hootheast to turne.i Htiddr J . ■ 11 '* umbrella ■beast wind and by 11 opon ttl< ’ Hl,!lth ’ ? } ’* 0,11 ,f !us hands exaggeration the wind will veer to west and H||||lKew court house at Knox ||||||Miok by lightning, Monday and according to a press lIIIIKh from there greatly darn

age. It is stated that every window was broken out, and that altogether the damage woulc reach $5 000.

Harry Zimmerman, Monon night opsrator at Fair Oaks, is taking a two weeks’ lay off, and spending part of it with his Rens, selaer relatives. He and his sister Miss Cora. Zimmerman went to Indianapolis, today to visit friends there and in other parts of 'the state.

George Ade has returned from New Y6rk with so bad a stomach on him,[or in him, that he oan’t eat anything but hot water, and mighty little c'f that. George allows that he is making $2,000 a week now, and we sea? that if be hasn’t been “living beyond his means,” he has been trying to pretty bard, and is now reaping the inevitable results thereof- • . i _>. f ■ ■

Kentland Enterprise: The ap propriation bvjthe County Council of SSOO 00 for the prosecution of criminals will meet with favor. This money will be put to good use] if Frederick D, Gilman is captured. The Prosecuting Attorney will thee have funds to employ all the assistance be desires in the prosecution of Gilman, It begins to look like crooked private banking will be made as unpopular as the United States District Attorney has made it for the National bankers who were defaulters.

Mr. and Mrs. Thos H. Robinson of the west pait of town, had the pleasura of having all their Osteopathic children and children in-law with them again for Christmas. The visitors included Mr. and Mrs. J. J. flSchmitz, of Danvilla, 111., Mrs. Lois Hinshaw, of Ridge Farm, 111., Mr. and Mrs. J E. Frances of Charleston, ill,, Mr. and Mrs. Albert E Overton, of Tuscola, HL, and Mr. and Mrs 8. C. Robinson, of Auburn, Ind. All being regular graduate Osteopath physicians, and all except the couple last mentioned, being located in the fertile region of central Illinois, A big dinner was given in their honor, on Christmas Day, with many other gnests present from around town. Most of the above named will be here all this week.

An exchange a farmer who rid his farm of rats in the following manner: “On a number of pieces of shingles I put on about a teaspoonful of molasses and on that I put a small quantity cf concentrated lye and then put the old shingles around under the cribs. The next morning I found some forty rats and the rest left for parts unkown. T have cleared several farms of the pests in the same way and never knew it to fail.”

We notice that several neighboring papers which were lately filling whole columns in advocating the election of a congressman to the U. 8. Senate, are now trying to belittle the position of Senator, and arguing that it is little if any bigger place than Congressman. If that is the case why do Congressmen work so amazingly hard to get into the Senate, and why do their faithful editor-men work so hard to help them ge there? All a case grapes

WEDNESDAY Miss Pearl Swank of Danville, 111., returned home today, after a weeks visit with Mrs. Dr. Krealer. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Walters of Frankfort and are visiting Wm. Rayher and family for afew days*

4igpes Kelley Madieon, Wis., toclay/ io v’sit Rensselaer friends and relatives, Mrs. C. G. Spitler and daughter Mildred went to Chicago t day to spend a few days. L. H. Hamilton and sou Fr?d went io lodianapolis today to attend the Stati Teachers’ Association. •———

Mr. and Mrs. James Mead returned Jo their home in Hammond, yesterday after a few days’ visit with Mr j. Mead’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark. Mr. and Mrs. A- Parkison so much enjoyed their last winter’s stay in California that they re preparing to repeat the experience this year. They will leave for the Coast soon after New Years. The Uncle Josh Perkins company bad a very slim audience at the operd house lest evening, due mainly to the very severe weather, The few who were present appeared to consider it a good company and an entertaining performance

The Ladies Literary Club will hold their annual New Years’ reception on Monday, Jan. 2nd from iwo to six p, m., at the home of Mrs. Dr. English, on south Cullen street. All friends are invited.

Two men aredn jail at Brazil in default of SSOO bond, charged with stealing a dog collar. There was a valuable dog inside the collar, but he was not listed for taxation and the charge had to be made for stealing the collar. James A. Powell, of Newton Tp, whose death occurred* Monday and his funeral today, wa»a noted exemplar of the faith cure practice and did not, as we aue informed have a physician during his last sickness.

Yesterday afternoon’s and last night’s big wind bowled over the oil well darricks in the Indiana cil regions, like Unde Bill N. knocks down ten pins. In the aggregate the damage will amount to hundreds of thousand of dollars it is estimated.

A.Boone County men was driving home He fell forward over the dash board and his head was wedged in between the wheel and shaft so tightly that the wheel slid along on the ground. He had a bottle of whisky in his > ickat, and more- of it in his system. He was buried Sunday.

Old Zero did not catch ns last night, for all the Weather Bureau’s prophecies, and that he called in he aid of Old Boreas to help him.. : n truth the last named old bluffer made so much noise that heoouldu’t catch anything that could get away. Wait until he quits whooping and hollering, and bluffing C 1 blustering, and then see bow easily Old Zero will slip in on us.

About the most spectacular damage by the wind here was to Mayor Edis and Judge Thompson. The mayor had just erected a large combined bill board and coal rouse adjoining the Judge’s new wilding, and on bis lot andjof this the wind made a complete wreck, during the wrecking a piece of Iqmber swung around and broke out one of the front windows in the Judge s building. The window was not a very large nor expensive one, however, and the bill board and ooal house can be rebuilt of he old material.

A deer was killed in the woods 7 miles west of Warsaw, recent’y. The animal was seen by a rural mail carrier who reported to several farmers. A hunt was organized and the deer was killed. It weighed 200 pounds. Now the game wardens are going after the hunters for it is unlawful to pursue or kill deer in Indiana at any time.

President Kelly, of Earlham college, has announced that after this year physical culture would be made as much a requirement for graduation as any other feature of the regular course. Instructor for all forms of athletios for both men and women are to be added to the faculty. Earlham, though a Quaker college, is the first in the

State to take this advanced step. The Frienus at Marion. Ind., have-oom mended the president in a series of resolutions— c ommended him for bis efforts towards promoting the piece of the per.oe of the world, and this is the same man that the demagogues depicted as ‘‘the man da horse-baok.” a man who sought war as a twentieth century Napoleon in order to enhance his own fame. But the American people have already passed a series of resolutions in in their own minds approving this mau in the same way as the Friends at Marion and elsewhere have approved him.

The lowest point reached by the thermometer last night, or rather this morning, was five above zaro' While this is not hy anj means an extreme degree of cold, yet the howling gale from the northwest that accompanied it. made not only the worst weather yet experienced this winter, but what would be very severe at .any time. However, as nearly all o-f the . very large precipitation which preceded the change to colder cameras rain and not as snow, we can rejoice that all the roads and' walks are not blocked with snow, instead of being practically- bare- as they still are.

When any of “us old codgers” whose daughters of from 14 to 20 or anywhere, along there, go away on a visit, and write back in those infernal hieroglyphics called vertical hand writing, and we have to call in the service of an expert to translate the scrawling, then indeed do we realize the stupendous folly of that fad which swept over the country 10 or 15 years ago and has not fully passed away yet. Its days will, soon be numbered however and hereafter school children can again learn hand-writing in the natural slanting method; but for the poor unfortunates who were forced to learn to write while the vertical craze sway, their hard-writing is a handi-oap that will last them all their lives. There have been many educational fads to sweep over the country jpst as illogical and senseless as this vertical writing business, but none that wrought the permanent injury that this one has.

THURSDAY Mel La Rue is in Lafayette totoday on. business. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wagner went to Chicago today for an extended visit with relatives. Mrs. John Eger and son Trevor and sifter Miss Carrie Eger, are v siting Mrs. Frank Maloy at Lowell, today. Mr. and Mrs. Geo Mustard, Mrs . Robert Lefler and Mrs. George Hopkins, all of the Rensselaer colony at Wabash, are visiting friends here, this week. Mrs. J. E Francis of Charleston 111., returned home today after spending the holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Tom Robinson. John Halligan and Jerry Healy left for Florida last night, and expect, to stay about two months; most of the time at Ooalla, where Mr. Halligan’s sister Mrs. Delouest lives.

The drop in temperature here Tuesday, mostly from 11:30 a, m. to 5. p. m. was 45 degrees. It was a big fall but some other places report the fall 50 degrees in that time. We were misinformed as to the manner in which the window in Judge Thompson’s vacant store room met its fate, Tuesday. It simply blew in and some 15 or 20 minutes before Mayor Ellis’s structure went to pieces.

George McElfresb, of Barkley tp. is advertising a rretty big public sale for Jan. 11 h. Mr. McEl* fresh is not prepiiing to t move away, but has simply got more live stock and farm tools on band than he needs, Bev. H. L. Kindig will speak on the following subjects at Trinity M. E. church next Sabbath, morningsubject, ‘.The Untrodden Path’’ evening subject, "Some Thoughts

For the New Year.” Everybody cordially welcomed.

The cold wave seems largely to have spent its. force, with the change of wind to a southerly direction, and without zero weather having been experienced. The lowest reached last night was five degrees above, which was also tb« lowest the night before. Unole Ralph Fendig and wife will leave on their annual winter pilgrimage to Florida, tonight. They will be gone about four months and divide their time between Tampa and* Jacksonville Florida, and Brunswick, Georgia, at each of which places they have a son or daughter residing.

Some 25 or 30 denizens of the court house, real-estate abstracters and others who have frequent business at the Recorder’s office, assembled at that office yesterday afternoon, to express their good wishes> and apireoiation forthe efficiency and courtesy of ihe retiring Recorder, R. B. Pcrter. Fine candy in abundance, the product of Miss Doris Porter’s skillful, hand, was freely passed around.

It is expected that Sheriff Daugherty will reach Crown Point today, with his desperate prisoner Ed. Donahue, the accused murderer of Northrup, of Benton Harbor. Donabne made an ugly resistance when he was captured at bis mother's home in Syracuse, N. Y., and it took officers enough

to surround the house and four inside of it, to do the job. Donahue’s last resort was under a bed. He had laid aside hie revolver, and made desperate efforts to reach it, but was headed off.

Senator Fairbanks was initiated into the Masonic Lodge at Indianapolis Tuesday, taking the three degrees that constitute a Master Mason all in one day, a proceed* ing out of the ordinary. He got the first two degrees at the lodge room of Oriental Lodge. Eleventh street and College avenue, the first in the morning and the second in the afternoon. The third degree was given him in the Scottish Bite rooms at night and probably the most noted assemblage of Masons ever called together in the state was on hand to see Mr. Fairbanks and the goat commingle. “Next station is Winamac, oars stop 10 minutes for divorce I” will probably be the brakemens’ an* nounoement, hereafter, as the trains approach the metropolis of Pulaski county. Over /at that town the other day the divbm speed record was broken when Judge Foster of the Puiaski circuit court granted Mary Hartwell a decree. Court was in session when she filed her complaint. Her bus band entered appearance and waived service of summons. The court het rd the plaintiff’s evidence then granted her divorce , within seven minutes after she had , filed her complaint. -