Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1905 — Brief Local Items [ARTICLE]

Brief Local Items

TUESDAY Cjldfst lait night, 12 above. Warmett todaj, 32 above. * Born, Monday Jan. 17th to Mr. aud Mrp. John Hdder, 4 miles eooth of town, a dai’gVer. Miss B rry, one of the city j te n sick for some! days bin will reopea her room tomorrow. Mias Mary Logman of east (. f town, went to Michigan City today for a sev’eral days visit with friends. Robert Shook, whose family cow lives in town, left today for "Tulsa, Indian Terr, where he thinks of finding a location. Mrs. T, F Gark aid granddaughter Hazil Hopkms returned home to Kingman, Ind, t ibay after a few days visit with friends a.>d relatives here Monday was the middle day of January and today the month has s:arted down the home stretch in good style, with moderate weather, and much of it' l right and sunny. The Eli and Jme people performtd to a well pleased audience, last nigat, and will repeat the same performance tonight, except that the specialties will be different.

Constable Christie Vick went up to ihe vicinity es Parr Monday, and sold on foreclosure cf chattel morlgsge, the crop of Dave Elder and son Charley. Tt was to secure a note and store account of G M Wilcox Mr. and Mrs, Will Murray of Barkley tp , were%mongthese who joined the southwest exodus today. They will go first to Km/rn.vi Kans , and then to Mountain Perk, Okla., at both or which pi iops they have relatives. They will b“ away Beveinl weeks Wilt Domtrlly and Loci * Ramp went as oil' pff : rAjf'the Mew Mexican excursionists this in imiag. They will visit the celebratedPeccs Valley in New Mexico, then return to Winfield Kaneae/n d after that go to Houston,- TrX'ts, nn l other }o tite. 'i hey are on a gereral prospecting tour. C 1 P.iillips auctioneered t sale for W. C. S.hailey, in Oirp *ater Tp.. Monday and which amounted tj ab n‘ 81.100. Mr, S nailev is 4 V»p v►. ) k m fnr ji .iift’VCS T ?' >m • ill / fi’.lu * II il »1 c \4 •tei . \ no ; 1 j,/ i work 4 *« ylO lu 're ? L a ins !.ir u a: J ir- j ej>:rin.. \:> v - t > India e e '■* 1 :t ‘ U / w l i 1 e.-t l 1 1 h r \[ ho. er. •; t MeiTi ■ t \V i * Ulj ek. f > s,v M|» u *, , j v o m , ; j ill 1 3 I ... O’l i«t. aIC ’IP.I 01 il 1^ the far ib'i’hw* >4 t .clay w .. . Walter V. Porte ,' G. ~ W G if, JaS. R P.fk:s n anil Cliff ;\i* Parka-on, the latter of Pu u •' Ridge] Tiipy will ad proceed dine: to Teco* \ alley. Xe.v Mex., ana are likely to buy land tie re if it suits them. C. J. Dean, a’sa weutwtih th m but was nndeoided whether be would go'farther than Chicago, or not. Miss Mabel Brown of Crown Point) a graduate of the Largest Normal Sobool of Phyaioal Train, ing. Will bo at the Presbyteiian Friday Evening of this week for tbe purpose of org.

anizing a olass in phys : cal culture. Miss Brown is prepared to teaoh Calesthernis.Dumbell Bnd Indian club work fanoy marohiGg. appar at us work, Wands etc. at 8 o’olock | All who expect to take part iD^the j workbriDg Gymnasium suit?. I j WEDNESDAY D. A. Williams, of South Bend is here for a short v sit with his brither, theatlorcey. Lowest temperature last night, 28 degrees. Warmest today, 3E degrees. A January thaw seems impending. Mrs. M. C Burk returned home from Crawfordsville yesterday where Bhe has been visiting her p rents for several w eks. Ho ard, the 8 year old ton of Noble J. York, has a serious case of pn umonia, at Mr. York's residence, on McCoy avenue. Wilber Criswell and family south of town, went to Chicago to visit Mrs. Criswell mother Mrs. Alice Fuller. Mrs., H. L. Brown went to Evanston. Id., today to visit her parents Mr, wnd Mrs. Fletcher Mob nett for several weeks.

The icy weather has been ab right for tho roads, for th<: S) wbesa hor-.es are sharp shod. The r ads aie as hard and smooth esany paved streeta- , Mr. and Mrs. A. Paikison and M r s. Isabel Parker have located at Lang Baach, near LO3 Angeles for the remaiadic of the winter which isnt any winter there. A. C Waling and family of sor G miles east of town, left her tedav for C dorado, iu eome part of which slate they exp-ot to make'their future home. Tho High Schoil Chorus u lder tho direction of Miss Davidson -will Hag at Trinity M- E. Church on next Sabbatho moruiag . Jan, 22 ill ThAprrblio invited to hear tl oin,

Mrs. Dr A. L. B A rkl y was down from Ciioago last night going lack today. She and the d 1 t ir will leave Chicago tonight on a prospecting trip, so the Pa i!io C list, Wiitve the doctor will look for a n-j,vv location. Our fomer town-m an Robert A. Oop.-.iua li ,s j ist r n dc Oi lat o‘h-erro-n v I He li d m eyed fr m W vne Neb, i- to L : nco’iu the sta’e capita l , wh re !. * has a ph a■s it t a d !ccr r.ive p sitioa as b ,tokkeeper in the t> c-, tary of date’s , *) Lliich'..G orge A dre-e, w’i njr I - wt.s ! n S U broken : n two nine >8 four we k - .- g\ d u’ w ell and d: er weik 1 e 0 ri p d a plaster (jt*OTlZe oh 1 l A 'i ir tI), Ij * , * P a ;. ( ’ 1. .j nn ] .- i Tsl. _ _i i _ _ IJ ; A _ I *\|)i rtriLl v bo the li and fetill m re so* the odtle.* The ei tire B tie footed up 81 010. Mr Nelson h-s r-nted Ins farm ni;d will engage ia some other vocation. w. H, IP rry is preparing jto move to Speuoer, Owen Co., this state, to engage in the feed and bitch barn business. He has been in poor health for quite a long time, aod has rented bis farm near Pleasant Ridge, He has (secured Feb. 14th, as the data upon whioh he will hold s publio sale at the farm,

The most rmirkable complaint in a divorce ca e v-rfihdin Jasper oounty, was filed at neon today the plaintiff is Jasper Gay, and the de'endant his present wife Mrs Jojphine Guy Tin complaint covers t-n large type wr t ten pages and wou d fill five or s z columns of a newspaper. It alleg es grounds ei ough for divorces for a whole to vnsbip and SIO,OOO damages tbrt wn inT. J. McCEy was iu t wu s cou ile of hours between trains, th s mori.ing and then went oa to Cnioago, He was here arrangi- g for a riding horse, preparatory to going to work for a commission fi mat the stock yards and for whom he will begia work to-mor-row They now keeping bouse in a tmall flat ne ir th s yard*, their son Taylor, who also works in the ya r ds, being wi h ttnm. It is said that a mind reader reoeutly, in a neighboring town, having demonstrated to a party of people his ability to read s news pap ar through two thicknesses of horse blankets, one of the girls, left the room with the remark that she “was not going to stay there any longer with just this oalioo dress on ” C. J. Dean returned from Chi oago last night, having canc’udei nut to go to New Mexico with the other parties. Bob Bhook name back alto on account of having; been taken sick with grip, or tome similar trouble, He had purchased his ticket out and back and was on board the New Mexico train felt to badly that he got off not but over three minutes before the irein started.

111 the good old summer time the editor wrote: ‘Yesterdiy a swarm of boes lit up n a limb of the tree in front of Mrs. 3 oitherson and presented a very interestiog appearance.” But the printer, who was ia a hurry tc attendfa ball game, set it up. "Yesterday a 'swarm of bees lit upon a limb of Mis, Smith Smithersba, which presented a very interesting appearance.” The next day som. ■ thing madder than a swarm of bees lit upen tbe editor. It was Mri, Smith Smitherson. The Hammond News is crazy mad. Some woman Mouday leDphotied the'piper that she was M iss Martha Moritz, an estimable young lady a id slid ehe was to be married that day 'o a South Cnioa go young man and tho Nows tl on published tl e wedding with all particular. It then deve'oped that some other won aujp'reonated Miss Moritz at the telephone and that no such tnarrago was contemplated and the publication was a great inortidea'.ion to Miss Moritz It was a very mean and malicious imt and the News is well j istified ia its indignation.

Several parties nave been busy putting up ice the past few d*ye, which i- from 11 to li inches thick, i n I of got.dquality. Am og j thrs” are M. P. W-arner, who as j t vo’.miupuse ico J)ousee, and pots jup for t 0 general rehiil tra ie, 1 and Mo n'iy Sc Rctli- and J. J [ Eg’ * - b*. -“ *, who put up f»r u->.; in t ,u 111 at murk Is Mo dy A R i t fin lie* 1 filling tliair hmso a' n .11 ted.iy .‘living j u*. up alxurt 17Vt us. I H l J H 2b U A Lowest temperaturei In* t ui lit I! d< grees. Higheet today (in the b mde) 3G degrees. C E. Hershmanßeturned today from j. few days’ bu-ictes trip to t* 1 . Sorgo mt Joe F. Hordetnan, vHio has been here f r several weeks visiting friends, left for Atla ta, Ca , t-d>iy, whore he expects t j be given a pcsition as guard at tbe U. S. p mi’oatiary, at that city f rank Blaucett of Urabaria 111. a former resid-*nt of tlbs vicinity, is visiting his relatives the Terwilljgers and Fishers, for a few days. Ho owns 83 aores over in Wells Co., this state and lias been over there lo >kiug after it Rev J. B. Bair, pastor of First Baptist Churoh arrived from Brookston with bis family today aod

will k reafter be a residint < f Rejssß!aer occupying Mrs Agnes Kelley's hou e on Wea'on and Rutsen s reels. He will preaoh Su iday at usud hcu*s El Puttee now warki ig a big f arm 7 or 8 miles southeast of tovn has foundjhimself obliged to quit farming an i will move to Wole >tt. He has {never j be iq in good hia'tb since he was exposed to hydrophobia posion about a vfar ago from a hydrophibio horse and was compelled to take the Pasteur treatment. His wife who also took the treatment b'oause she wore gloves which Ed had handled the horse with,’ is in muoh worse haalth than he is from tubericuloiis and it is more on her acooantthat he is moving >o Waloott where she oan ba near a physician and have better oare and nursing than would be paoticable on the farm.