Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1905 — Brief Local Items [ARTICLE]

Brief Local Items

FRIDAY Frank Fubz went to GojdLnd legal business, to lay. Chas Swartz went to Delray 111. today, for a s‘ay of several we 4 ke, Sam Pdrkins went to Idaville, today, to visit his ucc'e Jeff Brnmbaok, for a number of Gays Mrs. J, M. Eiain went to Danville, 11.., today t> sisit h j r hmband Rev. J. M. Elam, who is still doing evangelical work in that city. The wjathir ia gradu illy becoming milder. Toe co'dest het night was 17 degrees and the warmest today, 30 degr ei. Engine 301 hahling tie Monon paper train, blew out a cylinder head, some p'ace diwi the line yesterday, and has been sent to the shops at Lafayette A 12 year old son of Roy Hurley Newland, was very badly hurt Sunday. While playing on the ice, a much larger person fell upon him, and he was injured internally. The physician has hop?s for the boy’s recovery. Editor McEwen, of the Democratic Smiiel, is ju*t getting about after three week’s hard sickness with the grip. He has been an extraordinarily healthy mm and never had so severe a spell cf sickness before in all his life.

From present indentions there will be n > in the present fish laws of the St tte. An svilanohe of proposed changes and amend ments was poured in on the com mittee at the convening of the legislature, but all. the proposed changes died in the committee room. Charley Z ird, on the Diok Grow place, four miles north of town, is the latest man to secure a date for a public sale. And there are so many sflea being held this winter that it is necessity to get dates a long time in advance. Mr. Sard will have his on Feb. 15th. Be is arranging to move tn South Dakota. Senator McCain indicated pretty clearly last week that he is for the plain every day tax payer when he voted against a Semte bill to increase the salaries of Circuit Judges iu a number of coun ties- Senator McCdn took the ■view that these men work no more than our own Circuit Judge, and are therefore entitled to no more pay, —Kentland Enterprise The return of cold weather gave the local ice men a good opportunity to complete the work of filling their ice houses, and about all Wfe- through now, exo j pt M P Warner, who is well along towards finishing filling his second and largest ice house; and G. A. Stnckfaden, who will bsgin on his cold storage house, in a day or two. Much of the ice is 14 inches or more in thickness. Alf Donnelly, the onion king, arrived home this morning from Louisville, where he sold a car load of onions, at 75 cents to a dollar per bushel, depending on the quality. At Louisville last night he saw an immense fire in a big patent medicine ware house, and which called out the entire Louisville fire department,* and then they could not control the fire. That any person carring a revo'ver shall also cirry a license for doing it is propos'd by a bill presented in the hoase by Representative Boson of Marion county It would mxke the eel ing of a irearm to any pers m without a

license a m sdninemor. Licenses | would be i-sue t by the county clerk/ atr p oper instigation, under th provis one of the bill I i t iis manner, ir is said, irresponsible per ois would be prevented fr< m doing mu m harm. Death h> s been reaping a Urge harvest in White cmuty lately aid the M mtiiello papers say never recorded so large a list of deaths in <»ne istue, before. By a O''incidence three of thocH dving in that county this week, were a-oiunty commiSßionra. Thxy were John I. Birnes, Alfred C Ta n and Jimis W. Dye A. 4th e’ <ier• mire or leas well known in this county, and Mr. Dye espeoia ly so. J. C'Gwin, of Rmsselaer, and his son John [. Gwin, who have bem wo-king the for in era’s farm tu Hmging Gr >ve in partnership, for some yeais past, have dissolved their partnership andJihn hereafter, will run the farm himself and pay cash rent, They are making a s ale to close up their partnership titaka place at the farm on Wednesday, February, Bth Patrona of rural mail routes are reminded that it is their duty to keep the roads clear. Under the law carriers have no legal right to leive the route or go through fields in orcer to deliver the mail. The law au h >nz s them when theyjmeet with obs ructions of any kind to urn back. People living alonz rural route shom'd give heed to ibis and keep the roads clesr from snow drifts or other obstructions in order to r-ceive their mail regularly and promptly. Five states in ths up thweet are to be asked to unite in erecting a monu n-nt to Gov. George Rogers Ci-rkanl his men f»r their ser- ! vices during the early days of the norihweit territory. The movement is under the direct'oa of the C «rk County His tor dal Eociety, wh ch has us headquarters in Jeffewonvi'ie and wuh which Judge S r >t-enburgUc osely identified. Un'-ss tne four other states make appropriati >m of SI,OOO e-ch no nt empt *ill be mads to make that "f In tian available in case th* m asure goes through the legi-lituri.

SATURDAY Mrs. T, J. Porter is relative's in Mi. Ayr, for several days Mins Mary Sjhreiner returned to Cuicago today after six weeks’ Visit with her aunt, Mrs George Schreiner, J. N. Sample does not show the improvement that was hoped for in his health. aad continues very poorly. „ Mrs. N. Hardesty returned home to Indiana Harbor today, having been called here by the sickness of. her father, William Osenohain, east of town Sherman Lewis about four miles northwest of town had a sale Wednesday, and John K. Brownun the Mrs Lougbridge farm eight miles north had one Thursday. Both were very successful sales. Today’s weather, much of it bright and sunny, might be iuad»worse than it ie, though the warm wave proved delusive. Last night the temperature was within two degr es of ziro, and today t<e war meet haa been only 18 above. The case of Edvard Frank against ths Big Four Railway, one of the few u 'ssit'ed oases remain-

* ing from ths terrible and unfortunate football dwaste* wher-in tne football team whs practicably rdnibita ed.ha, been sent to C.rroll county for trial, on change of v<-nnH. Tne suit is $50,000 damages, and 'h* outooms of tie litigation will be watched w tn agreai deal of interest by the citizens of of Lafayette, all of whom fe 1 very deeply up n the suhj -ot. Smith Barmen & Co’s big hoe sale of Poland-China h gs took place tbit afternoon, with a big attendance, and a sale at high prices.

Mrs .J T. McCarthy and son James, of Chicago arrived hers this afternoon, and the latter will rema’n as a student at St Joseph’s Col'ege. J. H. McCla than, of Union, was in town today for the first time after several weeks’ sickn-ss with grip. Ihe Mo it c Jio Democrat liraenta beomse ’liginirtha Barbar a i” a play <>f great merit «nd given by a fi st c hss company had only about a four h >f he cr >wd that an Uncle T >m’a Cabin s‘ow would g t a r ’hat town tne other night But about the same things would happen here. Hammond ia illustrated by the large number of them whose jjicture appears in this adition, Among these are Miss OrphaTimmo sfirmeriy ot R-mington. who is pnn ’ipd of a H mmond school;' Mrs Dr, Mary E Jackson now cue of the best, known women physician in Indiana; Henry Whit iker now a member of thi city council, and Jonn fl, R >ode a fomer member, W, G, Paxton head of a very large fnmbar company; and E. L Shortridge rep< rt r of Lake super i>r criurt end cuairmui of the Repub icsn of Lake county.

MONDAY Mrs W. F. Smith has gone to Thor itowo, to visit her sister. Miss. Mufy VVr.shburn has gone to Chicago for a few days’ visit. E O Magruder, of Kaokskee, 111 was here tjday on laud business Austin Haas and Miss Blanche Weedon of Lafayette spent Sun dav with friends here. M's. E. Bowsher, of Dayton, Ind., returned home today, after vsi ing tier brothers, Milt atd Sam Roth. Mrs. Frink Phillips, of eoatn of town, and little grand-daughter, Ruth Wooden, went to Hammn-d, Siturdiy. to visit her sister, Mn. Charles Kesson. a Mrs. Chas. Johnson, of Whitehall, Mich, who has been visiting her sister Mrs. E. L. Clark, went to Chicago today, to visit her daughter Mrs Fred Brown. An inquest into the senity of Fred Kupke, a well know citizen of Gillam township, was held today. The result of the inquest, and th* particulars of his case, have hot y-.t been received. Miss Mab *1 Brewn, of Crown Point, had (air success in organizing a class io physical culture, and will begin her first regular instructions, Tuesday evening. L. A. Brstwiok, the civil engineer, went to Kirkland, 111., today, to acoept a good position on the construction work of the Illinois, Missouri and Jlowa railroad. W. N, Penes, now boss of abiut the biggest cattle ranch out-of-doors, and whose headquarters ara now at Midland, Tex., is visiting friends, and transacting business in this vicinity, for a few days. He is now at his old home near Mt Ayr. Mrs, Earl Duvall and baby went ♦o Rockvi le, todiy to jom Mr. DuvtU wliiie in business tl ere a .d where tney expect to to make their perm in ent home Her f*i~t«r Mii-s. Laur-1 Biggs, w nt withh-r and will remain with her a few weeks and then go to a wholesale m liinery house in Indianxpolis. and be assigned to her next sense j’s w_.rk ae a millinery trimmer.

Theo Id weather sta. s with us with a gMid dial o* per.dt.fenny,, and this is the teioh day in eno-' cession when the temperature h-s not risen ab>v j the freezing point. l at any time of the day Twice in that lime it has been bdow z<r •, namely 5 be ov last Wedneedey morning, and two bel iw this Monday morning. The weather however has been mostly free from storms, and on the who ! e very good weather for winter in this region. And especially have we esoap d tne very severe storms that tia e visited so mmy parts of the country.