Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1905 — Brief Local Items [ARTICLE]

Brief Local Items

FRIDAY Coldest last night, 16 hbive zero. Warmest today 24 above. Mrs, Theodore Hurley of Blaokford, has been very low for some days, and liitle if any hoped aro entertained for her recovery. Jonn Rmicker, Mr. and Mrs. lev! S. Renicker and Mr. and Mrs. an Renicker attended the funeral of father Levi Reaioker at Pyrmont today. Milly the 12 year old d ugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm Fry, is very dangerously sick with brain fever at their home on Franklin street. Hugh McKinney, who had a gocd sale at his plaoe near Me Coycburg some days ago, is preparing to move to Oklahoma in a short time, where he has a brother who owns a tract of land be wants him to look after.

Thursday’s afternoon and night etorm brought about two inches more of light snow, to dump on top of the 18 to 20 inohes already here. It drifted a good deal as it oatne, and therefore was effeotive in filling the road 9 and walks whioh had been shoveled out The doctor) have to make their trips, no matter what the roads are and they have plenty of tr üble in making them. Thus Dr. Washburn had to make a ten mile ride out last night and it took him about all night to make it. and involved two complete upsets of his sleigh in the enow. The sum James and William Hill finally paid for the MoCoy Jordan land was $5,000 more than his original offer, and SIO,OOO more than the next beat offer, as nearly as it oan be figured out; the next bid being for somewhat different lands, and conditioned on aooepf ing certain what seem very low ■offers for the Gillam and some other of the still unsold tracts.

The country roads are now in terrible shape from the snow, and many of them wholly impassable. To illustrate their condition, may be mentioned the faot that Undertaker W. J. Wright was obliged to put four horses on his hearse Thursday to go to the Jacob Johns funeral in Milroy, 'and even th9n had very hard work getting through; and Dr. English started out on north gravel road with two horses hitched to a light baggy and was to turn biok after going only two miles.

Frankfort Times: are a few niieguided folks who insist that a oity oan only prosper with the ‘-lid off,” that visitors to a great oity naturally expeot to find a good deal of relaxation, and that they seek the place where there is the greatest opportunity for a “good time.” That is nonsense. It is also a reflection on humanity. The truth of the matter is that fr >m one end of the oonntry to the other vioe is becoming all the time le°s privileged. Those who are wise do cot expeot perfection. They realize that where people are herded together there is bound to be some immorality, and they do not expeot or demand blue laws or pnritamoal methods. But they do expeot the enforcement of! the laws, the punishment of those who do wrong, and, as far as possible, the removal of temptation from the paths cf mankind. The rural route oarriera are all laying off again today, to allow the roads to be opened up again. The trouble is that there is so much dry snow that the roads fill up again about as fast as they are

opened out Tbe railroad trains are getting pretty nearly oaught ud to schedule time again today; -nl being over 25 to 40 minntes late' Travel however continues very light, people not liking to start on journeys when they are likely at any time to bi billed up in a snow drifr.

The Republican legislative oanous has agreed on a legislative apportionment bill. It will ohange Jasper county both in its senatorial and representative relatione, Jasper, Newton, Pulaski and Stark will form a senatorial district, and Jasper and White a representative district. Estel, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Hewitt, of Gifford, was buried Thursday, after a funeral at Barkley M. E. church- He was 1 year 7 months and 4 days old, and the oause cf death was inflamation of the bowels. He was the second child they have lost in a little more than a year.

When City Judge MoMahan performed a marriage ceremony for a young couple the other day at his office in Hammond the brids asked him for tnding stamps." That is pretty near the limit, and the next step will be asking the dootor for them when be presides at a stork visit, or of the undertaker when he conducts a funeial.

It has been a grevious time to hold funerals this week, eepeoially in the country. Thus at a funeral at Barkley churob, Thursday, where the parties came from Gifford. Two large teams preceded the body to break the roads, and whioh was accomplished with great difficulty. Yet when the people returned home again, after about 45 minutes stay at the church, the roads were drifted full again, as bad as they were before they were broken.

SATURDAY J. 0 and J. I. Gwius’ sale took place today, and a very fine day they had for it too. They tried it before on Feb. Btb, but postponed for bad weather. This is a bright fine day, and started the snow on roofs, walks and other sunny plaoes. A succession of still warmer days would be universally aooeptable, to rid us of the great burden of snow, The rural route oairiers from here are still snow bound and not makiog their rounds, today. The patrons along their routes are working to dear the roads, and it is hoped regular rounds will be resumed Monday.

Today was Mrs. A. W. Cleveland’s 66th birthday, though she does not look it,‘nor evidently feel it. Evidently life and time are dealing very gently and kindly with herself and husband, in their deolming years. Mrs. Mary A. Hurley, wife of Theodore Hurley, and an old resident of Barkley tp., died Friday, at 10 a. m. of consumption. The funeral will be held Sunday at the residence at Blaokford, at 10 a. m., and interment be made in Prater oemetery. Will lmes has snffioiently recovered from his accident that he returned to his telegraphing work in Chicago this morning. His son Louie, who recently returned from Texas went with him to assist him in his work until b 9 is more fully recovered. Charley and Wilson Clark arriv-

ei home Let Light from their several w< eks’visit tj Kansas. They did not buy at y land, not beiDg sure that what they saw in the landscape was s >il. or sand, or fishpond, it all b- ing oovered d.ep with snow. They expeot however to move to ihe neighborhood of Cedar Point, and to rent farms until they a e how they like it.

Tne principal of a school was talking with him abont his boy. ‘•By the %ay, Mr. Woffletree.” he said, “I have made a discovery about Jerry. He’s ambidextrous ” ‘'l don’t see bow that oan bo,” re* p’ied the wise father, with rising icdignatioD, ,l he haint never been expored to i| Besides, he Jwas vaocinated last year, audjjwe bathe him reg’lar every week, and his mother always makes him wear a little b*g of aeafetida tied around h ; s neck. Some of the other boys must ’a been lyin’ on him to you, perfessor. Ncsiree, he never had nuthin like that.”

A north Union man who is opposed to disunion in Union, says the opposition are willing to give the dividers a traot two mbes square, around Fair Oaks, and let them make a township out of that. It might not be a bad idea to accept the proposition. A township no larger than that might be roofed over with a glass roof and heated by a furnace, and made a mighty attractive winter resort. Had it been established that way this winter all the rest of the population of Union township would have tumbled over one another to have moved into the new township. The streets were well filled with people today, in marked contrast to their deserted and storm-bonnd condition of the rest of the weak. Teacher was explaining the meaning of the word, recuperate. “Now, Willie,” she said, “If your f.therwjrked hard all day, he would be tired and all worn out, wcu ! dn’t be?” “Yes’m” “Then when night comes and bis’work is over for the day, what does he do?” “Thai’s what ma wants to know,”

The Grand Duke Sergios was executed Friday, at] Moscow, by means of„ a bomb, thrown by a member of the revolutionary committe, seleoted for that purpose, ani who seems to have made no attempt to escape after committing the aot. Sergius was the Czar’s unole, and the one held more reepocsible than any other man for compelling the Czar to deny to the people their just demands for a less tyrannioal and oppressive government.

Dowie writes ZiinJ that the weather in Bermuda is ideal; that there has been no winterjto speak of, as he predicted]last;|fall, But just the same, where did Apostle Dowie find tie precedent for running away from ihe rigors of win. ter in a northern clime, leaving the people of his congregation to freeze their ears and toes, and suffer from grip and pneumonia? Did Paul, or Jamas, Luke, or Matthew, or Mark or John do anything of that kind? Nay, verily, they remained with the people, rejoioing wnen they re* joieed, suffering when they|,Buffered and never for a moment beiiev. ing that an apostle of God]migbt hie himsslf to the of Jehosophat at the first sigo of a snow blizzard on of Lebanon,*and|leave his people at its mercy.—Ex,

Out in Kansas the state legislature has passed a law [establishing a state oil refinery, to back tbe Standard Oil Company, that most enormous and oonsoienoeless corporate robber the world ever saw, Kansas has taken the right course and has shown the only plain and sure way to break down this great monopoly. Let Indiana, Ohio, Texas, California, Colorado and othar groat o 1 producing state follow suit, and the power of the great father of a'l monopolistic trusts will be broken And with the Standard Oil trust broken, the rest will be muoh. easier to deal with.

MONDAY W. H. Eger has been oonfia«d ■ to bis bousa for some time witb 1 lumbago, There is no noticeable change in the condition of Wm. Fry’s daugh- ; ter sick with brain fever, and which continues very serious. Mrs. Dr. Washburn and baby went to Ohioago Sunday, for about two weeks visit with Mrs. Martha Washburn. Oapt. Tayman, of the Ist U, S. regular infantry, inspected Company M, Saturday night, and found a large turnout and the company in good shape. A five jear old daughter of James Brown, tinner at Warner Bros., fell off a bed on her shoulders and broke her right collar bone, last Saturday evening. Word from Lincoln, Neb, received today, are to the effect that Mrs. Elizibeth Poronpila coa:bines to slowly improve from her siokness with pneumonia. In about a week now the bluebird stories should begin to come in, and already one reputable citizen reports that his boys saw a sparrow that W6S looking very blue.

Dr. A. L. Berkley and wife are now in Portland Oregon, and evidently expeot to stay there for some time but whether they intendTo locate there permanently, we are not informed.

The lowest temperature last night was 30 degrees and by 7 o’clock the freezing point, 32 degrees, was reached. It was the warmest night since Jan. 20th, which was 31 degrees. The grand jury was to have resumed work this morning, but is adjourned until Wednesday morning on aocount of the siokness of Wilson Shaffer, one of the members who has the grip.

About 80 members of Rensselaer Lodge Knights of Pythias, attended the Christian Church Sundav morning and listened to an ab’e sermon by the pastor, Rev. Clark, on the Bims and benefits of Pythianism.

Quite a force of carpenters, namely E. G. Warren, Will Clouse, Fred McOolly, Ed Hopkins and Charley Gntrioh went to Ohioago this morning, to fiaish up a building for H. 0. Hefner, of our city.

i Our former lown mao, J. W, Burgett, ha* just s >id his banking business in Franaeeville to the other bank there. His and his son’s residences also go in the trade, and it is stated they intenc to remove to some western state. The hen that leaves her nest after a few days setting because she does not hear the ohirp of obiokens, is something like the merobant who quit advertising after the first few “throws” because his first oalls haven’t filled his store with clamoring customers Unole Lewis Davisson, who has suffered fer a good while with a oanoer on his nose, now seems fn'iy oured. through the treatment of a physician in a neighboring town, A oaocer specialist at Indianapolis treated him for qnite a loag time with no appreciable benefit

“Brethren,” said a man in the meeting, “so many sinners sre dy. ing every day I have abont coma to the conclusion that hell is fall.” He sat down, when an old deacon in the amen corner raised the hymn: “There’s a plaoe reserved for vc u brothei, there’s a place reserved for you

Saturday was a fine mild day and Sunday still finer and warmer with a temperature of 35 degrees. This softened and settled the snow a good deal and was just the kind of weather the people are anxious to see. Today is still warm though not sunny. Tuesday is still to be warm and fair, says the werther bureau.

The ground is not now frozen to nearly as great a depth as the long continued extreme cold weather might lead people to suppose. In digging a grave at Weston cemetery Saturday, the frost was found to extend down only two feet Probably the thick ocvering of snow has been the ohief oause of the ground not freez'ng deeper, but the unu-uaily dry oondition of the ground when it first freze in the fall no doubt has contributed to the same end.

It is stated that more gravfs have been dug in Lafayette during the past six weeks tbau in the same period since the oholera plague many years ago. During the first two weeks of this month there were thirty deaths. Most of the Jeoeased were old people and young ohildren. Rensselaer and surrounding oonntry have been unusually fortunate in its number, of deaths, there having been only about three graves dag in Weston cemetery sinoe the ground froze np.

The Kentland Democrat rel tes at considerable length, the transgressions of the two brothers, Ed and Barney Curts, whioh landed them last Friday in our county jail. They struck Kentland well loaded up with booze they had bought at Monticello, and proceeded td look for trouble until Tony Rhende, the town marshal tried to run them in, by installments begining with Barney. JEsut Ed slipped up behind the marshal and got him by the leg and “trun him down” in a snow J,bank and held him while Barney prooeeded to blaok his eyes. The marshal hollered loud for help and the Curts were finally subdued and jailed. They live at Cutler, Oarroll county, but their parents live in Brook.