Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1905 — Brief Local Items [ARTICLE]

Brief Local Items

FRIDAY MisaZie Peck of DeMotte, is visiting Miss Ora Bruuer. C D. Carpenter of near Morocco was in to-vn on business today. Born, this morning, a daughter to Mr. a id Mrs. Barney Kolhoff, of Union township. I. J. Renicker and family, of Delphi, are visiting Levi aid John Renicker and other relatives in this vicinity. Mrs. Geo. Johnsoa and eon W.‘ M. Johnson, west of town went to Joliet, Hl., Thursday to visit friends for a couple of weeks. W. H. Berry struck fine weather his second attempt at a sale, jesterday, and the crowd was big and everything brought good prices. 0. W. Devis, who has been living near Virgie for four year went through town today with his goods, on his way to a f«rm near Brook, to which he is moving. Mrs. Harry Wilshire is improv*ing from a very severe attack of sickness and her eon Charley, who has been down from Chicago for some days, on account of her sickness returned home today. Milton Marrow an old time resident of Remington, died there Thursday of paralysis and old age. He was sbout .80 years old and had lived in Remington a great many years. An error was made in our previous paragraph legarding old men still living who were in the famous group of 1898. James Leatherman is still living, and fir a man of his age is enjoying reasonably good health.

Uncle Bill N. wai up Indiana Harbor way, a day or two rgo, and clinched one of the best orders for his roof p tint he ever secured at one t me, It is for painting a huge foundry and machine shop building at the Harbor and will take 25 to 30 barrels of 50 gallons each, As March came in like a gentle lamb, it will have to g) out like a rip roaring lion according to the old saying, But on the other hand another old saying says the first three days of the month g>vern the whole push, as theve first three days have been decidedly fine weather, that means all the month is to be fineMrs, Hetty Reynolds is very seriously sick from proctitis aod inflamation of the lower intestinal tract. Her condition was considered so serious that her sons were sent for and consultation of two Rensselaer and one Francesville physician was held this morning The physicians take quite a hopeful view as to ths probable result of the attack. Jack Eason of Brook, madegoed his telephone bid on the McCoy land, by sending over a wiittenbid last evening, with a large cash forfeit. Hie bid is on the 1,878 acres of Jordan land heretofore oontraoted to Hill, and on the 120 acres bid for by Fowler & Potter, of Lafayette. He bid the same as they on the 120 acres, and $1 psr more on the 1,878 acres, thus springing Fowler & Potter’s entire bid $1,878. The snow is now practically ell gone except in the drifla. The river is only moderately high, Joe Reynolds, of Delphi, is here on account of his mother’s sickness and Earl from New York is expeeled scon.

Mrs. W. H. Fertioh, and J. A. Randle, of Barkley, and Mr?. D. S. Makeever and Mrs J. R. Randle, all went to Chicago today. W. H, Berry’s sale, near Pleasent Ridge, Wednesday, w -s one of the big onsi of ihe aessoh, and aggregated $2,000, Besides this Mr,’ Morton io'd about $350 mo e at the lame sale. Ihe funeral of Frank, the five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm Merica. was held this forenoon, at the Casholic church, and was largely attended. Interment was in the Catholic cemetery, south of town, Uncle Jake Troxell has been quite sick lately at their home at DeMotte, from the effects of a bad cold, and too freely exposing himself. His son-in law I. N. Hemphill has been up visiting him and reports him much improved. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Prince,now of near White Pigion, Mich., but a former well known resid nt of northwest of town, have been visiting in that region for several days, among their many friends, and have now gone over to visit Mr. Lucasou, a brother in-law, south of Remington. They own a large and fine farm near Whi e Pigion, and are well p'eased with their location. While ex-auditor of Newton Co. Marion Ooover was at Rerrington Thursday, attending the funeral of h’s o’de-it brother, D a vid Ooov r a dispatch came to his borne at Kentland telling him that his son Frsnk had fallen from a building in Omaha, Neb. that day and was adout killed. The young man was about 25 years old and an artist by profession. It was only about two years ago that Mr, Coover’s daughter was burnei to death at Kentland.

SATURDAY Bam Stevens went to Anders-on today, to visit friends. Wild geese are seen flying north ward wi h cjuudcrable frequency. Frank Wolfe, now of Michigan City is here on business today. Mre. I, J. Porter is visiting her nephew, D. 8. Willey, in Mjnon, today. The gravel roads are getting in quite giod condition uow but the dirt roads are decidedly bad. Miss Bille Maines went to Indianapolis toiay, to spend some weeks studying th-) styles in a wholesale millinery house. Mrs Hettie Reynolds has improved somewhat and the physicians are now very confident of her recovery. Mrs. Mack Sullivan and father, Gtorge Haven?, .'south of town went to Marion, today, to visit relatives for several weeks. Glaz ! er’a Carolinians, a colored combination, gave a good musical and funny entertainment, at the opera house, last night. Owing to various other attractions, they had a very elim audience.

There were pleasant doings in Odd Fellows hall last night. The ancampment paid some old debts due the Rebekas by giving them a fine oyster supper. Music was furnished by the Halleck orchestra aud a nice talk given by the disfriot. deputy L, H. Hamilton. Goodland Herald:—Readers of the legislative proceedings will note that while our Senator McCain has made no pyrotechnic displays he has always been in his seat when important legislation w.iS at stake and his vote has always been on the right side,

I The Jasper County DJrytten’s Convention, the first ever held in the county was in session here today. The morning s sshu had , about 40 present whiqu was good , considering the state of the roads, , and the rather limited extent of > the dairying interests of this coun- , ty’ The dairying people especial- ( ’ ly, were here in good numbers, Wm. Burns, cf Barkley, is still making a specialty of raising domesticated wild geese, and finds a ready market for all he can raise and more too. He shipped an ■ order Friday evening to Henry ■ Soigley, at Chalmers, being leven 1 geese in the order. It took all he had to spare, but he got another order for the same number the same day. Ha sells them at the rate of tnree dollars a pair. Senator Beveridge is pushing a bill which if passed will give each memter of the 161st Indiana regiment two months pay which was overlooked in settlement at the close of the Spanish American war. The claim is in the shape of an amendment to the general deficiency bill and will be considered in the Senate Appropriations Committee when the bill comes over from the House. If the Senate adopts it and it goes to the conference it is pretty sure to remain in the bill. Company lof this regiment was made up at Monticello, and had a large number from this county, 0. A. Kempee, of Big Rapids, Mich,, is visiting A. J. McFarland. Arthur and Harry Shedd, of Chicago came down this afternoon to spend Sunday with their parent?, east of town. Chas. Hanson, who has been a mmh respected citizen of Rensselaer for same years past, and usually in the blacksmithing business. is ’ ov moving back to his farm, in th? south end of Gillam Tp. Newton county has been expeoting to have a complete county rural route service established, but is now notified that the populaiion is still too sparse and roads too poor to permit complete county service. Jasper county is undoubtedly in the same boat. Mrs. E. E. Faria left last Wednesday fur Washington Territory with a view of locating there. His family will for the present remain here and follow him latei. We wish Ed unbounded success in ail his undertaking in the future. — Mtdtryrille Advertiser. Albert Bouk, the good looking bachelor trustee of Walker township was in town a coup e ,of days ago and was pretty severely shocked to learn, as he then did for the first time, that his neighboring trustee, B ib Mannon of Wneatfield had got married. It seenred to Albort that the matrimonial lightning was hitting pretty close and might catch him the next time. The fallowing relatives attended the funeral of little ‘Charley Merioa, Friday. Mr aud Mrs Caas. the grandjoarents and Miss Mary Sohmitter, .Mrs Merica’s sister from Delphi, and from Hammond Mr aud Mrs Henry Warick the latter'being Mr. Merica’s sister, The little boy’s age was 5 years and 11 days. John Phillips of MoCoysburgj Co. assessor, last spring purjhased a setting of 15 eggs of B D Comer the aggressive B P. JR. raiser. From which 14 chickens hatched 6 cookrels aud 8 pullets’ which he says are all very fine except one The one mongrel John says is marked for the preacher as a sort of atonement for the fun of days gone by. Remington is well repersented at St, Petersburg Florida, now, the following from that town having pirticipited in an Indiana Day celebration there recently Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Kyle and two daughters Martha and Amelia; Mrs, Lois K. Wilcox, John M, Ott, Mrs. J M Ctt, Dsisy Ott, Grace Ott, Marion Parks, Mrs. Josephins L Guy Josephine Kenyon. At a firs recently in Huntington it is s dd th at a young woman per-

sistently got an the way of t .e tireI men until one of them ai i ed: “If you don’t get out of the way, I’ll turn the hose on yen.” Biirnbrr- ? - ’ * • ~ ing the damsel repii-d ‘ If jou will just wait I’d turn ihem myself when I get home, I was so exci’- 1 ed I didn’t notic * whic i way II put them o j.” Probably the preacher io intention of castii g any i efieoti n* | on the ch hr, bm it sounded funny. Ona recent Sand q, during the extreme cod weather, most of the sotta iu the choir were etnp y, ihsingers being at home w.tn bid colds. The p eaqher opened his hymn book aud glancing towards the choir said: “Since Providence has teen fit to afflit the ch >ir with a bad colds, let us all join in tinging “Praise God from Whom nil Blessings Flow ” —Ex.

Charley Chamberlain, superintendent of cur city light and water works, was called up to She by, Thursday, to s'drt a lighting plant in a factory there It is an asphalt factory, and seems to be quite a promising institution, capitalized at $50,000. and at present employing about 15 men, They get their crude oil from Kentucky and work it up in*o asphalt and other products. They bad a factory lighting plant but did n< t know how to put it in action until Charley went up and showed them how.

MONDAY D H. Yeoman is in Crown Point today on a business trip. Remember the band concer*, next Friday evening, March 10th. Mrs. John Sullivan, on south Weston street, is improving from a pretty severe case of pneumonia. Miss Stella Shields Ist year, teacher, will ba absent today and tomorrow on account of a death of nitce at Indtanapohs. Mrs. Philip Blue and granddaughter Esther Phillips, visited Roy Blue, at Wheatfield over Sunday. Robt. M. Vanatto, and daughter, of Marion, are making a few days’ visit with his parents here, Mr, and Mrs, J. R. Vanatta, Mrs J, F.ora, of Flora, is visit, ing her parents, Mr. and Abraham Miller, northwest of town. Warren Washburn was over from Goodlaud today on business con-

nsjtod'v it i the settlem-nt of Lie fad.er, Dr. I 3, WaJibarn’s eaU be Übas Macklmburg is ep <i. ding a few day in LaFaye.te. ' i Attorr ey A. D. Babcock. <f Goidiaul, whs 1)■ king -J.er legal matters here, to lay. Alfred Sei, left dor VVUIa, I Washington, to lay,/find expels to find a permanent locati n and send 1 for his family, later. Mrs. A. attended the funeral at Monon, today, of ihe year od jn ant Ll c iud cf Air. and Mrs Fred Ball, of Indianapolis who are her relatives. M:s. Hetiia Reynold is mdsing aS good progress as exp c:ed, coqstderiugi,the severity of he, sickness. Miss Iva Ams er, a trune 1 nurse h is been engaged to take char fc e < f her,.case, • " “Farmer Job” Larsh will con tinue to farm hie drugstore rather than ti farm his torm; which last is west ot town, and bought seme months ago, of Wm. Vedder. The farm will be worked this year by Joe’s brother Gas, mw living in the wilds cf east Jordan, aud Ben Smith, the Poland Caina swine raiser.^ —

Miss Ethel Jacks, daughter of Alfred Jacks, in the northwest part of town, is suffering from an exceedingly severe attack of dysinter', but as no inflamatory symptoms have yet appeared, the physician', does not consider her condition as specially dangerous. The attack from its suddenness and severity seems to have resulting from toxic poisoning from tainted fcod.

John C. Martindale, northwest of town, has been in poor health most of the winter, and for six weeks was confined to his house. He is much better now however, and was in town Saturday. Mrs. Martindale bat also ben very poorly, and b)th together, they have been obliged to keep their daughter Nina, at home this winter, but she expects to return to Indian University at the spring term. Mr. Martindale has wisely concluded io ease up on the hard work and responsibility of conducting his owa farm, and has rented it all out, except enough for gardering and similar purposes Mot forgetting a goodly slice of rich ground for a melon patch, whereon to prepare for the annual foraging raid of the old soldiers of Rensselaer and surrounding country. Mies Maggie Torbef, of near Blackford, returned home Saturday afternoon, from several months’ stay with a sister at Thorntown.

The County Commissioners begin their regular March session, this morning. A saloon license was granted to Aaron Timmons, of Dunnville, the only license applicant for the term. There was no oppositien to his application. Uncle Webb Reeve is the first to bring in a blue-bird repoit. He saw quite a bunch of the famous spring beauties Sunday, while on his way to Remington. They were the real old-fashioned blue birds, like he used to catch in holes in stumps, when he xas a boy. Theodore Roosevelt, now fairly launched on his solid four year term, is the first president that became president through the vicepresidency. that was ever re-elect-ed. He has already made a great record as presidet and wejlook to see him make a still greater one in bis next four years. Mr. and Mrs. W, H. Berry le't for their new home at Spencer, this state, on Sunday. He will engage there in the feed and bitch barn business He still retains his fine farm near Pleasant Ridge but has rented it out, His son Ray who is attending school here will remain until the end of the school year. Sunday was another very fine day, which leads us to remark that March is behaving very creditably so far. It has finished the rest of the snow, barring a little in drifts and ridges, in sheltered placer, wild geese and ducks are frequently obseived, rebins are not uncom-

_ r-—~ mon, and no doubt blue brdi are seen occasionally, though none have been re ported. In fact spring seems-to be fairly on its way, Still there is time for plenty of bad weather jet this month, of which fact March 1904 is an illustration* That month opened out fine, but about the 15th there was 6i- inches of Huow, and which stayed cn the ground several days.