Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1905 — Brief Local Items [ARTICLE]

Brief Local Items

TUESDAY J. L. Sigler, of Chicago is visiting his sister Mrs. G. W. Geff Mr. Radcliff of Cincinnati, visited Miss Lillian Rhoades over Sunday. C. N. Sands, now of the State Untversity, is spending psrt of his spring vacation in Rensselaer. Mrs J. T. Randle has gone to Sheldon Hl. to visit her daughter, Mrs. Warner for a week. Dr. Arthur Rose, the new optician arrived Mcnday, and is now established in A. Leopold’s room, next door north of Murray’s store Cassie Chadwick got what wes coming to her Monday, at Cleveland, Ohio, when a jury gave her 10 years in prison, for her enormous robberies and swindles. Today has been a record breaker for March heat. At two p. m, it was 78 degrees, in the shade. The next wannest March weather for four years was 75 degrees, March 18th, 1903. Cot. Fred Phillipa arrived home Sunday from his two weeks’ visit with his brother Guss, down in New York. Fred was shown no end of a good time, and enjoyed his visit greatly. Mr. and Mrs. A M. Boody left for their home at Woodland, lII' Monday . afternoon. They , spent the winter in Biloxi, Miss. and stopped off here to visit relatives Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Shesler.

J B. Sayler left thia afternoon, to return to hh work at Mandan N. Dak where he is oollectcr for the Inter National Harvester Co, Mrs. Sayler went to Winamao, to visit her mother and will follow him to Mandan in about a month. There were seven more accessions to the membership of the M. E. church Sunday morning, making the the total as the result of the revival meetings, 107. About half of these were young people, members of the churoh Sunday Schoo l , and the rest mostly adults. The funeral of Charles Lane, held at the Catholic church this forenoon showed by its very large attendance, how highly he was estimated by his acquaintances. The procession which followed his remains to Mt. Calvary cemetery was one of the largest that ever passed through our streets. Th«re were over GO carriage’s in the line, Dr. O. H. Irwin, whose death of Elk City, Okla., last Wednesday was previously mentioned was buried at that place Sunday, the family being so much scattered that it was not thought advisable to take him back to Sheldon. He was a brother of James F. Irwin and Mrs. J. 0. Porter, of our city, Robt. Irwin, of Remington and John Irwin of Brook,

WEDNESDAY All the auk in''biles in town were oat parading the streets last evening Mrs. Mary Drake hai gone to Chicago to visit her mother Mr-t. Ellen Maloney. Born, Tuesday, March 28, to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Marshall, cf Union Tp., a daughter. It looka now like March would do something to spoil its good record, up to this time. Mr. R- L. P. Massey, of Medaryville, is here visiting her sister Grandmother Lucinda Antrim. Frank Swartzell, of Logansport,

returned home today, after two weeks’ visit with his sister, Mrs. Lizzie Aldrioh. The degree of Rojel Arch Mason was conferred on three candidates last night. They were W. F. Smith, J. W. Walker and Herman Churchill. Col. Fred Phillips went 'up the line this morning, to cry a sale at Thayer. He blossomed out with a new sale clerk, the same being C. C. Warner, our county clerk. Mrs. Anna Breece who has been making her home with her sister Mrs. Thomas Driver] in Barkley, went to Chicago today to spend the summer with relatives there. Uncle George Gowland who has been sick for some time, and gradually failing all the time, is now very low at his home in the east part of town, and his end likely to come at any moment. The cause is general failure of old age.

Dennis Gleason the well known horse buyer, bought a team of mules of the Asche boys near Buffalo yesterday for which he paid S4OO. The mules were at the North Side feed barn yesterday afternoon waiting shipment. Delphi Herald. The old Foster House, on Main street a block south of the depot has been leased by Perry Liston, of near Fair Oaks, who will run it as a hotel and boarding house. The building now belongs to a party over in Pulaski county and is great trading stock. A Wabash woman was married one day, eloped the next, was arrested on the third, brought back home on the fourth, forgiven by her hueband on the fifth and went to live with him on the sixth. It is not stated, but it is presumed that, liae the Creator of the earth, she rested on the seventh day.

Frank Gaines, cf [Hanley Aesiniboia, who is here visiting his father, Uncle Joe Gaines, sent out today, by express three red jersey pigs and seven Plymouth-Rook and Golden Cccbin chickens for his Canadian homestead. The piggies were in one end of the crate and the poultry in the other. In a snug corner cf the chickens’ department were some strawberry plants, horse-raddish and pie-plant roots. The crate was sent to Duluth, Minn, and there will be transfered on to an emigrant train being made up thera for Hanley. Frank and his wife will leave Thursday. C. O. White, who has lived in this vicinity for several years past, and is now’temporarily living in town, shipped his good to Spokane, Wash.,' some time ago, and will leave for that place with his family, as soon as he hears the goods have got there, He shipped them to his son who has been there a year and a half, and likes it well.

THURSDAY E. F. Short, of Knox ie revisiting Rensselaer again today. Manson Zahring went to Little York, Ind., today, for three m< uths’ stay. Mra. Cecil McKinsey went to El*< od today, to visit Mias Nellie Maguire for two 'weeks, Edward Casey and Raymond Burna, of north of town, returned from Valparaiso Normal, today. James McLaughlin and daughter May went to Goodland again, today, to visit his sick son, Albert. James H, Payne and family

have moved back to Hammond, to again make that place their home. Mrs, G. K.Hollingsworth and s'ms Donald and Thomas are visit ing relatives here during the Chicago spring vacation. ———— —— Work on the Duvall and Leopold buildings is now at a standstill, owing to the non-receipt of brick which were ordered from Blue Island. Hl, some time ago, but have not yet arrived. The s one foundations were completed some days ego. Attorney A. Halleck was over at Kentland Wednesday defending Walter Kurtz, the Newton county man who has been in our jail for some time past on charge of assaulting Anthony Rheude, the town marshal of Kentland. The jury found Kurtz not guilty.

One of the new laws prohibits junk dealers from buying junk of minors without first obtaining the written consent of parent or ' guar, dian. Junk dealers must also be licensed by the county clerk and pay a license fee of $5. They must keep a record of all the minors from whom they buy. Spelling’matches between schools have been quite a popular feature in Hammond, lately, and we see by the accounts in the Hammond papers that little Philip Mossier, formerly of our city has been quite the big gun of the matches he has participated in. Quite a large number of Knights of Pythias from here are attending the district meeting at Indiana Harbor, today. Among those attending are O. C. Warner. C. G. Spitler, C. J. Dean, Ed Catt, B. S, Fendig. True Woodworth, E. D. Rhoades, J. F. Bruner and Bruce Hardy. A Delphi man has just been released from the insane hospital as cured, having been sent there on account of a peculiar hallucination. He imagioned a trolley line could be built from Delphi to heaven. The commission of inquiry decided that the idea was impracticable, and he was (.ent away for treatment. John W, Walker the court rdporter, left last evening for Tombstone. Arizona, to be on hand next Monday, to begin his duties as official stenographer for the Supreme Court of the territory, his appointment to which having already been mentioned It is a fine position with the big salary of f 3,500 per year attached, Today’s fine weather has dispelled the fear caused by yesterday’s storm, that March was going to act up bad at its wind-up, and thus verify the rule of coming in like a lamb and going out like a lion. Instead it seems to have come in like a lamb and to be going out like a dear old mother sheep and a pair of twins.

Wm Warren now of near Stoutsburg, made one of bls rare visits to Rensselaer today. Ha Intends to remain on the same farm during the present season. His daughter Hattie has grown into quite a capable young business woman, and now has the sole management of a store in Wheat, held, belonging to a Bloomington firm and is making it go in good shape. Wabash College is hoping for a donation of $30,000 from Andrew Carnegie, that being the amount he baa already given to President Kane and Trustee Goodrich made a personal visit to the philanthropist last week, and while he made no promise of a donation they were much encouraged by his courteous treatment and the interest he showed in the college,

As yet Jack Eason of Brook, has not come over to complete the purchase of the McCoy lands, awarded to him on his bid by Refereee Bowers, but no doubt seems to be entertained but that he will consummate the deal. It is the general and probably the correct understanding that he made his.bid in connection with the Hille, of Madison, whose own original bid was provisionally ao-

Cepted by Trustee Chapman. M P. Warner, who has given up his lease of the Thompson building on Cullen street, and also gone out of the farm implement business, will have his office for the ice trade in the same room with C. J. D;an’s real-estate agency, two doors ea-t of Goff’s restaurant. The death of Mrs Adams Earl near Lafayette, last Friday leaves her daughter, Mrs Alice Earl Stuait. the richest female landowner in the State. Belonging to the estate are 4,C00 acres of the finest land in Benton county, besides valuable business blocks in Lafayette and lands iu other counties of the State. Rev. Douglass P. Putnam, well known to many of our citizens, died at Cincinnati Sunday after a week’s illness. He was! formerly pastor of a Presbyterian church at Logansport and had filled the Presbyterain pulpit hereon several occasions. He was sixty years old and at the time of his death occupied the chair of analytics and pastoral theology in Lane Seminary at Cincinnati.

Two souvenir picture postal cards were received here this morning, for A. D. Washburn from O. C. Kent, now traveling in the far east. They were mailed at Yokahami Japan, on March Bth Mr. Kent and his party were then about to start for China. As we have before stated, George Ade, the financially phenomenally successful play writer is one of the party with Mr. Kent. Some of the farmers are still a little fearful abcut starting to sow their oats. They remember what happened eleven years ago. That year March was about as fine as it has been this year, and farmers got their oats in early. Along abcut the 10th of April came a terrible spell of .cold weather for the time of year and which lasted for many days, and the oats that were sown were mostly killed. J. C. West and F. S. B. Whitney, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, Were hers yesterday going away this morning. They were representing the Bellefontaine Foundry & Machine Co., and were settling up the troubles which caused Sheriff O’Connor to take legal possession of the big steam dredge now working in the Gallagher ditch. The troubles were all adjusted aud the dredge is no longer in charge of the sheriff.

R. L. P, Massey, who Was here yesterday making his aged [sister, Mrs, Lucinda Antrim, a shoft visit, is another of the r many old time Gillam people, who have moved into Medaryville, and where he is in charge of a drugstore. Himself and Mrs. Antrim are the only survivors of a family of 11 brothers and sisters. He was the youngest of the family and she next to the oldest, She is in her 90th year, and he is 20 years younger, and in her opinion quite a young men yet. She is in very feeble health, and not likely to survive much longer. The Willis gun and bicycle Company will move their place of business in a few days to a larger and more convenient location. They have rented Judge Thompson’s building, on Cullen street, east of the court house, formerly occupied by M. P. Warner, and will move into the same, This will give them much more room to exhibit their stock, and well as better repairing facilities. But more especially will this new location put them in good shape to overhaul and repair automobiles, as they can there b? ruu right into the shop, either from the front or rear doors.

Oommencing with next Sabbath the time of the evening services in our church will be changed from seven o clock to seven thirty, young peoples meeting at six thirty instead ol s<x. J. B Bair, Geo H. Clark, H. L. Kindig, A. Golden Work?