Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1905 — Brief Local Happenings. [ARTICLE]

Brief Local Happenings.

TUESIAY. F. A. Morton of McO jyaburg has gone to Kewanna on a business trip. Elmore Barce and family of Fowler returned home after a visit with Lyman Barce and family north of town. Today’s weather is something different again, though it might •easily be worse, —and still more easily be better. Mi«s Doris Porter has resigned the position of deputy ocunty •olerk, end at present Mr. Warner is doing all the work of the office him sal f. Dr. Cornelius Leenheer, a diedingaished eye, ear and ttroat, of Ohio ago, was in town ' •Sunday, and treated several cases es troubles in those organs, for different parties. It is really worth something to be county olerk in these days, when alt the prospective brides have to march up to the captain’s •affira and fill out the required applications blanks. Thus Olerk Warner gets mire enthusiastic every day over the charms of the foluahiog brides who appear at his piaoe ou this very laudible errand, and brighten it with their beauty. Theodore George has gone to work for Sammy Fendig, in Fendig’s Fair. Wallace Miller and Everett Kinney are at St. Joe, Mich , where they are reported to have good places, and Walter Forbes is at Rorkville. this state, where he is also reported as having >a desirable situation. These are the four young men who lately retired from the Bargain Store, on the ’’open door” issue

Judge Thompson gst word this morning that bia missing team had been rjoovored. Chirley Bowers was out looking for tbem and found ithem some 15 miles the other side of Watseka. 111., where a farmer bad taken them up. The horses originally came from Boody, Macon Co., 111., still farther west and had evidently deeided that life in the muskrat belt of Jasper oounty was too much work and too little oorn, had hit the bsok trail for their old ■ooltbood home. It has been four year e sinoe they left Maoon county, but they had taken praotioally a bee line for that region. Bocdy is about 120 miles in a direot line from where the horses started from and they had made about 50 miles of the distance before tiny were ■stopped* Truly the instinct of animals, by whioh, long years afterwards they will take a direot course for their former home, no matter by what oirouitous rou e they may have been taken away from itl

WEDNESDAY. Mrs. June O’Connor has gone to visit ber father at Knimgn. Wm Moare Jr. of Rose Lawn waa in town on business today. The K. N. Club was entertained last evening by Afis) Stella Shields. B. F. Ferguson made a business trip to Montioelio this afternoon. Mesdames H, J. Kannal and W. C, Baboook are in Chioago, today. Misses Edith and Mary Miller have moved into the flat of rooms over T®e Republican offioe. Mrs Wm Adams ol Franklin Ind oame to attend the wedding of her nirce Misa Grace Adams. Squire W. H. Ohurobill was in town today, He is now permanently located in Parr and Lae a store there.

Walter White came down from Lowell this afternoon, to boiler for his town in the College and Lowell base ball game. Miss Agnes McElhoe, of Monticello came this moraing to attend the wedding of Miss Grace Adams south of town. Born. Tuesday, May 9th. to Mr. and Mrs. James Gibson, of Marion, but now staying with Maok Sullivan in Jordan tp. a daughter. John Beal, of Chicago, came this afternoon to visit relatives and attend the wedding of his cousin, Miss Graoe Adams, this evening.

Lyman Zea states that he will qualify for kia new - job as night watch in time to begin his duties Friday night, The job pays $45 par month and is all paid out of the city treasary. The latest word from Remington is that Jap Guy's bullet is not setting badly on Tip Kenyon’s stomach, and the latter will prob. ably soon be around looking for another dose of the eame sort. The Lowell Ball team oame down this afternoon, to open the scmmer’s war with their old appoints the St, Joseph College team, The game is taking piaoe this afternoon, at the college ball grounds. Miss Harriet Yeoman entertained 20 guests Tuesday afternoon, at progressive euohre, in honor of Mies Miser, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. The honors were won by Mesdames Oren Parker, C. C. Warner and Vernon Nowels,

Mr. and Mrs, O. H. Tryon, of Btrawn, 111., are visiting their nephew, Lew Harmon and family east of town, and who oooupies a farm belonging to Mr. Tryon. They are on their way back from a visit to Mrs. Tryon’s former iome at Saokett’s Harbor, N. ¥, We were misinformed as to the plaoe where Wallace Miller and Everett Kinney have new jibs at olerking. They were at Hammoqd Sunday, and stated that one of them would go to work in the Lion store, and the other expected a position in another store there. Robert Templeton’s SIO,OOO damage suit p gainst Dr. John dtuart, of Monon, has been venued to Carroll oounty from the White oirouit oourt. Templeton’s right foot was injured when he fell from a horse and the defendant dressed the injury. Templeton aoouses the dootor of negleot and improper treatment.

Alf Donnelly, the onion king osnolnded to retire from the onion rasing business, this year, though he has got out a little patch of 30 aores, for family use, “in oase of sioknesa.” The who’e field was under water this morning, but Alf seems to be railing the Baptist braud of onions, and an oooasional total immersion does them no harm. Max Price, of Stonega, Va., and Miss Mary Peok of Remington, were in town today, and were issued a marriage lioense. Mr. Prioe who ie a eon of the late Chas H. Pcioe, holds the important position of trainmaster of a railroad in Virginia. Mias Peok is a daughter of Daniel W. Peok, deoeastd, and a sister of the well known Ed and Charles Peok, of Remington.

Goefcen News. Rep,: Dan Storms believes firmly that he can defeat Judge Crumpaoker for the republican nomination for oon greas in the Tenth. The Valperaieo g nt'eman believes that the man does not live who oan beet him Eson has won in the past in a way to startle his friends, and with the forces of the two generals lined op there ooght to be fan enough to suit them all, R. B Harris, aoting for County Treasurer N chols, went up into the neighborhood of Fair Oaks, Tneedsv. and levied on a horse and a mule, as the property of the late absquatulated Peter Hiked out Zea. Peter is owiog taxes for about as many years as the mule and horse are old and that is quite a good while. Peter is supposed to be some place in the southwest When Sh riff O’Conner took Joe Wiokum to the reform school Monday he took occasion to examine a padded oell in the jail at Indianapolis, with a view of get. ting tome good ideas as to the proposed cell of that kind in onr jail; whioh it ia hoped the oonnty oonnoil will make an appropriation for next Monday. Such « oell is much needed for the confinement of violent *nd suicidal insane prisoners, and f x those who get ‘soared oot of their boots” by “snakes in their boots,” as wes the case with Duggins The sheriff will recommend a ce'l with rubber padding if the cost does not prey, too high

A bunch of three law oases from N*wton county, on change of venue, arrived here today, and Olerk Warner says he will use the same big envelope and fire it back to the Newton county olerk, with a like number of cases sent from here to that oounty ou ohaoges of venue. The Newton were two of them state oases against Ed Wilson of Brook* Oue charges him. with beiag a comm in gimbler; tbe other with keeping a gambling room. The other case is a suit by Edward Williams against William aod Ray Ammermnn for SSOO damages for malicious prosoution.

THURSDAY B. O. Gardner went to Chioago on business today. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jaokson have gone to Maokioaw, 111., tc visit his parents.

Born, Sunday, May 7th, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wilson, near Rose Bud, a son. Rty Wood has been laid up for some time with an attaok of malar, ial fever, but is now improved, Mrs. Wood was also siok at the same time, with a stomich trouble but is up againThe oontinued heavy rains have played Hobb with the oorn plant. iDg this week, and in faot put an entiie end to it for days to come, even if the rain quits, Had it not beoome rainy half the oorn wonld hwe been planted by the end of this week, in the opinions of good judges. A five year old daughter of Mrs. Graoe Pumphrey has a severe oase of lung fevei. A three year old son of Guy Hudson, on the Granville Moody farm, in Barkley, also has the same disease, but in a lighter form.

The wedding of Max Prioe and Miss Mary Peok took plaoe at Remington, this morning, at nine o’clock. The bridal oouple will repair et onoe to their future home at Stonega, Virginia. Jesse E. Wilson was over at Kentland yesterday, attending oourt. He reports that big gangs of men are already working north and south from Kentland on the new north ana south railroad. It is evidently to be a first olasr road and even now the road bed is being made for a doable traok. It is understood that it is a Vender bilt road, whioh aooonnts for the thorough manner of its oonstruo. tion*

Gollmar Brothers’ cirona, whioh waa exhibited her last Sommer, was m a train wreok ou.hhe Lake. Erie Western road, one day last

week, near Kempton. Eighf men were qui*e badly injured, and many were also out and braised* The elephant escaped and were stampeded and it took a big ronnd-np to capture them •gain. An unnsally excellent game of | ba< i e balil was played at the College Wednesday afternoon, between the college first nine and the Lowell town team. The game finally resulted in a victory for the College, by a score of fonr runs to three for Lowell. It required eleven innings to decide the game, There was a fair s ; zed orowd in at tendance

Tip Kenyon will be well again ia almost no time, according to reports now ooming from Reming. tun. He was already sitting up yesterday, only four deys after the shooting. It is now supposed tnat the ballet ranged aronnd near tbe surface and did not get into where Tip lives, very deep. KenyoD, by the way, was onoe a resident of Rensselaer, but not far a very long time, He bought out a dray buai, nees here some 8 cr 10 years ago, but sold it pretty soon to Jud Adams.

Warden Reid ofjtbe prison north has been advised that Governor Hanly, who is opposed to oapital punishment, will com mate tbe death sentence of Edward Danahue and Barkley Smith, the latter a negro, both awaiting the end in the Miohigan City prism, to life imprisonment, says a dispatch from Laporte. Donahne, wbo is of Kalamazoa, Mich,, waa oonviot. ed of killing Arminter Northrup and was sentenced to ba hangtd June 6th, while Smith vas oon 1 vioted of murdering bis wife in Indianapolis and sentenced to die on May 19tn.

Bom, this Thuredaj morning May 11th to Mr. and Mrs. George Sharp a son. Trustee J. H. Chapman went to Hammond Wed. to consult with Referee Bowers in matters connected with the MoOoy estates. The south room of Duvall’s new building is now all completed and ready for its future tenant, Matt Worden’s harness shops except for the non-arrival of the glass for the front windows. The north room is also about ready for ooonpanoy. The Garling Brothers, who bad intended to move their billiard and pool room into this room have ohanged their minds and will stay in Judge Thompson’s building. Dr. E. 0. English reoeived his { long looked for Holtzthan antomo- 1 bile Tuesday, and this makes the j seventh automobile now owned in i Rensselaer wher las there was not 1 one here a year ago. It is one of J the top-buggy shaped machines, i and no doubt a very excellent as 1 well as comfortable vehicle, and espsoially suitable to the needs of a physician. J. C Fisher and Gecrge W Terwilliger arrived home this morning from Urbanna, 111., where they were called by the last siokness, death and funeral of Henry Fisher, a well known citizen of Urbanna. who died Monday morning, at the age of 75 yean, after a long siokness. He had lived m Urbanna upward of 37 yearn. The funeral was held there Wednesday. J. O. Fisher is his eon and Mrr. Terwilliger his daughter. Both Mrs, Terwilliger and 4 Mrs. Fisher have been at Urbanna also and are expected home this evening. The gold medal won by Pcroy Hauter, as winner of the mile run at the big invitation meet at Bloomington, last Saturday, is a massive and elegant affair; and it is no wonder that our other athletes who had suoh good pro»peots to win other gold medals, but lost them through accidents, feel bitter* ly disappointed, To meet defeat when viotory seems right in the grasp, is one of the oommon fortunes of athletics as well as of war, and should always be ohee rfully accepted as a part of the game.