Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1905 — Brief Local Happenings. [ARTICLE]

Brief Local Happenings.

TUESDAY. Miss Etna Thompson went to Pao'i, *od»y, for several days’ visit wi'h friends. M sa Christine Hildebrand went to Lafayette today, f r tev >ral weeks’ visit with relatives. A- F. Long and G. E. Murray ■went to Lafayette, today,*on bus'ntsi co inected with their new buUding. Miss Nellie McCarthy returned to her home at Danville, tod«y, eLer a pro trait id visi with her p rents hire. Mrs. Ph ebe Preston of Kokc mo, who was here to atter d the funera* of her niotuer Mrs Ca'heiioe Wood, returned home today.

Mr. and Mrs. Gen. M. Stephan son and son of Warsaw. are visit* i g Mr. 'nd M s. B Forsythe, for a couple ofjdays. Mr, Stephenson is a traveler for Marsha'l Field & Co.

Mr. aad Mrs. J. J. Mautgom Ty and Mr. and Mrs Chas. Chamberlain took a 129 mile ride in the H j yne< Appetion automobile, las' Sunday. Th y t >ok in Mont cello, D/phi and La f aye‘t**.

Verily “nothing if not freakish” ii the rro'to <f ti ia nrr'hwest Indiana climate. Sunday a 99 degree tempera ure p’s vailed ah d*y. Monday h<d h rd wo k to reich up t > 60 degreea and Monday night it bit 45, or h>f way Lorn Su da»’s mark to z r<».

Abe Mart’n: U ide Ea Paah sez hez new hired man is so dtuggasted azy that he had t’ sharpen al> th’ btumps on th’ f*rm t’ keep him from 8 jttia’ dovn. Bv ginger, talk ’bou 1 . fast time. Did yer ever rida on th’ Large Four Knickerbuck r between Q lincy. Ohi , and D’greff Ohio,

S. R. Nichols continues to improve his fine iesider.ee property, on Dayton street, r orth of the railroad with new outbuildings, walk* and o. mp’ete repainting f r the houee. Dxjdow has one of thmo t tas'y and attracti er-eidunoe-in town, and there a-e pot wanted tho’e who think he mu»t have so nothing up his sleeve, in refer erne there o; a id that he do s not intend to continue hit state of wid werhood indefinitely,

Th j civic f deraticn cf Cnic go at its biennid meeting Monday, adop'ed a spe i 1 rep rt ma 'e ly the executive com nittee advising against munic'p 1 ownership The report commits the organization egairst either the operation nr the owner, hip <f publii u i t es by the city, the reason be'ng given that the city ’a ope rat io 3 of Chicago's water-works system has tot b?i n successful e lough to warrant a belief that tin oi’y could successfully operate a street car system or other public u i ity,

Va'par a iso isgoi >g to hitUuo 1 Andy ft r $25,000 for a library buildi g

W. W. Pfrimmer. ihv dis iuguisbed poet and entertaiue*, of Kentland, was in to (n today. Born, this Tueslay, June 27th, to Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Co rgi 1, a d ught-’r. and their first child. The 955 a. m , train tod iy was two hours late, from waiting its O. H & D o mneo ing tr ia, at Ind’anapo'is. Brrl Ri b vrdton, principal of the h'gh school of Minitowob, Wis « arrived this after lorn a d will spend the summer vacatioa in this 'vicinity. He expects to remain a’M-mitowoo another y'a r .

Everett Brown, Jasper county’s pres ‘nt gre test gon shooter, went to Indian ip )hs this as ernooi, on -hoo ii g business bent. He will ake par' in the AH America gun ooutot Wednesday, as eno cf Indi ana’s r p-ese.ta ivss. One nce.t case o ! ligh'niEg io Own, and no. heretofore report d, re mrre I i i Mrs. J. W. Pierce’s propertv, i i the mrthwest psn of town.* A tree in her yard wss s'ruc'c and from th-* tree the lightning j tmued to a wotden swing, was torn to piec s. J mes Murdock and family, of L-.fayette must b: well suied wi h thi a atom <b le rou e to Oni oag >, sstieywont ■hr .ugh here again tod ty, headed f.r that oity» As before they w j re io his big Ptp< Toledo touring car, wnicl is sa d t j have cost $4 000

Dr. W. L. Meyers, th » dentist, has cone tt Indianapolis, tbie morning, to stt-*nd a tw> days’ ■e 8 on < f the Indiana S ate D nt tl Association, if which, te is a tnemb r, a.d for which meeting a v rv i x ensiv* a id instructive pro gram has been pre oared. He wi'l return Thur>dty night. It came out recently that nearly 10 first dividends f the d< funot I diana N itional B ink of E'khsrl bat no been oal'ed so ; more did oo‘ call fir the second and up tc a few da vs ago abc>u‘ one fourth f the claimants hid not celled for toe thi-d dividend. Wiien they could get the money they were net so anxi >us for it.

J hn Krupp the new man at the firmer Haidy livtry st-rble has bought the entire business, and is oo w in f ill D f 8-eafi >n of h 4 same, tl ough the Messrs Hardy will re. mein with him for some time to 'hat thiir old frier da and oust.< m d rs are properly looked after. Mr. Knapp propo es to runQa first class livery i i every way, and as one sp-mial ins'anoe that may be mentioned is that i i addi i >n tothe 'a gi outfit of driving horses already in the stable, he brought five more with lim from New York and fonr of which are specially intended forfimily herses. and can be safely hinahd by w >men. E. P, Honan ar ived home last night from a business trip to Daciville, 111. and on arriving fouud awJti g him a telegram informing him of the death by tccident, in Ch e rgo. Sa'urda> 'ight, of his o min, J rbu J O rr di. He whs a yard master in the employ of the Chicago & North we item and while standing on a moving box o->r, the oar suddenly slopped and he was thrown < ff and ki led by his head striking a rail. He had a brother also a yard master killed in the same way 2Jye»rsag>. He had been in the Jemploy of the Northwestern for 30 jears. Tnsre is said t > be a possibility in sight for an east and west rail* toad for Rensselaer. The new belt line dos under construction from Milwaukee errand through Jo'iet to Momence will probably ,be extended east through Indiana to Michigan City, and one of the routea said to be under considera tion is by way of Morocco, Rena, seiner and A sort of exp'oratjry survey to Morocco has already been mde Work is now in progress westef Momence, and the company has already ipent a huge sum in having the right of wiy, and investing in land around Momencd. , WEDNESDAY J. H 8. E'lis and E. L. Hollingsworth are in Onicago teday

on business. Mias Ethel Sharp, we it to Logansport todsy to visit far a eeveral weak*. Mrs- Dr. E glish and children went to Danville, 111., today for a visit of some length with relatives, There was a big excursion into Chicago Sunday, from points down the hoe, the train not stoppi* g up this way at all. Miss Laural Biggs came home la-t evening from Warr n ltd., where she has been trimming part s as »b. Sunday, at 'Randolph Wright’s place, west est wn, a fine bloo led yearling colt belonging t> Jap Wriwht, got scared at an automobile, aod jump'd onto a wire f ence and was about cut to pieces A ‘'m stery th w-r’in bon r o Mies Jtinne Bernar I, the i ext br de-‘o be, was given Tuesday afternoon, at the residence of Mr* A. P. Burtorr. It wan a very plea-sa-.t affoir.

Chas M. Lewis Ph. D. whose rece t comp'et on of bis pest graduate course at Cornell University, and bis rtcdving his degree of Pu. D, w.s mentioned, is now at Indiana University wh rs be will teach botany. Tnere will be no band concert this week and what is woroe there will pr bab'y be no mire at all this sens in. So many o' the baud m mbers have quit that it hrs Deen found impracicoble 11 keep up the organization Mi s Lessie Ba‘es and Mist Shields left this morning t > atrend The National Teachers Aes • cidion at Asbury, New Jersey ai d will al ogo to Baltimore, Was'* i igton, D. C, New York ai d B s on. G en Wisher 1, of Northwestern Univ r sty arrived horn» 1 .st vanirg for the tunmir v cation. He bat two yea's m r> at th* university and then two at Garret Biblical Institute, and then he will bi a fu I fl dged Methodist preacher.

The members of the committee m sone ro.diand streets h ve ben studinghird oi the problem, and also making personal inspections of the streets, preparatory to their second meeiing, t might. Its a-ore than probably that they will then prepare a sc hi me that will be about as near perfect ss can be devised, and also about as generally satisfactory ss cun be made.

William L Penfield of Auburn, Ind , so ioitor for the State Department, who had expected to <pend a f ew months this summer «mcng the lakes of northern I diana, where he might indulge o his beart’q content in his favorite pas ime of rowi ig, probably will have to f>rt-g; a vt cation owing t i important official duties which nquire his presence here says tin Washington correspondent to the Indianapolis Stir. Cjunty Sup rinte ident Hatniho > went to Indianapol’s tjday, to attend the 49tb s a mi-annua' rmetirg of the Indiana Conn'y Superin tendent’s Association which con vemdattwo o’clock this afternoon, and continues until Friday ever i tg. Mr. Hamilton is on the program for an address oo the general sul j-ct of “Larger Possibilities of Oounty Superintendents o i the’aub division, As an Educator

A number cf Monticello pir ies rested acd refreshed themselves here about roon today, after an arduous and exciting j mrney from Chicago. They were journeying in two fine new Ford automobiles they had just bought for Attorney B F. Carr, Recorder Charley Kleist 2*nd deputy Clerk B. A. Vogel. The two autoes had just left town when the leading one stopped short for a scared horse and the hind one bumped into the front one, and the hind one was pretty badly bruised up, about the region of the air cooler, and bad to ocme back here for repairs.

J C. Gwin has completed extensive improvements to his .residence on Scott street, including large and handsome porches, and a

general repainting. Regular morning sirvee and Sunday will be held at the Fiee Baptist church, Sunday, but no evening services o ring to the tent meeting at Marion Adams’ place. Comrade 8. E- Yeoman, of Virgie, oame to town like a nob b. today; in a big touring oar nutjmobite. It did not develops, however that Cumrade had so’d h s hogs end bought an automobile but instead had been picked up at Fair Oaks by some parties who were goitg through in an auto end wan ed a capable gu de thr axh the wdderuess.

M. P. Sierritt who tiug'it the 7th, veer grade ii our city schoos bst year, has wiit en to the sob. o no rd that he wid accept the place for another year. Mr. Si mon • on, who was the Siiencj tewher has ant yet signified hs intentions, rod it id nit known whether he will return or not. It has been decided to employ a epical History teacher for the ocmirg year, and that position is still nnfiild-

W. R C osby, < f Cnicago. the .re 4 s boo'er from Snooterville, *no skinned the whole push at the shooting mat h here la?t Apiil, nisiing only six out of 400 eh its. la just far surpassed that record it the Ohio Trap Shooters' Le gue u ornament, He there made a straigot run cf 419 hits, with no ts'ngle miss. It bioke his own p evinus wo Id’s long run rec>rd >f 344 hits. He is now in the big iho t at Ind anap ilia and is so r'ar tLd with another men for bts’ dace, Nichol a krohar, the insane o’d nau from Wtu-a fi-»'d b ing hell here awaiti ig his refurn to Lingc'ff as> lum, is in a very b;d con dition, physically, and not very ‘ikely to live t > be taken back to the aey urn, Ha relu es to eat or irink, and indeed seemi physied'y incapable of a.d nas become to weakened and J»un town that th i phytioi n did not .fiink, Ist night, that he w uld live until morning. He oaa nut jr will not tke any midbiue, either, sj th 4 it is not possible to do anything for him in the m«-di-lal line. H s relatives at Wheatfi d have been telephoned to, bat as they bTi largely publio charges, ■t ; 8 not likely will oimi to etav w th him, or be any help if they did come.

The many former f ieudsof Mrs. Ulrica C Deming and her son W. E. Deming, now of |Loe Angeles, Calif., wire much surprised by their appearance on our streets Tuesday afternoon. And the surprise was a'l the greater from the fact that when Mrs. Deming left here 12 years ego the had long been an almost hopeles-t invalid, and new is almost exceptionally h isltby and sprightly in her appearance. They c.me e ifet to attend the International Sunday Schco! convention, held this year «t Toronto Canadi, and o which Mrs. Deming was one of the delegates from ’Los A igelee. But their pleasure at Toronto was muoh interfered with by the loss of their baggage which they never f nod until they got back to Chicago. They will remain only until Thursday morning, as they wish to visit other o'd friends and relatives at Lafayette, West Lellano i and In liana poire, and also contemplate stoppng at various points of interest on their way back, and perhaps a visit to the big f sir at Portland, before return ing to their home. Will is more than ever enthusiastic over Cali fornia as the only state ani Los Angek a as the only oity worth living in. Mrs. Deming Jr. is not with them as her attention is very much occupied in looking after the welfare of another enthusiastic Californian now only threeSmonths old, but getting o'der every day and larger and stronger even faster than be gets older, THURSDAY J. W, Williams arrived home teday. from a two weeks’ visit with his brotners in Ohio. The report oirouhtel that Fair

Oaks will nit celebrate tus 4th is a mistaka. Th j y are going to celebrate and exp >ot te have n good time. Mrs, H. E B rron, of Chicago, returned hum > today after a short visit with her sister Mrs. I’om Biuenahan of Parr. The town of Lee will have a celebration on the 4,h, Rev- C,itn, of Ladoga, will speas at 9:15 a. m, and o her exorcises wilt be given in the afternoon. Fair O .ks, Parr, Remingtin ano DeMotte, are punts in this county w lerc.ceiebtatio is will be held Neigh noriug p'aoes arc Mi Ayr, Leo, aud Franotsvilie. Mrs. E'tzibeih Hardy and daughter in.law, Mrs. Frank H.ray, arr.ved from Woodland Jkla, today, for an Jtx en ‘ed visit witu t-ie r various relatives. Mr a. Lucy Clark, of Weston ’tree , fell Wednesday afternoon while walking in her yaid, and probably broke a bone in the left eboulder joint, The i' jury is a very painful one.

Mus lorn t Im s who graduated from cur Ligh school this year, and was examined here for a teachers’ license 1 st week, h.B cone uded not to apply a school h re, bat uas b en offered and accepted a place in Marshall Field’s big retail store, in Chicago. St Jo eph’s college ’a ccntem plaltug lie h ing the college aud connected bu llii gs witu electr o lignts from the Kins elatr ot y system, if sa isf notary it ring ca , oe sg-eid upon. Tae Elecino Light committee us tie city council went ou to c infer with the authorities, < ver he tna te", this so ecoon.

A physician was c dLd out to Jay L maou’a place 1 , 7ir 8 milts southwest of cow», last evening. to care for hia 14 ,e tr old s >n, L on. He had been oultiyatinz co’n, and as he was re urning to the brut quitting time his hor e.ago’ frightened and ran away The boy g 4 caught in the hues and was d agged 75 or 100 feet. His injures are not at ail dangerous, but will •ay tin boy up f r sun.e t me ~ Two members o F tie Salva ion Aimy.Cc.pt. Atkins I dia a Matt Commander, and E G. Har>, a private were in town tor ay, s i ii‘ing ae-is incr* aud a ranged or some st eji meetings ber°, next Saturday. A meet ng will be held bes jt > noon, and ot e or two in tne bf erncon 3h ur brigade has juet lately fini-bed h very sucjesaful r. vival at Delphi, aud is now at Moi ice 'Io.

The Monon has u jdcr c >ntem p'ation bho-tening . f i s time bet'veen Indianapolis and Ouicago with the comp'etion cf he elevat ed tracks now budding by the Coicago & Western I tdimi road, L’hase oo npleted, it will be short, n its dm i one hdf h >ur and readily make it. In fact the ro-d i-i in condition to make let'er time ihan at any timi m I's history.

Lognr sport Journal—••lf I bad my way, there would not be a di unken man allowed to ride on • train.” said a local Pennsylvania railroad «♦ ffi nal this mnruing.’* Darmg the »umm r months there is c >neid rable ’trouble given the trainmen by ‘drunks.’’ and it is ‘ikely that the company will make -omi m ive to stop tne piactice. [t is is erttd th it the company has a rule forbidling i‘s employes to p rmit dnnaiug on tbe tr ios or a 1 iwng a drunken man to ride.

There used to be more ‘-bsd m in”, a Rensaeher in the cld days tha i in later years a< can easly be ga'h rt-d from ’he talk cf our older c tz ms when i hay get ii a remineaoenf mo.d

A i interesting visitor here Tt.es*ay wis Rev. 8 E. Wishard, cf dub. Lake City Utah, who bad been down ‘o Greenwood to ettend tbe funeral of a britber aud atop pe I here f>r a short visit with hia cousin, W. W. Wishard. Ha is a great light in tha ministry of the Presbyterian ch uroh and is now engaged in a general evangalizing and church extension work. Hi travels al mo t constantly, pretohiog abau*. three times a week. * He is only 80years old now xnd ' feels bis oats” m re than h's years, I ut ea* s as er about 15 years m ere of h >rd wi rk he expects to feel old enough to rest a little. Ha is a brother of the noted Dr. Wishard, of N >b’esv'lle, now ii active prtet ce at the age of 92. He is a so a treat writer fur the Pr -sbytef. tbe leading Presbyterinn org n ts t e cinntry. Ons o ject he hid in view here was to offer Fev. A. G Work a very de--irable position, not knowing he htd already accepted a call at S wth Cbictgo. When he left he was h t on t 1 e tra 1 cf some rich Presbyterians in Chictgo, wOom be exoects to strike for some large d nations for new churches, Rensselaer people will have op r or unity to hear the Mormon d ictrines expounded this evening. Tw > Morm >n missionaries, Elder Wilfo-I D Jansen, of Smoot, Wyoming and Wat G. Oast of Sa't Lak- City, U ah are here and wid h >'d a street meeting this e.e .ing They have been here fr one Ha s, vi iting Mr. K isc. er’- family at bis r<s‘aurait and intern! to leave tom< rrow m ruing