Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1905 — Brief Local Happenings. [ARTICLE]

Brief Local Happenings.

TUESDAY. Abe Hardy went to Montioello today on bntiness. Dan Way mire and K. A. Parker went to Chicago for the day. G. E. Murray and son are spending the day in Chioago. Mrs F Wood of Chioago return- - «d home todty after a visit with relatives here. Barn, Mondiy, July 31st, to Mr, and Mrs. John Richard", in tovn a daughter. Mrs Dr. E. O. English returned home today after a several days visit with friends at Englewood, Mr. and Mrs, J. H. Chapman left today fcr St. Joe Mich.,l|where they will viait his mother for several days.

Mrs. Wm. Bennett, siokjat Fred Waymire’s with appendicitis, remains in about the same condition as when previously mentioned. Mr. and Mr?; Robert French and Mrs. Gann, of Hoopston, 111,, returned home after a visit with her brother J. J. Brenner. Canada physicians arej'consid erably puzzled over the case of a Mrs. Day, who has given birth to twins, one beiog white and one blaok, You never oan tell what a Day may bring forth. The 2J pound btby born to Mr and Mrs. James Prioe, five miles northwesf of town, proved Jnot to have snffiiient vitality to live, and it died Monday about 3.30 p. m. It was buried today in Prater cemetery.

J. R, Parkison cf west of town and Geo east of town and, a daughter of eaoh left for Kansas today, for sjveral weeks stay relatives and J. R will goon to New Mexico and look for some land in Peoos valley. The Attorney General j eaterday gave an opinion that the ‘Swee Oaporal” oigar was a cigarette and dealers throughout the state were liable to proseontion for selling them. The goods are sold in this oity by oigar dealers.

Abe Martin; Blame me if I kin see how them ther Japanese poets kin write po ems ’boat Taft without sayin’ somethin ’boat graft. I was ever i’ Stop 5 y iaierday. It’s qnite a town an’ has a trolly pole, seven English sparrows an’ a rain shed.

Dr. E- 0, English received the news today that his brother-in-law Georg# W. Partlow. of Danville, 111., died Monday. The Djo tor and Mrs. English will attend the the funeral at Danville, Wednesday. Mr. Partlew’s wife is the Doctor’s sister.

Utole John Makeever is now ntii zicg his new room, rebuilt from the old building east of the hotel, as an extra sample room, and it makes a good one, Its first n:6 was today, when s traveler for a millinery tones spread ont a gorgeous array of women’s hats, feathers and ether trimmings.

Judge Thompson did not make fail Quaternary Sunday visit to hit wife at Indianapolis. She has not bean improving lately and the physicians have decided to try a new method of treatment, whiob is called the aeolnaion treatment. Aa the word indicates, the patients are kept entirely secluded and away frc m all excitement, and even the relativa*e requested to refrain from vo.tiag them. Thewtrange pillar that rote up out of the arater of Mt. Pslee.jifUr the great eruption has been slowly settling back and has nearly disappeared. It has been cuggested

that when it is quite gone would be a good time for the natives to olap the lid down, and shnt in any more eruptions. However, if the natives are not eqnal to the jib they might borrow Gov. Hanly for a few weeks. If be oan keep the lid do wn on Kokomo and Hammond he need not be afraid ti taokle Ml* Pdee. Or even h—l or West Baden.

D. B. Nowels, of Lamar, arrived todsy to attend the meeting of the Jasper County Telephone Company, and for a few dava’ visit w»th his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Nowsls. The new sngar faotory at Lamar is nearly completed, and everybody there is an. tioipating great prosperity from the sugar beet business. This year the orop is immense. And all other crops for that matter and Mr. Nowels says that everything loiks fine, olear from Colorado to Rensselaer, barring the wet country along the Kaokakee. Jesse J. Fry, Roselawn was in town Monday and reported that himself and a partner had just finished grading two miles of the new Indiana Harbor double track rai'road, and bad started in with another mile and a half. His first section was right through the bed of tha former celebrated Beaver Lake, now drained and farmed and being entirely level and loose soiled, the grading was a snap for Jes;e. During the work his men dug up the remains of two or three old shot gun", that hunters no donbt 'had kst from boats, and they found a few pieoes of the "bogus money” the making of which was onoe suoh a leading industry of the Beaver Lake region.

WEDNESDAY Mr. ard Mrs. Delos Thompson a-eependi:g the day in Chioago. Mrs. Daisy Brown left for Arabia today wb: re shq will visit with relatives for some time. Mies lola Johnson of Marion returned home today after a visit with Mies Pearl Ritohey eoutj of town.

Mrs. F. E. Manok of Anderson retnrr ed home today after a weeks yisit wi h her parents Mr. and Mrs, D. H. Yeoman and family. Mr. and Mrs. W. U. Milliron and son Bob are off on thtir big western trip to Portland and other plaoea on the ooaat. They will be gone several weeks.

Mayor ElHs has left the town to ran itself for a while and has gone on a trip way np in north* west Cana la. Hs will go into Assimaboia or fu ther bsfore he retnrna.

Company M pulled out for Fort Harrison on the early train, tbia morning, for their annual camp. About 30 men were in line,commanded by Ospt 0. C. Warner. Mr- and Mrs. John Baroe left for Freeland, Benton county, t - day where Mr. Baroe will again be principal of their graded school. They have rented a residence and will keep house. Rev. A. R. Harper, paatorof the F. W. Baptist church, has gone to a town inPennsylvia to bold meetings for about twowceks. During his absence h's wife will ooonpy his polpit, at all regular services, David Heron, of Anderson, a r o r mer resident of this vicinity bad his first sight if Renscelaer today, for 17 years. He is a building contractor and m cow building

a fine reeidenoe at Morocco for Diok Triplett. Beth of B. F. Ferguson's eons ■re now located in Washington, and have taken op homesteads, George W. the Pennsylvania locomotive engineer engineer, havirg quit railroading and moved oat then with his family, recently. Charley Watson, a plasterer formerly located here, now cf St. Lou's, is here f)ra short visit and will then go to Chioago Heights to sell some lots he owdb there. He and his wife are separated, and he keeps his two little bnys with him, and a daughter lives here. Mrs. Geo. Murray arrived home today from her trip to Portland, Oregon, and other Paoifio Coast points. H<-r traveling companions Mrs. M. E. Thcmpson and Miss Ida Milliken stopped at Lot Angeles for ab ut a week’s visit with .relatives.

Mr, and Mrs. Geo'A Williams the reoently married oonplp, arrived from Cithage, £ll. last evening and are staying with bis partner U, M. Baughman until they be* gin housekeeping, which will be in a few days, and in the Miss Moneghan property, on Weston street.

Hod, Will Crnmbaok, ex-L;eut-ant-Governor of Indiana, and known as a lecturer, author and politician, died at bis home n Greeniburg, Tuesday morning, after a brief sickness. He was one of Indiana’s best Iknown citizen 0 , and had visited Rensselaer on various oooasions. He Was 76 years old.

There has always been Ircuble with the big steam pipes through the tunnel from the boiler house to the court honss, and now Janitor Morlan, by authority of the County Council ani Commissioners, is having the old pipes taken ont and new and larger and better ones put in. These last are being pat in right and will be properly protected with paint, and it is believed they will do good eerv.oe for many years.

And the lightning even took a poke at ‘‘Oid Farmer Hopkins” of Barkley tp. last Friday night. Not at Farmer himself for he is lightning proof or about as near it as they make them, Bnt it went after and got a good oow belonging to him. Sh 6 was insured in J.O. Porters agenoy. Another inst-tnea of the tendenoy of the lightning in this partionlar storm to shook the farmers ebooks, after they were already sbooked oaonred on one of Bob Mioheals’ farms, ooonpied by Mr. Bast. As in the other oasesreporled that partionlar shook of oats needed no farther attention aft** the lightning got through with it Louis H. Bowers, is in the oity booming the new million dollar amniement in the world said Mr Bowers this morning and one long needed by Chicago to enter tain its thousands of visitors and home folks. White City is a place devoted to miith ani 'menial snt where yon oan tpke yoor family and spend the meat pleasant and interesting time of yonr lif". There is something that appeals to kinds and olasjes, ont door oirons 'exhibitions, mnsio by Uhioks famous Chioago Maine Band. The sunken garden containing thousands of rare plants and flowers The oonoe3sions are among the best taken from the famous pike at S*. Louis, The Fire show, Col. Cummins’’Wild West, Jim Ky oyer and under the Sea and others to numerous to mention. While the eleotrial dir play is the most wonderful ever seen dearly demonstrating 'that we are in the midst of an electrical age. Don’t forget to see White Oily on your next visit to Chioago,

THURSDAY D. B. Nowela left for bis hone at Lamar, Colo., this foren:oc. Frank Meyera returned to Danville 111. today after a few days visit with his parents here.

M*, and Mrs. Max Sohwttz of Chioago are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Nowels this vi k

Mrs Mary Thomas ajnd niece Miss Emma Msssmasson went to Parr for a visit with relatives, Miss Bophronia Vanoe of Miohigin City is visiting Miss Della L. Leek, of northwest of town, this wekRev H. L Kindig left for Battle Ground today where he will spend a few days attending oamp meeting. Unole Mike Schaltz, of Union Tp, is very seriously sick from the effects of overworking and overheating. The subject of the Sunday mornsermon at the Court House is The Lord’s Share, in the evening Gathering or Scattering. AH are welcome. It would be well worth yoor time and money to see the pillow show at Mrs. J. L, Brrdy’s Aug 8. Afternoon and evening.

Mrs. J- W. H orton had the painful experience this morning of scalding one of her hands, over nearly all its eu,face. Mrs Nanoy Coons, of Buoklin, Kans., arrived last evening for an extended visit with her daughter, Mrs. J. W- Pierce. Mrs. Lillian Nowels MoGimpsey will leave the hospital Saturday and oome here to complete h r onre with |her lister Mrs. R. D. Thompson. Mrs. J, Swain of Louisville Ky. and daughter returned home today after a three week’s visit with Mr. Kiplinger and family. Miss Minnie Bartoo left here on the early train this morning, for several weeks’ visit with relatives in and around East Aurora, N. Y. Dr. and Mrs, E. O. English arrived home this moraiDg from Danville, 111,, where they attended the fnneral yesteraay, of his broth-er-in-law, Mr. Partlow. Mrs- Dr. F. L. Ensminger. of Crawfordville, and Mrs. Dr. L onard Ensmirger, of Indianapolis are visiting the former’s sister Mrs. Matie HopkinsPeter H. (Hikeou’) Zea, the departed oitizen of Fair Oaks, is the fondant in the latest suit fil d in our oironit court. J. O. Gwin is the p'aintiff and the demand is for $56 and a foreclosure of mortgage. Miss Edith Heyden of Roachda’e returned heme today after an extended visit with her aunt Mrs. John Eger. The latter accompanied her home for i few days visit. Charley Clark now of Cedar Point, Kans, arrived heme this morning for a visit with Us mother Mrs. Luoy Claik, and other relatives. He reports big crops in his neighborhood this year. Stewart and Son the contractors for the Hanging Grove stone roads were in town today. They report having their ‘oruaber and every thing else all ready to begin work with a rush, but that hands are very hard to gat at this time. Geo. H. Healey, and family arrived last evening from WashingD. C„ and will spend his annnal vaoatioh here. He is still in the U- S printing office, and has the position of m ke np in the printing room. G. W. Goff & Son have been quietly baying ap the shares of the Merohante’ Cigar Company, of this plao", and are new in fall mun r gement and praotically foil ownership of the same, having all bnt two shares of the stock. They manage the business themselves with Harry Bnrkholter as their superintendent^ A 15 or 16 year old boy named Speeks, who works fir A- J. Harmon, west of town, was kicked in the faoe by a newly shod horse, this morning. He was pretty badly ont and bru’sed on the month and over ona Jeye, but the physioian thinks no bones were broken, and that no serious results will follow. George Slaughter, whose eye was penetrated by n piece of a wire naP, is recovering from the injury very satisfactory andkiseye Is no longer painful it is ton

•)>n to s«*y. The eight wil[ not be impaired as there may result aolonding of the oori ea which will make the sight more or less dim, if it ooonra.

The efforts of Ind ; ana Forest- rs in favor of onr townsman, E. P. Honan for the position of Grand High Chief R»ngsr of the order did not meet with success this time, as the patirnal convention now in session at Breton has reeleoted the present High Cbnf who is a Chioago man. Perhai s Ed’s tima will come lat-r. He i* certainly a very big gnn in th order and is ju tifiei in aspiring to (be highest place.

Uncle David H'lton wes at Cnioago, Taeaday, on acoonnt of an operation performed therp. ttat day. in a private hospital, on his son, George Hilton, a Wabash railrond conductor, whose home is at Delray. Mioh. The opera-, tion was a Very serious one fttld was to relieve an enlarged blood vessel, wbioh affected the heart.

Ha passed turongh toe operation in ga *d shape and seem d in a fair way to | recovery. An unnanit" incident of the operation, was that the patient’s wife and sister were both permitted to witness it. sod as might have beer expected, the wife fell in a deed faint, and herself was in an ing condition for some time. Mr. HHton, the patient is a member of the Of ndao*org’ Brotherho >d. and the order pars the cost cf the oper-t’iiD, S3OO, and all his other expens-a.