Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1905 — BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS. [ARTICLE]

BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

TUESDAY. Mrs. M. K. Wolfe, of Kellogg, Minn., returned home Monday after a few days visit with her friend Mrs. Harvey Moore. Sunday’s rain, which appeared to be general in its scope, was really a local shower, and did not reach to Fair Oaks and surrounding country at all. The College boys had a half holiday this afternoon having finished their examinations after their first month’s work. Many of them came to town to spend the holiday. « The body of Mrs. Levina Hopkins will be brought down from Chicago Wednesday and the funeral held Thursday, at 10.30 a. m. at the Church of God, by Elder D. T. Halstead. Interment will be in Weston cemetery.

Frank Miller, of Mt Ayr, who had his merry-go-round across the river near the bridge, last week, has moved it to a more central location, on Judge Thompson’s corner. He expects to remain the balance of the week. The 2:04 p. in. train south missed our city today/, Freight train No. 73, which is always in "trouble, seemingly, got several cares off the track, north of Fair’Oaks, and the passenger train went around by way of Shelby and Sin Pierre, on the Three I. Mrs. J. W. Childers, J district president of the W. R. C. has gone to. Goodland to visit friends, and from there will go *to Venders burg to hold a convention. She will also probably inspect the corps in a number of other places before she returns. " The trial of the Seth B. Moffitt mandating case came up Monday before Judge Palmer, but was ad journed until the third day of the

November term. This is the case wherein Mr. Moffitt still claims to have the contract for the Moffitt ditch and is seeking to compel the county officers to pay him for the work he has already done. There was the usual semi-annual or triennial explosion at the Aetna Powder Mills in the north part ol Porter county, Monday morning This time two men were killed. Frank Grimmer and L. V. Nichol son. Both leave families. This itthe third explosion there this year, and each of which have resulted in deaths. It is estimated that about 40 men have lost their lives from explosions since these mills have been in operation. Lot Stoudt, a young man who

was raised in Remington, was ar rested here Thursday by Marshal Hough as a deserter from the U. 8. navy at Sau Franciscd, and held awaiting instructions from the Federal authorities. Stoudt says the life of an enlisted man in the navy is worse than a dog’s existence, and that forty other deserters took an-ex-cursion ate same time that he did.

A. citizen who knows something about life on the “ocean wave” as a victim of the navy, looked the young man over and said: “I am about as patriotic as any man, but my eyesight would have to be a good deal better than it ever has been if I identified one of those fellows.—Go .dt.ind Herald. The death some 52 years ago of Batson Dougo was mentioned in pur last Friday’s,“Old Time News.” We now learu from an old resident who knew him that Douge was a

son-in-law of A. M. C. Gowdy, and therefore a brother in-law pf Col. Jack Gowdy, the celebrated ex consul general at Paris. Douge’s wife, Jack’s sister,’ died before Douge did, leaving two young children. Mr. Douge and the children ft went to live with Mr Gowdy. but not only Mr. Douge but both died withii a few years, after Mrs. Douge; th< entire family thus being wiped out Today is that always notable an niversary which so few wedde< couples live to celebrate, the goldey wedding day of our respected towns people, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cox They have had no special observance of the day further than a ver\ pleasant family gathering at which all of their married children hav< been present. This includes then daughter Mrs. Ella Hornaday and her husband A. W. Hornaday and son John, of Plainfield, Indiana, their other daughter, Mrs. Mari Dexter, and husband H. J. Dexter, of Union township; and Mr. and Mrs. Anson Cox, at present of our city. Mr. and Mrs. Cox have been the parents of five children, all ol whom are living, but two sons are in the west and too far away to be present.

ramnY. October has got squared around and is now giving us the regular brand or average early weather. The first quarterly meeting ol Rensselaer circuit, M. P. church will convene at Mt. Hope church in Jordan tp., Saturday and Sun day. There will be no services at the church here iu town, Sunday night.

W. B. Donahue, after his half a days confinement in the county jail, left for his accustomed haunts in Xorth Dakota, Tuesday afternoon, rejoicing in his new found freedom like a bird out of a cage. And his joy was brightened for at least a part of his long journey, by the society of Mrs. S. A. Brown, the benevolent lady who handled the money which secured his freedom. She went with h im as far as Chica T°.

The services at the M. P. church here, at the north end of Van Rensselaer street, by Rev. Dr. Linesberry were well attended. This, we believe, was the first regular church service held in the building since it was bought and removed from its former location, by this denomination. Arrange ments are now under way to have regular service here every week, by the pastor, Rev. W. H. Flagg.

The editor of the Rock Springs (Colo.) Independent tells this storj’ of himself: He was hurrying around a corner one night receutly, when he bumped into a lady who was running without orders'on the main line. There was a fearful collision. The editor received a sprained knee in the mixup, and before the debris could be removed he attempted to rub his injured propeller, when by mistake he rubbed the wrong knee. A black eye was added to'the wreck.

Alfred Grindle, the architect, formerly of Fort Wayne, now of Muncie, was in town a few hours today. He was the senior member of the firm of Grindle & Weatherhogg, the designers of our county court house, and confessedly one of the masterpieces of court house architecture in the United States

and probably among the very- best all-around county court houses in the country for its price. It was the first time he ever saw the complete building. He claims that 1 e was the principal designer, and his former partner Mr. Weatherhogg makes the same claim for himself. Uncle David Hilton and wife have been packing their goods for several days, preparatory to moving to the soldiers’ home at Lafayette, and by way of expressing their esteem, a number of Mr. Hilton’s old soldier comrades of Post 81. ami members of Milroy Circle, met at their home in the northeast part of town last evening. Some little time was pleasantly passed with the elderly couple, and a fine supper served. The lawn of Mr. Hilton’s neighbor, True Wood worth was utilized as the scene of the party and supper. There was still another runaway from among the spirited horsesol Newton Tp., in town Tuesday. This one occured in the evening, and the team belonged to Rm Harmon. He was driving north >n Cullen street and had J. R Parkison in the buggy with him. The buggy tongue came down near the M.E.church and at obe sid< rhe horses started to run, and wen ;oing some in very short order lira saw that his room would b< ust as good as his company ant <»ok the chances of hurting th< dreet and jumped out. The horse <ept on, with Rus making the best stagger he could at steering a rudderless craft, which a ongueless buggy amounts to. t’hey went in a wobbly course, bu managed to avoid shipwreck, and tip beyond the railroad. Rus got them under control, with no dam age resulting. The Republican has received a letter from O, A. Rothrock, town marshal of Monticello, which, taken as it reads, could not have been better calculated to prove that he is a big bluffing bully and smart Aleck if he had tried. Still on second reflection we think it likely that he is a much better fellow in these and all other respects than his letter indicates, and we pass most cf it up, and will] pay atten tion only to one part, and that be cause it is a matter of geneial in t erest. Mr. Rothrock declares very emphatically, that it is no one's business but his own, whether he took his youthful and undersized prisoner away in hand-cuffs or not. There we must take issue with him because the kind of treatment inflicted upon one man by another is everybody’s business. Now naturally unless the boy was lost to every sense of shame, which cer tainly he did not look like, it must have been a great humiliation and grief of mind to be paraded through the streets and hotels, buses, depots and cars, with hand-cuffs on his wrists, as though he were some desperate and dangerous criminal and accused of some heinous crime; as well as being a great physical discomfort. But instead of being all that, he was, undoubtedly, entirely docile, and at the worst accused oi only an unimportant offense. There was not the least apparent need for t his big, active officer inflicting this cruel public humiliation on him, and unless he was afraid, which is after all, really incredible; the only rational explanation is that he must have been actuated by a spirit of vanity; that is he wished to exhibit himself along his route as an important official of the law, who had captured and was conveying a dangerous and desperate criminal. It is a kind of vanity which leads many an otherwise good officer into mistreating prisoners merely for the purpose of displaying their own official importance, and one which they should always try to avoid.

THURSDAY A. 8. Laßue went to Attica today, on a business trip. Ed Warren joined the rest of the Rush & Warren hustlers at tfie river this morning, where they »re enjoying their annual camping experience. Old Conrad Schaeffer, formerly of Jordan tp., now’ an inmate of the county farm has been seriously sick for some time within llamation of the bowels, but is now improving.

TW Country Kid Theater company arr ved on the milk train, this morning. The company consists of about 20 ' members, and comevwith the reputation of giving an unusually good show. .They will perform at the opera house tonight. Arthur Catt, who lately finished a full course at an optical College in Chicago, and is thus now a graduate optician, has decided to make this his permanent location. He will have his office in one of the J rooms up stairs in the Forsythe building. Reports this morning from Mrs. W. H. Beam, at Mary Thompson hospital, are that she was vomiting during the night, and this under the circumstances, is regarded as a very unfavorable indication. The Medaryville Masonic team, some 32 strong was here Monday night, giving a sample of their fine floor work the candidate being Thomas H. Robinson, of our city. The local brethren were out in very large numbers, also, and the visit was made quite a festive affair, and included good refreshments.

A lamentable accident occured it the home of Editor John "Bowie if Thayer, last Saturday. Hit six year old son was playing with Hatches on that day and set his clothing on fire, being very badly ourned about the legs and body. At latest accounts the little lei low was still in a critical condition as the result of his injuries. Isaac M. Lewis, of Barkley, is mother young man that will make his way well in the wojld, by virtue of his own persintent push i ng. He has worked his way to a thorough education, and at the close of the winter term will finish Ills full course in the Indiana University. He now has an assistantship in Botany which is a very material help to him in the matter of expense, and does not interfere at all with his own studies.

Granny Wilkins is again at the county asylum, her daughter, Mrs. Watson, of Remington, deciding that her health is too poor J for her to longer care for the old lady. It is a heavy task to care for her, and none of her other Children except Mrs. Watson will do anything for her. The old lady is 106 years old the last day of this month, and though physically in remarkably good health for that age, mentally she is a mere child, and the work and watching involved iu caring for her is a great burden.

There was another carnival agent here a day or two this week trying to arrange to bring another car nival here in two or three weeks. It is very difficult to obtain any definite information as to who he was, what he shows, and what terms he wants and seemingly the word to keep mum has been passed around among those he chiefly communed with. Some of his talk however was along the idea of getting up a corn and other farm product® show along with it. When he went away the matter seems to haye been left an open question to be decided later by correspondence. It would probably be entirely safe to say that a large majority of both our citizens and our business men are not desirous of another street carnival here this season.

Supt. Chamberlain was out. in the northeast part of town Wednesday looking after something that was out ot 'order with the electric light wires, and had occasion to telephone in to the power house. He therefore stepped to a nearby residence, knocked at the door, and when the lady of the house answered his gentle knock, he politely requested the privelege of using her telephone. The genial countenance of our jovial light superintendent was not familiar to the lady and besides was covered thick with the stubs of many an incipient whisker, and the total effect was not reassuring and the lady said no, he could not use it. Charley asked why, and the lady frankly said she did not like his looks. Charley had better wear a big label after this when he w'orks in the remoter parts of the city telling who he is. | The Ladies of the Presbyterian Church are industriously at work for their coming Bazaar w hich is to be held December 7 and 8. Christmas present useful as well as ornamental will be for sale.