Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1905 — BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS. [ARTICLE]

BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

FRIDAY. John Duvall is in Momence, 111., tolay on business. Miss Ora Duvall went to Chicago today on business. J. O. Cline made a business trip to Logansport and Lafayette, Thursday. Ed Babb went to Lafayette today to attend the funeral of his brother, W. H. Babb. Indianapolis is enjoyed a regular old fashioned mud-slinging campaign, for their city election, this term J Mrs. Chas. Nowels and children of Monti cello, are visiting Mrs. Nowels’ father Holdridge Clark, it r a few days. J. W. Walker went to Bloom ington today, for a short visit with home folks. He will return here before going back to Arizona. The Crown Point Register says some good strings of pickerel have been caught out of the Kankakee River the past tew days. Richard Foulks, of near McCoysburg, is reported very low again with his typhoid fever. He got around too soon, and had a bad relapse. Harry Warvel, the absconded former editor of the North Judson News, having failed to return, the paper has been sold to his brother, H. G. Warvel, and F. W. Kasch placed in charge as editor and publisher.

Rev. J. Bair is holding a revival at Beaver City this week, but services will be held, at the Baptist church Sunday as usual. In the evening Rev. Y. O. Fritts will preach. Uncle Isaac Thompson, of Bluffton, Ohio, is here for one of his regular visits with his brother, the Judge. He is enjoying excellent health in spite of his advancing years. Winamac Republican: Geo. M. Guild, son of Janies R. Guild of Medaryville, and Pearl Marts of Francesville, were; married Wednesday at the M. E. parsonage by Rev. T. F. Drake. We'have the California climate back with us again, and the temperature today reached 80 degrees. Lowest last night 35 degrees. Range of temperature during day 45 degrees. Commissioners Jlalleck and Auditor Leatherman went to LaFay etle today, to complete arrangements for the dedication of the Jasper county building at the soldiers’ home.

Young Devol, of Remington, son of the Christian minister of that town, is said to be the best whistler in Indiana, and he gave several illustrations of his great skill in that line at Fountain Park Assembly. He is now traveling around giving entertainments. Henry Croofoot, aged 77, of South Bend, was fined SSOO yesterday for avoiding a summons to attend the circuit court. He was wanted to testify regarding the Red Austin swindle, in which he lost SIO,OOO. The counter partition in the auditor’s office has been moved forward six feet which very materially i the anditor’s working room, and still leaves plenty of room in the lobby. It also makes easier access into the treasurer’s office, which is another advantage.

Wolcott Enterprise: S. O. Dyer bought the CSdalac automobile formerly owned by Joe Fagot who was killed a few week ago by the machine running off a grade upsetting on him. Sam has had the auto repaired and runs it quite well for an amateur. There are 725,409 church members in Indiana and 436,600 Sunday school pupils. The Methodists lead, the Catholic coming next, Christian, Lutheran, Baptist, Presbyterian, United Brethern and Germau Methodists following in order. There are 13,713 Amish in the state. Mrs. Hugh Lowe, of Monon, has decided to come to Rensselaer to make her residence, to be near her mother, Mrs. Wm Bussell, and probably will buy ajresidence here. In carrying out the agreement for settling up the estate, hertofore noted, she took her portion all in personal property and the other heirs took all the land. The old home farm has been alloted to the daughter who lives in Chicago, and who will move upon it. A dispatch from Washington says that during the first month of his incumbency of the office of Assistant Secretary of the Interior (the month of September) Jesse Wilson of Rensselaer, decided just 1,000 cases appealed from the Bureau of Pensions. He is at his office bright and early every morning and works late. There is no longer any doubt as to the success of his administration.

About as difficult a case to un ravel as Judge Hanley has ever had to try is now before him at Eentland. Newton County has sued Ira H. Drake the former county clerk for quite a large sum, for alleged back fees, while Ira is figuring out that the boot is on the other leg, and the county owes him about $1,500. The Judge is digging hard to find the true right of the matter, but it will be no easy task.

W. E. Peck, of Remington, was elected president of the postmasters’ association of the 10 district, at their meeting in Lafayette, this week. He has been secretary ever since it was organized. F. B. Meyer of this place, was offered the secretaryship, but he thought that would give Jasper county too many of the offices, and declined. Besides Mr. Meyer and Mr. Peck, those attending from this county were J. C. Thompson of Fair Oaks and W. L. Wood, or Parr. The next meeting will be at Valparaiso. Charles Gofl a sign painter, of Des Moines, lowa, fell under a cut of freight cars in the Monon yards at Lafayette, Thursday forenoon, and was instantly killed. A remarkable circumstance was] connected with his death. Wednesday at Indianapolis he met a Mrs. Holmes his former divorced wife, and she warned him to be very careful as she had just had i her fortune told by a clairvoyant and she had told her that her former husband would soon be killed under the wheels. Which is one time a fortune teller made a true prophecy or a mighty good guess. SATURDAY The death of Mrs. Andrew Grube, o" Wheatfleld Tp., occurod Friday but no particulars have been received. Miss Pearl Fulton, of Memphis, Tcnn., went to Converse, Ind., to-

day, after a visit with her uncle Smith Newell. The Hoosier Amusement Com pany is at Attica this week, having gone there from Delphi, where they showed last week. Subject at the M, E. Church Sunday morning “The Ground of our Confidence.” Evening subject “The Meaning of Christ’s Suffering.” A monument for the late Chas. H. Price was taken out to Weston cemetery this afternoon. It was made at Wm. Mackey’s marble and granite works. Albert Gall, one of the best known business men in Indianapol is, died suddenly last night of heart disease. He was treasurer of the state in 1888 to 1902. Dan Patch lowered his world’s pacing record in Lexington, Ky., last Saturday, by going a mile in 1:55L It is said his owner refused SIBO,OOO for him. Richard Foulks of McCoysburg, was able to begin sitting up a little today, for the first time in three' weeks, following his relapse with typhoid fever. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth and family arrived home last evening from Charlevoix, where the family have spent the summer, and Mr. Hollingsworth made occasional visits.

Delphi will use voting machines at their coming city election. The Columbia Voting machine Com pany offered to lend them four machines for a test, and the offer was accepted. Merle Benjamin has finished his job in Haus’s restaurant and is ar ranging to go west next week with his aunt, Mrs. Bowman. He hopes to find a situation in Kansas or Oklahoma. Congressman Crumpacker has announced that Robert L. Cox, re tiring editor of the Fowler Repub liean, will be Fowler’s next postmaster. The appointment will no doubt be generally satisfactory. A fine granite monument to be erected in Brook cemetery to the memory of the late Wm. Esson, of that place, formerly of this county, is being made by Wm. Mackey of this place. He is also about to erect two fine monuments at Franeesville.

The Shortridge High School football team arrived from Indianapolis on the 9.55 train this morning, aud proved to be a big and fine looking bunch of boys. The game with them was not ended in time to give results in this issue. Mr. and Mrs. fe. O. Gardner and family are preparing to go to Los Angeles in a few days to spend the winter, and where Mrs. Gardner’s people reside. It is not their intention to move away from Rensselaer permanently, as has been erroniously reported.

According to a bulletin issued Tuesday by the Government weather department at Washington, Indiana corn is in the finest possible condition. No other state in the Union has corn to compare with that produced this year in Indiana. Indiana corn is given a percentage of 99 out of a possible 100. No

other state is given a percent of more than 97 and few above ninety. • j At Thos. K. Spencer’s stock sale in White county Wednesday, some $3,000 worth of stock was sold in two hours. The cattle were sold in lots, which accounted for the rapidity of the sale. W. V. Porter of Jordan, bought 42 head. A.bout the most noteworthy single sale was a pair of lest spring’s mules, which sold for $165. Fred Phillips was the auctioneer and C. G. Spitler the clerk. 1 ■*/ Another death from the typhoid fever epidemic near Mt Ayr occurred this Saturday morning, about 5 o’clock. This time it was George, the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Greenlee, now on the Spitler farm, near Mt Ayr, but formerly living east of Rensselaer. An older daughter was also very bad with it some days ago, but is now understood to be improving. The National Surety company of New York, has j ust closed a contract with the Modern Woodmen of America for guaranteeing the honesty of over twenty-two thousand local lodge officers covered by one bond, it is the largest bond in the world and is a very bulky document, the entire bond weighing approximately fifty pounds.

Prof. H. E. Van Norman, a member of the faculty of the agricultural department at Purdue will soon leave for the Pennsylvania State college, where he will become head of the dairy department. Prof. Van Norman has been a prominent agricultural worker and he is well known all over the state. Elis successor has not been announced. The case of Frank Stout or Stoudt, formerly of Remington, against the town of Winamac was affirmed by the appellate court last week. Fran k had obtained a j udgment of SSOO in the Starke circuit court for injuries from a fall on a defective side walk at Winamac in March, 1900. The plaintiff having died since the action was begun, the judgment goes to his mother. Kentland Enterprise: George Ade did a very graceful act last week in purchasing the residence property of H. A. Strohm on north Third street and presenting it to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ade. Mr. Ade is very solicitious of the welfare and comfort of his parents and desired to surround them with every comfort and convenience a modern home would give. Mr. and Mrs. Ade will move into their new home in about two weeks.

Mrs. Nellie Felsch, of Chicago, is here visiting her parents* Mr. and Mrs. Albert Swartzell for & few days. She was married in Chicago on last Sunday, to Mr. C. Felseh a popular young man, and a bookkeeper with Swift & Co., at a large salary. After their marriage they visited in Wisconsin several days, and on their return, Mrs. Felsch came on to Rensselaer, and after a week’s visit will rejoin her husband at their home in Melrose Park. There seems plenty of litigation in prospect over the Hugh Lowe estate at Monon, in spite of the very commendible manner in which the direct heirs have divided the estate. Besides the trouble with Larkin Lowe, Hugh’s brothers Larkin’s son James is getting into the field, and has protested against the appointment of James K. Wilson, as administrator. His protest will be heard at the November term of court in Monticello. *

Elizabeth Spitler celebrated her twelfth birthday at her home yes torday evening at 4 o’clock. She entertainmed about forty of her playmates at dominoes and games of various kinds. Edna Hauter was the recipient of the first prize, a picture, at dominoes, and Fred Hamilton took the second, a small Rensselaer pennant. Elaborate refreshments' of two courses were served, and the cbildreu played until 8:30 p. m. Some parties down in the southern part of the state have been blowing in the Indianapolis papers about a sweet potato which weighs 3 pounds and 5 ounces, and labelled the biggest sweet potato raised in Indiana. Jasper county has 3 sweet-potatoes which can beat that and never turn a hair, and they are in Fritts’s store window on ex

hibition now. Two of them each weigh three pounds, and 12 ounces and the little feller of the crowd weighs 3 pounds 8 ounces. They were raised by Jim Laue, of northwest Newton township. It looks as if Mrs. Jennie Conrad was going to make her new town a success. It is alleged that contracts have been let for the construction of a depot, hotel, livery barn, store building and cement block factory all of which will be constructed of cement blocks manufacturfed -on- the grounds. It is said that the depot will cost $6,000 part |of which will be paid by Mrs. Conrad. The railroad company has laid four tracks nearly the

whole length of her land making an immense amount of side track. — Goodland Herald. * Squire S. C. Irwin had a hard fought civil suit before him today, it seems that when C. 0., Nelson, he school principal here last year went away, there were several un - paid debts standing against him, and the creditors attached his household goods. The Nelsons made the defense that the goods all belonged to Mrs. Nelson, but after the evidence was all in the squire decided that the bulk of the articles belonged to Mr. Nelson, and ordered them sold for the debts. The amount to a little over SIOO and the goods are appraised at slls.

As to the cause of the terrible epidemic of typhoid fever over around Mt. Ayr, which has already caused the deaths of three fine young men, we understand theie is a variety of opinions. One [theory which certainly looks probable, is that it came from using ice from an infected pond. When the thrashing season begun, many who worked around the threshers drank a good deal of ice water and iced tea, and the ice they ustd is said to have been cut on a pond that receives the drainage from a livery stable and other sources of contamination. It has long been asserted by the doctors that ice from foul water is a very common cause of typhoid. The fact that the disease did not begin until after the threshing season opened and large quantities of ice from this source began to be used, is considered as tending to confirm the suspicion that the ice was the cause.

MONDAY Dan P. won another good race at Lexington, last week, winning first money jp 3 $1 ? 000 purse, in three straight heats. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Logan Of Sushville, returned home today, after a few days visit with Mrs. Logan’s sister Mrs. Dr. Miller. M. P. Warner, who is tearing down his ice house near the "n6w bridge, to get it out of the way of the big ditch, will rebuild it near his residense, on Melville street. Mr, and Mrs. John w. Slote, of Buffalo, N. Y., are the guests of Mr. and mis. C. W. Rhoades until theßhoades-Radcliff wedding next Wednesday. Hallie Flynn, of Chesterton, is here for a few days’ visit with his parents Mr. aud Mrs. James Flynn. His wife and baby have been here about ten days, and will remain about a week longer. Mra. Ezra Switzer, of Walker Tp. fell last Thursday evening and sustained a severe fracture of the right arm, very near’the shoulder. A physician from Rensselaer went out and reduced the fracture.'

The excuision to Chicago Sunday was the last of the season, but was not patronized as well as it probably would have been had| the weather promised more favorably. However there was a big long train with most of the coaches full to their seating capacity. Here there were 108 tickets sold. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Harris returned home to Bell wood, Neb., today, after several week’s visit with numerous relatives in this and other counties of Indiana, including her father Uncle Bill N. and brother John Jones, of this place. Tom Parker has added largely to his force of men and teams on his job of dirt scraping on the Iroquois ditch near the Warner ice house. Ills contract is for only about 500

fe in length, from the new bridgw down to the fir-t place the ditch cr »-B<iS the present river channel. The depth of the 'earth above the rock there is from two to eight feet although the engineer’s profiles ah uo place show more than* six feet. At other places Lite dirt is much less than the profiles indicate. Tha Warner ice house, already practically a complete wreck is being torn down, being directly in line of the ditch. Some quite extensive corn cribs and hog pens belonging to George Strickfaden also are in the way and have to be removed. Cooney Kellner, who bought the former Starr ice house south of Granville Moody’s residence, some months ago, is preparing to become an ice magnate of the first magniI tilde; as he is doubling the size of the building, thoroughly repairing the present building, and cleaning and enlarging the pond. The line of the Iroquois ditch runs south of the river at his place far enough to miss his pond, and by making a dam at its lower end and flood gates at its upper, he expects to be able to maintain a good ice pond there permanently. For the most part, however it looks like the cut- , ting of the big ditch would ruin the ice packing business here; though probably there are several other portions of the present channel which the ditch cuts off and will leave dry which can easily be made into permanent ice ponds by dams and flood gates. F. W. White teacher of Violin, Mandolin and Guitar. Residence North Front street. Want 15 young men to learn Clarinet