Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1905 — BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS. [ARTICLE]

BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

FRIDAY. a Rev. Abraham Abbett, now of Indianapolis, is now visiting friends in Rensselaer and vicinity. Uncle Abe Leopold is getting about again, after two weeks’ sickness from his old bladder trouble. Attorneys A. Halleck and Frank Foltz attended the funeral of F. A. Comparet, at Kentland, Wednesday. Our former townsman, Omer Ritchie, was elected a 'councilman at large, on the Republican ticket at Anderson last Tuesday. The Republicans elected everything at Anderson, this time. Congressman E. D. Crumpacker arrived in town this forenoon and spent the day in calling on frieiids, and renewing acquaintances, previous to returning to Washington, for the opening of Congress, on Dec. sth.

The two children in the Ira Blackman 'family near Newland, sick with scarlet-fever, are doing very well, and so far no other cases have developed, though it is highly probable that there will be others. The funeral of the two Simpson girls was held at Lowell, Thursday, and was one of the largest ever seen there. Their death leaves only one child to their parents, a younger daughter. H. V. Weaver, lately our city, had charge of the funeral, as funeral director. Col. Isaao Brown, of Rochester, the celebrated bird and bee man, and the protege of Helen Gould, is sick with nervous prostration, and has gone to French Lick to recuperate. He has a trip to Europe coming, at Helen’s expense, if he gets well enough to make it. , F. W. White Violinist last evening organized and rehearsed the Rensselaer Orchestra, this orchestra is in connection with the Band and will assist the Band in giving entertainments this winter. The boys did good work in rehearshal last evening and Mr. White is well pleased and confident of having a first class orchestra. Judge S. P. Thompson went to Indianapolis, Wednesday, and brought back Mrs. Thompson, who has been sojourning therefor several months in a sanitarium, taking treatment for her nervous trouble, lier condition iB very much improved, and strong hopes are entertained that the improvement will be permanent.

Owen Peterson, of Lowell, well known here from frequent extended sojourns, working or visitiDg relatives, was among the bravest of those who ventured into the smoke and gas filled rooms in sear oh of the Simpson girls. Ernie Gragg was the first one in, aud it was he who crawled along the floor and found the body of Mabel on her bad. After she Was got out, Owen Peterson went in, and after long search, found Abbie’s body, where site had falleu in the next room. Squire Jacob M. Troxell lingered until three o’clock this, Friday morning, and then quietly breathed his last, at his home in DeMotte. The remains will be brought here, where he lived so long, for burial. They will arrive on the 10:55 a. m. train Saturday, and be taken to the home of !i -n-in law, O. J. Dean, ott Front Htreet. The funeral will bdheld Sunday, at two o’clock p. nl. at Trinity M. E. church. Interment will be in Weston cemetery under management of Iroquois

Lodge, I. O. O, F. Elliott R. Burr, now of the immediate vicinity of Lynchburg, Ya. arrived here today to visit his brother, Howard Burr, of Jordan Tp. He is well pleased with the Virginia climate and expects to continue to make his home there.

Monticello Herald: The high school jollified Monday evening ov r the football victory with a bonfire on east Broadway. The Monticello Band furnished music, and speeches were made by Profs. Hamilton, Preston, and members of the team. At least they| appeared to be speaking, but their voices were drowned by the cheering. The affair wound up with a general walk around boys and girls joining in a march around the bonfire.

B. F. Ferguson arrived home today from his trip to northern Wisconsin, with James Lefler and C. W. Bussell. He left them there, and they intended to push on into the wilder woods aud try for deer and bear, the open season beginning today. Mr. Ferguson, as agent, sold to Mr. Lefler 400 acres of leavily timbered land, about 25 miles west from the shores of Green lay. It is Mr. Lefler’s intention on the land after next year and to make lumber out of uhe timber and a farm out of the and.

Sheriff O’Connor has received a circular letter from the chief of x>lice at Roolfo’d, 111,, offering *SOO reward f< r a s nooth swindler, who goes by ihe name of John loover, but probably has several aliases. He goes about pretending to buy farms, and by means of forged deeds, borrows on them large sums on land he has pretended to )uy. He is described as t about 50 years old, nearly six feet tall, weight 180 to 190 lbs, rather good ooking aud rather stoop shouldered. He is also squint eyed, but it is not likely that he has been squinting at anybody around in this region.

Though hunters and trappers no longer come floating down the Pinkarnink and Iroquois in whole fleets as they did in the times of Editor McCarthy and the Jasper Banner, we still have au occasional representative of the once numerous class. Thus Landy McGee, one of the most expert hunters now to be found in this region, is making a specialty of trapping fur bearing animals this season. One morning for instance, he caught 24 muskrats in 26 traps. In all he has tak. en about 275 rats this season -and some 14 or 15 minks. Both bring comparatively big prices now, say about $2.25 for minks and 14 to 16 cents for rats. The Iroquois and Pinkamink and various sloughs and smaller streams are the field of his operations. Coons seem to be pretty nearly “gone coons” in this region now, as he has not seen even a track of one this fall.

SATURDAY Morocco has fallen in line with the anti-saloon idea and has wiped them all out for the next two years with a blanket remonstrance. W. J. Henry, of Valparaiso, was in towu today, in a big Studebaker automobile. He is visiting his brother-in-law, Ira J. Mender, Of near Virgie. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Beck, of Fairfield, lowa, are visiting their cousin, Mrs. B. Forsythe, over Sunday, They are accompanied

also by Mrs. Asqueth, of Das 'Moines, a friend. * *' ' ' "!

F. W. Marsden returned" from Rensselaer Thursday morning having finished the brick work on the Christian church in that city, on which he and Thomas Burns have been working for some months. Mr. Marsden has work awaiting him in Paxton, Brookston and other towns south and west of here.-He-bron News.

The Oak Wood high school'football team come up from Lafayette on the milk train this morning to be on hand for the game with our team this after noon. But very few persons besides the team came with them. Stewart & Son have laid off work on the Hafiging Grove gravel roads until next spring. They found it practically impossible to hire enough men and teams in the vicinity, and it is now their intention to buy a lot of teams of their own; in the spring, to finish the job with.

A. B. Cowgill, whose sale of his undertaking business was recently mentioned, has stored his house holdgoodsand himself and wife will leave soon, to look elsewhere for a location. His mother Mrs. Sarah Cowgill and sister Miss Jessie, left today for their former lome in Illinois. The body of Squire Troxell arrived on the 10:55 a. m. train today, as expected, and accompanied by a large party of relatives. The party was met at the depot by a detachment of G. A. R. veterans, and a considerable number of friends in carriages. All of whom accom panied the hearse to C. J. Dean’s residence, on Front street.

S. R. Nichols was the first man to ship out stock over the route by way of Gifford’s road. He sent a load of hogs from Pleasant Grove Thursday. Today six or seven loads of stock cattle came in from the stock yards, by that route. They were for Doc, Aus Moore, Granville Moody and Charley Moody. R. P. Benjamin was over in the region north and east of .Kouts, a day or two ago, in the vicinity where a syndicate of people of Pontiac, 111., are conducting their enormous farming operations, on land recently reclaimed from the Kankakee swamps by drainage. They have in all 27,000 acres of corn, and 20,000 of it will go from 50 to 60 bushels per acre. All told the syn. dicateis raising upwards of $1,250,000 bushels of corn, thi3 year.

Congressman Crumpacker, during his visit here mentioned the report generally circulated a few weeks ago that he] had gone to West Baden for his health, and which the report stated, was so much impaired as to give his friends"considerable concern. The M. C’s. physical appearance while iere was certainly not such as would suggest any special concern about his health, which to all (appearance was |'never better. He stated that he goes to West Baden every fall, when he can spare the time, to rest and recuperate, preparatory to the opening of Congress but that his general health was still good. Things are running along |very smoothly as heretofore out at the county poor asylum, under the management of the new superintendent Jesse Nichole The number of inmates is 16, which is the same as when Mr. Blue retired. Since then the 106 year inmate, Granny Wilkins has come back I from Remington, but another old inmate Mrs. Sampson, has gone away, she having been taken by a daughter to live with her in Wisconsin. There are three of the 16 who are unable to go to their meals, but Granny is not one of them, as at the table. The mail order houses are forcibly impressing'upon the minds of the people, year after year, the prices and argument in favor o their business, had by this system of constant and persistent advertising keeping their names and their business in the minds of people at all times while home merchants timidly stand by and,let this money that is sent away slip through their fingers like sand, apparently afraid

to compare prices or make a bit for this trade that rightfully*t>elongs to them. It is the fault of the non-progressive and non-advertis-ing merchant that so much trade goes to the wideawake, always bidding for trade mail order houses.— Plymouth Democrat.

Winamac Republican:—The case of John W. Burgetvs. Alex Merica both of Francesville, was reversed by the appellate court last week and sent back for new trial. Burget, it will be remembered bought the Merica bank of Francesville, and Merica gave bond ofsl.ooo promis ing not to engage in the banking business there. Later when the second bank was started at Francesville, Mr. Merica was engaged as an employee, and Mr. Burget sued him on his bond for breach of agreement. The case was brought in the Pulaski circuit Court and a change of venue taken to White county, where Mr. Burget was granted a judgement of SSOO. This verdict was not satisfactory to either side. Mr. Burget Contended if he was entitled to anything he was entitled to the whole amount of the bond. The other side of course objected to paying anything,

Anyone who has ever built a house has learned that where the carpenters say it will cost $2000.00 findsit will be $3000.00 before it is finished. We find it will take more money than we thought to finish our new store building and we must sacrifice our stock of merchandise to get it. Geo. E. Murray.

The ladies of the Christian church will give a real up to date Union Depot in the opera house, Nov. 17. This will be a genuine Union Depot with all the funny scenes and situations one is apt to see in a Union Depot in Kansas City, or any other City. The stage will be made up with its benches, slot machines, ticket windows, baggage room, lunch counter, etc., and |there will be a depot master, train caller, ticket seller, newsboys, matron and scrub women. But the real interesting and amusing feature will be the passengers with their crinolines, band boxes, bird cages, and carpet bags. There will be Old Uncle Josh Hayeed and his good wife Sarah about to take the “keers” to visit their daughter Mary Ann who lives in New York City and puts on airs. There will be the long faced deacon preaching real sermons to the wordly passengers. There will be the woman abandoning her baby by thrusting into the arms of a dignified gentleman and disappearing suddenly in the crowd There will be a Mrs. Buttinsky, Carrie Nation, and indeed everyJody and every character you can think of.

~ MDNDtI Mrs. Wm. Smith and son Millard went to Chicago today for a lew day’s visit wuh relative. Mrs. Ch irles Allen, of Creston, lowa, also visited her cousin, Mj s. B. Forsythe over Sunday, Sunday was the lop sheaf in the way of ah entirely beautiful late fall day though Saturday and today*were not far behind it in good qualities. Rufus Knox, who is engaged in the drug business at Marion, a,me for a short visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Thom: s Knox. The well known'Methodist Chautaqua and Assembly, Acton Park, near ludianapolis, were practically wiped out by fire Sunday. lhe loss is estimated at $50,000.

George Hemphill was down to attend liis ' grandfather ,J. M. Troxell’s fuderal. He no w holds a good job as a stenographer in the general freightoffi.ee of the Burlington road, in Chicago. Erastus Peacock’s big St. Bernard dogs distinguished themselves again Saturday night. They went to Fred Phillips’ place on College avenue and broke down the chicken park fence, and killed 45 big chickens. Ralph Enyart, of Winamac, age 25, fell from the derrick of a dredge Thursday morning and perhaps fatally injured. He was a brother of Bessie Enyart, who was killed on a railroad crossing in Winamac on Sept. 22nd.

Born Sunday morning, Nov. 12th 1905, to Hon. Jesse E. Wilson and wife, a son. Mother and babe oing fine and the father better ileased than when he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Inr terior. Rev. Flagg’s meetings at the M. ' ?. church are being largely attended, and will continue all of this week, at 7.15 p. m. At the Sunday evening service, at which Rev, G. W. Payne, of Monticello preached there were five accessions to the church membership.

The was the usual Sunday killing at Cedar Lake yesterday. In this case it was a railroad accident. The south bound train due here at 2.04 p. m., ran over a man lying on the track by the Armour ice louse, and cut him entirely in lieces. He was mangled beyond recognition, and nothing was found on his person to identify him. It is thought he was drunk. The “literary editor” of the Goodland Herald, and that is the scholarly Bro. Kitt himself, and he is as good a judge of literature as he is of badger fights, reviews Booth Tarkington’s “Conquest of Canaan” and finds the same weak points in the story as did The Republican. Namely painting a picture of life and conditions in a large town in -Indiana, which scarcely could exist in a very small village. Brother Kitt makes one slip, where he says the scene of the story is presumably in a towu of 5,000 or 10,000 people. As a matter of fact, it is represented as a city of about 30,000 and on page seven one of the characters so speaks of it.