Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1905 — BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS. [ARTICLE]

BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

TUESBAY. Bev. Baech and family, of Delphi, .are visiting Rensselaer relatives and friends. Miss Rose Coate, of Wabash, is here visiting her sister, Mrs. J. N. Sample. Mr. Austus Keating, of Young America, is the guest of Miss Mary Michael. Mrs. F. B. Lyon, of Delphi, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. J. A. Healey. Photographer Parker is visiting at various northern points during the holidays. Fred Brown, of St. Paul, Minn., is the guest of Miss Carrie Marshall this week. L. H. Meyers has gone to his home in Illinois, to spend holiday week. Mrs. B. G. Oglesby and three little daughters, of Medaryville, are visiting relatives here for a short time.

Louis Wilcox and wife, of Springfield, Ohio, are spending the holidays with relatives in and near Rensselaer. Miss loma Imes, of Chicago, is spending holiday week with her grandparents, Mr, and Mrs- W. J. imes, and other friends. There were eight marriage licenses issued here Saturday, which probably breaks all previous single •day records, in this county. B. F. Coen, principal of the Oconto, Wis., highschool, is spend ing the holiday vacation among old home scenes and friends here. The temperature j ust reached 50 degrees, today. It is pretty warm for holiday week, but on the 27th, last year, the cold winter, it was 51 degrees. Rock drilling and blasting in the river ditch, south of town, has been suspended, for the time being, owing to the water coming in the recent rain.

Hon. Jesse E. Wilson is here from Washington, to spend the holidays, and when he returns he will be accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and the baby. Rev. and Mrs. J. Carl Parrett are spending ten days at the home of his parents in Linden, Ohio. Rev. A- Golden Work will fill the Presbyterian pulpit next Sunday. Mr. Guy Watson, of Kokomo, is here today on business with Prof. White. Mr. Watson is a boyhood acquaintance of Mayor Ellis, but they had not met for twenty-five years until today. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mills, Mr. and Mrs. 8. E. Overton, Miss Dorothy Overton, Jesse and Delos Coen, A. W. Hopkins, Chas. Tyler, Jake Wildburg and many other former Rensselaer people, now living in Chicago, were Christmas visitors here. The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Marion the aged woman whose sad and pitiful death was previously related was held Monday, at the M. E. church, at 10 o’clock a. m. Rev. H. L. Kindig, the pastor, conducting tne religious services. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bhedd of New York City, visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. 8. 8. Shedd, just east of town, over Bunday and Christmas, leaving for New York today. He is connected with Marshall Field's New York store. Charley Rhoads, professor of printing and trick dog performing spent Bunday and Christmas with friends and relatives here. He is now the main guy of the printing end of the Chalmers Dispatch, and he and his “Old Man" are getting up a very creditable paper there, Charles HsMna, who moved on his form in south Gillam, last

spring but continued to keep his children in our excellent schools, has found the arrangement too inconvenient, and will move back here in a week or two, occupying the former Roberts property, on south Division street. He will work at his regular trade of blacksmithing. He has rented his farm for the coming year.

Officers Vick and Abbott went to Fair Oaks this morning to try to round up a gang of tough citizens who were charged with being drunk and raising a great disturbance at a Christmas tree entertainment there Monday night. They got hold of Bill Marlin and Dewey Dewitt, but three others of the notorious name of Brohart hiked out and escaped. The trial of tne two was set for 2:30 this afternoon, before Squire Irwin, but continued to Wednesday at 11 a. m , for the defense’s witnesses. E. Hoyt, of Panama, N. Y., spent Christmas with his ol'.’ York State neighbor, Mr. Knapp, the livery stable man. He had been at the lat stock show with a drove of fine Short Horns, and being so close be took occasion to slip down and see his former neighbor. He reports that winter had settled down to steady business, ar his place some weeks ago. Winter down there is always a pretty serious proposition, anyhow, and last winter they had 120 days of sleighing, without a break. And some win

:ers they break even that record.

We had a “White Christmas,” after all, or white at least where it was not some other color. The whiteness was the result of quite an able bodied little snowstorm which slipped in on us late last Saturday evening and which did business industriously, until fully an inch and a half had fallen. The other colors mentioned, were where the brown, green, gray or grizzled under surfacd began to stick out, along in the afternoon, of Christ-’ mas day. under the influence of the bright sun which considerably reduced the thickness of the snow covering.

J. W. Coen arrived home Friday afternoon, from his three weeks stay at Altus, Okla., where he was called by the sickness and death of his brother Ernest. He visited various points of interest, including the town of Snyder, which was partly wrecked by a cyclone, last spring, and of which we had an account from Ernest, at the time. A strip about 15 rods wide clear through the town, was practically blown clear off the earth, until literally, not one stone was left above another. And it is an actual fact that the stones under the houses were carried clear away, along with the rest of the home*. There were 117 killed and more than that many injured He was also at Hobart, one of Oklahoma's most promising cities.

WEDNESDAY Born to Mr. and Mrs. John 0. McClanahan, a girl, this morning. Mrs. Walter White and children of Lowell are in town today visiting friends. Geo. Hopkins, of Wabash is visiting his old home friends and relatives here this week. Simon Fendig, the Wheatfield druggist and wife, are visiting their Rensselaer relatives, today. Ernest Lamson principal of the Rossville High School, went to Indianapolis to attend the state teachers association, which meets there this week. Glenn Wishard, of Northwestern University returned there today, after spending Christmas with his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wis hard. Uncle Tommy Daugherty has rsated out his form Moutheato of ImatoviU soon mere into Ma

residence, in the northeast part of town. This time he expects to move in to stay in. He will make a public sale before he moves, the date of the sale being January Bth. Highest temperature today, 50 degrees. Highest a year ago today 51 degrees. Lowest today, 32, lowest a year ago, 10. Last year's high temperature accompanied a tremendous rain and thunder storm aud was followed by a phenomenal slump in temperature of 41 degrees, before night. Jasper Kenton arrived,back from South Dakota, Saturday evening. He was accompanied by Simon Kenton, Will’s son, and by Charley Zard’s boys. Frank and Ted, all of are whom back for a holiday visit. Jess Sayler, who went out with Mr. Kenton, rented a farm and will move out there about the Ist of March.

Marshal Abbott got quick action on his fine bird dog, advertised in last evening’s Republican. It seems that some parties west of town swiped the pup and drove away with it in their buggy. Then they had occasion to drive back to town, and they dumped the pup near the M. E. church. Then it wandered to Bruce White’s place, and Bruce, to give the wanderer a home, sent it out to Charley Scott’s on Bruce’s farm.

City Marshal Mel Abbott will resign his office in a few days, to take up the new work he has been appointed to. at the light plant. Which pays S6O a month, or sls more than the Marshal’s office. It is harder work of course, but that does not scare Mel, for he worked at the same kind of a job exactly for eightyears, over in Illinois, before he moved here. His shift is from 1 p. m. to midnight.

The Fair Oaks cases were on trial before Squire Irwin, today. Kay Brohardt, Bill Marlin and Dewey Dewitt, plead guilty of disturbing a public meeting. George Brohardt, the father of the other Brohardts, was tried on the same charge, and acquitted. Ray Brohardt, Martin and Dewitt were then placed on trial for drunkenness in a public place, and the case was not completed when we went to press.

Erastus Winters, formerly of east of town, but for some years past living just over the line in Pulaski county, northwest of Francesville, but with the blossom end of his farm sticking over into old Jasper, was doing some business in town today. He has recently, sold his farm and is preparing to remove to Kosciousko county, where he will take charge of a large farm belonging to Mr. Prewitt, formerly of Francesville, who is now in Arizona, for his health, Uncle Nate Fendig declares to to Krashus that he heard a robin singing in the trees around his place, in the sunny southeast part ol town, on Christmas day. There is no affidavit with the story, but Dr. E. C. English, E. V. Ransford and other reliable citizens, are named as corroborating witnesses. However, it takes more than one robin’s song to make a summer, especially at this end of the winter. And “Big Bill” Childers says sap runs in the maple boughs, when he trims them. But that is no sure cinch on spring either.

THURSDAY Albeit Coen returned to Mecca, today, but left his family for a longer visit. Lorenzo Wartena and family returned to Hammond today after a visit of several days with relatives here. John Pogue a well known resident of Monon died last Saturday, from the effects of injuries received by a log falling on him, while he was hauling gravel from a pit He left a wife and two young children. Drilling at the river was resumed again yesterday, but stopped again for the rain today. It is now thought a crimp will have to be put in Cooney Kellner’s iee dam, or drilling stopped altogether, as the dam is backing the water up, extensively. Mia MeOonneU am the good eld method of having her pupils efendi*

ine and spell for will oon have them saying the names of the presidents in order beginning with Washington. They not only thus remember their places in the class but soon learn the names of the presidents in order. A thing few adults can do. Mr. and Mrs. R. 8. Dwiggins still live at Ontario, Cal., and seem so well pleased with tho place that they are likely to end their days there. He writes that the present season has been especially fine, and adds that California is a nice place to live in but for a place to make money not equal to Jasper county. A Washington special to Tuesday’s Indianayolis Star says: It seems to be well settled that in case Congress creates an additional federal judge for Indiana, Representative Crumpacker shall have the right to choose the new judge. Before Mr. Crumpacker left for Indiana to spend the holidays he called at the White House and talked the matter over with the President. It is now conceded that he has the right of selection “nailed down.” George Strickfaden again Cleaned out the whole push of pool players at Duvall’s pool room, on Christmas Day. Joe Lewis was 2nd and John Kolhoff third. The prizes were a box of cigars in each class. New Years day there will be another contest, and also a series of ten games for the championship, between Strick and the “Pool Shark” Jess Grayson. It will begin at two p. m. In the item of a few days ago, mentioning the presence here of Prof. B. F. Coen, now of Oconto, Wis., he was spoken of as principal of the Oconto schools. That was an unintentional disparagement of Prof. Ben’s position. He is really the superintendent of the Oconto schools, with 24 teachers under him, and a salary of about $1,500 attached. It is a good job and a good man has got it. And “you can’t keep a good man down”—especially if he is from Jasper county. Oconto is a place of about 6,000 people.