Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1906 — BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS. [ARTICLE]

BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

HINT. G. E. Murray’s new store is now receiving its final brushing and dusting, preparatory to his moving in next ftfonday. Miss Carrie Norris returned to Bloomington, 111., today,after having visited her father, Ira Norris, here for the past two weeks. Spencer Vick, who has been quite sick in a New York hospital for several weeks, is reported greatly improved. : Samuel Milliken and wife, of Ottawa, 111., and M. E. Schooner, of Marseilles, came today to attend the funeral of Claud Leek. Sam Duvall 6tid sou Charley left today for thei# ffdttte in Alberta, Canada, after a Visit of Consider, able length aitlt their numerous relatives here. The morning Subject Battle Pres byterian cbureh will * f A Man’s own Badness.” Hvhffiftg subject “D niel a OhanMwf study.” Everybody welcome. "Work of drilling blast holes in the river was resumed again yesterday, after a delay of two days to repair the damage to the engine and pipes done by the lightning Monday. B. J. Moore, in charge of the river blasting force, was called to Monon today, by a message that his mother Who is in her 84th year, had fallen on the icy street and fractured two ribs, and otherwise injured htrself. Low and Charley Harmon went to Ottawa, 111., this afternoon to attend the funeral of their uncle, Joeeph n Harmon, their father’s youngest brother. He died yesterday after an extended sickness of stomach trouble. The funeral will be held Saturday. It is stated that the report of the committee that has been investigating the state officers will recommend the creation ode new office to belfttuwnas the state controller, whose -duty wiU be to audit all transactions between the departments. The suggestion came as the result of the ,8 her rick and Storms disclosures. Wm. Coovert, aged 93 years died yesterday morning at his home in Mt Ayr, of a complication of diseases resulting from old age'. He had been totally blind and quite feeble for five years. He was an uncle of Mrs. Benj. Harris and Mrs. Will Wisbard. of Rensselaer. Two sons, J. H., of Richmond, and J. L., of Valparaiso, came to attend the funeral to be held at 10 o’clock Saturday morning. The Montioplfo Democrat, which mentioned . Ijtensselser’s big boy, now speaks of one over at Ih>,val Center, whom the Record of that place thinks is the champion big boy. He is 15 years old. 6 feet tall and weighs 175 pounds. He is quite a sizable kid, for a fact, but our Moore boy is two years younger and though not so hrgn up as the Royal Center boy is much broader out, and weighs 12 pounds more. Evidently our boy has the Royal Center chap badly beaten. v ;The George Keister illegal liquor sale oase came up before Squire Thorntons at 10 o’clock this morning, but was continned till afternoon. The jury box had been filled by spectators in the oourt room, bat the defense objected to them, on the ground that they were too much interested in the case, or else they would not buvo been there. The adjournment w ts therefore granted, * to permit the Constable to pick np a jury outside the court room. The . trial was ‘ not finished when we wfent to press.

The band concert at the opera house last night was a very success ful affair,’ in point of performance, though it had to be given without the aid of Prof. White who had been called to Marion as a witness in a law case. The attendance was hardly what it; should have been, bat better thing are hoped for next time, which will be in two weeks. The members greatly appreciated the encouragement they received from St Joseph’s college, there being some 12 or 15 professor and students present. The only dogomobile in Jasper oounty and probably in Indiana, is seen on our streets these icy days. It is composed of p big yellow dog at one end and a small, bat lively boy at the other, and is thrown into gear, so to speax, when the boy’s band ‘‘engages” as the machine with the dog’s |tail, the boys feet being provided with skates. When thus they go down the center of the icy' streets at about a 15 miles per hour speed,. The dog, which is big and strong, seems to enjoy the experience as much as the boy, and testifies his pleasure by load and joyous barks. r ' r ~~i — rr ~ ~-~y i —> : —. The Mrs. Dr. Morris, whose recent ejectment from the White House, after she had refused to leave until she had seen the President who had Reclined to see her, and whose case was used by TiUman in bis blackguardly attack on Roosevelt, has relatives in Rensselaer. She and her brother, Congressman Hall, jo lowa, are second cousins f Mrs, Kindig, wife of Rev Dr. H. L. Kindig, pastor of the M. E. church here. Mrs. Morris and her brother are at enmity, and it was through him, it is -said, that Mrs. Morris’s husband lost a position at Washington, and on account of which she wanted “to see tho president

The ease of the little Seeleyville boy, Richmond -Byers, whose abdnetion in the spring of 1904 was familiar to onr readers at the time, H v • . . : because of searches made for him then ip this vi inity, his just been brought to public attention again. A barber in some place ia Missouri got hold of a stray boy whom he was sure was the little Byers boy, asd so Informed, his parents at Seeleyville. [The description and pietnres seemed to tally so closely that gi eat hopes were raised that it was the right boy, and a friend was sent to Missouri, to bring the boy back. When he arrived however it was seen at once that it was not the right boy. Mr. Byers himself had no faith in the new diseovery, bnt his wife had her hopes raised tp a high degree and her disappointment was correspondingly great. People by thousands had assembled at Seeleyville when the supposed lost boy arrived.