Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1906 — SATURDAY [ARTICLE]

SATURDAY

Milo Miller, of Mt Ayr, whose arrest was mentioned, gave bail and wis released. It is understood that his brother, Wm Millef, went on his bond. Roy Shepard announces that he leased the paper for a year, and that Mr. Kilt will remain as one of the editors bnt have no business interest in it during the time. Mrs. S. A Hemphill Las been quite dangerously sick for a number of days, with bronchitis but today her Symptons are considerably more favorable. George Ade and bis traveling companion, O. O. Kent, of KentI and, are going to start on another long trip, this time to France, Italy, Egypt ® n d the Nile. Their steamer was to have started today. The coldest day we had this week Tom Richardson telephoned in frpm his place in Barkley, that {he had just seen a robin, aud that

he felt sore we would have some weather soon. ,We seem to be having itall right A. J. Bellows, of Carpenter Tp., now sojourning in Chicago with a daughter, has rented A, Parkison’s tenant house on Forest street, now occupied by A. D. Washburn, and wiU move into it as soon as the latter moves toKentland. about t March Ist Goodland Herald: Mr. and Mrs Geo. Bales started for Virginia Monday where they will visit with relatives of Mjr. Bales. It was reported later that they met with au accident in the nature of collison While on their way, but no one was hurt. We were not able to obtain lull particulars. Rev. J. B. Bair, the retiring pastor o 1 the Baptist church here, has traded his residence here for a stock of goods at Beaver City, in Newton county, and will move over there at once, and his son Floyd will have the active management of the store. Mr. Bair himself will continue his ministerial labors, as pastor of a church at Beaver City. “Oh, how would you like to be the ice-man?” Probably not extra well this balmy spring day if you were depending on old Boreas and the river for your ice supply. But if yop expected to handle artificial, ice you oould like Unde Marsh War ner, “still smile and smile and be a willin’ ’’—for the warm weather to continue all winter. Footballl has been abolished at Harvard pending a reform in the game that will make it acceptable to the board of overseers. It is thought that many colleges and schools over the country will follow in Harvard’s lead. The game is pot to be passed up for all time, bnt merely long enough to work ont needed reforms. There was «n error made infja previous issue in stating that Mrs. Lizzie Kaub, our former primary teacher, had gone to Kansas, to stay with relatives. She had been visiting her brother T. J. Richardson, of Valma, and is now visiting Rensselaer friends. She is preparing to go west in a few days, however, and expects to spend the winter with another brother in Nebraska.

A. D. Washburn mid family, who for several years have been much esteemed residents of Rensselaer, are preparing to move back to Kentland, their former home, in a short time, and will occupy property he has recently purchased there. He is to have charge of G. 0. Kent’s large interest at, Kentland who is away ranch, of his time traveling.; Today,s high temperatnre was a record breaker whether it proves to be a “weather breeder” or not. Attwop.rn. it was 67 degrees. The highest January temperature daring our four preceding winters was 56 degrees, on Jau. 29, 1903, aud the highest for any of the three winter months during those four winters, and also including the present winter np to today, was 57 degrees, on Dec., 281904. Thus today ißfnll 10 degrees warmer than on any of thirteen proceeding winter months; and 12 degrees warmer than on any day of the four former Januaries.