Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1906 — BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS

TBESWT. Mrs. Isabel Parker, of Frankfort, returned home today, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Alfred McCoy. Bert Rhoades, of Blue Island, 111., ■came home today, and will attend the Meyers-Nowels wedding tornor row. Hot weather has come back for sure, and at 2 p. m. today it reached 89 degrees in the shade. Mon■day it touched 86 degrees. The Fair Oaks people have given up their proposed celebration on the Fourth and will follow the ■crowd to Rensselaer. The Reno & Alvord show arrived •about noon today, from Francesville, where they showed last night. They have pitched their Hents in Milroy Park, Mrs. E L. Hollingsworth and little son left this morning for their summer home at Charlevoix, Mich. They will go by lake steamer, from •Chicago. Monday was the 16th birthday of Miss A valine Kindly. daughter ■of Rev. H. L. Kindig, and the occasion was observed by ajp°rty of her girl friends, of about her own age. A miscellaneous “shower” for Miss Hazel Kirk, one of Wednes•day’s intended brides, was given Monday afternoon, at the home of her aunt, Mrs. H. J.> Kannal, on River street. B. Wilson Smith of Indianapolis well known here is a candidate for the position of State I Librarian to succeed W. E. Henry resigned. He was a contestant for the position in 1897 and was defeated by Mr. Henry by a margin of one vote. The Murdochs, of Lafayette, will not be so frequently seen this summer as last, passing through Rens•selaer in some of their $7,000 auto mobiles. The head of the family, James, one of his daughters and some of his grandchildren are off •on a trip to Europe, which will itake the rest of the summer. Up to this time the draying and hotel businesses had escaped any •changes ‘in this year of many -changes, but one change has just been made in the draying business and reports are that one is also pending in the hotel business. In the draying line Jerome Harmon ■the oldest man in the business, has cold his business to Verne Schock, who is already in possessson. This is the season of the year of many injuries to the bare feet of children, and a specially bad case was operated on here yesterday. It was an 11 year old daughter of Jim Hall, of Union tp. She ran a nail into her foot about a month ago, and blood poisoning has finally set in and given her a very bad foot and ankle. The operation seemed very successful and it is believed her worst trouble is over.

U. B. Kellogg’s atterney, C. H. Payson, of Watseka, was here today, talking with a number of the investors in Kellogg’s Canada land scheme, evidently with a view to finding out hoW they were feeling towards Kellogg, and whether prosecutions were likely here in case he is not convicted at Lafayette. So far as can be ascertained, not much comfort could be derived from the victims here. Payson is a very smooth talking and smooth looking gent, who wears hia whiskers in the silk lambrequin style. Some mention has already been made in this paper regarding the goings on of Mrs. Stella Ashby, formerly of Mt Ayr, and Nate Stedman, of Carroll county, and a brother of the blind music teacher formerly located here. Stedman’s . wife recently sued him for divorce,

.iaDelphi, and on publication of her charges he and. the Ashby woman skipped out for parts unknown. He had been located at Colfax, in Tippecanoe county, in the jewelry business, and living with the frail but fascinating Stella. Mrs. Stedman was given her divorce Monday and the custody of her children. WEDNESDAY. Mrs. J. J. Hunt went to Chicago today for a short visit. Judge Hanley went to Hammond today, on judicial business. A substantial silver-mounted cane awaits an owner at this office. Mrs. GussTraughof Chicago, is visiting Mrs. Grant Warner for a few days. Born, this June 27th, to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Baker, 10 miles north of town, a daughter. Miss Edith Bronson, of Whitehall M’ch., is visiting Miss Martha Parkison, west of town. Mrs. Nick Guss, of Biwabik, Minn., came today for an extended visit with her sister Mrs. Chas. M. Platt Sr. Frank Kresler, H. F. Parker, Joe O’Connor and Bert Goff went to Kankakee Jhis morning for several days’ stay. Miss Telie Linn, of Attica, and Mr. George C. Smith, of Covington, are visiting the former’s sister, Mrs W. H. Parkison. Fred Miller is severely sick at the home of his mother, Mrs. W. A. Miller, in the n irthwest part of town, with strong symptoms of ap pendicitis Dr. W. H. Hartsell is still constantly confined to his bed from the sciatic rheumatism, and seems still to have a long and tedious period of confinement before him. W. S. Day is preparing to tear down his present house in Newton’s addition, with the intention of at once replacing it with a good new residence, of six rooms. He will live-in Mrs. Nettie Hoover’s house, in the next block, while the woik is in progress. Wm. Hoile, one of Walker’s oldest and best known citizens, was in town today for the first time in nearly two years. He reports that his health has been quite poor for a long time past. He was a soldier in the civil war in an Ohio regiment, and entered the army at a more advanced age than the great majority of the soldiers of that war, and his age is uow telling on him. There was a big excursion on the Gifford railroad last Saturday. It started from up near the presen t end of its northern extension, in Lake county, and ran down to the oil fields and to McCoysburg, in this county. Over 300 people were in the trip and it was accompanied by Mr. Gifford who personally look ed after their comfoit.

Dr. * I. M. Washburn, Guss Pbillipf and Father George Held mauu, of the Indian School, went over in the Doctor’s automobile, today, to take dinner with George Ade. The Dr. has known Ade for a long time, and so nas Father Heldmann, in Chicago, whileas for Guss, the able actor and distin guished playwright have long had a mutual desire to become acquainted. The Lowell people have got their special train clinched to come here o i the Fourth, and it will not leave more than a corporal’s guard at Lowell. Over in Goodland, where the other band is coming from, about 400, and Goodland’s real *‘4oo’’ at that, want to come over also, and will if a move now on foot succeeds. It is to have the Pan Handle run a special from Reynolds at night, ta leave there for Goodland on the arrival of the Monon train which passes here at 11:05 p. m. Messrs Thompson, C. C. Warner, B. F. Fendig and J. J. Montgomery, the weather beaten voyagers of the White Steanfer, arrived at their home port about four o’clock Tuesday afternoon, after a 12 days’ absence, and the longest automobile trip ever made by a Rensselaer antomobile party. They traveled about 1,150 miles by land and 250 by water, the last being from Buffalo to Detroit, by lake steamer. The only break they had was one spring, and the

best roads on the whole trip were in Indiana. The furthest point away they reached was Niagara Falls. They all think there is no way to travel for pleasure equal to the automobile route. The present great sensation among the city Newspapers, is the killing of Stanford White, a very prominent and weathy New York architect, by Harry Thaw, a notor ious spendthrift son of a very rich Pittsburg family. It seems from what is told of White’s infernal and wholesale debauching of young girls that he got no more than was coming to him, and that it was al together too long in coming. One of his many victims, while she was a young girl, is now Thaw’s wife, and White still persecuted her and boasted about his former relations with her, which was the direct cause of Thaw killing him. Evidently Rensselaer people are hungry for a circus, judging from the enormous crowd which filled to over flowing the tent of the Reno & Alvord show last night. It was a pretty fair show for. a small one, Some good acrobats, contortionists, wire walkers etc, and Reno did some good sleight of hand performances. The leading contortionist was a woman, and this was the udgment passed on her by a boy critic, and the boys Are the only competent judges of a circus performance, anyhow: “She was as limber as a willow, and she wound her legs right around her neck, and her old man.just grabbed her that way and threw her all around while her legs were still tied up in a knot around her in that way.” There were also some good trained dogs and a donkey that was wise far beyond his years also his ears. C. W. Murray arrived home Tuesday afternoon, from a trip up into Canada, to look after the sec tion of land himself and partner, Atkins, own there and his interest in which he has offered to turn over to the Kellogg investors here. This 1 ind, as we recently stated, had just been found to be differently located from what they supposed it was and not nearly so valuable It is traversed by a swampy creek, the outlet of a lake which destroys half the value of the section. They bought it of the Luce Land Company, of St. Paul. Mr. Luce was away, but the man in charge of the office said they would make it right, either by a good section of land or by paying back their money. Charley’s father, Uncle Wallace and his sou in-law Sam English, have a section they bought at the same time, which lays well and is fine land.

Tuesday was the 25th anniversary of the ordination to the priesthood of Rev. George Heldmann, the universally popular editor of the two monthly magazines published at the Indian School, the and Bottschafter, and his former parishioners ot St. Paul’s church in Chicago wanted to come down in a body, by a special train to celebrate the event, but he put a veto on the proposition. However the members of St. Ambrose Maennerchor, or men’s singing society. were bound to come anyhow and so they gave him a surprise visit. They came down 20 in number, on the late train Monday night, which train was late, and did not arrive here until 2:30 Tuesday morning. It was then their turn to be surprised, for they fonnd the whole town shut up as tight as a drum and all the hotel keepers fast asleep. Thus not being able to get into a hotel they did the next be-t thing, which was to camp on the public square until daylight, and then they repaired to the Indian School and gave Father George a four-o’clock-in-the-morning serenade under his bedroom window. They remained until evening and returned to Chicago on the 6:32 train. They are wonderfully fine singers and won the first prize at a national contest at St. Louis last year. It is expected that they will visit Father 3eorge again next fall, at which time more of our people will have an opportunity to hear them. Quite a number did hear them them this time and greatly desire another opportunity. Ample supply of diairs and benches for your comfort on the 4th. Chicago Bargain Store.

THURSDAY. Mrs. Alf Collins went to Naperville, 111., today, to visit relatives. Miss Lola Clift went to Chicago today, to visit Miss Harris, a farmer teacher here. Mrs. G. W. Goff went to Chicago, today, to take a few lessons in art needle work. The temperature at one p. m. today was 94 degrees, which is the hottest of the year so far. The brisk breeze helped greatly to modify the mtense heat. Berl Richardson is home from Manitowoc, Wis , where he has just finished his third year as assistant principal of their high school and has been engaged there for still another year. Wm. Day, the young fellow who was knocked out Sunday, in Milroy tp., by whiskey and a big club, the latter in the hands of a young man named Burley, is reported to be getting well all right. Rev. B. F. Ferguson will fill the pulpit at the Barkley M. E. church next Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, the regular minister, Rev. Ballard, being absent, having gone with his family to visit his wife’s parents at Frankfort.

Last Sunday’s Indianapolis Star had a big write up of Elisha War den, Monticello’s celebrated veteran house mover, with bis picture. Uncle Elisha is certainly a great man in his line, and has demon strated what he can do in the moving line over here. If the Sternberg dredge No. 1 keeps the pace it has been going, it will cut through the Burk bridge by Friday, and possible some time tonight. It will strike the bridge about 100 feet from its south end, which is a good distance south of the main channel at that’place. At the Indiana Retail Furniture Dealer’s Association, now in session at Indianapolis, Omar C. Ritchie, of Anderson, formerly of our city, was elected president of the Association for the ensueing year. Our Rensselaer furniture dealer J. W. Williams, had the honor to be elected a member of the Executive Committee. The Jasper county jail is again empty of prisoners. This desirable condition was caused Tuesday by the welcome departure of Walter Atwood, a Newton oounty prisoner, who was sent from Roselawn, on a

30 day sentence, on the charge of cruelly whipping a livery stable norse he hired there. He lives over in the neighborhood of Momence, 111. Rev. G. H. Clarke, pastor of the C iristian church, returned home from Clinton, Ind., where he performed the marriage ceremony for his brother. W. F. Clarke, superintendent of the Clinton schools, who married Miss Elva Pinson, one of his teacher. They will go to Butte Mont., where he will be superin-, tendent of the city schools. Fred Miller, whose sickness was previously mentioned, has develop ed a clear case of appendicitis. The physician has favored an operation, but the family were not willing that one should be performed. It is always a very dangerous disease, nd where operations are not performed, is fatal in about 25 per cent of all c.ises. Where operations are re sorted to, especially early in the progress of the attack, the danger is very much less.

The Indiana appellate court has rendered a decision concerning the railroad commission law which is of vast importance. The constitutionalitv of the law is upheld in a case involving the Monon railroad.. The court however, contends that the railioads have the right to ap peal to the appellate court when a rate fixed ny the commission is believed to be unjust. By reading a brief outline of the decision one gets the impression that the appellate court contends that the law creating a railroad commission and defining its powers means what it •ays.

Dr. Bitler, the Methodist evange list, closed his three weeks’ meetings ' in the gospel tent at Monon last night. The meetings were very | successful and were attended by large congregations. During their continuance there were over 100 conversions. The tent will go to Goodland as its next appointment, where meetings will begin on Saturday of next week. Dr. Bitler will not conduct the meetings there however, as he has an appointment out west. He will return in time to take charge of the gospel meetings at the coming camp meeting at Battle Ground, in August. Three persons were badly injured at Hammond Tuesdav, by theiV horse being scared by a scorching automobilist (from Chicago, and

who went right along, never stoppiug to see how badly his victims were injured. The same press dispatch which related the accident said that eight persons had already met death in Hammond and vicinity, this year, from automobile accidents. Rensselaer has been very fortunate in its escape from similar accidents this season, so far, and especially considering the reckless rate at which some of our local automobilists habitually traverse our streets. Make your beadquarters at Murray’s Big Department Store July 4. If your stomach troubles you do not conclude that there is no cure, for a great mauy have been permanently cured by Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. Get a free sample at B. F. Fendig’s drug store and give them a trial. They also cure constipation and biliousness.