Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1906 — MONDAY [ARTICLE]

MONDAY

Mrs. Mildred Kerr, of Lafayette/ spent Sunday with Mrs. Charles Rishling. Will Woodworth went to Indianapolis Sunday where he has a good job with an engineering outfit which is surveying a railroad out of that city. Mrs. Lucy Hilton, widow of George Hilton, and her three children, of Delray, Mich., arrived last evening, to attend Mrs. David Hilton’s funeral held this afternoon. Many young boyshave been go ingout wherethe wild man has been seen, with pistols. This is dangerous for everybody,—except the wild man—and Marshal Parks says it must be stopped. < Dr. 8. C. Robinson returned to Tuscola, 111., today, where he is attending to his brother-in law, Dr. Albert Overton’s practice, during his sickness, and who is reported as'still making favorable progress towards recovery. J. Delmar Andrews, advance agent for Gollmar Brother’s circus, to be hereon July 31, was in town Sunday and today, and made contracts for supplies, billing prrveleges etc. J. Delmar is all right and his circus is all right. Because of the moral tone and splendid reputation of the Gollmar Bros. Shows, the Misses Monnett have consented to permit the great circus to locate on their gr unds southwest of Milroy Park,, wherte they will give two exhibitions July 31.

The repairing of the Burk bridge north of town, by the replacing of the long section taken out to let the Sternberg dredge pass through, was completed Saturday, and Steve Comer was the first man to prssover. The repairs are substantial and the replaced part is as good as the rest of the bridge. Mrs. June Henkle, at the Stock Farm, has never caught sight of the wild man, but she thinks he has slept in one of the barns, because one of the doors was always found open in the mornings. She has no fear to stay there, as her big St. Bernard dog Nelly she considers a sufficient protection. The glass for the large memorial windows of the new Christian church has all arrived and is being placed in the frames. The pews, carpets and all other furniture are also on hand and no great time will now be required to have the building completed and ready for use. It is not the present intention to hurry matters, ho we ver, as it is not thought advisable to try to bold the dedication services until after the close of Fountain Park Assembly, it being the established custom of this church to discontinue its church services during the session of the Assembly. This immediate region was pretty well wet down by the Sat urday and Sunday, right here in Rensselaer there being a total rain fall 0f.55 of an inch. It will keep things growing well for a time at least, though farmers whose corn has reached the tasseling stage say they could use twice as much and then not have enough.

There was still another man hunt in town Sunday evening, about nine o’clock. John Morgan and another young man who was out courting and shied so that his name was hard to catch, saw a man prowling about the windows of a house on Front street, and who when he saw he was seen, or perchance saw who bad seen him. advanced on the. shy young man in a manner which did not look reassuring, and he left John to guard the picket lines while he hustled down to call officer Vick. In the meantime the prowler broke and ran down into the weeds along the river bank, and though Mr. Vick made a thorough search he saw nothing of him.