Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1906 — BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS

TUESDiy. Mrs. Rose Ladil, ot Oxford, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W.J. Imes, for a few days. Born, Monday, July 23rd, to Mr. and Mrs. David Yeotrian. Jr., eight miles north of town, a son. Mrs. Nora Kioiberlin of Sidell, 111., returned home today, after a several weeks visit with her parents in Barkley Tp. F. P. Meyers, of Danville. 111., returned home today, atter a short visit with his mother and other relative here. Gollmar Brothers’ advertising car No. 2 is here today, puttiug up posters and scattering bills. There are nine men in this gang. Frank Payne, who was working on the Grant Renicker farm, in !Birkley, got his hand caught fn some part of a binder, Monday, and got it pretty badly bruised, and the bone of oue finger broken. Ernest Fritts and Ed Pffrcells are at Montieello, this week, con diucting a refreshment stand, Mrs. Fritts has charge of his store dur ing his absence, and Sam Hendrickson is running Ed’s barbershop for him. That was a pretty good gait Wm, A. Rinehart struck at Hammond, Monday, and if he will only keep up the pace, and somehow we have a good deal of taith that he will, it will go a long way towards squaring himself with the people of Rensselaer and Jasper c unty. Ex-Congressmau Thomas J. Wood of Crown Point, was seized with an apoleptic stroke in his office Monday afternoon and fell to the floor unconscious. Mr. Wood is a very heavy man weighing over 225 ponnds and has been subject to weakness of the heart. About ten •clays ago he had a slight stroke from which he recovered. Little hope is expressed for his recovery, Irving Hooper, be’ter known as Buzz Hooper, whose death at Fair Oaks last Friday was already mentioned, was only 30 years old, and leaves a widow and four children, the oldest hardly more than five years old. They are left with no means of support other than the widow’s own labors. It is truly a lamentable case* When Mr. Hooper fgot the cut on his knee which finally resulted in his death, he was at work cutting cord wood for Evere t Halstead, in Newton township. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Windsor, of Clafland, Kans., the latter formerly Miss Louie Stouer, were fellow travelers with her mother Mrs. D. A. Stouer on her jouruey back here, but left her at’Chicago, to go on to Niagara Falls, at which place and at Silver Lake, they will make a honey moon visit of two weeks. They will then start back west and stop ofl here for a weeks visit. They were married at Wichita, la t Thursday, July 19th. They will reside at Clafland, where Mr. Windsor is the telegraph operator for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Henry DeFries, whose little child was killed Monday, by the train due here at ,10.55 A. M., lives at Thayer and not Shelby, as w*a incorrectly reported. The victim was a little girl about three years old, and ahe had slipped out ot the house and gone to the railroad track, some little distance away, and was playing on the track at the time. Her father had noticed her position and was running to rebcue her and when the engine struck her he was only about 100 feet distant, and beheld the sad accident. She was their only dhild. G. A. Williams, the attorney, is preparing to move into his new and permanent home, the brick

house on Forrest street lately purchased of Addison . Parkison tjy day was over helping- prepare- the house for his occupancy. We started iu to dean a floor,' and thought he would let the gold trust twins do the work, for like all lawyers, it is against his principles to do auy work any one else will do for him. He sloshed around, man like, until he had got about an inch of loblolly swept out on the porch, and pretty sooir be] stepped out into it, forgetting that tbestuffwas alipperyer than any lawyer, and the result was he immediately got down to first principles, and got down so hard that since then not only is walking around hard work, bat even sitting still is a burden and a wfeariness to th© flesh. Winamac Democrat: Dr. H

G. Jones won the damage suit brought against him by Miss Bessie Cronin, the case having been tried at Valparaiso the latter part of last week. Dr. Jones was part owner of the Valparaiso Vidette at the time Miss Cronin figured in an escapade at the college there. The Vidette published the story, and Bessie dear then 'claimed damages of something less than a million. At the trial she herself admitted the material points of the newspaper articles —how’she had masqueraded in male attire, cutting oft two inches of her hair to make herself a mustache, and how she went to the room of another student and held him up for a dollar, all for a joke. And when it was thus found that the news papers had published susbtantially the facts, the bottom dropped out of her case “with a dull, sickening thud.”

A youug colored man who gave his name as Robert D. Hadley, met with a pretty severe accident at the depot this morning. He was trying to get to Indianapolis, where his home is and was riding on the bumpers between two freight cars. When near the depot, while the cars were stopping or starting he got one of his heels caught betwee. the draw-bar aud the end of the car, aud the heel was cut about half off, and very much bruised. He was brought down to the office of the railroad company’s physician, who dressed his injury, and reports that no bones were broken, and that the nearly severed heel would grow on again in time. He was then sent ou to Indianapolis on the 11 o’clock train.

WEDNESDAY. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reed have gone to Linden to visit relatives. Born July 23rd, to Mr. aud Mrs. Clydf Reeve, iu town, a son. Ex Congressman Wood, of Crown Point, is recovering from his supposed fatal attack of apoplexy.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Catt went to Chicago this morning for a few days visit with relatives. Mrs. Lew HarmoD has gone for a visit with her relatives at Strawn, 111., and with Mr. Harmon’s parents ; t Pontiac.

Mrs. C. W. Coen, Mrs. Rebecca Porter and B. F. Coen, went to Chicago this morning to spend a few days visiting relatives. Mrs. Frank Wood of Minneapolis Minn., left for home this morning atter an extended visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Allen Catt.

Billy Merica, the baker, went to Spencer, Owen Co., today, to investigate an opeuing for business he has got track of there. T. J. Sayler arrived from Lamar, Colo., this afternoon, joining Mrs. Sayler, who has been here for several weeks.

Born, Tuesday, July 24th, to the wife of John W. Williams, at the home of her father Thos. Moore, on River street, a son. Reports from J. E. Spitler, in a hospital at Lafayette, are decidedly unfavorable, being to the effect that he has aente Bright’s disease, and with little or no prospects for recovery. The regulars reached J Walcott where they camped last night, about one o’clock yesterday afternoon. Tonight they are at Montieello, where they enoouuteredjastreet fair in full eruption. I Uncle Abe Leopold arrived home from Mudlavia, last night, and report* himself cured. He left there

Saturday night and has spent the intervening time in a trip through the luterurbad railroad belt. Delos Thompson, Jack Mont gjmery, Billy Smith and Grant Warner were on a trip Monday which broke the Rensselaer record for a one day’4 run for an automo bile. ‘They went to Indianapolis and back, which was a run of 250 miles. - vMiss Frances Hawkins, oldest diughter of Levi Hawkins, the well known contractor, of Remington died at her father’s home last night, of ebronie diabetes. She was'well known as a successlul school teacher. The River Queen Mill took in last Friday and Saturday 500 bushels of Turkey Red wheat, and some of the finest wheat raised in the county. This wheat tested 631 pound to the bushels. Other wheat of different quality tested 60 pounds to the bushel. Deputy Sheriff Joe O'Connor went up to Fair Oaks this morning aud.arrested a young fellow named Beuj. illiams, on a warrant issued in Carroll county. He is chargedwith petty larceny, bat what he is alleged to have stolen is not men

tinned. He was found at the home o a sister at Fair Oaks. He i-> only 19 years old.

Last night the temperature touched 50 degrees, which is rather cool for the time of year, aud must have seemed close to the freeziug point to the regulars with their thin cover .+. However they bound to catch it one way or another, for it is either too hot to march days or too cold to sleep nights. . •

The big dredge made its first start about six o’clock, Wednesday evening, at its location at tile Pullins bridge. It worked only long enough to throw up a dam jp front so as to back up water enough to float it. It is supposed that it will take several days to get enough water for this purpose, as owing to the very slight fall the water will back up a long ways. In the mean time the work of adjusting the machinery will be completed. The dredge worked all right aud handled its two and a half yards oi muck as easily as common dredges handle one yard.

The relatives here have received word of the death, last Monday, July 23rd, of Mrs. George E. Tanner, of Pittsburg, Pa., and which oceured at the home of her parents, at Sistersville, West Ya., where she had gone, in her last sickness. Her maiden name was Henderson, her age about 37 years, and she leaves no children. The cause of her death was consumpt on. She never lived in this vicinity, but her husband was raisel in this county aud still has many relatives here.

A man whose wealth reaches way up into the millions ate Rensselaer grub for his dinner, today. It was Dr. Thomas, of Chicago, owner of a 200,000 acre cattle rauch in Oklahoma, and any amount of other property. He was journeying from Oklahoma in a big automobile, which he stated was the 100th he had owned. He had been about two weeks on the way, but had made some stops, including one of four days at Louisville. He left here at 1:30 p. m. and expected to be at Crown Point, where he had an appointment, iu two hours. He was accompanied by a couple of young fellows from Louisville.

The contract for Wheatfield’s fine new brick school house has been let to E. G. Warren & Co., of Rensselaer, who was the lowest bidder, at #9,100. The delay iu letting the contract after the bids were received, was due to fact that the bids were all in excess of the amount for which the town and towushtp could be bonded to build it. As the only way out Of the difficulty, the people up there went to work and raised the excess amount by a popular subscription, the sum subscribed being about #l,lOO. Quite a number of citizens gave each SIOO. Evidently there is oo’lack of public spirit in the me tropolis of the north end. •

Up at Valparaiso the "city authorities have posted signs every place|that auto drivers exceeding the lawful city speed of eight mil*) an hoar, in business and

built up {residence districts, aud 15 miles built up districts, will be prosecuted, but the autoe's bowl right along at any spe*d they like and iio arrests are ] * made, taough they are being of. Here in Rensselaer Uiost”|of the autoes go like they had never heard of an anti-speed ordiuauee, but as if, instead, they feared arrest for obstructing the streets if they ci awled along at anyspeed less than 20 miles an hour. 'IIURSDAk Joseph Sharp and daughter Miss Opal, returned home today after a short visit with relatives at Logansport and Buruettsville. Mr. and Mrs. James Haskell, of Wells county, were in town today, on their way to Mt Ayr, on account of his father’s paralysis.

J. J. Brenner, the well known carpenter and builder, is severely sick with a kidney trouble, at his home in the southeast part of town. This is the year when township advisory boards, justices of the peace and constables are elected, and it is not too early to begin giv ing the subject some thought.

‘ ‘Bit off his ear and swallowed it. ’ ’ Is the heading of a press item. The

stunt was not so remarkable as it would seem, for it was not his own ear but another fellow’s that the biter bit then swallowed it.

The G. A. R. post has withdrawn its petition to the City Council for changing the name of McCoy avenue and it is understood that another petitiou will be presented at the next meeting, and upon which the residents of the street itself will be largely represented. The Monon expects to complete its branch line, which is to run from Indianapolis to Linton, by next fall. This branclrris Ttnder

c instruction and will tap the Indiana coal fields. It will cross

the Mouon-Indianapolis line at Quincy.

G. K. Haskell, oue of Mt. Ayr’s best known citizens, was stricken with apoplexy, Wednesday, and is badly paralyzed. He is not expected to recover. His son, Frank Haskell, the barber, ot this place, isHby his side.

The oats are now being threshed around here and some of them; are beginning to come to the elevators. They are of fine quality and weight and the yield is going to be better than was anticipated a few ago. In fact Jasper county is said to be about the best fixed for oats of any region in the state. The price is smarting out at 30 cents a bushel.

Frank J. Constantine whose picture has been hanging in the post-office here for some mouths, was arrested some place in New York, yesterday. He is wanted for the brutal murder of a young woman in Chicago, a Mrs. Gentry.

Dan O'Connor, of Remington, is making another attempt to

secure a saloon license in that town, which has been saloonless, for a year or two. The temperance people will try to come oaek at Daniel with a blanket remons ranee to shut out all saloons for two years.

Rensselaer having set the pace, the other towns down the line are giving Col. Piicher’s command a generous reception. Last night they were finely treated at Monticello, and tonight will no donbt be as well used at Delphi. At Monticello they had a fine camp ground on the oanks of the Tippecauoe. Miss Almira Monnett has begun suit for the partition of the Lucinda Monnett land southwest of town. Herself, her brother Fletcher, and sister Cordelia, own the land in common, andshe wants their shares set off, in severalty. There are 800 acres in the tract, aud|it isjgood land, but not improved and easily worth #SO dollars per acre.

Mrs. ! John was very pleasantly surprised".last .Monday* to meet among the soldiers in camp here, her nephew Hays White, Whom she- ha* not seenjltor several years. Young White has l>eeri in the service nine years* aial h:>» been in the Philippines a good share of that time. The lightning never misses the lightningbelt south of town. Last Saturday night it got busy as-usual, and killed a cow feft Ed Jenkins who lives- ou the I’ S Range Line Road, five miles south. It frasatiue cow which be had been offered #55 for aud would not have sold for S6O. g£he was insured for #4O. Simou Leopold, who.had to give up his tailoring business on accouut of his health, was advised bv bis doctors to find some occupation that would keep him out iu the open air. He has therefore pur chased au ice-cream cone makiDg machine and will work the stieets and county fairs the rest of the season. He is making his initial venture at Montieello. this week.

The dry weather early in the sea son is said to have cut short the huckleberry crop iu the north pait of this state. Some of the marshes, which became too dry, are almost destitute of berries. They seemed to dry up ou the bushes during the drought.

The Monon passenger trains that go to Chicago are among the finest that enter that metropolis. For years the company has spent all its income on the improvement of its road bed, straighteuing.it out and making it level. Ifc passengers coaches are among the heaviest and largest in the country,. The Monon often years ago is not the Monon ot today. ’’

Charley Harmon was down at Lafayette Wednesday, and called ou J. E Spitler, at the hospital, and found him scarcely able to recognize anyone. He finally recognized Charley however aud talked with him a little. He recog trizes the fact that he is “about all in” as he would say it himself, and in a very few more days the Grim

Destroyer is likely to ring in a cold deck ou the genial aud game old sport, aud shuffle him off the boards. Poor old Gene!

Russell Sage, the miserable old bristle-back, could not take his wealth with him, but he did the next thing to it in miserly selfishness, according to the New York World, which was to leave 7every dollar to his wife, who is off the same piece with himself, as a miser, except an insignificant bequest to an only sister. What a good thing it will be when this country reaches such an advanced stage of civiliza tion that the accumulation and transmission of such enormous fortunes will be made impossible, by properly graduated income and inheritance taxes. The Wallace show people have scattered lots of paper here tor their Monticella and Goodland perform-

aoces, and north of therailroai is a big dea 1 wail covered with one of their !arrest bills. A show which turns Ja-jer county down because its gambh*rsarid fakers were not allowed so rob the people here, ought not to. hare auy Jasper eounry money. We advise the people “Ottilia county and adjoining regions if they waut to see a show which, from previous experience, the pecpie here believe to be fully as good as Wallace’s and entirely free from gamblers and fakers, to come to eusselaeu aext Tuesday, July 31st and see the- Gollm,<r show.