Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1906 — FRIDAY [ARTICLE]

FRIDAY

Mrs. F. L. Yeoman returned to Hibbard, Tnd., today, after having paid a visit to her father, W. L. Cringle, in Jordan tp. W. F. Hodges, the lawyer, went •to Gary, today where he and his where he is having a house built in which to live If. W. Jackson weut to Farmer Gity, 111., yesterday, having received . word that his sister, Mrs. Hannah Heller, of that place, was very dangerously sick. Burglars broke into J. P Gwin’s Hardware store and Oxer’s general atore at McCoysburg Wednesday night and Stole several articles. No trace of them was left. A Mrs. Rosenbaum has rented the room formerly occupied by her husband as a saloon and will have charge of the restaurant to be conducted there. A crowded house greeted Mr. Birch at the Piesbyterian church last night. This is his last night in Rensselaer and he will deliver his parting message at the 7:30 service. Everybody invited. Dr. Hartsell is now able to sit up a little each day though only for a. short time, but it furnishes assurance that he is on the road to recovery and that he will again be able to resume his practice here. James Matheson returned yesterday from a visit of two month’s duration in Ontario, Canada, where he has two brothers and two sisters living and where his native home was. It was his first visit there lor 25 years and was a very enjoyable one.

Isaac M. Lewis is again at the State University at Bloomington. He is devoting a part of his time to post.graduate work leading to the degree of Master of Arts, and the balance of his time is taken up as an instructor in botany. Rev. H. L. Kindig returned from The Leoanon Conference and a few days visit at Indianapolis on Thursday evening and will occupy the pulpit of Trinity M. E. church ou next Sabbath morning and evening. The public will be cordially welcomed. Kentland a horse -show, coupled with a number of free attractions and baseball games next Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 26 and 27, the K. of P jubilee takes place at Lowell on Thursday and Delphi for a horse show and free country fair. The 14 year old daughter of Attorney Halleck is progressing quite as well as coaid be expected with her case of typhoid fever. A professional nurse from Chicago is now assisting the local physician in -caring for the case.

Fen as Miller, an Omishman giving north of Mt. Ayr, died yesterday afternoon at about 5 o’clock. He had been confined to his bed several months with consumption. He was married and leaves a widow and two or three children. His age was 33 years. The ordinance regarding ex pectoration on the sidewalks is quite generally ignored these days, and it is suggested by citizens who have noticed the tobacco-discolered walks wherever crowds that officers enforce the ordinance. Tit is thoughtlessness, no doubt, but it should be discouraged by everyone. Vernon Nowels, who it was announced had bought a half interest jn the Leopold restaurant, has now

bought the entire business and will take charge of the same on October Ist, wheu be "will resign his position as a clerk in the G. E. Muiray store, where he has been a faithful clerk for many years. Harve Robinsoti and Walter Hopkins, the Rensselaer boys who joined the regular army somo months ago, are still stationed at Ft. Morgan. Ala., being attached to Co. C, 99th Regiment of Coast Artillery. It is not at all improbable that they will be sent to Cuba, as it now seems practically certain that Uncle Sam will have to station an army there to restore order. The first foot ball game for the season by the Rensselaer high school will be here on Saturday, Oct. 6th. The opposing team will be the Oakwood high school team from West Lafayette. The Rensselaer team is being coached by H. F. Parker and Manager Gray, and while the rules are materially changed this year and much O'Pthf time is de-

voted to an inerpretation of these rules, the boys are nevertheless rounding into quite good form Another scheduled game is with the Lafayette Central team, /or Nov. 17. The management is try ing to arrange a strong team for Thanksgiving. G. N. Sayler, who will teach the higher grade of the Rose Lawn school this year went up there today tojsee about opening the school next Monday. Two weeks ago was set as the time for opening but postponement was made ou accouut Of several cases of scarlet fever there. No newcases having developed and the others all being on the road to recovery the school will probably open the coming Monday.

In the matter of the election of a Councilman-at-large to fill the vacancy occasiohed by the death of John McColly, several names have been suggested and many very worthy ones, and men who would make very conservative and at the same time progressive city legislators. In this connection it might be well to remember the policy so generally adopted these days of naming as the successor of a man who dies in office a man possessing as nearly as is possible the views on public affairs held by the person deceased. Strict and unvarying compliance with this plan might, to be sure, sometime lead to very bad results, but in cases where the office was capably filled it both honors the service and perpetuates the memory of the dead and secures a continuance of any legislation that might have been uncompleted at the time of tbe change in office. With this end in view the name that suggests itself to many is that of T. W. Grant. He is a man of the highest personal integrity and excellent business qualifications and would, if chosen, safeguard every public interest with his best effort. It is much to be hoped that he or some man of equal good qualities will be chosen.

With a misting rain falling, and the mud ankle deep the soldiers marched into Delphi Thursday, but Delphi did nothing whatever to honor their presence, the Herald of that city stating that they were not furiously welcomed and that at Frankfort very little homage was paid them. They are camped at Monticello tonight aud will be at Wolcott Saturday night and probably over Sunday, which will let them into Rensselaer Monday about noon. When the soldiers were here in July there were many expressions of hope that they would return by this ronte. These expressions amounted to an invitation to revisit Rensselaer with the implied assurance that there wonld be no lessening in our cordial welcome. With this in mind it is up to us to prove that our previous interest was prompted by patriotism

and not by curiosity and they should be received and entertained as cordially as before. Two boys from Chicago named Butler and Mahoney end aged 14 aud 16 were expelled from St. Joseph’s College Monday of this week and tickets were procured for them to their home city and they were placed on the train. They did not care to faoe their parents with their bad records, however, and so left the train at Water Valley and there discovering a boat on the river bank, appropriated it

themselves. It was filled with provisions and camping equipment which the boys lett on the river bank, all bat a camera and a pair of opera gl sses which they took with them on a row up the river, where they traded the boat for a watch. They later Bold the watch for $1.50 and then going to Shelby had a midnigut luncheon at a restaurant, and, again being out of money, bummed back to Rensselaer on a freight, bringing camera and opera glasses with them. - They

left a trail of their manuevers so plain that the owner of the cattfping outfit at the river had no trouble in tracing them to Rensselaer. and shortly after reaching here he met them on the river bridge with the camera and opera glasses still with them. The boys begged so piteonsly not to be taken back to the college as that wonld give them a record that they.wonld have to face in trying to secure admission to another school, and they were released. Mr. Marreti, the man from whom the things were stolen had recovered his property and had learned the addresses of the boys’ parents in Chicago where he also resides and thought he could in that way recover what expense he had been to. The boys were seen by Marshall Parks at the depot in the evening and managed to get out of town some way that night. Authorities at the College say they were incorrigible while there.