Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1906 — Page 3

v-'.'jf.V •*'*> ''' : £/;. ' jNtag (U - , ' ; ’\ ' • J ‘ • ’ Time Table. CHICAGO and the NORTHWEST, INDIANAPOLIS, CINCINNATI. LOUISVILLE, FRENCH LICK SPRINGS and the SOUTH. Time table No. 13 taking effect July U 22, 1906. South Bound. North Bound. No. 31..4:49 a m No. 4...4:30 a m No. 6.. 10.65 a m No. 40..7:31 a m No. 33..2:04 p m No. 32..9:55 a m No. 39..5:44 p m No. 6...3:31 p m No. 3..11:05 p m No. 30..<*.36 p m No. 45.12:63 p m No. 38..2:67 p m No. 46..9:55 a m No. 30—Daily except Sunday. No. 38 —Sunday only. -No—3 will stop at Rensselaer for passengers for Lafayette and the south No. 4 will stop at Rensselaer to let off passengers from points south of Monon. W. H. BEAM, Agent.

BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS

Friday. About 40 couples attended a very pleasant and well managed dance at Warner's hall, last night. Mrs. E. P. Honan and son Edward went to Chicago today, for a few days visit with friends. Everett Brown was over at Hoopeston, 111., yesterday, and cleaned out the whole bunch, some 15 in number, in a shooting match. He got high gun with a score of 138 hits out of a possible idO. At the pool playing tournament at Duvall’s j?ool room, Thursday afternoon, Fred Hemphill won first prize, a turkey, as the best player; Jess Snyder got a goose as second best, and the third prize, a duck, went to Wash Lowman.

tlnnes to make good progress in catting the main channel of the Iroquois ditch. It is now about 21 miles northeast of town and about half way between the Groom and Halligan bridges.

J. H. Perkins and son Sam have jnst returned from a trip over in the northeast part of the slate. While there they called on our former townsman, James Haskell, and found him very pleasantly situated on his finely improved farm in Whitley county, three miles from Bluffton.

Alpout fifty couples participated in a very successful Thanksgiving day dance at the Armory last night, and which was organized by H. F. Parker and Lew Harman. It was attended by quite a number of out of town guests, including the members of the Englewood foot ball team.

Quite a bunch of football players from Company M went over to Monticello company. The Monticello manager telephoned over just before the train started that-the team had best not to come, on account of the weather, but as they were all at the depot they concluded to go, anyhow.

W. W. Pfrimmer, of Kentland, well known as a poet and entertainer, is about to lqnge out as a newspaper man, and in which work he has had some experience in a limited way. He and a printer named Hotchkiss have bought an outfit and will launch a new Republican paper, The Tribune, at Watseka, 111. It is a pretty strenuous undertaking to put a new paper on its feet in a place like Watseka, but Pfrim may make it win. We certainly hope he will. The Kentland Enterprise has re ceived an anonymous communication from Mt. Ayr in 'which the writer takes the ground that there is another side to the recent acid throwing incident in that town. Being the communication is anonymous and therefore wholly irresponsible, the Enterprise very properly does not publish it If there is anything to justify the acid act which its perpetrator or her friends think the public ought to know about they should come out in the open and say so. The Iroquois Theatre Company has been discharged in bankruptcy, and thus not a dollar in damages can be collected for the burning of the bodies in the theatre at Chicago - three years ago. The 272 suits asking an aggregate of $2,500,000, are summarily ended. This action will

not save the members of the company,! individually, ftom crimialn prosecutions which have been instituted against them and which are to corns up for trial in Danville some time this winter. Frank Imes, the Grand Crossings Chicago, druggist, brother of W. J. Imes of onr city, and himself well known here, has just gone to New Mexico expecting to remain at least six months. His health has been failing for some time, and his physicians have tound he has tuberculosis, in its earlier stages, and he is taking it in time to have good prospects' for a permanent cure. Hehas left his business, in the care of two competent and trust*, worthy clerks. The Indiana Odd Fellows’ grand lodge eat down very hard on the practice of serving intoxicants at social sessions given by subordinate lodges at the recent meeting at Indianapolis. Grand Master Hollywood in his report also said he has especially made it a point to purge the order of all members engaged in the liquor business, who were admitted contrary to the laws of the order. Mr. Hollywood stated that he had asked that steps be taken to expell all such members of the order. Rev. A. G. Work, of South Chicago, spent Thanksgiving here and is remaining over until tomorrow. He reports that his; hopes of being able to build up a large and strong Presbyterian church at sooth Chicago have not been realized. The people who live there are mainly employes of the steel works and other manufacturing c.ncerns and largely foreigners and very few of whom take any interest in church work whatever, nor can any effort hrintr Diom so trjlro anoh on inforoat He does not feel therefore that it is •- , w his duty to remain much longer in such a discouraging field. The Chicago, Indianapolis and Evansville Railroad project may be as dead as it seems, but anyhow there may be life enough left in it to bring some of the giaftiug city councilmen at Indianapolis to jus"tice. The granting to this company last year of a free franchise right up to the very shadow of the state house, without compensation for the city in any way was a great scandal and outrage, and is now being investigated by a grand jury at Indianapolis. That there was rank rottonness in it there is scarcely a possioility of doubt. This C. I. & E., company is the one whose main projected line crossed this county in a northwestjand southeast direction, passing thru Wheattield.

SAIURBAY. Miss Donna Harmon, of Pontiac, is visiting relatives and friends here. Born Friday, Nov. 30, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rowen, ot Parr a son. December start in rather chilly, but not bad weather for the time of year. B. B. McColly, ot Chicago Heights, is making a short visit with Rensselaer friends. Q. E. McColly, of near Parr, left a few days ago for Riverside, California, for the benefit of his health. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hufford, of Amo, Ind., and Miss Jessie Nichol son, of Franklin, arc visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bolser.

* Mrs. Ed Heath and two children, of Oxford, spent Thanksgiving with her sister, Mrs. George Calvert returning home today. Mrs. Mary Lowe passed thrn her operation at Chicago very nicely, but it is thought probable that she will need to undergo another for a different trouble before she is fully rest ored to health. Mrs. Joseph Francis went to Pythian, 111., today for a two weeks visit with her children there. Her son Will, of that place, who has beenvisiting here went back with her. At last the new town of Conrad, in Newton county, has a, postoffice, and Mrs. Jennie M. Conrad, founder, namesake and patron saint of the town is also the postmistress.

The next number on the Library Lecture course will be Montaville Flowers, on Dec. 13, at the library

auditorium. The remaining flv< numbers of the course are now on sale at the library for $1.'50. The sisters of St. Frances of Lafayette, who have hospitals at La fayette, Ham monk}. Loganspori Michigan City and other places in Indiana, have started a movement to establish a hospital in Indianapolis which will eost $76,000. G. P. Haywood, the Lafayette attorney, was in town on legal business today, but on nothing coonecf ed with the McCoy matters. He reports having seem Tom last week and finding him well and taking his punishment philosophically. W. H. Parkisou returned home tioday from his trip to the Indian Territory, where his time w« 8 mainly spent in the vicinity of Barlow and Durand. He thinks it a fine country around those towns, and good places for investment. There was no Rensselaer vs. Monticello military game of foot ball Friday afternoon, after all, as Monticello was Unable to get eaough players together to make |a team. Therefore our men had their trip over there for nothing except seeing the scenery. Col. Fred Phillips went clear to Dunkirk last Wednesday to auctioneer a sale for our former townsman, E. C. Maxwell, who as before stated, has bought the former R. P. Benjamin ten acre place in the northwest part of town and will move back and occupy it next week. W. J. Imes received a letter from his brother Frank, today, written from Albuquerque, New Mexico, saying he had just arrived there a day or two before but found worse weather than he left in Chicago, and that he was just about to start for LO3 Angeles to see it he would nut line it- uetier cneie. The Goodland Herald says the blanket remonstrance in that town and Grant township was signed K y 285 voters, or 87 more than a majority as cast at the recent election and 17 more than the vote two years ago. Three fourths Qf the farmers and all but one or two of the business men are among the signers.

The ladies Literary Club hail their annual public Thanksgiving entertainment, at the library auditorium last evening, with about 125 auditors. The subject was the poet Tennyson and papers were reae by Mesdames J. J. Hunt, Frank Foltz and J. W. Medicus. Music was furnished by Mesdames Delos Thompson, M. D. Gwin, E. C. English and Miss Ethel Ferguson. Isaac Leavel, of Wabash, is here on matters connected with the sale of his farm down there to G. M. Kissinger, of Jordan Tp. Isaac has been looking around considerable since he sold his farm and has concluded he could not do any better than to stick to Wabash county, and he has accordingly bought another farm there, this one ot 194 acres.

Ben F. Smith did not perfect his appeal from the justice court decision in the matter of his hogs and household goods attached to pay various claims aggregating about $260, and they are now advertised at constable’B sale next Thursday, Dec., 6th, unless Ben and his friends dig up the cash to redeem the property beiore that time. The County Treasurer also has a claim of $32 and costs against the hogs for taxes, and which claim takes precedence of all others and must be provided for first. According to the boasts of certain friends ot saloons and gambling houses, an agent of a liquor house was here a few days ago and took orders for almost innumerable cases and barrels of liquor. And it was “our best citizens” who gave him the orders. We did not see the list ot names, but surely their title to be the best citizens will not be at all advanced by this wholesale buying of booze for consumption in their homes. The “Good Book” says the man is accursed who puts the bottle to his neighbor’s lips and makes him a drunkard. How is it in the case of those pot the bottle not only to their neighbors’ lips, but to the lips oi their own aud their neigh bors’ sons and making them drunkards? Which the keeping of

Cut prices on cloaksW E have adopted The POLICY, NEVER TO CARRY CLOAKS OVER FROM ONE SEASON TO ANOTHER. ■y'O accomplish this end, we will give Special Reductions on all prices;, thus* EARLY in the Season, That YOU MAY HAVE USE OF CLOAK and get benefit of After Season prices. c OME EARLY AS THEY WILL NOT LAST LONG AT THESE PRICES. - FENDIG’S FAIR, Rensselaer, Indiana.

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MOND4Y. Willie Evans, a young baker from Franklin, is working at A, E. Bolser’s Little Gem Bakery. Mrs. Isabel Parker, of Frankfort and son Russell, of Duluth, Minn., arrived this morning for a visit with relatives. Misses Marie Keeber, and Winifred Tarbox of Chicago, returned home this morning, after a visit with Miss Fannie Porter. Mrs Robert Williams, of Carthage, 111., returned home today, after a visit with her sister, Mrs. G. A. Williams, of onr city. Judge Thompson and wife made their departure for California Sunday afternoon. It is their intention to spend the winter in Los Angeles. Our former resident, John ixepuer, wuo n»a uocu living Sheldon, 111., ior the past nine years, has just moved from that place with his family and located at Kearney, in western Nebraska.

Our tormer well known towns man, Edgar L. Cox, whose marriage is to take place at Delphi Tuesday, will make a visit here with her bride before he returns to his western home. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Cox, of our city. The Ladies of Trinity M, E. church will hold their regular monthly “At Home” at the residence cf Mrs. Joe Jackson on South Cullen street, Tuesday Dec. 4, from 2-5. All strangers in the city especially invited. A fund of $2,000,000 has given by Mrs. Russell Sage to found a college at Far Rockaway. The college will be known as Sage college, and will be surrounded by a park to be called RuSsell Sage park. It is understood that a large sum will be set aside ac the death of Mrs. Sage as an endowment fund.

Uncle Holdredge Clark, while doing some work at his home in the east part of town this morning, suddenly began acting and talking very strangely and it was found that his mental faculties were wandering His physician attributes it t* an attack of heart trouble of some kind, but is uncertain as to how serious it may prove to be.

There was a sensational attempt at suicide at Monticello last Frida y evening when a bride of an hour tried to throw herself under the engine of the Moaon passenger traiu due here at 6:30 p. m. She was Mrs. Mary Sparrow Record, of Monon, who was married at Monticello about four o’clock, to Al. N. Winkler,|of Morgan county. Immediately after the wedding Winkler proceeded to celebrate by getting drunk, and the bride was so grieved and discouraged by this conduct on his part that when the traiu arrived she tried to throw heraelt under the wheels, and but for the prompt action of Sherman Barber, who happened to be near and rescued her, she would have been killed. She and Winkler then made up and they left for home on the next train. Winkler and his wife had both been married before.

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Rathbone Sisters Are Pythian Sisters Now.

An important decision was re : cently made bv the supreme lodge, Knights of Pythias, whereby a long drawn contention in fraternal circles is ended. In honor of Justin Rathboue the founder of the order, tie auxiliary society was given the name of Rathbone Sisters, which of course did not clearly identify the ' society as Pythi in. Much dissatis- | faction arose among the member- j ship, and an effort, extending over a period of many years, was made to have the Supreme Lodge give some name by which there could be no doubt as to identity. Practically a change of law was necessary, bnt even that proved to be not impossible, as it is evidenced by advice received by the Rensselaer Temple of Rathbone Sisters last week to the effect that hereafter they will be known as Pythian Sisters.

Hanly Appoints Delegates.

Governor Hanly has appointed the member of a commission to represent the state of Indiana at a meeting to be held at Des Moines, la., Dec. 5, and called for the purpose of considering the question of interstate convention to draft a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, providing for the election of United States senator by the people, to be introduced at the next session of ; congress. The members of the In- j diana delegation to the meeting as appointed by the governor are: Representative John Weaver, Indianapolis; Representative H. C. Downey, Shelbyville; Representative Henry M. Kaler, Noblesville, and Senators Charles M. Kimbrough of Muncie and Linton Cox of Indianapolis, After appointing the delegates Governor Hanly wrote the chairman of the interstate meeting, furnishing him with the names of the Indiana delegates.

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A Growing Revival.

The greatest revival ever conducted at the Christian church is now in progress. The meeting is two weeks old and more than eighty persons have publically announced that they intend to a better life. The Sunday Services were largely attend and the spirit of revival was felt in every meeting. The great chorns that led the congregation in the revival hymns was a source of inspiration both to the speaker and the hearer. Prof, f Lintt proposed the way for the Sunday morning disconrse by singing very tenderly, a Little bit of Love.” Rev. Wilson spoke on ‘‘An Old Love Story.” He said that love was not only the greates thing in the world and the universe bnt the greatest thing in heaven, because ‘‘God is Love,” she is everywhere and his love exceeds the combined love of all the I worm.

In the afternoon he spoke to men only. His text was “A Living Dog is better than a dead lion.” He said the meaning of the text was that a man may reform while he alive but after death then ihe judgment of it is too late. He exhorted his hearers to pnt away swearing, filthy stories, gambin g, immorality and give themselve- to Christ. At night he spoke on Scriptural Baptism.” The meetings will conti ue througn this week. The snbj ct for the Tuesday nights sermon is “Ten Recssela cr reasons for not being a Christian.

Sulzer’s Rale For Honesty.

Marcus R. Sulzer, postmaster at Madison and a prominent figure in the politics of the Fourth Cong res« sional district, believes he know- a plan which would put an end to, or least eliminate dishonesty among county office holders. “Did you ever notice that a postmaster hardly ever goes wrong,” he remarked. “Very few postmasters are ever arrested for embezzling funds—that is few comparatively speaking. It is not tecause postmasters are more honest than their fellow men. It is because the government watches them too closely. “The postmaster never what minute an inspector from 'he Government is going to call on him and make an investigation of hia books. Therefore he must always be prepared for the visit Of the inspector. “Why can not the same system be applied to the county office—to the office of treasurer and auditor, and perhaps the commissioners. My idea would be to have two inspectors at: ached to the office of the State auditor. Let them visit counties of the state now and then and go over the county books. No county officer is going to try to swindle wHhn he knows that an inspector is going to come around most any time and investigate the oondition of his office.” Mr. Sulzer was a Republican leader in the last Democratic Legislature in 1893. He believes i*e coming session will be an eventful one.

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