Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1907 — WEDNESDAY. [ARTICLE]

WEDNESDAY.

Miss Harriet Yeoman went to Indianapolis this afternoon, '• for a few days’ visit with frisnds. Mrs. Chas. Witham of Delphi, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ray Thompson for a few days. Mrs. Frank Snyder, of east of Aix, is very dangerously sick with septicemia, or blood poisoning. J. G. Housouer, wife and daugh • ter of three miles east of town, went to Nappanee, their former home, today for a visit. This makes one more, or the 12th, so ccessive storm day, and during the whole twelve days there has probably not been the equivalent of one entire day of sunshine. Attorney Halleck went to Indianapolis today, as representative of various interested parties, to look after some proposed legislation concerning the Kankakee valley dtainage project.

Abe Wartena went to Hammond today for a few day’s visit with his two brothers there and with them will attend the electrical show now in progress at Chicago, both his brothers being electricians. Robert Wartena will entertain a small number of friends this evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lather XV artena on No. Hohman street in honor of Ivan Carson of Rensselaer.—Hammond News.

Mrs. Fred Waymire, wife of the County Commissioner, ti ipped over a board, Tuesday evening, at her home in Barkley township and in falling broke the tibia or largje bone of her leit leg, just above > the kne6. ' • E. L. Hollingsworth left for Houston, Texas, this morning on some business matters for the DopneTly Brothers, whose large lumbering interests are in that vicinity. ’. He took his little son Gerald with him, for a trip. .... •>.

Mrs. Frank Kennel went to Lafayette today, and are moving back to that city instead of tp Muncie as was previously He could not get into the bar .keepers union at Muncie and there-' fore moved to Lafayette where be has a situation in the same work. Their former home wjm at Lafayette. Bev. H. O. Patterson, a minister of the Christian church, well known k aU over Indidba Middle West, was. buried at his laid, home in Irvington Tueralay. He was Utty-odb faKi been a

minister since he was ninetem years old. ) Miss Rose Beqk has returned home from three months visit with her sister Mary, at Sedalia, Mo., where the latter is housekeeper for Rev. Father Neiberg, a former very popular pastor of St Augustine’s Catholic church here but for quite a number of years pastor of a very large congregation at Sedalia. /‘•That feller last night was a peach. Gee! but he was a fine mimicer. He could mimic an or an lrishman. Gee whiz. And he sprung so many” jokes bn hisself. He was lots better than the other feller, he was better than any of them other fellers, but he couldn’t recite the poems very good.” This is the juvenile opinion of Gillilau, the humorist, and the boys know what good fun is if anyone does. _ , .

The Iroquois River has subsided about as fast as it rose, the raging Makemself is again within its banks or rather sewer pipes, and the not altogether dry land is appearing again in the submerged districts adjacent to and conterminous with the Bad Lands. Also the very destructive floods along the Ohio River and some of its tributaries, which have been among the worst; in its history, are subsiding. , The temperature was down to only eight degrees above zero again last night. So much cold weather is beginning to encourage the ice house owners, and would have made ice of considerable thickness

already had not the high water made the current too swift for ice to form very readily? Already there is good skating in places where the recent over-flow made extensive shallow ponds. It is understood that a jury hps already been secured in the Fred Gilman case at Kentland, and the taking of evidence has begun. It is also stated that the state will summon 400 witnessess A few of these will be from Jasper county and Sheriff O’Connor has already received a hurry up call to subpoena Jack Hudson, Frank J. and Ruby Babcock and Chas. J. Welch. They all live in west Carpenter or southwest Jordan, near enough to have been depositors in Fred’s bank.

Harry Adamson, now of Wells county, returned to his home. Tuesday, after a visit of some days with friends and relatives here. His sister, Miss Eunice Adamson, went back with him for several months’ visit with his family and with her neice, Mrs. Myrtle Chipman Clarke, at Buchanan, Mich. Previous to leaving Miss Adamson discontinued her subscription to The Republican, until she returned. Of itself this fact would be no public inter est, but the other facts connected with it, give it au interest to our readers. The paper she was taking still went in the name of her father, John Adamson, who died quite a number of years ago, a few miles north of town. The interesting point in this fact is that the paper has been going to this same name not only during the nearly 26 years the present editor has been connected with it, but clear on back as long as there has been v paper published in Jasper county. This began with the Jasper Banner in 1853 and has continued on down thru all the succeeding papers, as the Prairie Telegraph, the Rensselaer Union, the Jasper Republican and the Rensselaer Republican. We doubt if of any other name now on our list can this be said.

THURSDAY. ' Will Timmons went to Chicago ‘today to resume his former job as <an expert chauffu er. Mrs. Oscar Hauter and daughter Edna went to Chicago today tor a week’s visit with relatives. Mrs B. 8. Fendig and litile daughter left for New Orleans toal|*y, for an extended visit w ith rel atives. Speaker Cannon still persists in his opposition to the bill of Re ttyeeeotative Crumpacker, making ah appropriation of $12,000 to build a monument at Tippecanoe 1 battlefield, contingent upon the ap piopriation of * like amount by 8s Indiana legislature. Senator /Hi • sfenilar bill in the legislature.

County Treasure Nichols asks that warning be given to people buying live stock or other property at this time of the year, whether at sale or privately, to see that the taxes charged up against the property are paid. Taxes due follow the property and if care is not exercised purchasers are likely to find that property of that kind which they supposed to be clear, really has taxes charged up against it, and which will be the duty of the Treasurer to collect wherever he find it. Evidently the stork new his busi ness when he chucked two nice boys in his ba s k°t preparatory to making his first visit at the home of W. E. Overton, now of Aurora. 111., a month or two ago. He knew Elvin would bring them up in the way they should go, and of that fact we already nave conclusive* evidence in this sentence from a renewal letter just received from him, which says: “We are teaching the boys early in life the necessity of The Republicam, and thay seem delighted with it.”

In order to insure good bus service during my absence, please call up and leave your calls early instead of waiting until the last minute as a few ot my customers are in the habit of doing. Owing to the condition of some of the streets it requires twice the time to make a call as it does when the roads are in good condition.

JOE JACKSON.