Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1907 — BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS

TUESDAY. Mrs. Judge Hanley went to Chicago, for a few days visit with friends. The Sternberg dredge has resumed work again after having been laid up a few days by the high water following thebig rains. Mr, and Mrs. Natty Scott went to Franklin, Ind., this afternoon, •called by news of the death of her .father, J. M. Barnum, which occurred last night. James Matheson was called to London, Ontario, Canada, the vicinity of his former home, a few days ago, by the serious siek ness of a sister who lives there. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Brenner left Monday on an extended prospecting trip thru the southwest, and which will include visits to Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado.

Six cases in all were sent here from Newton county on change of venue, during the present term of court in Kentland, and the transcripts in all of them were received by Clerk Warner today. Mrs. Prior Bowen and two daughters, Mrs. Jacob Gilmore amd Mrs. Claude Savler; and Mrs. Kate Bowen, are spending the day at Parr, helping celebrate the dual birthday event of the first named Mrs. Bowen’s son Charles and grandson Boss. Clerk Wheeler of Crown Point, has issued nearly fifty non-resident hunters’ licenses this spring. These (licenses cost 115.50 each, ot which -50 cents goes to the county and sls to the state game and fish commissioner. Lake county issues a greater number of hunting liceuses than any other county in the state, due to it« proximity to Chicago. The Jones libel cases against I Editor Babcock, now pending at I Kentland, have been continued lagain, and this time for the term. [The next time they can eome up I will be in May. It is understood I that Mr. Jones has left Monon and lis now working in a print shop at iMomence, 111., altho the Monon I News is still appearing under his Inameae editor. |‘ Bev. Postill, pastor of the I Fowler M. E. church, is visiting I friends here for a few days and I looking after bis farm a few miles ■northwest of town. He is imIproving it considerably, and esIpecially in the way of plautiug ■trees for forest and wind brake lpuri>ose- He brought over from ■Fowler 200 young catalpa aud a ■number of maple and cotton wood ■trees, which he is now having set lout on the place. I A good deal of fear has been exIpressed over many parts of the Skate that Sunday night’s hard Ifreeze was very injurious to trait

j prospect.-*. , Probably- the damage was greyer in the southern and central parts of the state than it was here, as the buds would be farther developed there and more susceptible to injury. There was another pretty sharp frost last night, tho not nearly so severe as the the night before, the lowest temperature being 28 degrees, as compared with 20 [degrees Sunday night. Charley Mot lan, our city clerk and court house janitor and castodian, left this forenoon on an ex tended trip northwestwaid. He will go first to Ragby, North Dakota, and after a short visit With relatives there, he and his brother Frank will go on into northwest Canada, on a prospect ing trip. They will go to Alberta province, and as far as Calgary. He will be away about three weeks. Len Griggs, tbe heating plant fire man will take care of the court house dnring Charley’s absence. The W omen’s Missionary Society of the Loganspert Presbytery will hold their 31st annual meeting at Plymouth on Wednesday and Thursday of this'week. Many interesting questions will be discussed. Rensselaer seems to have no representative on tbe published program, but two Remington members will have papers on important subjects. Namely, Miss Twonette Parker, on “The Resort of the Young People Secretary,” and Mrs. R.jChurch on “How an Interest in Missions Helps us to Grow Spiritually.”

There was quite a jolt in town about seven o’clock this morning, which shook and rattled doors and windows lik a small and partly domesticated earthquake was doing business in this region. We suspect however that the mixing room in the Etna Powder Works, at Miller station in the north end of Porter county let go again about that time. Another explosion was due there right along about this time.

George W. Sharp, the formtr Rensselaer painter, who has been living in Indianapolis for about two years, has been here this week. He is now-employed at SBO a month with the Thos. Cusack Sign Co., who control most of the big sign boards along the Monon railroad, and he has been repaint iog these boards in the neighborhood of Reusselaer. He likes In dianapolis as a residence place, and reports his family all well. Mrs. Laura Michaels, uow of Marion, returned there today after about ten days’ visit with her sis ter, Mrs. James Welsh, southeast of town, who is in poor health. Mia. Michaels reports that her son George and daughter Mary have just finished a year’s course in a business college at Marion, and that George expects to secure a position as book keeper ij Columbus, Ohio. Hammond Times: Much interest has been aroused here over the failure of the Chicago and Lafayette Electric Railroad company to se care a franchise thru Crown Point and their threat to cross the Pan handle at Hebron and cat Crown Point off the line has aroused the citizens of Crown Point to an enort to induce the promoters of the line to accept a franchise on Main street. This would be much more acceptable to Crown Pointers.

Jasper county girls are prone to come to the front, as well as the boys when they go to college. Thus Miss Alice Shedd, ni w attending Northwestern University at Evans ton, has jnsfc been appointed one of the editors ot the Woman’s Edition of The Northwestern, the student publication of that University. The women of the University publish one edition each year, the proceeds being added to the University Settlement land. Guy Givins, a young fellow from Boselawu who has been occupying Che Newton half of our Jasper county jail for a few days, went to hi* home town today, iu company wit] Dept. Sheriff Joe O’Connor, to attend the funeral of his half brother, Bert Baker, whose death resulted from the kick of a horse, a few days ago. Baker by th<b way. is not unknown here, having himself been held in the jail here for quite a long time a year ago last winter, on account of a trouble at a Christ

I mas entertainment. This» yonng Givens, By the way, is the party who was mixed up in the with Squire SoreDson, some weeks ago, and got a bullet thru one ot his fe»pt at that time. He is held here on surety of the peace proceedings iustitnted by Mr. Sorenson and now pending before a justice or the peace at Thayer. Tbe Maude ' enderson Co, which have become favorites v 'with a great many Rensselaer theatrical goers during their frequent visits here, opened their third engage inent within twelve months here last night. A lair sized audience sawthe first night’s performance ,/Waifs of New York,” and it gave general satisfaction. New specialties in song and dance are pro raised sightly, with a different bill every night. Tonight’s perform ance is a society drama entitled “The Fatal Fan.” —■

There was some $lO5 contributed to the fund for George Gorham and family, to replace to them what they lost at their barn fire Sunday night. Also 13 chickens to make good that part of their loss. A part of this money will be used to buy another good cow. In addition to this amount in money, a number of carpenters and others will contri bate work in building a new barn. With these contributions and the insurance on the property the family will be not greatly the worse financially, for the fire. Mr. and Mrs. Gorham feel very grateful for what has been done for them, and especially so to Mr. U. M. Baugh man, who devoted most ot the day Monday to soliciting contribution, and to Mrs. John Dnvall, who obtained the chicken contributions. Also to Jess Snyder who secured 10 days’ work, from as many different carpenters, and some of whom will begin work on the new barn tomorrow. These various contributions and the insurance will cover about all loss except small tools, and certain articles from the house stored in the barn for the summer.

WEDNESDAY. Miss Floss Starr went to Lafayette, today, to visit relatives. if B. Marion left for Great Falls, Mich., today on a prospecting trip. O. A. Powers, a veterinary surgeon from Panama, N. Y., is here visiting his old friend, John K~app. Undertaker Jennings Wright went to Logausport today, to take charge of the body of Mr 3. John Groom, aud to convey it to Attica for burial. ‘•The Fatal Fan” which was produced at the opera house last night by the Maude Henderson Company was witne se l by a well pleased audience. Tonight they will produce ‘The Mascot.”

Bob Drake, of Hanging Grove, went to Chicago today, hoping to pick np some good stock cattle in the stock yards, but intended if he did not find what he wanted theie to go od to Fairfield, lowa. A boy baby was born to Dr. M D. Gwin and wife Tuesday, at their home in the east part of town, but it lived only a few hoars. The mother's condition is serioas, bat her recovery is expected. T. D Conaghan. of Pekin, 111., is here now looking after a farm of 160 acres he has j ust bought, over in the dharon neighborhood. He thinks a good deal of moving to this county and if so will make his home in Rensselaer. Kiplinger & Harmon finished moving into their new place of business in the opera house block, today, the last to be moved being their cigar factory and stock. They certainly have a large outfit iu the pool and billiard line for a p'ace of this size, having six pool tables and two billiard tables. Homer Dobbins went to Goodland today for a short visit with bis parents and on Saturday will go to French Lick Springs, where his brother-in law is running one of the big hotels, and where he exjtects to spend the summer working after . the school close here. He will return here about Wednesday of next week. » Wn» King, west of town, is seriously sick. He is being cared for by Mr. Moon, who bal the care of Unde Tommy Grant during nearly a year of his last sickness.

He came here from St. Joseph; Mo. v and makes the caring for invalids his special busiuess.