Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1907 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Parker does framing.. N Littlefield went to Reynolds today on business. John Zimmerman made a business visit to Lafayette today. Born, Friday A.pr.l 12th, to Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Ford, of Hanging Grove tp., a son and their first childr—--15. V Ralston, of near Rushville, returned home todty, after several «d tys visit with his dtag iter, Mrs Dr, Miller. / W. C. Huston returned to Perrysburg today, after a short stay here, looking after his legal effort to retain the trusteeship of Milroy tp. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark have •returned from their winter’s stay in Oklahoma City, and which was their second one there and which, ■as before, they found very pleasant and agreeable with their health Capt. J. M. Wasson went to Winchester this morning to see his brother, Peter Vvassou, who is quite eick with a kidney trouble, and it is probable that on the recommendation of his physician an operation will be decided upon. The circus war has opened out in Graut county. The Wallace shows will be at Marion April 29, and the next day RiagltoVa will show there. Both aggregations are contracting for bill boards all over the •country.

Miss Clifford Moody returned home today, after au absence of several months, sent with relatives in San Antonia, Texas, altho during the past week she has been visiting her sister, Mrs. George Dunn, in Wichata, Kans. Howard G. Stevens, of Hammond came here today with a view to locating. He is a brother of Mrs. Eoy Donnelly, aud a paper hanger by trade. His contemplated removal from Hammond is on ac count of the poor health of members of hifr family. Lute Hemphill’s horse stocks continue to find favor every place in the country, and today a set was shipped to Etna Mills, California. If a company for their more extensive manufacture and sale would be organized there seems little doubt but an immdnse business could be established. Mrs. J. M. Cluster returned to Danville, 111., today, after a weeks’ visit with her sister, Mrs. A. A. Yates. Miss Vera Ross, a nephew of Mrs. Yates, who has been here for the past three months, also returned to her home in Hoopcston, today. The State Fish and Game commission is calling the attention of hunters to the fact that in all of the counties but .Marion, * hunters’ licenses are issued by the county clerk. The fee of SI.OO does not go to the county, but is used to pay the expense of the commission and to reetock the state with fish and game. There is an interesting murder case now on trial at Lafayette, in which the defendant is a woman Alice Cooper Lawson, and she is charged with the murder of her husband, Charles A. Lawson, in his saloon, last September, when she filled him full of bullets. 8h is a step daughter of Anderson Vick, a wealthy and * prominent resident of Lafayette, and who is a brother of Dr. Charles Vick, of our city..

John F. Judy has begun 9 suit in the circuit court against his former Jasper county partner, W. L. Wood, of Parr. The complaint is very long, as it inclades copies of two exceedingly lengthy contracts made between the two parties at different times. The suit is based mainly on a large number of notes Jody turned over to Wood for col lection, and the demand is for *7,090. Mis. Allen Catt' 13 now slightly improved, from her long sickness, aud better prospects are entertained" for her recovery. Her daughter, Mrs. Frank Wood, ot Billiugs, Mont., who has been at her side for the past w r eek, will remain here for an indefinite time, but Mr. Wood, who manages the dry goods portion of a large department store at Billings started for theie today.

The following from the Colton, California, Chronical, refers to a priest who was once director ot the Indian school when one was main aiued here: “Father B. Floiian Hahn, the much beloved priest and director of the St. Boniface Industrial Ludian school at Banning who has been taking the Chronicle for more years thau we have fingers writes us a very i n teresti ng letter aid wittily observes: “Please let know occasionally whether George and his associates in establishing this commonwealth wrote .the con stitutton tor the Japanese.” President Infield, of the InterUrban, was in town today. IS othing discouraging regarding the prospects have developed, tho the bid weather has retarded prospects somewhat, as for instance in having caused a postponement of an automobile trip over the line by several Chicago bankers who are members of the syndicate which is figuring on financing the project. They intended to have started on the trip last Saturday, but of coarse the horrible weather that day d: - terred them and another day will be appointed later. J. P. Swisher, whose home near Hebron in Lake county, came down here today to file claims for the bounties on a whole colony of loxes. He started with 14 in all, one old and 13 cubs, but three of the cabs were alive and in coming down he sold one to a Fair Oaks man who wanted it for a pet. He got the foxes last Saturday, while hunting with a dog in Keener Tp. north us Kersey, when his dog got after the old fox. After a long chase the dog stopped partly at a certain place and did some extra barkiog,and Mr. Swisher concluded it was sniffing the region of the fox’s den, so he waited there while his dog continued the pnrsuit of the old ODe, and it was not long before he circled back that way aq.d Swisher downed her with his shot gnn, and afterwards by a little search found her den and dag out the 13 cubs. They were of two sizes and Swisher thinks it was a co operative household, and that another mother fox bad her home in the same den. Mr. 3 wisher estimated that he followed the fox seven miles.

WEDNESDAY. Miss Lena Tuteur went to Chicago today to visit her uncle, Ike Tuteui-. Mrs. Wade Loop and baby of Marion, arrived here today to visit her mother, Mrs. Mary Travis. A girl baby was born April loth to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kemp, of Fewland. Miss Mary Alexander, of New Richmond, who was an attendant of the Lane-Messman wedding, returned home today. Miss Mary Goetz has returned rom her terras teaching at Wheatfield, and will shortly enter the Terre Haute normal school. The widow and children of the late Jacob Burris returned this morning from Hamilton county where the remains of Mr, Burris were interred. A reception to the bride and groom of yesterday was held last night at the home of the bride’s father’s home Mr. Joseph Lane, ten miles northwest of town, and was attended by some fifty friends and relatives. .

) George and Alva Williamson returned to Sweetzer, Ind., today having with them 160 jacks snipes the harvest of two days’ shooting here, in company, with our local scout and hunter. Landy Mi Gee. This trio killed 91 snipe Monday and 73 Tuesday. Joe Githens and wife returned to Indianapolis today, after a week’s stay at McCoysburg, where they were called by the serious sickness of Rufus Fnlk, who has been in bad shape for the past two weeks with heart trouble. He was reported a little better Uday. Joseph F. Rojal, the tailo-, now of Indianapolis, who had been attending the Lane-Messman wedding here, returned home today taking with him his little daughter, Agatha, for a short visit. She has, since the death of her mother been living with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lane, northwest of town.

Dr. E. D. Clark, of the Indiana Medical College, assisted the local physician of Mrs. Allen Catt, in performing an operation recently for the removal ot a pleural effusion that resulted following the attack of pneumonia she had suffered some week ago. A silver tube was inserted to carry off this effusion and the patient has since that time made a steady tho slow improve went, with daily brighter hopes for her ultimate recovery. Tho the wind still clings to the north, its force and chilliness have today greatly diminished, and the hope is now raised that the backbone ot the April winter is at lust broken. The son of a railroad man in Jacksonville was whipped severely by a lady teacher at one of the ward schools. His father noticing that the boy did not sit down in his usual way; asked him what was the trouble. The reply came most truthfully: ‘O, I am suffering from a misplaced switen!”

The Methodist church which has been undergoing some extensive interior improvement, including refrescoeing and varnishing, and having a Dew carpet layed, is now Dearing completion and it is hopecL to occupy it for the regular services next Sunday. Abe Martin:—When ole Files Turner heerd about Dementia Americana he says, “If it was any other city besides New York they’d shoot tn’ Italian.,” While Newt Plum’s son in-law, o’ Indy noplus, wuz goin’ home last night he wuz run over an’ mangled by roller skaters. When a man first enters prison to serve an intermediate sentence from two to fourteen years he is dressed in a suit of narrow stripes. At the end of six months, if tne man’s conduct has been satisfactory, he is allowed to wear clothes of cadet gray. On the other hand if the man is sullen or vicious and refuses to obey the prison rules, at the end of six months he is clothed in broad stripes and twelve mouths of perfect conduct are necessary to gain for him the coveted cadet grey. A two to fourteen years sentence may be cut down about twenty-one months by good behavior.

Roe Yeoman, who with his brother Charley and brother-in-law. Harry Wade, entered govern ment land claims in Wyoming some three years ago, is out there now, and has disposed of his recently proven claim, which lay between that of his brother and brother-in-law, to the latter, receiving SI,OOO for it Harry has his farm well improved with good house and other buildiDgs aud Charley built himself a good house last fall. They raise all small grains and fine potatoes, and are prospering in their frontier homes. They are 20 miles from New Castle, their post-office and trading point. Bert Goff, Will Woodworth, Marion Gwin and Milbrin Griffin, who went weft -this spring, stopped off at Bellefourche, South D .kota, and all have secured claims near that place, which is near the Western Sontb Dakota line and just north of the Black Hills. It is pbout 50 miles east of where the Yeomans are located. With the assistance of the other boys a shack was erected on Bert’s land, a luxury the

others do not jet afford. Recent letters from there are to the effect that all have gone on an explor ing trip over into Wyoming, with a view of purchasing some sheep They are all well pleased and expect to stay right there and prove upT their claims. Mose and Arthur Tuteur re turned yesterday from Indianapolis, where they had attended the wedding on last Wednesday of lie formers’a son. Leopold Tuteur to Miss Selma Fox, and where Arthur officiated as best man. The wedding took place at the home of the bride’ B parents at 5:30 o’clock, be ing performed by Rabbi Mayer Messing, in the presence of only a small group of relations an. friends. The Indianapolis papers gave ex tended accountsof the affair. Mr.and Mrs. Tuteur tootc a short wedding trip and are now at home, residing for the time with the bride’s parents. Leo holds a fine position with the Reliable Furniture and . Carpet Co. of Indianapolis.

THURSDAY. ;= Born, this Thursday morning, April 18, to Mr. and Mrs. James Wiseman of Aix, a son and their 9th child. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Milliken of Of towa, 111., returned home to-! day, after attending the funeral of Mrs. Millikeu’s sister Mrs. Leek. Eliznr Sage is getting material on the ground for his new residence he will bnild this season on his farm west of town, the former A. J. Harmon place. It will be 3 fine country residence and cost about *3,000.* The magnificent Pythian building will be properly dedicated daring the summer at Indianapolis. The building is one of the finest fraternal structures in world and will ever stand as a monument to the enterprise of Indiana Pythians. Today, was the day for the com mittee appointed at the Kankakee drainage meeting at Wheatfield, Tuesday, to meet here and enquire into the status of the proceedings for the same drainage already instituted here by Horace Maible and others. The only member of the committee who had interest enough in the matter to come was John Graves, of Wheatfield. Two largely interested landowners were here however, being Mr. Potter and Mr. Powers of Lafayette. There is much uncertainty among farmers as to how the oats is withstanding the changeable weather. The early sown crop came good and made a rapid start under the warm weather the last week in March. The April freezes, however, pat a check [to its growth and some are of the opinion that the crop was greatly damaged and may have to be resown. Others express the belief that the cold snap did bat little damage and a few warm days will push them forward again. Tie later sown oats are not up and are believed not to be injured.