Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1907 — BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS

FRIDAY Wash Lowman and his sister-ki. law, Mrs. Alf Lowman, both went to West Biden today, to take treat ment. W. P. Smith moved his big rock crasher today, up to its new loca tion on the Rumeley' land, and some distance southeast of the Kellner ice house. An epidemic of measles in Fair Oaks resulted in the deaths there this week of two children, each about 17 or 18 months old, and both of whom died from pneumonia following measles. One was the child of Ed. Kester and the other of Lyman Hall. Both were taken to the cemetery at the same time, in the same hearse. Wednesday, and brief funeral services held for both, at the graves.

Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Brenner arrived home last night from their trip to Oklahoma and the Pan Handle of Texas. They saw much fine country, but Mrs. Brenner was. sick so much of the time as to des troy most of the pleasure of the trip. They will now begin to prepare for taking posiession of the Monnett hotel, at Evanston, LJI., which they leased some time ago. •Still the cold backward weather continues, and the wind still stays in the north and clouds generally obscure the son, tho today there have been occasional glimpses of the bright luminary, and a little ennshine beats none at all. The temperature was down to 30 degrees last night and that'was the 11 night in succession with a temperature down to the freezing point or lower, not to mention three other freezing nights so far this month. 'Both Charley and Frank Morlan took up land claims in Canada, and both may yet become Canadians. Frank will stay now and proceed to develope the claims but Charley has come back and will stay here till tall, and by that time decide if he will move there or not and if he goes, Rensselaer will lose an able and faithful city clerk, and and Jasper county the best court house janitor in Indiana.

A big railroad motorcar, the first ever seen her>, went north over the Monon about nine o’clock this orning. They are big automobiles built like a street cars and intended to run on railroad tracks instead of common roads. This belonged to Mr. Hall, president of the Yellow stone National Park Commission, and is understood to be beaded out towards the park now. it was traveling at about a 30 o r 35 mile an hour clip, when it approached town, but slowed down a little as it went thru, tho it made no stop here. It was a rather gorgeous looking affair, and about the size of afford i nary street car. It is operated by powerful gasoline engines. This morning Sheriff O’ConDtr took charge of Riley Ashby, the 12 year old son of Arthur Ashby, of Mr. Ayr, while he was at the depot waiting to take the 11 oclock train to go to Royal Center, to join his grandmother who lives there. The boy had walked from Mt. Ayr carrying his clothes in a satchel, and was stopped here on request of his father, by telephone. The boy’s parents separated some years ago, and now he has a step mother, and he complained here that he left jbe cause of her treatment. -While here Judge Hanley had a talk with him and the Judge desired to see his father when he came after him, bat he did not come himself, but sent Mr. Dunlap, a livery man for the boy. By him the Judge sent back a letter to the boy’s father setting out some of the provisions of the new law for the protection oi children, and letting it be understood that if there were any more complaints of severe treatment of the boy, he would take cognizance of the case, as the law empowers him to do. Mr. Dunlap said he thought the father treated the boy all right, bat farther than that. he seemed unwilling to express an opinion. He said the boy was a good boy, aud that he certainly looked and acted like one here. He was willing to go back home however, and it is not at all unlikely that he overestimated the unkindness of the treatment he has received. Anyhow there will be something doing if the boy i 9 not I treated right hereafter.

. SATURDAY The 9:55 a. m. north boundjtrain was four hours late today, owing to the engine having gone lame some place down the line. News came from Washington D. C., this morning to the effect that a daughter named Jane had been born to the family of Hon. Jesse E. Wilson and wife. She is their second child. Simon Kenton, who-has been living at Burnett, Cal., for some years, and whose wife died their last winter, has returned and will spend the summer with his son, Omer, near Surrey. ' * A. three month old infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hordeman died early Friday morning and it funeral was held at the Catholic church

this forenoom It has never been well and strong or possessed prospects of surviving its infancy. The big Sternberg’ 5 dredge has been held up all the week waiting for the Robinson bridge to be moved so that they caa pass thru. It is.a big aud difficult job to move the bridge and it will be a day or two yet before it is out of the way. Edward Casey and Myra Longstreth, a nice young couple from Uuion Tp , got a marriage license here today, aud it was on the ‘young- man’s 21st- birthday. He did not lose any time in changing bosses, sure.

Editor Babcock has not asked for a change of venue this time, in his libel case in vhich Abe Halleck is the prosecuting witness, and it is set for trial on the fourth Thursday of the term which will be the 3rd day of May. The defendant has filed an affidavit asking for a change of venue from Judge Hanley. Capt. J. M. Wa t son returned home last night irom Winchester and reports his brother Peter as still pretty seriously sick from a bladder trouble, and that an operation has been decided necessary, and wIU be performed in a short time. Today has been bright and sunny J and moderately warm, tho the wind still sticks in the northwest none hole where it has been lodged most of the time this moDth. Last night was one more frosty number, with temperature down to 27 degsees. Mrs. E. Warden, Miss Jennie Reprogle, and Miss Faye Condo of Monticello are the gnests over dunday with C. B. Reprogle and children. The Rebecca Degree Lodge of Odd Fellows had a big time here last night, and exemplified degree work in a most successful manner Thirteen members from Monticello were present and also seven from Monon. A jolly good time was bad and which included the serving of refreshments. The visitors returned home on the 11.25 p. m. train.

Miss Cecelia Hollingsworth, daughter of E. L. Hollingsworth, has been severely sick for the past two weeks with a case of the black measles, which is different from and much more severe than the ordinary measles so prevalent iD this region now, and from which an attack of the latter disease seems no protection, as she had previously had the common measles. The hired girl/has also contracted the the disease and gone to her home, and a nurse has been sent for. Sternberg & Son have put in their order for another big dredge the same size and power as the one now close to Rensselaer in the Iroquois ditch. This new one will be put up about lour miles south of Monon, in the Monon ditch. It is a duplicate of the big dredge here, which is the largest in the state, except that it will have a 20 foot longer boom, making it 80 feet long, and the boat will be longer and wider, to be in proportion with the longer boom. The engines and dipper will be the same size as this dredge. They expect the machin. ery to arrive in June and they will begin to build the boat early next month.

MONDAY. Will King and wife, of Medaryville, are here today on business. Mrs. Louis Wildberg went to Peoria, 111., yesterday, to visit relatives. City Mafthal Parks on duty again after his long and severe attack of the mumps. The circuit court jurors were called for today, but Judge Hanley excused them until Tuesday morning Born this Monday morning, April 22, to Mr. and Mrs. Will Bimons, in the east part of town, a daughter. Mary, the eight year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Benjamin, is seriously sick with Btomach and bowel trouble. Mrs. Allen Catt is slowly improving from her long 'and very dangerous sickness from pneumonia and complications.

Mrs. J. O. Jefferies and fathe r , J. A. Cosner went to Colutnbia city, Ind., today, to visit relatives. Rev. H. L. Kindig went to Winamac this morning to attend a two days session of the Valparaiso Dis trict Ministerial Association. Mrs. Theodore Warne, of Parr, received a letter last week from her son Gerrald Clifton, of Los Angeles, Cal. with the news of a baby girl born to them last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. Wadkins, the latter being Dr. 8. H. Moore’s daughter, have located in Los Angeles, since their serious losses in the earthquake at San Francisco. Mrs. Samuel Borchardt, of Tampa, Florida, and Louis Fendig and wife of Jacksonville, Florida, arrived Saturday afternoon, on ac count of the continued very critical condition of their father, Ralph Fendig, who is now very weak. The funeral of Charles Jenkins was hold Sunday, at the Donkard chnrch, in northwest Barkley,- and was very largely attended. Rev. John Clear, now of Carroll county, condneted the services.

Frank Kresler is moving today into his recently purchased iesidence, the former Mrs. Isabel Parker place, in Newton’s addition. The house he is moving oat of, on south Weston street, will be mov ed into by County Clerk C. C. Warner. ' R. B. Porter, Walter Porter and Mrs. John Kresler, of this place and Will Porter and wife, of Rossville, will meei other relatives at Orleans, Orange county, tomorrow to celebrate the ninetieth birthday of Mrs. Eliza Wright, aunt of R. B. Porter. Mr. Porter also has another annt living there who is in her 94 th year. Judge S. P. Thompson and wife arrived Saturday evening from their winter’s stay in California, mostly in San Diego, which place they like the best of any California towi_s for a winter’s sojourn. Mrs. Thompson’s condition has been very materially improved by their stay in California. A letter addressed to “The Jasper county Daily Paper, Blackford, Jasper County, Ind.” Reached The Republican Sunday all right, as being the only daily paper in Jasper county, even if it is not published in Blackford, once the proud metropolis of Nubbin Ridge precinct of Barkley township, but now off the map forever. Charley Cain went to Lake Village today to see how his brother Calvin is coming on from his cut at the hands of the Kentnckiam Hickey, and who was actuated by whiskey from Mrs. Jennie Conrad’s town. If Calvin is able to stand the journey he will be Drought here and be cared for at the home of his wife’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Benjamin. The young fellow who was with Hickey and really started the rough house, was flerschel Clay.

Frank Dixou will be here, next Tnnr-wlay night, and his lecture will be the last of the Library Lecture Club series for the season. He,comes not only highly but enthusiastically recommended, and it is believed he will compensate for the quite geneial disappointment over Dr. Driver’s lecture, of last Tuesday night. That eminent gentleman’s subject that night was “The Anglo Saxon” and of which great branch of the Caucasion race, he seemed to regard himself as the about the greatest, aud therefore the most to ba talked abont. There were some good passages in his discourse, but most of his audience considered it very tedioas. But Dixon they say is different, and all his periods ate interesting. Sunday was the first really spring-like day since the 4th of the month, and since which time it has been one long period of cold, backward, cloudy and dismal weather. Sunday started the birds to singing, the grass to growing, and the tour iug automobiles to running, of which two or three extra large ones passed th ru here.