Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1907 — Local Happenings. [ARTICLE]

Local Happenings.

TUESDAY. _ ; 4 The D. A. R. will meet Thnrs•day afternoon at the home of Mia Ed Parkison, in Barkley Tp. Gail Michaels, son of Robert Miohaels, has returned after over a year’s stay in different parts of the Rocky Mountain Region. A 7or 8 year old daughter of James Russel, in the east part of town, is daugarously sick with lung fever, twit with somewhat better symptoms today. There was a large amount of rainfall in the big storm here Monday, amountingTd a litcle over an inch. In some parts of the county reports indicate an even greater precipitation than this.

Joe O’Connor, son of the Sheriff, arrived home Monday afternoon from Forsythe, Montana, in which region he has been for about two months. Abe Hardy and son Bruce and Win. Childers, are still at that place, with a railroad con struction ga; g.

A press dispaten from Hebron says that Sheriff Caswell, of Gratiot, Mich., arrested Frank Carpenter at DeMotte Saturday, who is wanted in Michigan on the charge of mortgaging a bunch of cattle which he did not ow n. He is said to have realized nearly S2OO by the transaction and then departed foi parts unknown.

Barney Kohloff has just sold his 80 acre farm in Union Township to Omar Morlan and son Ernest, of a few miles west of town. The price is $65 per acre and the property to change hands March Ist. Mi. Kohloff contemplate! moving to North Dakota. The sale negotiated by Harmon & Harris.

Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Frey, of Ohicago, are here for two or three weeks visit with relatives and their many old friends, apd for Mr, Frey to recover from severe injuries he received in an accident several days ago. While driving a large delivery wagon for Mandel Brothers a sudden jolt threw a man who was on the wagon with him against Mr. Frey and this threw him off the wagon and the wheels passed over h’m. He was very badly bruised bnt no bones were broken, and it is thought he will be ready fbr work again in two or three weeks.

The Rensselaer Jockey 'Club, of which B. K. Zimmerman is secretary is preparing for a series of races here, in connection with the coming big Fourth of July celebration heie. They will be held at the Stock Farm, and be five in number. The Ist will be a four furlong raoe for a purse of 150; the 2nd a men’s driving race, purse $lO, the 3rd a ladies’ driving race, purse $lO, and the 4th a novelty race for a purse of $75, and a mile and a quarter distance, and the leading horse at every quarter re ceiving sls. The fifth is a foot race, 100 yards dash, for a purse of $lO. An admission fee of 25 cents will be charged. President Infield, who expected to be in this region most of this week in the interests of the electric railroad, was called to his home at Indianaipolis Sunday, by news of the serious sickness of his daughter. Word received from him this morning was to the effect that his daughter is suffering from an ob straction of the bile duct and seems to be in line for a pretty severe fepell of sickness, and Mr. Infield is

therefore likely to be detained for some time. He htd just goto very thing in shape to begin the actual work of taking subscriptions for stcxfk but the work will have-to be deferred until his return* the time of which being at present necessarily indefinite. * WEDNESDAY John Eger made a business trip to Ohicago today. John Knapp and Charley Simpson « eot to Chicago this morning. Born, Tuesday, June 25th, to Mr. and Mrs. Nate Richards, in town* a daughter. Born, this Wednesday morning, Jane 26th, to Mr. and Mrs. Jeese Swaim, of near Aix, a daughter. Mr. and Nrs. G. K. Hollings worth caiue down from Chicago yesterday, in their new automobile and will occupy their honse here for a few weeks.

Elmer Wilewx came up from Cincinnati Monday and today accompanied home Mrs. W ilcox, after a visit of sime length here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wilcox. The Monon Route management has decided to make the two cent per mile passenger rate uniform all over its lines hereafter both in Indiana and beyond. This, rule will go into effect July Ist, according to announcements in the ludianapolta papers.

Mrs. Frank lines, of Chicago, visited Mr. and Mrs. Willis Imes yesterday, and then went to Monticelio, where she will attend the wedding of Miss Jennie Failing, a relative of the Imes family, next Tuesday, as will also Mr and Mrs. Willis Imes. ■■■■•■’ ■■ ——

It was leaxed yesterday that dan gerous complications might develope in the case of Sqnire Thornton’s little son Goffy, burned last Thursday by fireworks, as he had had a high fever and his injury presented a bad appearance. To day however, a large improvement Is apparent and it is believed that the danger point is passed. It was feared that the tetanus might develope.

B. J. Gifford is still selling off his lauds in this county at a rapid rate. The latest of these sale was closed up Tuesday, when he sold 400 acres in the Stump Slough, in Walker Tp , for SIO,OOO cash, or at the rate of |525.00 per acre. The price seems small, bnt still it is not bad for swamp land and certainly is a good advance over what Mr. Gifford paid for it. He also sold a house and two lots in Kersey.

Mrs. Wm, Wishard, who recent y returned to Rensselaer after about a year’s absence, will again mase her home here, and will occupy rooms in Mrs. Mary Lowe’s recently purchased residence on' Division street, the former Hansford place. Mrs. Wishard has traveled quite extensively since leaving here, having spent some time with children and other relatives id Noblesville, this state, in Michigan, Nebraska, Bed Bluffs and Los Angeles, California, and a shorter period in Colorado.

Lieutenant Bates Tucker, of the 4th U. 8. Infantry now stationed at Santiago, Cuba, was a Rensselaer visitor, today. He is spending a two months leave of absence in the states, aud having come to Remington to visit his sister, Mrs. Bath Hobbs, he also took occasion to make a short trip over here to see his former home town and meet some old acquaintances. Bates received his promotion from 2nd to Ist lieutenant, last year, and is now in line for a captaincy, bnt which are always rather slow ia coming, except in case of increase in the size of the army. Lieutenant Tucker is a son of Rev. D. H. Tucker, a Free Baptist minister who was stationed here when the Spanish war broke out and Bates was the very first Rensselaer boy to get into that little trouble, and he has stayed in the army ever since. He came back this trip principally to leave “his wife and baby boy at her former home at Kansas Oity daring the hot months bnt has also visited his father and family, in Anborn, lowa, His leave of absence will expire in about two weeks.

- 'V'* v , THnrcmv - ' . -t Frank lines h*& returned to his home and busiuess at Grand 1 Crossing, Coicago. very much improved in health from his winter's stay in the southwest; Lyman Barce, north of town, has been making a very encouraging improvement in the condition of his health recently, and now get about quite freely. Mrs. John Paxton and daughter Florence, ot Longmont, Colorado, arrived here today, for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Kate R. Watson and other relatives. j Rev. M. R. Paradis, a former very popular pastor of the Presbyterian church here but located at Waverly, Minn,, for quite a num ber of years past, arrived here today for a visit with his many former friends.

Mrs. Dr. Miller has gone to Rash connty for a visit with home folks and the Doctor will join her there the latter part of next week, and from there they will later proceed to Winona, to visit his sisteas at that place, before returning to Rensselaer.

Gov. Hanly appointed a commission Tuesday to locate and re-build the Menominee Indian Mission in Marshall county; also to erect a suitable monument. The commission is composed of A. F. Fleet, Culver; C. T. Mattingly, Plymouth and J. S. Eummel, of Peru. Mrs. Ballard, wife ot Rev. Ray Ballard pastor, of Bardley M. E. churce, went to Rockville, Ind., to day, for a short visit, and will be joined there by Mr. Ballard, Monday, and accompany her to Indianapolis, where she will undergo an operation at the Deaconess hospital on Tuesday. Some of the farmers report the green bugs much less numerous since the heavy rains, the snpposi tion Being that the storm drowned them out. These same bugs were very numerous about 14 years ago, and no great amount of harm seemed to result from their visit then, and there seems no good reason to apprehend very much damage from them now. Sheriff John O’Conner has just been enjoying a visit from his oldest brother Peter O’Comroiv Quincy 111. He Is an old sea faring man with $ history of service in the navy which far exceeds that of the Sheriff himself, and he had a good deal of experience in that line. Peter was in the U. S. naval ser doe from a period from before the civil war, and all thru that great struggle and until long after its close, reaching the responsible position of sailing master. Before the war he was on the coast of Africa, under command of Captain

George Brown, engaged in repressing the slave trade. His old captain, now Admiral Brown, retired, lives in Indianapolis, and Peter and the Sheriff made a trip o Indianapotis Wednesday to call on the old admiral, who was naturally greatly pleased to meet his old sailing master, They returned today, Peter, going on to his home at Quincy.