Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1907 — Local Happenings. [ARTICLE]

Local Happenings.

TUESDAY. Mrs. Fred Black, and l a >y *.l Indianapolis are visiting her parents, J. W. Nelson and wife: The laiies of the Cbiistian church will se"ve meals <>n the Fourth, in tie K.’of P. building. Chicken dinner at noon. Will Porter, of Roseville, Ind., went home today/ after a week’s visit with his brother, R. B. Poiter, and other relatives. The baby born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Alva Blackman, at McMcCoysburg, died Monday and was buried today, in the Benson cemetery. in Milioy township. Mrs. Caroline Rhoads and granddaughter Bernice, went to Jeffersonville, today, for an extended visit with her daughter Mrs. Isaac Reubelt. Frank Wolfe, the Michigan City lumberman, was in town today on a business trip, but took occasion to make a few fikmdly calls on some of his old acquaintances here. Mrs. Pater Hahn aud daughtei, Mrs. Nora Hahn and children, and Mont Pritchard and daughter, Ethel, of Chicago, are visiting the former’s Uncle Stott Grant.

G. W. Gilman, of West Carpenter, was in town today. He reports that oats are looking worse over in that region of early sowing, including Newton and Benton counties, than they do around here. The girl baby born last Thurs day to Mr. and Mrs. Allred Randle in Barkley, died Monday morning and was buried in the afternoon. Its weight at birth was less than two pounds, and it survival was not expected. Andy Sayler, of six miles west, has finished rebuilding barn which was torn to kindling wood in the cyclone of May 26, which visited hi 9 place. He thinks, and very justly, that he has done quick work in rebuilding in five weeks what was destroyed in five seconds. Gus Phillips, still leading man in the Spooner Theater Company, but now of Keith & Parker’s Theater, Broadway, N. Y. dropped off here Monday afternoon, for a few days visit with home folk*, and to wit ness our great 4th of J uly celebration. One of the projecting beams which support the ropes to be used in the daring rescues from the burning Alhambra Theater, on the night of the Fourth, gave way last night, daring a rehearsal, but no par icnlar ha. m resulted, tho a little son of August Rosenbaum had a narrow escape from the tailing timber. Everything has since been so braced and strengthened as to remove all danger of another break-down.

Homer Dobbins, the great all around athlete of the Rensselaer high school class of 1907, who has been working at Lowell for some time and irnow a member of their famous baseball team, visited Rens selaer friends over Sunday. Dobby is working hard and wasting neither time nor money, and getting squared around to enter college this fail. We understand the institution he has selected is Wabash College, •t Crawfordsville. Wherever he goes, he will acqnit himself with credit, in all respects.

WEDNESDAY Misses Edna and May Kessler, of Morocco, are visiting Miss Martha Parkinson. Mr. and Mrs. Henry DeMotte, are visiting his sister Mrs. Peck.

M re, Charles Templeton web#* to QeScatnJS' 111., today, for U&ys visit vrath relatives! i i*! ifissViranda Rainier, of Dafeyette, is here lor a visit of some lenght with her sister, Mrs.—Dr. Gwin. The temperature reached down to 45 degrees last night, which is pretty cold for the first week in July. <t. F Meyets has returned home fit,ui a fojouru at West Baden 9,>ri arv a»l ii consi lerably bene sited iij health. •Born. Tuesday. June 2nd. to Mr. auTP Chu ties Letier, of Uang ing Giove rp., a daughter, and tbeir lourth child. _ Prof. W. O. Shanlaub, of Morocco, came over today for a few days visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Shanlaub. J. F. Bruner of the Makeever House, has returned from a ten days stay at West Baden Springs, whereby his health was considerably improved. There will be no Daily Republican issued tomorrow, July 4th r and the newspaper force will spend the 13 1st anniversary of the nation’s independence in reveling with the patriots who divide their time between dodging and shooting firecrackers. > < . Walter Gibson, night operator for the Monon here for about two years; has been transferred to Delphi, and his place here taken by W. A. Davenport, lately of Louisville, Ky. Mr. Davenport is already here and began his duties last night. He has a wife and child, who will join him here a 9 soon as he finds a suitable boarding place, - Lewis and Ben Welch arrived home Tuesday afternoon from about seven weeks’ absence on the Pacific Coast, during which they visited Los Angeles, San Francisco. Portland, Seattle, Spokane and other leading prints on the coast. They also visited a sister who lives in Ukiah Valiev, California. It was their first trip out that way and they greatly enjoyed the experience.