Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1907 — LOCAL HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS

FRIDAY Drilling, blasting and dredging are all now in full swing in the river in the south part of town. Mrs. Arthur Barnes, of Rockford 111., is here visitingjher sister, Mrs. J. J. Montgomery, for about a week. Mrs. W. B. Austin and daughter Mrs. Roy Shayne, of Chicago, are guests of Rensselaer friends for a few days. Jake Oppenheimer, of New Orleans, is here for about ten days visit with his sister Mrs. B. 8. Fendig, and husband. The big new dredge the mate to the one now throwing rock in the river here, is almost ready to begin work on Steinberg's big contract in White county.

Mrs. D. H. Patton of Woodard, Okla., who has been visiting the families of N. S. Bates and A. J. Bellows for a few days went to Lafayette today. Dick Crowell went to Chicago this morning to bay a stock of tobacco, preparatory to opening up his new cigar factory, up stairs in Judge Thompson’s building, where the Merchants’ Cigar factory was formerly located. He expects to get to running in a short time now. The Brown shooting gallery which has occupied the vacant strip between the Odd Fellows and the Stockton-Williams building for the past month, was pulled up this morning,“and Mr. Brown, the proprietor has gone to Illinois to look for another suitable location. He has certainly done a good business while here.

W. J. Imes arrived home last night from his eastern trip, during which he attended the Knights Templar’s Conclave at Saratoga, is. Y., and also visited relatives in New York City and Brooklyn. He returned home by way of Baltimore and Washington City. Mrs. Imes is remaining for a more extended, visit with her Brooklyn relatives. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Delouest, of Miami, Florida, are here for a month’s stay with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Halligan, of northwest of town. They came to escape the tedious heat of the long Florida summer, but so far they do not find the humid hotness of Indiana’s present summer weather any improvement over the Florida article.

W. A. Rinehart, of Queen City, Mo.. N, A. Bowen, of Delphi, Attorney Berryhill, and Winfield Miller, state agent of the Conn. Mutual Life Insurance Company, both of Indianapolis, Attorneys L. D. Boyd and Chas. A. Cartright, of Delphi, and Wm. Darfoch, of Kentland, were among those here today to attend the big sheriff sale of the Rinehart land, in Hanging Grove township. Ellis Jones, the Remington realestate man passed thru here today on his way home from Chicago with a new automobile. It is a Holtzman, which has a body and general appearance very like an ordinary top buggy. Two of these machines have been owned here in former years and did not prove successful over country roade but Mr. Jones thinks later improvements have done away with the defective features. They are now fine looking machines, for certain. Kentland Enterprise:—You can’t lose Will Van Dyke for more, than three months at a time. Early this

spring Will checked baggage for the great northwest, supposedly as a traveling salesman and dem-; onstrator for a patent milking machine, but now turns up at Jackson, Michigan, aS an inventor of a patent automobile wheel. His theory is to make a wheel With steel springs serving the purpose of spokes, thus dtiag away with the necessity of pneumatic tires.

Will can wear better clothes than Rockefeller if he can get that wheel to work on an automobile like it is now working in his head. Joe O’Connor has got a letter from his former companion in exile, Bruce Hardy, still with a railroad construction gang in Montana., Bruce is now barn boss for the gang, and has charge of the livestock. His father Abe is still driving a team, while our old night watch, “Big Bill” Childers, has now a job which is like old jtimes, for it "keeps him awake nights and lets him sleep days. He is night herder for the horses and mules ’employed on the j ob. Bruce sent Joe a pass back for himself ahd nine others, good till July 31, and out to Edgerly, North Dakota. It is not likely that Joe will use the ticket.

SATURDAY The light rain here yesterday atfernoon was a regular soaker up seven or eight miles northeast of town. - Born Friday night, July 19th, to Mr. and Mrs. Victor O. Moore, of Barkley Tp., a son, and their fourth child. Editor Babtock, of the Democrat, with his wife and son are attending the Democratic Editors’ state meeting at West Baden. A two months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Payne, of Barkley has been very bad for a few days with summer complaint, but is now somewhat better. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Sayler, and daughter of west of town, went, to Big Rapids, Mich., today, on a prospecting trip and may eventually buy property there if they like the country well enough. Miss Ruth Liggett, of Fairfield, lowa, left today after a week’s visit with her cousin, Mrs. B. Forsythe, intending to stop in Chicago for a short visit with other relatives

there, before returning to her lowa home. Harry Learning, of Goshen, arrived here this forenoon for a visit with relatives. He has not fully recovered from his very dangerous sickness of several months ago, but nearly so and improving right along. Harry Murray, carrier on Route 4, is laying off today, to let his injured hand have a i easier time. John Knapp is acting as his substitute. Harry’s hand is doing well but he thought it would do still better if he rested up a little. Sheriff O’Connor went to Monticello today to finish up the business of the big sheriff sale of the Rinehart land, which came off Friday. The case in which, the sale was ordered came from White county, having been sent there from here on change of venue. According to a press dispatch, Lawyer Haywood, of Lafayette, owns a third interest in an immense new oil well just opened up at Tulsa, Indian Territory, and which must by reports be the biggest bonanza he has had hold of since he and his partner worked the McCoy mine to a frazzle.

Mesdames W. B. Austin and G. K. Hollingsworth, now both residents of Chicago, entertained a very large and fashionable company of the Rensselaer lady friends Friday afternoon, at the Rensselaer summer home of the latter, at the corner of Washington and Weston streets. Elegant refreshments were served and cards were the principal amusement, A. J, Brenner, former landlord of the Makeever House, was in town today. He is now in charge of the Monnett Hotel, at Evanston, 111., and doing a good business, and has also just bought a restaurant on Cottage GrovG Avenue, way down on the south side. His son Pudge is running the restaurant Jink came down today to arrange for bnying chickens and other supplies for the hotel and restaurant >

Ephriam Gilmore, contractor for the big Howe ditch, recently awarded him here, after looking about considerable for a good bargain in a second hand dredge, concluded to buy a new one, that could be depended upon, and he has therefore contracted with a Logansport firm for a. $12,000 outfit. He will begin work as soOn as the makers can get the dredge set up* The Fouuntain Park Assembly Remington, Ind., August|lo to 25, this year, promises to be better than

evbrl HbfirWln? “J. Bryan day, August !4th, Hon. Jas. E. Watson day, August 17th. ' The great evangelist Scoville willflecture almost every day, thru the entire meeting. Other prominent men in different walks of life are on the program. Ton are cordially invited to attend at least part of the time. Write for program to Robert Parker, Remington, Ind. D.H. Veomati and his partner in the dredge ditch business, A. V. Parmer, have been scouting about a good deal the present week, on the hunt for another dredging outfit, andfvisited various placed in Ohio and also Rock Island, Illinois. They finally made a purchase yesterday, buying a new Fairbanks dredge at Marion, Ohio. It will be a big one, of yard and a half capacity of scoop, with a boom 55 feet long. It is to fee set up in the lower end of the Gault ditch, in White county, and to be ready to start inside of 60 days. The dredge and all its appurtenances will cost about $15,000. The old dredge is nearly ready to begin work in the upper part of the Gault ditch job, and is not far from Royal Center.

Leonard Rhoades, of the hardware firm of E. D. Rhoades & Son, long ago achieved a large local reputation as an ingenious and artistic window trimmer, and especially in the show windows he prepared for Christmas and other special occasions. A month or two ago he fixed up a window advertising the Frisco lanterns, in competi tion for a number of prizes, ranging from SSO down. He had to compete with window dressers all over the country, and therefore is justly well pleased now, to learn that his display was awarded the 9th place in the whole list, and the letter from the firm that is pushing the lanterns, which notified him of his standing also contained a draft for $25, which was the amount of the prize awarded him.

A proclamation by Governor Hanly declaring the institution open is all that is needed to make the state epileptic village north of Newcastle a reality. The two cottages of the village, Jwork on which was begun a year ago, have been completed in every detail and are ready to occupy. Superintendent VanNuys will at first receive only patients who can be of service about the farm. The plan is to erect additional cottages before more helpless patients (are taken care of. These cottages can be built after November las on that date the $75,000 appropriated •by the last legislature will be available. The two cottages whichf have been completed are welltadapted to the needs for which they are intended. It will be recalled that this is the institution that the citizens [of Monon tried to secure about a year ago.

The friends of Tom McCoy at his home locality, Rensselaer, seem to have fall faith that he will be paroled out of the Michigan City penitentiary the first of next month, yrhile the Michigan City people who have an opportunity of Knowing, state that he will not be let out of that bastile until his full term has expired, which is some two or three years from now. Mr. McCoy was convicted of looting a bank at his home town. —LaPorte Republican. Our very much esteemed LaPorte contemporary, tho hailing from a “near penitentiary” town, is probably not quite so well informed as to the present aspect of Tom’s sentence as the above paragraph would indicate. The maximum time he could be imprisoned under his sentence is three years, and then only in case he made no good time at all by good conduct, or having made it lost it all by subsequent very bad conduct As a matter of fact, however, Tom has made the best possible record for good conduct ever since he has been

i in, and th?t too, in addition to he- . 1 ing. as his hopeful son Taylor expressedit, “the best dirt shoveler in Indiana” in his job of hauling barn yard fertilizers to the prison ( truck-patch. Hen ce i f Tom still keeps up the pace of a model prisoner he will, as we have already stated, be entitled to his release long before the three years are out, and we have judicial opinion pfor saying that about 18 months in all will let him -out, or along about the first of next December.

—; MONDAY Born last night, to Mr. and Mrs. Johu Ward, of New .and, a son. Born, Saturday, July 20, to Mr. and Mrs. Eli Critser, on Weston street, a son. Verne Schock left this morning for Spokane, Washington, to prospect for a location. Howard Mills of the Jasper Trust & Savings Bank, has returned from a two weeks vacation visit with friends in Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. John Macy, of Indianapolis, are here for a few days visit with his mother, Mrs. John Makeever. John Merritt, of the Chicago Bargain Store grocery department, went to Hammond today, to visit friends. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Borchardt, of Tampa, Fla., who are vising relatives Here, went to Chicago this morning for a tew days’ stay with other relatives there.

Miss loma Imes visited her grandfather, W. J. Imes and other friends here over Sunday. She is still employed as a stenographer in the G. H. Hammond Company, in the stock yards. F. B. Meyers was up at Gary several days last week prospecting for a location for the drug store stock he owns at Kentland. He is not sure yet wnether he will secure a Gary location or not. Mrs. E. Wemple and daughter of Rockford, HL, who have been here visiting her other daughter, Mrs. J. J. Montgomery for some time, returned home today. Mrs. Montgomery went as far as Chicago with them. Christy Vick moved his residence todav from the Spitler tenant property on Weston street into John Bislosky’s house near the south end of River street.

Sunday was said to have been the hottest Sunday of the year, so far. Here its highest mark was 89 degrees, but it was a sweltering heat, and severely felt by a great many people. A half inch of water fell during the*shower which came up early early this morning. It was something the farmers would much rather have dispensed with. In fact it is another bad set-back for them. Hon. Jesse E. Wilson returned to his duties as Assistant Secretary of the Interior, at Washington, D. C. today. His family will remain here until fall, when her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wasson, will accompany her back to Washington.

Mrs. Bessie Parker returned home Saturday, from a two months stay in Kansas and the Indian Territory, for the benefit of her health. Latterly the heat has been so great down that way that she could not derive much benefit from her stay there. Will Bunnell, who has been appointed (postmaster at Monticello, must be something of an expert in landing postmasterships. He formerly lived in Remington and was postmaster there for about a year, in 188 U. County Treasurer Elect, and present deputy ..treasurer, J. D. Allman has sold his Remington residence property to J. R. Wilson and will move his family over here about the Ist Of August, when he will occupy the residence on Dayton street recently bought of U. M. Baughman. Hiram Day, who has been working in Gary most of the season, is here now with ;his force of hands and will clean up several jobs oi plastering before he goes back. These consist of A. F. Long’s and J. C. Porter’s new residences, and D. M. Worland’s rebuilt one, i

’town, and Elizur Sage’ c , just w<st of town. o President Infield of the pioposed electric road arrived today from Chicago, where he ha< be 3 n ajeMing some days in its int« rests. He expected Mr. Heek, the representa tive of the proposed financiers cf the road to have come with him on the same train, to begin taking subscriptions for stock, but he did not come for some reason, and is now expected on some later train. Mr. Infield still reports as very encouraging for the road. It is now stated that Smith & Thompson will not make any at tempt to resume work oh the Caratter the county commissioners meet in if being desirable to have their endorsement on cer-. tain matters, Teams are also very, hard to get just now. J. W| William|j proprietor dfthe Rensselaer, furniture store and one of t;be fir'mand steadfast pillars of the Methodist church since 101 these njanyyt was presented with a freight; bill for a case of beer ; a few days ago, with a . polite request to liquidate the same. This caused him tp ; sit up and take notice, and he promptly decided that cases of beer, either full or empty, were no partof his furniture stock, and be declined to pay the bill. The bill was paid however, but by a J. W. Williams who lives some place in the country.