Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1907 — LOCAL HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS

TUESDAY Miss Edith Shedd went to Paw Paw, 111., today, to visit friends ■for a short time. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Wolverton, Chalmers, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Nichols for a few days. Mrs. Erastus Peacock went to Hammond today, to visit her daughter, Mrs. Oscar McClnre. Henry B. Roney, the Chicago organist, who has appeared here on several occasions, suffered the loss of his right leg last Friday as the result of an accidental bullet wound. Jake Oppenheimer of New Orleans who has been visiting his Sister Mrs. B. 8. Fendig for some days returned to his home this morning. Mr. Fendig accompanied him as iar as Chicago. Mrs. P. L. Mattes of Chicago, came Saturday for a weeks’ visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Grant. Her sister-in-law Mrs. John Mack, also of Chicago, came with her for a lew days’ visit. Ruby, the infant daughter of Mr. land Mrs. Frank Vest, of Aix, died ten o’clock Monday night at ;the home of Mrs. Vest’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Francis, three 'miles west of town. The cause oi its death was summer complaint, and its age one year, one month and 22 days. The funeral will be held Wednesday, at 10 a. m., by Rev. G. H. Clarke, at Mr. Francis’s residence, and interment be made in Weston cemetery. President Infield, of the interurban, arrived last evening to be present tonight «t the public meeting in the interests of the road, but found on arrival a telephonic message from his home at Indianapolis informing him that his daughter was worse again, and requesting his immediate return borne, and he therefore left on the night train. fHie meeting will be held however, ,nd such progress made as can be it this time, and probably an adon rumen t be made to a later date f found advisable.

Miss Selma Leopold is attending a house party at Kentland for a week or ten days. Mrs. Isaac Leopold and children, lately of Wolcott went to Chicago, today to join heir husband, after a tew days’ yisit here. Gifford beat Pleasant Ridge in a fine game,, of base ball last Sunday, by a score ot six to four at Pleasant Ridge. Z The Ridge boys think the' umpire gave them the short end of the decisions pretty bad. Valparaiso Messenger: The fourth trial of Caleb Powers for the murder of Senator Wm Goebel, of Kentucky, began today at Georgetown Ky. Twice he was sentenced to imprisonment for life and the third trial he was sentenced to death. He used to go to school here and has many friends that will watch the trial to see how it ends this time.

Attorney E. P. Honan left last evening for Chicago, where the committee on constitution of the Catholic Order of Foresters meets this week. The committee acts for the international order and consists of seven attorneys who will go over the constitution and make its recommendations to the international convention of the order at St. Paul next week, to which Mr. Honan is also a delegate. Wm. McCoy, the big boozer who was jailed last week for an attempt criminal assault, and who said he had lately had a case of the tremens commonly called t e snakes, is very slow in coming out from the effects of his several weeks liquor debauch. He still gets an occasional glimpse ot a crawling reptile on the floor, but is always able to control himself and realize that it is only a snake of his whiskey laden imagination. He has scarcely eaten anything at all since his confinment hut drinks water in unlimited q mnities.

Miss Rebecca Smith, an elderly maiden lady residing in Barkley tp., is in a serious condition with an acnte obstruction of the bowels. A Chicago specialist has been summoned to consult with the local physician and together they will determine on the advisability oi an operation. Llewellyn Anderson, prior to 1856 for a few years, a resident ot Jasper county, now residing at Platt, S. Dak., a coasin Miss Smith’s father, is here visiting the Smiths and other relatives. It is his first visit here since his departure 51 yearß ago. Sam Gay, who has been paralyzed since a year ago last Fourth of Jnly was taken oat to the oonnty asylum this afternoon. His entire left side is paralyzed. Ever since his affliction he has been cared for and supported by his aged mother in their home in the east part of town, with what help the neighbors and township trustee could give. His mother is so nearly worn oat now that it is found necessary to relieve her of his care, and the county asylum is the only oouree left, tho there are plenty of well-to-do and even wealthy relatives who could help them If they would.

WEDNESDAY A. F. Long and wife were in Chicago yesterday. Mrs. Fern Guss aild little daughter went to Lafayette today to visit relatives. Miss Edith Strickfaden went to Champaign, ill., today, for a month's visit with relatives. Mrs. A. E. Bolser w< nt to Green Castle todaVf where here sister. Mrs. Ray Hufford, is very sick with typhoid fever. Attorney and Mrs. G. A. Williams returned yesterday from a visit of two weeks with his relatives in Logan county, Ohio. ' RevTA. G. work, of South Chicago, is spending his vacation with Rensselaer friends, and will be here most of the month of August. Mrs. S. B. Fisher and little daughter of Marion, returned home today, alter a visit of a week with here mother, Mrs. Jas. Randle Jas. Maloy, of Steger, 111., is spending a few days here, visiting relatives and seeing aoout some im provements to his depot property. Mrs. Isaac Glazebrook went to Battle Ground today to be present at a meeting of the Home Missionary Society, being the delegate from Rensselaer. Chas. Tyler, who works in the Hammond packing house in Chica go, came yesterday for a few days visit with his mother, Mrs. Anna L Tyler and other relatives in and near Rensselaer.

G. E. Derby, of Elbow Lake, Minn., was here over night, on business. He lives about JL jmilea from our former townsmen, Earl Sayler and family, whom he reports getting along nicely. Bob Wartena, who has been working in Hammond for some .months, was in Rensselaer yesterpay and this morning. He has about decided to quit electric work and to take a clerical position with the Illinois Steele Co., at South Chicago ~"~Z Misses Lora Rhoades and Nora Bridgeman, telephone operators, left this morning for Pueblo, Colo., where they will spend their summer vacation the guests of Miss An aa Sample, who was one of the operators here prior to her removal to that place about a year ago. Abe Martin: Ole Ez Pash is visitin’ et Jamestown fer th’ fust time in three hundred years. He writes back t’ his niece thet so many changes have taken place since then that he ha» been turned around two or three times. A paper hanger ’ll promise anything. Word was received this morning from President Infield, at Indianapolis, that his daughter whose sickness called him away Monday night, is very seriously sick but with sufficiently encouraging prospects for improvements that Mr. Infield hoped to be able to return here by Thursday night. Monou tp., in White county, yesterday voted by about a 3to 1 majority to construct some 16 miles of stone road in that township. The road is to run from Lee south three miles, thence east four miles to Monon and the remainder of the road is to be in various parts of the township.

Bissenden Bros, and Geo. Green have just about completed, their job of making 12000 cement blocks tor the new hospital building to be erected*at the college, and Jessup has contracted to superintend the construction of the building which is to be 35x70 feet iu dimensions and will be a very fine building; Clifford Parkison is branching out in the general merchandise business. He bought a store at Cambria several months ago and has just recently bought another store at Fickle, Ind., to which place he has moved. Tbe Fickle store will be headquarters but he will continue to run the store at Cambria as a branch.

Simon Leopold and Will Porter will go to Francesville tomorrow to begin displaying their new stock of clothing and gents’ furnishings in the store room, preparatory to the opening of the store on Aug. 9th and 10th. Neither has so far been able to secure a house there and their families will remain here nntil they can secure reeidenceß. They are placing an all new and thoroly np to-date stock of goods in that hustling town and should' have splendid success. Perry Gwin, who went west some 14 months ago to try that climate for the rheumatism, reached Uhica go yesterday and will arrive home today. He received great benefit from his rheumatism and is now almost well, suffering a little from the malady in his feet only. He visited several coast and mountain states, starting in at Tusoon, Ariz., spending the winter in Los Angeles Oal., visiting in Portland, Oregon, and finished np with a two months stay in Yellow Stone Park. At Portland he called on Dr. A. L. Berkley whom hs found to M well established and enjoying a good practice.

* THURSDAY ■... : —— / pr r _i The Battle Ground campmeeting holds its first session today. Mrs. W. H. Beam went to Monon today, to spend the day with friends. Miss Tillie Ramp returned home this morning from a visit of several days at Kentland. Miss Cora E Meese niece of Mr. B. Forsythe returned to her home in Dixon, 111., Wednesday. Miss Harriet Yeouian went to Pontiac, 111., today, for a two weeks’ visit with Hiss Douua Harmon. „ ...Joseph Sharp went to- Kentland today for a short visit. He resided there for many years before remov ing here. Mrs. R P. Benjamin returned from Lake Village visit of two weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Calvin Cane. Rev. G. W. Bundy will preach at the Methodist Protestant church Sunday at 10:30 a. m. and 8 p. m. This will close his years work. Mrs. Tj went to Parr today to spend the day with her sister, Mrs. Theo. Warne, who has been in failing health for the past year. Georgia has joined the temper ance column, which proves that Georgia colonels are in the minority, a condition heretofore not thought th exist, Mrs. Mary E. Lowe returned from Valparaiso today, where she had attended the summer commeucement of University having friends among the graduates. Word comes from Chicago that Miss Rebecca Smith is recovering from her operation of Tuesday in a most satisfactory way, and now seems *to be practically out of danger. ,

Cyril Steel, who lives on the Grooms farm in Barkley tp., left today for Poplar, Mont., where he will visit two brothers and spend some time prospecting for future residence. Rev. J. C. Parrett. of the Presbyterian church, will be absent from tae city on his vacation during the month of August, and there will be no preaching service at the church until Sept. Ist. J. F. Frances of Fithian, 111., and J. H. Francis, of Ogden, with their families, returned home today after a short visit with their lather, Joseph Francis, west of town, and with their sister, Mrs. Frank Vest, north of town. Mrs. W. E. Laidlaw, and two children, of Cincinnati, who have been visiting Mrs. C. A. Radclifte at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Rhoades, in Rensselaer, went to Chicago today to vist relatives. —7 Several local nimrods caught good strings ol fish Tuesday, which enticed about everybody with a fishing pole to the river yesterday. But yesterday they did not bite, very few being landed. Pickerel and bass were the kinds caught. Miss Gertie Leopold returned to day from a ten days’ visit with the Misses Rowley at Wabash. Miss Bessie Hardy returned several days ago and Miss Ethel Ferguson, who has also been visiting there, started today to Detroit to visit relatives. - J Kirby Risk, the democratic district chairman, of Lafayette, modestly suggest that he will ao accept the state chairmanship if some stronger man does not appear. This ‘‘rather have you take it” spirit is quite general among democratic politicians now. Abe Martin says: “Long before a feller recovers from his wife’s Easter hat she begins t’ fret an’ worry ’boot th’ fall shapes. “Dimmycratic thunder” seems to be ’bout th’ most popular brand of oratory that th’ chautauquas kin dig np.

“Chick” Chamberlain and “Jack” Montgomery have sold their Mitchell touring car to Albert Jones, a Wolcott groceryman. They received 11,200 for it, which looks like a low price for as good a car as it was. They bought it soms three months ago from parties in Illinois. The Christian Sunday School is holding a picnic today, and several wagon loads of cheerful little spirits have been transported to the woods. These Sunday School picnics are wonderful things and most of ns can look back a few years ago and recall the happy times we had when carefree kids. Wednesday’s rain was not a very large one but it will prove of great benefit to corn, which takes considerable moisture at this time of year to bnild np the stock and ear. The rain, of course, inoonvenienced the oats harvest somewhat, bat .some sacrifices in that respect are always ta be made in the interest of the “king” crop. From various sources come estimates of the oats yield, varying from 25 to 85 bushels to the acre. 1 >,