Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1907 — LOCAL HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS

TUESDAY Mrs. Geoigia Kline of ludianapo' lis, is the guest of her cousin, Miss lone Zimmerman, and will remain for about three weeks. l t Lyman Baree left yesterday for Martinsville, where he will take sanitarium treatment for the next three weeks for stomach trouble. Mr. and Mrs A. H Tedford of Vincennes, Ind., returned home today, after a few days visit: with their daughter Mrs. George Hopkins. Mrs. Bruce Hardy shipped her goods and lett this afternoon for Forsythe, Montana, to join Mr. Hardy, who had been out there since last spring. J. W. Crowell, of Montieello, is here to start in as partner with his brother Dick as owners and operators of the Merchants’ Cigar Company. F e will move his family over as soon as he can sestcure a suitable house. Mr. and Mrs. Helmar Lilja and children, of Chicago, returned home Monday after a visit with their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Johnson, northwest of town. Mrs. Johnson’s daughter "Miss Anderson went back with them for a two weeks visit. A petition asking the Commissioners to call a township election in aid of the proposed interurban railroad is being circulated today by Warren Robinson and Walter Porter. Nearly everyone signs it is presented to. By two o’clock they had fifty names.

The Division Street Athletes played baseball today with the Rips of Rippervilie, and the Rips got ripped to the tune of 15 to 13. The Athletes are Terrors from Terrorville more than the Rips are Rippers fram Rippervilie, and have not met defeat once this season. July was a very dull month matrimonially speaking, and A ugust started in much the same way, but it made a start today, with two weddings. All four of the partiei married here today were born in Jasper county, which is also a little unusual. The marriage of Miss Bates of the primary and the resignation of Miss Perkins of the 7th grade' to attend college, leaves two unexpected vacancies in the Rensselaer teaching force. Miss Tinkham, of DeMotte, and Miss Bruce, of Rena selaer, have been offered the places and will probably accept. Pleasant Ridge and Gifford had another red-hot game of baseball last Sunday, at Gifford. Pleasant Ridge won this time, but as the different teams report widely different results for the score, we will not quote any figures. As usual, the oeaten side is kicking wildly over the “rotton” decisions of the “empire.” Melbrin Griffin and Will Woodworth arrived home Monday from their summer’s stay in (Sooth Dakota, or out that way some place. As the season advanced, they found that the land claims they had secured would not raise any thing but dust and whiskers and so they got up and dusted, leaving the claims and some of the dost, while Bill brought back the whiskers. They were a fine and luxurant crop for bunch grassere, and Bill took no chances of Indiana green bugs getting in them and had them harvested as soon as he struck | Chicago. Marion *wio went out with them, was

more fortunate in hi*seisdm aud is said to have secured & prtttv good one. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Simmons arrived from Indianapol's on the. 3.30 P. M. train Monday, on the -sad errand of hnrying tbeir six months o’d infaut daughter Lucile. They were met at the depot by a large number of friends arid proceeded at once to Westou cemetery, where brief funeral services where con ducted by Rev. H. L. Kindig An unn-mally large number of friends attended the funeral, and whose floral offering were r.umerou| and beautiful. Mr. and Mrs. Siaimous were accompanied from Jndianapolis, or rather from Greensburg where the baby died, by her mother, Mrs. W. A. Huff, and his brother, Charles Simmons, of nedr Chicago.

WEDNESDAY Mr. and Mrs. F. E Babcock and Miss Ethel Sharp were Lafayette visitors today. Mrs. Harry Wiltshire went to Wabash today, to visit her sister, Mrs, Peter Giver. The Junior League of the M. E. church will give an ice cream social at King Davis’ residence this evening. Everybody invited. There was another big., .rain, to cause loss and discouragement to the tarmerß last night. The precipitatiou here was .39 of an inch. Miss Kate Shields has*been engaged to teach in the Brook schools the ensueing school year and herself arid mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Shields, will move over to that town next week. President Infield and Engineer Heck have gone over to Remington today, to work up an interest in an election for the interurban in Carpenter township. From there they will work down thru Benton county.

Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Kenton are here from Mitchell, S. Dak., for a few weeks vk.it with friends and relatives. Mr. Kenton reports fair crop prospects at his place, but says the season has been too wet there, as well as most every other place. Anderson Yick, of Lafayette, is here visiting his brother Charles Vick and other relatives. Altho residing so near this is his second visit to Rensselaer, his former one being a short stay with a Lafayette carnival boon train crowd which —: >. came here seven or eight years ago. John McCoy, the big boozer in the county jail, is still devoting all his physicial energies to the big task of getting his years’ accumulation of whiskey out of his system. He has been in two weeks now and has net eaten all told during that time half enough for one good meal. Mrs. Martha Avis, a consumptive inmate of the county asylum, is nsw very low and her death ex«pected at any time. She is about 26 years old and was brought from Kankakee township about six months ago. She is married but her husband has deserted her. She has no children. Mr. and K. Hollingsworth and sons Donald and Thomas left today on an extended and very attractive looking tour in their fine Mitchell touring car. They will visit many points of interest in the east, including Niagara Falls, and going as far as New York. They will be away about a month. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kaupke formerly of Kankakee township, are visiting friends in that and other parts of the county. Mr. Kaupe was foimerly trustee of that township but on account of his wife's poor health, he resigned and moved to Oklahoma. There he has flourished greatly from a financial point of view, and what is still better, Mrs. Kaupke has completely regained her health. THURSDAY i Mrs. Dr. Turfler was a Chicago visitor today. Mrs. Rev. G. H. Clarke and son Marion have gone to Richmond, Ind., for a week’s visit with relatives. Mrs. F. O. Gray, of Streator, 111., is visiting her cousin, Sylvester Gray, in the northwest part of town.

Mrs. John Knapp has gone f« r a few weeks visit among old home people in Pennsylvania and westei u 2?ew Vork. - >7— ------ -—- B|rs. Vernoi Scbock aud' Miss Dollie Schock went to LaPorte today for a visit of sev, ral days with Everet Schock aud family.. Father Andrew J. Burns, of Oregon, 111., and his father, TLoe. Burns, ol Kankakee, returned home this morning after a short visit with the lkttersaon. Michael Burns, north of town. Will G. Ross, of Attica, has been selected by Laudis & Ricketts as the manager of the Delphi Journal vice Joe Reynolds, our former townsman, who resigned recently on account- of having purchased au - iuteree-t m a paper at Frankfort. The average temperature of Indiana last week,- according .to the state weather bureau report, was only 69, degrees, or seven degrees below the normal for the time of year. No wonder farmers complained that it was too cold for corn, ~

Mr. and MrS. A. L. Marshall returned to Highland Park, 111., to day, after a visit of some length with her parents and other friends and relatives here. Mr. Marshall’s, services are needed at Highland Park, in preparing for the fall reopening of the Northwestern Military Academy, of which he is com • missary aud assistant business manager."" f" ~T" ~~7.. ■ Mrs. Slagel, of Frankfort, came up today for a iew days visit with Mrs. Joe Larsh. She reports that Mr. Slagel aud his partner are still running the Coniter house at Franklort as well as the Lahr house at Lafayette. At the latter place there was some trouble with the dining room girls and they let the whole bunch quit and got men waiters from Chicago. A very pleasant surprise dinner was the feature at the home of Jas. R. Baker Sunday, it being his 27th birthday. Sonu> 30 guests were present his brother Custer of Chicago came home for the affair. All brought well filled baskets which when spread made a fine dinner of which every one did ample justice. They departed at an evening hour wishing Russell many more such happy birthdays.