Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1907 — LOCAL HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS

FRIDAY - J , Mrs. W. O. Rowlea is spending today iu Chicago. Miss Anna Karr, of Fair Oaks, went to Kokomo today, for a visit of a few days with relatives. Mrs. Jasper Kenton, of Mitchell, S. Dak., came Wednesday to visit relatives lor about two weeks. Mrs. E. E Stepiieusen returned to her home in Chicago today after a visit of eome time with her paients, Ed Kirk and wife. Misses Anna and Madge Stout Teturued to their home iu Trafalgar, today, after a visit here with their cousin, Mis. Geo. H. Healej-. Misses Jennie and Kellie Wood ,ring, of Lincoln Neb., returned home today after a visit of two weeks with Miss Fannie Porter. Mrs. J. W. Pierce and children went to Fountain Park today to remain during the chatauqua session. E. G. Warren and family will also spend the next two weeks there. Contractor E. G. Warren has made very excellent progress in the building of the new Christian church at Kentland, and now has it ready for the slate roof and the lathing, A. B. Claspell has been helping him on the job. Mrs. Albert Wolf went to Wabash today to he present tomorrow at the marriage of her niece, Edna Warden, daughter of John Warden, formerly of .Rensselaer, to Mr. Wade Laidlow of Elkhart. Rev. L. R. Leake and wiie, formerly Missdennie Benard, ot Eleva, Wis., cams Wednesday and he returned home today, leaving her for a visit of some length with her aunt Mrs. S. R. Nichols, with whom she lived for several years. Carl Duvall returned home yesterday from Cincinnati, where he had been working for a feW weeks. He did not like it there, and at tributes his bad health during the time he was there to the water. He will probably secure employ ment nearer Home. Ed Parcells was down to Lafayette a few days ago and bought a good merry-go-round outfit which he will bring here next week and locate it here for an extended stay. It will be put up on Judge Thompson’s vacant lots at the corner of Washington and Cullen streets. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hardy and daughter, of Alva, Okla., came to day for a visit of about two weeks with her mother, Mrs. Maria Hopkins, and other I 'relatives in Rensse laer and with relatives of his in Remington. Frank is conducting a prosperous mercantile business at Alva, and will spend part of his time baying goods in Chicago. “A large and well pleased audience” enjoyed a continuous vaudeville performance of several hours duration on a prominent street last evening. A man and his wife were the principal performers, with occasional assistance in the parts of interlocutor and end men, by vari oos relatives. The “local hits” were numerous and very pointed and at the expense of prominent citizens, and were keenly enjoyed by the audience, tho probably not much relished by the objects thereof, if any of them were near enough to hear when their names were mentioned. The band concert last night brought out a large crowd of people all of whom seemed to thoroly enjoy the program. The music produced by the band is ot a very excellent quality and gets better each

uight. The eoueerts serve sever'd go kI p::*pos<M, they are mi joyed by the puolic, they create better trade for the ice cream and confec umary dealers and tuey give the appearance of hustle to stranger 8 in the city. And a strictly home band is better : ban a more expensive one \vhere the director gets all 'the money. B. F. Fendig and Samuel Bochardt. are spending today in Chicago. Born, Wednesday, Aug. 7th, to - MrrTrrrdMrs. fttdrard —Crowell,—a_ daughter. Bom, Thursday, Aug. Bth, to Mr. aad Mrs. S. A. Williams, of Unioa Tp. a son. Mrs. W. tT. Parkison and children returned home yesterday evening from a visit with her parents at Attica. Mrs. Walter Lee and sous returned * home this morning £from a weeks visit with relatives and friends in and near McCoysburg. Dr. arid Mrs. J. M. D. Davisson, of Oklahoma City, started for their home this morning, after a visit of about a week here with his sister, Mrs. Geo. A. Williams. Captf'G. W. Payne is over from Monticello again looking after his recently purchased residence prop erty on Elm street. He is having it extensively improved, including the adding of three uew rooms. He intends to move back here hirnself aud occupy it in the not distant future. Miss Blanche Merry, Of Mt. Ayr, has been entertaining at a house party for the past week, twe foi mer classmates of hers at the state normal school, namely. Miss Mayme Dixon, of Denver, and Miss Sarah Couley, of Clinton, Ind. Miss Conley returned home this morn ing, but Miss Dixou will remain for 2 longer visit. Frank Hayes and wife of Barkley tp., came home from Elkhart tnis morning where they had been to consult a specialist about Mrs. Hayes eyes, which have been giving her a great amouut of trouble lately. They were unable to receive any encouragement there and tomorrow they will go to La fayette to consult a specialist there. Shuck Ju and Yee Poy, both supposed to be Chinese merchants in Sau Francisco, aud “togged up” to beat the band, were married to two Chicago white girls here on Tuesday. They were sisters, Annie aud Lillian Stady, aged 19 aud 20, and the Chinamen gave their ages at 26. They all seemed to be members of the 400 as far as dress and jewels go.—Crown Point Star. The bill posting force of the Hagenbeck Wallace show are here today, their special car being sidetracked at the depot while the force covers every available foot of hoard space in and about the city. This is car No. 1, and will be followed by another advertising car a week later. The show will be at Delphi the day before coming here and at Hammond the day after. They will show at the ball park here. Raymond Scott, a 12 years old boy at Hammond, was killed yesterday by coming in contract with live electric wires. He had been flying a kite aud it became entangled in the electric wires near the noxthside street car barn. He at once climbed up to release the kite, and had no sooner touched the wires than his body was filled with the 6,600 volts of electricity with which the wires were charged. He was frightfully burned and died in a tew hours. The Beqton Review is out after the contract jumping school teacher and even suggests that a black-list against them might be justifiable. We have always felt a mighty keen interest in the school teacher and are always glad when we hear of one getting a promotion even if a contract ras to be broken in order to permit the teacher accepting it. For the time and money spent in fitting a teacher for the school room the salaries are very meagre, especially in these days when all other wages are so materially advanced, and it is right that a teajeh.er should be constantly on the watch for a better position with better pay, and while the breaking of oontracts sometimes incon-

veniences a school board, the members of the boaul are usually sufficiently interested iu tne welfare of fbe teacher to sanction it and make the best of ilie difficulty. The teacher has had a hard enough rime to secure advances aud they must take them wheu the opportunity conies. Better an inconvenienced school board than a manacled teacher. SATURDAY Gaylord McFarland came home -fpom-Miahflwaka today. “Horn, last night, to Mr. and Mrs. Will Morris iti Jordan a daughter. Mrs. Ira Galbreath, of Wheaton, HI., came today to visit relatives, here. ~~ Mrs. N. J. York and sons went to Battle Ground today to* attend the camp meeting. A new directory of Chicago gives the population of that city as 2,367, - 000. Chicago is quite a town. Mrs. Mary Peyton and daughteis Grace and Wilma, weut to Otterbein today to visit Grandmother Weathers. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Poffenbarger, of Logansport, came today for a short visit with her sister, Mrs. E. L. Fidler and family. • Mis. Henry Pierson and Miss Belle Wood went to Battle Ground today to attend the camp meeting and visit their mother. Orville Ford, of Ambia, returned home today after a visit of one week with his sister, Mrs. Ed. Ranton. southwest of town. Mrs. Robert Sheets, of Wheaton, 111., came today for a short visit with her parents, Jas. Garriott and wife, aud with other relatives. Mrs. Geo. Stalker went to Covington, Ind., today to meet for a short visit some California friends at the home of 8. U. Dickinson. Miss Gertrude Sullivan returned to her home in Madison today, after a visit of two weeks with the family of Frank Hill, in Jordan tp. August Ringeisen, son of M. Ringeisen, of near McCoysburg, went to Fairmount, Minn., today, where his father has a large farm. Mrs. P. L. Mattes and babywent to their home in Chicago today, after a visit of some weeks with her parents, H. M. Grant and wife. Mrs. Sanders, wife of Prof. Sanders, of Bloomington, and two sons, came yesterday to visit the family of N. S. Bates and other friends. Miss Edna Wildberg wentto Chicago this morning, where she will probably work as a stenographer. She may later go to Peoria, where she was previously employed for some time. Fletcher Monnett went to Evanston today, on a business trip, connected with his his hotel there which is-.being run by J. J. Brenner, the former Makeever House landlord. Mrs. C. F. Stackhouse and Miss Nina Martindale went to Perrysburg today to visit the family of Carey Houston. They will also visit at Peru and Anderson returning home. W. D. Courtwright, who has been staying with his son-in-law, Fred Markley, in Barkley tp., for several months, went to Remington today to remain daring] the Fountain Park meeting. Dr. J. W. Horton’s little |son John has been sick for some time withja fever which shows quite pronounced symptoms of being a genuine case of typhoid. It is probable that it waa during a recent visit in the central part of the state. The October term of the Benton circuit court will have little to do. Only eight civil cases have been filed and none of any importance. The people of Benton county are too bnsy for litigation. Another touckdown in favor of prosperity. —Oxford Tribune. Miss Flora Harris started to Big Rapids, Mich., this morning for a week’s visit with relatives and friends, and to attend the wedding on next Wednesday, Ang. 14th, of Miss Jennie Lardner to Mr. Coffy. Miss Lardmfer is quite well known here, where she has frequently visited her relatives, the Wishards.

L A, I*. Branch returned from Winona today, where he bad beeu for several days, Mrs. F. A. Hatton and daughter of Rossville, came today for a short visit with the family of her brother, Rov Lewis, just north of town. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. HitchingS, of near Brook, came home today from a visit with their son, Orville near South Haven, Mich. Miss Minnie Garrott, of Brookston, sister of Mrs. Hjtcftiugs, met them here, aud will visit them for about a wcekr — 1 - ' ~ ' V Born, Thursday, Aug. 20, to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Reynolds, at their home in a tent four mile south o.‘ town, a son. This so far as known now is the first genuine Gypsy baby born in Jasper county. He is only the eighth child born to the couple, which of course is very few for a Gypsy family. Mayor Darrow, of LaPorte, and Attorney Talbott, were some time disbarred from practicing law in the circuit courts of Indiana, and last week the estimate of costs in in t_e disbarment proceedings was filed in the auditor’s office at La Porte. The county council will be asked to appropriate $2,500 for the purpose. The disbarment of a dishonest stubborn lawyer comes high, but the protection of the public from frauds like Darrow is probably worth the money.

While driving to town Monday morning Levi Hutton saw a white blak bird in a flock, and while it is not common to see those freaks, white black birds are known to exist. We believe Levi’s story out had he been driving out of town instead of in it would have been different. Treasurer Bailey says he has seen white black birds, and two years ago a youDg one, fully feathered, was taken from a nest north of town, which was perfectly white, while twtf'more in the same nest were black. The bird was exhibited in Crown Point and was a genuine black bird with the excaption of being white.—Crown Point Star. A fine 40-horse power touritg car of the Model Glide type carrying the following people was in Rensselaer today, the tourists putting up for dinner at the Makeever House, viz. O. W. Powers and wife and Roger W, Powers, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Miss Jessie Blair, of Burlington, lowa, and Mr. Harry Russ, of Peoria, 111. The party was making a most remarkable trip, having already been from Peoria to New York City and this far on the return trip, and intend ing to go right on to Salt Lake City. The trip is purely a pleasure one but for the sakeflof the experience it is beiug made at a very rapid rate, averaging more than 110 miles each day since the start was made. C. H. Sternberg came to Rensselaer this morning from a-visit to his other nearby dredging plants. The Eli Hoagland dredge ditch is underway quite satisfactorily, but operations have been delayed at Monon by failure to receive two car loads of the machinery for the big new dredge. The Monon dredge will be differently constructed from the&ne here, the anchors being straight out from the side of the boat and being controlled by cables over the top of 40 feet uprights. The boom also is ten feet longer than the one in use here, altho the dipper is to be the same size, 2i yards. The machinery is now on its way and digging operations will probably begin the last of this month. MONDAY Mrs. W. L. Fiye and baby went to Chicago Saturday for a week’s visit with her husband. Misses Jean Sigler and Leona Dunlap, of Mt Ayr, left today for Claypool, Ind., for a two weeks’ visit. Lyman Zea spent Saturday aud Sunday here with his family. He is still holding down a night watch job at the Monon shops in Lafayette. Jess Morris returned to Hammond today, after a visit of two weeks with his brother "Will Morris, over south, and his mother in town.

Abe Martin: —Th’ world baint so big after all. Dr. Moppe seen a feller up at Indynoplos yisterday that he used t’ know at Irviugton. You never seen no safety razors at a dance. Mrs. Annie Krischel and son Joseph and Mrs. Mary Noises and son John, of Chicago, returned home Saturday after a week’s visit with Mrs. A. Gaugloff, just east of town. C. G. Spitler and Squire Moore are each installing hot water heating plants in their residence properties. A hot water plant is also being put in the former A. Long drug store room. Abe Martin says that Prof. Alex Tansey has startled the medical world by declaring that a wig grows after death. Verily Prof. Tansey ought to have a professorship in Chicago University. His discovery is of the same type as the remarkable things being announced from that institution every few months. Col. B. E. Wallace managing director of the Hagenbeck and Wallace Show, resides at Peru and the show has its winter quarters there. Mr. Wallace has not been here in four years but up to that time came every other summer. The Hagenbeck-Wallace show is more thap twice as large as the show Mr. Wallace had here last time. U. M. Baughman and wife have returned from their prospecting trip thru the west and southwest,

particularly in Colorada and Oklahoma, and will spend some two weeks here in preparing for their permanent removal. They have not definitely determined on a location, being favorably impressed with the crop ont-look and the general business opportunities about Oklahoma City, but favoring Colorado for climate. As the direct object of their removal from Rensselaer is the condition of Mrs. Baughman’s health, it is probable Colorado will be selected and that Colorado Springs will be the city they will decide upon. Pythian sister friends of Mrs. Baughman gave her a pleasant surprise Saturday evening. Joe Reynolds was up from Frankfort yesterday visiting his mother Mrs. 8. R. Nichols. Joe is now the business manager and part owner of the Frankfort Daily and Weekly News and a very fine look-. ing paper it is. The Republican congratulates the News for seeuring our‘hustling former townsman for a manager. The Indiana Farmer of last week had a fine photo of Col. B. E* \v allace and his 3200 acre farm at Pern. Col. Wallace is the manager of the Hagenbeck and Wallace circus, which comes to Rensselaer Friday, Aug. 23., Mrs. M. Schneider returned to her home in Cleveland Saturday, after a visit of several weeks here with her father, John Bislosky, west of town. Her visit here waa cut short by sickness iu her family at Cleveland. v