Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1907 — LOCAL HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS

TUESDAY Ethel Fergnson returned home today after a month’s visit at Detroit, Mich. Mr. D. S. Makeever and daughter Ruth left this forenoon for Hope, Kansas, to visit relatives. Mrs. J. W. Childers left this morning for a few days visit with friends at Rushville and Greens burg. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Kenton left for their home at M i tchell, So. Dak., today, after about ten days’ visit with relatives here. There was another pretty heavy rain here last night which will again stop the farmers from thrashing for several days. The rainfall L was half an inch. Rev. Dr. H. L. Kindig went to Lafayette today to attend the annual meeting of the Preachers’ Aid Society, of X. W. Ind., M, E. Conference, of which he is the secretary. W. D. Bringle, of some miles west of town, left for Spokane, Washington, today, to see the country and visit around for a while in the big Jasper county colony now located at that place.

Dr. J. W. Horton’s little son John is getting along as well with his case of typhoid fever ‘as could reasonably be expected and his physician is quite confident of his ifinal recovery, altho the time is not yet due for his fever to reach | its turning point, and until this is | past there is a considerable element of uncertainty as to the final result. | The funeral of Mrs. Margaret I -Shea was held this forenoon, at St. Augustine’s Catholic church. I Funeral high mass was celebrated i by the pastor, Rev. Father Meyers. I Interment was made in Mt. Calvary I cemetery south of town. The I funeral was largely attended, and I an extended procession followed | jthebody to its last resting place. I Vernie Schock arrived yesterday I afternoon from a prospecting stay | of some length at Sf okane, Wash., I having concluded not to move out I there. He brought word that I se tied the question of the cause of | the death of George Pullins, men- |' tioned a few day ago in this paper. I When Vernie left, Mr. Pullins tho ■still living was very low with I typhoid fever, this of course being I the cause of his death. I Walter Imes, who is one of the I striking Western Union telegraph- ■ ers in Chicago, is here now visiting I his father, W. J. Imes. He states I: that the Western Union operators ■ have had only a ten per cent inI crease in wages in the past twenty B years, which is not a quarter of the I per cent of increase in living since ■ then, nor probably more than a ■ ■ tenth of the Western Union’s per ■ cent of increase in [business in that ■ time. Furthermore, when the ■ telegraph company made this ten ■ per cent increase in the operators’ ■ wages, they also made a 25 per ■ cent increase in rates charged the ■ people. Still further he states that ■ even if the operators are granted ■ all the advantages they ask for at ■ this time, their wages will still be ■ 21 per cent less than they were 20 ■ years ago. as compared with the ■ average cost of living now and ■ then. H County Assessor Lewis was mak- ■ ing an official visit up noith a day ■or two ago, and during which he ■ stopped at Kersey and got some ■ new ideas as to the possibilities of ■ cabbage raising in tnat region.

Thus F. E. Lewis, general superialendent of the Gifford Railroad, is also chief consulting and operatingengineer of a 15 acre cabbage patch this year. He has contracted to sell the cabbage crop at a price which will sure net him SSO per acre for the season's crop, and be thinks even more than that. Over at Wheatfield Assessor Lewis took cognizance of another fragrant and profitable garden product, the onionJ A. 8. Keene is the boss onion raiser ci the north tier, and if Onion Alf, of two miles north of Rensselaer, does not look lively, Keene will yet take away his crown of Mory as the onion king of Jasper county. Mr. Lewis does not know how many acres of onions Mr. Keene is raising this season, but the money value of the crop not only sounds but smells very much like $1,500. Henee it is evident that on the right kind of land and properly cared for, there are both dollars and scents in cabbages and onions in Jasper county. Mr. Lewis says that a kraut factory is almost acer’ainty iu Kersey, which will further increase the prosperous condition of the region, and bring in worthy German settlers and tourists from every direction as far as they can smell it, which is a good wajs.

R. M. Moore, of Trafalgar," s here visiting his sister,’ 3frs. Joseph Yeoman. He is a brother of J. J. Moore, who with Mr. Yeoman was tipped over in a buggy by thel.cyclone last May. His brother never thoroly recovered from the injuries he sustained at that time. He is 76 years of age and while he received no broken bones, he was so bruised up that he.can not get over it. R. M. Moore will remain here for probably a week yet. The children and grandchildren of grandfather Gwin to the number of 37 gathered a, the home of Mrs. Lizzie Gwin, south of Pleasant Ridge on Monday, Aug. 19th, to celebrate the 89th birthday of this genial and worthy old gentleman. All brought well filled baskets and enjoyed a bountiful repast on the pleasant lawn of the kindly hostess. At the end of this part of the program a suit of clothes, a hat and tie were presented to the old gentleman as a substantial rememberance the occasion. After a pleasant afternoon all departed wishing Grandfather Gwin many more birthday anniversaries.

WEDNESDAY Alf Donnelly went to Lafayette today on business. Earl and Will Barxley went to Lafayette to see Buffalo Bill’s show there this afternoon. A. E. Coen, of Mecca, Ind., was here over Sunday with his family who are visiting here. Work on the improvement of Division and Main streets is now under way and will be rapidly pushed. Mrs. A. L. Padgett and sister Miss Gail Daugherty went to Frankfort today to tee Mr. Padgett who is there witha-string of race horses. Prof. W. O. Shanlaub, of Morocco, is over for a few day’s visit with his parents here. The county superintendency matter over there, in which he is so largely interested, is at a stand-still until court meets in October. Will Klingener, a cigar maker formerly located at Brookston, killed himself Tuesday morning, in front of the home of his mother-in-law, at Lafayette where his own wife, from whom he was separated, was staying. He shot himself (thru the head with a revolver. John McCoy, the big prisoner at the county jail, has -‘come to his grub” again after about two weeks fasting while his . surcharge of whisky was working off. He is now eating at a rate which threatens to bankrupt the county if he keeps the pace very long. The defection of Benny Fendig whittles down the ranks of “Tht Old Guard” of old bachelors to pretty near the vanishing point Bert JElopkins is really about all that is left, and Bert himseif will not last many months, according to all indications. Prof. 3am Sparling is indeed a charter member, it is true, but he belongs in Madison, and is here but little. Mose

Leopold is sometimes reckoned in the list, but he is really- onlj a juvenile, and on the waiting list, compared with the other vet erans, who have been falling by the way-side, one by one, for several yeais past, until now, when Bert's inevitable summons will really maik their end. Miss Carrie Rhode, of Brookston, is visiting. Miss Glenn Sparling, southwest of town. E. Worth Kolb, of Omaha, is here ou account of the condition of his mother, who is in a very poor state of health from a kidney disease. J. W. Ulrey, of Brook, for many years occupying a position in the census bureau at Washington, is back for about a months’s vacation, a part of which will be spent with relatives here. Prof. J. H. Gray, principal of the city high school, returned last night from his summer vacation, most of which was spent with relatives in the southern part of the state and in Clinton county. It was so cool here last night and this morning that fires were comfortable. The lowest point reached by the temperature was still 50 degrees, but the big change from about 85 degrees of a day cr two before made the chill much more noticeable. Editor George W. Weeks, of the Garrett Herald and owner of the Monon News, is said to be dying from typhoid fever at the Wabash hospital in Peru. Mr. Weeks was married but three weeks ago to Miss Eikenberry, of Churubusco, and was taken ill while on his wedding tour.

Louis Wildberg has been in Chicago several days consulting specialists regarding his health, which has been very poor for some . time past, with kidney and bladder troubles of some kind. A serious chronic hemorrage was a result of his diseases, and for this an operation was recommended by one or more of the three specialists he has consulted, and today he has gone to Peopia, 111., to have the opera tion performed by his brother-in-law, Dr. Albert Weil if he thinks it advisable.

Referee Bowers and Trustee Chapman, are sending out notices that the latter has filed a petition, tofsell the uncollected notes, overdrafts, accounts etc. belonging to the A. McCoy & Co. estate, and that a hearing on the matter will be held at Hammond by Mr. Bowers on September 3rd. There is a pretty large list of these claims which Mr. Chapman has so far been unable to realize on and their sale at auction seems the best way to clear them up. Some of them are pf some value and can be realzed on sometime. Uncle David Hilton has been notified that he has been allowed an increase of pension to S2O a month, on account of his having reached the age of 75 years. He has had his old army rifle which he carried during his army service, and especially on Sherman’s march to the sea, burnished up with a brass name plate set in the stock, and has presented it to Post 84’s museum in their hall. It is probably the only civil war rifle in Jasper county which wa3 carried on Sherman’s big march.

THURSDAY Mrs. C. B. Reprogle and son have returned from a visit at Francesville with her parents. The little boy had been there for seven weeks. J. D. Babcock, of over near Bluffton, is here again on a stock buying trip. He reports great corn prospects in his immediate neighborhood. W. H. Levering, aged 81, died at his home in LaFayette Monday. He was one of the leading Sunday school workers in the United States and the author of several books on the subject. James Flynn, the retiring miller here, is shipping his goods- today to his daughters at Lowell and Cook and his son at Chesterton, and expects to leave himself in a day or two, and will make his home with them in the future. Prof. C. M. Sandifer and wife, who have returned here for the winter’s work in the high school,

will reside in the Dr. Meyer’s -house on Cullen street, |o be vacat ed by Bert Hopper, tile carpenter, who wi 11 move to Colorado; shi p ping his household goods Saturday 'ofThisweekr-—— - The Chalmers lawn tennis players came this Thursday morning and the match games are now being played on the courts at the College. In the siugl.es this morning, Dr Washburn defeated Kossabaum in two 6 3 sets. The Chalmers players are, Drs. Sergeant and Howell, John Kossabaum and Chas. Rauh. The C A. Robei ts residence in the west part of town has just been improved by the addition of one of the largest ancL finest porches in town. The floors as well as the balustrade are of cement and all very handsome and artistic. The porch was the gift of Mrs. Roberts’ brother, Gus Phillips, the well known actor, of Broadway, N. Y., theater, and its cost somewhat over S3OO.

Mrs. Elizur Sage met with quite a severe accident at their home three miles west of town", Wednesday afternoon. A plank on which she was walking, at their house now being built, slipped as she stepped on it and she |got a hard fall, her left arm striking the floor of a porch, and was broken nearly square off just a little above the elbow joint. It is a bad and very painful break and one that will be long in healing. Not the least exciting feature of. the horse thief case here yesterday was the arrest by mistake of a traveling man named Henkle, who has been coming here for years, selling meats for Dreifus, of Lafayette. The right man, Gordon, had been seen in Goff’s restaurant, and when the sheriff and marshal, ac ' companied by Mr, Mallatt, went there to look for him, Mr. Henkle, seated by the cigar case, and being, like Gordan, large and smooth faced and Mr. Maliatt being prob ably considerably excited, he point* ed out Henkle as the man wanted, and he was at once arrested, and they had him almost to the court house before Mr. Goff realized whac was going on and convinced the officers of the mistake. The strangest feature about this inciden t was that Mr. Mallatt was the hardest man to be convinced of his mistake. Of course, the officers were in no way to blame for arresting the man whom Mr. Mallatt pointed out.