Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1907 — Page 3

'J I*mew . dg.i u. I—CHICAGO and the NORTHWEST, ' INDIANAPOLIS, CINCINNATI, LOUISVILLE, FRENCH LICK SPRINGS and the SOUTH. Time tablb No. 13, taking effect July 22, 1906. South Bound. - North Bound. No. 31..4:49 a m I No. 4...4:30 a m No. 5..10.55 a m | No. 40..7:31 a m No. 33.-2:04 p m | No. 32..9:55 a m No. 39..5:44 p m j No. 6...9:31 p m <o 3..11:05 pm j No. 30..*.36 p m No. 45.12:53 p m | No. 33..2:67 p o» • Na 4v No. 30 —Dally except Snorts* No. 38—Sunday only No. 3 will stop at Rensselaer for passengers for Lafayette and the south -- No. 4 will stop at Rensselaer to let pH/passengers from points south of Monon. W. H. BEAM, Agent.

LOCAL HAPPENINGS

FRIDAY Chappel is over from Remington today. = George O. Bales, the lumber man is over from Goodland today. Mrs. M. D. Gwin went to La fayette today to visit her parents. J. H. Allman and wife, of Remington,visited their son J. D. and family in Rensselaer yesterday. A. M. Munden, now of Morristown, is here for a short stay, spending part of his time at his former home, Fair Oaks. Mrs. Ella Mahany, Of Chicago, came yesterday for a short visit with relatives, the Makeevers, and •to look after some business interests. Mrs. Minerva (Stanley) Mills re'turned so her home in Newpoint, Ind., today after a visit ot two weeks here with her son Jack Stanley. Hugh Kirk has returned from Hoopeston, 111., where he has been working during the summer, and has entered high school, being a member of the Junior class.

George Lowman and wife, of Amboy, Ind., returned home today after a short visit with relatives here, which followed a more extended visit at Bangor, Mich. James Jordan, son of W. N. Joi* dan of nap- Glffbrd, left sos Champaign, 111., this morning, where he will enter the Illinois state university as an electrical engineering student.

Andrew Wiseman and son Ames ■of Terre Haute, returned nome today after a visit,of a week with relatives at Virgie, Wheatfield and other places in the north part ot the county.

Sim Blankenbaker and wife, of Keigley, Kans., arrived here this morning for a visit with the family •of their nephew, Will Childers, and other relatives. They formerly lived near Mt. Ayr.

The militia company is to or'ganize a foot ball team and a meeting for that purpose will be held in the armory Saturday evening at ■8 o’clock. It will be -composed of most of last year’s high school team.

Mr. and Mrs. Eli Arnold, of Barkley, arrived home yesterday afternoon, after a visit with her brother, Vannie Lesh, and family at Edmore, Mieh. Vannie has fine prospects there and is well ■ pleased with his location. Kentland had a ‘carcus’ Tuesday and it is said that Davis of the Enterprise, and Steinbaugh of the Democrat, both contracted strabismus of the eye in an effort to penetrate the gauze habilaments 'covering the withered shanks of old Madame Carvoni, who rides the iron-gray gelding around the ring and waltzes to the tune of “Oh, meet me where the Oleander Blooms.” —Morocco Sentinel.

•Glen Wishard, of our city, who graduated at Northwestern University last June with such high honors, has been preaching this summer up around Superior, Wisconsin. He was admitted to the N. W. Indiana M. E. conference at its recent session at Greencastle, ■and assigned to Chesterton, an important and desirable appointment for a young man still a student. He will continue his studies at Northwestern this college year, taking a special post-graduate course for the Master of Arts degree. Next year, it is understood, he will begin his regular Theological Seminary course.

Lewis Brown and wife, of Frank / fort, came today for a short visit with his parents, O. E. Brown and wife, northwest of town. Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Kindig ar rived home from the Conference Thursday, and Mr. Kindig will resume his regular pastoral labors next Sunday. J. C. Tbrawls is getting better from his recent attack of cholera morbus and is now quite certain to be able to get around again within a few days. His step-daughter, Mrs. Eva Crane, of Logansport, came today to see him and will remain until tomorrow evening. Several persons who attended the state fair have returned t home, and all pronounce the fair a very fine one, probably the best ever held there. The objection made is that was too large, both in th? grounds and in the city, and it was very difficult to secure accommodations at the hotels. Ernest Clark returned to his work as a telegraph operator in the general offices of the Santa Fe railroad in Chicago this morning after a ten days’ stay with his parents here. He is suffering considerably from stomach trouble and was home< for a rest and for medical treatment.

Frank Osborn arrived here this morning for a stay of indefinite length- Since the death of his wife he has been back to Newcastle but finds it a difficult matter |to comfort himself and he will for a time and perhaps permanently remain here where he has relatives and many friends.

Dell Gray, the Remington man hurt about three weeks ago in the runaway accident, is getting along very nicely now and it is quite certain he will be able to save his leg. A counsel of physicians decided when amputation was discussed to await developments for awhile and now he is getting along very encouragingly, i

Announcements have been received here of the marriage of Miss Carmen Penn, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Penn, former residents of Kensselaer for quite a number of years, and for several of which manager of the Nowels House, now located at Dunkirk, this state. The marriage took place the first day of this month, at Dunkirk, and the groom is Mr. Benj. L. Flinn, of that place.

SATURDAY Charles and Dora Clouse, of near Hoopeston, 111., are visiting their uncle, John Englssh and family. Mrs. Albert Dickinson and daughter, Georgia, went to Chicago today for a week’s visit with relatives. Jay W. Williams, the furniture dealer, has been confined at his home since Tuesday by an attack of pleurisy.

Trustee J. M. Chapman and Attorney Parkinson went to Hammond today on business relating to the McCoy cases. A 3-year-old daughter of Wm. Ballinger, of Kniman, died yesterday of spinal meningitis, and the funeral is being held today. George Tullis and daughter, Miss Blanch, from south of town, went to Compton, 111., today, to visit his daughter, Mrs. Jesse Fox. Ross Peregrine, 14-year-old son of Ed Peregrine of Hanging Grove tp., is convalescing from typhoid fever, after a week’s severe sickness. Harvey Brannan last week sold his interests in the livery business to his partner, I. W. Boltz. Mr. Brannan has moved to Rensselaer, where he has accepted a position with a dredging concern.—Francesville Tribune. Since the first publication of the McCoy bank overdrafts, judgments, etc., for sale, Trustee Chapman has received many inquires concerning them, and it is not improbable that by the first sale day savepd of them will either have been settled or sold.

John Roadifer from west Carpenter tp. was in town Thursday and reports that the wind and hail storm of last Saturday resulted in considerable damage to corn in that latitude. He also thinks the rain there must have been very much heavier than here.

Chas. D. Donald, one of America’s foremost concert baritone singers, will be heard with the Manhattan Theater Company, which appears at the - Ellis Opera house, the first three nights of next week. Altho Benton county has the highest land assessment in the state it has the lowest tax rate in the state. The levy in Benton was only 24.65 cents as compared with 55 cents in Jasper and 47.65 in Newton. Postmaster Tull, of Monon, has issued an order that allows only one child, in a family to get the family mail, thus getting away from the disagreeable features of having to go over the mail several times for each family. It looks like a reasonable thing and might be adopted every place.

The Francesville Fall Festival and Agricultural Exhibit will take place during the coming week. The big days will be Thursday and Friday, Sept. 19th and 20th. Balloon ascension by Mme. Raymond each day and ball games by the Francesville team and the Danville Unions, a colored team.

J. JtL Childers, of Del phi, came over today in company with his uncle, S A. Blankenbaker, and wife, of Butler county, Kansas, who are here for about a month’s visit with their many relatives in this and Newton county, and who include, not only the Blankenbakers, but the Stackers, the Crislers and some of the Harrises and the Childers.

W. N. Jordan was in from north Barkley yesterday and cheered up the latent checker spirit by inviting several devotees of the game to spend Sunday, Sept. 22nd, at his home. “Watermelons are ripe,” said Mr. Jordan,” “and so are chickens, and the checker spirit ought to be revived.” There were a half dozen checker players ready to answer affirmatively.

Mike Bernicker, who has just gone out of the saloon business at Wheatfield, as a result of the successful remonstrance filed from that township, has leaaed the giound floor of the new Odd Fellows building and will run a restaurant. We hope he does as well as onr friend, August Rosenbaum, is-’doing here since he left the saloon for the restaurant.

Two parties of fishermen returned yesterday from the Kankakee, one being composed of W. C. Babcock, Postmaster Ed Peck, of Remington, aud Scout Landy McGee, and the other of Christy Vick, Geo. Gofi and Walter Porter. Goggleycs and bull heads constituted the main catch, but the first party brought home 9 pickerel, 2 salmon, 2 bass andalO-pound catfish. Of course Landy McGee was the chief fisherman and landed all the big fish. Ed Duvall arrived home yesterday from Wheeling, W. Va., where he had been attending the fair. He saw A. L. Padgitt’s horses race and relates that Tatters won the 2:17 pace in the fast time of 2:111-4 Thursday. Fair Oaks also got a fourth premium the day before. The horses have now been out four weeks and have won one or more races each week, with purses varying from 1500 to 1750. John Duvall has not yet arrived home from Kankakee City, 111., where Duvall Bros.’s horse Raymore was to have raced yesterday.

Dr. Arthur Kresler yesterday closed a deal for the purchase of a 240-acre farm about 5i miles northwest of Rensselaer. The farm was owned jointly by Thos. L. Jones, his son, Irving L. Jones and the latter’s wife, Myrtle L. Jones, who is a daughter of Henry Amsler. The farm comprises 240 acres and the price was 175 per acre, or 118,000. There was considerable rivalry for the farm at the closing || hours and it is ssid two other parties stood ready to buy it at the Dr.’s figures or even a little more. The Joneses expect to go to St Louis to reside. Chas. J. Bean made the sale.

A dispatch from Washington says: “Uncle Sam but a few months ago inaugurated another aid to labor in the form of the largest employment bureau in the world. Ic is the duty of this new department to inquire as to the facta as to any

reported scarcity of lalMirerf* in any section 4 otthe country, T. V. Prowderly, at one time the recognized leader of organized labor thruout the country, in at the head of this department and is in touch with prominent men and officers in every state in the country. When a laborer wishes a change of location or thinks that he can prosper better in some other state, all he needs to do is to write to Mr. Prowderly and he will get correct information as to the opportunities in any state.”" t

MONDAY See musical act of Schooley and DeAngelo, opera house tonight. B. Forsythe is in Chicago this week buying tall and winter goods. The high school fraternity have just moved their quarters from the Forsythe building to front rooms in the K. of P. building. Mrs. Wm. Adams, of Franklin, who has been visting at Chicago Heights, returned here today for a short visit with Mrs. Wm. Hoover. George K. Hollingsworth went to Chicago this morning. His family will remain here until about Oct. Ist, at which time the Chica go schools open. v W. H. Weston and wife latter’s son, Harry Sharp, of Brook, came over today and went from here to Greencastle to enter DePauw University. Mrs. Mary B. Kays and daughter Florence returned from Delphi this morning, where they had been to attend the funeral of the former’s sister, Mrs. Walter Culp, who died Monday of last week at the age ot 64 years. - Joe Blair, who for three or four years past has been working at the Alter tile factory just nortn of town last week brought the Parr blacksmith shop of Logan Wood. Mr. Blair is an honest, industrious man and the Parr shop will be in firstclass hands.

A. J. Worstell and friend Frank Shumack of Valparaiso came down in the latter’s automobile and spent Sunday with Mrs. Elizabeth Gwin and family, southeast of town. Mr. Worstell formerly lived in the vicinity of Rensselaer for quite a number ot years.

A new bridge has been put in to replace the one that broke several days ago, causing the death of Coonrad Clouse, who was running a traction engine over it. New abutments were made and the superstructure built of heavy oak timbers.—Wolcott Enterprise. C. T. Plummer, formerly of Minneapolis, is here for a visit with his sister, Mrs. 8. C. Irwin and family. He travels for a Chicago banking association and since the death of his mother at Minneapolis has rather regarded Rensselaer, where his sister lives, as his home. Will Frye has decided to try Rensselaer as a residence place again and begun work Saturday night for Joe Jackson, the bus man. Will had been living in Chicago for two years or more, but his wife liked Rensselaer better, largely on account of being with her mother, Mrs. Stephenson, and they decided to make this place their home again. 1

Mrs. W. H. Beam aad son Donald returned yesterday from their visit to the western coast which included various points in Washington, Oregon and California, and also to Ogden, Utah, and Butte, Mont, at which place Mrs. Beam has a sister. Mrs. Abel Grant who accompanied them west remained fora more extended visit, part of which time will be spent at Loe Angeles, where her brother, Chas. Harding, now lives.

Ernie Gragg, of Lowell, was here Saturday and purchased a fine bay colt of Jessie Nichols, Superintendent of the county farm. Ernie teaches school in the winter and plays ball in the summer, joint occupal ions he has followed for some 20 years, until he is known in baseball towns all over northwest Indiana as “Grandpa.” He was here with Lowell and contributed to the defeat of Hammond by his good playing on Ist base two weeks ago and made Mr. Nichols an offer of •175 for his horse that day, but Jesse wanted 1260. Finally they agreed on >lB5.

I Miss Cora SimoiiS "is conftfibd so her with a severe attack of quinzy. Born Saturday to Mr. and Mis. Ora Fay, of Parr, a son and their fifth child. . Marion I. Adams went to Chicago rhis morning to have his eyes examined. Ray Wood and wife went to Chicago today to visit relatives for a week or longer. John Barce returned to Oxford today, where be is having splendid 'success selling the Star vice. Mrs. A. Linn returned to Attica today alter a visit of two weeks

here with her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Parkinson. Born ihis Monday morning, Sept. 18, to Mrs. and Mrs. Jim Hemphill on Milroy avenue, a daughter and their first child. . Philip McElfresh left this morning for a visit with his children, five in number, at different points in Nebraska and Colorado. A. A. Boyer and wife, of Dwight, 111., returned home Saturday alter a few days visit with , his farm tenant, Eph Hughes and family. H. Meyers and wi fe, of Chicago, are visiting their son-in-law, John Meyers and family at Kniman, and tfie men were in Rensselaer Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. John Cheever re turned to their home at Watseka 111., Saturday after a few days visit with their uncle W. R. Shesler and family. Miss Mary Casey went to Chicago this morning and from there will go to Uolfax, 111., where she has been employed as a trimmer in a millinery store for the fall season.

James Redd, of Columbus, Ind., was here Saturday visiting his friend W. H. Timmons. He expects to go from here to Colorado, New Mexico and California in search of a permanent location. Walter Lutz, who was out in Colorado all summer, has changed his mind about clerking for the Geo. E. Murray company this winter, and has taken the job of teaching the Lewiston school in Barkley tp. this year.

Ed Deweese and wife, of Wheatfield tp., were here Sunday visiting her sister, Mrs. A. N. Bailey. He reports that thrashing is now about over in the north end and that corn is coming along nicely, needing plenty of dry warm weather now to prepare it for frost.

James Flynn arrived here this morning for a short stay. He has been at Lowell since Saturday and for a week prior to that time visited at Greensburg, where his mother, Mrs. Sarah A. Flynn still lives and enjoys quite excellent health at the age of 87 years. Work is now actively in progress in preparing the former Long drug store room for the occupancy of the Jasper Savings and Trust Company and bank. The part now underway is installing a new hot water heating plant, and for which wo.k Warner Brothers have the contract.

Before Esquire Lux Wednesday, was tried the case of Frank B. Ham vs Philip fi. Stortz, a suit that grew out of the sale of the electric light plant. MLr. Ham demanded 1100 of a paint bill. The court found for Mr. Stortz. The plaintiff was represented by M. Leopold, of Rensselaer and the defendant by Bert Beard.—Wolcott Enterprise.

Thos. Shannon, who lives just over the Jasper county line, sustained a broken leg Sunday by slipping on a wet plank. Both bones of the right leg wef»|broken between the knee and and ankle. Mr. Shannon had his left leg hurt

pretty badly here in July by.being run over by a wagon after his team had taken fright at a train of cars. —Wolcott Enterprise. Mrs. Anna L. Breese, who returned from Michigan} last week with her brother-in-law, Thos. Driver, of Barkley] tp., left today Chicago where she will visit relatives for a short time before returning to Lewiston, Mich.,Jwhere she recently purchased considerable town property. Mr. Driver also bought 80 acres about three miles from that town and intendsjto sell his Barkley tp. land and move up there the first of March.

i A iff, wj I \Ur ,0/ i . S Do You Admire Black i Velour It’s a serviceable material and looks very handsome when made into a jacket like this. This particular jacket is only twenty-two inches long and presents a trim appearance and sets off a good figure to great advantage. It’s a close-fitting jacket and is lined with grey satin. The trimming is wide silk braid and soutache in design. | It is cut right, and for that reason it will hold its shape as long as you wear it. Very high quality. Price $25 If you should prefer a jacket that is almost a “second edition” of genuine fur, we can please you. Or those smooth cloth jackets may strike your fancy. They all have the same label— The “Palmer Garment” The house that makes them guarantee them, and so do we. Shall we show you this week ? The G. E. Murray Company

Chas. Hensen went to Fowler today on business. Guy Gerber left today for Champaigne, 111., where he will enter the state university. Born, Saturday, Sept. 14th, to Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Lang, of near Surrey, a daughter and their fifth child. Mrs. Jay Lamson went to Mulberry, Ind., today, where her sister Miss Folerence McCoy, is reported to be very sick. Miss Elda Garrott returned to Brookston today after a weeks visit with her sister, Mrs. F. W. Hitchings, southwest of town. Jim Parker and Wife, of Frankfort, have been here for a few days visiting his brothers, Charley and Tom. Miss Fern Osborne, who is a nurse in the hospital at the soldiers home, was here over Sunday visiting her parents, Frank Osborne and wife. Mrs. Joe Ellis returned from lafayette Saturday after a weeks visit with relatives. She has been an invalid from rheumatism for the past/bur years. Mrs!” George Daniels, of Barkley tp., went to Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, Sunday, aud will probably be operated upon for gall stones, in a short time. Blaine Gwin went to Bloomington, today, going a week ahead of time to prepare the 8. A. E. fraternity house for the students return for the college year.