Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1907 — LOCAL HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS

FRIDAY Chan. Dean went to Warsaw to day on a business trip. Mrs. Joe Larsb and children went to Roachdale today for a few days visit with relatives. Word comes from North Balti m.re, Ohio, that a 9 pound son was born Tuesday, Oct. Ist, to Mrs. May Fox Barker, formerly of Rensselaer. Nellie Parker, daughter of Isaac Parker, of Fair Oaks, returned home today from a visit with her grandmother, Mrs. Isabelle Parker, at Frankfort. “7~ W. V. VauNatta and wife, of Englewood, were met here by his brother-in law, Dr. J. T. Martin this morning and taken over to Mt. Ayr, lor a few days visit:* ' Uncle Jim Snyder is down from Laura today. He has no w about recovered from the accident he sustain ‘ ed while on his way to the Wheatfield base ball game five weeks ago.

Firman Rutherlord and family have now moved into the good eight room house he built this summer on College road, just across irom the Miss Monnett residence. A large laud owner and extensive farmer gave the lollowing opinion on corn crop this morning. “Corn is doing no good, there will be a lot of withered light weight corn in Jasper county this year.’ 7

Henry Froniug, who would have completed the St. Joseph College course this year, decided to leave school to accept a good position as principal of tae high school at Minster, Ohio, and left for that place today. Harry Johnson and wife, ofUrbana, 111., were here yesterday and part of today visiting her aunt, Mrs. Jesse Snyder. They were married only Wednesday of last week and Mr. and Mrs. Snyder attended their wedding. It is understood that the Mt. Ayr Pi ot will change hands next week, Editor Baughman having organized a carnival company and started out on the road. The new proprietor will probably be Les Miller, who has been working on the Morocco Sentinel.

Rev. T. H. Kuhn, a Christain church minister, now located at Rehmond, wants the Democratic nomination for governor. An Indianapolis political thinks Tom Taggart will not stand for aoy -preachers to head off bis party in the state ticket.

Mrs. R. Young, of Wakefield, England, is visiting her annt, Mrs. Hester Hoyes and family and will remain here for about ten days. It isher first visit to America and she has already spent some time at both Joston and Providence where she has Sam " Rogers, once a resident of Rensselaer, now of Fiauktort, is her brother and she will visit at his home alter leav ing here.

H. L. Murray, of Moncn. and Timothy Comer, of the Marion sddiers home, were in Rensselaer a short time today euronte to Hatowond to attend the 9th Indiana reunion. John Thornton, of Co. G, and Mrs. W. F. Powers and Mrs. E R. Hagins, two patriototic sisters, who as young girls sang on the streets of Rensselaer when the 9rh came marching home, are also in attendance, u

Misses Edith and Mary Miller, of Winona, who have been here viciting their brother, Dr. A. J, Miller, are undecided whether or not they will return to Winona during the winter months andjmay decide to reside in Warsaw until the seasou opens up at inona next year. They enjoyed quite excellent success in the boarding bouse they conducted there and are well pleased with Winona as a place of residence. Orlando Parks, of Hammond, in a drunken condition went to bis home early Thursday morning and after striking his mother and sister many times in their faces, forced them out doors in their night clothes and locked them out. Parks was at one time a book keeper in the employ of the Q. H. Hammond Packing Co., and was considered a very promising young man, but his downfalll has been rapid since he took to drink. He was arrested, fined SSO and sent to jail (or six months.

Mr. and Mrs. V. O. Patterson, of New Boston, 111, are here for a vi*it with Ler parents, Philip Blue, aud wife. Mrs. Patterson was formerly Miss Pearl Blue, and_this is her first visit to Rensselaer since her marriage about a year ago. Mr. Patterson is one of the leading youug business men of his town, being engaged in the restaurant business, having the ice business aud eement construction contracting as side lines. He will be here only a few days longer, but Mrs. Patterson will remain for a week after his departure. Th° home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hauter, southeast of town, was the scene of a very delightful party latt evening, prepared as a farewell by members of the Junior class to two of its members, Star Marshall and Jennie Hansen, who are soon to withdraw from the class to go with their parents to their future home in Oregon. ▲ number of the

teachers joined the pupils and after meeting at the home of Marceli ne Roberts, a member of the class, the journey to the hospitable Hanter home was made on hay ladders. There was thruout the merriment a tinge of sadness that the class must be broken into and two of its most popular members be taken away, and this regret was shared by the two who are to go as keenly as by the class that must lose them. Refreshment'" —the kind the Hanter home is known for—were - served, to the delight of all.

—SATURDAY Guss Grant went to Indianapolis today to visit friends. - Miss Emma Hydenblut went to Wheatfield today for a few days 7 visit. Born Friday, Oct. *th, to Wm. George and wife, of Union tp , a daughter. Mrs. Julia A. Healey went to Delphi this afternoon, to visit her daughter 8 , Mrs. F. B. Lyon. ~T§orn, this Saturday morning, Oct. sth, to Tony Kaune and wife, on the old Babcock farm west of town, a son. Mrs. Walter Lee left this mornTng for a visit of two. weeks with relatives in Chicago, Joliet and Manhattan, 111. Mrs. W. M. Hirschy, of Chicago returned home today after a weeks 7 visit with the family of Oscar Hauler, southeast of town.

John Putts returned to Dwight, 111., today, where he works on a farm. He had been visiting his parents here for the past ten days. Mrs. M. J. Brusnahan, of Spokane, Wash., arrived yesterday for a vi&ffc >f a month or more with her parents, John English and wile. C. R. Peregrine, a merchant at Dunville, was in the county capital yesterday in the interest of the William Jones estate, of which he ia administrator. J. C. Fisher, of Liberty Center, Wells county, was here today. He states that the oat crop was rather light in his section, but that they have an Elegant corn crop. Mr. Fisher, a year or so ago, operated a feed barn here. D. B. Nowels and Wife left this morning for their home in Lamar, Colo., being unable to longer remain away from his business. Bis mother, Aunt Phoebe Nowels, is no better but seems to be getting no worse and may live for some time yet. ' J. N. Gunyon, of Union tp., was in tpwn this morning and he states that an examination of tsie corn on the muck low land now shows how disastrous the frost of Sept. 24th was. The corn on the low lands was quite generally killed and will be soft and withered.

A. K. Sayler, residing 3} miles west of town, concluded the sale of bis 50-acres farm this morning to his cousin, W. D. Sayler, and will go to Grand Bapids, Mich., next week, near which place he expects to buy a farm of 135 acres, which he selected last June, while there. He received SBO per acre for the farm he sold.

Mrs. Phoebe Andrus, whose hus Band, Jo huA Andrus, died at Knimau about a we 3k ago, is now in a very bad condition and it is very little expected that she will recover. Her condition has been such that si e has not yet been told of her husband’s death. Bhe is the mother of Mrs. John O’Connor, who is at her bedside.

Louie Mustard, John and little Ed Duvall went to Chicago today to witness the races at the West Side Driving Park. Tatters, a horse trained by Duvall Bros., and winner last year of the club cup, will be driven by Alt Padgitt and Teddy B. will be driven by Louie Mustard’s brother, A. R. Mustard, of Valparaiso.

Sheriff O'Conner finds some new delight in thestate of Kniman every visit he makes there. He is as patriotic in his admiration for Walker tp. almost as he is for the government itself. Tester ay he found a snowball plaut with several fall blossoms on it aud he brought the editor one to eliminate all chances of disbelief. The plant bloomed luxuriantly last June and now has several fairly well de-

▼eloped blossoms again. With Kniman a dry town and flowers blooming in the fall as well as the spring, it does look like a pretty good place, ditesn’t iff The Monon News, which has had a varied career, seems uo>v to be in very capable hands, Mrs. J. L Peetz being the editor and publisher. The paper was ruu foi a time by E. T. Jones, who in connection with a piano contest ran the paid in advance subscription up as strong as he could and then found him-elf unable to fulfill the con tract. Mrs; Peetz todtthe paper In this condition and Tltes it for several weeks with scarcely no revenue. In this week’s paper she publishes a list of all receipts from all sources. Tiiis is rather an unusnal thing to do, but Mrs. Peetz wishes to impress the people of Monon with the stability of the paper as conducted by her and it would seem that the confidence of all should be restored by her method of publicity. The News is a better paper than it ever was and the persistent, high class effort of its editress is certain to establish it on a firm and paying basis.

MONDAY ■ V. > ' Special representative at Rowles & Parker’s Cloak Opening, Wednesday, Oct. 9th. 0. K. Ritchey made a business trip to Chicago today. Born Sunday, Oct. 6th, to Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hannon, a daughter. Fletcher Ramey and wife, of Lafayette, were here Sunday visiting relatives"^" Herbert Zeais home from Gary, where he has been painting, for a wt-eksyisit. Born, this Mo: day morning, Oct. 7tb, 1907, to Leonard McCurtain and wife, at Parr, a daughter. Miss Harriet Sayler left Saturday to enter the state nor mol school at Tene Hante for the ensuing year. Lyman Z -a is up from Lafayette to spend the day. He is still a shop nightwatchuian at the Monon shops Dobbins played in part of the Wabash-Earlham college football game at Orawfordsville Saturday, playing right end for Wabash, which won by the score of 35 o 0. He made one touch dbwn. Next Saturday Wabash plays Puidue ai d the following Saturday Michigan and Wabash crash.

John Yates was splitting kindling wood Saturday evening and made a mislick and a hail in the beard he was breaking up caught bereath a band ring on the third finger of hi* right hand and toie the flesh to the bone for about two inches, making,a very ugly wound It was given immediate surgical attention.

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Cloak Opening »t Rowles & Parker’s Wednesday, Oct. 9tb. Our representative will be here one day only. Remember the date.

A good show—the 5 cent theatre.