Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1907 — LOCAL HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS

TUESDAY Mrs. C. C. Warner went to Chicago today for a short visit. Mrs. M. J. McClellan returned to her home in Salem today, after visiting her son, Ed, south of town. Born to Mr. and Mrs. O; FrNicholson, of Union tp , residing on one of Judge Thompson’s farms, on Nov. 11th, a son. The laiiei of the G. A. -R.desiie a full attendance of members at their meetiug Nov. 14th, at 2:30 o’clock. You can get a 38 inch wagon box at Branch & Hamilton’s. Lee Carson, who works in the office of the Swift Packing Co., returned to Chicago today after a short visit with his parents here. Bichard Beck returned today from visits with relatives in Fowler and Morocco. He will open his Knox bakery Friday of this week. Captain and Mrs. J. M. Wasson departed this morning for a trip to Washington, D.. C., where they will visit their daughter, Mrs. Jesse Wilson. They will also visit the Jamestown exposition and prob ably stop at other places in the east. They will be absent about three iVfeeks.

The public depository law for county funds becomes effective on Dec. Ist. The law requires oanks : where the money is deposited to f pay interest on the deposits and the! officers are required to make a certain per cent of interest. It is provided that all interest on township funds shall go to the township. At the little town of Galveston in Cass county, will be given an uni. ■que banquet in the near future, Ncfone under 70 years of age will be invited. Galveston lays claim to being the healthiest spot known. There has been only three!deaths in the past two years and the youngest of the three was 79 years -of age. Bert Hopper and family took their departure today for their future home in Oklahoma City, Okla., where he will continue to work at his trade as a carpenter . and contractor. He has been one of the leading contractors in Rens•selaer for several years aud is a reliable contractor as well as an excellent mechanic.

Rensselaer seetn to have been 24 to 48 honrs behind its neighboring towns in the matter of snow, for both north and south snow flurries were reported Saturday, Sunday and Monday. We had our first ,«now this morning and a yery little of it there was, but the chilling air and the dense clouds may have more ot it in score for future •early delivery. John Bill, ex-trustee of Jordan tp., returned this morning from Harrison county, near New Salisbury, where on last Friday he buried his father, Jacob Bill aged 72 years, 8 months and 14 days. His father was born in Germany. He never resided in this part of the state but had some acquaintance here by visits to his children, John, in Jordan tp. aud George and Mrs. Jesse Bringle, in Newton county. Brights disease and pneumonia caused his death.

The Wabash College football team disbanded after last Saturday’s game with St. Louis University, having completed their schedule. DobbiDS was undoubtedly the strong player ot the successful team and he won last Saturday’s game by a 50 yard run and touch down. His futnre in the college athletics will be watched with interest. Donbties? he will be a factor in next spring’s baseball club, and also in football another year. And it is quite certain his baseball ability is sufficient to establish him in professional ball at a good salary at any time he cares to enter professional athletics. Rather a peculiar circumstance is the fact that Earl Van Natta is a sophomore in the state university of Missouri, and his father, Ellsworth Van hatta is a freshman in the same •college. The elder Van Natta is 43 years of age and had jnst entered college 23 years ago when he was stung by the microbe of love and quit college to get married. He hap prospered aud last year started

home telling such glorious tales of his college life that papa decided to rent the farm and enter college himtself. Accordingly he moved to Colombia, the university city, and entered the freshman year, and the sou led a sophomore hazing crowd against the “governor”, compelling him to doff his hat and don one of the dinky freshman caps |Bnt papa is no slow one, he has kept pace with college life and he entered into the sport with as much glee as any of the sophomores. He intends to complete the tour years college course. f , E E. Earle, chief deputy game and fish commissioner, is probably coming in for more notoriety these days than any person in the state, but life is an energetic officer and is responsible-for breaking up the w >rk of illegal fishing and hunting and should have the support of all good sportsmen. Earle had a novel experience oae day last week. He h id taken an assistant to Colnmbns

to break up a fish dam some one had built across White river there. The dam was made of two rows of driven stakes across the stream, with an openiug in the ceuter over which the builder would hang a net. Earle has a steam launch and he took several pounds of dynamite and went in the launch to the fish dam. After setting aud lighting a stick of dynamite he pushed the launch away but it hung on a sand bar and he broke the oar in trying to get away. His assistant took the dynamite out of the boat and threw it to the bank to prevent it being discharged in the boat, and a farmer who was standing on the bank watc&iog the performance broke all foot race records in getting oat of the way. Finally Earla-felL jQger-Jhe side of the launch into seven water and his assistant got the engine to working and the launch released aud Earle scrambled back into the boat just as te dam was blown up. The launch was filled with bits of flying timbers from the damjind Earle aud his deputy a great scare, and really had a close calks.

WEDNESDAY J. H. Carson has been in Indi anapolis for a few days. John M. Knapp was in Indianapolis on business yesterday. Mrs. F. B. Myers went to Lake Forest 111., today, to visit her son Lawson and wile. , . Laudy Magee and his nephew are camping out down the river, trapping musk rats and mink, and are having very good success. Harry Gifford was in town yesterday irom the farm he now occupies, the former Jim Comer farm, near Gifford. He is having a good house built there to replace the one burned about two years ago. The singing of Peter J. Smith is

attract!pg lartrc crowds to tiK6 Bijou. He not only sings the illustrated song but also responds to the liberal encore by sipging another up-to date song. The'pictures are also very pleading and it is a fine 5 cent performance. - Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan entertained fourteen couples at cards last evening. The game of 500 was the guests were made up largely ofjthe old Five Hundred Club. Will Hollingsworth of Atchison, Kans , and Mrs. J. Hargedine and daughter, of Greensburg, Kans., started for their home today after short visits with their sister, Mrs. John Randle, near Pleasant Grove,. The room, to be occupied by tie.

Jasper Saviug and Trust Co. is now being completed for its occupancy. Workmen are changing the front and the new furniture has been shipped. It is probable the re moval will be made within the next two weeks. E. M. Parcells has heard from Rue, who is now working as a clerk in a railroad auditor’s office at San Francisco. Gaylord McFarland is time keeper iu a canning factory there aud Lloyd Jessen is working in a telegraph office. They expect to take another jump south after a few months’ stay in Frisco. The temperature reached 20 degrees above zero last night accord ing to the local government weather which was the coldest night so far this year, altho it has been down to 22 on three or four occasions. Today a strong west wind is blowing and it is quite chilly outside notwithstanding the bright sun.

August Rosenbaum shows some improvement the last day or two and is now able to move his right arm considerably and his right leg slightly, while there is* also an im proveinent in his power of speech. It is not certain that this improvement will contioue but it is quite apt to and he may be restored to his former health. It is not often that.the streets are to dusty this time of the year as to require sprinkling and Contractor True Woodworth generally suspends sprinkling operations on Nov, Ist, but he was requested to begin sprinkling again Monday and has continued it since that time. The stiff west wind has ciacked the dust down Wasbington street at a live'y rate wherever there was a dry spot and the sprinkling has been quite appropriate.

THURSDAY v Mrs. S. E. Thompson and grandson Thomas are visiting in Hammond today. Miss Maude Atkins ot Monticello came today for a short visit with Miss Ruth Harris. Col. Goeble has gone to Logansport tor an extended visit with his daughter and two brother. The Aid Society of the Baptist church will meet at the home of Mrs. A. E. Bolser next Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. O K. Rainier and daughter Miss Rinda, returned to Lafayette today, after a short visit here with his daughter, Mrs. M. D. Gwin. Mrs. M. E. Thompson, who has been in a sanitarium at Battle Creek, Mich., for the past three weeks, will return home tomorrow. Interest in the meetings at the First Baptist church is still increasing and one addition to the church occurred Wednesday evening, in the after meeting. Tom Callahan, of Newland, stated while in town Tuesday that the kraut factory still had 60 car loads of kraut to cnt. The factory was wording twenty-five ipen.

Fourteen members of the Women’s Relief Corp gave Grandmother Weather’s a surprise last evening at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Peyton on 'w eston street. Miss Edna Donnelly, of Rensselaer, and Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Ramey were entertained at 5 o’clock dinner last evening by Mr. and Mr.-?. M. R. Stith.—Lafayette Jonrnal. The usual services at the Presbyterian church next Sabbath, the morning will be “A Revival How it may be secured.” The evening topic.“ Joshua a character study.” Everyone crrdiuiiy ttivitedjlo Hllemi: ———— -*rw—*’*^~*--

Leans of Willey Sisters. E. P. Honan has received quite a little information about the Willey family since the article concerning the effort Harry Willey, of Globe, Ariz., was making to learn of his relatives, was published in the Republican. He has learned that Mrs. Reed, grandmother of the two "WiHeygirls, died in this county some four or five years ago. Also ,that Mrs. Maurice Cleaver, of Lowell is one of the Willey cirls, her maiden name being Fanny Willey. It is understood the other sister is dead. Can Mandeville, of Fair Oaks, wrote to Mr. Honan about another familyjuf Willeys that he thought were the ones being looked for, but it is probable he is mistaken and that the ones located are the correct ones.