Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1907 — LOCAL HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS

FRIDAY W. B, Austin was down from Chicago y esterday. The peacock vs Feadock, suit for divorce, was called for this afternoon. Word comes from Indiarapolis that a baby was born one day this week to Mr. and Mrs. Kent Morgan. Mr. V. Vandervoost and daughter Mrs. John Randle are attending a family reunion at Heyworth, 111. Judge 3. P. Thompson and wife have gone to PaolT, Ind., for a short visit with the parents of H. R. Kurrie. Rev. Bundy will preach Sunday at the M. P. church at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. A cordial invitation is given to aU to attend, Mrs. E. Cumpston and Mrs. J. Abnett have returned to their re spective homes, at Fairbnry, and Pontiac, 111.

Peter J. Smith, who is singing at the Bijou theatre each night, is visiting Geo. Hopkins, the carpenter and family. He will remain here until Monday evening. Rev. G. H. Clarke, pastor of the Christian church preached the 20th anniversary sermou of the Monti cello Christian church. Thursday night, at that place. Mrs. Oscar McClure of Hammond and Mrs. Rena Bartoo, of Morocco, are here as witnesses in the Peacock divorce case which was set for trial today. Joe Jackson expects to spehda couple of months prospecting inCan ada before he buys and he will visit Sam Duvall and family at Nanton, Galgary, and will see a lot of the country before he decides j ust where he will locate. He will leave A r there next Tuesday.

Articles of incorporation have been filed at the office of the secretary of state for the Indiana .Texas Development company, Lowell; capital $20,000; directors. Henry Hathaway, Frank B. Nelson, Wal ter Cleaver, Cyprus F. Pattee, Archie Love, Mahlon Hathaway and A. B. Chipman. Mt. Ayr seems to be undergoing a sort of general change, the following business places having changed hands in the past two months: F. M. Deweese, restaurant to George Lynch; C. W. Bringle’s blacksmith shop to George Baldwin; grain ele vators and business to Herriman & Martin; A. J, Hufty management Willey Opera House to Roy Willey; Ashby & Woolley meat market to Hufty & Hufty,—Mt. Ayr Pilot. ■ * Superintendent Kellenberger will issue announcements tomorrow of the foxthcoming County Teachers’ Institute to be held at Gcodland Thanksgiving)week, begining Monday, Nov. 25th. Dr. Chailes Calvert Ellis of Philadelphia, and Dr. Sherman Davis of Indiana University have been engaged as instructors. Tuesday will be Trustees’ day. All public schools of the county will be closed during Institute week. — Kentland Enterprise.

We were mistaken in saying that the condition of Frank Kresler’s health had anything to do with his change of business. The change was made solely because ot his deto get out of the mercantile business, in which he had been engaged either as proprietor or clerk |for the past twelve W. J. Black, who prior to twenty years ago, resided for many years near Beaver Lake, Newton county, is with his wife temporarily* residing Jin the northwest part of Rensselaer. He has lived in California since leaving Indiana, and for fifteen years was engaged In farming in the Balina valley. He is looking for a -farm of about 80 acres to rent, desiiing to remain here for about two years in the hope that the climate will benefit his wife’s health. Friends of Geo. E. Marshall’s family here have received word from them since they reached Medford. Mrs. Marshall had been quite sick for several days and the family was suffering great inconvience by the non-arrival of their household goods, which they, had shipped some two weal s before the family left here.

Wm. Washburn was called to South Bend this morning on account of the serious illness of his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Washburn both being down with pneumonia. Mrs. Susan J. White andjlMrs. Bert Baker, the Rose Lawn women charged with complicity in the theft of stock from the Otis ranch, of which Harry Baxtei, of Rose Lawn is foreman had their hearing this afternoon in the effort they are making to secure release from jail. Prosecuting Attorney Leopold appeared for the state and Attorney A. Halleck and W. H. Parkinson represented the women.

Kentland Enterprise: The county is to be saved again on Saturday, December 14th. On that date road supervisors will be elected, and as this office is of far more importance than it is generally credited with, good practical men should be selected President Taylor after his term in the highest office in the government had expired, was elected supervisor of his home road district in Virginia, and be made a jood supervisor. The office , pajs $2 a day, and the supervisor' sees ttiat the game lawsan obeyed. ■ -V-' - - ■ - . SATURDAY Mrs. 'will Rowels is visiting with friends in Lafayette. Mrs. Wm. Day Was called to Hammond tirs morning on account of the serious sickness of her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Brown. Misses Blanche and Ethel McCarthy have gone to Lafayette to witnesss the Purdue-Wisconsin game which will be played in La- : ayette today.

The Claremont Athletic team ar rived on the 10:55 train. They appear u> be an exceedingly light team and Co. M. with its heavy ine should experience no difficulty n defeating them. Ten young lady students of the ligh school surprised Prof, and Mrs C. M. Sandifnr last evening, and indulged until midnight in candyraakiDg and merrymaking. It wa. a very enjoyable little party. A large crowd greeted Mrs. Leslie at the Friday evening services. Her Sunday morning sab ject will be “The Outcast,” and in ;he evening “The Two Birds.” There will be fasting and prayer between the morning and evening services. Every one cordially invited to attend. Dr. Heury Kittinger, aged seven-ty-six, died at Winamac Sunday, morning from paralysis brought on by nervous trouble. |Dr. Kitiuger attended Sheriff Oglesby, of Pnlaski county, when he was shot a few weeks ago by desperadoes, later attending the man who shot the sheriff and who was himself mortally wounded. Sheriff Ogles>y died from his wonnds. The shock from this caused the doctor to take to his bed and he grew gradually worse until his death.

MONDAY C. E. Lawis has been elected to teach botany in the University of Wisconsin, at Madison, and left for that place today. There will be Union Choir practice for the levival services, at the Presybetheriun Church tonight at 7:30. A good attendance is desired. At the meeting of the Grand Lodge I. 0. 0. F. at Indianapolis this week, C. B. Stewart, C. E. Simpson, B. B. Harris, Citero Pancoast and Will Simons will be in attendance. / Uncle Bill N\ Jones will depart tonight for Bellwood, Neb., where he expects to spend the winter with his children, one son and two daughters, residing there. The farm of Mrs. Geo. W. Barrett, east of town, which was ofiered at public auction abont tne days ago but did not sell, has now been rented to Wesley Williams, of Jordan tp. Joe C. Reynolds, of Frankfort, was In Rensselaer from Saturday evening to Sunday afternoon visiting his mother, Mrs. S. R. x Nichlos. The Frankfort News is quite prosperous since he became its business manager and he is well pleased with the change he’< made from Delphi. “If you're engaged remember it hain'*- ten vit *’ o*-fi*Tet m*

break it off. The cost o’ livin’ don’t show th’ least symptoms of shrink iu\ Oiie disadvantage in livin’ in a little town is that every time you poke your head out o’ th’ you see th’- same blonde girl wearin’ th’ same brown dress.” —Abe Martin. This is the last day the big Sternburg dredge will operate this winter. It will not go into “dry dock” bnt will be anchored awaiting the warmer waters of next spring. Subcontractor B. J, Moore ceased operations some time ago, and there will be no more drilling or blasting nntil next spring. The work is about a year behind time, according to the estimate made by the contractors.

Attorneys William Cnmmißgs and Hume L. Sammons have formed a partnership for the piaetice of law and on Monday established their office iu the room heretofore occupied by the former. Mr. Cummings expects to go in the very near future on an extended visit through southwestern states in hopes to improve his health by such sojourn in tuat clime. —Kentland Democrat.

Editor F. E. Babcock and J. A. McFarland went to Lafayette on the 10:55 train and atjpnt fifteen other honest but misguided advocates of the various “free” issues of the oft-defeated democracy took 2he 2 o’clock train for the same place today to be on hand tonight for vhe banquet of the Jefferson club. The central figure of this banquet will be William Jennings Bryan, who has confirmed the public suspicion that he will accept the democratic nomination for president next year, if it is offered to him, and who is expected to give ont some newly acquired ideas of what medicine the country needs to make it Bryanesquely ideal, M. L. Hemphill, the blacKsmith, and inventor and manufacturer of the Hemphill horse shoeing stocks, has been an unfortunate victim of the drink habit for many years and ast week he was nnder the influence of liquor for several days, appearing on the street in a bad state of intoxication- He wasprevailed upon to take the Keeley treatment, which has enabled many other good and talented men in Rensselaer, to overcome the influence of iqnor, and departed Saturday afternoon tor Dwight, 111., for treatment. His many friends here will be glad to help restore him back to the paths of sobriety, for, aside from the habit that has controlled him, he is a good man, honest, talented and indnstrions. FrancesvilleTribune-The fourth assistant postmaster general has written the local office that it may be necessary to cut the service on routes No. 2 and No. 5 out of this place to a delivery every other day or dispense with them entirely if better support is not given to maintain the service. The responsibility of holding daily service depends entirely upon the patrons of the routes, who are requested to take more papers anckwrite more letters—secure their staipp supplies, money orders and registry business of the carrier. The department has requested the carriers to report the conditions at the end of the December quarter.