Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1907 — LOCAL HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS

TUESDAY C. E. Prior is in Englewood To day, on business. E. G. Sternberg has gone to Vernon, 111., where he will, attempt to repair a big dredge that has broken down. John M. Knapp has gone to his old home at Panama, N<, w York, lor a short visit with friends aad’Jrelalives. Word has been received here by the Masonic lodge that Samuel. Scott will be buried at Lakin, Kans., where he died, instead of being shipped here. George Hicks, in charge 01, the 'work of the anti-saloon league in the northern section of Indiana was in Rensselaer a short time this morning on his way to Mfc. Ayr to aiyliw. in the effort now being made there ts defeat the license of J. J. Garrity. Thft marriage of Mr. Wallace Sayler and Miss Lola Clift "is announced to take place at 1:30 o’clock, p 1 m., Sunday, Dec. Ist, at the bride’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Bayler will occupy the groom’s farm, in the Harvey \vood neighborhood, southeast of town. Uncle Jim Snyder was down from Laura yesterday and brought us an advance Christmas present in the way of a new subScricer lor the Republican. He started this morning on his trip to Liberty, Ind., which was delayed for about three months by the accident be had at Wheatfield. Unde Charley Platt, has written us a short letter from Dnlnth, Minn. He says the climate is fine there and the city a nice one. There is plenty of work at good pay, and produce no higher than in Rensselaer. He thinks it is the place for a poor man to make money, but if he likes to boss he had better stay in Rensselaer. The weather has been ideal for the past week for conditions. The temperature one night last week reached 14 degrees above zero and on two other nights got down to 16 above. The days are * bright and warm and corn, which bas been so long in drying, is now in very good condition and bask era are busy all over the county. The general store stock of George Leßarge, a Gifford store keeper, has been attached at Kersey, the action for attachment having been brought by Alf Collins, proprietor of the River Queen Mill. Leßarge is in North Dakota, and the goods were being shipped by his father, who, it is said claims to hold a bill of sale for them. Other creditors of Leßarge, including the'Wheatfield bank, are interested in the attach ment.

Bro. Babcock of the Democrat, is unalterably apposed to football, and the only time he mentions the game it is in connection with a rec ord of deaths and injuries. It wee, therefore, rather a good joke on him last week when he need almost an entire column of plate matter, giving a picture of DeTray, the famous captain of the Chicago University foot ball club. The article praised DeTray as a football player, ealled him a “heady player, a reliable ground gainer and a master of gridiron strategy.’' It also contained some valuable football hints and some notes on the Pennsyl-vania-Michigan game. Probably Bro. Babcock would not have stood for this, but he was evidently eo engrossed with the forthcoming Bryan meeting at Lafayette that bis editorial page did not know wbat his back page was doing.

WEDNESDAY Hon. E. P. Honan j 3 in Chicago today, on legal business. ' - Col. A- Phillips has gone to Indianapolis, to attend a big stock sale. Dr. W. W. Hartsell returned today from a ten days absence from the city, spent -in- Bates bounty, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Barkley, are visiting friends and relatives in Lafayette, for a few days. Mrs. J. R. Phillips has been couT fined to her bed at McCoysburg with sickness but is now somewhat improved. Will Timmons is in Ligioner, Ind., on business, Tom Bissenden will be in charge of the g rage during Will’s absence. Mrs. Geo. Kessinger and dangh ters Mrs. E. Brubaker aud Mis. L. Kindig have returned to their homes at Wabash, Ind. The three and one half years old sou of Mr. and Mr& Jesse Jenkins, of Parr, died Monday and was buriedYu tho Westoa cemetery in in Reosselaer yesterday afternoon. A strong south wind that veered around to the southeast came up afer midnight last night and brought a cold and disagreeable rain this morning that is quite apt to turn off into a snow storm before night.

A five room cottage has just been completed for John Healy, on Front street, just north of his resi dence. The carpenter work was dona by Louie Muster aud Ike Glazebrook. The house will be occnpied by Jim Herapill and wife. Mrs. L. H. Hamilton entertained Tuesday evening a party of sixteen young ladies, for her niece Miss Hazel Kenton. Miaft Kenton left this morning for Bedford Ind., where she will visit with her consin, Mrs. I. Dunlap, a fsw days before returning to her home at Mitchell, South Dakota. The Kerline elevator at Delphi and all the grain in it was burned early Tuesday morning, and the firemen had a hard time keeping the flames from communicating to adjacent residences. The building contained 9,000 of wheat, 4*ooo bn-hels of oats and considerable corn. The building was insured for $1,500 aud the graiu for $9,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. Mr. Kerlin expects to rebuild the elevator.

THURSDAY Hear Roberson at the Christian church Saturday night. Mrs. A. P. Long and son Cjteorge have gene to Chicago for a short visit with O. K. Hollingsworth and family. AU the churches wUI have separate services next Sunday morning. The first unionservice will be at night. W. H. Bellows, who has been visiting with his brother A. J. Bellows, has returned home to Logansport. Mrs. C. L. Murphy, of Chicago, came yesterday evening to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bellows, until after Thanksgiving. Hear the second number of the library lecture coure. An instructive discussion of our South American neighbors, and a peep at the Pananna canal.

The Purdue Exponent, the carefully edited student publication of Purdue University speaks very laudably oi the lecture by Frank B. Roberson, which was delivered there Monday night. He illustrates his lecture with lantern pictures, and fairly takes his auditors a trip to all the lauds he himself so recently visited. The Exponent says “The slides used are simply wonderful in their effect and the gradual change from towering mountains to low valleys produced a feeling akin to realization. In concluding its praise of the speaker the paper says: “Of the speaker we must say that he held the people spellbound and so clear was his enunciation that every one, even to the farthest corner, ctjtrld understand perfectly.” A letter received from Mrs. Geo. E. Mrs. C. W. Hanley, with instructions that it be passed around to a number of other ladies, gains a very pleasing de-

scription of their beautiful new Oregon home, dwelling on the scenery, the climate and the wonderful fruits produced there. Mrs. Marshall had been very sick, had to be carried from the train in the car changeat Sacramento, Gal., aud from the train to a hotel at Medford, and for a week was unable to leave

tfie hotel. Their household goods had not yet arrived when the letter was written aud Mr. Hausen’s family and theirs were living as best they could by using store boxes for tables and by having borrowed some things from accommodating neighbors. Mrs. Marshall said that the man from whom they had bought the farm said he could show the figures where $30,000 worth of fruit had been sold from the farm iu the past four years. A neighbor farm owner bad recently-refused SI,OOO an acre for his fruit larm. When the family is settled and Mr. Marsatl can find time ■we havebeen promised a letter from himfor publication, and feel sure that subscribers who have read his paper for so many years will Anticipate this treat with delight.