Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1908 — LOCAL HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS

; TUESDAY Jerry Healy and Joseph Halligan are confined to their homes with the popular lagrippe. __ Born, to Ur. and Mrs. John Watson Homes of Newland, a baby girl, Saturday, Deo. 28th. Jim Bandle, now of Red Oak,la , has returned to his home after a short visit with his father, Nelson Randle. ~« Jesse Morris has returned to his work in Hammond after spending a lew days with his mother Mrs. E. J. Morris. Homer Pugh, of Chicago, is making a shert visit in Rensselaer with his brother Ed and others, principaly others. _ . The Burch orchestra, of Fairbury, 111., so well known and so popular here will furnish the music tor the Beta Phi Sigma dance this evening. Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Shaw, of Indianapolis, and L. E. Angelo, of Jacksonville, 111., are gnests for a .few days of Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Kindig.

There seems to be an epidemic ol grip thruout the community and the doctors report several cases where two and three in one family are sick. Capt. Geo, H. Healey and First Lient. Woodworth went to Columbia City today to be present this evening at a school of battalion officers before Major Joseph R. Harrison. Albert Marshall, wife and baby,who are visiting here, are making, preparations to depart for their future home at Medford, Oreg., where be will be engaged by his uncle, Geo. E. Marshall, in the management of his large fruit farm there. Ray Brnsnahan, son of Steve Brusnahan, has gone to Odessa, Washington, where has a good job a 6 months school, ,to begin right after the holidays. His cousin Frank Brusnahan, the lawyer, is teaching school this winter also, and will be located only 12 miles frqm Ray. WEDNESDAY Louis Leopold, the merchant prince of Wolcott is iu town. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Theodoie Smith of Newland, a baby boy. Chas. Rowen and family have gone to Lafayette for a short visit. Mrs. J. C. Parrett has gone to Chalmers to visit about two weeks with her parents. .■ . - Robert Fendig of Hammond is here for a short visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Fendig?-. Contrary to expectations Referee Bowers rendered no decision! in the Delos Thompson compromise case, Tuesday.

Mil s Viriuda Rainer of Lafayette is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Gwin, Miss ’ Rainer < being Mrs. Gwin’s sister. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mafiley, of Joliet 111., have returned to their home after a short visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Kepner. The Eldorado Stock Company of Chicago, carrying about twelve people are here for a rehearsal aud will open an engagement in the Eiliis opera honse the latter part of

this week. -—--— Today marks the beginning of the cew year, a new era in our lives. It also marks the beginning of leap year and it behooves Photographer Parker to sneak ont the back way with his *‘joy wagon.” The funeral oi Zimri D wiggins will beheld Friday, dan. 3rd, at

the residence of A. F. Long on River street. The remains will arrive from Lincoln Thursday at 2:04. An obituary will be published later. A. G. Work, who resigned hist pastorate in east Chicago a shoifc time ago'has accepted a oharge in Trenton, Mich.,about 50 miles west of Detroit it is a city of about 4, opo people. He will begin his work Sunday next * - The department of agriculture in » an official bulletin places the value

of the Indiana com crop of 1907 at 75,978,000. The number of bnshels raised in Indiana was 168,840,000 from 4,690,000 acres The average yield per acre wae thirty six bosh elg. The total value of the wheat crop for 1907 is estimated at 129,931,000. The oats crop was 36,883 bushels valued at $15,407.00. Indiana also raised $4,750.00 *worih of Irish potatoes.

THURSDAY Ross Porter is seriously sick with pneumonia. Good granite utensils for only 29 cents on Jan. 10th at the Racked Store. Mrs. George Ketchum has gone to Los Angelos, Calif., to spend the winter. Mrs. Lucy Clark is sick with a complication of grip aW lung trouble. John Ellis has retarnod to Chica go after spending his vacation with his father. The funeral of -Zimri Dwiggins will be held Friday at 10 a. m , at the home of A. F. Long. Miss Clara Yeoman is here for a short visit with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Strong. Miss Jessie Makeever and Wood Sj>itler have returned to their studies at the University of Wisconsin. , The Ladies Aid Society of the First Baptist chnrch will meet with Mrs. Leach Friday Jan. 3rd, at 2 p. m. Miss Blanche Dickerhoff has returned to her home in Elkhart after a visit of several days with Miss Blanche McCarthy. Comrade Fox, the mail carrier, has now employed Tommy O’Meara to carry the Pleasant Grove Star route, and he is carring the mails in the city. C. L. Parks and daughter Pearl, of Surrey, spent New Years wiih his mother, Mrs. C. A. Sampson, and his brother, in MonticellQwHis mother, is 77 years of age. The service Sunday morning at the Presbyterian chnrch will be the quarterly communion. In the evening the pastor will speak on the subject “Horea, a story of love.” Mrs. Robert Michael is thought to be some improved, and the large carbuncle is giving signs of healing. It has been very painful and her condition much of the time quite serious. “The imp around the star,” pictures, shown at the Bijou last night were the best motion pictures ever shown here. Large crowds attended both performances and pronounced the show gOod. H. Richeson, for the past three years residing on the Willian Hueson farm, in the west part of Mil roy tp., is advertising a sale for next Tuesday, Jan. 7th. Mr. Richeson having sold his he .will probably move to Pekihv 111. Miss Tillie Malehow, teacher, of the 4th grade in the Rensselaer schools is quite sick with infiarna tory rheumatism and had a very bad night last night. Mrs. C. M. Sandifnr is substituting for her. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Purenpile attended the funeial at Monti cello Tuesday of Mrs. Mary Failing, who thed last Saturday night after a brief illness. Mrs. Failing’s sister is Mrs. John I. Purcupile, and Mrs. Failing was quite well known in Rensselaer. At a banquet given by the “Rooster Club,” Firman Thomp80uroldestson of S. P. Thompson,, announced his engagement to Miss Faye Clayton of Monon. Firman is taking Animal Husbandry at Purdue. He expects to reside on one of the home farms near Parr. The Jasper county money will be deposited in the five Jasper county banks according to their capital stock, all having properly qualified

by giving surety /company bonds. The township, city, towns and school town moneys will largely te deposited in the banks of Rensselaer, the banks of Remington and Wheatfielcf eoming in for a part of the deposits. A. E. Wallace, accompanied by his father and mother, D. R. Wallace and wife, of Chicago, spent New Years day' with his wife formerly Miss Maude Irwin, here. Mre. Wallace will go to Chicago ' * . 7 ■■

Sunday and they will bei In horse keeping at 7640 I idiana avenue, where Mr. Wallace has already famished a home for them. Jw Jeffries, her sucees-or in the will take his new position one da; this week.