Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1908 — LOCAL HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS

FRIDAY Mrs. Robert Kepner is quite sick With pneumonia Miss Thena Meyer has returned to Indiana University. E. B. Seilers of Monticello is in |Owu today ort business. Miss Floes Wright, has returned to her work in Chicago. Rev. A. G Work left Friday tor Fenton, Mich., his future home. The high School boy’s team defeated a picked five from company .YL. last uight, 3d to 4, Misses Anna and Constance Adams have gone to Medarysville for a short visit with relatives. Patrick Halligan and daughter, Miss Margnerit, have gone to Oscala, Fla., to spend the remainder of the winter. Silas Swaim, postmaster protem, of Bu»e Lawn, is down for a day or two. He is running the post office for Harry Roster, whose duties on the ranch occupy all his time. Bessie, the 12 year old daughter of Henry Gowland and wife, 4 miles northwest of town, suffered a fracture of the right collar bone while piayiug at school Thursday. It is understood that she was running when some other pupil tripped her and caused her to fall with the above result. F. M. Hayes, from east of Blackford, in Barkley was in Rensselaer yesterday. He sold his farm of 80 acres to his son Will, recently, and altho he will occupy it another year, he is easting an eye about tor a future location and may decide, as we hope he will, to make Rensselaer his homt.

Mrs. Maria Hopkins reached the critical stages of her sickness of pui moult last night and it left her In a collapsed condition, and the oatcome can not be determined for several days. Her son, J. A. Hop kins, at Superior, Neb., anddangh ter, Mrs. Frank Hardy, of Okla houia, have been called home. A scientist predicts that the world will be a perfect desert in 27, 000 years. We don’t believe it will take that long to weave a blanket remonstrance big enough to cover Uncle Sam’s slice of the sphere, at any ra e, judging from the way townships, counties and states are creating drouths.—Wolcott Enterprise, Lot Stout, a Remington lad, saved enough money out of the bank wreck, to buy a bundle of trouble for himself, in the nature of a good sized jag. He was fined $5 and costs, but having all the rest of his capital tied up in such a man ner that it was not readily convertable he decided to lay out the fine and wis lodged in the Rensselaer jail for 9 days.

Hnrley Beam, reporter for the Republican, was riding Earl Clouse’ horse at noon today, and at the the corner of Washington and Van .Rensselaer streets the horse slipped in crossing the sidewalk and fell. Hurley went along with the horse and suffered a sprained ankle and brqised knee. He was given immediate treatment, but will probably be unable to getaway from home for several days. They have a queer mix up at Remington. John Stitz owed 11,000 on a mortgage at Lafayette, and his brother William got SSOO from a man who owed him to pay it off. The three men met in the bank. The debtor gave his cheek to William for SSOO, who deposited it and drew hip check for SSOO in favor of John who drew his own check for SSOO and with the two bought a draft for SI,OOO, which was not paid when the bank failed. Who shonld pay Jthe money!—Kentland Enterprise. , John Kessler, 70 years old, of Howard county, who has been a victim of tuberculosis for several months, and who has been living on eggs, has confined himself ex closively to this diet and accomplished the seemingly*,, impossible

byarfbeisting in this manner .for six months. Aside from this fact he is mow able to walk and is in a better condition to live until the February pension day, which he has determined to live to see, than he was apparently to survive to witness the November pensiog day just past, which was formerly, his hope. It is estimated that Mr. Kessler has eaten in all 1100 eggs, as he arts six soft boiled eggs daily. This is remarkable in view of the fact that, it is said no man could live 30 days eating a qnail each day, as the stomach would revolt against such a constant diet. Twenty-six citizens of ludiana took their owu lives during the mouth of November and of this uum ber nineteen were men and seven were women. This is the statement made by the state he d of health in its monthly report for November. In the same month last year there were thirty-two suicides. Although there was a decrease in the nnrn ber of saicides for the months this year compared with last, morders in November this year were seven more this year than last, the number being thirteen and seven respectively. Of those who were murdered ten were meo and three women. Gunshot wounds caused the death of seven of the men and two of the women, one man’s throat was cat and three were killed l>y blows ou the head. There were 137 accidental deaths last month. Steam railroads caused. thirty of these and street and interubans caused four. Accidental deaths from other cause were crushing injuries; 12 burns and scalds, 26; gunshot wounds, 6; drawings, 2; horses and vehicles, 9; falls, 17; electricty, 3; poison, 7.

SATURDAY Ross Porter continues to improve from his c tse of pneumonia, a*. Rex Rothroek, of Monticello, has enlisted in the regular army. Nelson DaCharme, jr. and wife, today started housekeeping at the Tom Lamson farm, southwest of Rensselaer. Rev. t>. M. Simmons, us Chicago University, will preach at the First Baptist chnrch Sunday morning and evening. _ , Chase Day left this morning tor Champaign, 111., and expects to go from there to Oklahoma City, to work at his trade lathing. Geo. W. Hoyt, a real estate man from Watseka, 111., is here working with Chas. J. Dean in arranging for the next Texas excursion. Misses Lydia and Ella Dwiggius, of Marion, who wet# here to attend the funeral oi their brother, Zimri Dwiggins, returned to their home today. The Monticeilo militia company will shortly give a minstrel show there. If it is a success, as we have no doubt it will be, Co. M. may have our neighbors come over here to present it, S. L Lnce, formerly of DeMotte, now iu the undertaking business in Chicago, was in Rensselaer today. He is getting a fairly good start in business there and expects to stick with it. His many Jasper county friends hope that he will succeed. Riots at Mancie resulting from the street car strike, andjwhich the local authorities were unable to' quell, have been responsible for eleven militia companies being tak en to Mancie, by order of governor Hanly. It is probable these companies will succeed in setting things rights without bloodshed.

Mrs. A. J. Abbott was qnite painfully injured Thursday. She was going down the cellar steps when the trap door fell, striking her on the head i*nd catching the 2nd and 3rd fingers of the right band and badly mashing the ends of them. Three stitches were required to close np the wonnd made in the second finger.yE&he is getting along nicely. A substantial young farmer suggested to the editor of the Republican recently, that a suggestion be made thru the paper to farmeis residing near cross roadto nail np some boards suitable for sale bills. It only takes a little while to* do this and the accommodation is a general one, as both the man hold* ing the sale and those who want to read it are benefited. Pat np a

! large board, so that several bills cain be tacked on it at the same time. Many farmers have already done this and others doubtless will now that the suggestion is made. With all the republican candidates for president outspoken in their endordement of President Roosevelt and his politics there dues not seem to be much likelihood ot a backwarp step. Secretary Taft’s recent defense of the administration is along the same line as that followed by Vice President Fairbanks in his recent speeches which were so efl'ec tive in Kentucky and ©lsewh«i<— Lafayette Journal.

MONDAY The funeral ol Or. Nicholas Sei n, ti e uoted Chicago surgeou, occuied Sunday afternoon. Fred Byrd is sick with pneumonia, and three children lu the family are also sick. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Grant, ot Jamestowu, North Dak., are here for a few days’ visit with relatives. 0 Miss Floreuce Lyon returned to her home in Delphi Sunday after a week’s visit here with her grandmother, Mis. Julia A. Healey, and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. George Kimberlin of Rossville, ill., returned to their home Saturday . after a ten days’ visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. John N. Baser, of Barkley tp. J. K. Middleton’s sale last Friday was well attended, and brought a total of about SI,BOO. Good prices prevailed and Mr. Meddleton was well pleased with the result. Mrs. Maria Hopkins’ ’condition is reported somewhat worse today aud is regarded as very critical. Her son, J. A. Hopkins and wife, of Superior, Neb., aud daughter, Mrs. Frank Hardy, of Oklahoma, arrived here yesterday.

John Tharp and daughter, Mrs 0. G. Beale, of Remington, were guests over Sunday ot Rensselaer relatives, Mr. Tharp spending the day with the family of John A. Randle, near Pleasant Grove, and Mrs. Beale visiting the family of J. Q Alter. . i j x s' ■ * '.’f- •<* ■*£ K -i" It would be a good plan for the fellows up the line that want the ijrqums river* dredged to come down and viewj the propects at this time. They could see the effect of a real hign water ou the ditching proposition. —Brook Reporter. Mayor Basse has refused to prosecute saloon and lestaurant keepers where lienors were sold after midnight on Dec. 31st, thereby giving official sanction |to the unwri ten law in that city that no prosecutions will result from that class of law violation on New Years Day. Barney Comer had a pair of fine Plymouth Rock cockerels and another cjutaining two goodj while turkey gobblers iu town .Saturday and sold them on the street. Now is cei tainly the time to freshen your cockerel stock and no chicken raiser should neglect to do it.

.¶ The second trial of Harry K. Thaw, for the murder of Stanford White was begun in New York this morning. It is not apt to occupy quite so much attention from the newspapers as the previous trial did and certainly the country would be better off if the detailed scandal that led up to the murder was suppressed. .¶ The George G. Sims sale np near Laura, which had been postponed from Dec. 23rd, on account of bad weather, went off all fine and dandy on Jan. 3rd, and all stock and farm implements brought a good price. The Sims brothers, .George and Ed, will move to a farm of 200 acres, 6½ miles southeast of Lowell.

J. Kirby Bisk, the re elected democratic district chairman, is making war in the state camp by asking election as state chairman. .Having shown the |Lake county democrats where to head in, he will new try to make Stokes Jackson, Of Greenfield, the Taggart candidate, take to the woods, Kirby would be a good democratic state chairman, decidedly acceptable to the republicans. Ohas. Kessinger and Mark Reed returned Saturday from near -Urbans, Vv abash county, where

th|ey bad |eeu to attend the pnbio sale on Fnoay of the farm stock and equinjmeut of the late George M. Kessieger The widow was appointed the ad ministratrix and the sale was made by her in the interest pf the heirs. Her son, Vvarren, bought most of things sold and -will cor tinne to run the lariu, hia mother residing there with them-