Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1908 — LOCAL HAPPENINGS FRIDAY [ARTICLE]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS FRIDAY

Mrs. Mary B. Lowe is in Monti--cello on business. A. Halleck and Horace Marble *re in Chicago on business. Born, Thursday, Jan. 23,’"t0 Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Timmons, a daughter. The schools at Clear Creek have closed on account of a small pox epidemic Miss Edna Thompson entertained the young ladies of the So Club, Thursday afternoon. Joe Hammond of Wheat field was in town today to attend the funeral of his uncle, Joseph Sparling. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Jno. | Robinson, 3 miles south of town, a aon Thursday, Jan. 23rd. Misses Lottie and Ella O'Connor iiave returned from Wolcott, where they have been visiting friends for the past week. With # the rejuvination of the Bry m-Parker difficulties, the peer lees one is certain to have rough sailing in the east. • Mrs. W. E. Davenport and little daughter have gone to Louisville, J£y., for a short visit with Mrs. Davenports’s sister. Mrs. Robert Yeoman has been •quite siok for the past twelve weeks and her condition is now regarded as quite serfbus < School closes at 8:10 this afternoon in order to allow the basket •ball team to go to Lowell to defeat the girls team up thert. Mias Ruth Ames entertained a number of young ladies at her home •oa Front street with a white elephant party, Thursday evening. Dr. Wallace Bank* neon has re- * tuned from Lafayette, where he has been on business Mlattog to Mis

test at Purdue of the friction ge*r for automobiles himself and brother W. H. Parkinson, the attorney, recently bad patented. Ice gatherers at Cedar Lake went on a strike last week and two car loads of men from Chicago were brought in to take their places. The pool tournament which was to have been held last night at the Little Indian Cigar Store was called off on aecount of insufficient entries. ~.A marriage license was issued this Tuesday morning to Lewis Theodore Beecher, of Newton county and Sarah Stocksick of this' city. Dr. 8. 1. Brown, of Enox, will a)so ask for the republican nomination for joint s nator for the district composed of Jasper, White, Newton aud Starke counties. Lee E. Hook, mayor of Chicago Height, has been indicted by the grand jury in that county, for alleged partnership in the running of a chuck-lack gambling room. O. F. Meyers recently purchased jof Mason Walker, of Hamilton | oouuty, 80 acres of good land in Union tp., and is now offering the | same for sale, having an advertisement for the same in this paper. J. A. Teter, the Duroc Jersey hog man from Carpenter tp., near Remington, was in town yesterday. He is planning a big Duroc sale to be held Monday, Feb. 17th and will advertise the same in this paper at a later date. 'Frank Shide did not remain at Anderson very long, as there waa not much work there. He end hie wife have returned to Rensselaer and he will resume his former employment with B. 8. Fendig until spring and. then go to the river work again. Endeavoring to use the “knocks” handed President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft in the News and Star as ladder rungs to secure the Republican nomination, VicePresident Fairbanks is following an old and exploded idea of snooees. If Fairbanks gets the nomination it should be on his own merits and

not on the fabricated daily crili cism of the administration. The tactics of the state papers should serve to elevate both President Roosevelt and Mr. Taft. The “knocker” seldom accomplishes his object. Leo Col vert, son of Geo. Col vert, a stndent in the eighth grade of the pablic school, fell as he went to seat himself at school today aud was quite painfully injured. The Beat he occupied was not fastened to the floor and tipped as he went to sit down. Carl W. Riddick, editor of the Winamae Republican, who was re cently re elected secretary of the republican state committee, has because of the duties of that office taken a partner, Jos. B. Aguew, Jr.,' into the mangement of the Republican. ' ■ Miss Etta M. Powell, of Qlney, 111., a representative pf the Methodist Deaconess home in Chicago brought two little girls from southern Illinois, 8 and 11 years old, to the Monnett Home this morning. Miss Powell will return to her work in Chicago this evening. A brick business block in Monou was burned Thursday night. The fire started iu a room occupied by Danford & Nordyke with a stock of buggies and harness. The stock was entirely destroyed. The loss will amount to several thousand dollars partially covered by linsuranoe.

Chas. W. Goetz, of Franklin, Neb., in renewing his Republican subscription writes: “Altho I have been sway from Old Jasper County 24 years I can not do without]the Republican, as there still remain back there many of my old* friends and schoolmates, and many that have moved to other states that I can keep track of thro the Republican.”

A West Hammond saloon keeper was murdered in his saloon Wednesday evening at about 0:40 o’clock, by a young foreigner named Lisnla, wboissaidto have been induced

to commit the murder by George Palos, who had had trouble with the saloon keeper and who was afraid to do the shooting, bnt who accompanied Lisa'a. The men were later captured and are now confined in the, Lake county jail at Crown Point A. Leopold never lets Rensselaer get behind in the matter of new buildings, and he has just caused the old Riff house on Van Rensselaer to be torn down, preparatory to erecting two smaller houses on the lots where it stood. He will also erected one and possibly three more houses in the spring. He has also built a new barn on the rear of the premises where J. O. Fletcher lives, and is showing more building activity than any other Rensselaer property owner,

As Ed Oliver and wife were driving to their home near Newland Wednesday evening, following their return from Chicago on the milk train, their buggy slipped in the muddy gravel grade near Alf Donnelly’s farm and was overturned and the oecnpants thrown ont Mrs. Oliver received a eut on the face, and Ed hastened back to town with her, leaving articles near the scene of the ac cident, Intending to get them the next morning, bat when they went borne the next day some one had picked up' the fhings and taken them away and he has so far been unable to recover them. Mrs. Oliver did not prove to be serionsly injured and no other injury resulted except the breaking off of the boggy top.

SATURDAY Mrs. F. A. Ross and sod Livingston are spending a few days in Chicago. City Electrician Chamberlin attended the electric show in Chicago yerterday. ~ Born, Friday, Jan. 24, 1908, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Renicker, 6 miles north of town, a daughter. Misses Fern Parker aud Eva Maiues have gone to Terre Hante to enter the normal school there. i-a Mrs. Chas. Jeuvenaut has returned to her home in Chicago after a short visit with her sister, Mrs. Cnarlotte George. a Prof. S. E. Sparling of Wiscon sin University, returned the-e this morning, after having attended the fnneral here yesterday of his father Joseph B. Sparling. A class basket ball game with the Bth grade pitted against the freshmen was played at the armory last night, and the youDger lads put it all over the freshies to the tune of 30 to 7.

It is now said that if Watson gets the republican nomination for governor that. Congressman Crumpacker will get his palace on the Ways and Means oommittee. This information does not come direct from “Uncle Joe” Cannon, however.

W. L. Porter, who had a pablic sale last Monday, will start next Tuesday for his future home near Mitchell, South Dak. His family will follow a little later, after he gets settled. Mr. Porter has only resided here a short time, but has made many friends and all of them regret his decision to move to another state. -

The Good land Herald states that the hose to the chemical fire fighting eugine was broken when Jthey had the school house file well uuder control aud when the firemen went to repair it they found th&t some od6 had taken the monkey wrench from the engine tool box, and before another could be secured the fire was beyond control. *|The Herald estimates that it will Sake $20,000 to replace the building.

The murder of the West Hammond saloon keeper by a young foreigner Wednesday evening has unearthed what is thought to be an organization of murderous foreigners that rivals the Black Hand. It ia said to be responsible for other mordem sod to have had others planned, in foot, the two men arrested for the murder just committed stated that they had also expected to murder Polioe Officer Okray. The gang operates tbrnont Lake oounty, and engage in hold-nps and other methods of thieving ss well as in murder.

Within six months there have been eleven murders in Lake county. > The rehearsals are progressing nicely for the Karnival Kir mess, and many pretty, costume effects will be seen in the representations of the firms of Rensselaer, the many beautiful national characters in national costume with music appropriate to the character, also the forty little girls id white and gold costumes of butterflies and fairies in choruses and drills will make the best entertainment of the season, to be given at the opera boose Feb; 3tb and 4th. The reserve seat chart wilt be opened next Wednesday at Clarkes’ Jewelery store the only place yon can get a ticket for the KarnivalKirmess.

MONDAY Jay W. Williams went to Chicago today for a two days stay. J. £L Harmon, of Pontiac, spent Sunday here with his brothers, A. J. and L. A. Hannon. Miss Eva dark, of Hammond, Visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark over Snnday. Joe Jackson has leased a room in Hoopston, 111., and will engage in the restaurant business. Alfred Nofziger, of Chicago, spent Snnday -the guest of the family of Oscar Hattter, his uncle. Harry Kays, of Hammond, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Mary B. Kays, who is somewhat improved from her long sickness.*"-#*' Mrs. H. F. Neville left Snnday for Lyman, Colo., where she will visit her daughter, A. L. for the next six weeks. The ladies of the Eastern Star will po9tone their social, which was to have taken place this after noon, nntil Monday Feb. 3rd. A. E. Coen and wife, of Berwyn, HI., came Saturday to visit her parents, Capt. and Mrs. J, M. Wasson. Mr. Coen returned home this morning and Mrs. Coen will remain for a longer visit.

Rev. Rardiu, of Carmel, arrived this morning to assist Rev. Bundy in a series of meetings at the Rose Bud M. P. church, which were begun Sunday and will continue for an indefinite period. Oscar McClure, cf Hammond, was here over Saturday night. For some time he has been motoiman oa a street car but he was recently made a conductor. He is better pleased with his new job. Chas. Elder has been working at the light plant as substitute recently, first taking Mel Abbot’s place while he was sick and more recently taking the place of Dave Haste, who has also been in bad health.

Sergeant Lewis B. Jarrett, of Co. D., 2d Infantiy, Indianapolis, is here today to instruct Co. M in target practice, and will be at the armory tonight and a fall at ten dance of members is desired, Ser geant Jarrett was a member of the state rifle team that competed in the national match at Fort Perry last year. ——

Orville Green Dunlap, |son of T. F, Dunlap aud wife, of Surrey, was married Wednesday evening of last week at Ellsworth, 111., to Miss Fern Lauder, and the Bloomington newspapers give the marriage extended write ups, it being one of the leading social events of the season. Orville is employed by the Amerioan Express Go. in 'Chicago. Margaret L. Callahan, daughter of Owen Callahan aud wife, of Newlaud, died last Friday, Jan. |24tb, and the funeral was held Catholic church in Rensselaer |this Monday morning. She was 20 years and 1 mouth of ago, and had beau sick for the past year, consumption resulting from a bad'oold, causing death. Interment was made iu Mt. Cavalry J oemetery, south of town.

August Plott, of near! Morocco, who was on his way home from Logans port, last Thursdayl Inight, heard tbs traiman call “Eentlaad”, where he was to ehaage cars, and at oaea walked off the train, which was a block from the station and running rapidly. He was thrown violently to the froaea] ground and sustained injuries tbat'may result fatally. The next day hefhad cot regained conedonsnen and was taken to a hospital in Chicago-

W. M. Prevo, of Caldwell, Idaho, was In Rensselaer today, sod renewed the snbscrption to his fatter, A. W. Prevo, of GiUam tp. He has been home for some weeks aod will remaiu until about March let, when he will retorn to Caldwell, near which place both he ami his brother, H. M. Prevo, are homesteading 80 acres each of irrigated fruit and alfalfa lauds. .This is their second homestead year and they are very much pleased with the prospect there. The government irrigation scheme is nearing completion and the sage brash of the desert in giving way to prosperous farming communities. The irrigation construction eventually comes off of the homesteaders, but they are given 10 years iis which to pay it. The Wolcott Enterprise seems inclined to hedge somewhat on its recent ohecker boast, and says tb« v best they could expect to do over there would be to get one or two players on the county team. This is backing dear ont of the highway, the Rensselaer crowd had thought a contest was sure to result from so much blaster. Hie local crowd has not withdrawn the countywide challenge, hot bad hoped get Wolcott ibid ft game before thd big show was palled off. The Wolcott situation seems to be all smoko and no fire. The Enterprise is a real nice newspaper, bnt as a checker exponent it refases to get its team on the firing line. As played by the newspapers it looks like the game would result in a blockade, as the Enterprise has moved into a hole and palled the hole in after it.

The extremely unpleasant episode connected with the boys Visit to Lowell on last Friday night when the girls played basket ball there, and which has resulted la the attention of Rensselaer people being called to the fact that some of the boys’ conduct was very shameful, has caused considerable discussion about town. It seems that only a few of the boys came home that night, the others remaining until 11 o’clock the next day. The teachers who accompanied the b.>j s observed many evidences ot dissipation on the part of several of them, saw them entering saloons and knew they were loafing in saloons. The boys were not there as players and were nut under the supervision of the teachers, bnt the word had reached the teacher several days before that the 1b ys had said they were going there to get drunk and they had been ad ~ monished that they must not do it, and that if they went they would be expectedi to return home that evening with the teachers. They were rebellions, according) to the teachers and paid little or no J regard to their admonitions. The teachers have labored hard to] promote clean athletics and] have merited the respect of the popils and all school patrons, and) it is very deplorable that their reward should be that the boysj should so little respect them. In justice to several of the boys, the teachers say, there is no suspicion against them, but the names of the innocent ones can not be published without indicating who the guilty ones it is hoped tho publicity occasioned by the misconduct of some of them will servs as a lesson to all of them in the future. If the athletics can not be kept free from such conduct then athletics should be suspended.