Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1908 — LOCAL HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS

‘ TUESDAY Mrs. Mary Greenfield of Parr, is seriously sick with pneumonia. Charley Nowels ot Delphi is visiting with nis father, W. R Nowels. Barn Sunday Feb. 2, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shultz of Union tp., a baby girl. regular monthly dime social ■of the ladies of the Presbyterian chuie.li will be held at the home of Mrs. Gram Warner, Wednesday, Feb- .6, from 2 to 5 p. in. Strangers in the city especially invited. The Nbrtnern Indianiau the first newspaper published in Gary, has changed ownership, except that A. F. Knotts the founder of >4;he paper retains a -one fourth interest. The polities w ill be changed from Republican to Democratic, and it will be tbe official organ of that party in Gary. Charley Wiltshire, of the -egular army aud stationed at Columbus, Ohio has been sent toSan Francisco in charge of 000 law troops fiour service in the west. The trip was made in special train with only two or three stops between Chicago and their destination. Charley has been in the service but a short time but. is rapidly working his way to a ■commission.

WEDNESDAY * .-f Will Hoover has gone to Indianapolis for a short stay. A. Elijah, jr., of Morocco, *is registered at the Makeever house today. Herb Zea has returned from Gary where he has been working for several months. A fire whose origin ie unknown -destroyed the Presbyterian church at Monon Tuesday night. Frank Cussick of Costa Rica, Boath America is visiting with W. A. Davenport. Born Tuesday Feb. 4th, to Mr. Mrs. Conrad 9haefier, of Jordan <p., a baby girl. Grant Bishllng has given np his •position !at the Mnrrays store and ■Calvin Cain will take his place on the delivery wagon. Tonight the lood militia company elects a second lieutenant to take the place of Lient. Uioe Porter resigned. A fall attendance is desired. The lower house of the Oklahoma legtslatne has passed a measure prohibiting the smoking -of cigarettes in the state and providing lor the infliction of a pen dilty of-not less than 15 nor more

than $26 for each separata offence It is patterned alter the Indiana la v. Frank Marrow, who works for Branch & Hamilton, left this morning for Oklahoma City, for a two weeks isit with his brother aud to proipectsome with a view to later lo uing there. Mrs. Morrow will visit relatives in Remington faring his absence. Saturday night the militia and the college play the second basketball garaeiffgThe first resulted iu a victory of S:-. Joe but the shifting ot positions and acquisition of Geo. Lmg adds materially to their chances ofdefeitiag 85. Jja The game will be called at 8:15 and 15 cents admisson will be charged. W. E Poole yesterday started his car of household ,gooctr to Muncie, where he will make his future home, and for which place he and his family will depart this afternoon. He will have charge of his father’s large brick plant there. Frauk Borutrage. 1 came in for a flue day lor a sale Tuesday, aud everything brought good prices and the sale totaled up to $2,240. Tiiis is the day for Ed Liach’s sale, ami it is a very bad oue, the rain that has frozen largely as it fell, makes it very bad underfoot and a west wind forebodes colder weather. The Karnival-Kirmoßs was re splendid success and also a very large audience. It is conceded by all that it is one of the best home taleut entertainments ever given in Rensselaer, and some of the' partiepauts evidenced a very easy au adaptability to tbe stagehand their performances were exceedingly clever.

The Purdue tauk scrap, the annual event participated in by the students, has been abolished, the faculty unanimously voting against it. The tank scrap is the annual fight between the freshmen and siphomores to see which class flag occupies the vantage point on top of the tank. Many reasons for the abolishing of the fight are given by the faculty, among them beiug that school work is paralyzed and too much license is giveu to the a flair. The oontests have been strennons and many students have been injured. At the meeting of tbe Board of Education Monday it was decided to conti nne both the Boys’ Corn Olob and the Girls’ Bread Club. Last year was a very backward year for the corn club yet the show ing that the boys made at the Farmers’ Institute was a very creditable one, there being over 100 exhibits shown. An effort will be made to doable the number next year. A change will be made next year in tnat each boy will exhibit 11 ears, prizes being awarded on ten ears, and one ear in each exhibit being carefully scored that the buy may take it home with him and see where it is weak. Seed

will be furnished the boysas last year, Trustees Coo c, Yeoman & Karch beiog a committee to secure the seed. The details of the Bread Cmb were not definitely arranged bat left to a later meeting. The big Sternberg dredge, at Monon, is said to have become filled with water and sank to the bottom of the Monon ditch, and a large force is working there trying to bring it to the surface again.

THURSDAY Rev. A. G. Work, of Fenton, Micb., is in town for a few days. Born, Tnesday Feb. 4, to Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Wilcox, of Surrey, a boy. * Mrs. Wm. Warren of Wheat field is here for a short visit with Mrs. Bruce White. Rev. Bundy will fill the pulpit at the M. P. church next Sunday morning and evening at the usual hours.. The county commissioners after a two days session established the Sparling ditch with only a few modifications to the original report. Frank Hardman has given up his work at the University of Illinois bat has not definitely decided where he will go now. Glen Bates has gone to Portland Oregon, to work at a railroad construction as a steam shovel engi neer.

Tonight the elegible bachelor girls give a leap year dance. It is rumored that two or three of the older girls are the promoters. The Little Detective company showed last night before a small audience. 'This co npany gave a vary meritorious performance here. Dorritt Ashton as the little detective was especially good. Charlie Daugherty, of Crown Point, was in Lowell Wednesday talking Sheriff to the boys and letting them know that he is a candidate for that office before the coming Republican Convention. Charlie is a hustler aM is not 4ti the habit of taking dust from anybody’s heels.—Lowell Tribune.