Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1908 — LOCAL HAPPENINGS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

TUESDAY D. M. Worland made a business trip to Chicago this morning. Mrs. G. F. Meyers and daughter Nell are spending today in Chicago. Mrs. Leslie Clark and little daughter went to Chicago today for a short visit with her sister. I Mrs. Lucy Sample has just written to have her Republican changed from Pueblo to Yoder, Colo. Miss Nora Keeney returned to Mt. Ayr this morning, after having paid a short visit here to Mattle Hemphill. Miss Glen Day returned from Purdue this morning, where shq had visited her brother Omar for a few days, and attended a musicale at the University. “Uncle Clint’? Hopkins was in the Republican office today, advancing his subscription account to a future • date. He was 87 years of age March 6th. Lieutenants Woodworth and 'Brenner,of the local militia company,went to Columbia City today to attend the monthly school of officers of the battalion. L. T. Hammond, of Wolcott, was here a few hours this morning. He was on his way to Larimore, North .Dak., as the escort for some prospective land buyers. Chas. Nowels and family made their departure for Longmont, Colo., their future home, this morning. Their man} friends are hoping that the health of Mrs. Nowels and the little daughter will be greatly benefitted by the change of climate. O. C. Halstead, wife and son departed on the early train this morning for "Worland, Wyoming, where they will be located for an indefinite time. The 'change is made In the hope that the 'Climate will prove beneficial to the health of Mrs. Halstead.

William Washburn received word yesterday of the death near St. Joseph, Mich., of his oldest brother, Samuel Washburn, who was past 70 years of age. He had been a cripple since the civil war and for the past ten years had been a helpless invalid. Mr. Washburn left for St. Joseph oh the milk train this morning. The meetings that were being held at the First Baptist church by Revs. T. C. Ferguson and H. E. Llnninger were brought to a close last night, and the ministers went to Parr today, where they will hold meetings for a few days before leaving for Missouri. Last Sunday Rev. Llnninger preached at Brookston, where the Freewill Baptists are wanting a regular pastor. Homer Dobbins, of Wabash College, has been spending a few days here with his many friends, and left this morning for Crawfordsville,whe e the advance arrangements are being made for the spring baseball season. Dobbins will play on the baseball team, probably alternating between the pitch er’s box and the field. He is a good batter and will probably make a good record as a ball player. He does not know what he will do this summer, but if Rensselaer can scare up material for a ball team Dobble would like to come here and play on it. The case of E. T. Jones, the printer who formerly worked for Editor F. E. Babcock and later for a short time edited the Monon News, comes up for trial at Kentland today an< is being attended by a few witnesses from Rensselaer. Jones made a failure of the Monon News and soon left there, and is now located at Lebanon, Ohio. It Is said he will not be at the trial and Editor Babcock is said to have threatened him with prosecution for some alledged irregularities In the manner he conducted a piano voting contest at Monen.

WEDNESDAY J. H. Fisher made a business trip to Hammond today. Born, today, to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Rood, of Union tp., a son. Mrs. A. R. Hopkins returned today from a short visit in Delphi. John Greenfield and wife did not get started to Las Vegas, N. Mex., until this morning on the 9:55 train. Paul Overton, youngest son of James Overton, has been confined at

his home with an attack of pneumonia from which he is now recovering. The ladies of the Christian church will hold their annual Easter market on Saturday, the day before Easter. The place win be announced in later issue. Harry Murray has about regained his strength from his recent severe attack of typhoid fever and is planning to return to Indianapolis, where he was employed when he took sick. 8. R. Nichols, W. V. Porter, John O’Connor, L. H. Hamilton, A. H. Hopkins, A. J. Harmon and a few others took the early morning train today for Indianapolis to attend the state convention. Others may go down later. Mrs. Boyd, of lowa, a sister of Gran ville “fflcody came this morning to attend the funeral of her nephew. Mrs. Geo. N. Dunn, of Wichita, Kans., is expected tomorrow morning and two of Tom’s college fraternity brothers, of Ames, lowa, will also be here. The kidneys are delicate and sensitive organs and are likely at any time to get out of order. DeWitt’s Kidney and bladder Pills are prompt and thorough and will in a very short time strengthen the weakened kidneys and allay troubles arising from inflammation of the bladder. Sold by B. F. Fendig. Miss Clara Robinson went to Indianapolis today to accompany her sister lima home. The latter has been sick in a hospital there for the past four weeks, having suffered a nervous break down from overwork. She will remain at home and rest up for several weeks. m The first day of April has been rather gloomy and threatening and at about 10 this morning there was a sharp but short hall storm and quite a little rain. At noon it looked like it might clear up but it soon clouded over again. It is hoped that we will not have a repetition of last year’s horrible April.

A. R. Clark and Son Ray, started this morning for Coates, Kans., where they will probably locate If Mr. Clark can find a place to his liking. The change will be made for the benefit of the son’s health. Mr. Clark expects to return within the next ten days and if he decides to locate there, the family will remove there at once. A big cut or a little cut, small scratches or bruises or big ones are healed quickly by DeWitt’s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve. It is especially good for piles. Get DeWitt’s at B. F. Fendig’s. E. V. Ransford, through the C. P. Wright agency, has just concluded the trade of his large stock of notions located in the Nowels house block, to B. W. Shepard, of lowa, and the new owner is planning to sell the stock out here in Rensselaer, and is doing some extensive advertising. Mr. Ransford secured a fine brick hotel, three stories high, In a prosperous lowa town.

Governor _ Hanly has made one grievous mistake during his administration and that is that he has taken too vindicitive a stand in many matters. He was right in disposing of Sherrick and Storms and Ward,but he did not need to show a spirit of hatred in disposing of them. And now he is doing exactly the wrong thing in his attack on Fremont Gooodwlne. He seems to have nothing more against Senator Goodwine than the fact that Mr. Goodwine and he disagreed about some matters of legislation. They were both raised in Williamsport and Senator Goodwine Is said to have been one of the ardent supporters of Governor Hanly In acquiring his political ambitions, but that did not bind him to stand for everything that Governor Hanly stood for. During £fce last legislature they are said to been at variance on varoiiit/mdtte>s before the state legislature, but doubtless Senator Goodwine was as sincere in his views as was the governor, and that should not be sufficient reason for Governor Hanly to oppose him for the lieutenant governorship. There seems to be a great lot of personal grievance coupled with every political score that Governor Hanly has, and that has helped to make him very unpopular with many people that heartily admire the accomplishm°nts of his administration.

THURSDAY Miss Myra Watson went to Chicago today for a short visit Mrs. W. F. Smith and son Milliard went to Chicago today for a short visit Born, Wednesday, April Ist, to Mr. and Mra. W. B. Walter, of Barkley township, a daughter. Misses Jennie and Alice Elb went to Indianapolis today to attend the state teachers’ association. Mrs.. J. M. Waason and Mrs. J. J. Hunt and baby went to Chicago today for a week's visit with relatives. Miss Fem Osborne, who is taking a course in a nurse** training school

at Lafayette, is home for a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Oslorne. Henry Wilson, residing in Union township near Rose Bud, has been confined at his home for the past three or four weeks with a severe attack of Inflammatory rheumatism. Dr. I. M. Washburn went to Chicago this morning to begin his post graduate work at Rush Medical College. He will go there hereafter ev* ery Thursday and remain until Friday evening. James W. Price went to Chicago today to see Mrs. Price, who was recently operated upon in the Englewood hospital. She is getting along quite nicely, but can not be brought home for some time yet , E. M. Parcels returned from Indianapolis this morning, where he had been for the past week with Mrs. Parcels who was operated on at the Deaconess hospital last Saturday for a. hernia blood tumor. She recovered from the operation very nicely and it is thought the result of the operation will be her restoration to health.

Mrs. C. T. Thornton, who has been spending the winter at Mesick, Mich., with her son, has been visiting relatives and friends in Rensselaer for the past two weeks, and today went to the soldiers’ home, near Lafayette, to spend a few days with her husband who is living at the home, before heturnin g to her son’s home in Michigan. . 1 Thfe weather turned considerably colder Wednesday evening and there was quite a freeze last night and oats seeding that was in progress wherever the ground was dry enough was brot to a close. The sun is shining by spells today but a cold wind continues to blow and the temperature is not much above the freezing point. A few-days more of this and there will be an abundance of discouragement. Georg* Hosmer returned from a visit to his Pulaski county farm this morning. He sold his corn to a dealer at Denham and got the very excellent price of 57 and 60 cents a bushel fqr it The buyer could Mot ship it at. that price and make any money but he expects to retail it right there. At Winamac there Is said to be a great scarcity of corn, and none Is being shipped and the local consump-

tlpn demand has brought the price up to about 60 cents. Dr. M. D. Gwin had a very narrow escape from serious injury Wednesday night at about the same place that Dr. English so narrowly escaped, death during the high floods of a few weeks ago. Dr. Gwin was returning from a call up near Pleasant Grove. He was driving a livery horse and when near the farm residence of John L. Smith the horse frightened at a pile of wood and turning suddenly fell into the deep ditch along the road and took the buggy along with him. Dr. Gwin was thrown out of the buggy and the buggy lighted on top of him. He held the lines firmly in his left hand and thus kept the horse from from running and finally extricated himself from beneath the buggy. He secured the services of Mr. Smith and finally restored the buggy to the road and made the trip on home. He was quite a little bruised up, his right arm being especially sore. . It was quite a fortunate escape, as it might easily have been much more serious.

Dr. Wallace Parkinson has decided to remove to Brook for the practice of medicine and has been over there this week and his family will be moved there Just as soon as he can secure a suitable residence. Dr. Parkinson located at Boswell, in Benton county, after graduating from college and left a good practice there in order to come to Rensselaer, his old home, and the home of his parents and many relatives, but he found the field here overcrowded with doctors and being the last in he thought perhaps he had better be the one to try a new field. From many sources has come word that there was need of another physician at Brook, and Dr. Parkinson is thoroughly equipped as a physician, being a medical college graduate and having had several years of practice. There was no doubt that he would have eventually built up a large practice here in Rensselaer, but the advantages for rapid growth in his practice will probably be much better at Brook. And his many friends here wish him a successful professional career in his new home and we recommend him to the people of his new home most heartily.