Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1908 — LOCAL HAPPENINGS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

* / FRIDAY Frank Webber, residing west of town, is recovering from a two weeks quite severe sickness. Roy Blue and son were over from Remington yesterday. He is doing some abstracting for a client at the court house. The ’ Peacock wife desertion case was not tried today, and will now go over to the September term of the circuit court. Miss Ina Shesler went to Goodland this afternoon to visit friends and attend the Senior class reception and Baccalaureate sermon.

Miss Eva Clark, who came down from Hammond the first of the week for a visit, went to Lafayette today to visit her sisters, Mrs. Robt. Johnson Wid Mrs, h A. Carson. Miss Manda Hoyes, who has been working in Mt. Carmel, 111., has again returned to Logansport, where she has resumed her former position with the J. C. Franks Lumber Co.

It is interesting to notice that the Indianapolis papers have at last discovered that Secretary ©f War William H. Taft has the republican nomination for president practically cinched.

Chas. Smith, the printer, who worked at the Republican office for some time arrived here yesterday from Lebanon, Ohio, for a visit of two weeks. He is working in a newspaper office there. *IL > lit*

A petition was filed in the circuit court today to have Abraham Miller, the Dunkard minister from north of town, declared to be of unsound mind, and to have a guardian appointed so look after his property.

• * The Rensselaer band boys are getting ready to organize for the coming season and will probably go at it much the same way that they did last year, hiring no outside leader, and giving weekly street concerts. Editor and Mrs. Frank Babcock had the sorrowful misfortune Wednesday night to lose a baby girl born to them. Although fully developed the little one was dead when it was born.. Their Only other children are Deb and George, now nearing young manhood. .

Misses Sadie and Bessie Palus entertained about thirty young people at thejr home west of Rensselaer, Saturday evening May 2d, Music was furnished by several of the guests, while the young couples indulged in games. Refreshments were served at a late hoyr. All enjoyed a fine time. The very poor showing being made these daiys by Vice-President Fairbanks in the acquiring of delegates to the national convention is quite a jolt to his warm admirers and while they are reluctantly giving up hope, it has about arrived at a stage where they can not see much hope for him. There is still a place for him, however, on the ticket and that is in the second place, and It is quite probable that- he is shaping himself for that very thing. ,

Harold Clark, son of Leslie Clark, one of the publishers of the Republican, who has for some years been a student at tile state institution for the deaf, is quite a baseball enthusiast and also somewhat of a player, and' the Indianapolis Star of Tuesday published the picture of his team, whlqh is the second nine of the “Silent

Hoofclers.” Harold is oue of the pitchers .and he writes back with much pride that his team has won dour out of five games played this season. <? Judge Will Isham, of Fowler, sat as a special judge In the Jasper circuit court yesterday, and heard the argument of the attorneys on the demurer in the case to enjoin the auditor and treasurer from paying the contractors for cleaning the Hodge ditch. The plaintiffs sought the injunction on the claim that the specfications had not been fulfilled, and the defendant filed a demurer contending that the defendants had no right to bring such action. The demurer was overruled by Judge Isham, who set the time for hearing the esse for June 11th, during the vacation, but at an adjourned sesskncf the p"«tent term. Other matters will also come up on adjournment at about the same time.

SATURDAY Born, Friday, May Sth, to Mt*, and Mrs. Amos Davisson, of Unloii tp., Kjp* Bora, May 7th, to Mr. and Mrs.

JSwisher, of Baridey tp., a daughter. Nat U. Hill, former treasurer of state, died Friday morning at six o’clock, of cancer of the bladder. ■ Thos. O. Chestnut left today for O. Chestnut, who is a printer thereMrs. G. B. Davidson and Miss Fem Alter left this morning for a visit of several days in Chicago and Chicago Heights. The West Lafayette high school base ball team came today to engage in a game this afternoon with St. Joseph’s college.

Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, of Goldsville, Mich., who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Harvey Lowman, here for the past two months, left this morning for Vangor, Mich.

Eight young couples held a private dance last evening at the home of Hugh Kirk. The music was furnished by Ross Benjamin. A delicate lunch was served and the affair was a very pleasant one.

Mrs, Mollie Vance, daughter ol ,W. A. Green, living on the McElfresh farm in Barkley township, has been sick for the past ten. days with a form of fever, which her physician has about decided is typhoid. i A Mrs. Walter Ponsler, of Mt. Ayr, look the train here this morning for Claypool, Ind., where she will visit relatives for the next two weeks. Mr. Ponsler is making a visit to California, having gone out there some two weeks ago and expecting to remain about two weeks more.

A marriage license was issued yesterday to Enoch M. Poince to marry Miss Ethel Cambe, daughter of Ellison Cambe, of near Wheatfield. The girl’s father accompanied the groom, the girl herself being confined at home with the measles. The girl is just a little past 16 and the groom is approaching 40.

Thos. O. Chestnut, a Veteran of the civil war, residng in Rensselaer, recently passed his 75th birthday, and this month drew his first pension on the basis of that age. When the age pension law went into effect he was past 70 years old and his pension was increased from sl2 to sls, and now it has been increased to S2O per mouth. This was a very just pension law, for when a man gets to be 75 years of age he is unfit for any manual toil and S2O a month is none too much for his maintainance, and is a proper reward for the years of hardships he endured to preserve the union of the states. ,

Today the flag floats from the jail flag-staff. It is in honor of the retirement of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans from the American navy, the man who for a few years has been at the head of the combined fleets of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, has been known as “Fighting Bob Evans,” and all under his command held him in the greatest reverence. Admiral Evans is in very poor health, and yesterday when the review in honor of his retirement took place in the harbor at San Francisco he was unable to go aboard his flagship, the Connecticut. Secretary of the Navy, Victor H. Metcalf, reviewed the the ships. Tears dimmed the eyes of many of the sailors, both officers and men, and the closing of the career of the grand commander was marked by many sad events. Admiral Evens will not be officially retired until August and will be on waiting orders until that time. He left for the east last night. Chas. Thomas succeeds to the command of the Pacific squadron with the rank of Rear Admiral, but he too will be retired for age on the 15th of this month.

Will Isham, attorney at law, who sat as a special judge in hearing the Hodge ditch demurrer Thursday, is one of the ardent Taft men in Indiana, and he had considerable fun with the Fairbanks forces at the court house during the spare moments of bls stay here ; He is a very ready man in repartee and kept the crowd of listeners in a roar of Ihughter as he prodded the favorite son enthulasts. He is quite well acquainted with the record made by Secretary of War Taft in the different positions he has held and regards him as the greatest man, Roosevelt excepted, in America today. He regards him n man of wonderful tact and industry, of absolute feartaigten and courage of conviction and no one among bls opponents either within or without his party baa been able to find any discreditable act committed within his entire public life. He regards him a man of remarkable capacity and told of bis mastering a knotty legal propsition after a study of three hours (hat other men would put in days upon. There can be no doubt now but that Taft will be the Republican nominee and It is well that the

people-starahi begin to kntfiTSWof the man that is to be the next president The value of the telephone with the farmer was illustrated very emphatically to Mrs. Shelby Comer re;eiftjy. She had taken her three children to the home of her father-in-law, S. T. Comer, north of Rensselaer, and just as they arrived there and Mrs. Comer was getting ready to get out of the buggy the horse became frightened at some chickens that suddenly caused a flurry Of dust near where the horses had been halted. Mrs. Comer and her 9 year old boy and 4 months old baby were thrown from the buggy and the” horse started to run north at a break neck spead. In the rear seat of the buggy her little girl, 4 years old, was fast, asleep. Mrs. Comer was slightly ' stunned, and while she hesitated to look after the baby she hurtled her little son into the house to call up Mr. Greenlee, the next farm neighbor north and tell him to stop the horse. Mfrs. Greenlee answered the phone, and comprehended the danger lit AH instant, and called to Mr. Greenlee and the farm hand and they had just time to run into the road and stop the horse. The little girl had been wakened from her sleep and was setting up in the rear buggy seat, too frightened to cry. But when the horse was stopped she cried lustily enough. The horse was still running very fast when caught and it is* not improbable tiiat a serious accident would have occurred save for the intervention made possible by the telephone.

MONDAY Chas. Halleck, the Fair Oaks nurseryman, was in Rensselaer today. Alex Deschon, of Kankakee, was here last week visiting his son, G. F. Deschon. . € Attorney W. H. Parkinson returned Sunday from Cincinnati, where he has been for the past two months. Miss Vera Parker was home Sunday for a short visit with relatives. She is now working as a stenographer in Chicago. t ? - jv;

Mrs. V. O. Patterson returned this morning to her home in New Boston, 111., after a visit of several weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Blue.

George J. Newman, who formerly lived here and went to Colorado last spring, has just moved from Lamar in that state to Oklahoma City, Okla., where his brother, W. O. Newman, lives. . , , f Wse Lillie Burns, daughter of Mi*, and Mrs. Chas. Burns, has been quite sick for the past ten days with an obstruction of the bowels. She is a member of the Freshman class. Her mother, who has been sick for some time, is also somewhat improved.

Fletcher Monnett, who has bean managing his big hotel at Evanston, 111., since A. J. Brenner went to Hoopston, 111., came down home today to see about his spring farm plowing. He expects to put out about 450 acres of corn on the two mile prairie this year. .... ■■

Saturday and Sunday were quite fine days, but early this morning it began to rain again and the cloudy sky promises no relief from the miserable weather conditions that have prevailed for the past two weeks. The outlook is again very discouraging for farmers, who always hope to be actively planting by the 10th of May, and it ip probable that not over onethird of the corn land in the county is plowed.

\The vote in the Indianapolis Star tour-to-Europe contest was announced for the last time Monday, and the last coupon in the race was published that day. The result will be announced Sunday, May 24th. Miss Coombs, of Lebanon, had about 3,700 votes the lead of Miss Bush, of Kentland, but it can not be told how many Miss Bush has in reserve. Subscriptions taken up to May 18th may be placed to the credit of Miss Bush.

George Hollengren died at the hospital for the insane at Longcllff last Friday and the remains were brought here Saturday evening by his father, John Hollengren, who resides north of town. Brief funeral/services were held Sunday morniug at the Wright undertaking parlors. Rev. Clarke conducing! the service. Deceased was about 27 years of age and pneumonia was the cause of death. He had been confined in the asylum for about four years.

St Joe had little difficulty in defeating West Lafayette high school at baaeball last Saturday, the score Iteing Bto 3. Hangar let visitors down with two hits and struck out 14 men. in the three games that the college has played this year Hasner has struck out 40 men and has allowed only four hits. Coughlin, at third base, was rather the star of last Saturday's contest, his fielding and throwing being perfect. The people at Delphi, who are

mighty WWw ette and Logaiikport electric railroad, which runs 1 through that town,' ar* now feeling good over the prospect* that another line, coming from Frankfort, Is expected to strike that city. The line will also be brought on to Monticello, parallelling the Monon for the most of the way and is quit% apt to be extended to Hammond, going through Rensselaer. While it Arould not nearly eome up to the proposed Infield route it would be * good thing for trade here and would be welcomed by all our merchants. Jasper county needs a mammoth corn crop this fall to help Its farmer* and we are gelling a bad start so far as the weather is concerned. When we do get suitable ' weather every, energy will have' to be exercised to get the plowing and planting done, for it is high time that corn was being planted and delays win be dangerous. And as many of the farmers are behind time With their work and will probably be glad to hire men with team* to help along, 11 would he a gOod thing if men with teams employed on other work get the consent of their employers to put in a few days helping farmers get in their corn crop. The planting time will not wait, but some other Work will, and th* sacrifice that the employment of teams on farm work would call for from contractors would be made up later by the better results that accrue to the farmers and ultimately to the "business welfare of the city and surrounding country.

Chris Wuerthner, from west of town, who with his mother, suffered considerable loss when their house was burned down a few weeks ago, was the victim of a robber in Chicago one day last week. Chris had donned his ice cream suit and wore a button hole boquet and bis lamberquin whiskers and he really did look the part of an Innocent abroad, and when he boarded a street car be was jostled about by some tough looking men. When he reached in his pocket and found that bis pocketbook had been stolen he correctly Surmised that one of the gang bad taken ft. His ticket and every thing but bls good name was in bls pocketbook, and Kg had to get the agent at the Englewood station to call up Agent Beam and get his consent to the issue of a ticket on credit. Chris arrived home on the milk train, a sadder but wiser man. He' Lad about $25 stolen from him. He was in town the next day and paid Agent Beam for tire ticket but didn’t want to talk about tba hold-up.