Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1908 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

friends of, both parties deplore its happening. And it is certain that each is too self-respecting to bear continued malice. ? SATURDAY Monticello has decided to celebrate the fourth. W. N. Jordan was in from Barkley township yesterday. His recently injured foot is now about well again. Mrs. Chas. ~ Jouvenat returned to Chicago today after a visit of three weeks with, her sister, Mrs. George and family. Members of the Grand Army at Indianapolis are discussing the perpetuation of the order. They want it to Vive after all the veterans have passed away. A careful investigation of the corn crop from every county in the state made by an Indianapolis paper shows prospects for a bumper crop this year to be flattering. The St. Joseph’s baseball team went to Chicago today to play what they expect to b a very stiff game. Their opponents will be the strong DePaul University team. G. N. Sayler, who taught school at Roselawn last winter, is now located at Hartline, Wash. He is well pleased with the country and will probably locate ther permanently. The Monon had a bad freight wreck near Harrisborough; Thursday. Nine Cars left the rails and went into a ditch and a large amount of merchandise was scattered along the ground. George W. Long, of Lafayette, formerly a Monon brakeman who was knocked from a car at Monon last-winter, has been adjudged idsane and will be taken to the Central Asylum for the insane at Indianapolis.

The state board of health has condemned the public school building in Oxford on account of its unsanitary condition and has ordered it closed. A new school building will be necessary and the citizens are up in arms over the ruling. Lona Shigley, whose death at Seattle, Wash., was noted in yesterday’s paper, was a niece of Mrs. Sherman Richards, of Rensselaer, and W. B. Peterson, now of Kansas City, and a granddaughter of Mrs. Mary Richardson, of that city. Dr. J. W. Horton has returned from Indianapolis where he has been attending the fifth anniversary of the State Dental Association. The doctor reports the convention largely attended by representative dentists and lectures and clinics extraordinary.

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Ross Dean decided not to remain at Indiana University, the term being so near at an end, and so after a short visit at the old alma mater h went to Indianapolis, where he was joined by his brother DeLos, and after a short visit there they returned to Rensselaer. At least two of the' Gary saloon keepers can run eleven months yet, having taken out their license only a short time before the anti-license instrument was filed. They will no doubt reap a great harvest after the majority of the 110 saloons are obliged to close.—Lake County Star.

Logansport has had three murders within the past tWO Weeks, On May 11th R. M. Cottingham shot and killed bls employer, James Brown in selfdefense, on May 13th George Hill killed his wife; Sunday two Italians, undei the influence of liquor, quarreled and one was killed by a shot fired from the pistol of his assailant.

The commissioners of Laporte county have informed Sheriff Smutzer thot $50,000 is at his disposal to carry on the work of investigation of the Gunness murder mysteries. Immediately after the decision was made the sheriff, accompanied by his assistants, visited the farm and marked some of the spots to be excavated. Several members of the local militia company went to Monticello yesterday and indulged in some practice on the splendid rifle range there. It was the first time most of the men had ever shot on a range and the first time any of them had ever used the new Springfield rifles and yet the shooting was very satisfactory and sonte creditable scores were made. In adding up the assessment sheets County Assessor Lewis has discovered that there is one more dog in Rensselaer this year than last—or at least one more is given in for taxation. There are in ths county' horses of an average valuation ot $88.20 each. The cattle number ifc,761, assessed at a valuation of $18.40 each. Homer Dobbins got an awful drubbing the other day at baseball Ho pitched a game against Notre Dame and was defeated by the score ot 18