Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1908 — Page 3

JONH L. SMITH DIES SUDDENLY

Apparently in Usual Heaftfr, He Died Just as He W«s s Qettiilf' Up 1 From His B£d° Sunday Morning.

John L. Smith, a well known farmer? reAidi.ii|f-About 2"% miles northeast S|ya||y M£a. ’ Smith had already axisen fromher bed and waa standing by the dresser to thw bed room. Mr. Sxttfth had sat* that he w£b goihg to get up and he railed up on his elbow and Mrs! Smith heard a slight gurgling sound and looked 'abound s* he sank back on the* bed. She hastened to his side hat he had already passed away.

LOCAL HAPPENINGS

FiMY . JW!E "* .i >. "M, F. Xk>og.. wfft to Chicago today on a business trip. C. A. Heferhn, who has been working neAr Rensselaer, left todajr tor his home at Monterey. Mra. W. 0. Slagel and little boh, of Frankfort, are here for a visit with Mrs. Joe' Larah and many other friends! ' Mrs. Frank Patterson and Miss Grace Nichols, of Indianapolis, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Nichols, at the county farm. They will remain until Monday. Ben McColly and P. F. Jirtle, of Chicago Heights, were here yesterday and Ben will retrain'"over until Monday. Mr. Jirtle. was figuring on the county farm heating plant contract. M- bowman, is having another story put on the house occupied by her daughter ami son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Griffin. The house is the one Mrs. Lowman bought of C. L. Thornton. * J , / Harry Parr, of Franklin, is the guest of his cousin, William Gratn#r, of Barkley township. He Bays that his country has been suffering from drouth and that corn has suffered considerable. r v W. E. Haughton, colporter for iSS Writ Baptist church in this section of Indiana, 1b here in the interest of the American Baptist Publishing Society. After taking care of the work here he will go to Milroy towiP sft)., Misses Leah and Jessie Knox returned Tuesday evening from a few days visit in Chicago. They were accompanied by their cousin, Miss Ethel Bjjgßx, of Clarksburg, Ohio, wtttribr spending a few weeks with them and other relatives here.

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Mrs. K C, H&tftSan, mother of J. F. Hartbnan, who has been visiting her son and family for several weeks, went to Englewood today, and after a short visit there she will go to her home at Warsaw. She is 83 years of age and Is enjoying the best of health. 8. M. Wallingsford, of Elnora, Ind., who prior to 4i years ago resided in Rensselaer, is now here vlßltlng his nephew, Chas. J. Dean and family. It is the first visit Mr. Wallingsford has; , made to this place sinoe ha Sed away, but he remembers and Is imbered by many of the old resite Interstate commerce commisdeddfed that shippers may oombine small anan titles of freight of various ownership, either hxjsrrangemStit among themselves or through thlfc medium of the forwarding agency, ship the combined lot at the relatively lower rates' applicable fee large shipment!. David B. Nowels arrived yesterday froip Lamar, Cola, to visit his father, "Unde David* Nowles, tor a few days. The latter is in about hie usual health and Is able to be up and arousal most of the time, despite his ad* vanced age. Mr. Nowels says that there will be only about hart a crop In hie section of Colorado this year. Louis WUdhsrg returned to Ranaseiaer Thursday, from Chicago, where he had stopped for a day or two on his way from Peoria, 111. On April 9th. Mr. Wlldberg was taken from Rensselaer to Chicago to undergo a surgical operation tor a bladder ailment of long standing. He wee very ji sjs? hi* defences that his recovery was a mutter of great doubt He

Mr. Smith was 54 years of age on Jply 12th, and was born ift. Louisville* Ky. He had lived in this county for several years and was wjell known and highly respected. His wife and one son and other relatives survive ! tilth.' ..The soft; is jk. telegfeftph operator su|d is stationed at Hebron. He is n#w here to attend the funeral, whit* will be held at the Christian church Wednesday morning at 10:30 o’clock' to. will be conducted by Rev. J. I*. BpeAjf t aftd Interment will be at Weston cemetery.

came out trofti thir opbhetioft better than it was thought h* poesM&y could and he bast fcotttitoied to gain constantly since that time. Me was, able Ici'NWSk dtfWh his resident yesterday evAniHg and he J fuels that b&nfQl new much of his former strength and vigor. His iti&Ey friends accorded hiih a glad whS r oft the stfek! has ; beftto constantly at his sicjhftiftee he weht at&£,’returned with hlto.

SATQRBAY MSsaflCatte to Guernsey yesterday for a few days* vacation'; . ' ■ --j Miss Mary Isqjman went to Lacrosse Friday for a visit with relatives. .-" .. -± ' . ~ ■ Harry Evans, of Sheridan, is here visiting .Harry Shirey, the assistant day agent. Everet Kidney returned from a ten days’ visit with friends and relatives in. Owen county. Mm. M. A. McConahay, of Idavilte, came today to vlsitt her son, Dave McConahay and family. Albfert Hammond, of Lancaster, Ind., is here visiting his brother, Stewart Hadtnond and other rle&tives There will be services at the Baptist. church Monday evening, Rev. Houghton addressing those who gather there. - • Mrs. Svallne Randle and Mrs. Rebecca Porter are at- Winona, enjoying a recreation and attending the assembly meetings. • Mrs. Henry Doan and daughter, of Barkley township, left today for Conrad, lowa, where they will visit Mrs. Doan’s daughter. W. H. Beam, the Monon agent, has been almost under the weather for the past few days. He is suffering from facial neuralgia. Lloyd Hoahaw and wtiS t&H childrerfr returned to Lafayette yesterday, after, a short vikit with his uncle, H. C. Hoehaw and family. Mr. and Mrs. John Poole went to Stfetitor, 111., this morning for a visit of% few days with his motfefcr, who is in the 87th year of her age. John Ellis, who has been doing some special work at Indiana University this summer as an adjtinct to his medical studies at Chicago University, returned home this morning. The Wrens will play hall at Lowell tomorrow and the Grays In their new uniforms will take another twist at Hugh Kirk’s Bpuds. The game will be played In the afternoon at Riverside.

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Mrs. Julia Demurcus, wiio has been visiting relatives, ths Kissingers, here for sons Unas, went to Lafayette yesterday, and after a short visit there she will return to her home in Colorado. The GNtodland Knights played rinp around the Remington Knights Thursday, defeating them by this More of 18 to 2. This make# the Rnessetfir Knights, that Rdminfttm beat i 7 to 9, look pretty cheap. Bam Roth has received a letter or two from his wife, who la still at Mulbery, stating that she ia feeling somewhat improved in health. She will not be able to return home for Home time yet," however. Mrs. J. W. Horton returned Thursday from a visit with relatives ate Monde. She returned by way of Indianapolis, where she arranged to have her eon Perry enter buslneees college the coming winter. Thos. J. Manley and wife have Juat moved from Joliet, 111., to St. Joe, Mich., where the W, H. Rowley Co. have a big bridge contract Mrs.

Rensselaer Markets.

Egga,l4 cents. Butter, 15c and 20c: Chickens, springs!# cents. OMfaens, VJk cents. Roosters 3c. . ’ X

Manley is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kepner of this place. Bennett now has the basetmaht'And foundation for his fine new !3|| At the northwest edge of town completed and Frank’ Osborne, ln&/tin 81 coiftrabt for' the * carpenter, wßrfi 1 , witt begin wilft his force X3OX w "- >’ 7 ,p7ZZ)■ . • / ■i •" Blaine Gwito who graduated frost Indiana University in (June, and who went: to New York Cifcy , to; take a special, course in .philanthropy, has qpw completed, this course* and has secured w* position is, offjce.work with the board of federation charities. A band of gyftslAs struck town this morning, but did not linger loii&. Only on# 6r twd of tkiift wArftgehutoe gypsies and' tbA’ others were indrW of the horse trading 4 class,' who are usually a Yew points lowbr ln itttiftlbgence thßfn th'e full fledgbd gypsy. Prof. J. H. Gray went to Fillmore, Ind., today for a visit of two wekee wflib .bis sister. He Will theft, return , where, he Wi l il be ? prineSfpftl Of iiie BciioqlS next year. His' re-1 xA l ovil t 'from RensSelaer has many , regrets for him and soi f '*many of* his friends to this city. Frank, Jim and Ralph Donnelly and True Woodworth went to the' Kankakee river yesterday for a few <£®s’ camp, ap’d today they were j&fted by “Baldy*’ Powers/ and if therd' are any fish to the river they will be in imtoihAfit danger of losing tft&r LiVAs. It is probate, however, ] t£&t y mdre people "have been promised a'ftiess bf fish than willjae supplied. A.- L- Padgitt- returned this morn- : iftg from Cadillac, Mich., where, he has had his string of horses the past Wftek* He. will remain he:e over Sup day. His horses have been very sgcpessfifti this year and he won a first with Nedra this week and she made the good time of 2:18)4. He also won four, seconds this week. The hpraes will run at Flint, Mich., next week.

OAsTon IA; B«an the Haw Always Bought

•Ed ’ Gilmer returned this morning frbntf a visit With*' B. J. Gifford at Kankakee. Mr. Gifford informed hfm that he l will have his railroad com-' pieted to Gary wfttiln 90 days.' He has four boarding cars of men working all the time. ’ Mr.- Oliver intends to fence his 298 acre farm near Newland with Woven wire fence and- it will take something like 1,000 rods to do the Job. The Monon has resumed work, on its coal branch from Wallace to Linton, Ind., a distance of seventy miles, and has several gravel trains at work ballasting the road. The coal fields which this road/ strike? aru said to be best qualify of coal reached by the Inaian&polis line and the company proposes to get It info working order f as regards sidetracks and movement .of coal as soon as possible, as it expects' to furnish coal not on# <6 points on the Monon, including Chicago, but to Indianapolis consumers. The Morocco Courier relates the meeting of two brothers at that place j who had not seen each other for fifty j years. One is William H. Kerney, of Morocco, and the other is Robert Kerney, of Becker, Minn., and the latter came to see the foimer recently.' Bach learned only a year ago of the existence of the other. The Minnesota brother bad served Utrough--1 out the civil war and had been engaged In various military labors since that time. Strangely, both bad learned the blacksmith trade since they parted when boys. Weston and Dayton street*, which 'are being macadamised between the recently completed curbs, are now almost completed and many people believe the street* the beet In Rensselaer. The curb work was splendidly done and the forest has plenty of stone and screenings and is nicely • graded and presents a fine appearance. , Most property owners hav* i leveled the dirt Inside the curbs and i when the grass comes up all should I take pride in keeping them In nice Isl&f*, and It will not he long until prospective builders will be attracted to the vacant lota on these streets, of which there are a number. I 1* A *• y .. * There -are no new developements ( m the John Yates accident, but theta I has. been a growing imprest-ion that his death was accidental. it is thought that be might either have tried to board the train while it waa in motion or that he wandered up the track while suffering some temporary j mental abberi ation and was struck by (the train. It is most remarkable jthat -the body was not seen by any of the other train crews that passed over the track that night and early the next mottling. The many friends

of the young man are taking his untimely death very sorrowfully,., and they can scarcely realife that the free-hearted and cheerful-dlsposi-tioned John Tates is no more.

//.Carl Duvall returned Saturday from a short stay at Winona Lake. Anson CMpft and wife, of Edinburg, are here for a visit with relatives. Misses Alice Bates and Hazel Warnpr . have returned from their vacation spent at Lake Wawasee, Sylvester Gray will goto Bluffton tomorrow, where he has a largo farm, Which is tenanted by Harley Lam son. Gus Grant Injured hip right hand qiiite badfy one dajr last week by hav-1 iri% it caught a wind pump. It, is now gdtMg well. ■-Ifc 1. as gone to Kirksvilie, | )o attend the National meeting of the Osteopathic Association. He wUI be gone a week. WAnmi WhShhui*' and family, of Qoddland, cam% over yesterday add * remained until this morning, visit-1 ing his brother, Dr. L M. Wash-' hum and family. We need rain. The appeal is goCprn on the drier places is commenc-! lug io roll up, And a soaker wfll be welcomed every place. Mrs. Jos. Dluzak, of Carpenter township, took the milk train here this morning fop Kankakee. 111., where she Urttl be joined by her mother and to- 1 gether tftey will go to Stutgart, Ark.,' to visit her sister. ;w: . -S' h .... I Mlhs Lillian Thomas, daughter of Joe' TAiilnak, living 1 of' town, has been suffering from rheumatism fob several weeks, and was yesterday taken to Hunter Springs, neAr Atuca, fob treatment. B. T. Clark and daughter Mary, l are visiting relatives here today, Mr. Clark'will visit relatives in Hammond tomorrow and from-there will return to his home he Pueblo, Colo. Mrs. Clark and daughter will remain in this vicinity for a longer visit 11- a £ Montgomery ieturned from. Saturday, much pleased the bij fire_ company tonrpar mppt and/ tpe other attractions there*. It is possible that some of the.attractions that were theje may be arranged for the hoipe coming.. A meeting of the attractions committee Is, t> be heid this evening at 7 o’clock t) determine upon these things. Party* Lash,’ a young man 17 years df age, was killed at Cbaiftiers last Thursday. He was working to aft elevator and stepped out of the dOor onto the railroad track and between two cars just as they were being coupled, and the bumpers mashed ti e body and* caused almost instant death. HA was the son of DAYe Lash* a traveling man fob the International Harvester Co., who frequeuty comes to Rensselfter. Ed R w Pugh returned home this morning from his vacation of two weeks.. In company with Mrs. Ptfgtt and their ftttle daughter , and MISS Bessie Davis ot Rensselaer, and Mr. Frank Stalford, of Btaffton, they spent part of their vacation at Lake George, to the northeast part of the stote and bad a.most enjoyable time. Mrs. Pugh stopped to visit with relatives at Reynolds and will return home the latter part of the week.

Tli HawAlwap BngM Signature of «e*«CT

Some of the checker players are of the opinion that home-cornihg week would be a good time to pun off a contest between several of the bed players In this section of ths state, and to decide the team and individual championship of the 10th eongiasmonai district. .86 they Are anxious to isgue an invitation to checker players from all over (he district to visit Rensselaer that wdsk, and if they will make themselves known they will be accommodated. If they deSlre to contest as a team a letter addressed to J. A. McFarland or V. M. Thomas will receive a reply. The Knights of. King Arthur, about 23 .in number, accompanied by Rev. Parrett and Geo. h. Healey went to Mopon on the, 2:01 train today and will go from there to the camp site near Buffalo. Mr. Healey will return tomorrow and Attorney Honan, Walter Lee, Judge Hanley and otbe a will take turns at assisting Rev. Parrett In the management of the ramp. A place In the river for.bathing wIU be roped off and the boys requlied to keep within the ropes. It is pr bsble that other visitors will come to the camp while the ,boya are there, and see how a boy city is laid out and managed. Ike Peck and A. F. Tabor, two Remington boys who have been in the west for almost two years, were In Rensselaer Sunday. They were

RENSSELAER GOT IT BACK ON MONTICELLO TEAM

Uile "Wrens” Defeat THeir Thursday OftpdheiKtA By Score of 11 to 2 Visitors Played PoorlyC

The Wrens retaliated upon the arch enemy, Thursday, and in so doing, giaddenetTihe hearts of their followers, and covered themselves with gloryi Still smarting uftder the fierce drubbing. thsy received, at Monticel--1o a few ago,, they started in, witft!, a, determination to do or die, and they did. . . The P. L. was doing the box work and that the fierce sluggers (?) from Monty found him for only three safties eloquently shows the quality of his pitching.' Again the sup'-’ port was all that the most exact-* ing true-believer might desire, thW Wrens in this game getting fewer errors than they ever have in any previous game. The same pitcher, Karp Stockton who, defeated us at Mftnticello, rubbered for them, and the fierce batting of the Wrens netted a total of ninq hits, among which were a two bagger by Swartsell; and one good for three sacks by ParceUs. The pitching by Dobbins, who struck out eleven men,' the fielding of Carson, the visitor's short stop, who got every thiftg near biin, and the hitting of Sherm Parks who got,, four hits out of five times up were | the features. *

just getting back from Lewiston, Me to; where they were both working on a railroad bridge constructing gang. After leaving Remington they wfthf i first to New Mexico, and later (p Wyoming, where Dr. l!Vaugh is enr gaged in the ranching business, and where they erected a good house for him. They have seen a great deal 1 of western and frontier life, aftd have ' had a fine time, but they are undecided about returning to the west, and I will probably wait, at least, uftfll after tfte election. * Thft attorney-general has given an opinion holding but that a tion created under the laws of thig I state must have a place of business in the state. The question was raised by Frank Grubbs, in sending out requests for the annual reports front Indiana corporations, found that several of the companies created under the laws of this state now have their , offices in Chicago, The purpose in i gathering the reports from corporations is to see to it that the law if l being observed, ,

Mrs. lmes Talking a Fine Trip.

Mrs. Willis J. Imes, who has been l in New York for the past two or 1 three weeks vlsftlhg her brother and iat the same time studying millinery styles and maklhg some purchases, 1 is quite apt to be the only Rensselaer 1 person to visit the Tercentenary celebration now being held at Quebec, 'Canada. Mrs. imee will be the guest 1 of her brother, John Paris and wife, on this trip, and will be at go expense for the visit to the Canadian fair. The start was mad* frojp New York this Saturday morning, and was (n the great steamship Trinidad. Th* first stop‘was’ at Halifax, and the trip from there to Quebec will be up the SL Lawrence river. The re- ! turn trip will be made the same way after a day or two at the exposition. 1 The Trinidad is a new ship and th* ! finest of the Quebec Bteemsblp Co, ■ and It makes only three round tripe I during the period of the expasltfdh, l about 15 days being required for each trip including stops and sight seeing I time at several of the larger cities, ift will certainly be a most pleasant I voyage.

The Place to Go We have lately enlarged our tin and plumbing shop, have employed another ex perienced man, and are in a Better position to do tin work and plumbing than ever before. ' We will cheerfully figure and draw out plans for a bath outfit or heating system in your home. All repair work wifi lie promptly attended to. W e will be glad to figure on gutter for your house, or make any tinware to your order. 'JSnSu EGER BROS.

Rensselaer ah sh bb r h o a ft Parks, cf.. 50 0840 It Morgan, lb. ..3 0 1 10 9 01 Ddbbins, p. .40 12188 0 Swartzell, Bb. - 5001112# E. Wilcox, e . 4 0 0 1 1 9 o f Parke, rs.. 400 11# 10 J. Wilftox, U . 2 0 1 8 0 1 • # P&rcella, se. 4001122 # McCarthy, Bb. 30 1002 I#, Total ....34 0 4 11 #B7 1# t Mooticello ab sh bb r h o a • Rawlins 40 0110 1# Coen 4001080 # Careoft ... 4 0 0 0 0 3 8 # Downey ...409 0 8 4 0 0 Stockton, ...8 1 0000 40 Simons -..8 00 0 0 0,1; ~0 Forbes ...80000000 Bennett ... 8, 0 0 0 0 0 • • Total 31 1 0 2 824 lT * RensseWhf 1 . . 8 0 4) 0 0 0 1 7 •—l§ ? pj U o > * -te* Struck out.,by %)bfattm_,ll,by S^ r TA n ***> JSf 8 - M Tftrec .base Purcells. Stolen bases. Parks, Morgan, 2, Doftr bins 2, Swartzell, J. Wilcox 2, Mc--1 Carthy, Rawlins, Stockton. Sacrifice hits.* Sttq&on, tot te pitcher Wilcox f; wild pltoh. Stockton, Dobbins. Time 1.57. Umpire ■ -(' n*L,, Lsj Ait/iu

Got a Trimming at Lowell.

j TMb ‘ Wrens' hfcye arrived at th* play mighty good bifl at home, but w&iiWS away from their own sand pile they seem to sutler from a bad case of stag* fright and their opponents do ail the business. Thus, they got liffcle out of the contest at Lowell Sunday but experience, and that Is probab# what thfey need a* mdeh as atfythrtfc. They were detail** by ftfae score of IS to 3. But this is quite- an improvement over their defeat at Montieello when they first essayed to leave thetr own rtlitnfrdtid. Montieello got the same number that Lowell did and held our boy* to one lees. And when we got Monty 'over here we took the long end and sent them home with sorrowful countenances. , Lowell is a ball town somewhat. They have been playing semi-pro hag j for some tin* and a practlroaliy alt salaried team. Tint? are ; somewhat faster at the game than the | Wrens, but We expert by another, jyear to have gathered up a battd of I circle artists that wIU malm, other contenders for honors in these parts look down In th* mouth. That’s the t way the managers of th£ losing teams in the big leagues talk and that is the kind of dope we are going to put up for awhile. I We are capable now of doing better than we do and we are getting , better every time we play a game. Oqr record to date is 5 games won ,and 5 lost, which puts us at the top of the second column and gives us jft look ip for * first division finish. The thing to do Is to chfeef up and expect bettor things when mg meet the other fellow the next time. Parcel Is, at short, and Com, at 3d, whre the chief offenders yeator<lay, but others got in the error column and, well, watch for th* announcement for the next game mod help keep on hoping It you are a true believer. Lowell defeated Wheatfleld Saturday by the score of 4 to 3. The Lowell buneh got only 4 hit* oft Anderson, but the north-ebdert mad* a half dozen mlscues. Lowell and jthe Regular* are to play two nsdr* games for the championship of the - northwest section of tin state. It I will easily decide that whichever way It gosa. i 41

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