Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1908 — Page 3

FRIDAY

Mr. and Mrs. Ellzur Sage went to , Chicago today to remain over Saturday. ' John W.> Mauck ■ went to Chicago this morning, where he expects to remain throughout the winter. Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth and son Emmet went to Kalamazoo, Mich., this morning, where they will remain until after the holidays. • ‘r Chas. Saltx, who lives north of town, is planning a trip to his former home in Benton county, Ar- ■ kansasMrs. E. C. Fountaine returned to her home in Goodland Wednesday, after visiting her daughter/ Mrs. Rice Porter, here. Miss Wirginia Kesler, of Morocco, came this morning to .remain over Sunday the guest of Mrs. Rice Porter. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Washburn left this morning for a visit with relatives at Mishawauka, Ind., and will later go to Berrian, Mich., near which place they will visit relatives. They will be gone until after Christmas. The Indianapolis Star weather forecast for today, was cloudy and Saturday clear; while the Chicago Tribune prophesied today dear and tomorrow cloudy. One or the other ought to hit it The St Joseph's College basket ball team will play the Monticello high school tomorrow afternoon. St Joe won last Saturday’s game by the score of 47 to 24, and expect to repeat the victory tomorrow. The Commissioners will meet Monday, Dec. 28th, to close up the business of the county for the year. Those having claims against the county should have them on file in the Auditor’s office by Wednesday of next week. Over in Valparaiso Martin Meister, formerly in the saloon business was fined SSO and given 30 days in the county jail by a jury for conducting a “blind pig” at Wheleer where the saloons had been closed by remonstrance. Mrs. Bowman Switzer went to Chicago Heights this morning to remain for a short time with her father, A. C. Abbott, whose sickness was mentioned a few days ago. He is in very feeble health and the family greatly fear that he can not recover.

CASTOHTA.. Bun the. Kind Haw Always Bought Signature t of

Indiana game wardens are said to be prosecuting Sunday hunters in sections of this state and it is said to cost about S4O if a hunter is arrested for Sunday violation. Better be good on Sundays, through fear if not through choice. John Brown, the extensive Lake county land owner who suffered extensive losses through fires set by the Three Eye railroad during the fall drouth, is reported by the Lake County Star tS have made satisfactory settlement with the railroad company. Prof. Hayner, the piano tuner, went to Chicago yesterday morning to remain for a few days and try to recover from a severe cold contracted since coming here some two weeks ago. He was not nearly done with his work, and expects to return again in a week or ten days. A family of genuine polygamists passed through Pulaski county on the Monon railroad one evening last week, from Lafayette to Michigan City. At Michigan City they transferred to the Michigan Central. They were enroute from Salt Lake City to New York. The party consisted of a man, six wives and five children. They wore the peculiar costumes of their religion, and attracted much attention. —Winamac Republican.

CASTORIA. Bear, the -Z? 11 ” H,W * I ” 1B gignstiue / T* , fl ,

John Wlnkley of Monon, was here on business this morning. Mr. Wlnkley is one of a company that Is projecting an east and west electric railroad that is slated to pass through Rensselaer. With the Infield road looking up again, and the report from Delphi that the electric Una that is to parallel the Monon is to. be pushed on north within the next year, it looks like Rensselaer ought to have one of the roads some time. The subsidy voted so r the Infield road will expire unless taken advantage of by next August, and it is rumored that Mr. Infield is getting very active and again has capitalists interested in his project It is a route that would be of inestimable benefit to Rensselaer and Jasper county, and our people would be rejoiced if arrangements could be made for its construction. If it tails ft might be a long time before Marion township could be Induced to vote another subsidy.

Quite a little excitement was caused in the Laßue Store Saturday evening by the blowing out of an electric light fuse. It kept up a big fussildae until Oliver Palmer brought a wet cloth to bear on it. The lights were put out until«the fuse could be made safe. It was lucky that it happened when it did, or a fire might have resulted.—, Lowell Tribune. Albert L. Donelson, for the past 14 years a conductor on the Monon railroad, and much of the time running on the air line between Indianapolis and Chicago and well known to many of our people here, was burled at Indianapolis Monday afternoon, death having* followed a brief illness. He was 41 years of age Oct. 14th. He was a member of the Masonic and K. of P. orders, as well as the order of Railway Conductors. He leaves a widow and three children. Ernest Maxwell and family areplanning to move about the first of the year to Jay county, near Dunkirk, Mrs. Maxwell’s former home. Since last March they have been living on the Welsh Bros.’ farm in Joran township. Harrison Wasson will succeed Mr. Maxwell on the farm. The Welsh boys, Lewis and Ben, will come to town again this winter, but are undecided whether they will remain all the time in Rensselaer or spend a part of their time away. Mrs. T. J. Penn, some years ago a resident of Rensselaer, during which time herself and husband conducted the Nowels hotel, writes from Dunkirk, saying: “The bottle factory where Mr. Penn has been employed for the past four years burned the sth of December, throwing 500 men and boys out of employment and therefore seeking employment elsewhere is in order.” . Mrs. Penn thinks it probable that they wll move away from Dunkirk, but they do not know where they will locate. Frank Critser and wife have stored their househould goods at the home of his sister Mrs. Emily Guss, and will leave next Monday for Luray, Va., where they expect to visit for two months or more. If plans now made are carried out they will eat their Christmas dinner in the hou e in which Mrs. Critser’s father was born. They will also visit at Fredericksburg, and it is probable that Frank will do a little work for the Hemphill Horse Stocks Co. while there. The Monticello Herald heads an article “Factory has made good, and its effects have been felt by Monticello. Thread factory brings constant flow of money here and payroll will be Increased. Let us have more like it.” The factorv proposition is no experiment in Monticello. It it making a larger town and increasing the trade. Rensselaer must keep up the enterprising spirit shown in recent meetings of the Commercial Club if it expects to keep pace with its neighboring town.

n A-HToti ta. Bean the intl y ° u Havs AlwaTS

The new moving picture show man, Mr. Wattles Rhode, has had considerable trouble in getting started. Parts of his fine new picture machine were broken when it reached here and he had to go to Chicago to get the repairs. All the shelving was taken out of the store room which E. V. Ransford formerly used for his surplus stock and a regular picture show front installed in the room. Mr. Rhode has been experimenting with the pictures to get them perfect before opening his house to the public. It will be a very nice moving picture theatre when finished. To promote a fund for the purpose of fighting consumption the Red Cross Society of America has secured the approval of a plan by federal authorities of issuing a seal for letters which sell for one cent each. The purchase of these stamps is entirely voluntary, and the sale is usually conducted in towns by women’s clubs. The stamps do not seem to have reached Rensselaer, although they are on sale at several neighboring towns. They make a neat seal and a monstrous fund will probably be acquired with which to systematically fight the great white plague. W. R. Crisler, of Roselawn, who had the misfortune to .lose his wife a few weeks ago, was in Rensselaer yesterday. He will break up housekeeping and will sell his household effects at public auction at Roselawn on Saturday, Dec. 2tJth. Two other men will put a number of items in the sale, including several head of work horses and considerable farm machinery. Mr. Crlsler’s two daughters, Mabel and Lydia, will go to Big Rapids, Mich., the former to live with the family of George Jenkins and the later to live with her aunt, I Mrs. Will Wishard. Mr. Crisler Is not certain about what he will do. The skating rink is going to be larger than wo had understood it would be; in fact, it will be just

twice as large and many times better in point of comfort and pleasure to its patrons. The two rooms have been thrown into one by means of openings at both the front and the rear, and the skaters will be able to skate around the partition and take advantage of floor space of about 70x37 feet, and thus being one of the best floors in this part of the state. Father Andrew Geitl, from the Indian school, and his cousin, Mrs. Henry Eiglesbach, went to Pulaski, in Pulaski county, Thur 3 lay morning, been called there by the death of their cousin, Martin F’oerg, who died Wednesday morning of Bright’s disease. He had .been in poor health for some time but his death was quite sudden. He was about 53 years of age. The funeral took place at Pulaski Friday mornjug, Rev. Geitl participating in the service. -Governor-elect Henry W. Marshall refuses to accept a residence for which the state pays the rent, and announces that he will pay his own house rent Inasmuch as he will pay it out of his salary, which the state pays, it looks like there would be no crime in letting the state pay it, since that provision is made by law. The dignity of the office of governor should be maintained, and the provision for a residence was made with that purpose in view, and it would be as reasonable to turn part or all of his salary back into the treasury as it would to insist on paying his rent which the laws of the state contemplated paying. There is no criticism of the act, but it looks a bit grandstandish. Charley Hammond was in from Newton township today. He will ! move his household goods to Big ’ Rapids, Mich., next week, shipping them from Mt. Ayr. Mr. Hammond will go through with the goods. Mrs. Hammond and the children will wait until the latter part of next week before starting for their new home. Roe their oldest son, is a member of the senior class in the Rensselaer high school, and will remain here until after his graduation next May. Mr. Hammond and family will reside in Big Rapids, where he bought property, and he will super vise the work on his farm, which is only a mile and a half from that place. Mr. Hammond and family are one of our most highly respected families and their decision to remove from this county will be generally regretted, but their friends will wish for them both success and happiness in their new home.

CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the y/f/p .-JT" Signature of

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Olsen and little daughter, of Edgley, S. Dak., who have been visiting for the past few days with the families of Sheriff O’Connoi- and Senator A. Halleck, returned to DeMotte today, where they havd been visiting for some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David D. Gleason, and where they will remain for a few days longer. This is Mrs. Olsen’s first visit home since she went west nine years ago and took up a claim of 160 aerse. She was then Miss Dora Gleason, and with the most commendable pluck she staked out a claim and remained there and taught school as she proved it up. Six years ago she was married, and her husband had never been in this county before they came on this visit Recently Mrs. Gleason refused an offer of SIO,OOO for the claim, which she long ago proved up and now has nicely improved.

SATURDAY

W. A. Davenport and wife are shopping in Chicago today. Walter Hell, of New Bremen, Ohio, has returned to his home, after a week’s visit with. Miss Mary Smith. Carl Adams returned this morning from a short visit at Lafayette and Brookston. T. M. Callahan, of Newland, and George Johnson, of Gillam township, are in Chicago on business today. Oscar Brown’s sale Thursday was a good one. with first class prices prevailing for everything It totaled about SI,OOO. The Victor Moore sale Friday also brought very good prices, and totaled about S6OO. The James Lefler sale Wednesday was one of tho very best that has taken place in this section of the country for ,a long time; just as good as any of the sales last year or the year before. Everything went high, both stock and farming implements, and the total was $2,240. Will Walters, who has been living on Joe Nagol’s farm in Barkley ' township, will move this spring to the Squire Mooro farm on which Jim

jFP'F iISTT^TCr 7 g City Drug Store **■" .' .a - ‘ ' •- : • . - ■ Extends to Its Many Patrons Greetings And takes this opportunity of thanking them for their patronage for the past year. We want to make a good finish of this, our most successful year, and have now on display an immense Holiday Line, selected with care from the best markets. We will only make a few suggestions here, but invite you to j , - '' -‘"'i call and see.

We have 150 Popular Copyright Books, at 50c. We have 100 Henty and Alger Books, at 25c. We have Gift Books of all kinds. We have Toilet Cases, Manicure Sets, Shaving Sets, Collar and Cuff Boxes, Brush and Comb Sets. We have Teddy Bears, Cats, Dogs, Dolls for the Babies. - We have Eastman Kodaks from $2 upward?

Anything Special we will be glad to order for you | at a moderate price. | Don’t Forget Us, North Side Washington Street Remember, we are here to serve you. Fendig’s City Drug Store

Lefler has been living, and the Nagel farm will be occupied by Harvey Messman and wife, who now live in Benton county. He is a son-in-law of Joo Lane. Mr.. Nagel thought some of moving to his own farm this year, but finally gave it up. He has been living on the Monnett land, new owned by John J. Lawler, for the past twenty years. The marriage of Ralph Lewis and Miss Lessie Robinson occurred at the [ home of the bride’s parents west of Francesville last Sunday at noon, Rev. J. J. Claypool officiating. The ceremony was witnessed by about i seventy-five relatives and friends, I after which the party repaired to thej dining room where a delicious feast was served. The popular young couple are now the guests of relatives near Delphi, after which they will live on a farm in Barkley township.—Francesville Tribune. -X The Benton County Review this week got out a 24 page advertising edition that eclipses anything we have ever seon published in this section of Indiana. Brother Roby is rather young in the newspaper business but he han all the old timers left at the poet when it comes to getting out big special editions. This Christmas issue of the Review contains advertising from Fowler, Earl Park, Boswell, Lafayette, Goodland, Oxford and Remington, aggregating 95 columns, and the paper is unquestionably tho combined work of a hustler at one end and an artist at the other.

G. I* Thornton has rented his farm in Newton township to William Blerly and will move to town soon after holding a public sale on Jan. 11th, and will occupy the house he bought of Alvin Clark, last spring. His sale will be one of the big ones, and will comprise 12 head of horses, some cattle, hogs, farming implements and some household goods. Mr. Thornton had a sale two years ago, expecting to move to town then, but he bought his farm back at less than he had sold it for and decided to remain in the country a year or two more. This time, however, he has rented his farm and fully intends to come to town. His bills will be put up within a week or so. When Monticello entered into a contract for street lights from the company that put in the new plant twenty-five year franchise and bound 'there, they gave the company a

the town for that length of time to pay $95 a light for every arc light used. The company has placed- a dam in the river at great expense and have power estimated to be 450 horse power from the water fall. This will be a great expense to the town and no matter if developments of the next few years should greatly cheapen electricity that town is contracted to pay a big round price for its lights. Rensselaer is fortunate to own its own plant. Prof. Preston, principal of the Monticello schools, is here today with the Monticello high school basket ball team, and this afternoon a game is being played with St. Joseph’s College. Mr' Preston thinks that when the high school season is well opened the Monticello team will be as strong as it was last year, notwithstanding that the star of the last year team, Karp Stockton, is now out of schooL They are having a number of early games and the team is showing up strong. They do not use the opera house for their games at Monticello now, but have a ground floor room, with a playing floor space of 25x50 feet and with raised seats at each end that will accommodate an audience of 250 or more. A marriage took place at tie court house Friday afternoon that had the appearance of a "hurry-up” affair, as the groom after getting the license, endeavored to persuade the mother of the bride that they had better postpone the marriage, but the prospective mother-in-law was obdurate and persuaded that young man that then was the proper time. So the deputy clerk called Squire Irwin and while the marriage was being performed the groom turned his back to bls wife and acted up real stubbornly. The couple left the court houso with the girl’s mother, who was the chaperone, but when the street was reached the mother and daughter wont one way and the groom the other. The groom was Leroy S. Price, who came here last spring from Arkansas, and the bride was Lx>ttie L. Goodner, whose father. Perry Goodner, deserted his family and skedaddled with another man’s wife last September. The girl is only 16 years of age, and the mother, whose troubles In providing for the family have been great, has probably not lightened her burdons any by adding a son-in-law to the household. ;

We have the highest grade Hand Mirrors and the largest assortment ever displayed in the City. We have Automatic Toys, Blocks, Games, Polo Clubs, Foot Balls, and a lot of nice things for the Children. We have Knives and Razors, made by the famous Union Razor Co. We have Christmas Stationery from 25c to $2.00. We have a mammoth display of Christmas and New Year Post Cards.

Christy Vick received a letter today from his mother, telling of the condition of his father, Dr. Chas. Vick, who suffered a broken arm’and internal injuries by a fall in the streets of St Paul, Minn., Wednesday, as briefly related in a telegram Christy received Thursday. This letter did not give the particulars of the accident but said that Mr. Vick was in the greatest pain, had refused to take either cloroform or ether because of the weak condition of his heart and the doctors had been unable to set the broken member on that account Christy is not yet decided whether he will go to St Paul soon or wait until after Christmas, which had been his intention when he sold his store. John H. Thornton, the former proprietor of the restaurant near the depot, who left here with bls family last April, arrived here yesterday evening for a few days’ visit with his sister, Mrs. William Dixey, and his old comrades and friends. He now lives at St. James, Mo., where himself and family decided to locate after prospecting through Oklahoma and northern Texas. They purchased a lot and built them a small house at St James and then engaged in the restaurant business, and have been enjoying a very good trade. Mr. Thornton has three children at Danville, HL, and he decided to spend the holidays with them, and bis wife and son Goffry accompanied him that far. They are well pleased with their new home and have no thought of returning to Rensselaer. Bank examiners E. M. Hinshaw and R. B. Oglesby, from the state auditor’s office, dropped into Rensselaer Friday and examined the Jasper Savings * Trust Co., finding it in first class condition. These bank examiners neve let the banker know when they are coming. They just happen to be on hand some morplng when the bank is opened and after presenting their credentials they walk around behind ( the counter and count the cash as J it is taken from the vaults, and then look over the books and if they find anything wrong, such as an unreasonable overdraft, too large an amount loaned to one man, any money used by the banker for private purposes, etc., there will be something doing in short order. There will not be many bank failures in Indiana with the rigid examination that- has prevailed since the present law went into effect a year ago.