Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1908 — Page 1

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MISS AETNA LEBO SURPRISES HER FRIENDS.

Resign? Position as Teacher and Starts to California to Become Wife of A. L. branch, L.

Miss Aetna Eeto, teacher of t' e first primary department of the Rensselaer schools, resigned Ear position the first of the week and left cn Thursday for Sacramento, 'Cal., where she will be met by Mr. Arhur L. Branch, formerly for several years a resident of Rensselaer, to whom she will be married. They will then go to BanFrancisco,' Cal., where he is employed as the manager of a large milling concern and w; ere they w 11 probably make their future home. Miss Lebo has been a teacher here for the past three years and has made many friends and her departure will not only be a surprise but a disappointment to them all, but they will Join in wishing her a happy married life. It seems that the arrangement for her departure had been made some time before and she had given the school board notice of her intention to leave, but had kept the matter a secret from her teacher friends and none of them were acquainted with her intention until the afternoon of

Christmas at the Churches.

The Presbyterian church had the most pleasant Christmas entertainment they have had for sometime. The program was entirely by the little' fflks, who carried eff their parts without fear. Santa Claus appeared. much to their de’ight, and left a list of the boys and girls he wanted to be remembered. The presents were then distMbuted ty the boys, who had trinyned the tree. Santa Claus also wisited the Christian church, _ during the dialogue “Christmas Brightness, ’’ which was about the best number op the program. There were 16 little ones in it, who were trying to keep awake to see Santa Claus, but final y went to sleep and missed it. After th'e program, which was long and carefully prepared, the pre ents .w re distributed from the tree by some little girls of the Sunday school. The free at the Baptist church wrs trimmed by the Phllathea and Baach classes. After a program of £ ongs an recitations was given, tho same classes took charge of the distribution of tho presents. Tho most interesting part of the program at the Mcthodrist church was the recitations of tho small children, and their delight, when the presents were distributed. Santa Claus also appeared and brought joy to their hoarts. „ f

Henry F. Feldman’s Funeral.

The funeral of Henry F. Feldman, the Keener township trustee whose death occurred Saturday evening, Dec. 19th, was held from the family i residence northeast of DeMotte, Jast Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock, Mr. Feldman was a member of the Lutheran church, having been raised In that faith, but it was impossible to get a Lutheran minister and the service was conducted by the Methodist minister from Hberon, and thq remains were interred in the Hebron cemetery. | Mr. Feldman was bora near Hamburgh, Germany In 1867, and was therefore 61 years of age. He was married In 1890 to Miss Crawford, and is survived by the widow and four children, the youngest being 8 years of age. • j Mr. Feldman was an industrious man of honest and upright. habits and his death is mourned by bis many acquaintances as well as by those bound to him by ties of relationship. !

Those holding tickets to the fire company benefit by the muslfcal Hoyles to be given Wednesday night of this week, must have them reserved not later than Tuesday night The reserve board Is at Grant’s restaurant. If the tickets are not In by that time the seats will be resold. This action Is taken because several have purchased tickets that will probably not be used, and In case of that kind the seats will be sold again. Get them in for r-B<nat'on by Tuesday night Subscribe for the Dally Republican.

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her departure. She expects to reach Sacramento Monday and the marriage will be performed there. Mr. Branch is a widower and.has two little daughters who have lived with their grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wilcox, since the death of their mother about five years ago. They will continue to live here at least until after the close of the school year when they will probably be taken to California by their grandmother and will make home hereafter with their father and his new wife. The courtship that leads up to this marriage has covered two or three years and while the result was one that the public had been anticipating it was not' thought by the many friends of either that it would take place until after the close of the school year. The position in the school made vacant by Miss Lebo’s resignation wi 1 be filled by Miss Lucy Beasley, of Remington, who resigns a position at Wingate in order to come here.

A young couple, both of whom were on the near side of eighteen, were marridu at the M. E. parsonage Thursday at 1 o’clock. The bride outaged the groom a little, as she only lacked until the 28th of December of being 18, and the groom will not reach 18 until the 21st of tbe coming March. The parents of each were agreeable to the marriage and the mother of each accompanied them to the court house and to the par.sonage. The groom was Mr. Manly Everet Stowers and the b lde was Miss Mary Maud George. Be is a farmer and will reside on a farm north of town.

Mrs. William Winslow and children returned to Royal Center SunI day afternoon, after a two months’ visit with the former’s parents, Baron and Baroness von Miller at Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. The sea was very rough on the return trip and the voyage took ten j days from Southampton to New York. Mrs. Winslow, who bears a | title in old England, had a very pleasant visit while abroad, but she* was pleased to get back to Royal Center, which she looks upon as about the best place in the world. Four years ago while Mrs. C. F. Flyder, of Chicago, was touring in Europe, she met Baron and Baroness von Miller and their daughter. Mrs. Flyder took a great fancy to the daughter, and the latter returned to the United States as her guest. In Chicago the daughter met William i Winslow of Royal Center, who is a nephew of Mrs. Flyder, and It was a case of love at first sight. Marriage resulted, and since then a baron’s daughter has been content to reside in Royal Center as plain Mrs. William Winslow, with no Aitle other than the wife of an Amerlcap. —Logans port Reporter.

Young Couple Harried Thursday.

Titled Lady Now Plain "Hoosier.”

Afflictions never go single handed according to an old adage and this Beerns to be tbe case with Jesse Eldridge and wife, who have been living on the Thompson home farm, near ftirr, he being Mr. Thompson’s superintendent He has been In bad shape with rheumatism for some time and received but very little benefit from treatment at the mineral springs near Attica. Since he was brought home from there he has not Improved much until the past week and now he is some better but still confined to bis bed. His wife also took very sick, and three weeks ago both of them were taken to the home of bis father, Nathan Eldridge, in Barkley township. A report was circulated on tbe streets Saturday that their condition was so serious that neither could live, but this Is not the case. Mrs. Eldridge is suffering from pleurisy In her side, but Is very much Improved and. In fact, able to be up a part of tbe time, and It Is now thought that both will entirely recover, although In the case of Jesse, It Is hard telling how long he will be laid up. t *

ISSUED TWICE A WEEK—TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1908.

SOME CHRISTMAS BEANERS

.Cheer up; it’s 364 days before another Christmas, o-o-o This would be a good time to study a bit about that New Year’s resolution. o-o-o All aboard now for a greater Rensselaer. o-o-o Those friends whom you forgot and who remembered you will probably expect something on New Year’s day. o-o-o The man is lucky whose wife’s birthday comes' near Christmas. o-o-o ’ The happiest people Ch i tmas day were those who made some one else happy. How happy were you? o-o-o If you didn’t get what you wanted, the way to get even will be to save up your money and buy it for yourself, o-o-o Did your wife have your Christmas pre:ett cha g d to you? o-o-o Some people trembled all day Christmas for fear they would receive presents from some one that would expect something in return, o-o-o By economic living and industrous habits you may have hope of saving up enough to meet the requirements of another Christmas. 1 o-o-o The grouch nether gives nor receives; he plays . solitary and never cracks a smile, o-o-o It is a wise girl who can receive three identical presents from the three different beaus and make them all believe it was just what she wanted.

No Decision in Ditch Case.

Judge Hanley and Court Stenographer Sigler are still wrestling with the ditch remonstrance case. After the evidence was all in the Judge had to go over all the eviden e, examine all the names of the realty owners affected and ascertain wi ether there were any duplicate signatures on the remonstrance in order to determine whether the remonstrance is sufficient to defeat the petition. They have been working industriously but the task is a mammoth one and it is probable that they will not complete the count before Wednesday and therefore unable to render a decision in the quite important cave before that time.

M. E. Sunday School Election.

Trinity M. E. Sunday school held their annual meeting Sunday and elected the following officers for the new year: Supt., M. V. Brown. Asst Supt., Frank Osborne. Supt of Primary Dept, Miss Eva Moore. Secretaries, Miss Ina Shesler and Miss Ada Hausen. Treasurer, Mrs. Stella Duvall. Librarian, Willie Platt Chorlser, Mrs. Maude Hemphill. Pianist, Miss Florence Allman.

Several of the checker players of the city will hold a tournament to determine the champion Tuesday even ing. The games will be played at M. E. Griffin’s confectionary store, and all players are eligible- to enter the contest. The games will begin at 8 o’clock. Two games around will be played. The affair will wind up with an oyster supper. Mrs. L. J. Lane, whose sickness has been several times mentioned, has made rather marked Improvement the past few days and has been able to lie down to sleep for the first time In many weeks. The dropsical conditions seem to have almost entirely left but .her heart Is still troubling her. If the Improvement continues as It has tor the past week it Is quite probable that she will fully recover, and this was regarded as almost Impossible a month ago. * We are unloading another car of Arlstos flour. The highest grade patent flour mada We guarantee every sack to be tbe best flour made or money refunded. $1.40 a sack. * JOHN EGER.

Factory People to Visit Us.

President Warren Robinson received a letter from Chicago this morn’ng, saying that one or both the factory people will probably come to Ren» selaer Tuesday of this week. They will be shown over the town by Mr. Robinson and other m mbe s cf t- r e Commercial Cltfb and if the town suits them it is probable that the contract for their location here, conditioned upon the sale of the lots will be made. r . The contracts for the lot sales wi l be printed by the Republican, and copy for the same was also received. ThS contracts will be in duplicate, the commercial elub having a copy and the purchaser having a copy. The latter will be attached to a pass bock, much after the form of a building and loan book. The contracts provides for the cash payment of $5. It is proposed to complete the sales during January and the firßt monthly installment will be due the Ist of March. There will be no interest on the deferred payments unless they become delinquent. Large posters will a’so be printed and the lot sale extensively advertised. As before stated the matter of what factory is finally agreed upon has nothing at all to do with the sale of the lots. The company that makes the lot sale is paid a commission for so doing, and after the sale the Commercial Club can use its own pleasure about what factory is brought here with the money. The company that makes the sa’e also locates factories and the metal fuiniture factory through tbem is looking for a new location, hut until the contract with them is signed the Commercial Club is fiee to con ider any other enterprise. If the furniture factory is se ured it will take the very beat efforts cf our citizens to do it, and the lots will have to find a market and many of us will have to buy one or more. As there will be no interest on the da- | ferred payments it will make the purchase an easy matter for almost any one, and many people can take the first step toward procuring a home for themselves. Others must buy for speculation and others for the sole motive of helping make Rensselaer h larger city.

Former Teacher Married.

Rensselaer friends of Edwin Manson Neher, formerly for one ye-r the science teacher in the Rensselaer high-school, have received cards announcing his marriage on Christmas day to Miss Mary Maude More, of Owasco, Carroll county. Mr. Neher is now a pnysician and is located at Castle Gate, Utah, wteie he has a good practice and wbere he is also at the head of a hospital. His former home was at Rossville, not far from the home of his bride, and since he was in the wgst she has also been a school teacher in the same state. After Mr. Neher’s departure from Rensselaer he was graduated from Chicago University and later from a medical college and after serving as an interne at a hospital in the west he located at Castle Gate, Utah, whe e the cards announce they will be at home to their friends. When Mr. Neher was here he made his home at the Comer House.

High School.

Emmet Laßue, Ray Parks, Alice Ryan and Helen Hopkins visited school Monday. One of the Senior girls says each state sends two senators and it makes no difference about the size. It certainly doesn’t—of either the state or senator. Lois Thompson visited High Schocl Tuesday afternoon. /n School was dismissed at Thursday afternoon for Chrlsmtas vacation, and all who Mad no classes the last period were excused from assembly. Miss Hume left on the 10:66 Jor Springfield, Ohio. Thursday afternoon Miss Work went to ter home at Elkhart, Ind., Mr. Bradshaw went to Indianapolis, Mr. Sullivan to Salem, Ind., and Miss Stockbrldge to Ann Harbor, Mich.

ONE HUNDRED pounds of Gluten Feed contains the protein of FIVE HUNDRED pounds of Corn. the Best Milk Producer. For sale by Malnee k Hamilton. Bread made of the Ckm flour received the highest test of any other bread mpde in tbe township or county. Only $l4O a sack. CHICAGO BARGAIN BTORE.

BIG DREDGE FINISHES THE IROQUOIS WORK

Reaches Lower Terminus and is Set Out of the Channel. Considerable Hand Work Will be Required.

The big Sternberg dredge reached its lower terminus as defined in the specifications last Friday night and preparations were at once begun to get the big boat out of the channel. This was accomplished by digging a large hole on the north side of the river and after Setting the boat into that removing the dam from the channel. This required all day Saturday and until Sunday noon, at which time the big boat rested snugly in its winter quarters and the water that was backed up to keep it afloat in the channel was rushing down stream. The location of the dredge Is about a quarter of a, mile below the farm residence of W. S. Grant. The dredge during the almost three years since it was set afloat above the Pullins bridge has been in charge of Henry Shortz, who has worked for C. H. Sternberg & Sons for the past seven years. He manipulated the crane during almost all of this time and is one of the ablest all around dredge men in the country. His close attention to the work has not altogether agreed with him and he is; suffering from a weak back that has caused him to decide for the present, at least, to give up' dredge work, and he will go to a farm he bought some two years ago near Charlotte, Mich. Mrs. Shortz has been there for some time, and he will start overland from Russel;:er, probably Tuesday morning, driving ite m

Marriage Licenses.

Dec. 24. Marly E. Stowers, born Jasper county, Ind., March 21, It 91, present residence Jasper count}', occupation farmer, and Mary Maude George, born in Kansas, Dec. 23, I£9o, present residence Jasper county, occupation housekeeper, Ist ma riage for each. Both are minois and ti e license applications were signed by tie mothers of each. Dec. 28. Amil Schultz, bom Jasp r county Dec. 14, 1873, present residence Jasper county, occupati n farmer, and Alfreda W. Ritter, bora Roberts, 111., Dec. 6, 1888, present residence Jasper county, occupation keeper. Ist marriage for each. George W. Terhune, one of the oldest of Republican subscribers, and ah old resident of Jasper county who has never lost interest in the old town and country notwithsanding his long years of absence, sends money back for a subscription renewal. He will be 87 years of age on February 22d, that is he writes “if he lives till then.” Mr.' Terhune sent to us the same bill that some one else had sent him for* a Christmas present He states in his letter that he thinkp he still has some warm friends back here.

Congressman Harry A. Barnhart, of Rochester, is happy over an unexpected Christmas a present, which he received from Uncle Sam. It is In the shape of a check for $4,000. The check was sent him as salary as congressman from the time Congressman Brick died up to the present date. This back salary was totally unexpected, as Barnhart did not take office until December 7th. Let us know your wants now and for New Years we can get carnations, violets, mignonette, stevla, sweet peas, roses, narysls, In fact anything you want If you will te’ephone us your orders In time. THE KING FLORAL CO. Just received another car load of Gem flour that discounted them ail In the bread contest, sold at $1.40. \ CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE. WE GIVE AWAY A CARTING SET AND CHAFING DISH ON NEW YEARS. E. D. RHOADES k SON. Clothing, suits and overcoats 1/6 and % off marked price to close out. CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE. Yea thank you, the Home Grocery enjoyed a very fine Christmas trade.

of good colts he purchased several months ago. Mr. Shortz liked Rensselaer and said to a reporter for the Republican that he felt very grateful to the citizens and business men of the town for many accommodation* he had received during the time he had been here. He will give farming a thorough try-out and If he don’t like it, he expects to again get into the drdege business. He was assisted during the last few weeks by Chris Riddle and Chas. Wood. The former will live here with his mother for the wipter probably and Mr. Wood went to Fair Oaks this morning to take up his winter residence. Although the dredge has completed its work the ditch is far from completed, as there are various high places and many ledges protruding from the banks through the sections where the rock was encountered. This work will be completed under the direction of B. J. Moore, who had the rock blasting sub-contract, and it will probably require tte greater part of next summer with a fair sized number of men to get it all down to specifications. The big ditch when completed will have cost something like $120,000. The case that is now awaiting a decision in the circuit court is a remonstrance against a petit'on to extend the ditch from the place where the dredge now stands to a point, below Brook. '

Try our Majestic ccok stove eoaL Two cars Just received. Best coal oa the market at Coen & Brady’s. Come in and see the wall charts that the Republican Is giving for 36 cents along with new or renewed subscriptions. Try a can of our California Lemon Cling Peaches in heavy syrup. Equal to those that otkers ask 25 and 30 cents for, only 20 cents a can. JOHN EGER. FOR SALE—One good woed beating stove; also one good hottentot mattress; for cash or will trade for wood. Cheap. THE KING FLORAL CO. Try our fancy evaporated Apricots and compare them with those that others ask more money for. We ask but 10 cents a pound. ' JOHN EGER. Mrs. Vincent Elsie took the '2nd prize on bread made of Gem flour, sold at f 1.40. CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE. A. Are, you having trouble in getting nice even sized large potatoes that cook white and mealy? If so, try our fancy Wisconsin sand grown potatoes, only 20 cents a peck. JOHN EGER. We sold over 35 dozen carnations Christmas and then did not have enough to go around for the reason so many failed to telephone us their orders in time. Telephone your New Years orders early and oblige. THE KING FLORAL CO. Of the 31,4431 deaths in Illinois during the first half of the year, 3,786 were from lal*rudosis and 4,117 from pneumonia. The rate of de-- th is 11.19 per cent of each 1,000 of population. John Dill, a Marshall county farmer, was found Tuesday pinioned under a tree which he had felled. He had lain three days without food, suffering Intensely. Little hope is entertained for his recovery.* According to dispatches from Milwaukee, the United States Steel corporation is planning to build a $lO.000,000 town at the head of Lake Superior, about six miles from Superior and Duluth, similar to Gary. The Hammond city council at a special meeting put itself on record as being opposed to the wearing of tall hats or other headgear which, If worn in public places, especially theaters and entertainments, will obstruct the view of the people In the rear.

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