Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

~S@S me fine iron and brass bedur guaranteed felt mattresses; bed room suits, couches, rockers and dining chairs at Woflahd’6 FurnitSfre Store. \ > —■■—’ ;■■■ i*»j lib ewes tb lamb in March and April will be sold at Chas. Fleming’s public sale, Thursday, Feb. 23th, 8% miles west of Rensselaer. Frank Hill went, to Madison this morning on a business trip. Some of the checker players have been talking about holding a contest while he is away in order that they will have a chance. Frank has been cleaning the plate in the recent checker contests. Duke Nichols contiue3 to hold his original postion. R M. Moore, of Trafalgar, Ind., Is visiting his sister, Mrs. Joseph Yeoman. Mr. Yeoman is In his £3d vear and is In rather poor health. Mr. Moore says that he did not see Eugene Dilley afer he was found at Indianapolis and returned to Trafalgar and he thinks he is being kept at his home and does not' get out any, although he believes that he now seems all right mentally. It has developed in the course of investigation that Jack Bnins, the wireless telegraph operator on board the ill-fated steamsbpi Republic; received the,munificent salary of sl2 a week. Still, a,sl2 hero Is as much entitled to honor as if he were ten times a : millionaire, provided he deads with an emergency with a clear head, a strong heart and manfully discharge his duty.

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Telephone men from all over the sleet desolated district are gathered at Monticello today and Delos Thompson, J. J. Montgomery and J. F. Bruner - are there from Rensselaer. The object of the meeting is to discuss methods of reconstruction. It is said that practically all the companies have been unable to declare a dividend for some time and have no funds with which to rebuild their lines. It is not improbable that the matter of rates in the outlying districts will also be discussed. The Rensselaer men had expected to go on the 10:55 train, transferring at Reynolds, but as the train was an hour late they went by the auto route. Dr. F. A. Turfler accompanied“fhem. City Light Superintendent Chamberlin thinks the lights can all be turned on tonight. Last night at about 10 o’clock there was considerable trouble affecting the residence circuit and it was necessary to turn off those lights the balance of the night. At the corner of Cullen and Harrison streets the light and telephone wires came in contact and there was a lively electric display for a short time, and this led directly to cutting off the residence lights. The arc lights which have be n off since Saturday night will probably be tried out tonight, but it is not certain that things are in shape for service. The city has been in darkness and two or three nights were as black as Satan’s parlor,- so the lights will be welcomed. John Bruner arrived here this morning from Bartlesville, Okla., to look after his telephone business, his system of country lines having suffered a great deal of damage by the sleet storm. Mr. Bruner’s lines extend from the central station north, northeast and northwest, and he has a total of 145 phones, being the 5t to 606, 509 to 613, also 622 and 632 lines. All of them are out of business because of broken wires and fallen poles. He will probably take immediate steps to rebuild the lines. John Is not looking the best and if feeling none too well, but believes that be is getting better, Mrs. Bruner is looking 1 after the large rooming house at Bartlesville, and he is well pleased with that city which Is growing rapidly. There was recently introduced in the House of Representatives a bill for the purchase of the house in Tenth Btreet, Washington, in which Abraham Lincoln died on April 15, 1866. The bill proposes the acquisition of the two adjoining houses and the entire collection of the Oldroyd relics of Lincoln, of which there are some 8,000 pieces in the building, a thousand volumes all relating to Llna thousand volumes all relaing to Lincoln end the dvli war. In one of the rooms is a "black locust" rail split by Lincoln in 1830, and token from a fence around his old home, and the walnut cradle tn which HU children were rocked. The bill contemplates the purchase also of the two adjoin-, lng buildings on each side, with the understanding, that both are to be torn down and the ground beautified by ifiwna and shrubbery. The Oldroyd collection of Lincoln relics Is the largest In the world. \