Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1909 — Page 3

FRIDAY. Floyd Crowder Is in Monon on busi.ness today. Walter White, of'Lovell, is visiting friends here today. John Pdfreir left today for a visit x with relatives at Linden. David Si Alter left this morning for Vincennes for a visit with his daughter.* Mrs. Rebecca Porter went to Winona Lake this morning for a short visit.' Mrs. Ed Stevenson returned to Chicago last evening, after a visit with her parents here. Mrs. W, H. Parkinspn and children went to Attica today for a two weeks’ visit with relatives. Miss Anna McMunn, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Albert Brand, returned to Chicago today. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chupp, who have been visiting relatives in this vicinity, returned to Edinburg today. Miss Ruth Giver returned to her home in Wabash today. Her brother Lawrence accompanied her as far as Delphi. Wanted: Linn, Cottonwood, QuakIngasp, Willow and soft maple bolts, 4-inches in diameter and larger. Buy standing timber or cut and ricked anywhere. Johnson Smith Excelsior Co., Indianapolis. Earle Reynolds and wife have finished their theatrical engagement .in London and will sail for home tomorrow, arriving here about September Ist. They will open their American engagement in Chicago September 6th. There was another big rainfall last night, equaling if not surpassing that of the night before. South of town the fall was especially large and the oats and corn fields were under water. In some places the shocks of oats were floating in the water. B. J. Gifford has sold a farm of 100 acres to David Blitzstim, of Chicago, for SSO per acre cash. Mr. Blitzstim is a Russian refuge, a number of whom have located with their families on the Gifford land. They are honest and industrious and will make good citizens. Quite a crowd of Daughters of Rebekahs gathered at the home of Mrs. A. E. Wallace, near the Irwin tile mill, yesterday afternoon just after the storm, and had an excellent time. All kinds of refreshments were had and all enjoyed a pleasant social affair until late in the evening. Harry Green and his company have ' and are stopping at the Ma—keever house; The rehearsels are in progress for Eli and Jane, which play Here August 19th. This is the company that opened their season here last year. Mr. Green says he will have a crackerjack show for us the 19th.

Children Cry FOR FLETCHER S CASTO R I A The G. L. C.’s gave a picnic at the home of Misses Mary and Edith Adams Thursday evening. The out-of-town guests were Misses Ackerman, Teagartei), Tobias, Landers, Yeoman and Ura Saunders. On Saturday afternoon Miss Edna Hauter will entertain the club at her home east of town. The electrical storm last night played havoc with the telegraph wires, putting them out of service. Linemen were sent here and got the lines in working order after being a few hours out of commission. At the Monon depot the lightning played around so freely that the night operator became frightened and took refuge in a box car. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S OASTORI A The largest suit ever recordel in the Porter _ county courts was filed last Tuesday in the circuit court when Denjamin Wallace, proprietor of the Hagenbeck-Wallace consolidated shows filed suit against the Grand Trunk Western railroad for $125,000. The case was first started in the Indiana appellate court, but it was held that the case “Was not in the jurisdicth n of that court. The action is the result of a wreck on the railroad company’s line near Battle Creek, Michigan, on July 7, 1903. Almost all the animals in the menagerie were fcllled and other damage was done.

1 <l* - air-T *s2* J* f Mrs.i Mary Pugh returned to Bluffton today, after a visit at the home of J. K. Davis. - < Miss Rosa Platt, of Danville, 111., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Platt. i ... Clyde Crowder, of Springfield, is visiting his uncle, Morton Crowder, at McCoysburg. Rufus Knox, who is working in a drug store at Lafayette, is here to spend part of his vacation with his parents. Seven of the masons employed at the college went to their homes in Logansport and Russiaville today to remain over Sunday. Father Andrew Gietl went to Sheldon, 111., today to attend the funeral of a former pastor of the Remington Catholic church, which will take place tomorrow. Trustee Chapman, who has worked nearly five years in unraveling the complications in the McCoy estate, received 1 per cent of the money handled for his work, or the sum of $2,200. This is surely little enough pay considering the amount of work he had to do. Referee Bowers received a similar amount. John T. VanZant, of Indianapolis, was among the first 400 to be given claims in the opening of the Corur d’Alene Indian Reservation. He drew No. 383. Five hundred names were drawn, that of George Bailey, of Wanatah, being the last. Other Indianians who drew claims were Wm. Roller, of Peru; J. F. Buck, of Laporte, and David Jump, Noblesville. T. J. McCoy has located in Chicago. He has opened offices at the Union Stock Yards, and will engage in the live stock scalping business. A scalper buys stock on his own .responsibility from the shippers and resells the same day, if possible, at a profit. There are great possibilities for money making in the business, but it takes some capital to do business, and Tom seems to be supplied with this necessary article of business life.

Children X Cry FOR FLETCHER’S OASTO R I A Wheat raising has become a hobby with Wm. Shaw. Last year he had something like 8 acres of this crop and it averaged about 18 bushels to the acre. Billy thought that was a fairly good yield so he planned to increase his acreage. This year he> harvested about 28 acres which totaled nearly a thousand bushels, or about 30 bushels to .the acre. You farmers who wish to raise wheat will have to go to Billy and get his recipe. —Mt. Ayr Pilot. SATURDAY. 1 1 Fletcher Monnett returned to Evanston, 111., today, for an extended stay. Mrs. Roy Donnelly went to Hammond today for a visit with her parents. S. C. Irwin and family went to Wolcott to spend Sunday with E. W. Irwin. S. W. Myers, of Monticello, was here today to visit his father, G. H. Myers. Mrs. A.' F. Long and daughter, Martha, went to Lafayette to spend the day. Elizabeth Buljack, of Chicago, attended the funeral of Randolph Spriggs Friday. Miss Mae Eaton went to Chicago today to take a course in the Chicago Training School. Ike Tuteur is down from Chicago today to draw his dividend checks in the McCoy estate. Miss Edna Wasson returned today )to her home in Winchester, after a visit with relatives. Misses Bertha and Vernice Albin came down'today from Tefft to visit Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Albin. Chas. R. Trowbridge has been made editor of the Lafayette Courier ‘in place of Chas. E. Wilson, who retires on account of falling health. ■ CASTOR IA F*r Infants and Children. 11l KM Ym Kan Atiap Bought Of

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. .Gray are visiting in Logansport. hire. Kate Watson and Mrs, She4d went to Winona today fpr a short stay. Mrs. I. N. Best and daughter, Pearl, of Rose lawn, attended the funeral of Randolph Spriggs here Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Lee and baby, of Mitchell, SI Dak., came today for a visit with his mother, Mrs. Lee. Mesdames J. V. Worland and J. H. Tallman, of Hammond, spent yesterday with D. M. Worland and family. Samuel Hopkins and three daughters went to Oakley today to spend a week with their brother, John Hopkins. Carr Bros, yesterday sold 65 steers at the stock yards in Chicago that averaged 1,321 pounds each and brought $6.60 per hundred. Mrs. H.-S. Thompson, of Indianapolis, and Misses Elizabeth and Margaret Loftus, of Anderson, came Thursday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Frank King. Mrs. Jess Crowell went to Delphi this morning to attend old settlers’ meeting. Mr. Crowell will meet her in Monticello to visit their parents. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Kimberlin at Rossville, 111., Thursday. The mother was formerly Miss Nora Baker, daughter of John N. Baker, of Barkley township. Her sister, Miss Callie Baker, is with her. Notice has been received from the authorities at Longcliffe that the application for the admission of Wm. Becker to the asylum has been suspended until room can be found for him. The asylum is overcrowded now and Sheriff Shirer will have to care for Becker for the present. The Tipton bank, which was closed on account of the embezzlement of the assistant cashier, Noah Marker, will hie reopened Monday, the stockholders having put up cash to cover all shortages and bad accounts. Geo. Shortle, Jr., has been elected cashier and John E. Shirk assistant cashier.

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A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Ropp this morning. Miss Clara' Bush, of Lebanon, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haskell. Will Vanatta returned to Chicago last evening after a visit with relatives here. George Jernlgan, of Marion, came today for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. J.. C. Passons. Miss Lorene Hinkle, of Delphi, is attended Ivah Healey’s ninth birthday party today. The Aetna Powder plant had another explosion yesterday, two men being instantly killed. The cement factory at Delphi has received an order from Allen county for KhODO cement posts. Miss Lucille Lyon and Master Joe Lyon, of Delphi, are visiting Mrs. Geo. H.and Mrs. Julia A. Healey. Mrs. E. B. Vondersmith, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. P. Wright, returned to Kentland this morning. *- ~ . The Wolcott band will furnish the music for the Frankfort fair next week, and will play at a theatre in the evenings. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haskell, Mrs. Carter Moore and daughter, Mildred, and Miss Clara Bush will visit Mrs. Elizabeth Gwin over Sunday. ________________________________ \ Mrs. A. D. Swain and Miss Dorothy Ellis returned to their homes in Morocco this morning, after a visit with the former’s sister, Mrs. M. L. Spitler. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fendig will leave tomorrow on a western trip. They will visit Spokane, Seattle, Vancover and other cities, and will returii in about two weeks by way of the Union Pacific through Canada. ' Mrs. G. H. Healey and son Adna will leave tomorrow for Irving, N. Y., for a visit with Mr. Healey. The latter will complete his work there and will return home week after next, Mrs. Healey returning with him.

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A Straw Stack Fired In Southwest Carpenter.

Quite an exciting time was experienced for awhile .over in the southwest part of Carpenter township last Thursday morning, occasioned by the electrical storm the night before. When Edward Bellows arose that morning, he discovered that a straw stack, threshed the day before, had been fired by lightning near the center and was smoking pretty lively. He used the phone hurriedly, and shortly had about fifty neighboring men on the scene and two large water tanks. The men formed a bucket brigade, and after three or four hours hard work, succeeded in extinguishing the fire and saving half the straw. A large barn stood close to the burning stack, and if the fire had not been gotten under control, the barn and contents would surely have burned, along with other buildings in the immediate vicinity. Some of the neighborhood women came and supplied the fire fighters with coffee and bread, as the work had been done- before the men had eaten breakfast. After the fire was put out, the men sat under the trees and "melted” six gallons of ice cream, which had mysteriously made its appearance during the excitement.

Lightning Destroys Barn and Team of Horses.

During the storm Thursday night lightning struck the barn of Tom Callahan, at Newland. The barn was entirely destroyed, together with Mr. Callahan’s fine driving team. The loss was total, as he carried no insurance. .V . Word that he would be appointed head of the press bureau of the National League of Democratic Clubs was received by Harry B. Darling, editor of the Laporte Argus-Bulletin, secretary of the Democratic League of Indiana Clubs, Thursday. It is the purpose to perfect a thorough organization in every state for the 1910 congressional campaign.

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Miss Chloe Kenton spent Sunday with Ethel Parker. Ice cream social at McCoysburg Saturday night, August 21st. Everybody invited. Misses Flossie Godshall and Elsie Tinstman went to Chicago Saturday for a ten days’ visit with friends. > Miss Vera Parker, of Chicago, visited Saturday night and Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Parker. Nate Eldridge and family went to Monon Sunday evening for a few days’ sojourn with his parents. Nate intends to do some carpenter work for his father also. v Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Drake and M. L. Ford went to Ohio Thursday morning to see the country around abdtlfc Payne, and to call on some old neighbors that have moved out there. Chas. Saidla is engine hostler for train No. 3 on the C. & W. V. He commenced work Thursday night. He takes the engine loose from .the cars upon its arrival from the north and grooms it up nicely for the next day’s run. Miss Gertrude Downs very narrowly escaped severe injury Sunday -afternoon. She and two little cousins from Indianapolis were driving along the road and their horse became frightened at some hay shocks and upset the buggy, throwing the girls out. The two smaller girls escaped with only minor bruises, but Gertrude received a gash on the chin and' a bruised shoulder.

■ - / Notice of Change of Firm. I have purchased all the business, books, papers and correspondence ( of the firm of Ferguson & Ferguson. Parties having business with this firm can conclude the same with me. I have also placed in my office an abstract and farm loan department and am prepared to make abstracts of title and farm loans on short notice. GEORGE A. WILLIAMS, Attorney. George Lowman, of Amboy, Is visiting his sister, Mrs. Mell Griffith. ■■ ! '!j

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