Newspaper Tidbits from Rick B Saturday, June 10, 2006 "The South Bend Weekly Tribune", Saturday, January 15, 1898, page 9 Rev. N. H. Shepherd, formerly of South Bend, is now serving as pastor of the Christian church at Rensselaer, Ind. His congregation is said to have taken a strong liking to him and he is proving as popular there as he was among those of his denomination in South Bend. Mr. William M. Whitten, who has been attending the annual meeting of the Indiana Engineering society and the Indiana Academy of Science, held at Indianapolis, returned home Thursday night. Before the Academy of Science he read a paper on the "Formation of Quick-sand Pockets in the Blue Clay at South Bend," and before the Engineering society he discussed the subject of minimum grades for tile drains. The latter was impromptu to fill a vacancy in the programme caused by the failure of Malverd A. Howe, professor of civil engineering at Rose Polytechnic institute, Terre Haute, Ind., to read a paper on the arch as used in the construction of bridges.