Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1881 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Next Monday, “Decoration Day.” Let there be a general turn out. Tom Hiner still feels sad and loueiy- _ Art. Cole served on the mail route Monday. Horace E. James is clearing his lots west of town. Wc desire correspondence from all points in the county. Ex Superintendent Suoddy was in I town during the week. _

Dr. Link is attending Homeopathic convention at Indianapolis. Next Monday brick-laying will bo commenced on the Makeever Hotel. Will Pratt, of the Logansport Journal, made us a short call yesterday. Fresh Lime on hand and for sale by J. W. Duvall. Call at his livery office. M. F. Chilcote’s handsome new ret? idenee is reseiving the finishing touches. Mrs. Simon P. Thompson and Miss Lu Hammond are visiting friends in Kentland. Mr. Terhune, we understand proposes to start for his home in New Mexico, June 7th. Harp. W. Snyder, Esq., R. R. Pettit and Fred Hoover, of Remington, were in Rensselaer. Monday. The new barn on the Makeever House lot makes a handsome appearance in its dress of paint. Mr. Wood and family now occupy the new building erected by him, one door east of the post-office.

Frank Ch Icote pronounces W. W. Watson an expert in the art of earthen and queensware decoration. Benj. Martin and his son-in-law Simon Rowen. started Monday last for a tour in Southern Kansas. No remedy has been found for fever and ague which proves so uniformly successful as Ayer’s Ague Cure, Leopold rigged up his store rooms Tuesday evening, preparatory to filling up with the seasonable goods arriving daily. Oliver Firth called in to see us last evening. He has retired from the Fowler Era. W. W. Corkins will step into the vacancy. Last Monday afternoon one of the raijroad hands accidentally let a piec e of bridge ’timber drop on the index finger of Lyman Zea’s left hand, causing a painful wound. D. E. Carr, the popular conductor, Bob Phillips, Lew Roberts, Hank Purcupile, Tom McCoy, A. J. Kent and Fred. Weber were immersed in the Iroquois last Sunday. See announcement of Jasper County Normal in another column. The gentlemen having it in charge, Messrs Nowels, Hooper and Allen, are instructors of unquestioned abilities. D. J. Thompson, Esq., has arrived home from Mississippi, looking much improved. When in the land of the unrepentant rebs ’tis said he professed to be a Copperhead of thestrictes*sect? A dog, in attempting to effect his escape from Brown’s Clothing Store, Sunday night, as Tom was entering the door, was shot by ihatgentleman in the supposition that the animal was a burglar. To connect Rensselaer and Rem ington by telephone, is being agitated. The cost, it is said, will not exceed SSOO, and a number of tho citizens of both towns are willing to join in the enterprise. Proverb —A young widower may sometimes be an old masher.—Republican. To whom do you refer?—Noble John (of) York, Philip Stalwart Cork; ins, or some other? Jno. Rey nolds, publisher of the Odd Fellows’ Talisman and Literary Journal, Indianapolis, was circulating among the Brethren in Rensselaer during the week. He favored the Sentinel with a call, A letter recently received by Mr. Jared Benjamin from the Secretary of the Continental Railway Company announces that “The Company’s engineers, under the charge of Mr. O’Grady, will be at Rensselaer in a few weeks-” E. I. Phillips, Esq., has opened a law office in the room formerly occupied by T. M. Jones’ tailor shop. E. I. P. will take great pleasure in propping up his clients, and knocking the props from under their opponents.— Call on him. - A son of Mr. E. O’Conner, while engaged Tn harrowing met with a painful accident Wednesday. The horses were frightened, ran off, and dragged the harrow over him. DrsLoughrldge and Bitters were instant lo summoned On Tuesday evening last, John Wj Chamberiain, contractor on Charley G. Sears’ new residence, was precipitated from the scaffolding to the ground, a distance of some fifteen feet, receiving injuries which may disable him for some days. Mr. E. P. Roberts and daughter Minnie, of Monticello, visited Raos* sejeer Wednesday evening, and re? turned home Thursday forenoon.— While here MisS Minnie was tfie guest of h«i former school-mate and companion, Miss Frankie McEwen.