Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1885 — How the Case Terminated. [ARTICLE]

How the Case Terminated.

We congratulate our old friends Huff Vanßuckirk upon the enlarged and improved appearance of their Monticello Herald.

We are in receipt of No. 1, of the Freeport (Harper County Kansas) Leader, our late townsman, M. O. Cissel, publisher. It presents a good appearance, and under the management of ‘Merve’ will no doubt prove a success.

Kentland Gazette: Rumor says that our former fellow townsman, James Patton has returned from the wilds of Dakota to take unto himself a Hoosier woman. The fortunate lady who is to join her fortunes with ‘Jim’ in the promised land of Dakota, resides i ear Lafayette we understand.

Our neighbor made an excessive draw on his brain power when he produced the item referring to Treasurer Hoover. We understand the county officials have in contemplation the holding of a meeting to adopl resolutions congratulatory of the fact that he 1 as a chance for recuperation.— One old lady acquaintance of our . friend McCoy cannot understand the following —“ their etc.—imputed to him, and |S alarmingly anxious to know t ‘when he commenced imbibing.” Monticello Herald: The Rensselaer notes a violation of civil service reform in the removal of a worthy postmistress at Goodland to give place to a dem•ocrat.

The Goodland correspondent of the Keatland Gazette notes that Mrs. Canine, the ‘worthy postmistress’ above referred to. “contemplates going to her husband in Kansas.” Therefore wo note that the democratic “violation of civil service reform,” nosed out by our superlatively wise neighbor, results in fixing the habitation of the Canineites.

The Mt. Ayr correspondent of the Kentland Gazette this week thus makes mention of the pugilistic encounter of a Mt. Ayr-a-rat with our townsman, ex-Sheriff Powell: “Last Saturday and Sunday our village was a scene of lawless drunkenness and fighting.— Several kegs of beer was taken from the saloon Saturday and put in e blacksmith shop to be drank on Sunday. On Sunday while John Powell of Rensselaer, in company with another gentleman, was driving through town was insulted by one of the loud mouthed drinking element, and invited out of his buggy to fight. John limbed out but when he saw that the man was drunk got back into his buggy, but that would not suffice, the bully must continue his abuse. Mr. Powell could not swallow all, and got out and completely used up the young general. Mr. Powell has the thanks of the writer, and we are safe in saying the people of the town, and when he wants the ice cream set up to him, all he needs to do is to come and pommel the physiognomy ot our drunken braggarts.”

John Henkle has returned from Indianapolis. B. F. Ferguson has sold his lumber yard to Colburn & Co., of Michigan City. The Rensselaer kids to-day at Monon scored 35 against 15, in a game of base-ball with the Monon Club. Dr. N. B. Delamater, Professor of nervous and mental diseases in Chicago Homoeopathic Colleg > was in Rensselaer Sunday last in consultation with Dr. Hartsell.

M. L. Spitler, Esq., had a severe attack of cholera morbus, last week, but is now “on deck” again-

Gaylord H. and Mary Chilcote accompaniec their cousin, Mi s Minnie Chilcote on her return to her home in Michigan ast Tuesday.

Services will be held at the FW. Baptist church next Sunday morning by Rev. B. F. Ferguson. Vfter the services the ordinance of the Lords Supper will be administered. ()n Saturday next at 2:30 p. m. the regular covenant meeting will be held.

Bans. Howland, a former proprietor oi the Rensselaer marble works, came to this place on a spree, several days ago. He brought with him an old horse and buggy, which he claimed as his own. After trying several men he finally sold the outfit to Chas. Stebbins for $55, and Stebbias sold the horse to Marshal Hough for $25. Last Sunday, McDade, the Fowler marble man, came over and claimed the property and took it away. Mr. Stebbins had repaired the buggy, and was out a’ltogether about S7O. Howland was canvassing for McDade, and was using the horse and buggy, and didn’t own a dollar in it. Stebbins went to Rensselaer last-Monday and returned Tuesday morning with Howland and a constable from that county. There being no J ustice of the peace in this township, arrangements were made to take the prisoner to Kentland on the 10:08 train. At this stage of the proceedings the Rensselaer constable kicked for his expenses, and threatened to turn the prisoner loose unless he received them forthwith. When the train pulled in Stebbins and his lawyer, Yeoman, boarded the train, while the constable and prisoner stepped back and allowed the prosecuting witness and the legal gentleman to proceed on their way to the courfty sear, minus officer and prisoner. Howland borrowed a quarter of a philanthropic citizen, and after “setting’em up”, the constable and prisoner started east on the railroad, the former apparently as anxious to get away as tne latter. —Goodland Herald.

Bans’ besetting sin is his love of that which intoxicates. Those who know him best do not believe that he knowingly sold the property referred to in the above—many do not believe that he sold it at all, “spree” or no “spree.” •So far the calculations of the complainant have not met with success.