Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1895 — Local Medley. [ARTICLE]

Local Medley.

Fritz Zard is on the sick'list.— .‘fM'lios. Thompson a"d wife are at Indiana Mineral Springß ft. W. Terwilliger, Champaign, 111., has bought the 1. J. Porter farm southeast of town Excavating for the basement of the Forsythe’s block is progressing Mrs. Sheets, widow with two childr3n, has moved into Stockton tenant property on Weston street. Will do washing, plain sewing or house cleaning The NoweL House has again changed hands. Mrs. Sarah Reece and son are now in charge Jesse C. (Iwin, County Treasurer elect is erecting a residence on Cherry street. It will be ready for occupancy by September Ist. L. A. Bostwick has revised his 12x19 map of Rensselaer, and it now shows all the changes recently mad. — Riverside Park addition Austin and McCoy avenues, Milroy street, etc. On sale at Long’s drug store infant child of E. L. Hollingsworth is seriously ill with ehole.o infantum A. R. Hopkins and Louie Wilcox cycled to Indianapolis, via Crawfordsv.lle, 1 39 miles, Sunday Isaac Reubelt and family are now ‘at home’ in Dam, Vermilliou county, where Mr. R. has accepted the Superintendency of the public schools A district meeting of,l* 00. F. will be held in Rensselaer on the occasion of the diedication of the Temple now in process of erection, wnich will take plaoe some time in October Hon. S. P. Thompson, wife and children,—Edna and Firman—returned Thursday morning from a four weeks trip to the East They traveled only by day--1 ght, giving the children an oppor unity to see the country.— Their route going was over the L. F. & W, to Fostoria, Ohio, thence by the B. & 0. to Philadelphia, over the Reading to Bound-Brrok, New Jersey Central to New York, and thence by the Old Colony to Boston They spent one week on

the Ocean Beacn, n *ar Old Orch - ard, adjacent to the cottages of Hon, Thomas B. Reed, and Mr. Clark, the father of the Y. P. 8. C. E. They returned via Saratogo, Lake George, Niagara, and Mr. Thompson’s old home, Blnffton, O. They report short crops and dry weather going; the health of all excellent,and that they had a pleas* ant visit. They were glad to get home, aud pronounce Rensselaer second to no place Notice is given the qualified voters of Rensselaer that an eleotion will be held at the usual voting places in said town, on the 3d day ot September next to determine whether water works shall be constructed. The columns of The Sentinel are open for a proper discussion of the subject, pro and con Joe Sharp, accompanied by his children, are visiting relatives in Burnettsville. Rev. Paradis will probably be home from his vacation in Colorado in time to hold services m the Court House one week from next Sunday C. Delaney Martin now sports a first 'class bicycle, a present from his brother, R. L. Martin, of Cincinnati.