Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1874 — Estray Notice. [ARTICLE]

Estray Notice.

Go to Kacnal’a for yonr Holiday Goods. Go to BEDFORD'S for Jewelry, Watch-Guards, Chains and Keys. The proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners will bo found in another column of this issue. Kannal’s asortment of Holiday Goods u the finest and largest ever before brought to Rensselaer. Persons desiring sale bills or other job printing done will please rememberthat the Republican office is situated op stain over the postoffice. Go to BEDFORD’S for your Holiday Goods. A large stock just received. Holiday Goods in abundance at Kannal’s. Mart. Warner, the batcher, killed a hog last Tuesday for Mr. Ezra Clark, that netted 488 pounds; it hadn’t got dor.e growing, either. Mark Vermette has sold his barber shop to M. D. Rhodes. Marsh, is master of the tonsorial profession and always gives satisfaction. He is too well known to onr citizens to need any recommendation. Don’t fail to call at BEDFORD'S when you come to the city. That Lion does not appreciate good books. B, R. MOFFITT. Fowler, Dec. 11, 1874. The dances announced in our last issue to come off in Spitler’s Hall Chris’mas and New Year’s nights have been changed to Christmas and New Year’s eves. The arrangements for music and supper are perfect and a general good time is anticipated.

Grand Holiday Display at Kannal’s. The Ist Quarterly Institute of the Jasper County Sunday School Union will be held in the Chapel of the M. E. Church at Remington, on Tuesday, January 12, 1875. The programme, which will be found in another column, is a good one, and the affair promises to be one of much interest. •An election has been ordered in Jasper county by tbe Board of county commissioners to take place on Saturday, the 16th day of January, 1875, to determine whether or not the county shall appropriate $30,000 in aid of the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago Railroad. Also on the same day the voters of Marion and Newton townships will be called upon to vote a township tax in aid of said road. Musical Instruments of all kinds, at Kannal’s, cheap. Go to BEDFORD'S for best Cigars in town. A Christmas Bali will be given in Spitler’s Hall Christmas night by tire Rensselaer String Band. The services of Prof. Jas. Abbott, of Indianapolis, have been secured, who will take charge of the music, and it is expected that he, with the assistance of our home talent, will furnish music not to be excelled anywhere. All who are in the habit cf tripping the light fantastic toe are invited to attend, By order of the Committee.

Lee Taylor, a blacksmith in the employ of Jesse Goffe, bad the misfortune to loose one of his fingers last Monday morning. He had a bar of iron laid across the anvil and was straightening it out when a horse standing close by kicked at him and struck one of his fingers, knocking it against a trestle, thus severing it from his hand. Off course Lee had to “lay off ” a few days. Go to the RAILROAD STORE for Prints and Muslins. At Kannal’s you will find the largest and cheapest lot of Holiday Goods in town. Mark Vermette, the barber, who lias been holding forth in the Jansas City Hotel for some weeks past, was unfortunate enough to lose about $27 last Tuesday morning. The money was lying on a chair by a lighted candle and in some way the candle was upset, the blase striking the money and consuming about half of it before it was rescued from the flamw. All that could be saved was one end of each bill, which, of course, are of no value. Books, for Holiday presents, at Kannal’s. Go to the RAILROAD STORE for the best Table and Pocket Cutlerv.

Taken up by Evan Tapp, living in Milroy township, Jasper county, Indiana, November 23d, 1874, one two-year-old heifer, with a Uttle white in the face, about one-half of each ear off, a short tail and a large letter Ton left hip No other marks or brands perceivable. Appraised by Peter Folks and Eli Dean at $12.00. * Dec. 15, 1874. WESLEY MEADOWS, Attest: J. P. Milroy Tp. M. L. SPITLER, Clerk. The January number of “Peterson’s Magazine,” is just received, ahead, as usual, of all others. “As Good as a Mother/’ the principal steel-plate, is one of rare beauty. “Even Unto Death” is an unusually powerful story, by Frank Lee Benedict, illustrated by another first-class steel engraving. The double-size, colored steel fashion plate, and the BerUn pattern, the latter printed in ten colors, are alone worth the price of the number; but beside these, there are about forty wood engravings, with music, stories, novelets, poetry, &e. This Magazine claims to be both the cheapest and best. The terms are but two dollars a year to single subscribers, postage free, with great reductions to dubs, and superb premiums, including an extra copy of the Magazine, to persons getting up clubs. Specimens arc sent gratis, Jf written for. to persons wishing to get up clubs. We advise none to subscribe for any magazine until they have seen a copy of .“Peterson.” Address Charles J. Peterson, 306 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Go to BEDFORD’S to get your Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired. Read all the advertisements in this paper then you will know where to go to buy the best goods. Mr. Norman Warner has just received a new lot of pocket cutlery which he offers to the whitling public at reduced prices. Go to the RAILROAD STORE for fine Toilet Soaps. Last Saturday business was lively with oar merchants. The streets were crowded with persons and teams nearly all day. The Oxford Tribune came to os last week printed on yellow paper. We thought when we fir-t seen it, that it was a circus poster. Go to BEDFORD’S for Bill and Letter Paper. A gentleman was heard to remark the other evening that “if all the dogs and children were counted Rensselaer would have a population of 10,000 souls.” Mr. C. W. Clifton has been employed to represent the interests of the Weed Sewing Machine Company, and will commence at once a thorough canvass of the county.— Don’t buy a sewing machine until you see the Weed. Holiday Mbetixg.—There will be a meeting at the Church of God, in Rensselaer, Ind., commencing on Thursday, Dec. 24, 1874, and continuing over the following Sunday. H. V. Reed and other prominent ministers are expected to be present. The public are cordially invited to attend.

Go to the RAILROAD STORE for Best and Cheapest Undershirts and Drawers. By reference to “Railroad Items” in another column of to-day’s paper, it will be seen that the Company having the contract for building the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago Railroad, mean business. The weather has been favorable and the work on different sections of the line is being pushed forward with vigor. The nicest holiday present imaginable to send to an absent f iend would be a year’s subscription to the Rkpublican, which contains more local reading than any other paper in the county, and can be had cheaper by fifty cents per year than either of the other three county p ipers. We will send the Republican from now until January 1, 1876, for $1.50. Pupils Wanted.—The undersigned desires to take a few pupils, ladies and gentlemen, in the studies of the preparatory or regular college courses, Latin, Mathematics, or the Sciences. He is a of this year’s graduating class of the Northwestern University, and can show satisfactory testimonials. For terms, address

CHARLES E. LAMBERT,

Rensselaer, Indiana.