Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1898 — Page 10

William A. Hoover filliped a car load of hogs Tuesday. G B. Antrim of DeMotte wan in town Tuesday. Uncle David Culp wan, here on business Tuesday. Press Hemphill moved to Keener township Monday where he will engage in farming. Ed Lakin of Union township is attending Business College at Valparaiso. Mrs J. L. Foster of the Foster House is visiting relatives at Elwood. : . ! Mrs- Elizeboth Brown and daughter, Mrs. J. L. Brady are | visiting G. H Brown and family at Knox this week. Isaac V. Alter of Union town- , ship returned Tuesday from Clinton county where he has been vis- i iting with his son. Isaac F. Alter. I » 1 The first day of May being Sun- i day. the County board of Eduea- j tion will meet Monday. May 2nd., j as provided by law. The protracted meetings at the ; (Christian Church closed Sunday evening with a rousing good meeting and three new additions. This makes nineteen in all. ten of which were by baptism. The G. A. R. and W. R C. will move from the I. 0. O. F. building Monday into the new G. A. R. hall in the Court house. The dedication of the new hall will take place about May 10th. Mr. Willard Johnson and Miss Anna Harbet were married Friday evening April 15th by Elder 1). J. Huston at the residence of the officiating ntihifiter in Milroy township. The contracting parties were lw>th residents of Milroy township. »J • 1 County Surveyor J. E. Alter has on exhibition at his office in the Court house, the finest collection of sen shells and other rare curiosities that has ever been seen in this city. They originally came from Florida, but had been kept at Mr. Alters farm since their arrival, some two years ago. The report of the department of agriculture shows the average condition of winter wheat April 1, to he 80 per cent against 81.4 last April and 77.1 on April Ist. 1890. Indiana's average stands at 85, Kansas has the best prospect at 101 and California lowest at 02. All stock has come through the past winter much better than it did n year ago. Chris Ellis was down in the vicinity of Rensselaer Sunday and as a result he returns to Hebron with a charming life convjmnioit. He was united in marriage with Miss Maud Templar and now the happy young people return to mhke the it home on the John Dillev farm three miles south of toftn. The News wishes them success und a happy life together. Hebron News.

Isaac Kepner’s new house, in Benjamin & McGee's add., is rendy for the plasterers. I T. P. Wright has moved into the Lampson property near the creamery. 1 The brick work on A. Leopold’s new building, will be completed this week. John Hodshire is the contractor. Rev. N. H. Sheppard’s subjects for next Sunday are as follows: Morning, “Spirit controlling the i body.” Evening, “The true and i false faith Cure.” Every one invited to come out and hear him.

Joseph Jackson, porter at the Nowels house and Miss Nora Mar- j latt daughter of Perry Marlatt of Barkley township, were married at the residence of the officiating minister Rev. B. F. Ferguson in Rensselaer, Sunday evening. Remington has granted a 25 years franchise. to the Eagle Company, an Illinois corporation to establish an electric light plant at their plnce. The town is to pay SSO for each arc light per year, and business and residence light at rates below the general prices. Last Saturday morning two slicklpoking individuals arrived in this city, and proceeded to canvas among the business men to secure advertisements, to be painted on bill-boards, to be put up on the four gravel roads leading into the city. Quite a number of the merchants subscribed to their scheme and everything was working fair with them until the 9,30 train on Tuesday morning when they were arrested by Deputy Marshal John M. Denton of Frankfort, on a warrant charging them with beating a board bill of sixty dollars, at that place. They were placed in the jail here, and taken to Frankfort the same evening to await trial. Logans port Presbytery met at Goodland in the regular Spring session, the Rensselaer Presbyterian Church being represented by ; Rev. C D. Jeffries and George K. Hollingsworth. One of the important items of business was the appointment of two Commissioners to represent the Presbytery in the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church which meets at Winona in Kosciusko Co.. Tnd. tm May 19. 1898, one Commissioner being selected from the Clergy and one from the laity. Our townsman. George K. Hollingsworth, was accorded the honor of the appointment as lay commissioner. Logansport Presbytery includes many important an influential ehurehetp as will.be seen from the list of counties which are included in its jurisdiction as follows: Lake. ! Porter. LaPorte v St. Joseph, Marshall, Fulton. Starke. Pulaski. ; White. Cass. Newton and Jasper. Hon, Clias F. Griffin of Hammond | was also an aspirant for the ap--1 pointmont of Lay Commissioner.

Jasper Wright of Mt. Ayr was in the city Tuesday looking after the purchase of a car load of hogs. Correspondent wanted by the Democrat from each township and post office in the county, to collect and send in the news not later than Tuesday of each week. Any one acting as correspondent will receive a copy of the paper free. Chase Ritchey the 17 year old son of O. K. Ritchey four miles South of the city had two of his fingers mashed Tuesday in an endgate seeder while sowing clover seed. One of his fingers is so badly injured that amputation may be necessary. Drs. Washburn & English dressed the wounds. The town was decorated with flags Tuesday in anticipation of a message from the president directed to Spain, demanding a withdrawal of the Spanish soldiers ! from Cuba. A flag adorned the flagstaff of the I. O. O. F. building and old glory floated over the dome ;of the court house. Preparations were made for a pnblic demonstration and the citizens collected in groups to discuss the war situation. The populist convention of the , 9th district held at Frankfort recently endorsed the candidacy of the Hon. Joseph B. Cheadle for congress and favored an alliance of all the silver forces. The Democrats will probably place him in nomination in which case the Pop- ! ulists and Silver Republicans will make no nomination but vote the Democratic ticket. B. F. Fendig who is at West Baden and who is somewhat a practical joker himself received a dose of his own medicine last Saturday morning. On Friday evening he was' nominated as councilman by the Democrats of the first ward and mmSaturday morning some of his friends who were acquainted with , “Ben’s” joking propensities sent him n long telegram C. O. D. announcing his nomination.

Firms are Patriotic.

Managers of several of Chicago’s business houses have given their i men, assurance that patriotism | shall not be the cause of financial, losses to them through giving up j their positions in the event of war. j John V. Fnrwell, jr., president of the J. V. Farwell company, told his employes who are connected I with military organizations that each man who went to the front should have his position retained, that his salary would go on during termnof service and that *the company would insure his life for SI,OOO. The Hub clothing house made the same offer. • Marshall Field and Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. gave their men similar assurance in regard to the continuation of salaries. Armour & Co., packers, also said all salaries should continue in full and that a plan of insurance of SI,OOO or $1,500 for each man who went as a soldier was under consideration. 1

MONTICELLO ROUTE CHOSEN.

Electric Railroad Route Deeided-As-surance that the Road Will be Built-Monticello to be Headquarters. Monticello Journal. E. B. Sellers and Chas. C. Spencer returned Tuesday from attending the electric railroad meeting at Plymouth Monday. They report a good attendance, and some straight business talked. Mr. Gilmore, the electrical engineer who viewed the different proposed routes, made a written report in which he strongly favored the Monticello line. Rensselaer and Remington were not represented and seem to have given up the struggle. W. H. Dague, of Fowler, was in attendance to look after the interests of Benton county-

The route chosen passes through Pulaski, Headlee, Buffalo, Monticello, Chalmers or Brookston thence west through Fowler to the state line, and thence southwest to Danville, 111. It was also discussed and Monticello was most strongly favored as the principal division point where would be located the principal power house and the car bams. The power house must contain a cnpacity of at least 2,000 horse power, and the estimate cost is about $125,000, this of itself will be no small addition to our local wealth, while the location of the plant and barns here will add several hundred to our population. Positive assurances were given that the road would be built as soon as the right of way could be secured, beginning at Monticello and building north. Mr. Gilmore was very favorably impressed with Monticello and surroundings, and it is due to his fovarable report that our town was chosen.

Marriage Licenses.

\ Joseph A. Norman, \ Maggie M. Comer. . S Joseph Jackson, ) Nora Marlatt \ Willard A. Johnson, ) Anna Harbet.

Call in and see Mrs. Hersh man’s hats before you buy elsewhere, she will save you money Location near depot.

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