Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1880 — HAPPYNEW YEIRI 1881. York and Owens [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPYNEW YEIRI 1881. York and Owens

Noble J. York lessee and mana* ger ot Willey & Sigler’s Op*ra House with the assist sure of Dr. J. S Owens will keep open doors at the Opera House on New Years night between the hours of 8 and 12 ©clock. We cordially invite all Income. We do iot 'promise a feast, but will have good mu<ic and a slick fl or that you miy enjoy a social dance given by us. Re. apSctfdlly, Noble J. York.

Jas S. Owens

'Ksw 60 ci lea at C. C. Siarr A Co’s. The beat pressed ware at May hew's. Those warranted akea are a at Mayhew’s. La Rae’s stationery beats the world. Hot dinners on short notice at La Rue's; Try that roasted cofTce aICG Star A Co’s. Where do I get my cigari? Why at La Rue’s, of course. Buckwheat flour and maple mu lasses at C. C. Starr A Co’s. Canned fruits aud vegetables o, all kinds at C. C« Starr A Co’s. Won’t some body bring us a luao of nice bat straw on subscriptiuiu Hominy, oat meal, beans au<i green peas aIC. C. Starr & Co’ hThe fanners of J ipper all take their dinners, when in town, al La Rue’s A mesa of good oysters is » dahi ty dainty dish. La Rae keep* ihe finest brands. 12 pounds nice bright Orleans »u for one dollar at C. C. Stat A Co’s. A big bargain. F. J. Sears A Son furnished a beautiful glass white coffin tor the little io • of Jost ph Fisher,

New raisins, currants, prunes, dates, tigs and all kinds of dried fruits mi C. C. Starr A Co’*. C- C. Starr A C‘>, are now • ffer ing big bargains iu glassware, queensware and table cut try. La Rue has employed a Chicago confectioner and now serves up the richest candies daily. Try' them Ju«ttobe up with the t*nie» and keep pace with your iuteiigent neighbors subscribe for the Republican. The hearts of Mr. and Mrs Joseph Fisher were made and last Sun>|gyby the death of their little son aged two years. T • • A good cup of coffee is a laxu y and C. Starr A Cq. have on hand a choice clock of roasted arid green coffees. Look at (he date on your p--pei-and see if your subscription hanot expired, it so we should Inglad to see you. Leave your periodicals io In bound, with S. M. La Rue; he represents the Lafayette Courier Bindery, and ran give lowest rates.

Charley Clifton our •_ e iial friend of the popular Aetha Life Insurance Company, sojourns during the holi data, wi h fi ienda at this pace. If you would help to sustain a live eouirty paper, if you would have peace in the family, it you would be happy, take the Republican. A little child at Pern choked to I death last weC-k whileea'ingparched corn. A grane of the corn lodged in its windpipe causing death in a t°w minutes, Mr. William C. Barnet, a cit zen of Winamac, distributed on Christ mas a wagon lord of flour and turkeys to the ne»dy of that town. So the Journal say*. Mothers! Mothers!!—Don’t frl to try Rineha<t's Worm Lozetig-s t r your children—th- only m •lir : n that d»-*t r <>v* the Worm nest. For «*ale by W. J. lines. M m. 11. Pullen, Flowerville, Mich *ays:. I have not rested better for months than I did last night. The ‘ Only Lung Pad’’ has helped me wonderfully.—See Adv.**

Those who Were to furnish wood on subscription may think it Would be more convenient to deliver it on the font th of July next. We conld use it to a better advantage now. This is the time of year when people talk about turning over new leaves, and swearing off from former indulgences. We know of one or two persons who might do this' to their protfl. Chas. L. Rossiter, IPS Summit St ! Toledo, Ohio, says:—l would no take one 'hogsand dollars for my Excelsior Kidney Pad, isl could no’, get another. I have gained in thremonths thirty pounds.—See Adv The Newton county papers a,y that shippers at Kcvitland are un able to ship the large amount of grain stored at that place on ccount of the negligence of the rail road company in furnishing trainportation. .

It becomes ortr tinn elcvme li ly to record the sad death, on Tueday, of Riphael J Hojkflis of thHopkins House in this place. Mi. Hopkins was an old and respected citirfen ot Jasper county. He ha long been a stiff ref from dise.se His death resulted from an bferdos. of laudanum, which it is supposed he had taken to allay dis tress, resulting from disease. Th. laudanumwas taken some tithe v on day night Every effort was made to arouse Mr. Hopkins from th< stupor into which he had fallen, bn t it Was impossible «nd a little before noon bn Tuesday he passed away The funeral wa< from the Christian church at three b’clook Wednesday, the exercise# being conducted b' Rev. Halstead and Rev. Wood. The family of the deceased have our sympathies in the loss of thefr husband Ind father.

Wid Khfaebari shipped from tin* plac« W T edne»dxy two ear load of J«l -rattle piWrhatrd of Me Coy Jk Tliompaon IL !•*« bonght • f thia firm cattle to the amount or •30,000. daring 1380. The Monticello Herald give* an account of the death’l a>*t week, a that place, of 'he infant child ot Rev. Alston. The child had been placed in bed at night and in the when the parent* awaken* rd, it was found dead. Miss Ella Thompson ot Cah> Illinois after a tew weeks V'nit with h<r cous-.n, Miss Jia lg« H<n:pld:l, and other friends, left last wt-ek (Thursd iy)tor her homu. Miss Thompson during her sojourn in our little burg has ni .dem n> warm and lasting friends. The railtOld has at laat been completed io Lowell from the nojrth and woik is being pushed toward the connection with this place. Ti e care first eiilerd Lowell last Weduce d.iy, a< which the “News’’ rejoices much and in a long article on the "Upa and Downs” ui Low* ei.’a etioiis for u railroad. Call and settle your bills at N. W arnera. He desires to close up Illa books (or 1880. So that he may begin anew with the coming year Mr. Warner is ever redly to oblige his custom, r, by wailing on them ami tliey in turn should appreciate ms goo-i.iess ?udu.enliy to revipro* ca'e the favor.

We are happy to chronicle this week ihe marriage ot Pro. W. D.-. >l. Ho »per, to Miss Florence Hackley ol Peru Ind. which event oc* purred last Monday al the Episcopal church of mat city. Mr,, Himber returned ailh'iiis bride to Rens seiner last Tuesday. Tne Kcpub ucait jo.ua with the numerous mends of me Professor in wel uoming himself and bride to ou 1 mid.- t A vorrespodent ot the Reining tun Reporter from Ben .on cotiiy seems to have not a very good upin lan of the School fSuperiiilendanl of that county. He writes ot him as follows: The schools of Benton county will have to lake care <** themselves unlii they bail educate anoliier Democrat drunkard for Supcriiiiendaiit. li appears as lliwtigh that is the choice at present, and he is in j ill a part ui the tune. We received this week the “Flo ml Gmd -” f<»r 1881. published l>y Janies Virk of Rochester New Y oik. It is a book oi otie hundred and ten pages, on excellent paper and filled with pleasing illustrations and valuable instruction on these* lection of seeds and the care of plants. This valuable look can be obtained free on application to lhe publishers. \\ e can Kay by experience that we were always bountifully repaid in patronizing this wi.ild renowned seedsman, and we cheerfully recommend Idin io our readi rs

From Maine so Call lorn ia, the litlingH ring out th it the man* tifneurers of ihe celebrated Dr. Marshall’s Lung Syrup, for all lung troubled, have enlarged the bottles and contents and are thus giving to its m*y patrons A large and well filled I ottle »»t llh’ Lung Syrup for 25 cents, 50 cents and Si per boule The success of th * Lung Sjrup is unprecedented and rival firms gaze with wonrier and astonishment at lire Wolldcrotls cases of Coughs. Code, Bronchitis, and all Lung diseases, cured by it For sale by •' . J. lines. Married Wednesday the 29mst., at the residence of the brides father Mr B. F. Magee, in Montiiiorenex, tbit state, U r . R. p, Bnjrin.n of this p’ace to Miss Ida Magee. The happy couple arrived at Rena s laer 4 yesterday morning. A plea - ent company of triends and rela. lives ot the gro in gathered nt the residence ot his father yeslt-r day noon, where a bountiful din. ner was spread in honor of the marriage and the rrtttrn home ot the new *y married prfir. The good wishes of many friends are with I cm that their wedded life may t’e without thorns, but ever strewn with Howers <>t pea -g Joy. Tne Republican jo.ns in fiea'ity coiigrat aiai ion.

I was a fdeasure (to those whom S •nta Cans f.ivoi.d) to allei d the exercises at the Up ra house ot. Chris in is eve Tli presents had been ni • ly it . g.. f »> , . h,. „„, n n ler, pi i re- placed <.n •it her side of lhe sfhge. The lint was well fi led with <fld and young, ea th O’i t’p toe <d eager expec a >ry and loud an icipaiic/n <>t the good diings that the V« m r ble Christ mis saint had in Hor for him T ie mee’irg wa* presided over and d lectjon president of* till* Blue Ribb n club. Dan Duvall. Wanr.n Claus Boon • I'peared on the scene: wrapped in urs and loaded with toys for th> hildren. The presents wlrch wer» numerous, many of them costly and ? egant, were quickly distributed to the happy leeipkntw. Some there were wuo went away empty as they came* their d<g l.ition being only intensdtied by the hsppinesa of others around them. But thtfse are th* unpleasent retLoibnis incident, always,- to holidrtf festivities, and w« ars certaiu there were bet ft#

who thon. h they we • not be red, that did enjoy steing the pleasure evinced by those more fortnnate. In the midst of th< pleasures of the holiday times, how well it would be did we not forget the design of the institttton bf this Christmas day; ihe great etrent it was intended to commemorate and the import of that event to liomui* jtv. Too little do we think of thia .-ml few children indeed who look forward in bright hntic'pation to the rn« rry Chrilmas day and its a'tendant pleasures, are ever isughl what the day celebrates. A Kills inure attention on the part of the parent and teacher to the real mean ingot the aevetal holidays of the year would imbue Hie children with a deeper sense of respect for ihose days.