Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1881 — PERSONAL. [ARTICLE]

PERSONAL.

Fay yoor rnffwcription. It is high time to make your fall announcements. The brick work on Leopold’s new building is being pushed up rapidly. - •« ■ . r. >y A L_ ~\_ Remembeb, the Jasper County Fair Hegins at licnsfeelaer next Tuesday. If you find a den in town that contains a tiger, don’t poke it with a pasteboard stick. ,

The Lightning Liniment vendors are amusing our people with outdoor concerts these evenings. A NUMBER of small tenant houses could be ranted if some enterprising capitalist would build them. The Rensselaer public schools opened Monday with a large attendance and bright prospects ffir the year. . • Do not forget to take your nice things to the fair next week, and thus help make the exhibition as creditable as possible. The Board of Commissioners convened in regular session at the Court House, Monday, and. are transacting a large amount of business. ..’

The two upper stories of the new hotel have been plastered and the building •is being pushed toward completion with great rapidity. . ; Four cases in justice’s court since last report. Deputy Prosecutor Watson and Justice Wood are having a “phat take” at the expense of th pugilists. A question,of “parliamentary” or of some other usage has arisen in the recently organized dancing club. Hope no serious complications may arise. The Rev. J. W. Loder win preach at Egypt school house, next Sunday, at 10:30 o’clock a. m., and at Watson’s school house at 4 P. M. of the same day.

The Morocco Fair opened Tuesday and closes to-morrow. The Rensselaer Comet Band goes over to-day to furnish music for the field day of the Fair. Deab Fodder 1-Creamery outter at the creamery is retailing at 30 vents a pound, and potatoes cannot be had at any pricQ. 51.50 per bushel is the price offered. _ Db. Washburn says the prospects are the poultry show will be good at the fair next week. He has received promises from many to bring their fine poultry. Quite a number of the inhabitants oL Nubbin Ridge are moving to Westville, Laporte county. They report that they have a Nubbin Ridge street in that town. Telegraph poles have been erected along the track of the Air Line from Chicago to Bradford. The poles used are cedar and are placed a distance of 100 feet apart. Things down at Goodland must be on the decline. The Herald Speaks of a piece of property which sold at $9,000, a few years since, jbeing sold at $3,900, the other day.

Married.—Charles M. Johnson, now proprietor of the Roann Clariop, but formerly a publisher in Rensodaer and Remington, was married last week, to Miss Mettie B. Misner. ' ' —— If Anybody is visiting you or if your friends are away from town on business or for a visit, come and tell ns. The notice of such little things more than all else make an interesting local paper. The . railroad track from this placets Bradford is being relaid with steel rails and the road bed is being put in better condition, to receive the fast trains, which will be put on this line in a few days.

e arc pleased td hear-some of the oldest farmers of Jasper county any they have the best crop of corn they , ever raised. Some say there is three times as much corn in this county as there was last year. • » I -■ reeer Mh. A. McCoy has given up the idea of building liecause the town council could not grant him the privilege of putting the outer wall of his proposed new building where that of his old building now stands, which is three feet out into Vanßensselaer street. -n The town board took the right eooreeand aikq/ted an ordinance which will* muse some very unsightly objects to be removed from tte bosiiMSs street We allude to those oiud paddles, old fashioned sigu posts, Mud rubbish always piy I the street The ordiappears elsewhere in these gdtmms lieadih . Z* z ‘.

Narrow Escape.—Sheriff Powell’s youngest daughter, Hattie, accidentally fell from » second story window, the other day. Aside from a severe shock she refißivecl no serious injury. It was a narrow escape. Those .using fine cut Tobacco, will find a better quality for 50 cents a pound at Kern’s than they ever bought before. 7 M Dpc” Jones, trustee of Kankakee township, and a few other democrats, thought they had discovered a mare’s nest of large dimensions, and cackled lordly, but the eggs were phantom ones. Come, boys, don’t cackle until the eggs are in the nest, next time.

Rensselaer has a dog-oned bad reputation abroad on account of the great number of dogs kept by the inhabitants. A traveling man said not long since that a number of traveling men agreed there were more dogs in Rensselaer than any town in Indiana of its size. Warner & Sons’ is where you go to purchase your Hardware, Furniture, etc. % - J- - rrThe backbone of the drouth was broken Thursday of last week, by a refreshing and copious shower, followed by a heavy rain, at which the vegetable as well as the animal world, wears a broad and contented grin. Much more rain is needed to fill the streams and soak the parched ground.

A car load of Monticello Flour at C. C. Starr «& Co.’s. ■ Infant Scalded.—John Hurley and family stopped at the house of Charles Florence, three miles south of town, the other evening. While at supper a five months old child upset a cup of boiling coffee on its left arm and side, scalding it so badly as to cause death in about twelve or fifteen hours. Dr. Washbum was called, but could do nothing more than jialliate its suffering. Stationery, pens, inks and pencils, cheaper than ever, at Tharp’s. Lightning Freaks. —Some damage by lightning was done last Saturday. In Hanging - Grove township Henry Randle lost two large stacks of wheat, and his brother had several tons of hay destroyed by lightning setting them on fire. A livery stable at Francesville was struck and three men were stunned so badly that their recovery was despaired of for a time. -

Willey & Sigler will not be undersold in clothing. The idea that a discrimination will be made by the Superintendent, in the award of certificates, against teachers who are in the .habit of' attending dances, has evidently touched a popular chord as the Superintendent doubtless believed it would. We presume the Superintendent has a perfect right to watch over the conduct of the teacher and interfere in case of the committal of any immoral act, but when he attempe to conform the conduct of the teacher to that which may be his fastidious notions of propriety, we believe he is overreaching the bounds of his jurisdiction.

Call and get one of those 12-inch rulers, free, at Tharp’s. How*to get Sick.—Expose yourself day and night; eat too much without exercise; work too hard without rest; doctor all the time; take all the nostrums advertised; and then you will want to know How to get Well, which is answered in three words —Take Hop Bitters! See other column.—[Evpress. * Extensive preparations are being made by the people of Monticello for the accommodation of people who will attend tlie reunion of the soldiers of Jasper, Bentoh, Newton and White counties, to be held at that place the 28th, 29th and 30th of this month. Many prominent men from nearly every part of the country will be present, and a grand time is assured.

An Old Woman’s Advice.—Aunt Rachel, writing to the Cincinnati Enquirer, says: “When you feel unwell and think you must take medicine, for goodness sake ‘get the best.’ If you need a remedy that will make you regular in your habits, give you a good natural appetite, make your skin clear and smooth, and remove all spots and blemishes that indicate ill health; if you wish to be free from meptal depression, fretfulness, peevishness, wakefulness and other disorders, use Brown’s Iron Bitters. It contains no alcohol, but will take away that unnatural desire dor alcoholic beverages, and make your mind and Ixxly healthful and strong. I know this from experience.” < . • .

Hal. B. Smith is visiting relaCommissioner Dunn went to LoFayette yesterday on business. Miss Amos, of Wabash, is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. L. Campbell. . • - V . Miss Mary Weaver, of Jordan township, is quite ill of lung disease. . • Jftre. Lillie Hausman, of Indianapolis,’ is visiting relatives in this place. ■ Dr. L. D. Glazebrook, of San Pierre, was in town yesterday on business. J. ¥. W. Kirk is up from Logansport,* visiting his relatives and many friends. G. E. Marshall, of The Republican, is on a ten days’ visit to friends in Will county, HL John Conrad, of Star City, was in Rensselaer last week. He would like to own a farm in Jasper. J. F. Irwin and Trustee Henkle, of Carpenter township, made us pleasant visits the first of the week. Osmand Strickler has given up hotel business, railroading, etc., and is attending school. Sensible. Geo. Reed has purchased John Cooper’s stock in the “Nubbin Ridge” store and is now in the lead. . ' 4 . ' v *

Miss Adda Hopkins, who has been visiting friends in Ohio for a month past, is expected home this week. Geo. M. Robinson was down to Lafayette last week, where he purchased cornice, etc., for Leopold’s building. Dr. Banta, of Bradford, was in town Monday, looking at property with expectation of purchasing a lot and building thereon;

Judge Hammond went to Fowler Monday, where he convened court. S. P. Thompson and Wm. B. Austin are also at Fowler, attending to legal business this week. R. S. Diriggins and wife, Elder Halstead and wife, and Daniel Dwiggins and wifa started for Argos, this morning, to attend the Annual Conference of the Church of God. Mr. Frank Meyer and his bride returned from tlieir wedding tour, and have now fairly settled down in connubial felicity. May happiness and comfort ever be the lot of this worthy sroungs r oung couple. —lmproper medicines only aggravate human diseases. Don’t experiment with your health. If you don’t just know what ails you, use Brown’s Iron Bitters. It will strengthen you and assist nature in removing every symptom of distress.

• 1 The greatest reduction in prices of clothing that we have ever known has just been made at Leopold’s, and his stock is new and fresh. We can’t give any reason why he makes this sacrifice, but, never-the-less, he has concluded to do so. In boots and shoes the reduction is the same, and in dry goods it besto all. Call soon and help yourself. I am giving special inducements in ell kinds of drugs and medicines. Call and learn prices before buying elsewhere. E. H. THAfiP. The description of Dr. Marshall’s Bromoline by a school bey is good. He said big, bigger, biggest, and pa got it for fifty cents. Dr. Marshall's Bromoline cures biliousness,' constipation, female wealmess and all blood and liver complaints. Big bottles, fifty cents. Druggists keep it.