Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1881 — PERSONAL. [ARTICLE]

PERSONAL.

| Wm. B. Austin, Esq., went tP| Lafayette, this morning. [ Charles H. Price goes to IfldiW-J apolis to-day, on business. Simon P. Thompson was down] to Indianapolis last week, on legal] business. I | Miss Fannie Bryaht, of CVnw-J fordsville, is visiting Mrs. S. P\! Mr. and Mrs. C, C. Starr and] •Mr. Geo. Sigler took in the Chicago! ;fair this week. end Mrs. Efiimet Kannal] [and Mise Duck are in Chicago at-] 1 tending the Exposition. | Mrs. J. I. Pnrcupile, of Clarinda, [lowa, is. visiting relatives and ; friends in Rensselaer and Uontil celh>. Mrs. Charles Jouvenat, of Crown [Point, is visiting her father,* Mis. E. pvalton, and other friehds lfi this [city and vicinity. Dr. S. L. Ensminger and wife, [nee Miss Tudie Austin, of CrawF fordsville, were visiting the family [of Mr. Ludd the past [week. | Miss Mattie McCoy is attending [school at Purdue University, LaS r fayette. She lias ordered The Re--Tubltcan sent to her dln’ing her stay there. \ Uncle George Kessler, of Bark[ley township, called on us Monday [and left a lot of fine Connecticut [Mammoth Grapes, besides a year s [subscription. I Bev. A. W. Wood and family [departed, last week, for their new [home at Clinton, this state. The [family carry with them the befit [wishes of the people of Rensselaer. 1 Among our Remington friends [who were present at the fair last [week, we met Dr. Maxwell, Hon. [Fred Hoover, H. W. Sflyder, Esq., jjAbe Clark, of the News, Jas. S-l [lrwin. | Miss Lfllu B?uwn returned to .her home in Cass county, last Saturday, after a pleasant visit of four [weeks. That grocery clerk does [not drive down South street so [often since her departure. Mr. and Mrs. Abe McDonald, of [Logansport, visited the family of »their nephew, Dr. Washburfl, last [week. They attended the fintr And [were agreeably surprised at the [enterprise of the people of Jaspef [county. j W. W. Eden, of Sullivan, lU., [visited with his sister, Mrs. O. C. [Link, last week. Mrs. L. accom[panied him home, where she will [spend several weeks among relatives. Mr. Eden is clerk of Moulitrie county, HI. Miss Ida sister of Mrs. [Fred Cole, departed this morning [for Clarinda, lowa, where she will accept a position in the millinering establishment of J. I. Purcupilch Ida carries with her the best wishes of a host of friends. Elmer Dwiggins and Delos Thompson took the train from Francesville yesterdty for Anli Arbor, Mich., where they enter the Freshman class of the Michigan University. Yietor LoughridgC [and Louis Hollingsworth follow (them Friday. QtHTE a number of Rensselaer ■people went up to Cedar Lake, [Sunday, on the excursion; A Com[plete and faithful account of the Ipersonale and proceedings of the [affair may be found in another ■place in this paper. Very Sick. —Stephen Hopkins has been dangerously ill with inflammation of the bowels for a week past. Friday of last week it was believed he could not survive twenty-four hours, but a change for the better took place, and we are now pleased to announce he is convalescent* ■ -><«■ ■ ■ -- Vandalism. —Some sneak thieves broke through a window of E. Brown’s merchant tailoring estate lishmertt, Tuesday night, and took goods amounting to about 825. There are several suspicious looking characters about town who will bear watching. The, town should employ a night-watch.

A petition was presented the board of commissioners, Tuesday, asking for the appointment of Wm. B. Austin as justice of the peace; in place erf Amos Seitzinger, resigned. Wfe understand that Mr. Austin Will qualify, and as he is a young tnan of fine abffify/ and a splendid law student, ho Will doubtless make a good dispenser of justice,-