Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1882 — A Message from Surrey. [ARTICLE]

A Message from Surrey.

I have just received a large lot of ladies’ dress goods, consisting ot cashmeres, lustres, alpacas, poplins, lawns and ginghams, gloves, hosiery, laces and neck-wear which I am able to sell at surprisingly low prices. . Also a full stock of lumber on hands.

G. W. WILCOX,

Surrey, Ind.

| F. J. Sears and family took the • ain for Jamestown Dak, Monday I rening. i_ , .Keener has a new poetoffice. ft ill bear the illustrious name of eMotta. I A “Board of Trade” has been rganized, with headquarters at -urke’s hotel. Mr. J. Honan, of Delphi, visited is brother E. P. in Rensselaer, I ver Sunday. Mr. D. H. Alter, of Elk Falls, Lan., is visiting his brother the )octer this week. M. Campbell has been in ery poor health for some weeks, > >ut we are pleased to know she is i ecovering. “It don’t pay to advertise,” says i, third-rate business man, but ,rhen his competitors do advertise, low he does squeal! The Odd Fellows and Knights of ?ythias will celebrate the fourth at iemington. Surrounding lodges lave been invited to participate. Mrs. F. L. Cotton returned from Battle Creek, Mich., where she has >een under medical treatment for leveral months. She is much improved in health. SUS - Misses Lydia and Amanda Paris, ind Misses Lydia and Ella Dwigjins are attending the Commencenent Exercises of the State Nornal School at Terre Haute. Born —Tuesday evening, June 13, to Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Meyer, a ion. Also to Mr. and Mrs. Elden Hopkins, a daughter. And not a rery good night for babies either J. J. Waterbury, the boss tailor, las removed his shop to the room recently vacated bv Purcupile’s Restaurant, where he will be pleased to see all of his old customers, is well as many new ones. The ladies of the. Evening Star Chapter have arranged to give a strawberry festival at the court house hall, in Rensselaer on the 24th of June. The hall will be opened at 7 o’clock sharp. All are invited. The K. of P’s will give a strawberry and ice-cream festival at the opera house, next Friday evening, the proceeds to go towards organizing a Uniform Rank, a higher di-l vision of that order, at this place. A cordial invitation is extended.

The enterprising citizens of Keener have perfected arrangements for a grand 4th of July celebration at Bentley’s grove. Messrs. F. W. Babcock and M. F. Chilcote will fly the Eagle on that occasion. Bose Lawn will also celebrate, and we notice “The Hon. Charles H. Price, of Indiana,*’ is billed for an oration. The Odd Fellows have arranged to have a public installation of officers at their hall Wednesday evening, July sth, J. W. McQuiddy, Grand Instructor for Indiana, will conduct the ceremony, after which he will deliver a lecture on Odd Fellowship. After the exercises a supper will be served free. Invitations will be issued at an early date. The Republican Committee of the Tenth Congressional District met at Logansport last Thursday. M. F. Chilcote representing Jasper county. The selection of a place for holding the Congressional Convention occasioned quite a protracted contest. During twelve ballets the vote was a tie between Rensselaer and Winamac, but the latter finally got away with the pudding. In another place will be found the call for the convention. Some Blue Grabs —The Indiana Farmer recently noticed the -fact that some gentleman left in their office a stalk of blue grass that measured inches in height, and thought it was a remarkable growth. Monday Mr. Joseph Williams showed us some grass grown on his farm which measured 70 inches in height, and he has a large meadow of which this is but a fair sample. • Jasper county , can show the largest growth of blue grass, clover, timothy or wild hay any county in Indiana.

Mr. 3. A. Burrell, who has been engaged in writing up the business interests of Rensselaer for the past few weeks, went to Chicago Tuesday, where he was called y the Chicago Times, with a view of engaging in the same business for that paper. Mr. Burrell is an experienced writer,' and is probably the only man in the country who is following this line of business. He belongs to an old newspaper family, his father having established and published the Cleveland Herald for 40 years, and himself and brother were for a long time engaged in the newspaper business in northern Onio. Our business men who have patronized him were very fortunate, and we believe every man who received an article realized direct benefits therefrom. Mr. Burrell is a true gentleman and wherever he goes he has the best wishes of The Republican.

School Items.—At the regular June meeting of the town trustees, held on Monday, June sth, Mordecai F. Chilcote was reelected school trustee for a period of three years. The school board re-organized on the 9th inst, by electing Ezra L. Clark president, M. F. Chilcote Secretary, and R. S. Dwiggins treasurer. M, F. Chilcote, the out-going treasurer of the school board, settled with the board at the same meeting, and the settlement sheet shows amounts on hand as follows: Tuition fund, $558.01, special school, $258.64. ■ The town school is now in splendid condition financially. Eger Bros, have opened out a full line of groceries in their new store room, on the south side of Washington street. The boys are well and favorably known to our people, and as they have a splendid stock of goods and a nice pew store room to exhibit them in, they will receive a fair share of the trade. There is lots of room in. Rensselaer for ether business houses. We believe if our merchant/ look at this matter in a true light, they will not discourage persons desiring to business among them. Competition is certainly healthy for all branches of legitimate business.

’’Sweep Girl Graduates” —The Second Commencement of the Rensselaer High School took place Thursday evening, at the opera house, in the presence of a large audience. The class of ’B2 numbered but foui, namely, Misses Lillie Alter, Ella Rhodes, Ella Ryan and Nellie Spitler. Very creditable essays were read by each member of the class. Miss Ryan took the subject of “Esthetics,” with the Salutatory, Miss Rhodes “The ground we stand on,” Miss Alter “The web of life is a tangled yarn,” Miss Spitler “Our historic English tongue,” with the Valedictory.

According to the Democrat of that town, Mr. S. P. Thompson reported in Winamac the other day, “a boisterous time” at the primary election in Rensselaer, also that the proceedings were “enlivened by several knock downs.” We do not think Mr. Thompson is a man that would draw on his imagination to the extent of making any such report as the above. The board of school Trustees held a meeting at the Citizen’s Bank yesterday to select teachers for the ensuing year. C. P. Mitchell was chosen Superintendent and teacher of the High School. Mrs. Mitchell, Miss Osborn and Miss Parris were re-elected, but their positions in the school have not yet been assigned. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Mitchell have gone to Terre Haute to attend the commencement of the State Normal School. They will spend their vacation with Mrs. Mitchell’s parents in Vermillion County, HL Rumor says that a ‘new Democratic paper is to be established at an early date. Mr. Wallace, of Rochester, is to do the editorial work and M. O. Cissell, we understand, will publish the same. Sometimes a little assistance pt the right time will enable the system to throw off as attack which might otherwise result in serious sickness. Ayer's Pills should always be kept at hand, and probably taken for the relief of slight ailments, before they become formidable disease*.