Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1883 — PERSONAL AND OTHER MENTION. [ARTICLE]

PERSONAL AND OTHER MENTION.

Mr. T. J. Farden r returned to Rensselaer last Friday evening. H. W. Snyder Esq., of Remington, was in town Monday on legal business. Charles Pulling sold his old Burn’s farm and has purchased Jesse Stocktons farm of 320 seres. Elder Miller of the Dunkard chnrch, has purchased David Daniel’s farm in Walker township. ‘ Mrs. E. P- Honan’, after a few weeks pleasant stay"' in Chicago, came horile on the 10:10 train last night. John Parris came over Sunday from Attica and says that one horse town without any telephone is lively.—“ Oxford Tribune.” Mr. M. L. Campbell went to Warren county on business, Tuesday. His family remain in Rensselaer for the present. Mr. H. J. Dexter, of the Elwood Review, visited his brother, the landlord of the Nowels House, returning to Elwood on Tuesday. Messrs. Farden & Noland, the boot and shoe men, have leased one of the store rooms in Makeever’s new building, and will remove their store, April first. Mrs. A, W. Cole, who has been visiting her friends here for several weeks past, returned South Monday morning. She will reside at New Albany hereafter instead of at Louisville. John Childers, of Jordan tp., met with a serious loss last week. His house, part of his furniture, stable, corn and hay were burned, Loss about ,000. with no insurance. He will rebuild. A. Mr. Arnold of Ohio has purchased the Braddock, Thomas, and Isaac Barkley farms for his sons. Eight or ten families have or will move in soon. * They belong to the Dunkard church. Miss Emma Gwin, has got home to Pleasant Ridge from teaching a five months term of school, in Marshalls district, Keener tp. She gave good satisfaction, and made hosts of friends, who are #orry to loose her.

We were a little off in one of our items last week. The facts are that I. D. Barkley has bought Isaac Porter’s property and is building in front. Mr. Porter has bought two lots of Frank Henkle and is building again. Mr. Rial Benjamin returned from Lafayette Monday evening. He reports that his daughter Mrs. I. S. Wade is still very low, but not, as he believes, with consumption, but with an abscess of the liver. Mrs. Benjamin still remains at Lafayette. The measles are still in full possession of the town, although some signs of abatement are beginning to be perceptible. Miss Osborne, the teacher, is sick with the disease and in the public school, her department is closed this week. The other departments are still in session, although in some of them, especially the primary, the attendance is very light. F. W. Babcock presided as Judge in the Circuit Court last week, and his dicisions were generally complimented by legal gentlemen. A prominent Kentland attorney remarked to us that his charge to the jury in one particular case, was as able, logical and pointed as any he ever heard delivered from the bench in the circuit court. —“Goodland Herald.” A Fire. —A tenant house near Surrey, belong to Jasper Kenton, and occupied by Benton Kenton and family, took fire from a defective flue Sunday afternoon and burned to the ground. The Occupants were warned in time to enable them to save all the contents of the house. The loss on the building will be not less than 1300, probably.