Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1883 — Personal and Local. [ARTICLE]

Personal and Local.

Cicero Pancoast is building a dwelling on his land on 2 mils prairie. The dandy cigar of the city: “The Stinker.” F. B. Mejer sells them. Henry Luers is building a dwelling, two miles southof town, near the Catholiccemetery. School Books and School Supplies of all kinds,, and extremely cheap, at F. B. Meyer’s drug store. e— Commissioner Nichols has moved his house about one halt mile south of where it stood, on to the Frank Moon farm. Call at W. H. & C. Rhoades’ and look at their big bargains in Sewing machines. You can buy one there very cheap. I. H. Kelley, of Springfield, Ohio, visited his brother, the dentist, for several days, returning home on Tuesday. Don’t you want a perfect beauty in a hanging lamp? F. B. Meyer displays a lovely line qf them at his drug store. The Rev. Jf’hillip McDade will pi each at the Baptist church next Sunday, at the regular hour, morn•ing and evening. Call at Purcupile’s and try your luck on that Reclining Chair; a regular beauty. Twenty-five cents worth of tobacco or cigars gives you a chance. Hugh Gamble, the railroad man, visited among his friends here over Sunday. He is now one of the conductors iu charge of the big bridge at St. Louis. One of our merchants received the following order from a customer a few days since: Mr. B please send me $1 worth of coffy and SI worth of shoogar, some small nales. My wife had a baby last nite, alsoJwp padlocks and a monkey rench’’.--[Elwood Review. —— ; . ■ —•— T. J. Farden has been in Warren and Benton counties during the past week. Yesterday morning he was in Fowler and Wrote back to the effect that it was generally expected that a hanging would take place, in that town before night, but if the mob did not get hold of the wrong man he should return to Rensselaer to-day. Mr. Mann Spitler, of Virginia, is the guest of his nephew, M. L. Spitler, of this place. This is Mr. Spitler’s first visit to Rensselaer since 1869, and he is much impressed with the great improvement in the town and surrounding country since that date. Mrs. Sadie Laßue returned from Chicago the first of the week, and has received a new and elegant stock of goods, and has now on exhibition, at her Millinery and Dress-making establishinent, a very nice assortment of latest designs in Jewelry, for ladies, new styles in Fall and Winter Hats and bonnets, and. all other goods: usually carried in a first-class millinery store. Call and examine. err Potatoes are a good crop in this vicinity, this year, and almost everybody is telling tall stories about the big ones themselvefs or somebody else has produced. Joseph Henkle, of Barkley tp., does not say much, but last week he brought in and left at The Republican office seven specimen peaehblows, which average, in weight, Very nearly one and one-fotirth pounds each. Of course there are plenty of people who can show larger potatoes, of other varieties, but for peachblows, these, we think, are hard to beat. A Vegetable Meseum, of unrivalled attractions, is growing up in The Republican office. Henkle’s big peachblows; a basket full of monster potatoes of some other variety, two of them of especially unusual size and grotesque shape, raised by J. F. Watson, southeast of town, and an enormous beet and turnip, raised and brought in by J. Frazee, in Rensselaer, are among the principal attractions of the enow. The beet reighs 12} pounds and the turnip 12 pounds. Both are of the oomawn varieties their epedee,

David Gray and Miss Fannie Whitaker, of Hanging Grove tp., are both quite sick. New Sewing Machines from S2O to $25 at W. H. & C. Rhoades’. The best 5-cent cigar in towm, at F. B. Meyer's. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. L. Peacock, of N. Y., visited with their many relatives, in this, vicinity over Sunday. French Harps, the best ever brought to this market, atF._ B. Meyer’s drug store. E. EL Tharp, with the Elgin Watch Company, in Chicago, was in town this w r eek, looking after a law case, in which he is interested. Having secui ed the services of a first-class baker, I will now keep on, hand, fresh, Milk Bread, Twist bread, Pinafore bread, Pan bread, Rusks, Tea-Rolls, Buns, and all kinds of Cakes.—H. M. Purcupile. J. F. Hinds, the roller skate man w'as in town a day or two this week. He has secured the use of a large hal,l in Kankakee, HL, and will open a rink there next week, with an outfit of 100 pairs of skates. The movement on foot for the establishing of a glass factory in Michigan City is fairly booming and growing warmer. Ye are bound to have the factory.-—[En-terprise. Married.—At the residence of W. T. Perkins, in Rensselaer, on Sunday, Oct., 14th, by the Rev. Peter Hinds, Mr. Edwin Gay to Miss Lizzie Burns, all of Rensselaer; _ ■ For Sale/ —A good milch cow, giving 2 "gallons of milk a day, gentle and in good order; price S4O. For further particulars, call on Mrs. J. Q. Alter, on Front St., Rensselaer, Ind. It Messrs. Wm. Meyer and Geo. two of Walker township’s most estimable young men, called upon us Monday morning. They both take Tub Republican, which pleases them, and pay for the same, which pleases us. George S. Guild has resigued his position as trustee in Keener township and Joseph P. Fairchild has been appointed to fill out his unexpired term. Mr. Guild has moved back to the old homestead, in Gillam township. ■ D. B. Ross, of Indianapolis, and Secretary of the Indiana Temperance Union, will address the people of Jasper county on “Constitutional Prohibition” in the Court House, Tuesday night, Oct., 30th, 1883. Mr. Ross is a good speaker. All are invited to attend the meeting and hear him. * The last session of the Free [Will Baptist 'was held with the Badger Grove church, last Saturday and Sunday. It was attended by fifteen representatives of the Rensselaer church. The next session will be held with the Rensselaer church, !on the second Sunday in January.

The Conference. —The first quarterly conference, for the present conference year, in the Rensselaer circuit, was held at the Watson j school house on Saturday evening. ;On Sunday evening the presiding elder, Rev. J. H. Claypool, preached in Rensselaer to a crowded congregation. The text was Romans 6—23: “For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” On Monday morning Mr. Webster preached, and in the evening the presiding elder again.

John Kepner is building a house in Leopold’s addition. —, Ladies’ Rubber Boots.- —McCracken <t Kirk. Scratch Books, in endless variety at F. B. Meyer’s. Those Spring heel Shoes for children. —McCracken & Kirk. u F. J. Sears went to Chicago to<lay to buy furniture and carpets for the new houses of J. T. Randle and Jay If you want something ,slyleish, cheap and good, in Aats, Bonnets, Plumes, Tips, Birds, Ribbons, &c., call at Mrs. L. 11. Chilcote’s. M. E. Baylor will go to Chicago to-morrow to conclude arrangements for accepting the position of special agent in the Domestic sewing machine company. Circuit Clerk Price and fafnily reached Rensselaer, from last Thursday. Their appearances indicate that they come from a salubrious climate. A wrong figure in the school rerort, last week, makes the enrollment in Primary “zk” read twentysix, whereas it should have read fifty-six. The largest and handsomest lot of Clocks, direct from the factory, at prices so low, anyone can afford to buy. Call and learn prices, at Kannal’s. — The people complain of the fall work done on the roads. They should remember it is in accordance with a law passed by the late Democratic legislature. At this time of year one is. very apt to’have Diarrhea or Choleramorbus, this may be avoided by using Cholerine, for sale at F. B. Meyer’s Drug store. A prominent attorney tells us .that there are more new cases before the present term of the Circuit court than at any previous term for five years. If you wish to do any coloring this fall, call at F. B. Meyer’s, he will sell you the materials, and give full directions for their use. Try them. The skating rink, under the management of Mr. Willey’s gentlemanly son, Dan, is sure to be an attractive and very popular place of amusement during the next five or six months. Hemphill & Honan have for sale Black Velvets at 50c per yard; Brocade Dress Goods at 10c per yard; all colors in yarn 75c per lb, Corsets from 50c to $1.50; Knit underwear for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children, at lowest living prices. We have, also, a full line of Millinery, Ribbons, Plumes, Tips, Ties, Collate, Children’s Knit Cloaks. Hose—Woolen and Cotton—evexything needed in a family, that will surprise you in quality and and examiue before purchasing.