Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1883 — Personal and Local. [ARTICLE]

Personal and Local.

•» , » Dr. M. B. Alter, attended the grand lodge of Odd Fellows, in Indianapolis, yesterday. __ Sole agent for the Rockford watches, before buying see them. Remember the place, Hardman’s Wm. Porter, agent of the L. N. A. & C., Air Line division, at Rossville, visited hisp,brother, R. B. Porter, of “The Ridge” over Sunday. — Plated knives, forks and spoons, bought of me, engraved free of charge. Hardman, the jeweler. McCoy & Sob, the celebrated cattle men of Rensselaer, have sold 3000 head of cattle since Jan., Ist, 1883. 1400 of these were glazed on their own pastures. I am now keeping a full line of Groceries, which I will trade for country ,produce, f puch as Rutter, Eggs, &c„ and will sell as cheap ns any. H. H. Pureupile.

j. ■■ • --*■ Tir .<;! Horace E. James will take and forward subscriptions to any magazines or popular newspapers and periodicals published, at club rates. Subscriptions may begin • at any ti me. Miss Katie Wenrick, who has been making a protracted stay at Nottawa, Mich., now orders her paper sent to Medaryyilla, she having returned to Gillam township. Raven Horse apd Cattle food, the best- thing of the kind ever offered in Jasper county. Guaranteed, to give satisfaction, or money refunded. F. B. Learning. Mrs. Charlotte Irwin died at her residence in this last Tuesday at 5 o’clock, p. m. The funeral took plade yesterday from the Church of God, the Rev, T. C. Webster preaching ihe sermon. Mrs. Irwin had reached the advanced age or 84 years.

E. T. Harding, now of Magnolia, Pike county, Mississippi, was elected a justice of the Peace, at the last election, on the republican ticket, by 72 majority. The Squire administered justice in this county for- a period of 12 yea fg. F. J. Sears went to Chicago, Tuesday, and will be absent several days. He is selecting a large stock of fine Holiday goods, and expects to have in stock by the first of December, the finest display of Holiday goods ever brought to the citv, be sure to look in at Sears &■ Son’s when you are getting your Christmas goods. Messrs. Alfred McCoy, and son, T. J., visited the Fat Stock Show, in Chicago, Sat urday. They report a-splendid show of stock, but as Saturday had been made a “free ■day* for the public .schools of tha city, there was . present such an lmmeasureable mob of school boys as made life a Burden inside the building, and any ‘ protracted stay there impossible. • Mr. W. G. Smoot, commonly known as Pap. Smoot, of Julian, had the serious misfortune to lose his dwelling and nearly all its contents by fire last Saturday. It caught from a. defective flue, in the absence of Mr. Smoot and his son Ben, and having burned until the roof fell in, before it was discovered, but little opportunity was left for saving the contents df the house. Mr. J. A. Pierce, now of Kearney, Neb., but a former resident sos Rensselaer, is making a busirness visit of a, few days in this I vicinity, He will return to Keafj ney within a slioirt time, and thinks •of driving through with a number ■'of horses, ‘ and says if any young i fellow wishes t , Chance for a free j ride, he should be glad to accommodate him.

The work of! putting a new floor in the Opera House is now in prb<- ' gress. It is to be of hard maple lumber, and will Be excellently adapted for nnk and dancing purposes. It is to be a “dead floor”, or in other Words to be laid with a substance beneath it .which will prevent sounds made upon it from being heard in the store beneath. Skating will of course be suspended until the floor is Completed, which . will not be Before Monday or Tuesday next, at the soonest.

Miss Hattie Gibson is again the guest of her sisters, Miss Ida and Mrs. W. Cole; The Roller-skate Masquerade will take place at the Opera House, on Thanksgiving night, as previously announced. The indications are that it will be a very sue cessful performance. !• _— —i Before bmnng a watch, see the Rockford, Hardman, sole agent. Watches, clocks, and jewelry, repaired by Hardman, the jeweler. Keener township Is beginning to get in its work for the next term of court, already. Another divorce case, this time. See legal advertisement coluiiins. Buy your Tobacco and Cigars of 11. M. Pureupile. 25c worth alows yon a chance on that beautiful chair, call and see it. Rer. and Mrs. J. W. Cain, of Westvllie,, Ind., are visiting friends in this vicinity. Mrs. Cain, J; nee Howard, was formerly a resident of this place. " ' —r~ T,. a a a ■r, ;j

If you want a portrait painted before the Holidays, do not fail to give it to me pefore I get crowded with work. Remember, only $7 for a life-sized portrait.—Henri Levino. Beroembei* that Pureupile sells Teas cheaper than ana& nouao in town, and for every Udd you buy, entitles you to a chance on a silver set of Knives, Forks, and Spoons. i'tß- — 1 Tire heavy freeze of last week, was an excellent thing for the corn crop, as it will have the effect of drying it up, and putting it into better condition for cribbing. - --4 ♦ 7I have recently purchiised a •large stock of 1 amps and prepared to sell lamps cheaper than they were ever sold in the county before. Come in, price and be convinced. F, B. Learning. The Rev. M; C. Miner, the new pastor of the Free Will baptist church, moved into town with his f amily last Saturday. He is occupying Isaac Kepner’S house in Thompson’s addition. Mr. Miner will hold his first regular services next Sunday, at 10:30 a. m.

Do not purchase your holiday books until Learning opens his stock. He has the finest line ever brought to Rensselaer, and will be prepared to sell, so cheap, if you buy elsewhere yon will lose money. — m wrn J Mr. and Mra D. L. Green, of Wichita, Kansas, are visiting old friends in Rensselaer, and .vicinity. ■They were formerly residents of this county, Mrs. Green’s maiden name having been Miss Jaley Howard . Claim Your Table Cloth. — cloth at H. M. Purcupile’s, on Table Cloth soap. It was held by a lady who forgot to wiit9 her entire name upon the list of buyers of the soap, and who wrote only Lizzie. Lizzie is requested to ascertain what her last name is, and to call around and claim her tablecloth. - The counties of Jasper, Benton, Newton, White, Pnlaski, Cass and Stark are assigned to M. M. Gordon, U. S.j Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue of the 11th. Dist. of Indiana, with his office at Logansport, Ind. And all dealers in ‘Tobacco* Cigars and Liquors, are respectfully requested to transact their business with him.

Oar citizens will soon have an opportunity to secure, what we believe to be, one of the most valuable modern contributions to the historical literature of America. Capt. J. A. Burnham, of this place, ha& accepted the agency of Blaine’s long looked for work: “Twenty Years of Congress; fiom Lincoln to>Garfield”. We shall take occasion to notice the work more fully next week. / A large number of our people went to Chicago last Monday,* the last day of the cheap rates 1 on the railroad. Among them we have learned the names df Mrs. M. F. Chilcote, Mrs. E. P. Honan, Mrs. Ludd Hopkins* and Messrs A. Thompson, D. J. Thompson, J. G. Reynolds, F. >Vw Babcock, Ladd Hopkins, F.- J. Sears, and John Chamberlain. -