Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1883 — Personal and Local. [ARTICLE]

Personal and Local.

Edward Wodisky, at the Opera House, next week. Christmas cards, at Miss Babcock’s. * - - ■ ■' a ■ ■ -j——- ,■ f Lamp goods at half regular price, at Kannal’s. Ralph Fendig’s for bargains. Christmas Books at Learning s, Cheaper than the cheapest. ■> s*, . - • Warm woolen hose, and lejyjins make acceptable Chne tin as ents, Missßabcock has them. Miss Genevieve Osborne, of Albany, is making a brief visit to her relatives here. A large family bible, worth ten dollars of any ones .money, only five dollars, at Learning’s. No rents to pay, no clerks to hire. Cheapest and best goods for the money, at Hemphill & Honan’s On- Christmas the post office will be closed from 10 o’clock a. m. to 4 o’clock p. m. .Largest assortment of Christmas Cards ever brought to Rensselaer. Cheaper..than ever sold before, at Learning’s. The new mill, near the depot, is nearly completed. Its owners expect to begin running by the first of January, we understand. Books! Books’! Do not fail to examine the fine holiday books at the P. 0., before you buy. My books are all new, and cheap. Mrs. Mary Catherine Hamar, who was taken to the insane asylum, from IhiS place a few weeks ago, died last week.

REMEMBER the great closing out salepiSears,& Son, will only last, January, Ist, .1884. Don’t Ipse a bargain, but come at once. A.ypr’V pleasant little dance was givep Starr’s Hall, last Saturday night. It was gotten up on very Short notige, but was thoroughly enjoyed, and is heartily praised by all who attended. There was a man named Andy,. Who W£s very fond of candy, He w?nt to Levino, And shouted out Keno, The candy you make is a dandy. At the regular meeting of the Rensselaer Blue Ribbon Temperance Society, last Saturday evening, F. AV., Babcock presiding, it was declared expedient to discontinue the mqetings for the present. Rensselaer Lodge, -No. 109; A. O. IL W.j will convene on Monday evening, Dec. 24th, at (i:3O o’clock, to enable members, who so desire, to attend Christmas exercises* after Lodge* Yours in C. H,,<fc. P..,' Noble J. York: M. AV. Miss Babcock has this wdek opened & new lot of toy books, and books for adults, at lowest living prices.' Parents arid school teachers will do well to call and examine her stock before purchasing. Also a fresh lot of Christmas cards.

■a. Remember boys, a iiicuChrlstmas.eard is as nice a present you can give your girl, and you can get a beautiful one at Learning’s for A small sum of money. One , of them will please her just as well and make you just as solid as I a hundred dollar present would. ? Learning has the largest and best, assortment ever brought to town.' J list come in and price, The celebrated case of Mary I Caroline Hamar against John t W.; Powell, sheriff, and others, was decided in* the Benton circuit court, at the late, te£ni, iri fjtvor of the defendants. < Tire force of the decision was to the effect that the transfer of jewelry stock from Mary Catherine Hamar to Mary Caroline Hamar was fraudulent as, to existing creditors. I*. 4 ( Col. Geo. E. iTarrington, of New York City, forwr general manager of the. Continental railroad company at the Makeevet House Monday night. Col. Yarrington came to Rensselaer to sCe Mr. R. R. Dwiggins, who is at Battle Creek, Mich, As luck would have it, the Col. also, has just been at Creek for, several days, bfit stopped nt a different hotel from Air. Dwiggins and knew nothing of the latter’s pies* enee in that place.

A new daughter at Geo. Graul’as since Tuesday mprniiig. > Buy your holiday candy at Levino’s candy factory. Ma”gms exhausted, at Fendi'g’s. Two books for five cents at Miss Babcock’s. Two sticks of candy for one cent, (apiece,) at Levino’s candy factory. , James &. McDonald, of IV Milroy township, is the proud father of a daughter. •Just stop at Learning's and see those nice vChnstmaß Cards, and SO CHEAP. Democratic, Republican, Greenback and Temperance candy made at Levino’s caifdy factory; The Rose Lawn Post G. A. R.j mustered five recruits, last Saturday night.

C.F. Over acker, formerly of the Republican, has just enlarged his paper, the Carson, Iowa; Criterion, to a six column quarto - . Just a few more of those cheap Hanging Lamps left at Learning’s. A nice Christmas present for wife or mother. There have been two or three mild cases of diptheria in Rensselaer lately, and Dr. Bitters reports two cases near Blackford post-of-fice, in Barkley tp. Hat Band, Neck Ties; Toilet sets and all kinds of fancy painting and decorating done by Levino. Don’t wait until Christmas eve before giving him your work. John Me Jimsey, of Pleasant Ridge, has had the bad luck to Jpse a note for four hundred dollars, notice of which loss appeals in this issue of The Republican. ... Au immense line of dress flannels at Ralph Fendig’s, that will be closed out at prices that would make wholesale dealers squeal. Call and see, they are all beautiful patterns,, and the prices will be pleasing to your pocket book. , I spare no pains in selecting the very best quality of goods, don’t handle cheap fire plate jewelry, every pattern is new and prices must suit the’purchases. Call and jne, before you make any purchases, 1 can save you money. Emmet Kannal. Married:—r-At the residence of the bride’s mother in Carpenter township, by Rev. A. 8. AV. Farmer, Dec., 11th, Mr. Charles Deadly of AVhite Co., to Miss Mattie D. Alter. A number of the young fo|ks were present- and had a pleasant time. They have the well wishes of a large circle of friends hnd a6qn&inWces: ? * ““ The Baptist Sunday school has elected officers for the ensuing year as follows: Geo. M. Johnson, Superintendent; Dr. I. B. Washbum, Ass’t Supt., Estella Johrison, Secretary; Mary AVashbtirn, Organist. The school lias,Rone good work in the two years ot its existence. Overcoats and fine Clothing: For bargains in these, call at R. Fendig’s, lie has just opened the finest stock ever brought to Rensselaer, and will sell s» cheap that you would be willing to testify that .they had been smuggled through the. Custom House duty free. Call soon for bargains.

Mi. Ralph Fendig has just returned from Chicago, where he Jias been for some few days, looking through the market, and reports that he has secured the ' nicest and cheapest lot of goods at was ever his luck to secure, and ! requests all the readers of the Republican, and everybody else to call and see them. ? The Rev. Geo. Moms*, a prom- ' inent Presbyterian minister; well known in Rensselaer, which pl ace he has many times visited, and j adjoining which he owned a large and valuable farm, was suffocated ;by gas at his boarding. bouse in Baltimore, Md., last Saturday i night, and died Sundayj shortly .afternoon. The deceased was old, 1—75 years —and getting childish and must have blown orit the gas mpon retiring instead df extini guishing it in the projiei manner.

Mrs. Dr. Washbum is "sill slowly improving in health Christmas Books of all kinds, at Kannal’s. Cheap! Cheaper'! CHEAPEST!!!—RaIph Fendig. I have a few more cheap lamps left and they are cheap, “and don’t you forget it”. F. b. Learning. . Look out for that Holiday supplement next week. It will be a daisy. Rabbit-hunting is the sport mostly indulged in since the snow felt Go to Miss Babcock’s for your Photograph and Autograph Albums. Ladies money bags at Learning’s, cheaper than ever known in Jasper county. Dr. W.W. Hartsell has gone to Chicago, to be absent ten days or two weeks. I place my book* in the market to selli and they are selling. , Yoji who Wahl nice books, had better call early at the P. O. C. W. Willey, of Cherokee do., Kansas, has been visiting, ~nis brother, j. H. WiilCy, for several days. Fishpond and Leto gamed, at Miss Babcocks. Also chopped up Niggers and the climbing Elephant. Ten inches of snow on a level, and the mercury below zero, is something like winter in this vicinity. We can save you 25 per cent, on all goods in our line, until Jan. Ist, 1884. We are bound to close out if possible, now is your chance. F. J. Sears & Son'. Dunnvfllp, the , nejy Ration on the “TAree I” in Kankakee tp., has a. ppsUofficg called Tefft. J. R. Frederick, formerly of Francesville, has .a general store there and is post-master. , Cloaks and Dolmans, will be sold for 25 to 50 per cent, lower than ever before offered in this market. I bought low, and will make you bargains. Call and see. R. Fendig. Lodge ELECTIQN.-Prairie Lodge, 125, F. and A.M., elected officers for 1884 Monday evening. The following is the list: Geo. B. Conwell, AV. M.; Wm B. Eger, S. W.; John C. Chilcote, J. W.;. Ralph Fendig, treasurer, M. L. Spitler, secretary. Owls! OWLS'!—I will give S4OO for 100 horned owls, to.be delivered alive and in good 'condition, on or before the ,24th of Dec. 1883. A sample owl is on exhibition at F. J. Sears & Spn s mammoth Furniture store.

The entertainsaerit given by the Ladies Aid Society, of the Presbyterian church, on the evening of | the 12th, was a very gratifying I success, socially; and the fact that 565 in clear money was deposited from the proceeds for the benefit of the parsonage fund is sufficient evidence that it was also a financial success.

Rensselaer, Dec., 18, 1883; hav-? ing on hand a large line of candies such as fancy mixed; broken taffy, fancy stick, boti lions, nut bars, and a full line of all kinds of crerims, wnich I will offer until after Christmas at very low figures, warranted pure sugar gotxk. !t Call and learn prices. H. M. Pure?pile. Many of our readers will reWntoet Edwaid Wodisky, the gifted young actor who took the leading parts in “The fifty of Atlanta” anil “ Enoch Arden” at the Opera House last winter, and will lie glad to learn that he is again to be in Rensselaer, i He has engaged the Opera House for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of next week; V. e have not yet learned any of the details as to the plays that will be given and the character of his Supporting company, but they will be made public immediately after the ?1 of hi« advance agent A . -