Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1884 — NEWS AND PERSONALS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS AND PERSONALS.

W. D. Owen’s majority for Congress is 450. Our public schools are moving very smoothly. Moods! Hocwds!! HOODS!!!, at the Ladies’ Bazar. Wile Duvall has built an addition to his dwelling. Norman Warner is building a nice barn in town, Alf Donnelly is building a dwelling on his farm north of town. Ladies’ Scarlet Knitwear at the Ladies’ Bazar. Another brick, tile and crockery factory to be started two miles north of to vn. Charley Sears is now in Denver Col., the very latest accounts of his health are encouraging. •John Cassey, of Blackford, lias lately received back pension to the amount of of some $1,700/ Mr. J. W. Douthit has been apl pointed Deputy Prosecutor for this county. It is a good apointment. Please call and settle your account, we are needing it badly, arid greatl} 7 oblige. Hemphill & Honan. There will be" services at the Church of God next Sunday morning at the usual hour by D. T.. Halstead. An erronious opinion prevails that Sears’ Furniture Stoie is closed. It is open and doing business, every day. George Kissinger is building a nice dwelling on his farm in Jordan township, to replace the old due, consumed by fire some time ago. John B. Williams, of Bellefontain, Ohio, has just returned to his home, after spending a few days with his brother, Jay W. Williams. We are informed that a cigar manufacturing business is to be opened in the room in the Makeeter House, formerly used as a barber shop. Paris Bros, are in the market with a fu'l slock of Boots arid Shoes, arid fully prepared to manufacture tine goods at short notice. Gfve them a call. * Frank Parker has returned from Kansas, and purchased the farm of Berry Paris, ihree miles northeast of town. Price forty dollars per acre. Sim Dowel has taken possession of the farm, in Barkley .township, lie purchased of Geo. H. Brow n, Sr. John C. Heed, the former occupant has gone hence. * James Johnston, of Hanging Grove township, has traded his farm for one m Pulaski county. His family, and that of his son ! Frank, will take possession of it at once. Married. —Ac the residence of Piev. M. C. Miner, on" Tuesday, Nov. Ilfh, Mr. John Worden to Miss Martha E. King, both of I Bensselaer. Pvev. M. C. Miner pronouncing the ceremony. Jim Morgan went to Chicago | Tuesday and bought a chair and other necessary portiofrs of a barber’s outfit, and resumed business last everimg, in Pureupile’s icecream parlor. Babies.—At Mark Deed’s, Jordan township, a son, October 27; ; Peter Stillers, Hanging Grove, [daughter, October 28; Jas. K. 'Garrett, Union township, sou,Oct. 80; Hiram Day, Bensselaer, son, Nov. 7th. ■ i House and Lot fob Sale, —The property known as the Cotton House, on Cullen stfeet, i» for sale at a batgairi. Also all the furniture and household goods. For terms Ac., apply on the premises. Wiuim U. Cotton. (ter

There is said to be probability that Mr. A. Leopold and Mrs. Hemphill will jointly erect a large brick block on the “burnt district” next year. Mr. A. Leopold is moving the building on Van Rensselaer street, formerly occupied by The Republican, onto the corner of Washington and Van Rensselaer streets, where the fire was last week. It will be occupied as a saloon by Eugene O’Neil. Horace E. Jones, Assessor of Keener tdwnsliiu, and one of the oldest settlers of Northern Jasper, died last Friday, November 7th, at his home.. He was a prominent and highly esteemed citizen and his funeral, which took place last Sunday, was very largely attended. - .i *—- On Thursday evening, of last week, the!Tsouth bound accommodation train, wheu near Thayer, just this side the Kankakee rixer, overtook a liand-car containing the section boss and two men. The two men jumped off before the train struck them, but the boss remained on the car and was instantly killed. When he was first struck he was thrown forward quite a distance and fell with his neck across the rail in such a maimer that his head was entirely severed from his body, and rolled into the ditch.