Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1885 — NEWS AND PERSONALS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS AND PERSONALS.

New Girl. —At John King’s last Sunday. A nine pounder. People think its a balmy spring morning now, when the thermometer gets up to the zero notch. New Boy.—Tuesday morning, at Henry Zoll’s. A txvelve pounder and still a growing. A new baby is now attracting considerable attention at the house of Jimmy Givens, on River street. It is said that eighteen locomotives were frozen 110011 the Monon Route last week, in the vicinity of Lowell. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lamson are back from Nebraska, and stopping at the house of Mrs. Lamson’s father, Mr. Jonathan Peacock. There is no foolishness about this winter’s blizzards. They all come witji their business ends foremost. We wanted to give it away this week, but Val said there would be an editor less if we did, —and we have no editors to waste just at this time. Next Sunday is February 22nd. George Washington, had he lived till that day, would have been 153 years old —“but, rest his soul, he’s dead.” We understand that the Chicago & Great Southern road has succumbed to the blizzardsand quit business. Gone into its hole to wait for better weather, like the grotind hog. Dedication:—The new M. E. Church at Mount Airy, Ind., will be dedicated February 22nd, 1885, at 10:30 o’clock a. m., Rev. J. H. Claypool, of La Fayette, officiating Jas. T. Abbett, Pastor. Messrs. F. B. Meyer, Chas. A. Roberts and Grant W arner, started for New Orleans, to see the great exposition, last Sunday evening. They expect to be gone two or three weeks. It was a mistake about their having twins around at Joseph Sharp’s place, on Division street, last week; but they “come within one of it,” which is near enough to suit the wishes of most people. The town was like a.desert for most of the time last week, but on Saturday it was swarming with people from the country, who had availed themselves of the first decent day for a week, to come to town.

The many times delayed libel suits, growing out of the Boy Preacher and Mrs. Horton affair, of lurpie against the Monticello papers, the Herald and the Democi at, were set for trial yesterday, at Monticello. Charley Sears and his wife reached New Orleans just two hours too late to catch the Gulf steamer, for Braidentown, and had to wait five days for the next one. It gave them a good chance to see the Exposition. Some of the wags around town circulated a petition lasi week, requesting Neighbor McEwen to issue a daily during the snow blockade. The old man did not accede to the prayer of the petition, but he got out his weekly all the same, if it wasn’t; only 8 by 12 inches in size. The Abbett gives notice that a new M. E. church building will be dedicated, at Mount Airy, next Sunday, Feb. 22nd. It is said to be a righttasteful and commodious building, and much of the credit for its early completion is due to the earnest labors Qf Bro. Abbett. There is no railroad running into Chicago that suffered more from the snow blockade, than the jjouifeville, New Albany & Chicago. The section of road between Dyer aqd Lowell is about the worst in that respeot of any we know of. It has many long and deep cuts end is exposed to the full force of the wind. This frightful weather has been mighty, tough on stock, especially upon such as have not been proi perly protected in sheds and bams, as is the case with the stock of a great many farmers and stockinen In this county. Those who have been negligent in this respect heretofore should learn from this winter’s experience that a barbwire fence is a mighty poor Winter shelter for a drove of cattle Or IerkMAAM

No mail since last Saturday. 20 degrees helow zero yesterday morning. Miss Je«sie Bartoo is in The Republican office; learning the printing business Stephen Farrell, Deputy Sheriff in Benton county, and brother-in-law of Sheriff Scanlon, got lost in a snowdrift, last Thursday, while out serving legal papers, and was frozen to death. Si. Valentine did not show up in this town last Saturday. It is supposed that he into the ground hog’s hole and, m company with that ornary brute, is waiting for better weather. A constable from Hancock county, in company with Ben McColly, went up to Nubbin Ridge last Saturday, looking for a young fellow named Elmer or Elmo Jones. He is wanted on the charge of illegal paternity. Messrs. F. L. Cotton and his little son Don, and R. B. Patton, came to Chicago last week, from Kearney, Neb., with cattle, and came down io Rensselaer, to visit with their friends here, over Sunday. It was their intention to have returned the first of the week but the snow blockade keeps them still with us. Fi&ijV Hopkins, who has been confined in the insane asylum at Indianapolis, for several years past, has been pronounced incurable, and the Circuit Clerk has been ordered to have him taken from the asylum. Sheriff Yeoman intended to have gone after him last Monday, but the storms have prevented him. A man whose name we omit for the sake of the feelings of his friends, got drunk last Sunday and whipped his women folks; and on Tuesday afternoon plead guilty to so doing, and was fined two dollars and costs. If he does not profit by this lesson, he will soon learn that Rensselaer is no place for wife beaters. Marriage Licenses.—The de-, maad triage licenses has been unusually light for several weeks. Only two couples have been licensed since our last report, in our hst issue for January. Their names are: j Enoch B. McCashen, ( Emma L. Sutton. ( Seeley Bloomer. ( Mary Ann Alter. A fellow who gave the name of William Horn, but whose right name is supposed to be Peters, stole a horse in Winamac, last Saturday, week, was. captured in Fulton county, on Sunday, and on Monday plead guilty to the stealing and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. A. more marked case of getting into prison in haste, and getting out at leisure, we have never heard of. The protracted meetings at the M. E. church came to an end last Sunday evening. Although the exceedingly bad weather had a very unfavorable effect upon the attendance at the meetings, there were six accessions to the church during the last week. Their names are: Mrs. Mary E. Lester, Mrs. Margaret Sayers, Miss Melissa Goodale, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce White and Mr. Charles Frey. All are probationers, except Mrs. Sayers, who joins by letter. " Last Saturday the Circuit Clerk issued a marriage license to Rev. Seeley Bloomer and Mrs. Mary Ann Alter. If previous arrangements were carried out the couple were married at “Heathens’ Conners”, in Jordan township, last Sunday. The groom is well known throughout the county as a local preacher, of the Pro testant Methodist persuasion, we believe; and the bride is the widow of the late Rev. David Alter and mother of Ex-County Surveyor, L. S. Alter.

Uncle Jeduthun Hopkins, so long a resident of this place, but now living at Dayton, m Tippecanoe county, has just passed his eightieth birthday, and a large number’dTTns Dayton friends celebiated the occasion by a surprise dinner party upon the old gentleman. They gathered to the numtar of about fifty, made a big dinner: gave Mr. Hopkins an elegant siF ver*headed cane, serenaded him with a brass band, and had a good titn* generally. z

j T. W. Haus, the baker and -res taurant map, is reported to be seriously sick. The Ladies’ Industrial Society of the M. E. Church are arranging for a Fair and supper, on the afternoon and evening of March 4th. Miss Mary Washburn, though not yet quite past the danger point of her sickness, is improving right along, with all her symptoms favorable. No owners have, as yet, been found for the pocket-book lately found by lather Havens, nor the package, of goods found by Dr. Deming. The Rev. Small had hard work ip getting to Rensselaer to hold church services last Sunday, but finds it still harder to get away. He is watching aud waiting, and, presumably, praying for a train. The K. of P. memorial entertainment at their castle hall and sheet-and-pillow-case ball at the Opera House, comes off this evening. Admission only on invitation. The K. of P. boys have went out about two hundred invitations to their entertainment and ball for tonight. The invitations were printed at this office, and are neat and tasteful enough for anybody’s use. It is positively asserted that some of the section men knew of the broken rail, which caused last Saturday’s wreck, and had toggled up the broken place, in a makeshift fashion, i'he matter ought to investigated by the authorities of the road- * John Lonorgan’s ease, (charged with selling liquor to a minor, the Wilber girl) wfis to have been tried again last Friday, but Justice Churchill was snow-bound in Chicago, and as to what will be done with the case now, “deponent saith not.” Jug breaking at the Presbyterian church on Friday evening, February 27th. Proceeds to go to Sunday school, a small admission fee will be collected at the door. All are invited to attend and witness something that has never before occureil in Itemisff’ laer. There will be an interesting programme in connection with the breaking of the jugs. B. F. Ferguson, Supt. For more than two weeks the railroad through this place has carried no freight, and the prospects for a grocery famine are growing decidedly portentious. The grocers report that they are already out of many articles of common use, and the supply of many other things is diminishing very fast. The coal supply too, we understand to be inadequate for a much longer protracted blockade. The Ladies* Literary Society will meet at Mrs. A. Thompson’s, Saturday, February 21st, to execute the following programme: Music, Mrs Dunlap Historic Sketch. r Mi«s Hill. Music. Solo, Adda Cleaver. The Pilgrim Fathers, - ArillaCott n Best essay on “Weather’*, Mrs. Alfred Thompson, Mrs. Lilfe Marshall, Miss Alice Irwin, Mrs. Eva Kirsch and Miss Cox. Music, Mrs. S. P. Thompson. Three large engines and a big i force of men went north >n the ; railroad, yesterday morning, to help buck the snow-banks. The engineer of the foremost engine was none other than fearless Tom Hiner, who has just begun work- ; ing again for the Monon. We i hope Tom will resume his old place as conductor on the line; for a more pleasant and accommodating man-never punched a ticket nor bounced a beat.

The management of the Monon route had just succeeded, by herculean efforts, and at great expense, in getting the road open for trains, at the end of last week, when the : blizzard of Sunday and. Monday, following close upon its predecessor’s heels, filled all the cuts up again, and left matters in a worse state than before* There have been no trains since last Saturday, and at the present writing (Wednesday afternoon) there seems but little prospect of any before Thursday or Friday. There are said to be nine engines and 300 men now working, to clear the road, between St John’s and Rensselaer, and with fair weather each a force will i soon open the road.