Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1885 — NEWS AND PERSONALS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS AND PERSONALS.

Born. —To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Osborne, in Barkley fcp., Saturday last, a daughter. ■■ ■■ Carpets! Carpets! Carpets! in new beautiful patterns, very gheap, at tbe Trade Falaee. A Leopold, at the Bazar, is selling his entire stock of Boots and shoes at cost, to close. Mr. Addison Parkison resigned the office of Bitch Commissioner, last Tuesday. Mrs. Jay Williaips and daughter, are visiting friends in Lafayette, this week. Wm. A. Rinehart has built four tenant houses at Marlboro, during the past winter.

Vocal duet by Madames S. P. Thompson and Dunlap, at the Opera House, to-morrow night. Lawyer Oswald, of Goodland, was in attendance of the Jasper Circuit court the first of the week. Misses Bertie Yeoman and Nellie Wasson left for the Normal college at Terre Haute, last Friday. A new boy came to the family of JMr. and Mrs. James A. Ramey last Saturday.. Mrs. Frank Rowley, formerly Mrs. A. J. Reed, is very low with luug disease, at her home in Jordan }p. Mrs. Moses E. Davissoif is very sick at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. Clem Timmons, near Pleasant Ridge.

We hear that Mr. A. W. Bingham, one of the best known of our old citizens, is very sick and likely to survive but a few days. One of the largest and finest assortments of carpets ever shown in Rensselaer, is now on exhibition at Leopold’s Bazar. We notice by the advertising columns of the Monon Dispatch that Mr. A, Leopold intends closing out his business in that town. Nursery stock bought at the Rensselaer Nursery is already acclimated, and is therefore much hardier than stock from a distance. Mrs. Eva Kirsefi, Mrs. Val Seib and Miss Hill will give recitations, at the Opera House to-morrow (Friday) evening, March 20th. Wesley Price, the insane man, has been sent to the poor house, where he will be likely to remain to the end of his days. He possesses but the fain tee c glimmer of intelligence. We hear that Mr. John Makeever has deeded his new business block, the one now partly occupied by T. J. Farden as a boot and shoe store, to his daughters, Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Stockton.

Mrs. W. W. Wright, nee Kepner, wife of the deaf mute, died Sunday afternoon, at five o’clock, of consumption, after a long illness. The funeral was held on Monday, the Rev. B. F. Ferguson preaching the funeral. When the springtime comes Gentle Annie, is the time to plant trees, shrubs and vines. You can buy everything in this line you may want, at the Rensselaer Nursery, at reasonable prices, and get reliable, ana thoroughly tested stock. A little son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Benjamin, of Newton tp., died last Monday morning, of a kidney trouble land lung feyer. He was about three or four years old, and the last but one, of Mr. aud Mrs. Benjamin’s children. The funeral was held Tuesday fternoon.

Brookston Reporter: —Some one was telling us that Hie citizens northwest of Rensselaer, in and about the locality where Wartner, the Hollander, murdered his best friend, Dreger, the German, in cold blood, were getting matters in shape to lynch the condemned man, in case the Governor slicr.Vj; pardon him. Our former townsman, C. H. Price, of Highmore, Dakota, is a candidate for the lucrative office of Register of the Land Office, at Hurob, Dakota; and our citizens, irrespective of party, have largely signed a petition to Secretary Lamar) asking for his appointment Tkb Republican would be glad to see Mr. Vtim revive the appointRent

Mr. Val Seib purchased the Zim Dwiggins’ house, on River street, some time ago, and will take tip his residence there in due time. The j|ev. T. O. Webster came back from Valparaiso, last Thursday. flfe reports that a very successful revival has taken, place there. Drs. Kelley and Horton the dentists, have dissolved partnership. We understand ijti Dr. Horton’s intention to remove to West Virginia.

Married. —At the residence of the bride’s parents, in Barkley tp. on March 11th 1885, Mr. Samuel O. Dyer, of White county to Miss Mattie Groom. The Rev Peter Hinds, officiating clergyman. The old G. A. R. boys have issued about 500 neat invitations to attend Gen. Packard’s lecture, next Wednesday evening. The invitations were printed at The Republican job office, and in their production our foreman, Mr. C. P. Hopkins has excelled himself. Jim Tnrpie’s libel suit against the Monticello Herald has beeu sent to Carroll county for trial, on change of venue, on motion of the plaintiff Turpie thinks the people es White county are prejudiced against him, and it would not be at all strange if such were the case. --J.- '

, Oxford Tribune: The Era keeps yelping .for the Great Southern to go around by Fowler. Let Mahomet go to the mountain. It will be cheaper to move Fowler down to the crossing. Never mind the court house. It won’t pay to move that for all the time you will need it. The courts have decided that “no boundary fence can be made of barbed wire without consent of parties owning the adjacent land, and any man who puts a barbed wire fence along the highway renders himself liable for all injuries resulting to stock passing along said highway.” Farmers will do well to make a note of this. The people of Porter county must regard litigation as their most valued diversion, to judge from the following from the Valparaiso Messenger: “The bar docket for the March term of Porter Circuit Court shows fourteen criminal cases, seventeen divorce nine petitions for drainage and two hundred and twenty-four civil cases, making a total of two hundred and sixty-four causes.” Mr. Geo. W. Markin, of Keener tp. has just got out bills, at The Republican job office, for a public sale to take place on Saturday, March 28th. This George Markin by-the-way is not at all the same George Markin, that loud boy of Nubbin Ridge, who had the racket with Geo. Cooper, and was fined therefor a couple of weeks or so ago, as the identity of names might lead many to believe.

The Rev. Jas. T. Abbett drove over to Rensselaer last Tuesday, and returned to Morocco, the next day. He continues to meet with Bplendid success in his ministerial labors. He has just closed a series of meetings at Mount Airy with 16 accessions to the church; making a total of 90 accessions to the two churches, at Morocco and Mount Airy, since the conference. He expects to begin a series of meetings at Bussell Chapel, his other appointment, next week. On Tuesday morning of iass week, one Morris Foley, a member of the floating gang on the L., N. A. & C. railroad, was run over by the oars at Mon on, and killed instantly. His body was very badly mutilated: * He was a single man and had been Working for the road for about 12 years. The Coroner’s inquest showed that he was intoxicated at the time, and exonerates the railroad company froflf all blame. Another victim of whiskey.

John Clark, twenty-two years old and six feet 3| inches in height, was brought to Rensseaer Saturday evening, to be tried on the charge of burglarizing the stores of John Dnnlap and Geo. Hopkins, at Julian, in Newton county. He is said to have stolen 300 nickels and some shooting irons. He is brought to this county on change of venue, on some pretext or otter. The burVvatippSP"W

Kid Gloves at Ladies’ Bazar. Hear the “Natural Spell” at the Opera House tomorrow evening. Scarf shawls, for early spring wear, at the Trade Palace. Smith Newell has the contract of bpilding the new M. E. church, in Barkley tp. i The Progressive Euchre Club spent a pleasant evening at the home <xf Mr. N. V. Cleaver, on River street, last Friday. Infant’s and children’s clothing, for spring and summer, will be opened this week at R. Fendig’s Be sure to see them, as they are very nice and extra cheap. Dr. J. W. Horton, the dentist, started, Tuesday, for Wheeling, West Virginia, where, we understand he has a good situation, to work at his profession. An entertainment will be given by Mrs. Dunlap, with the assistance of Home talent, at the Opera House, March 20th, 1885, Admission 25_ cents, reserved seats 35 cents. Children 15 cento.

Mr. E. C. Nowels, the Ex-Aud-itor, came up from Indianapolis, Tuesday, on leave of absence for a few He tells us that within a short time he will publish a full and complete statement in regard to the school fund matter referred to in last week’s Republican. To The Ladies of Rensselaer and Vicimty:— l would hereby return my sincere thanks to the ladies of Rensselaer and vicinity for their very liberal patronage in the past, and would also cordially invite them to continue their trad# with me. Very Respectfully, ■■■ Mbs, Sadie Laßue. A petition has been circulated, and largely signed by our citizens, asking Judge Ward to appoint Mr. E. L. Clark, Ditch Commissioner, in place of Ad. Parkison, resigned. It would be an excellent appointment; but we understand that the Judge will defer making any appointment until the Legislature reaches some decision ou the new ditch law now pending. Late Marriage Licenses .-Since* our last report the Circuit Clerk has issued marriage licenses as follpws: • ’ j Abraham M. Bringle, { Fannie E. Moffit. I Samuel O. Dyer, 1 Mattie Groom. j Wm. C. Dennis, ( Amanda Biggs. ( Albert E. Kirk, \ Anna Lillie Alter.

A Surprise: —The townspeople were surprised, yesterday morning, to bear that a wedding had taken place the previous evening, at the residence of Dr. M. B. Alter, the County Treasurer. The parties united were Mr. Ed. Kirk and Miss Lillie Alter, the* Doctor’s third daughter. The ceremony was performed by Rev. T. C. Webster, and was witnessed only by relatives of the family and a few intimate friends. Mr. Kirk is employed by the Western Creamery Company as a traveling expert, and expecting to be directed to go to lowa, on business of the company, at any moment, the wedding was arranged for and took place rather sooner than it would otherwise have been, When Dr. L G. Kelley, Reece Goddard, David Nowels and the rest were out on there last beehunting excursion, on the Kankakee, all the members of the party except the Doctor were provided with good tin cups, and as the Doctor sadly lapped his coffee from a clam shell, he determined that the next time he was out on such an excursion he would be provided with a better drinking cup than any one else. He accordingly set his inventive faculties to work mid devised a cup which, we should suppose, must be entirely to his satisfaction. He applied for and obtained a patent upon it. The papers for the patent having arrived this week. The cap is intended for the use of hunters and others while camping oat, to use for their hot drinks. It consists of an ordinary tin cup, with an attachment on the lower end into which the liquid is allowed to flow* through a self closing aperture; and in which it soon becomes cool enough to drink. It is evidently an excellent, article for the purpose for which it is intended. Wa hops the Doctor will make soaw mouey out of it