Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1885 — NEWS AND PERSONALS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS AND PERSONALS.

Roller Skating to-night. To-morrcw is Good Friday. Mixed paints at F. B. Meyer’s. Childrens’ Jersies at Ladies’ Bazar. Roller skating exhibition, at the Opera House rink to-night. i. ’ r" Good Prints, at 5 cents per yd., at Trade Palace. Fresh roasted coffees aie guaranteed at Laßue Bros. Henry Eiglesbach, of Kearney Neb., is visiting his old friends in this place. Study your own interest, give our place a c all before buying elsewhere. Hemphill & Honan. Try our roasted coffee, every pound guaranteed or money refunded, at Laßue Bros. The infant son of John Hall, of Union tp., died early last Sunday morning, of disease of the brain. Mrs. Frank Bowley, of Jordan township, was buried in the Welsh grave yard, on Tuesday of last

Mrs. Mary J. Hopkins, of Dayton, Ind., is visiting old friends and new relatives, the last being the Hyland twins. Born.—Thursday, March 26th, 1885, at Morton, Ind., to Rev. and Mrs. John J. Claypool, a son. Mother and child doing well, and father jubilant. Mrs. May Hawkins, Dr. Washburn’s daughter, started for Cass county yesterday, for a few weeks’ visit among friends, after which she will soon return to her home in California. Mr. A. E. Coen has concluded his term of teaching at Morocco, and left last Friday evening for Teire Haute, where he will attend the State N ormal School for a term or two. We understand that arrangements have been complei editor the running of a Chicago train on the Great Southern to connect with a New Albany train at Fair Oaks.— Goodland Herald. Mr. E. H. Tharp was visiting with his old friends a day or two last week and over Sunday. He started Monday morning for Brightwood, this state, where he is till in business. 8

Chas. H. Wood, eldest son of the Hon. T. J. Wood, the ExCongressman, died at Crown Point on March 20th, at the age of fourteen years. The Register speaks in high terms of the boy’s qualities. Lafayette Journal: Major Rainwater wants to be Mayor of St Louis. Rainwater ought to run well, but he should change his name to Sweibeer, if he wants the people of that city to call real loudly for him. Monon Dispatch: Three couples of our young folks attended the literary and musical entertainment [Mrs. Dunlap’s] at Rensselaer last Friday night. All report a pleasant time and a successful entertainment.

Mr. Newton Paris, of the late firm of Paris Bros., has been lying very sick, for a considerable time, at the residence of his brother-in-law, Joseph White, on Cullen St. We understand that he has the consumption. Monon Dispatch: A. Leopold was in town Monday. He has decided not to move his store away from here, but instead left Monday evening for Chicago, where he bought a fnll line of new goods for spring and summer wear. Mrs. Rial Benjamin is just recovering from a severe and very dangerous attack of lung fever. She is nearly seventy-six years old and her prompt recovery from so severe a sickness is a source of surprise as well as pleasure to her friends.

Mr. Geo. Deßoer, an excellent young man of Hollandish descent, has just left Keener township and settled in Lancaster county, Neb. In writing directions for sending hits The Republican under date of March 24th, he remarks that fanners are busy sowing wheat and oats and that the roads are <’? '* ml i- ... - ■ ■

Next Sunday is Easter. At the Trade Palace, calicop cents per y<|. The largest stock of wall paper in Rensselaer is at F. B. Meyer’s. The largest line of canned goods in town at Laßue Bros. Ceiling decoration paper, new designs, at F. B. Meyer’s. . Millinery and Dress-makiiw as low as the lowest. Hemphill & Honan. r-

A new daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Thompson, at the Nowels House, Tuesday. Willey & Sigler have just secured 3000 yards of good Print, which they are going to sell at 5 cents per yd. ’ •; - Miss Amanda DeHaven, of Chili this state, Hemphill & Honan’s new trimmer, arrived last Tuesday evening. She will make her home with Mrs. Hemphill. The board of county assessors met in the auditor’s office, Monday. The result of their labors will be found in the assessment list, printed in another place in this paper. Brushes. —White-wash, Paint, &c., every, grade, and all prices, from the lowest tg the highest, from the common grade to the very best, at F. B. Meyer’s. We have received a paper from Dodge City, Kansas, with W. W. Karsner’s name upon the margin, from which we infer that Wesley is now sticking type in the above named town.

Miss Amanda DeHaven will trim your Hats and Emma McCormick will make your Dresses if you patronize us this season. Now do try them just once. Hemphill & Honan. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Dickey started for Fort Scott, Kansas, this morning. Mr. Dickey expects to work at his old trade, blacksmithing, and has prospects for plenty of at good wages. The sacred Jewish season of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, or in the Hebrew language, the Feast of the Pessaeh, begun last Monday evening, arid will continue seven days. Wartner, the condemned murderer, has lost all his cheerfulness, and appears to be awaiting the dreadful' ordeal of execution with fear and consternation. He no longer sleeps well and scarcely eats one meal in fivs. Wild geese and ducks have been numerous in this vicinity lately, and especially towards the end of last week their numbers was unusually large. They are pretty shy of the hunters, however, although now and then one of them brings in a few ducks and more rarely a goose.

Coming! COMING!-On or about the 14th of April. I have secured a first class Milliner from one of the largest Wholesale houses and would ask the Ladies of Rensselaer and vicinity to call and see her and examine her work before purchasing. ' Mrs. Sadie Laßue. Judge Huff gave his decision'ih the case of The Town of Rensselaer vs. Leopold, last Tuesday evening. The decision was against the town. The importance of the case demands a more extended Account than can be given at this time, and we will notice it again next week.

It is probable that but comparatively few of our readers ever saw the brilliant and beautiful planet, Mercury. Although he would be a conspicuous member of the solar system if he had a fair chance, he keeps so near the sun as to be entirely lost in his brilliancy during most pf the year, and can never be seen, except in twilight bright enough to obliterate all but a few of the brightest stars. Just at present and for the next week or two, sueh*of our readers as have a penchant for star-gazing, will have ap unusually good opportunity to fee him. The observer should look for him at about 7 o’clock in the evening, at a point about 9 degrees, or say twice the apparent diameter of the moon, north of where the sun sets, and about 15 degrees above the horizen. He with a white light usually, though he sometimes „takes on a g-'ldsu/or

M. A,. Makeever is organizing a writing school, to be held in the school building. He invites all to meet with him, in the school house, at 7 o’clock tomorrow night. Visitors will be welcome. A freight train badly wrecked, yesterday morning, up near Lowell, with about fifteen empty coal cars piled up on the track, caused the regular forenoon mail train to go around by Monon, over the Chica- 4 go and Atlantic. Young Earl Reynolds, wno has repeatedly 'got away} with everything of his size on roller skates, in Lafayette, will give an exhibition of fancy skating at the Opera House, this evening. After the exhibition there will be general skating.

Paul Hanson was tried last Monday afternoon, before Squire Purcupile and a j ury, on the charge of assault and battery upon the person of his wife. The verdict was a fine of ope dollar jipd costs, except that the jury their part of the costs. Thp amount of fine and costs was $15.50 Frederick Zard, one of the very oldest men in Jasper county, died last Tuesday, at the house of his son, the well known Fred Zard, near Marlboro station, in Hanging Grove township. The exact manner ot his death is unknown. A member of the family went to his room with his breakfast am} found him dead. His age was about 94 years. Delphi Times: When you hear a man sneering at the local papers, you can safely bet that he doesn’t squander his wealth in making them better, but that, generally, the papers have done more for him than he has for them. The man who cannot see the benefit arising to a town from its newspapers hasn’t got as much sense as afoove oyster, and he is of about as much value to a town as a ten year old delinquent list.

There is nothing Small about the Rev. Gilbert Small, except his name and his hand-writing. His name might easily have been Smaller but it would be a hard matter to get his writing down to a much finer point. As a specimen of his fineness of penmanship we mention that he has been known to write a half column article for a newspaper, on a single postal card. Fine as it is however, his writing is plain and perfectly legible. The Rochester Republican, (Major Bitters’ paper,) says: Our elder brother, Mr. Lemuel N. Bitters, who resides with his wife and son on his little farm, about a mile northwest of Akron, was horrified last Saturday morning to discover that the roof of his residence was in flames, and it was by the greatest exertion that a part of the household goods were saved. He has no surplus of this world’s goods, and being some sixty-four years of age the loss is a severe affliction.

The Rev. Gilbert Small returned to bis home at Idaville, Monday morning, after a week of effective work in the Presbyterian church., The term for which he had engaged to preach here has now expired, and at the present outlook it is rather doubtful if the engagement be renewed. Mr. Small himself is .rather weary of so much railroad travel, as filling his appointment here subjects him to; and the church society is not too prosperous from a financial point of view. Mr. Small has been well likedj in Rensselaer, both inside of the church and out of it, and his semimonthly visits will be greatly missed. Marriage Licenses. —The Circuit Clerk has issued marriage licenses since oui? last report as follows: j Wm. Streight, ( Rosa E. Pullins. j Thomas J. Stoner, I Jennie P. Newcomb. J James Wiseman, ( Maggie M. Cover.