Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1885 — NEWS AND PERSONALS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS AND PERSONALS.

Mrs. Elizabeth A. Chilcote is quite sick with chills and fever. You should see the new Dress Goods, at Ellis & Murray’s. Mr. J. F. Hardman received the letters patent on his live-box last week. Buy a pair of those perfect fitting Jeans Pants, at Ellis & Murray’s. • R. K Miles’ tailor-made Jeans Pants, for sale only, by Ellis & Murray. Messrs. Emmet Kaunal and S. Healey are in Chicago on business and Miss Nora Hopkins is there attending the Opera Festival. The Hon. U. Z. Wiley and dashing Daniel Frazer were over Fowler last week attending the closing days of the Jasper circuit court. Capt. F. W. Babcock, of this place, has just been appointed aid-de-esrap on the staff of Gen. Foster. Department Commander, G. A. R., of this state. F. B. Meyer is having the walls and ceiling of his drug store papered in the most elegant manner. J. W. Tull, of Lafayette, is the artist. A 10 pound boy was born unto the house of Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Abbett, of Morocco, last Friday, April 3rd. Mother and child doing well.

Mr. F. B. Meyer, the diuggist bagged a couple of fine wild-geese, last Friday afternoon. Frank felt prouder over them than most men would over twins. R. P. Benjamin’s class in the M. E. Sunday school, presented him with a fine album, last Sunday, as a token of their appreciation of his faithful efforts in their behalf . Almost at Par.—Nathaniel Scott, father of Samuel Scott, is our oldest citizen and one of the two or three oldest men in the county. His ninety-fifth birthday was celebrated yesterday. A passenger train on the L., N. A. & C. was ditched Tuesday morning, ten mites north of Indianapolis. The train was badly wrecked, but the engineer was the only person injured. The Hon. I. D. Dunn, our faithful and efficient Representative in the Indiana Legislature,’ was in town over Sunday, the guest of the Makeevnr House. He returned to Indianapolis on the Cannon Ball train Sunday evening.

Prosecutor Walker’s father is still living, hale and hearty, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. His home is in Fowler, and he is still able to walk three miles to bis farm and back, without noticeable exhaustion. “M. O. Holloran, Wholesale Liquor Dealer,” is the legend inscribed upon a new sign nailed to one of the trees in front of Mr. Halloran’s saloon building. Old soaks who find that getting drunk at retail is too expensive for these times, will now recognize their opportunity. The driving space around the depot has always been about4he muddiest place in town, but the railroad company has lately given four or five Car-loads of cinders for the purpose of filling it up, and last week the freight men and others interested set to work and hauled in the cinders, with the result of a vast and permanent improvement. Last Saturday must have been a good day for marriage licenses, as three were issued that day at the office of the .Jasper Circuit Clerk. The following are the names of the parties:*

j John Bonham, ——- I Cappie D. Lands. I Charles Zard, * ( Lizzie Kenton, j Albert Knowles, ( Fanny Tunney. Mr. E. L. Clark has enjoyed the honors and emoluments of office for the shortest term on record. On Friday Judge Ward appointed him Ditch Commissioner, in place ot Addison Parkison, resigned. On Saturday he qualified for the office, and on the afternoon of the same day i ,the Governor signed the new ditch law, with an emergency clause j attached, and by its operation, Mr. Clark’s office was terminated, the same day that he assumed it,

Miss Della Cotton, who has been visiting friends and relatives, in Kearney, Neb., for two or three months, returned to her home, last evening. C. P. Mitchell, the Life Insurance Agent, made one “fell swoop” upon our peaceful village, on last Friday evening, and remained here until Monday evening, when he went to Chicago to vote for Judge Smith, for Mayor. * Still in the lead.—With Minnie Murphy as a trimmer, and Miss Louisa Platt as a dressmaker, I think I can please you all; so come and see me. Yours Respectfully Mrs. Sadie Laßue. The following persons are at Indianapolis this week, in attendance upon the Grand Chapter, O. E. S.: Mrs. M. E. Spitler, Grand Matron, Mrs. Lydia A. Moss, Mrs. Frank B. Meyer and Mrs. Nellie Learning, also Mr. M. L. Spitler, T. J. Farden and J. Powell. Henry Eigldesbach returned to Kearney Neb. last Saturday. That place is on about the same latitude as Jasper county, but when Mr. Eiglesbach left there early last week, the farmers finished sowing oats and were plowing for corn.

After a long and bitter fight over the Monon post-office, the Postmaster General has commission ed a life-long Republican, A. P. Alien. There were three Democratic contestants. The retiring postmaster has held the office thirteen years, and resigned pn account of old age. Mr. John Florence of Barkley township, has retired from active life on the farm, and has moved to Rensselaer. For the present he occupies a portion of Mrs. Crockett’s house, on Washington and Weston streets, but we understand that he will buy or build a residence, in the near future. Coming! COMING!-On or about the 14th oi 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. Petitions requesting the Governor to commute Wartner’s sentence have been circulated largely through the town and county lately, and we understand are receiving many signatures. In the town all the members of the bar have signed the petition, and many other prominent citizens. On the whole, however, we think we may say the petition is not popular.

Owing to the bad weather last Thursday evening, the skating exhibition at the Rink was not very well attended, and Earl Reynolds gave another exhibition of his remarkable skill, Saturday evening, in the presence of a large company, all of whom were much pleased with the performance. We notice by the Lafayette Journal that Young Reynolds challenges any boy under .18 in the state for a speed race of a mile and repeat, for a purse of §SO. Mr. J. D. Matthews expected to resume work at his new brick and tile works, north of town, yesterday. IVe understand that Mr. Matthews has a very complete establishment and is prepared to turn out brick and tile, in large quantities, and of good quality. He makes a specialty of re-pressed bricks, for ornamental fronts, &c., making them in a machine of his own invention, and upon which a patent has just been allowed him. Mr. Matthews has a new advertisement in this issue of this paper.

People cannot be too .vary of taking things on trust, in this deceitful World. *ln witness whereof take the case of a lady at the M. E. Sunday school, last Sunday. A number of the children brought Easter eggs to the Superintendent, T. J. Farden. All but two or three were colored. The lady in question “boned” Mr. Farden for some of the eggs. He “opened his heart” and gave her one of the uncolored ones. She took it for granted that the egg had been laid ready boiled, and put it in her pocket, for safe keeping. An unlucky movement, smashed the shell to smithereens, and she put her hand in her pocket to gauge the magnitude of the disaster—and at oace’arose and departed thence. The egg wm raw!!!

Latest News Items.—General Grant still lives. > The Indiana Legislature will adjourn next Monday. Th© thugs and bummers earned the election in Chicago, Tuesday, by a few hundred majority. Smith will contest. According to immemorial custom high mass was Celebrated at the Catholic church, last Sunday morning, and the host was adored with great reverence. The services were most beautiful and impressive, while the music Was especially excellent. The Rev. Father Zumbuelte conducted the services, and also preached an instructive and appropriate sermon. The congregation present filled the church far beyond its seating capacity, many standing in the open space in the rear and in the gallery. Large numbers of the townspeople were present at the services, riiany of whom saw the interior of the church for the first time that day. The alter is very fine, and was decorated especially for the occasion.

Logansport is quite delirious over the appointment of Rufus Magee as minister to Stockholm. Mr. Magee is said to possess remarkable qualities for the position, speaking Swedish with but a slight Cass county accent and in the court at Stockholm will be known as Hjrufus Mageej. It is also gratifying to know that he is hard at work further qualifying himself for his arduous duties by the Baltic. He is reading up on the Swiss Family Robinson and has made arrangements to attend an of the Swedish Bell ringers. Altogether he will be well calculated to paralyze the effete monarchy of Sweden who have an idea that Logansport is a howling wilderness somewhere in the fastnesses of the Rockies. — Lafayette Journal. +