Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1885 — NEWS AND PERSONALS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS AND PERSONALS.

Mrs. Dr. Washburn is visiting friends in Cass County. Special Sale.—Calico at 5 cts. per yd., at Trade Palace. €1 ent’s boots must be cliosed out, Ludd Hopkins. Born:— Tuesday, April 14th, 1885, to Mr. and. Mrs. Nathan Fendig, a son, Gent’s Button, Congress or Ties are to be closed out, as we are overstocked, at Hopkins’ corner. N. V. Cleaver, the hardware man, ljas moved into C. G. Sears’ house, oh River street. ( Wm. Daniels, of Barkley tp., is building a good frame building on his farm. Mr. Andrews doing the work. . .j, i Numerous reports concur in pronouncing the wheat crop to be pretty badly injured) by the hard winter. Mrs. S. P. Thompson lias been at Oxford for some days at the side of her father, Cyrus Foltz, who is mortally sick with a cancer. Ed. Sampson, the genial night operator, lias been visiting his triends at Brookston, for nearly two weeks, but resumed work last night. ° . A number of Piensselaer people went to Chicago, Saturday, to attend the Operatic Festival. They report a grand performance, but an inconceivable crowd. Mr. and Mrs. Val Seib, of this place, r.nd Mr, and Mrs. Zimri Dwiggins, of Oxford, visited Chicago in company, last week. They attended the Opera Festival, at; the Exposition building. A traveling auction store open-! ed in Makeever’s room, formerly ! occupied by Sears' furniture store,' last week, but presumably did not! do a very paying business. They departed hence Tuesday morning. One of the laws passed by the late Legislature prohibits base ball.playing on Sunday. There i,s no emergency- clause attached, and the Jaw will not go into operation until the laws are printed and distributed,, probably some time in J nly.

The dam at Crumbo’s mill was washed out last week. Mr. Crambo lias been the victim of several dynamite explosions to remove the blockade occasioned by his mill-dam and is also involved in litigation on the same account. — Monticello Herald. . The Chicago & Great Southern surveying corps has abandoned workpn the southern extension of ] the road for the present. The managers are waiting until the road’s legal difficulties are satisfactorily arranged before prosecuting the work.—Fowler Era. The Rensselaer parties who attended the Grand Chapter, O. E. S„ at Indianapolis, last week, were much pleased with their experience. Rensselaer still has the honor of furnishing a member of the Graffd Chapter,’Mrs. A. Purcupile having been chosen Grand Lecturer, for the state, for the ensuing year. Ifcis reported that the L., N. A- & C. will soon commence the erection of .the much-talked-of car shops at Monon and that the company now intends to build more extensively than at first contemplated. Monon seems to be on the highway to permanent prosperity and large growth. —Monticello Herald.

The Supreme court reversed the decision of the Circuit court in Luke Bissett’s case, because the prosecuting attorney . “made improper allusions about the accused and one of the - jurors, and because the criminal assault was alleged to have been committed in a field while the prosecuting witness, on examination, attempted to prove another place.”—Fowler Era.

The okl vidian Winter and the coy maiden Spring are still tusseling for the supremacy; and last Sunday night the old fellow gave the damsel a black eye, figuratively speaking, as the thermometer was far below the freezing point, and iee formed of considerable thickness,| and several biief snow storms occured during the night. Tuesday, also, was a day of Unmitigated abominations. A cold, raw wind prevailed all day, and, earlier in the day* there waa a considerable fall of enow, which later 6bM}|«4 to diilllkg rata.

Geo. Morgan has a new daughter, —born April, Bth. Y r ou should see the new Dress Goods, at Ellis & Murray’s. The largest line of canned .goods in town at Laßue Bros. Mrs. M. E. Davisson of Pleasant Rddge is slowly recovering- from a long illness. R. R. Miles’ tailor-made Jeans Pants, for sale only, by Ellis & Murray. We want to close out our "Boots and Shoes before the Sheriff comes and closes; Ludd Hopkins. Dr. F. P. Bitters is building a comfortable house, on Yan Rensselaer street, south of the school house. If you are needing anything in the Grocery line, call bn Laßue Bnjs., as they have a complete assortment at bottom prices. Mrs. Emmet Kannal and Geo. Hollingsworth were in attendance at the Chicago Opera Festival, Tuesday night. Miss Edith Miller was in Indianapolis last week, buying new stock for her millinery store, and posting up on the latest styles. Robert Porter intends to leave for Ladoga, this week, to attend the Central Indiana Normal' College. He;expects to be gone six months, or longer. A little daughter of Mr. and Mis. Thos. J-Lay of Union tp., died April sth. She whs about i three years old, and the only I daughter of her parents. A good many farmers began ! work in their fields, Monday, in 'this vicinity, but the rains of Tues- | day put a stop to the farther progress of farming operations. The Rensselaer Skating Rink is open every Saturday night, from 7:30 to 10 o’clock. O ood music in attendance. YTc W illey, ts .» Manager. The ensuing town election will be held Monday, May 4th. Besides Clerk, Marshal and Treasurer three Council men must be elected, for the Third, Fourth and Fifth Wards, to fill the places now occupied -by Messrs. Willey, Rhoades and Cleveland. George Stitz was taken .to the penitentiary, last Thursday, by Sheriff Yeomau. He was assigned to work in the cooper shop. When the Sheriff took leave of him, lie had already donned the convict’s i garb, but, the barber being otherwise occupied, his ornamental red beard had not yet fallen a prey k> the relentless rules of prison discipline, but it was only a matter of a few- hours time before it - would. Stitz was much broken up by his removal.

The monthly report of the Rensselaer schools for March makes the best showing of any month of the year: Whole nuniber enrolled, 317 Greatest number in school during one term, 290 Accessions, D Withdrawals, 9 Per cent of attendance, 94,80 Number of cases of tardiness 6 Nam ber of pupils tardy ~ ~ 6 Number of Teachers tardy 0 Visitors 19

Unfortunate Hengesbach. -MrFrank Hengesbach, who went to Germany last fall, with the expectation of improving his financial condition, is said to have lately landed in New York, in a state of insanity. His little daughter, | whom he took to the old country with the expectation of leaving with his sister, was brought back with him. Mr ; Hengesbach is now said to be in an insane asylum in New York, while the little girl has been sent to her friends in this place. Marriage Licenses. —The demand for marriage licenses still continues abnormally active. Four have been issued since last week, three of them on Monday. The following are the parties: j Edgar S. Vender smith, ( Lime D. Dewey. \ a * .\ ''T j William Michael, « \ Gatherina E. Kane. j Alfred Donelly, ( Grace A. O’Meara. ( Alfred Hilton, . i Sarah Hilton. ■*Vv .. 1 : W , .. . ■ «

Next Monday is the last day of grace for paying the first installment of taxes. j Bacon, Hams and Shoulders, just received, ajid they ari choice, at Laßue Bros,, Buy a pair of those perfect fit - ting Jeans Fants; at Ellis & Murray’s. The extension of Susan street through the old school lot was opened last Saturday. A Leopold, at the Bazar, is selling his entire stock of Boots and shoes at cost, to close. All kinds of Foreign and Domestic Dried and Evaporated fruits at Laßue Bros. Willey & Sigler have just secured 3000 yards of good Print, which they are going to sell at 5 cents per yd. i= Will Daugherty, son of G. P. Daugherty-, is raising a “crap” m the vicinity of South Raub, below Lafayette. Born:— April Bth, ISBS, to Mr. and Mrs. Thos. J. Fay, of Union township, twins. Mother and both babies doing well. Alfred Donnelly, two miles north of town, has caught the bird he built the cage for last year. He was married to Mis 3 Grace O’Meara last Tuesday. Mr. Frank Goodrich, of the west end of Carpenter tp., was in town yesterday. He reports that considerable farm work has been done in his part of the county. Mrs. Hemphill and Miss DeHaven, of the establishment of •Hemphill & Honan, w r ent to Chicago Tuesday morning, to buygojds and attend the Opera Festival. Mr. E. Wilson, of Indianapolis, is in town arranging to put a stock of millinery goods into George Kannal’s building, lately occupied by Parisboot and shoe store. * ■ Miss Emma Martin, of the Trade Palace millinery department, went to Chicago this morning, to get a spring stock of goods and also to observe tire new styles and fashions. Among the list of marriage licenses published last week was one issued to John Bonham and Oappie D. Bands. Later information developed the fact that the would-be bride was not of lawful age for marrying without her parents’ consent, and the father was disposed to object to the proposed match, most strenuously; and we understand that it is now declared, “off.” The age of the young lady •was misrepresented by the person who procured the license. The Central Tennessee College Colored Concert Company gave an entertainment at the Opera House Monday evening, to a fair sized audience. Those who attended are generally agreed in pronouncing the entertainment very fine. The company remained in town over Sunday, and in the evening, in accordance with notice given m the morning, a part of the troupe attended the M. E. church, and gave two or three songs, the church being filled far beyond its seating capacity. The singers made the great mistake of trying not to do weil at the church, with the result that many who heard them there were convinced that they would not be worth hearing at the Opera House, and stayed away accordingly

- A Big Case. —The evidence in the case of the Monnetts vs. Turpie Brothers, was all taken last at Delphi. The case was taken from this county, by the defendants, on change of venue. It involves the title to 550 acres of land in Jasper county, 160 acres in White county and 360 acres iu the state of Arkansas, all amounting in value to about $13,000. Many of onr readers will remember that in January, 1881, the Turpies traded to Thomas Monnett, for the above tracts of land, a stock of hardware, said to have been old and nearly worthless, and later, by some means, succeeded in keeping possession of the said stock. The present suit is brought by the plaintiffs- -asking the court to set aside the title of the land, given by Mr. Monnett to the Turpies, as invalid for want of consideration. Messrs. M. F. Chileote, of this place, and Judge Huff,, of Monticello, are the at* torsey* for the plaintiffs.