Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1885 — NEWS AND PERSONALS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS AND PERSONALS.

Born. —Sunday morning, June 7th, in Rensselaer, Ind., to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Duvall, a son. New Hats, latest styles in Bonnets, and new millinery goods ‘generally, at Mrs. E. Wilson’s. Mrs. Ella Cole is here from New Albany, to attend the wedding of her sister, Miss Madge Osborne. , John Millman, whose ihsanity was mentioned in last week’s Republican,;has been accepted by the State Asylum and is to be taken there next Monday. Miss Jennie Duvall, who has been staying with her uncle m Chicago, for the last year, has just been visiting with her relatives here, .returning to Chicago this week.

The high board wall that surrounded the Wartner gallows, beside the jail, has been removed, and the gallows now stands out in full view of all who wish to see it. It makes a rather striking lawn ornament, for the jail yard. The rain fall of last Thursday afternoon was truly phenominai in its magnitude. The storm did not continue above a couple of hours, but the oldest inhabitant cannot remember a greater fall of rain during the same length of time - .

David Mikels, an eccentric citizen of Union tp., has created considerable excitement in his neighborhood by prospecting for gold, in a gravel hill, on his fatm. We have not learned that anything more promising than pyrites of iron has been discovered. Mrs. Daniel Grant, quite an elderly lady, living a mile west of town, fell Tuesday, and badly injured her right hip. Dr. Washburn, who was called to treat the case, reports that the injured place was so badly bruised that he could not determine, for a certainty, whether a fracture existed or not, but he fears that it does. such be the case, the injury is very serious. Peter Weber, who was shot in the express robbery on the I/-, N. A. & C., April 29th, resumed his position on the train this week. His surgeon had intended to remove the ball from Mr. Weber’s neck on Friday last, but concluded not to do so till the weather again becomes cool. George K. Davis, the wounded express messenger, was able to be bn the street at Louisville, Saturday, and will soon be fully recovered. Jerry Healy, for so long waiter in the dining parlors of the Cushwa Restaurant, has been promoted tp chief clerk. No finer little gentleman ever stood behind ttie counter; courteous, obliging, he will win his Yay to the front ranks in the restaurant business. Jerry is an honored member of the popular and talented “Sanssouci;” may he continue in the path of duty winning friends until he is partner of the Uushwa Bros, —Frankfort Banner.

The 1000 tasty and truly handsome programmes of the High School Commencement exercises were printed in The Republican job office, as w’ere also those elegant wedding invitations, some of our lucky readers have received this week; and now that we think about, we pause to remark that there is no sort of reason why so many of our people should think they must send away from the town for their fine printing. In the matter of wedding invitations, for instance, we can do just as fine work, and furnish as elegant and stylish goods as can be had any place, and our prices are certainly no higher. The venerable and universally esteemed Daniel Dwiggins, died suddenly at his residence on the west Side, last Friday morning of apoplexy. The funeral was held Sunday morning at the Church of God; and was one of the largest that has ever been known in the place. The religious services were conducted by the Rev. T. C. Webster, of the M. E. Church, whose discourse was of a character to win the highest commendations. Mr Dwiggins has long been a resident of Rensselaer and was among our best known citizens, among whom his genial and sterling character was held in the highest regard. An extended sketch of Mr. Dwiggins’ life will be found in another column of this paper.

Dr. Bitters’ brothef, C. K. Bitters, of Rochester, Ind., anti his cousin. Miss Lelia Kuhn, of Pennsylvania, visited him over Sunday. I wish to sell out my entire stock of goods, and will sell cheap for cash. Mollie W. Babcock. “Ladies’ Bazar.” Prof. Kirsch is visiting the state Normal, at Terre Haute, and Mrs. Kirsch is with her parents, at Crawfordsville.

Thanking the Ladies for past favois, would invite their continued patronage. Mrs. E. Wilson. John Vosburgh, from the far south end of Newton county, was in town last Saturday with a team of twin horses, roans in color and perfect mates, which he sold to a horse dealer for a good price.

The widow and children of Daniel Dwiggins, deceased, thank the relatives, friends and neighbors for their kindness and assistance during the illness and funeral ceremonies of the deceased. A rather remarkable coincidence is found in the fact that in the first two marriage licenses issued by the Circuit Clerk, since our last report, the prospective brides were both “grass” widows, both from Union tp., and both were granted divorces during the present term of court.

The change ot time on the railroad necessitates a corresponding change in the time for closing the mails, at the post-office; and Postmaster James gives notice that hereafter mails for the south bound morning train will close at 10:30 a. m., and for] the north •bound afternoon train the mails will close at 3:50 p. ni.

We learn that a paper is in circulation calling a meeting to organize for a Fourth of July celebration. Rensselaer ought, by all mearis, to celebrate, this year, and there is no time to lose in making preparations for it. Let us all go to work and get up a rattling good celebration. One that will ba worthy of the day and a credit to town and county.

The big wind last Sunday night played G. C.. Starr, the grocer, a pretty scurvy trick. The awning had not been raised over night, and when the wind caught It, one of the iron bars was swung around in such a manner as to break one of the large plate windows, in front of the store. The window is very large, and very heavy, and the total expense of replacing it will not be much, if any, less than one hundred dollars.

Late Licenses—Since last reported the Circuit Clerk has issued marriage licenses to the following couples: ( Henry Darner, ( Sarah M. Thornton. ( John P. Petty, ( Ellen Baker. j John S. Williams, | Frances Adams. j John F. Warren, ( Amanda W. Osborne. ~~~ ——-4-—~ -■ Two aged and greatly esteemed citizens of Rensselaer, Daniel Dwiggins, and George Kannal, have died, suddenly, since the last issue of The Republican. Their deaths occurred within five days of each other. Both were old meh, past the allotted years of three score and .ten, and both had long been residents of the town. They had long been near neighbors and close friends, and had some mutual relatives and many mutual friends.

Mrs. L. E. Bailey, of New York, gave a temperance lecture at the M. E. church last -Sunday evening. Opinions seem to differ widely in regard to both the merits of the lecture, and the methods advocated; and, although the general drift of comment seemed favorable, on the whole, there are some who appear to think that reformers who, like Mrs. Bailey, think there is no possible merit in any way but her way, in dealing with the liquor question, and who, like her, seepi to regard every friend of temperance. who does not agree with her as to the best means of advancing the temperance cause, as more deserving of censure than the open enemies of temperance, themselves, are really doing more harm than good to the temperance cause.

J no. G. Reynolds has sold out his saloon business, in Lafayette, and located permanently in Rensselaer. The venerable Moses E. Davisson, of Pleasant Ridge, is very low with lung disease, and the ills of old age. He is about seventy-five years old. The grand jury labored four days and all they brought forth was two poor, little indictments for illegal sale of liquor; aud the court has already got more indictments for that offence on hand than it knows what to do with.

On Thursday of last week occured the movable festival of Corpus Christi, a great holiday in the Catholic church. High Mass was celebrated in the Catholic church at this place, and the occasion brought in the Catholic brethren from the surrounding country, in great numbers. The new name for it, “SJieol” does not seem to have reached Dakota, yet, to judge from the following local advertisement from the Highmore, Dakota, Vox Populi: “A hail storm might knock hell out of your crops. Insure them with Price $ Price, and be on the safe side.” An exchange says that if you ask some men for advertising or locals they say they don’t believe in advertising—a paper is never read. Let the same man be caught kissing his neighbor’s wife, or trying to hold up a building some dark night, and if the printing office is in the seventeenth story of a building, he’ll go to it and beg the editor to keep the matter quiet—’“don’t publish it in your paper, you know.”

Some fellow finds considerable amusement for himself and tribulation for Sheriff Yeoman, by “monkeying” with the court house bell. Not long since it would not ring at al', when the Sheriff pulled the rope, and upon investigation he found that the clapper had been tied fast with a rope; and a few days ago he found that an old arctic overshoe had been drawn over the clapper of the bell, and securely fastened there. . Among the marriage licenses reported this week is that of John S. Williams and Miss Frances Adams. The parties were married Tuesday, at the home of the bride’s father, Henry I. Adams, the ExTreasurer, in Jordan tp. Mr. Williams is not a resident of this county, but belongs in Woodland, Ills., we understand. The charming Miss Adams is well known in Rensselaer, and vicinity, having been an attendant of the town high school here, and later a teacher in the country schools of the vicinity.

A very lively wind storm came up from the northwest Sunday evening, about half-past nine o’clock. The wind was so violent and the streets so full of dust that persons out of doors were unable to proceed, and were compelled to seek the first shelter they could find, and remain there until the first violence of the storm had abated. No damage has been reported greater than the breaking down of a few shade trees and the overturning of an occasional out building, except the breaking of Mr. Starr’s window, mentioned elsewhere.

A serious fire occurred about one and a half miles northeast from town last Monday afternoon, in the burning of a dwelling house, and the most of its contents. The house was the property of F. M. Parker, and was occupied by Jos. Coons, as a renter. The fire is supposed to have begun on the roof, probably by sparks from the chimney, and when discovered was under such headway that nothing could be done to arrest it, nor very much in the wa/ of saving the household goods of the family. An organ and a few feather beds being about all that was saved. Mr. Coons is a poor man, and the fire has left himself and family in a very destitute condition. A subscription paper for his benefit was in circulation yesterday, and the day before, and we are glad to note was being quite extensively signed, 1 by the charitably disposed. Mrs; Coons is quite a popular carpet weaver, and among the losses at the fire were several carpets, or the materials for making them, belonging to parties living in Rensselaer.' Among others who suffered losses in this way, we learn the names of Mrs. Allen Catt, Mn, Weathers and Mrs. Dunn.