Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1885 — NEWS AND PERSONALS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS AND PERSONALS.

Baloon Rsceusion pt Remington Fair, next week. Sells* circus exhibited in Jtfonticello last Tuesday. Clerk Irwin’s oldest son, Schyle?, is sick in bed, with a fever. The Rensselaer teachers for the ensuing year are all in attendance at the Institute. Scott Barkley, of • Boscobel, Wis., is visiting friends and relatives in Rensselaer. J. M. Hodshire has the contract for the brick-work on Leopold’s new building. A son bom to Ur. nnd Mrs. Charles P. Benjamin, of Newton tp., on Saturday last. The school Board proposes to distribute the catalogues the week before the school opens. Mr. and Mrs. Flowers, of Sheldon, 111., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Ramey, in this place. Remember, the post-office is the place to buy your school books.

Those Boye’ and r Ghildrens’ clothing at Ralph Fendigs, are nice, durable and cheap. Dawson Smith, the attorney late of Fowler, has removed to ILansas^ M. L. Spitler had a second severe attack of the cholera morbus last Saturday, but was out again by Monday morning. The public schools will open Monday, September Stli. The patrons should have the children ready to attend the first day and every day after that if possible. Mr. J. T. Hemphill, engineer on the Southern Pacific railroad, has come home to visit his mother and family. On his way he stopped at Hot Springs, Ark., for a couple of weeks, for medical treatment.

Herbert, the two year old son of Ira Gay,-of Marlboro, but formerly of Rensselaer, was buried last Sunday. The cause of tlie death was a brain disease following inflammation of the bowels. The Rev. 0. A. Rice conducting the funeral services. The Day Brothers and Meclieus fire plastering S. P. Thompson’s new house. This notable trio of mortar manipulators have xlone a vast amount of work this season, in this and other towns and surrounding country. M. E. Baylor, book-keeper at A. Leopold’s Bazar, is in Chicago this week, selecting a fine stock of goods to be ready for fair week, and Mr. Leopold assures us that these goods will be sold cheaper than the cheapest. Be sure to call at Leopold’s Bazar, when in town.

M. F. Chilcote made a flying trip to Decatur county, far out towards the northwest corner of Kansas, last week, reaching home, on his return, Sunday evening.. He traveled over 1800 miles by rail, and seventy by team, during his absence, got lost on a big prairie, slept one night in a haymow, and brought back the worst cold he ever had in his life. A base-ball club in Rensselaer, called the Kids, and composed wholly of young boys of about the age of 15 years and thereabouts, w r ent down to Monon last Friday to play a match game w ith A scrub nine there. The latter elub w-as composed mainly of young men, but they couldn’t play ball for cold victuals. Charley Warner, of Rensselaer, umpired the game, while Charley Sears went along with the dub in the capacity of general overseer. l*he result of the game was a victory for the Kids afthe rate of 35 runs for them to 15 for the big lubbers.

Dr. Wirt, the dentist, of Monticello, was in town Saturday. All goods down to oost at La dies’ Bazar. Mrs. Samuel Scott has been in very poor health for five or six weeks. The most complete stock of Dry Goods-*new and cheap—at Ralph Fendig’s. F. B. Meyer and wife went to Chicago, Monday evening, on business and pleasure. . Miss Minnie Warwick of Cincinnati, is visiting Miss Allie Paxton, of Newton township. John Cooper and wife of Barkley tp. are both very sick, and the Jatter’s condition is dangerous. Misses Yantis and Oox, the last of the complement of the Reneselaer teachers, arrived last evening. Ysy for your wire. Pay for your twine. Pay what you owe us, and be happy. N. Warner &Sons. Mrs. James P. Overton, of Hanging Grove tp., died on Wednesday of last week, of uremic poisoning. A gentleman’s complete outfit —suit of clothing hats, boots and —gloves can be bought cheap at Ralph Fendig's.

At*the post-office you will find a large and well selected stock of school supplies; the best place in town to get what you want. The State Board of Health has ordered the County officers to enforce. the new law regulating the practice of medicine and surgery. Pretty flowered scratch books at the post-office; stop when you go for your mail and examine. Books from B cts. upwards. Misses Sarah and Tude Ellis, sisters of J. H. Ellis, returned to their home in Kokomo, last Monday, after a visit with the latter. —W AN TED. —All parties knowing themselves to be indebted to me are requested to call and settle at once. R. H. Yeoman. The new teacher for the First Primary Dept, in the Rensselaer schools is Miss Lottie O. Hester, of Charlestown, Clark county, this state.-

If you want a suit of clothes made to order, with quality of goods, and workmanship and fit of garments guaranteed, call at the Trade Palace. The infant child of Clementine Timmons, east of town, died suddenly last Saturday night. It had been sick several days but took worse and died unexpectedly. Get your children ready for school, by calling at Ralph Fendig’s, who has the most complete stock of Children and Boys’ clothing ever displayed in this market. Suits to order.- Willey & Sigler, at Trade Palace, have the agency for the celebrated house of Browning, King & Co., of New York. If you want a suit ot clothes made to order call and inspect their samples and get a suit that will be warranted to give satisfaction.

e The annual session of the Northwest Indiana Conference convenes at Valparaiso, Ind., next Thursday, Sept. 3rd, and consequently the labors of Rev. T. C. Webster, pastor of the M. E. church of Rensselaer, will close next Sabbath for the conference year. He will preach his last sermon on Sunday morning. In the evening the service will be of a social character, and all cliristain people will be invited to speak. The entire community is Cordially inrited to attend the services.

All persons indebted to us by note or o therwise, will please call and settle. We need our money, and must have it. N. Warner k Sons. J. p. Willey, of the Trade Palace, started, Sunday night, for Indianapolis,.Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and the eastern market, to lay in a fall and winter stock. D. M. Nelson, the efficient and energetic County Superintendent of Jasper county, was in town last Saturday, on business conn ected with educational matters. —• Kentl and Gazette.

The young fellow who wanted to buy a cheap marriage license, second hand or otherwise, finally conceded to pay the full price rather than (so without, and obtained one last week. On or about, September 12th, Miss Emma M cCormick will take charge of the Dress-making department at my Millinery Store. Ladies of Rensselaer and vicinity are' respectfully invited to call. Mrs. Sadie Laßue. Work on the foundation of Mr. Stockton’s residence, on Division street, is under full headway. The building will be slightly larger than Mr. Williams’ adjoining house, and will cost, we are informed, about $4,000. Mrs. Jennie Cissel, whose health has been very poorly for some time, lias gone with her children, to Mexico, Miami county, this state, where her mother, resides, and where she will remain until her health improves, after which she will return to Rensselaer and make arrangements to join her husband at Freeport, Kansas.

A number of our exchanges have been promising their readers a brilliant comet during the present month, their authority being based upon the predictions of a Kentucky astronomer. The comet has not materialized, nor is there-any prospect ot its so doing, and our contemporaries must learn not to pin their faith to Kentucky astronomers. They take their observations through lon g heeled bottles of “mountain dew” and see more blazing stars and fiery sirpents than blazed over Rome, the night before Caesar was jabbed into giblets, in the capitol.

As alrevy of ladies were goin g home from a meeting of the Ladies Literary Society, last week they saw another member who had not attended the meeting, entering her house, and one of the ladies announced her intention of flinging a club at the said member. Suiting the action to the word, she gathered a club and threw it, with a woman’s usual accuracy of aim, at the house door, but of course it went through the parlor window, with a fearful crash. Result: Lady in house badly frightened, lady out doors in consternation, and any amount of subsequent chaffing.

A Mr. Jackson, lately from St. Louis, Mo., who with his family is now .stopping with Mrs. Hopkins on Front St, was lately the victim of a most cruel sw-indlei Some conscienceless sharper induced him to trade a house and lot in St Louis, worth $2,000, for 300 acres of land in Union tp., this county. He has just come here with the intenlion of settling upon the land and finds that it is swamp land and not worth more than $3 an acre, to start with, and incumbered for more than it is worth, with mortl gages and tax-titles. The house and lot are thus a total loss, ’ and as Mr. Jackson is a poor man the matter is a severe blow to himself and family.

Everybody should buy their school books and supplies at the P. 0., because you can get just what you want for the feast money. Sheriff Yeoman got back from Indianapolis with John Henkle, last Thursday. Efe reports that Mr. Henkle has fully recovered the use of his mental faculties. ; Emmet went to Chicago, Tuesday evening, to Isy in a stock of School Supplies, to be in readiness for the commencement of school, week after n ext. ' On the last Saturday of August, I will hold an examination for admission to, Perdue University. • D; M. Nelson, Go. Supt. 17-47-5 t Samples of those Tailor-made suits were received at the Trade Palace, Monday evening. Now is the time to make selections for a good, durable, nice suit of clothes, tailor-made, at moderate prices. My stock of Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, is of the best manufacture, and was bought on the lowest market ever known, and will be sold at prices that will make purchasers glad. Ralph Fendig. James M. Patton, better known in this place, of which he was once a resident, as Jimmie Patton, was married last Thursday at Lafayette, to Miss Sarah M. Harris, of that city*. Mr. Patton how holds the lucrative office of Register of Deeds, in Columbia, Dakota.

Another spelling match was held last week, on Wednesday evening. Owing to the fact that protracted meetings were in progress in the M. E. church the match was held at the court house. Two prizes were given, of which Mrs. James Maloy took the first and Miss Lydia Dwiggins second. Dr. F. P. Bitters’ late trip to Rochester was for the purpose of assisting in removing an internal cancer from the person of his aunt, Mrs. A. T. Bitters, wife of the able editor of the Rochester Sentinel. It was a dreadfully severe and dangerous operation, but was successfully performed. Mrs. H. E. James has recovered from,her sickness, mentioned last week. We were misinformed as to the nature of her disease, as it was lung fever and not hay fever from which she suffered. The latter disease, we are informed on good a uthority, is seldom or never severe enough to cause people to take to their beds, although the annoyance it occasions is unendurabte. An exchange hits the nail on the head when it says: “When you hear a man sneering at the local papers because they are not as big, cheap and newsy as the large city papers, you can safely bet that he does net squander hie wealth; in assisting to make them better, and that generally the papers have done more for him than he has for them. The man who can not see the benefit arising to a town from its hasn’t the sense of on oyster, and he is of about as much value to a town as a delinquent tax list” R. P. Benjamin has established telephone communication between his office and Hardman’s jewelry store. Any one wishing to order lumber, lath, shingles, wood or anything in that line, will find this a great convenience. He is now delivering sawed wood at $3,75. This is the cheapest way to get wood as yon get better measure than you do when you buy cord wood and have it sawed. Try a cord or two and see for yourself. ts.