Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1885 — NEWS AND PERSONALS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS AND PERSONALS.

Zimri Dwiggins ans family, of Oxford, were in town over Sunday. Those Boys’ and Childrens’ clothing at Ralph Fendig’s, are nice, durable and cheap. Mr. James Akers, an old resident who has been in Michigan for a year or so, is in Rensselaer again, for a short time. Pretty flowered scratch books at the post-office; stop when you go for your mail and examine. Rooks from 3 cts. upwards. The M. E. Industrial Society will meet next "Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Mrs. Peter Rhoads’, near the old school house, at 2 p. m. Mrs. J. A- Sharp, wife of our popular photographer, who has been very seriously sick with an attack of nervous fever, is slowly recovering. A very nice lot of evergreens, 3 to 5 feet high, eight varieties, at the low rates of 12 to 20 centß per foot in liight, at the Rensseaer Nursery.

Solicitor Borchardt left last •night to attend to very important business in Indiana. His friends will heartily wish him a pleasant trip, a capital prize, and that his and her future pathway may be strewn with all that can aggrandize their happiness in this Me-Bruns-wick, Ga„ Herald. B. F. Ferguson is still buying grain, and paying the highest market price for it at Rensselaer. Also at Marlborough, and will put in a stock of lumber at that place. Will be ready for the fall trade. If Miss Maggie Israel, of Greensburg, Kan., with her half brother, Claude Hopkins, son of Mrs. C. M. Hopkins, whose late sad death by lightning at Greensburg, has been noticed before, arrived in Rensselaer last week, and are stopping with Mrs Jas. Yeoman.

An account of the recently- discovered township trustee frauds may be found on one of our inside pages. New discoveries are being made almost daily, and the aggregate amount of the steal is already said to have reached §250,000, and no one knows how much more will turn up. Superintendent Nelson has, nearly completed the work of' grading tire “ninety and nine” sets of papers, made at the big teachers’ examination the Saturday following Institute week. He pronounces the papers to be very good, us a general .thing, and says that sixty or more'of the applicants will receive licenses.

The Rensselaer Republican takes our scrub base ball nine to task for not appearing on their grounds last week as per agreement. Bro. Marshall W admit that it was very “unpurty 1 ’ for our scrub nine to do afe they did, but, our town is not responsible for our juveniles. We are not at all bash : ful, however, about saying thal Monon has a club that iatVfiftiiig to allow you to entertain thenu, or they will entertain your boys in the best style possible if they will come over.—Monon Diipvtirht ." • V ■ . '

The Francesville fair begins next Tuesday. Miss Babcock has sold the Ladies B;izar. Mrs. F. L. Cotton, of Kearney, Neb., came last night. ■. New Hats, latest styles, at Mrs. E. Wilson’s. Sam Nichols, the night operator has moved into W. W. Watson’s house, on River street ' ■ i —Remember, the post-office is the place to buy* your school books. , If you want a variety of fruit you know something about, go to the Rensselaer nursery. All summer goods will be sold at and below cost at Mrs. Sadie Laßue’s! ... 4 Mr. S .T. Warren, late of Rensselaer, and the Assessor of Marion township, has removed to the vicinity of Kearney, Neb.

Patrick McGuire, the supposed murderer of Michael Kain, in Fulton county, has not yet been captured, and it is scarcely probable that he ever will, All persons indebted to us by note or otherwise, will please call and settle. We need our money, and must have it. * N. Warner & Sons. Owing to the fact that the fair was held over until Saturday, and it being a bad day also’ the Rev. T. C. Webster’s sale was posponed until Monday axiernoon, when it took place in the court house yard. WANTED. —All parties knowing themselves to be indebted to me are requested to call and settle at oDce. R. H. Yeoman.

Cheap Fakes. —During every .day of this week Station Agent, Wren, will sell round trip tickets to Chicago for .§2.95. A good chance to see the great Illinois State Fair. . f, . " ’ V John M. Welch, the erratic young postmaster at Wheatfield, on the Three I road, has made a bad mess of the affairs of the office, and has been removed, and Stephen D. Clark appointed in his place. ’lt is fair to state that Mr. Clark, who is au excellent young man, and the man whom he succeeds are both Democrats.

A tight-rope fiend gave exhibitions op Thursday and Friday afternoons of last week, upon a rope stretched from the top of Leopold’s brick building across Washington street to the top of the Opera House. He was a rather reckless rooster and went through some rather startling antics on the rope. He depended for his pay upon public collections, taken before the exhibition, v.

Supt. Woodard’ of the L. N. A. & C. road, quite recently gave a person who had been discharged a letter of highly commendatory character. After roaming about for a day or two, the discharged party returned and asked Superintendant Woodard for a position on the road upon the strength of his letter, written a couple of days before. So pleased with the cheek of the a pplicant was Superintend dent ’Woodard that he employed him in his old position.—lndianapolis Journal.

The ladies of the Presbyterian Industrial Society wish to tender their thanks to all persons who so kindly aided them by donations and other ways, in their efforts atgiving meals at the Fair Grounds; Among whom they especially mention Messrs. R. P. Benjamin, J. H. Ellis, J. J. Eiglesbach, N. V. Cleaand—otttbrs. Notwithstanding the lon g continued bad weather, the lltmevlaking was a success, for which they sincerely thank all persons who patronized them or asiieted them in way ttwaaw,

Miss Louise Platt has returnee from her visit in Chicago. School Books and school supplies of all kinds, at Kannal’s. Spear Head Plug Tobacco, a Kannal’s. Dont forget that you can buy summer goods bel'ow cost at Mrs. Sadie Laßue’s. Brother Coover, of > the Remington News, became, the proud parent of a first-born son, last week

Miss Emma McCormick has arrived and is ready to do your dress making. Call and see her at Mrs. Sadie Laßue’s. The W. 0. T. U. will meet at Mrs. Col. Healey’s next Friday, Sept. 18, *at, at 3 o’clock. All members are requested to be present. Rose Paris Sec’y

Apple' trees 20 to 23 cents; Russian Mulberry 25 cents, 3 to 5 feet high; Early Richmond cherry 50 cents; Strawberry plants 50 cfents to $1 per hundred, at the Kensselaer Nursery. The frost of Sunday morning, Sept., 6 was much heavier in the south part of the county, than in the vicinity of Rensselaer, and considerable damage to the corn crop is reported. \ At Once.—All parties knowing themselves indebted to me for blacksmithing, will confer a favor by calling at once and settling, by cash or note. I must close up my books. L. C. Grant.

Mr, Willis Imes lias lately sold his interest in the store at North Auburn, Neb., to his partner, J. I. Purcupile, and he is now visiting old friends in this vicinity.. Mrs. Imes is still at North Auburn. Ladies, come in and price our millinery; we have some of our Fall styles now. Hemphill & Honan. Fred Griffin and Chas. Robinson, of Remington, put O. B. Mclntire’s two-year old Hambletonian oolt on the freight train Tuesday night, to take him to Chicago, where he is entered to trot next T uesday, at the races of the Northwestern Horse Breeders Association. Mr. Samuel Borchardt, formerly a resident of Rensselaer, and an employee of iSlr. R. Fendig, the merchant, but now a successful

lawyer in Brunswick, Georgia, is visiting his old friends jn Rensselaer, for a month or so. We learn that Mr. Borchardt is likely to become the son-in-law of his old employer, before many months have passed away. Two of the ladies of the Presbyterian Industrial Society write to ask us to state, to correct a wrong impression that they * think prevails, that the society had no ownership nor interest in a silk quilt that was offered for sale by shares, at the county fair. The Society had a fine quilt on exhibition, and it took a premium, ant they intend soon to sell if at auction, for the benefit of the church; but further than that, they have no interest in nor responsibility for the manner of sale of any other quilt. .

All Aboard. —A vast crowd of people congregated at the depot last Tuesday morning to meet the Chicago excursion train. It came a little before nine o'clock or about 40 minutes - late. There were seven passenger coaches in the train and by the time the Rensselaer delegation were all aboard, it was evident that a few of them Would haye difficulty in finding seats. .The number of tickets sold here was 115, of which 45 yece two day tickets, enabling their holders to stay in the city until the next day.

Mr. Frank. Hopkins, of Chicago, Dephow of J. M. Hopkins, is visiting friends in this town*. The most complete stock of Dry Goods—-new and cheap—at. Ralph Fendig’s. New goods j ust received and at bottom prices at Mrs. Sadie LaRue’s. Mr. Jay Williams and his daughter Mary for Ohio, Tuesday, to make ■ a two weeks visit to old friends of the former.

At the post-oflice you will find a large and well selected stock of school supplies; the.best place in town to get what you want. f Married. —Sept., 13th 1885, by the Re*. Peter Hinds, at his resi idence north of town, Mr. Samuel H. Norman and Miss Mary Jane Wood. .

Hurrah for the Red Ribbon! — Remember tlnj Bread that took ;he preminm at the Rensslaer fair was made from Gold Medal*Flonr. For sale only by Laßue Bros. The Rev. David Handley, the new Methodist minister, and family, came on the evening train, yesterday. He will hold services at the M. E. church next Sunday, at the usual hours.

Lieut. W. H. Rhoades returned from a business and pleasure trip to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, Tuesday evening. He was accompanied TiomeTTiy his uncle and" aunt, Mr. an"d Mrs. Duren, of Calais, Maine.^ The M. E. Church at this place has flourished greatly during the last two years and now has a total membership of 165. With so strong a membership it would seem that the society ought before many years to be able to erect a respectable place of worship.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Kaunal returned from their eastern trip Tuesday mornm& Mr. Kannal reports a very interesting and profitable meeting of the Pharmaceutical Association, at Pittsburg, and Mrs. Kannal had a very pleasant visit with her Ohio friends. Mr. Arthur White, a young man formerly a resident of this vicinity, but now of Delphi, came over to attend the fair and greet old friends. He had not seen the town for eight years and naturally was much struck by the changes that have taken place in that time.— — ~ " ~.—. ■ - It is many months since anything has been heard in regard to either the Rochester, Rensselaer & St. Louis, or the Ft. W., Peoria & Galesburg, Railroads, and it is safe to say that both projects are defunct The tax voted by Marion township in the summer of 1883, In aid of the first mentioned of the above roads, expired by limitation on the first of the present month.

The Clerk of the Circuit Court has, since our last report, issued licenses authorizing the marriage of the following couples: j Walter Harrington, ( Amber Greenfield. \ Thos. Thompson, ] Jennie M. Lerue. j John C. Hickcin, I Mary Warren. j William Schultz, ] Berta Schultz. j Wilson Shaffer, l Emma Bislosky. j Samuel H. Norman, ( Mary Jane Wood.

Take Notice Everybody!—That on and after September 16th, 1885, I will sell Coal for cash, as follows : Chestnut and stove coal at $6.85 per ton. Egg coal 86.65 per ton. I No. 4 coal $7.00 per ton.' These prices are for coal on track; but will weigh out in any quantity to suit purchaser, 35 cents per ton added for delivery,] 118-2-ts. ’ C. D. Novels.

The Hon John Way mire now wears the badge of the G. A. R., having become a member at a late meeting of the Post. ’ If yon want home grown fruit trees you can find them at the Rensselaer nursery. The cheapest place in town to buy millinery goods at bottom prices at Mrs. Sadie Laßue’s. Mrs. Edward Rinehart, of Delphi, is the guest of Mrs. Wm. Rinehart of this place. Op ening the Season.--—The Opera House Skating Rink will, be open ed and a grand good skate held there next Saturday night.

Everybody should buy their school books Rnd supplies at the P. 0., because you can get just what you want for the least money. o The managers of the fair knocked out the poultry show when they cut out all premiums on spring chickens. The Freeport, Kansas, Leader M. O. Cissel’s paper, reports a very destructive wind and hail storm at that town on Monday night, of last week.

A gentleman’s complete outfit —suit of clothing hats, boots and gloves—can be bought cheap at Ralph Fendig's. The Rev. J. C.* Mcßeynolds, of the Rensselaer circuit, will fill appointments next Sunday, - as follows; Watson’s 11 a. m. Pleasant Grove 3:30 p. m. Pleasant Ridge 7:30 p. m. All persons indebted to the undersigned, either by note or bouk account, will confer a favor upon me by calling in and settling, as I must have money. N. Y. Cleaver.

The Rev, T. C. Webster and family made their final departure from Rensselaer Tuesday morning. They will not go direct from Rensselaer to Nebraska, however, \dtivisit friends in this state and Illinois for a week or two. Married:— John L. Makeever, formerly of this place, and Miss Jennie Jarmm, were married at Osceola, Neb., on Sept. 3rd. According to the account given by the Osceola papers, tho marriage must have been an unusually happy occasion.

Exposition Rates. —On Tuesdavs and Thursdays of every week until Oct., 14th, the station ageist at Rensselaer will sell round trip tickets to Chicago and and back, for $2.95, for the round trip. Returning, the tickets are good on any regular train until the Monday following the day when sold. 18-2-3 t.

A remarkable meeting took place at the residence of Sidnial King, north of town, last Sunday, Sep. 13. At a family reunion jeld there four sisters met who iad not all been under the same roof at the same time, since the marriage of the eldest, forty-two years ago. Their names and ages are as follows: Mrs. Elizabeth of Jasper county, age 66. Mrs. Sarah Kirby, of Clinton county, 64. Mrs. Jane King, Rensflelaer, 62. Mrs. Margaret Louks 1 , Clinton county 55. The number of relatives who ate dinner at Mr. King’s house, Sunday, was thirty-nine.