Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1885 — NEWS AND PERSONALS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS AND PERSONALS.

G. P; Mitchell, the successful life insurance man, was in town the first of the week. We mean just what we say, our lamps must go, regardless of cost. F. B. Meyer. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Warren went to New Albany last Thursday for a few days visit with relatives of the latter. A beautiful line of Ladies’ hand bags, at F. B. Meyers’, at* wonderful low prices, just the thing tor a Christmas or New Years present. lely, Yates, the pleasant clerk with John Eger, the grocer, rejoices over a first born child, at hi§, house. A girl, born Tuesday morning.

The largest and best stock of Juvenile books, and standard books j for older people, at prices that will j astonish you. Call in and see j them, at F. B. Meyer’s. • Capt. Babcock, attorney for War- ! tena, is preparing to carry the case to the supreme court, and the circuit clerk is preparing a transcript of the trial, at his orders. “ Do not- be deceived. F. B. Meyer sells School, Books and other standard books as cheap as anybody, and has a very large stock to select from. Wm. Essen, a good citizen of Manteno, Kankakee county, 111., was in town Tuesday. He is thinking of buying land and settling in Jordan tp> Born. Dec. 17tli, to the wife of Peter Wagner," of Rensselaer, a ten pound son. Christmas Day, to the wife of Albert Parker, of •Hanging Grove tp., a nine pound daughter.

J asper Ken ten, of Surrey, has so f<ir recovered the use . of' his broken leg, as to be able to get about, by the use of crutches. He was laid up three months, but has been fortunate in that lie suffered but little pain. Express Agent Reevej is about to'remove the expresskand telegraph < slice into the small room in McCoy’s bank building, which opens oh Van Rensselaer street, find adjoins the stairway to Thompsons <k Hro’s law office. It is a neat little room for the purpose. Just Received. —At Leopold’s, for the. Holidays, the finest lot of Men’s, Youths’ And Boys’Clothing, toga the r ay ith til e most elegant department of Children’s-Suits, at prices that will defy all competition. Please call soon and be surprisde. The attendance at a school in Carpenter tp., recently ran down to one scholar, and ivas then, very properly closed. At the “last day” the one lone scholar, with' the teacher for his audience, stood up and “spoke* his' piece” with great applause from" the sclioolmaam’s corner.

Christmas Sve was mrale joyous to large' numbers of Rensselaer j children, by Christmas trees, at | the M. E, ami Presbyterian church-1 es. Large numbers of presents were distributed at both places, and appropriate exercises heldThe attendance at each was very large, Mr. Christian Jessen, of Washingtonitp., Newton county/ whose long and painful sickness lifts already been mentioned in this - paper, died at his home on Tuesday of last week. He was 54 years old and; one of Newton county’s earliest settlers; having indeed, settled there while Newton county was still a part of Jasper county. Deceased was an htncle of J; H, /#§«;>A, of thin place.

N. Wi Re6ve will move his family into hi,s lately purchased house, at the south end of Yan Rensselaer street, within a few days. . i. Prof. ReubeltjS German and book-keeping classes now number 21 and 27 and are making-very gratifying progress. Lewis Roberts, late of Rensserlaer, was in town a short time last week. He is now engaged in dealing in horses, at Exeter, in Nebraska. Mrs. W. J. Wright, whose accident by a fall on the ice was mentioned a few weeks ago, is making very satisfactory progress towards recovery

1 Thejjjbig sale of personal property belonging to thb late MadisoD Makeever’s estate came off last Tuesday. The property sold well, for the most part, and brought an | aggregate - sum of about $2,000. The “Immortal J. N.,” who has been lifting the pressure from the people in' this state and vicinity for tile past 75 years, more or less,' has emigrated to Kansas and is uoav rendering that important service to the citizens of Anthony A— Michigan City Enterprise. I A remarkable fact iii regard to the newly born daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hale Warner is that all four of the infant’s great-grand-mothers are still living. This is certainly a most unusual circumstance, and probably does not happen in the case of one child in ten thousand. «s. The Riley Dramatic Company have been performing at neighboring towns for several weeks—

at Monticello, VVinamac, &c., and are receiving exceedingly favor#** ble notices in the papers of the j various towns where performing, lit is probable that the - company | will revisit Rensselaer before the I close of J a unary. Among the interesting cases to be tried at the January term of the Jasper circuit court, will be : that of Reuben Haas against Fran•cis Phelps. The plaintiff claims I that defendant alienated his, ( plaintiff’s) Avife’s affection, and on several specified occasions, was altogether too intimate with asks for §5,000- damage s,r" wlpreAvith to heal his outraged feelings. Dr. J. W. Merry, a\ t lio has been j for the last seventeen years practicing medicine at Montgomery, 4 Hillsdale county, Mich., has just located at Mount Airy, eight miles west of Rensselaer. The doctor is a brother-in-law of the Chilcote brothers, of this place, and a ve y pleasant and affable gentleman. \Ve believe that he will build up a good practice at Mount Airy.