Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1886 — NEWS AND PERSONALS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS AND PERSONALS.

Jay Dwiggins started for Florida, last Tuesday. R. H. Grahnru, of Chicago, was iu town Tuesday, in the interest of the Chicago Herald. The Ladies’ Literary society will meet at the residence of Mrs. Val Seib, on next Saturday afternoon. The Odd Fellows entertainment in Francesville, lately announced m the Republican, was a suceessT The receipts were $54. - It is stated that the Chicago & Great Southern will put on a through passenger train to run from Brazil to Chicago, the first of February. The Rev. Gilbert Small, formerly iii charge of the Presbyterian church at this place, is seriously 1 sick with erysipelas and other troubles, at his home in Jdaville. Lyman Zea, who, in the capacity of riding bailiff, has been about the county a great deal during the present week, reports the roads to be in fearful shape, from drifted snows, and frozen nfud. The wife and mother-in-law of Paul Hanson, the absconded •watchmaker, are still in Rensselaer, and have no knowledge of Mr. Hanson’s whereabouts, and are in straitened circumstances, financially. GeoTStitz was brought from the Michigan City penitentiary, and lodged in Jail, last Friday. Had t ie Supreme court not reverted his case, his time would have been out in less than five and lie would have been a but as it is die must stand the cjjhances of another trial. His case will not probabiy be disposed of at this term of court. - *

Elmer 1) wiggins, now connected, witlj the Commercial Bank, at Oxford, evinces a constant disposi ion to break into general literature. His last attempt in tlii feline, that we hare notiqed, is a brief essay in the Chicago Current, if January 2nd, entitled “Cold Weather.” It treats of the ills and anoyances of life, in general, and t he best way of enduring them. Monon has well lighted street and sneers at the county seat, Vlonticello, for still groping in darkness, after the same manne. in which Remington jibes at Renselaer, on the same grounds. Tin lamps in Monon are 16 in number ud the Dispatch figures out that lie cost of running them,, ind mi ug the lighting, will be $220 p< y -ar. The lamps cost about ss=oi e.ich, the cost of placm, hem. in poSmon. The roads in the county at e a present in such a bad condition a to almost entirely puspend wagoi ravel. Freezing up so sudden ft'-r the deep mud of last wee est them in a state of exceedin oughness in the places where t! übsequent snow has blown of while in other places they are bad iy drifted and filled up with snow Neither hay, grain nor wood ca oe brought into town with team , ndim the matter of hay, especial \ there is a great scarcity, and littl present prospect for relief. The city papers are authority foi ;he statement that Supt. VVootlaro if the L. N. A. & C- is about i< put another passenger train on tl « Air Line division, to run betwee: Indianapolis and Chicago. Tli Time given for its arrival in Cliica go, is about 1 o’clock p. m., and i will leave there about 5 o’clock j. m. By these figures, it would pas Rensselaer, going north, at about 10 o’clock a. m., and returning,pas here going south, at about 8 o’cloci p. m. This would make it a grea convenience to people wishing tc go to Chicago, or some in term e diate point, and return the same day. It is to be a fast train, ana n»k« but few stops* • * 9 ;'

Miss Genevieve Osborne* of Whitehall, Mich., is visiting relatives iff 1 Rensselaer. Josh Jones and sons went yesterday to Kankakee, Til., to join the female members of the family. Miss Nellje Howe, sister of Mrs. J. M. Hopkins and Mrs- Alvin Clark, are very sick wite but little bopes of their recover! Geo. Grauel, the harness man, poAv occupies the house at the corner of Washington and Cullen sts. lately vacated by F. W. Babcock. Mr. Sherman A. Havens and his newly made bride will today, start for Shelby county, where they expect to make their future residence. —* . . . .... Jefferson Corns, engineer at the Rensselaer; elevator, had the bad luck to crush a thumb, Tuesday. It is a very painful injury, Avith considerable danger of losing the thumb. The papers in the appeal case of Wartena vs. the State, A\ r ere filed with the clerk of the Supreme court, la v t Thursday, the very last day unon which they could have been received. Elam D. Fairchild, a prominent and well known citizen of Keener township, died Wednesday, January 6tli, of consumption, aged 41 years and about 7 months. We have received an extended obituary notice of the deceased, but too late for publication the present week.

New officers for the Remington Fair Association have been elected, as folloAvs: President, D. H. Patton; Secretary, O. M. Vickery; Treasurer, G. P. Tabor. These names strike us as an excellent set men for officers of the associaion. ‘

There was no foolishness about the arctic wave of last week and “hi-;. The thermometer Avas down to 20 and in some cases 22 degrees -elow zero, on Sunday, and that with the high wind that accompanied the intense cold made the weather exceedingly severe. The running of the trains was interfered with to some extent, but the mail trains all managed to get through Avithout being very much out of time.

One of the most remarkable feaures of the chronological record >f 1885, which appears, in full, in his issue, is the comparatively ery large number of old people vho died during the year. Fourth n persons who were 65 years or uore, of age, died in the county luring the year. Of these sjx vere between 70 and 80, and five vere 80 years, or more, of age. irfven of these fourteen old people ied in Rensselaer, and one in i avion township. It is rumored that Bro. Marshall >f the Rensselaer Republican, . ill soon be treated to the luxury f a libel suit. The life of the avrage live editor is a succession of •ic-nics.—-Remington News; We are greatly obliged to Bro. iraham for the information that ue interest of our existence is to fTincreased by a libel suit, as othrwise we might never have heard ■f the fact at all. Sam Daugherty and his partner, rank Kellet, late of Marioptownhip, went west several weeks ago, liad are now in Kansas, we are inarmed. It is stated that in goinu r way they followedan evil example hat has become altogether too •revalent, of late, and r or less number of j|Hn|led lebts. We hear for instance that i ackson Phegley has fallen as seurity for a debt of S4OQ £b* laugherty, and Jesse Smith for 100 for the same person. Kellet n the same manrer, got into Danel Daugherty for a debt of about •70,

The presidents of the various county agricultural societies mel at Indianapolis last week and elected a board of directors for the state agricultural society, and did otliei businegfi therewitli connected. The meeting also appointed a comrflittee to memorialize Congress in favor ol an appropriation for removing the rock barrier in the Kankake rivei, at Momence, 111,, in the interest of draining the Kankakee marshes Mr. D.- H. Yeoman, president ,-oi the Jasper county agricultural society, attended the meeting. It is our sad duty this week to chronicle the sudden death of the venerable and greatly beloved Judge Samuel A. Huff, of Monticello, a man known and esteemed by hundreds of our citizens. He passed the greater*, part of last week in Rensselaer, m attendance Upon the Jasper circuit court, iu tlie capacity of a special judge in certain cases. On Thursday lie returned to the residence ot his son-, W. J. Huff, of the Monticello Emerald, with whom he made iris honie. He went to bed as usual that night but on Saturday morning was discovered to be in a paralytic condition, and died the next day: without having recovered consciousness. His age Avas about 74 years.

A progressive euchre club has lately been organized, consisting mainly of sober married couples living in NeAvton’s addition, and; (with an occasional old batehelor throAvn in to fill vacancies), north of tbe railroad. They have had several contests already; their fast being at Mr. A. YV. Cleveland's residence last Friday night. They play the game Avitk all tbe modern improvements, including prizes for and the worst players, aud the exchanging us partners t the close of every game. At the contest above mentioned Mr. M arsli Warner took the first prize, an elegant large pincushion, while the prize for the poorest player, ajack-in-a-bok, was taken by Mr. * C. C Sigler, after a “saw off,” with Mr D. J. Thompson. Brother Downing, tbe bright young editor of tbe Monon Dispatch, has a brief forecast of the year 1986, one hundred years from now. He predicts a great future fur Noble J. York, as at that time he will have attained the exalted station of Mayor of Lee. A. K. Sills will also have attained the goal of his ambition and be a member of the Legislature. Monon will be a great city and the county seat, while Monticello will be a flourishing village. He takes a gloomy view of bis own personal future, as he expects to be still dragging out existence in tbe unmarried Btate. His prognostication for the future of tbe Dispatch is sufficiently elevated however, as it is then to have a “sworn circulation” of 2,500,000.

The C. & G. S. road bed is being improved until it is the best in the State. The old bridges between Attica and Fair, Oaks have been replaced by new ones, although an economic expenditure of money did not require it. A half a dozen of the best and largest water tanks made adorn the seventy odd. miles of track, still the workingmeD who built the road, shoveled the dirt, laid the tires and iron are unpaid. Rude justice is often slow, but it is allfired certain. Red tape justice of Benton county to-day is so slow and uncertain that the poor man cannot afford it and it pays the rich man to buy dslay- But bißlical, old testament justice is obtainable at any time. The American people are long suffering and enduring but there are not enough patrolmen in Chicago to guard the track if the people determine to destroy it.—Oxford Tribuna.