Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1886 — NEWS AND PERSONALS. [ARTICLE]

NEWS AND PERSONALS.

BornTo Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Nagle, a son, Saturday, Feb. 27. Amzi Laßue, of the firm of LaRue Bros.* rejoices over a %ie boy. Born last Thursday. John Kepner and family are also among those who have lately removed to the west. They are in Buffalo county, Neb. The cheerful and Spring prophetic sound of the prairie roosters came in fiom the prairies east of town, yeiterday morning. Miss Maggie Healy returned Friday, from a protracted visit with friends in Delphi and Frankfort, and was accompanied home by Miss Rosa Lyons, of the former city.

E. S. Woods and wife and W. H. Wallace and wife, of Rensselaer, and W. Wilson and family and W. H. Daugherty, son of Geo. P Daugheftv, of Marion township, all left for Kansas last week. Lost:- -In Rensselaer, on Wednesday of last week, by Jesse Bringle, n. twenty dollar bill. The finder will be liberally rewarded for the return of the same. Address Foresman, Ind. .The Rev. M. C. Miner, formerly of this place, writes us that he has just finished a year *in Hillsdale, Mich., College, and a year of preaching at Ossea, and besides all that, has a fine new boy at his house, since Feb., 19. The county of Kiowa has been revived, by the Kans s Legislature, and Greensburg will, beyond doubt, be the count} seat. The many people from Jasper county who have settled in and around Greensburg have “struck it rich.” The jgdigg of the M. E. church Ind^stmfalSf^ety hereby" return their thanks to the people who so liberally patronized their late Fair and Supper, from which they have remaining the neat sum of $40.75. Mrs. J. Randle, Pres. Mrs. C. P. Hopkins, Sec’y.

An Old Custom made New:— The ladies of the Presbyterian In d ustrial Society will have a social and Mite Society at the residence of M. F. Qhilcote, Esq., on Thursday evening, March 1886. A fine program will be executed, and a general invitation is extended to attend. 1 Dr. F. P. Bitters went to Rochester again, last Friday, to make a professional visit to his aunt, Mrs. A. T. Bitters, whose sickness with an internal cancer has already been mentioned. The Dr returned Monday, and reports that the lady’s condition is now such as to preclude hope for more than a few weeks of life. Mr. Delos Thompson, only son of Alfred Thompson, the capitalist and ex-hanker, of Rensselaer, was married yesterday at Battle Creek:, Michigan to Mfas Julia Skinner. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were present at their son’s wedding. The young couple will soon return to this place, where, we are glad to say, they will make their bome.i

Here are two characteristic items from the Groensburg, (Kans.) Rustler, which have a local interest for many of our readers: “Mr. Moms, nephew of C. M. Hopkins, accompanied by Mr. Oliampainy, arrived here on Monday last from Rensselaer* Ind. They report Nubbin , Ridge all sick with the Kansas fever, and that threfe car-loads are ehroute for Kansas/’ j •*. “Harry Rice lias gone back to Jasper to file on the town site of Rensselaer. Since C. M: Hopkins and D. It. Green were back and got two of the best quarter sections in the county, Hfcrry has become somewhat excited over the matter and oh Monday l*»t took the staff* m hast* lor that nlao*,” *w lsi h,t y ’ it 1 it

Henry I. Adams, of Jordan tp., has another daughter. Born yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Ross went to their far western home, at Glendale, Montana, last weekThe Oxford Tribune states that Daniel Fraser, pf F< wler, is a candidate for prosecuting attorney. Will Imes, formerly of Rensselaer, now has a* situation as telegraph operator, at Riverton, Neb. I. M. Davis’ heart is thought to have been left'at Rensselaer, near the banks of the rippling Iroquois. -Craufordsvillc Tempest. The Rev. O. Hicks, of Morgan Park, 111., will preach at the Missionary Baptist church next Saturday evening, and Sunday morning and evening following. A working-man who stepped into the Republican office 'last Saturday, left a pair of heavy j gloves, lying on a chair. He is requested to call and obtain his property. Corn for Sale. — l have about | 1,000 bushels of extra fine corn, at my farm miles north-west of Rensselaer, that I will sell at crib 1 measure, one crib or the whole : lot. H. W. Porter, j The fair, supper and entertain-1 ment giveu by the Ladies’ Indus- j trial Society, of the M. j on the night of Washington’s! birthday, netted the very encuur- j aging sum of forty dollars, above ; all expenses. The enclosure around the War- j tena gallows was taken down and j the lumber hauled away, Saturday, and that dreadful eye-sore, the gallows was removed from sight on Monday! Heaven spare the peo-; pie of .Rensselaer from ever seeing it pe-erected.: - The master’s sale of the Chicago j & Great Southern Railroad, was advertised in the Chicago Inter- j Ocean , of yesterday. Saturday,' March 27th is the date set for the j sale, and the door of the United | States Court room, in Indianapolis, the place.

Slanly Simpson and Bob Hinkle were at Rensselaer Saturday night to witness the production of “Maude the Guerrilla.” The bright eyes cf “Kitty Lockwood” were too much for Bob, and he has now summarily broken off his engagements with fourteen girls in other parts of the country.— Crawfo rdsville Tempest That notorious highwayman, out law and pickpocket, Charley Roberts wlio caused the people of this county so much trouble and expense on account of his depredations at the big soldiers reunion, at Rensselaer, and finally escaped punishment through the inscruti-. ble ways of a jury, is now in jail in Park county for burglary, and under indictment in Fountain county for the murder of John Murphy, at Jackville. Married; -At the residence of the officiating clergyman, Rev. R t C. Me Reynolds, in Rensselaer, on Wednesday Peb., 24 1886, Mr. J. W. Warren and Mrs. Ida A Hendricks, both of Newton tp. At the residence of the bride’s uncle, Mr. Henry Marsh, ia Carpenter township, Jasper county, Ind., Thursday, Feb., 25th 1886, by the Rev. J. B. Crowe, of Remington, Mr. Chas. E. Bartoo and Miss Harriet E. Spaids.

Mr. Nathan Fendig is opening out in business, by hiuaself, in the room lately occupied by Leopold & Fendig. He will have a finfe new line of boots and shoes, furnishing goods and a special line of clothing. His stock of boots and shoes are already upon the shelve*, and th« balance of t hid stock will ta along is * fair dsy*.

Theodore Stiers K of Hanging Grove tp., died of cancer of the throat last Thursday, Feb.* 25. Mr. Geo. Dexter and family have moved onto Judge Hammond’s farm, on the eastern border of the town. It will be noticed that the River street epidemic still continues to claim its victims, Delos Thomp-: son being the last to fall. It is not to be expected that its ravages will stop here, and indeed, several of the few remaining young -residents of that street have shown by thpir symptons that they were already smitten with the virus. The L. N. A. k C. R’y Company has just purchased the Bedford & Bloonjfefiald narrow guage railroad, from Bedford to Swit? City, a distanced forty-one miles, and will chaujge the width of the track to the Standard guage. The price paid was $200,000, with possessi n give,n April Ist. The possession of tfaH-road will place the transportation of building stone, in this state, largely in the Brands of the L. N. A. & C.

The big Atkinson estate in Benton county has j ust been di - vided. The estate, which included over 6,000 acres of land, and much other property, and amounted in round numbers to $200,000, was settled without litigation, and at an.expense of less than S7OO. This was a partnership eßtate in which Cephas and Robert Atkinson were equally interested. Cephas Atkinson, the surviving partner, had to make settlement with Robert Atkinson’S’-heirs, then the heirs had to make settlement among themselves. Some bad died leaving heirs to- the estate, who Were represented by guardians. All ihe heirs came together, with Simon LViLomps n, of Rensselaer, as general referee, and deliberated and literally divided this large estate among themselves, to the satisfaction of all. They are to be congratulated for their good sense and judgment.