Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1886 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

VOL. xviii.

THE REPUBLICAN. —ISOUKII KVBRY THURSDAY BY OEO. E. ZL/C-A-ESEC-A-Ela PUBLISH KK AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE In Republican building, on corner of Washington and Weston streets. Terms of Subscription. Ope year ■■■•■ 56 Six months .. .... Three months M The Official Paper of Jasper County. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. PHYSICIANS. txt W. HARTSELL. M. D., ’ HOMEOPATHIC 3pia.srslcia.XL axxd. INDIANA. Chronic Diseases a Specialty Office East Washington Street. 3-Jan-84. ItosidOnce, Makeever House.

I YR. I. B. WASHSUFN, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, Rensselaer, Indiana. Gives special attention to piseascsof Women and Children and Chronic Diseases. Rememborcalls are promptly attended when not professionally engaged. attorneys. * ~ pDWIN P. HAMMOND, ATTORNEY AT LA W, Rensselaer, ----- Indiana. 17-37-ts. ' ‘ JJALPH W. MARSHALL, a ttorne yat la w, Practices in Jasper, Newton and adjoining ounties. Especial attention given to settlement of Decedent’s Estates. Collections, » i_ Conveyances, Justices’ Cases, Etc. Etc. Etc. Address, - - - Rose Lawn, Fnd Btkon P. Thompson, David J. Thompson Attorney at Law. Rotary Public. 'pHOMPtfON & BRO.. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Rensselaer, Ind. Practice In all toe courts. We pay particul attention to paying taxes, selling and leasing lands. • M. L. SPITLER Collector ami Abstractor JAMES W. DOUTHIT ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rensselaer. - -- -- -- - Indiana. no stairs lif Makeever’s new brick bunding, three doors east of Post-office. XV-46. m. w. WATsqx, Office up stairs in Leopold’s Bazar REnsß®laer, Ind. |_£ARPER W. SNYDER. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Remington, Ind. Fracbee in the courts of Jasper, Newton and Benton sounties. pRANK W. BABCOCK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, And Real Estate. Broker; Office next door Postoffice. Practices m the. courts of Jasper, Newton and Benton counties. Lande examined, abstracts of -titles prepared, taxes paid, and collections made. F. CHILCOTE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rensselaer, Ind. Attends to all business in the profession with - promptness afid dispatch. Office in sotond storv of the Makeever building.

MISCKIA.ANKOUS. E. kE ' _ I Special attention given to the preservation of the natural teeth. Artificial teeth inserted from ’ one to an entire set. Ann work Waru anted. <ifflce over Warners’ Hardware Store, lb-10-ts Rensselner, Indiana. IHA e. KELLEY DENTIST; KENBBELAER. INDIANA. Dr.-Kelley-has had. thirty years!, experience in the practice of Dentistry, and refers to fits niuner ous patrons as to the quality of work turned out. He uses no “Granite Teeth” nor any .ypurioqs and worthless material.. Special attention ..given to lite preservation of the natural Teeth aid the natural and useful adjustment of artificial teeth. A warranted.and prices t« correspond with quality of work. Office over Leopold's new store. B. S. Dwiggins, F. J. Sears, Vai.. Skib. President. Vice President. Cashier CITIZENS’ BANK, Rensselaer Ind. Does a general banking business: certificates bearing interest issued; exchange bought apd sold; money loaned or farms at lowest rates and on most favorable terms, 17-14-ts. L John Makeeveb, Jay W. Williams. Presldout. Cashier. T? ARM ERB’ BANK, r j^"Opposit e Public Square-®! RKNSSELjLffIt - . ISDJAKA Retciyos Deposits. Buy and sell Exchange. Colle.ctmn.smade ami promptly remitted. i .Money Jauincd, and does a general Banking Business. jtyjg y_ A. McCoy. T. J. McCoy, E. L. ffilllingswerth. A. McCoy & Co-, Bankers, (Successors to A. McCoy ,c T. Tbqlnpsotl.) ' Rensselaer, Indiana. _r. Do a general banking business. Kxcharige bought aim sold, Money loiinod, CertiO* •ate* bearing interest Collection* ♦»«*«•.* ill l ; f»val Ighi y point*, glsoe a* old ftfuj «f; M<jorig b

Locals and Personals.

D. J. Thompson went to Indianapolis, yesterday. _ Miss Hattie Flynn yesterday went to-Shelby county, to visit old friends. M. F. Chilcote put a new fire and burglar proof safe mto his law office, last Monday. The Circus is coining June 18th. See the big advertisement in this issue of The Republican. Olliver Daugherty has finished his term of school in Portei- county, and came come last week. Mrs. C. D. Nowels and children are making a week’s visit to relatives in Carroll county. B. BordenJ Esq., of Winamac has been licensed to practice law before the Jasper Circuit Court Dr. V. D. W. Chittenden, dentist, of Winamac, has been taking the place of Dr. Kelley, during the latter’s absence from town.

Elder R. S- Dwiggins is still in Michigan, working in the interests of liis church society. He will be at Argus, this state, next Sunday. Dr. Kelley and N. Fendig went to Cincinatti last Saturday night, on business connected with a patent of the former. They returned Tuesday morning Weddings have been very slow in this vicinity for many weeks, but there is one in prospect for next week, which promises to be quite a brilliant affair. The Strawberry and Ice-cream festival, by the ladiek of M. E. church, Tuesday evening, was fairly well patronized, and cleared above expenses, the sum of sl7. The farmers have complained much about the want of rain for the last week or ten days, although many parts of the county have been favored with heavy local showers? Wm. Elsner, the new merchant, moved his store into J. W. Williams’ room, fast Thursday and Friday. His residence is the old Terhune house, on Weston street, owned by John Makeever.

In apportion of our edition of last week, by an unnoticed typographical error, the date of the coming circus was incorrectly stated. Friday, June 18, is the time. “Keep your eye on the day and date.” The Ladies Literary Society will hold their next meeting Saturday afternoon, at the residence of Mrs. J. F. Warren, on South "Cullen street. An interesting and instructive programme will be executed. The School Board have decided to put an iron fence around the school house. It will cost about 8-100, a large sum, but the fence is greatly needed, and an iron one wiil probably bemuch the most economical; in the long run. Bennie Fendig, son of the well known merchant, Ralph Fendig, took the highest honors In the High School graduating Class. It entitles him to attend the State University at Bloomington, without examination, and free of tuition. Geo. Brown, of Hanging Grove township, has a pig which is # curiosity. It has five legs, the extra one extending from one of the hind limbs, and being a trifle shorter than the 1 other four. He had better make a side-show when the circus comes. County Superintendent Nelson attended the state convention of at Indianapolis. On Friday the superintendents visited _ Purdue University, in u body. Mr. Nelson h WtHefaettd over the gmtaeoa of that noble Institution, ]

RENSSELAER. JASPER COUNTY,, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1886.

Leopold’s old building on the corner of Washington and Van Rensselaer streets, is about to make another removal; i Mrs. Mollie Boothe, of Preston, lowa, is visiting thaafamily of M. I. Chilcote. Twenty-one years ago she was a member of the family of Dr. Samuel Miller, who was then a resident of this place, and she will be remembered as Miss Mollie Miller. \ Messrs. F. L. Cotton and R. B. Patton, former well known residents of Rensselaer, have just opened a wholesale and retail coal yard, in Omaha, Nebraska. Omaha has 75,000 inhabitants and only six coal yards, wherefor it is not surprising that these gentlemen are expecting to do a big business. , The new day train on the Monon between Indianapolis and Chicago, does not materialize very fast. The management of tne road are now putting the road-bed of the Air Line Division in first-class shape and it is probable that after that work is completed the new train will be started.

Dr. 0. H. Irwin, of Donavin, 111., was visiting his brother, th© County Clerk, last Friday. He greatly resembles the latter in personal appearance, so much so as to be often mistaken for him, and he reported that when in Remington the day before he was saluted with “Hello Jim!” quite frequently. A new lodge Knights of Pythias was instituted in Goodland, Tuesday night, with about forty members. Its name and style is Goodland Lodge, No, 141. About 15 or 20 members of the Rensselaer lodge, attended the instibuting ceremonies, which, with the large number of initiations, consumed the' whole night. Sam Nichols and Emerson —;.• - - ■ ■ Reeve, telegraph operators, are both in luck. Nick has been given the station agency at Rose Lawn: and Emerson has gone to Delphi, to take the place of the night operator there, who is sick. Mr: Nichols moved with his family to> the Lawn, on Monday. Charley Porter, son of J. C. Porter, is learning telegraphy in young Reeve’s vacant place, in the express office. At the Greenbackers convention last Thursday, a very small crowd was in attendance, and the most of those were townspeople who had dropped in for mere curiosity. Mr. Tucker, of Porter county, was made the candidate for Congressman- -No nominations-were made of candidates for county offices; the convention voting to delegate tliet duty to the county. central committee, which is to meSSt next Saturday, for the purpose.

Married. —At the home of the bride’s mother, in Ford county, Kansas, on Sunday, May 9th, 1886, Mr. William H. Daugherty and Miss Emma Dern. Both the parties were former residents of the vicinity of Rensselaer, and are well knowd here. Mr. Daugherty is the son of Geo. P. Daugherty, of this township, and Miss Emma Dern was formerly a resident of Rensselaer, and a teacher in the schools of this county. The jury in the Turpie-Lowe law-suit, after remaining out fortyeight hours, being unable to agree, were discharged. It is faaid that the jury were agreed as to the finding for the plaintiff (Turpie), but failed to reach an agreement as to Ihe amount of judgment. This case has created considerable 1 ITTPVPfIT iTfITYI Ihfi It teems a pity that no disposition cotild be m ade, and that the same long trial must be had over egain M such enormous to

Another basket-meeting was held at the Neverfail Rensselaer circuit, M. E. church, Jordan township, last Sunday. A vast company, estimated at near 400 was in attendance. Revs. Havens and Handley preached, the former in the morning, the latter in the afternoon. Eight persons were received into full membership, and two were baptized. A whiskey soaked old specimen who had evidently seen better days, and once been a man of fine parts, was in town last Thursday and Friday, and in the evening of that day was furnished by the Sheriff with transportation to Hammond, at which place he hoped to be able to secure a hall and give an entertainment. He announced himself as a lecturer and caricaturist, and indeed showed a wonderful facilty in drawing humorous pictures with the crayon. He gave his name as Col. Hurlburt, of Utica, N. Y. Wolves are growing numerous in Newton township, under the reduced bounty on their scalps. They gobble up pigs and chickens' and the like quite frequently. Last week L. K. Sayler detected one in the very act of making mince meat out of a youthful porker, and set his long-jointed dog after the wol£ The dog soon overtook the wolf, but upon seeing the large array of long teeth and the evident disposition to use them, which the wild varmint showed, the dog concluded that he risks were too great for a :ive dollar bounty, and did not jroceed to hostilities.

The eleven year old son of A. H. Arnold, of Barkley tp., was indulging in an amatuer circus peiformance in his last Thursday, afid in doing the grand double-ender drop-off, or something similar,, from the trapeze, he slipped from a pile of hay and striking his head against the corner of a manger, a big hole in his skull was the result.. It was a pretty severe injury and came near feeing a great deal worse. Dr. Washbum was called, andrsucceeded in getting the boy out of serious danger, and the chances arenow good for prompt recovery. 1 Edward Morlan, Henry Wood and John Ramey were the three veterans whose mustering in ceremonies, at the G. A. R. hall last Friday evening, were broken off short by the “Charge of the Light Brigade,” elsewhere recorded. The Post is in flourishing condition now, and between new comrades * —• • —CUSST mustered in and “backsliders,” reclaimed, is increasing in numbers and influence in a very gratifying manner. There is now a good prospect that a “Women’s Relief Corps” will be organized in connection with the Post, as twenty ladies gave their names to a paper to that effect, last Friday evening. Membership in the Relief Corps is confined to the wives and daughters of members of the G. A. B. io. T.--Warren and Geo. W. Norris, two good men, and bld soldiers, formerly of Rensselaer, havc.lotely taken upclaiEfisin Weld county, in the north-east portion of Colorado. having gone there from Nebraska. They are now 26 miles from their nearest post-office, but a new railroad is surveyed and located across their claims, with a station within half a mile, so that they do riot expect to be living “way back from nowhere” a very great while. In fact they believe they have “struck it rich,” which we greatly hope may prove the case. They reached their present loca--Ikm oni the 26th of April, when there’was only one house" in the township. Now there are twenty* two, and mure building. They have fine land and their crops look well,

Mr. I. 0. Beubelt, the teacher, wont to Louisville, last Friday night. Prof. F. W. Reubelt and family started in thei j carriage, at a Very early hour this morning, for Bourbon, in Marshall county. Capt. W. R. Myers, the Secretary of the State, favored The Republican with quite an extend ed call, yesterday afternoon, after his lecture on Odd Fellowship. He is an exceedingly pleasant and affable gentlemanA number of the neighbors of Louis Mosier, the old German of Keener township who. went gunning for his~son-in-}aw, Henry Granger, last week, came down Saturday and furnished good bai 1 for him and he was turned loose, to appear before the. first day of the circuit court. A heavy shower of rain, yesterday morning,’ caused the Odd Fellows to abandon the picnic part of their Anniversary Celebration, but their programme of exercises were held’in the Opera House, in the afternoon, in the presence of a large audience.. Hon. Wm. R. Myers, of Indianapolis, a prominent Odd Fellow, "and now Secretary of the State, was present and gave a very able and interesting address. He is a graceful and fluent speaker, and his address was listened to with great interest and profit by everyone.

The School Board has just contracted with the agent, A. 8. Mather, of Fernw'ood, 111., for one of Yaggy’s Anatomical Studies, the design of which is to assist in teaching anatomy and physiology in the schools. These studies, by a series of life size, lithographic charts, show the relative size position and appearance, of the various parts of the human body, in a strikingly clear and comprehensive manner. We have examined the charts very carefully and are satisfied; that the Board has made a very wise investment, in ordering it. The physicians of the town haveall given it a careful examination and endorse it very highly. Its cost was thirty-five dollars. A sum not at all large when the great expense of preparing the plates for the work is considered, and also the fact that the most inferior papier machc manikins, designed for a similar purpose, cost three or four times that sum, and do not answer the purpose nearly so well.

The old soldiers of the G. A. B. post, of : this place, have quite lost their prestige, for the time being. They have been completely outgeneraled, surprised, routed and altogether subjugated. The occasion was at the Post meeting, last Friday night. The ceremony of mustering in three nsw recruits was about h? If over with, when suddenly the dcor was ' ng open, and a large and well armed and well loaded (with good things) ladies rushed in, disarmed the frightened guard, before he had time»to even salute the commander of the surprising party, and the whole post then surrendered at discretion. The captors then garrisoned the fort, and as their prisoners showed a proper spirit of docility, they were treated with marked leniency by their fair and valient enemies. Each man was served forthwith with three days rations, of a quality good enough for the mess of a Lieutenant General, after which a general good time was indulged in until midnight. The ladies managed the affair 1 with extreme adroitness, and nonb of the veterans knew anything of what was in store for them, except two or three whose . wives had been compelled to di- : vulge the secret in order to assure 1 their attendance at the Post.

BUSINESS LOCALSCall and see us this week in outnew room. Laßue Bros. Good Linen Gaps, 20 c. * Hemphill <fc Honan: —— —————— Housch to rent at the Loan, ancllnsurance Bureau, next door to. Post Office. At the post-office is he largest and cheapest line of stationery ever kept in the town. •. •• ~ • -g. ♦ - •; — - - * Fine summer white drese and lawns, the cheapest in town, at Leopold’s. You can buy your Dry Good& at Leopold’s cheaper than at any previous time; as he is determined to quit business. My stock of Boots and Shoes is now complete in every lespect, and I would be very glad to show you goods. Ralph Fendig. A great many people say that the post-office is the best place in, town to buy stationery. You get more and better goods, for less money. Fresh fish for Fridays. Henry Eiglesbach, at the new meat, market, next door east of the postoffice, will have fresh lake fish, on sale every Friday, during the, season. “A thing of beauty is a joy for-, ever.” - What is more beautiful than those Chicago Cottage Organs R, P. Benjamin has? Call at Hardman’s and examine them.

For ladies, misses and children’s fine shoes, call at Leopold’s, as they will be sold at greatly reduced prices,—owing to* his not being under any heavy expenses; and the. stock is one of the finest and largest in the city. Priest’s Chicago Grocery is still in full blast, but has moved to new quarters, in the qld Austin property, I which has been tastefully fitted up and painted, for the use, of Priest’s Chicago Grocery. Call and see us. Remember we are selling millinery as cheap as the cheapest, having a first class milliner in our employ, a well lighted and roomy store, and all the conveniences wo will treat you right. Respectfully, Hemphill & Honan. Look to your interest I will sell lumber of a superior quality and just as cheap as you can buy in the county. Am just as near* headquarters as any dealer in the county, notwithstanding reports to the contrary. Let me figure with you before you buy. \ B. P. Benjamin. As everybody knows, Mr. Leopold has greater advantages in business than some of his competitors;. as he is not under heavy rents, anti otherwise manages his business in the most economical way; thereby being able to give great benefits to his many patrons. Please call soon at Leopold’s Bazaar and get yourself supplied with goods, at almost your own prices. ♦

To The Ladies.

Mrs. J. M. Hopkins respectfully announces that she has bought Mrs. Sadie Laßne’s large and elegant stock of millinery goods, and solicits a share of your custom. She has a most careful and tasteful trimmer, Miss Tharp, of Indianapolis; while the well known dressmaker, Miss McCormick, is still in charge of that department. Mrs, J. M. Hopkins.

An Important Message from Larue Brothers.

We take pleasure in extending to our many patrons our hearty thanks for their patronage, and it shall be our constant endeaver in the future as it has been in the past, to please the trade. Our stock is large and embraces everything usualy kept in a first class grocery, and our prices will be for the best g(x>ds only. We will > always be glad to compete on pri* ■ ices with any standard goxls. If sn any case oar goods do not prove satisfactory, we will degm it as a special fa or to have them returned, and we will gladly make it right, \

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