Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1886 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

VOL. XVIII.

THE REPUBLICAN. IBSUKD KVBR.Y THURSDAY BY gkso. rz. Pubushkr. And Phopbiktob. OFFICE—In Rcj>«bllc» building, on corner ot Washington and Weston streets. Terms of Subscription. One year .... .......sq. Six months Three months V The Official Paper of Jasper. County. PROFI'SSIONAD CARDS.

physicians. •nrr W. lIABTSELL M. D-. * HOMEOPATHIC i ZE’Zh.yslcia.xJ. axxcl RBNSSKLAKIt. r .INDIANA. Chronic Diseases a Specialty Office East Washington Street. S- Jan-b-4. Residence, Makeever House. I\R. I. B. WASHBUFN, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, Rensselaer, Indiana. Gives special attention to Diseascsof Women and Children and Chronic Diseases. Remember calls are promptly attended when not professionally engaged. ATTORNEYS. JjIDWLN P. HAMMOND, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rensselaer, T - - --. Indiana. Office over Makeevet’s 17-87-ts.

w. marshall, ATTQRNEY AT LA W, Practices in Jasper, Newton and adjoining Especial attention given to settlemeat of Decedepl’a Estates, Collections. ( Conveyances, Justices’ Cases, . Etc. Etc. Etc;. At>»nEßS, - - Hose Lawn, Ind Simon p. Thompson, I|>avid J. Thompson Attorney at Lain. Notary rpHOMPSON 4 BRO., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, . Rensselaer, Ind. -yr Practice in ah tae court*. We pay partjcul attention to paying taxes, selling and leasing lands. M. L. SPITLER Collector and Abstractor JAMES W. DOUTHIT ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rensselaer. - - - Indiana. iag°()ftice up stairs in Makeever’s now brick bunding, three doors east of Post-office. xv-ia. ______ , , ; ' W. WATSON, ' Bw* Office upstairs in Leopold’s Bazar. REnsselaek, Ind. |iRANK W. BABCOCK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, And Real E»tat« Broker, Off ceoextdoor to Postoffice. Practices in the courts of Jasper, Newton and Benton counties. Lands examined, abstracts of titles prepared, taxes paid, and collections made. -jJoRDECAI F. CHILCOTE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rensselaer, In-1. Attends to all business in the profession with promptness and dispatch. Office in second story of the Makeover building. MISCELI • A N EOUS. EE. QI’IVEY. , ZDexitlst, -/ • Special attention given to the preservation of the natural teeth. Artificial teeth inserted from otic loan entire set . ATI work warranted. Office over Warners’ Hardware Store, lb-l<j-tf Rensselaer, Indiana. ISA C. KELLEY DENTIST, ’ Rensselaer, Indiana. Dr. Kelley Ims had thirty years’ experience in tl»e practice of Dentistry, andrefers to Ills limner Otis patrons as to the quality of work turned out. lie uses no “Granite Teeth” nor any spurious and 'worthless material. Special attention given to the preservation of- the natural teeth and the natural and useful adjustment of artilitfial teeth. A J operations warranted. and prices to correspond' with quality of work. Office over Leopold’s new store. 11. S.Dwiggins. F. J. Sears, Vai.. Seib. President. Vice President. Cashier CITIZENS’ BANK, Rensselaer Ind. Docs a general banking business ; certificates bearing interest issued: exchange botight ind sold; m on ey loaned or farms at , lowest rates andon most favorable terms. K-U-ts. John Makeever, JATW.WILLIAMS. President. CashierFARMERS’ BANK, £gy*Opposite Public Square*®# RENSSELAER . INDIANA Receives Deposits. Buy nnd sell Exchange. Collections made and promptly remitted.' Money Loaned, and does a general Banking Business. ■ xv. «y xlt: . A. McCoy. T. J. McCoy, E. L. Hollllngsworth. A. McGoy & Co-, Bankers, < Successors to A. McCoy* T. Thompson.) Rf.nssei.aei:. Indiana. f»o a general banking business. Exchange bought and sold. Money loaned. Certificates bearing interest issued. Collections made on ail available points. Office same place as old arm of* McCoy & . . , . _ Thompson. U-W-y. • .... .. i

RENSSELAER. JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, - THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1886.

Localsand Personals.

F. J. Sears, the banker, is spending the week in Oxford, Benton county. Work was begun on J. T. Hemphill’s new brick building last Monday afternoon. Mr. C. C. Starr, the merchant, was wrestling with a fractious colt one day last week, and had one of his legs quite badly injured. Will Comer, who was badly hurt by the horse, at Davy Now r els place, north of town, has about recovered from the effects of his injuries. We notice by the Monticello papers that otir County Superinten dent; D. M. Nelson, has lately Jbecome a frequent visitor to the metropolis of White county. We wonder who she is. Our worthy milkman, R. B. Wilson, summoned his customers to receive their morning’s milk on Saturday morning, with an army bugle, in lieu Of the commonplace bell. Reuben is a patriot from his shoes up. The Rev. A. Abbett, of Barkley township, has charge of a small P. E. Methodist circuit, in White county, and during the year has by his labors, increased the membership of his church by forty persons. Last Sunday there were five accessions. Jasper county is by law entitled io two free scholarships at Purdue University. At present there is no appointment from this county. Who of our young men or women will avail themselves of this opportunity by receiving the appointment of the commissioners at their August or September term ? The appointments should never be vacant. - r It would surprise the average citizen to know how many persons there are who will take a county paper year after year and never pay a penny for it, and if they are asked for the amount they get mad, rip and roar and swear and lie about the account. Hades is so full of such persons who have defrauded county publishers that their legs and arms are hanging out of the windows. — Rochester Republican, ■ ~ ? J. T. Hemphill bought of A. Leopold, this week, a strip of ground three feet wide, fronting on Washington street, off the west side of the latter’s 50 foot lot on the corner of Washington and Van Rensselaer streets. The price paid was S3OO. There is probably no other land in Jasper county that would sell for so high a price, for the unimproved land, as this on the northwest corner of Washington and ’ Van Rensselaer streets. The proposed new brick business buildings on the corner of Washington and Van Rensselaer streets on the site of the burnt buildings, and of which frequent mention has been made in-this’pa-per, are now a certainty and will, without''doubt, be completed before the end of the year. The Hemphill building will be 20 feet front by 75 feet deep; and it is expected to have it completed by the end of August. The Leopold building will be 46 feet front by 75 feet deep, and Mr. Leopold intends that it shall be completed before the end of the year, certain. ' Both buildings will be two. stories in height, and, we understand, will probably be uniform in style of architecture, and be practically, one building in appearance. -We are glad to be able to chronicle the fact that this, unsightly vacant spot in this most prominent site in the town, is thus soon to be occupied by handsome and durable structures.

Work has commenced on John Eger’s new business building. Wm. H. Martin, of Greenfield, was in town last week, looking after property he owns here. A fine boy, and the first-born, was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Paxton, of Newton tp., last Thursday. John Healy went to Frankfort Saturday night. From there he went to Indianapolis with the Frankfort band. He returned to Rensselaer Monday night. Messrs- Crane and Austin, attorneys for the C. & 1. C. Ry., took another trip this week, up into the north-eastern townships, securing the right-of-way for the extension of the above road. John L. Gant, of Newton township, ex-deputy sheriff, -walks with a decided limp in his off leg. He wrestled with his brother, about three weeks ago, and got his ankle joint out of place. He had to keep his bed for a week.

Mr. and Mrs. H. R. W. Smith are taking their annual summer rest at the residence of the latter’s parents, the Paxtons, in N ewton township. Mr, famith is now holding an important position on the editorial force of the New York World. The Chicago Inter-Ocean of Thursday of last week, reports among the marriage licenses issued in that city the day previous, the following: Edgar H. Tharp, of Chicago, age 30 years, and Stella McHatton, also of Chicago, age 20 years. Mr. Tharp will be remembered by many of oui readers as a former resident and business man, of Rensselaer. Fourth of July was numerously celebrated throughout the country districts of Jasper county. Qn Saturday there were more or less successful celebrations at Fair Oaks and Comer’s Grove, in Union tp., at Pullins’ Grove, in Barkley; at DeMotte, in Keener; at Wheatfield, in the township of that name, end many townships yet to be heard from. The balloon ascensions and other advertised performances at the Rensselaer Fair Grounds, on last Saturday, by J. E. Rosa, of Lafayette, had the effect of drawing together a pretty large crowd of people. The show itself fell very much short of what had been advertised. There were no games of base ball, no sack or potato races, &c. and no big dance in Floral Hall. There were plenty of refreshment stands, and also chances to “try your luck” at pitching rings for canes, and a wheel of fortune -where people could invest small sums on a chance, to draw a little not very expensive glassware. A rather slow tight rope performance took place in the afternoon. The simultaneous ascension of the two balloons was the principal feature of the day. Their inflation, with hot air, began' at about four o’clock, and was completed at five; and at a given signal they arose. together, each carrying a man upon the trapeze attached to the lower side of the balloon. The men turned and swung themselves about, in a rather reckless way, for a time, and then quietly perched in their swings. There was no perceptible wind, and although the balloons ascended to the height of perhaps 80 rods, and were in the air from five to ten minutes, they descended, one within the enclosure of the fair grounds, the other just over the western wall, a little south of the entrance. The most interesting part of the whole performance was the very lively manner in which the buggies and carriages were got from under the places where the balloons were descending.

A The new iron fence is being erected around the school house property. Louis Cliampena, who went to Kansas early in the spring has returned to this place. T. T. Farden was in town over Sunday. He is still with R. W.l Stewart, the music man, of Lafayette. ■ • / Rue Priest and Jay Zimmerman have been spending the last week in Francesville and Michigan City. They returned Tuesday evening. Eans Howland, formerly of this place, and a brother of Mrs Col. Healey, has just died in Delphi. The funeral was held yesterday. Od Sunday Elder Dwiggins administered the rite of baptism to two more persons. His son Jay Dwiggins, and Robert Paris, of Attica.

The present “heated term” is very severe; the thermometer getting way up into the nineties, every day. (There is also an exceeding lack of rain. Milt Makeever ought to have known, from previous experience in Jasper county, that a democratic convention was a bad place for him to “run.” The new time tab|e on the Monon route has not yet gone into effect. The indications are pretty strong that the change will be made next week. Miss Sal lie Hogan, a well known former resident, but now a teacher in the Kentland schools, will be the guest of Mrs. E. P. Honan, for the next two weeks. John 0. Shoemaker last week sold the Indianapolis Sentinel, the State organ of the Democratic party, to W. J. Craig, who h&s assumed,control of the paper. The Knights of Pythias, at their meeting last Thursday evening, elected the following officers: WB. Austin, K. of R. & S; J- C. Morgan, C. C. f G. E. Murray, V. C. The editor has received the unwelcome intelligence that his boyhood home, in Will county, HL, now the property of a brother, has fallen a-victim to too much juvenile Fourth of July patriotism and been reduced to ashes. The firm of Ellis & Murray, the dry goods merchants, has been Ellis, Murray & Co., since Tuesday afternoon. The Company is ahandsome, curly headed fellow, son of the senior partner. He tipped the scale at 10-1 pounds. The Senatorial convention meets at Goodland, to-day. From the latest indications we believe that Mr. Thompson’s chances are the best. We earnestly hope for his success, but shall heartily support the nominee of the convention. Wm. Erwin returned to Rensselaer, from his sojourn in Kansas, ottWednesday night, of last week. He remained in that state long enough to secure the title of a premption claim, to a quarter section, of which he had bought the relinquishment. On Friday of week before last a 14 months old child of Henry Best, in Kentland, drank concentrated lye, with fatal results, a few days later. On the next day, at Wolcott, the ten months old child of Edward Jewett swallowed a safety pin and died the next day. Dr. O. C. Link, oub old townsman, writes tp have the address’ of his paper changed to Fremont, Neb. The Dr. has resigned his position as assistant physician in the Dakota Insane Asylum, and removed to Fremont, as above stated. The change is made in the hopes that a somewhat more southern climate will be better for his health. .

The Jamboree at Mount Airy

Tlie Newton county Democratic convention was held at Mount Airy, last Thursday. The convention itself was a tame enough affair but a combination of outside attractions made it a day to be remembered. They had a match game of base ball r a foot race for the championship of two counties, two or three wrestling matches, and, if we may trust the statements of some observers, one of the biggest general drunks on record . The base ball game was between the “Kids” of Rensselaer and a picked nine from various towns in Newton county. It was a well played game but the little fellows from Rensselaer won by a score of 18 to 20, and the Kids had one inning to go on. The convention, which was held out of doors, was just getting down to work when the ball game opened, and the result was that the crowd all forsook the convention to witness the game.

The foot race was between M. A. Makeever, of Jasper county, and John Foresman, of Newton county, for ten dollars a side. The distance was a hundred yards, and the Newton county man won by 3 feet. The betting on this race is reported to have been extensive, and quite a number of young men from Rensselaer are said to have dropped from five to twenty dollars, ~on Makeever. One wealthy man from Kentland is also said to have backed the same runner very heavily, reports of his losses ranging all the way from fifty to five hundred dollars. One prominent young business man of Rensselaer is said to have guarded by wise foresight against his proclivities for betting, and locked up all his cash before leaving home, but in spite of this precaution he waxed enthusiastic, borrowed five dollars, and lost it on the foot race. The most amusing, feature of the day was a wrestle between our eminent townsman, M. O. Halloran, Esq., and “Old Joe Gains” who lives out on the Big Slough. The wrestle was for five dollars a side, Halloran putting up his own cash, and the jman from Kentland putting up for Gains. M. A. Makeever held the stakes. The wrestle was to be two throws out of three, “catch as catch can”. The first attempt to close was a failure, each men catching the other by the arms. They let go and hied again. This time Mike, by a sudden rush, caught Joe by the long hair on the back of his head, and drew him down upon his knees and elbows. “I’m an Injun,” says Mike, “and I’ll pull yer dom scolp off.” The referees at once awarded the fall to Halloran, but notharinganyone to help him let go of the captured Gains, that worthy thrust his head between Mike’s legs and rearing up, threw the latter, over his head with great violence, jolting him severely. This aroused the fiery Celtic blood, and other liquid substances in Michael’s veins, and he was with great difficulty, restrained from attempting to thrash the offending Joseph, then and there. The latter’s friends got him into a wagon and started him for home, and at last accounts Makeever still held the stakes. Young Mell Makeever also had a stubbornly contested wrestle with a three foot wide and five foot high Polander, with an unspeakable name, and several years his senior, and was finally downed.

The Jasper County Normal Institute.

The Jasper county Normal Institute will open m the Rensselaer Public School building, July 26th, and will continue five weeks. Preparations have been made to do better work than any of the normals heretofore held. A large attendancete-expected. Classes will be organized in each of the common school branches and in such other studies as may be desired by a sufficient number of students. Good board and comfortable rooms can be had in private families at from $2.50 to $3.00 per weeks. Rooms can be rented and arrangements can be made for students to board themselves thereby greatly reducing the expense. Teachers should bring whatever books they have for reference and come the first day. Tuition per term, $4.50; per week SI.OO. For circularsaddress

D. M. NELSON,

Rensselaer, Ind.

BUSINESS LOCALS-

Soapine, the dirt killer, at J. W. King’s. Hemphill & Honan’s for your Boots <fc Shoes. Everything down to rock bottom, at Kannal’s. Houses to rertt at the Loan, and Insurance Bureau, next door to Post Office. All yellow table peaches, at $1.75 and $2 per dozen cans, at Laßue Bros’. •——d •p- - "• At the post-office is he largest and cheapest line of stationery ever kept in the town. Fine summer shawls, white dress, goods and lawns, the cheapest in’ town, at Leopold’s. ■*« ~ i Go to Kannal’s Drug Store for your Wall Paper. We are selling off our stock at prices that defy competition. My stock of Boots and Shoes, is now complete in every lespect, and I would be very glad to show you goods. Ralph Fendig. Big reduction in all kinds of California canned fruits, at Laßue Bros’. Everything in the paint line, of the best material, warranted to, give satisfaction, prices knocked ut of otime at Kannal’s. School Te^ch^rs—ltis to your, interest to come to Hemphill & Honan’s, for your millinery or Boots and Shoes. The Great Discovery—Soapine, the Dirt Killer—for washing and cleaning no matter what. Harmless to hands or fabrics. J. W. King, Call at Leopold's, before it is too late, and get your clothing, at prices to make yon happy. The prices are lower than they have ever been before. 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. House to Rent.—The Mrs. Schneider house on Cullen and Washington streets, opposite the Makeever House, for rent on favorable terms. Apply to M. L. Spitler, with Thompson A Bro. For ladies, misses and children’s fine shoes, call at Leopold’s, as they will be sold at greatlwr educed prices,—owing to his not being under any heavy 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 Austin prop erty, which hts been tastefully fitted up and painted, for the use of Priest’s Chicago Grocery. Call and see us. 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. R. P. Benjamin. As everybody knows, Mr. Leopold has greater advantages in business than some of his competitors; as he is not under heavy rents, and 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, 7-

To The Ladies.

Mrs. J. M. Hopkins respectfully announces that she has bought Mrs. Sadie Laßue’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.

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