Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1886 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

VOL. XIX.

THE REPUBLICAN. ) IS9UItI> KVKRY THURSDAY BY ~ . GbSO- S. Publisher and Proprietor. • OFFICE —-In Republican building, on corner of Wiißhiugton and Weston streets. Terms of Subscription. One.year Six months , Three months -•••■• M The Official Paper of Jasper Ceunty.

PROFI.SSIONAI- CARDS. rHYBIC I A N 3. txt W. HARTSELL M - V * HOMEOPATHIC ETh.srslcla.xx a-xxd. Sxxrgreon., Rensselaer .Indiana. Ji§J~Chronio diseases a Specialty Office East Washington Street. 8-Jan-M. Residence. Makeever House. fjJL I. B. WASHEUPN, ‘PHYSICIAN ani> surgeon, Rensselaer, Indiana. Gives Hpecial attention to Dieeasesof Women atd Cbildren and Chronic Diseases. ReincTiibcr eitihmre-proni ptl y alien elect wllo.il not professionally cnsaifed. p I’. JITTERS, M. I>.. Slnjsidan anb Surgeon, ° . Over Ellis & Murray, Rensselaer, ~ ~ s-- -jndiß.ua to Residence.-A*?® attorneys. d, ATTORNE T AT LAW, Rensselaer. Indiana. jggg-Oftice over Makeever’a ls-37-ts. W. MARSHALL, A ttorneya t la if, Practices in Jasper, Newton and adjoining eounties. Especial attentien given to settle ment oi Decedent’s Estates, Collections, • Conveyances, Justices’ Gauss, _ Etc. Etc. Etc. A»debsß. - - - Rose Lawn, Ind Simon P. Thompson, David J. Thompson Attorney at Law. Notary f übltc. yHOMPSON & BRO.. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Rensselaer, Ind. riacnee 1a all tun courts. We pay particul attention to paying taxes, selling ana leasing lands. M. L. SPITLER Collector and Abstractor yy ”• H - CRAHAM, _ ATTORNE Y AT LA W, Will conduct a Loan and Real Estate Bureau , office opposite Cour house, on Washington street, formerly occupied by Frank W'. Bab. eoc.k, Esq., Special.attention to collections and Probate business. 18-48. - ■ - JAMES W.DOUTIIIT ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rensselaer. - Indiana. a Office upstairs in Makeever’s new brick 1 ng, three doors cast of I’<)Bt-office.. a ggff XV-46. ’ v ■' ;

Vy M. W. W ATSON, jj@“ Office up stairs iu Leopold’s Bazar .-=£3© » RENSSELAER, IND. Gordecai F. chilcote, L ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rensselaer, In'd. Attends to all business in the profession With pronrjitnegß'and dispatch. OlttrffTP- .»■'c- iiirt storr of the Jlakeever biiildins. MISCELI AXI -UllS.: EE. QUIV EY. , XteXAtlSt, Special attention given to the preservation of tl® rntural teeth. Artiticial teeth inserted from ~w- to an entire set. All wOHK WXEBANtCT. rip,y Office over AV inner*’ Hardware Stoia;. Tsdn-tf Rensselaer. Indiana. I>ia iES „ t|sl . RjsN.sawt.AEK. Indiana. Or Kelley has iu«l thirty years’ experience in t fr tintctice <>i Dentistry. and refers to his limner ons introns as to tlie quality of work turned out. lie uses no “Granite-Teeth” nor any spurious and worthies* material, Special attention given to the \>i enervation of the natural teeth ai 1 the naiuraland useful adjustment of artiliciti teeth. A' loperatious warranted.and prices t»correspond wtthquality <»t work. Office over Leopold's new Store. _____ ' R S. DwioaiNH, F.-J. Heahs, Val. sehi. President. Vice President (.ashler CITIZENS’ BANK, Rensselaer and. Does a general blinking business: eertitF cates bearing interest issued r exchange bought and sold; money loaned or farms at lowest rates M<l on most favorable terms. K-J4-tf. John Makeevrk. Jay W. Williams. President. Cnahior TpARMERS’ BANK, £ Public RENESXJ.A ER - - - INDIA NA Receives Deposits, P.nv and tell Exchange., —x'ollrctions made and promptly remitted. Money Loaned, and does a general Banking Business. XV. Ik y A. X’eCoy. T. .1. McCoy - , E. L. Holllingeworth. A. ’McCoy & Co-, Bankers, iSuccetsors to A. McCoy « T. Thompson.) Rensselaer, Indiana. _ 5Do a general banking business. Exchange bought and sold. Money leaned. Certificates bearing interest Issued. Col leetioa< Biadeun aU available piHhts. , OSMa same pl.ise as old firm of McCoy A —— ■ Tbetpasw. -A—

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1886.

Locals and Personals.

Mrs. Lizzie Lester has returned from Nebraska. Flour of all grades at the Ar - cade. Laßue Bros. Born. —Monday, Nov. Ist, to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Medicus, a son. Don’t forget to call and see some of those fine Houses and Lots at tne Arcade grocery. Laßue Bros. Our one-legged veteran, Johnny Sullivan, now enjoys a pension of $45 per month, being an increase of sls Victor Loughridge, J. T. Hemphill, W. P./Gthen, Abe Long and T. J. Faiden, all came home to vote, last Tuesday. . A change of time on th,e Monon route has been talked of for some time, and will probably be made soon. Sheriff Yeoman went to the insane asylum at Indianapolis last Saturday, with Mrs. Lewis, the lady whose case was described last week. The boys played a few mild pranks last Saturday night, by the way of observing Halloween night, such as turning over boxes, running wagons out of place, &c. A brief letter from C. ’R. Benjamin, who lately 'went South for the benefit of his health, is given elsewhere. Mr. Benjamin renorts that, so far, he is much benefitted by bis change of climate. Members of the L. L. society are cordially and earnestly requested to be present next Saturday to help make arrangements for the forthcoming exhibition. M. W. Babcock. Col. R. S. Robertson, of Fort Wayne, made a' ringing Republican speech in the court bouse, last Thursday evening. The audience was fairly good considering the unfavorable character of the weather.

Dr. J. B. Green, whose late mysterious disappearance from Boswell, Benton county, with a Targe sum of money in possession occasioned considerable excitement, has returned home, but gives no explanation of his absence. The November edition of the Century Magazine consists of a quarter of a million copies. It contains the chapters of _the_great and only authorized life' of Abraham Lincoln, by his private secretaries, John G. Nicolay and John Hay. James Borem moved with his family to Rensselaer, the fore part of last week. Mr. B. is a carpenter, and is a splendid workman, and while we regret to see such good men move away from our town, we, at the same time, hope I he will meet with the prosperity he so much deserves. — Monon Dispatch .

The neiv town in Walker township, on the new railroad, as yet consists of little except the grade for a side-track and a name. Mr. Helsfer, who owned the land upon which it is to be located, claimed the privilege of giving it a name, and it is therefore to be his own mellifluous name, Heiser. The School Board has just purchased of Gen. Van Rensselaer five lots of land, just across Van Rensselaer street from the school house, and north of the Free Will Baptist church, and in the same block. These lots will make a most desirable addition to the school grounds and should be kept for th at purpose. The price paid was only 8500, a heavy reduction from their real value, made by Mr. Van Rensselaer on account of the public purposes for which they were bought ~‘ r

Did you see those fine Hanging and Stand Lamps at Laßue Bros? R. B. Wilson, the reliable milkman, is ditching and tiling his farm near Francesville. You can buy the nicest houses and lots in town of Laßue Bros, for 15 and 20 cents. Call and see then at the Arcade. /»♦' Mrs. Genevieve Sprigg, nee Osborne, of Chicago, is visiting her relatives in this place. Miss Della Cotton went to Chicago yesterday morning to accept a situation as a book-keeper. The oldest inhabitant never saw finer weather on a November election day than was last Tuesday. Messrs. Johnson & Co., the rustling young feather renovator men, seem to be meeting with good success. Olliver M. Daugherty, like the public spirited young man that he is, came home from Porter county to vote a straight Republican ticket. Sigler & Goff have taken another and the lafjt mile of grading on the C. & I. C. railroad. It includes the side tracks at LaCross, the terminal point of the road. If a body meets a body coming through the rye. Wearing Hemphill & Honan’s Boots & Shoes, Ask em how is THAT for high? Gen. Van Rensselaer star ted for his eastern home yesterday. His stay here has much improved his health, which improvement he largely attributes to the medicinal qualities of the coal oil well. The people of Monon are trying to raise by subscription SSOO, with which to purchase a strip of ground which is to be donated to the L., N. A. <fc 0. road on condition that the company erect large coal chutes there. Drilling on the now famous Kokomo gas well was suspended last-Wednesday, at the depth of 950 feet, It is one of the best wells in the country, and is already producing an immense boom in Kokomo.

—TKyTncigHchntydsygiiave saaiarT The saddest of the year, When the boys will take their whisky Instead of Lager Beer, (straight, Our Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, Were bought for money down, You all know Hemphill & Honan’s, Is the cheapest place in town. Mr. Wm. Robinson, of Ellis county, Kansas, was in town yesterday. Himself and wife are now visiting their sons and other relatives in Gillam township, of which Mr. Robinson was one of the earliest settlers, (1839) and in which he lived for 40 years. Johnson* & Co., who have been in Kankakee during the past four months, leave this week for Rensselaer, Ind.. They have renovated about 400 beds besides a large number of pillows, etc., and their work has given entire satisfaction. We can recommend them as i eliable men and gobd workmen.-Aon-kakec Gazette. There is on exhibition at The Republican office a cabinet of the most perfect and beautiful fossil fern leaves, we ever saw. They are from Mazon creek, in Grundy county, Illinois, a>d were collected by Mr. A. L. Willis, the gun smith of this place. They are found in shale rocks, directly .bove coal measures. The ladies of the G. A. R. Relief Corps gave most excellent dinners and suppers in the room in Makeever’s building, on election day. They contributed ’ most of the provisions themselves, and their meals being well patronized, they cleared a neat sura, between £SO and 860, for the relief fund. The ladies worked hard, in a good cause, and we rejoice chronicle their success.

The last case of dyphtheria is recovering. A fine line of stand and hanging lamps at the Arcade grocery. W. H. Eger moved his hardware store into his fine new room, last Monday. A son was born yesterday to F. J. Thompson, in the old school house building, on Front street. If you want a barrel of fine Apples call at the Arcade grocery. Laßue Bros. W. W. Watson, Esq., the attorney, is happy over the advent of a daughter, born last Sunday. Laßue Bros, have the largest and best assortment of glassware and queensware in town at the Arcade grocery. Will Rinehart took a tumble and sprained an ankle last week, and is obliged to resort to the use of crutches in consequence. —— An infant was born last Monday to Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Fisher, who live just west of town, but it lived only about an hour. Rev. Peter Hinds and family arrived in town yesterday, expecting to, remain here until next Spring. The Monon Dispatch claims that a 212 pound squash was lately shipped from Monqn, and wants to hear of anybody that can beat that for a squashOmar Ritchey got home Monday night from a two weeks stay in Southwestern lowa, where he-had been looking after some landed property. The American Fat Stock, Horse and Dairy show, will open in the exposition building, in Chicago, next Saturday, Nov. 6th, and continue open until Nov. 19th. Mother is the battle over, Or what are the boys about; Hemphill & Honan’s Boots and Shoes, Are the nobbiest and cheapest out. J. W. Powell got home last Friday night, having—completed his last contract on the C. & I. C. railroad, which was the grading of the side-track at the new town at Hogan’s school house, in -Walker township. Hon. R. S. Dwiggins returned from Chicago Tuesday, where he had been for several days having his eyes treated by Prof. Vilas, an eminent oculist of that city, . He was confident that in a little time he could effect a complete cure.

George Hollister, one of the three yoiing fellows who started for New Orleans by the Iroquois , r-rate, in a fiat boat, a few weeks--1 ago, has returned, bringing back i with him the boat. His -compaiiions, the Biesenden boys, are at j Our esteemed old time friend, Henry-Helves, who left Barkley tp., last June with a view of seeking a more healthful climate, has located on government land in Cheyenne county, Neb., and is well pleased with his location. He also reports that himself and family are much improved in health. -Mr. and Mrs. Wm Reed, of Marion tp., returned from their Ohio Visit last Friday. Their visit was made the occasion of a grand family, reunion of the Fox family, to which Mrs. Reed belongs. she Miamisburg Bulletin gives an extended account of the reunion and also a sketch of the Fox family, from which we learn that it was a most pleasant and enjoyable occasion, and also that the Fox family has an ancient and au hou Table history.

THE MONON ROUTE,

Chicago Inter Ocean. tr- ~ Mr. William Dowd, tfye President of the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Road, and a party of friends who have been making a tour Of that road, have returned to the East greatly delighted with the trip and the improvements made of late. The track and the equipment are now in excellent condition, Most of the track is laid with steel rails. While in the city, Mr. Dowd contracted for sufficient steel rails to replace what iron rails there are at present, before the end of the year. The new branch between Orleans and French Lick Springs was completed yesterday, and the first train run over it.

The Old Men. And How They Voted.

The old men were out in good numbers last Tuesday. The patriarch of them all, Nathaniel Scott, voted the straight Democratic ticket as always. He was 96 last April, and is without doubt, the oldest man in the county. He claims that, all told, he has voted 149 different ballots. He is growing feeble pretty fast and it is very doubtful if he ever makes the even 150. Dr. James Ritchey was in and put in a straight Republican ballot. His age is about 83 years. Uncle Johathan Peacock is close after him, in point of years and is also a stanch Republican. Grandfather Humeg, father-in-law of Surveyor Thrawls is also in the eighties. He votes the Democratic ticket. Ira M. Trussel also put in one for the Republicans. He is 78 years old. Dr. Sam Ritchey is in the neighborhood of 75. He has been a Greenbacker for many years, but is now said to show some Prohibition proclivities. Uncle Daniel Grant is next to’ Mr. Scott in patriarchal rank. He was 89 last February, and this year, as always, put in a straight Republican ticket. He holds that there never were but two kinds of political partizans, Whigs and Tories. The Republicans represent the Whigs, while members of all other parties are Tories. He and his excellent wife have lived together tor 6B’”years“ahd “liever had a cross word.” Six of his sons live within sight of his own house. . . - (

Uncle Sammy Sparling also got in another vote this yearp-and straight Republican, as always. He is 77 years old, and a good man for his years Billy Beck, the genial sexton of Weston cemetery is incurably Democratic. His age is 75. Archibald Purcupile is a good Republican. He is 74 years old. Grandfather H. M. Babb is 73. He was at the polls and wanted to vote bad enough, but unfortunately he had moved across the precinct lines a short time ago, and lost his vote. He is a Republican and never scratches.

Uncle Charley Rhoades is another steadfast Republican. He has also seen three score and ten and has gone it two better. J. Robinson, father of the auditor, present and to come, is 71. Has always beetr a stanch Republican and put in a straight ticket last i Tuesday. If popular popular opinion were not at fault, this list of old men ■ who voted in Rensselaer last Tuesday would not be complete- .with-, out the name of our esteemed contemporary, editor of the Democratic Sentinel. In point of. truth however, “Uficle Jimmy” lacks a great deal of having attained to patriarchal age, at least in years. It is only in the amount of rockrooted Democracy that has soaked into his system that he is to be reckoned old, and in that respect the title of “Antiquity” is indeed not a misnomer. Few men could become- so thoroughly impregnated with it in a hundred years of existence.

Go to Kannal’s Drug Store to buy your school books cheap. Come everybody and buy your school books at the post-office. Everything down to rock bottom, at Kannal’s. Ladies, Misses and Childrens. Cloaks at Ellis <fc Murray’s. W AY— Down--low- Everything, at Kannal’s cheap store. Kannal takes the lead on cheap. Scratch Books. Remember Kannal’s is the cheap. Drug Store. Call, price and believe. - —, « - - Call at Kannal’s Drug Store and buy that Novelty Slate and Pencil. Our clothing from the east baaarrived and is open for inspection. Ralph Fendig. Thompson & Bro. have for rent, cheap, four rooms of a new dwelling house, to a small family. SCHOOL BOOKS— At rockbottom prices at Kanal’s Drug store. A fine line of notions just re-: ceived at Ralph Fendig’s, which will be sold very cheap. Kannal’s cheap Drug Store and no mistake. Save your money by seeing us before you price elsewhere. Everything in the paint line, of the best material, warranted to, give satisfaction, prices knocked out of time at Kannal’s. Slates, Pencils, Pens and scratch Books, at prices below all fair competition, at Kannal’s drug store. r —♦ ♦ ♦ Go to Kannal’s drug Store foryour Wall Paper. We are sellingoff our stock at prices that defy competition. My stock of Boots and Shoea is now complete in every lespi’ct,. and I would be very glad to show you goods. Ralph Fendig. For Fine Dress (woods*, Shawls, Cloaks and Skirts call at Leopold’s. The goods are fresh and new and must be sold on account of needing funds. Call and learn prices. If you need anything in the lineof Men’s, Boy’s and Youth’s clothing, and will, call at Leopold’s you will find a stock that will make your heart glad to look at, and selling at prices to suit your purse. Kannal has the largest assortment of books and school supplies, ever offered for sale in Jaspercounty. They must and will be sold, cheap. Dont forget the place. Kannal’s cheap drug store. As I am in great need of money I have concluded to continue to sell my immense stock of BOOTS and SHOES at such reduced figures that all who buy of me during the next 30 days will be greatly benefitted thereby. A. Leopold. We wish to call attention to the fact, that we have on our shelves a most complete stock of Dry Goods, | consisting of black and colored ■ Dress Silks, Woolen Dress Fabrick’s, Parasols, White Dress Goods, Embroideries &c. Wo earnestly solicit you to call, when, wishing anything in bur line. Yours Respectfully, Ellis

Dr. I- C. Kelley

Knowing the wants of his many patrons ( thanking them for past favors) has, at a large expense, procured the services of Dr. S. M. Wilkie, of Detroit, Mieh., who . comes with the highest recommen--1 dations as a first class dentist Anyone who may want extra good work will profit by calling and consulting Dr. Wilkie, at Dr. Kelley’s office, over La Rue Bros. I grocery; store. —-KK2KL__ L. 2

ADVERTISED EETTERS.

Persons calling for any of the letter# in the above list will please say they are advertised ——— ( . D. Bress, W. D. Cox. J. R. Hamacher 2. L. D. Marion. Wm Mee. Letiea Parr. Elmer, Rathlon, Mary Reed, Henry Kehl, Austin Watts. NATHANIELS-BATKB.P. M. Rensselaer, Ind.

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