Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1886 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

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.