Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1886 — ADDITIONAL LOCALS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

Go to the S. of V. dance to-mor-row night. Buy your goods of John Eger mid save money. Sons of Vei* rH|is dance nt the Opera Flot;>c, to-morrow night. Gloves of all'styles and sites, at It, Fendigs. Judge Hammond has m ned into his new oflice, in Leopold’s block. Crenu ine Dog skin Gloves at Trade P alace. Gp to the S. of V. dance New Years eve, ami encourage the boys in their worthy undertaking. Buckwheat flour, Graham flour and Corn meal at John Eger’s. Trip the light fa ntastic toe at the Opera House to -morrow night, for the benefit of the Sons of Veterans. Millinery at cost now. n Until all sold, at Hemphill & Honan’s. The infant daughter of Bert Hutson, of this place, died yesterday morning, of a kidney irouble. Its age was 13 days. For the best warranted boots and shoes call at N. Fendig’s. Misses Ella and Lydia Dwiggins and Miss Amanda Paris, teachers in Attica, Lafayette and Oxford, are all spending their holiday vacation with their Rensselaer relatives. For your Holiday presents go to John Eger’s. Rev. R. C. Mcßeynolds the pastor of Brook Circuit has closed A twelve days meeting at Morris Chapel, with five conversions and with a deep spiritual interest in the church. — Kentlund Gazette. Fine new line of Calf-skin boots and shoes, for winter wear, at R. Fendig’s. Iroquois Lodge, I. O. O. F., elected the following officers for the ensuing six months, Tuesday evening: John Kohler, N. G.;C. F. Wren, V. G.; J. R. Vanatta, Sec’y; Hiram Day, Treasurer; M. L. Spitler, M. B. Alter, E. C. Nowel s, Trustees. Hopkin’s corner is notoriously one price. But we will cut prices on all winter Dress Goods., Uncle Milton Makeever, of Newton tp., met with a rather serious accident last Friday evening. He was riding his famous big sorrel mare, after some cattle, and in turning too quick, or by some such means, he was thrown through a rail fence, his scalp badly cut, and a piece of bone chipped off one of liis legs, below the knee. His injuries will probably lay him up for some weeks yet. At the Trade Palace can be found the best stock of Gloves and Mittens in the county. Fiflij (*enls on the dollar in cash is the price on Boots and Shoes at Leopolds, in order to close for new goods in his new store. Call at once and convince yourself. - The men who robbed the Adams Express car of $70,000, last October, near St. Louis, have at last been hunted down and arrested through the matchless " skill and energy of Pinkerton's detective kgency, of Chicago. “Jim Cummings” the man who performed the actual robbery, is a small coal dealer of Chicago, whose real name is Fred Wittrock. Four others are also under arrest, as being implicated in, or accessory to, the robbery. Ask for the Whitney boots and shoes at N. Fendig’s. Eger Bros, is the new firm that is selling the best and cheapest hardware in town. * At the Trade Palace is the place to buy a cheap durable overcoat or suit for yourself or your boys. f - Messrs. Sigler, Goff and Powell have returned home from their second trip to the South, the former last Friday, the other two on Saturday. They have taken a big contract of railroad grading near Bardstown, Ky., on an extension of the Louisville & Nashville railroad. They have a good deal of stone cutting omtheix contract, and will not wait for spring, but begin work next month. It will probably require not less than six or seven months to complete tlieir contract. A fine new line of ladies’ shawls and woolen hoods, at li. Fendig3. If yoa will call at C. C. Stair’s and look through his stock of Queer.sware, Glassware and Lamps you will find the largest stock and variety to be found outside the larger cities and et prices that defy competition.

The Christmas eve exercises nt the M. E. church, by and for the M. E. Sunday school, were attended ' by an audience that crowded the 1 building. There was a vast array of presents, partly displayed upon | a handsome and very ingeniously j constructed chimney, and the rest i on taldfts and wherever room could be found. Besides the ceremony of distributing the presents, a labor of consider nine magnitude, the audience was favored with a literary t entertainment, the chief feature of which, the beautiful cantata, Christmas Bells, wus received with universal pleasure. | ScHdoL Scith roil Boys, liand- ; some, stylish, durable and cheap, i a large and well selected stock, at I Ralph Fen dig’s. 1 Ladies’ factory-made, all wool skirts, durable, comfortable and I cheap. Call and see them, at 11. Fendig’s. Those Argalileßuck Gloves and I Mittens.are warranted to be of the j very best quality. Call at Trade Palace and learn prices. C, C. Starr’s roasted coffees are the best; always fresh and lowest prices for the quality. Try them and you will be convinced. Mr. T. J. Richardson, of Barkley tp., was in a state of considerable and very natural mental perturbation last Thursday, over a sum of money, $350 which he had sent to a bank in Nebraska, a few days before, to have applied* on a note he is owing there; and had received intelligence a day or two after sending that the bank had failed. The money was .sent by draft on a Chicago bank, and as soon as the fact of the failure was learned, Mr. Richardson, through A. McCoy <fc Company ordered payment stopped; but if the failed bankers in Nebraska are disposed to play the rascals, it is not at all unlikely that Mr. Richardson will lose the whole sum. Candies and Nuts for the Holidays, at the Arcade Grocery. Laßue Bros. Dear George: Please do buy one of those elegant square coal stoves at Eger Bros. MONEY! MONEY-f-W. H. H. Graham loons money in suras of S3OO and upwards, on long time, at low interest. Leopold’s stock is complete in every branch, and will be sold for less Money for cash, than any other house can dream; of disposing of good goods. Our merchants seem to be unanimous in expressing themselves as more than satisfied with their Holiday trade. Themselves and all their clerks were kept constantly busy every day, for many days, before Christmas, with the result of great reductions in all kinds of store stocks and a pretty general cleaning out of Holiday stocks, in particular. The exceptionally fine crops that have been raised in. Jasper county this year, together -with--the fine weather and-good-roads that have prevailed during the past few weeks, and also tlie large aggregate sum of money which has been paid out in Rensselaer and til® surrounding country this year for labor on buildings and other improvements, are causes which have contributed greatly to bring about tlie brisk last few- weeks. N. Fendig has a full line -of clothing and gents furnishing goods which will be sold at nearly cost to make room for new stock. Antrim, tlie enterprising restaurant man, lias a thoroughly competent baker, and' is prepared to furnish the people of Rensselaer with the best ofgoods in his lino. When we offer a Cloak for $5, Ave don’t say its worth $lO. We Avould be pleased to have you make an inspection and judge for yourself. Ludd Hopkins.

If you want great, BIG, wliooping bargfiins in Clothing, Dry Goode; Boots and Shoes, and all other goods kept in a first class store, call at once at A. Leopold’s, for there is the very place to find them. In our little store we sit, Tliiuking, farmers dear, of you*; And of’the boots ana shoes your going to buy. We will sell you no cheap trash. And expect you’ll pay the cash. Hemphill & Honan's goods are never ■*Fmarked a cent too high. / Park Wright hag engaged Frank Oshorne to assist him in filling his many contracts in the repairing of all kinds of Furniture. It is needless to make any blow as to his workmanship, as he is too generally known to the public to need any comment. Those needing repairing done will find it to ttu-ir interest to call at theold Forfeiture Stand. ts.