Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1886 — The Closing Year. [ARTICLE]

The Closing Year.

| Chronological Table of the More . Important Local Happenings ot 1886. JANUARY, 1 W. A. Traiigh Assumes charge of the Romf"trtpiv l pn>t-Qffli-i‘. 1 2 .Death nt Roiiwstdiier pf Sirs. Nannie E, rge 4a vonrs. ( A surveying purtv loaves Fair oaks, to tooato « railroad to LhCi'iis*. Sklwmun A Hitv-54is anil Gertie Coming nt an ie-1 ut- Kt*iiifhc*-!« •; I>batli of Hlnm l). Fairchild; ol iv.otjoer tji., -age H-ye-ara: ■TTr~’rr? a L- —-■ - : - Jukc Kettering pleads guilty of cow stealing and gets two t ears in penitentiary. Mitry It. Dnviiison granted a divorce frofli Geo. It. Davidson. 7 Papers appealing case of Wartetta, convicted of murder, tiled with supreme court. S Geo. Stltz, convicted of arson m Reiui.UA. ton/brought huek from i oniteiitiary and lorltrod . in jail for second trial. io Thermdtil cter 22 degrees below zero. ,12 Roads in .county so badly blockedwitth snow drifts nud frozen mutt as to be mostly impassable, tor loads. Reuben V. Haas -gets judgment for $2,000 against Francis rhelps, Jordan tp„ trim con suit. *• 14 Marriage in Remington of’Josepli-I.nrsb and Anna Lockwood. 15 Death at Rensselaer of Mrs. Alvin Clark, a go 24 years. A ten million dollar mortgage, by the '“Mono u” tiled for record. 17 Death in Remington of Mrs Rachel Ellis, 18 Dr. F. I’. Ritters el toted . Secretary of County Board of Health. 27 Marriage in Rensselaer of O, P, M. Rutlerof Colorado, and Adda Cleaver. 28 D. G. Warner Gertie Robinson married in town. 81 johu S. Borem and Emma J. Mathews, married in town. FEBRUARY. Edwin M„ Halstead. of Newton tp., dies at Andover, Dak., from a pistol shot. 7 A. B. Robbins and Alfaretta J. Ilillou, married in Union tp. 8 John Makeover and Mrs. Eliza Mary, married at Indianapolis. 10 Death at Rose Lawn ot Margaret K. Swain, age till. 13 “Red-Bidiug Hood," byjuvenile performers, at Opera House, draws a numerous audience. 14 Death at Attica of Zulu Wilson, a former tesident. 10 N\ S. Bates appointed postmaster at Rensselaer. 17 Ana.McKweu dies in Rensselaer age 28 years. • 19 Samuel' Cnmbe dies at Remington, age 98 years. “Maud, the Guerilla" by home talent at the Opera House. 23 Andrew .Shield die* in Marlon tp.,|age 10 year. *•' ■ 2 ' . ■ 24 J. W. Warren and Mrs. Ida A. Hendricks of Newton tp., married tn Rensselaer. 23 Chas. E. Burton and Harriet E. Spades married in Carpenter tp. Death in Hanging Grove tp, of Theodore Stiers. 20 Wiebren Wartena hanged,at Rensselaer for the murder of John Drcger. MARCH. 3 Delos Thompson and Julia Skinner married at Battle Creek, Mich. 4 IlallettSheetz and Minnie Spencer married at Remington. 0 Death in Rensselaer of the infant daughter of Val and Rosa Seib. 8 Death, in Hammond, of Thomas Burroughs a former resident, age 00. 11 Wm. O. Cox and Louisa Platt married in town 12 Chas. Camion, a former resident, dies at Elk Falls, Kansas. v, , « 21 Trial of Goo. Stitz results in acquittal. 12 Trd. Fnifton sells his stock of boots and slices to Hemphill & Honan. 23 The “Xora Lytton" dramatic company begin a five nights engagement at the Opera House. 27 The Chicago Gt. Southern It. R. sold on foreclosure at Indianapolis. 29 Diekens entertainment at Clpera House, nets $123 for the school library. APRIL. I; Marriage in Rensselaer of Chas. G, Spitler 'and Belle Rowell. ” T “ gins business as successors to A. McCoy and T. Thompson. ' - ■ . _ G Death in Rensselaer of WillfS' J., Wright, age 72 years. Also of Matt' M. Boolic. age 8 years. . _Z_. . . . 10 Nancy A. Raymond divorced from Leon - ard W, Raymond; am) Isabella M. Haas from ReUbCn V. HansT 12 Uldse iii Remington of a renun'kab'e revival in the Presbyterian church by Belding and Palmer. Fifty-four accessions to church. 17 Death in Carpenter township of the wife of Jesse Shelby, aged S 3 years. 18 Death in Rensselaer of Dr. It. Y. Martin, age :i' $««•*. 19 J. A Anderson begins manufacturing cigars in Rensselaer. John and W. H. Eger buy the hardware stock of K. Van Voor.lt. .20 Death in Surrey of Lncy.yiCspf. Geo. AI~ Wilcox, age 8i» years, 21 Marriage at Pleasant Ridge of John M. Shields and Sarah M/flePonakß E. if. .Graham, editor Remington News., married in PrebTc, Oliio, to Mrs. Susan Guldidgo. 29, County Republican TWi inary mass eonventious held. . Marriage, at Guildford, Ini., of .1- VVy Douthit, of Rensselaer, and Harriet A. Robertson, • ' - 31 Republican county convention completes I bo ticket partly nominated on the 29th. MAY. 3 Town election tu Rensselaer results io n clean republican victory/ In Remittgton nearly the same* G Another reruirka’dy revival closes la lfemingtou. Conducted ay Rev. E. 0.. Uliarpc. 1 ofti'.e ChHstiatvnburv.dr. o-ver ijO coilyi If s. : : ; U Death ip Ifctfjilcv tp., of Mrs. Fidein ! .Fiorftiee. age 80 years, • 9 Death in lioiis-elatfr .-If:- ffUV of J. . iioilshire, age-43 years. , ' ”7 .■ ; j !v > Win H 1 iktiglrejiy and Einhi t Bern. fori ■ 7 Pr rexltK»i.L*. niarricd/tnFtnd County, -Koti na-. i 2 A i,. it \ w /«.! .tml tiati Mor.u -'i *■ i dcum'g- in t.iH'sqtmty, andp.baarfs-great Inn-ji • ■ - . ; ,_-y J ; ..

I n Monon and many ottier place*, 14 Jease Shelby, of Carpentar tp., dies, ib Delphi, age 42 years. The death of his wife occurred just four wcek3 before. 20 Walker Sajfc dies in. Remington, age 72. Will Harris and Mary Jane Marlatt, married near Rensselaer. - - .JUNK, - - - - 3. Graduating exercises of Rensselaer High School, in Opera Hdn.se. A. H, Hopkins, Rena S. Peacock) A. R. Hopkins and Bonj. >F. Keiidig, graduates Win. Eisner opens a store in the WlllinlnsStockton block. 3 Democratic county convention ludd in Rensselaer. 9 Iroquois Lodge. I. O, O. F. celebrate their 85lh anniversary \V. R. Myers, of Indianapolis, lectures; ■ i:T Marriage in Ren • selaef pt Clias U, Peck and Alice A, Allman, of Remington. •. 13'-Rush Mofiit, an old resident, dies m Cuipenter tp. 115, Marriage in Rensselaer of Robert VV. Sprtgg and Genevieve Osborne. 18 John Robinson’s circus exhibits in town. 22 Death’in Remington of Harper W. Snyd»r, E“(i., age itftyetirs. 2ii A branch of tiie Relief Corps, G. A. 1!„ instituteil in Rensselaer. Greenbaek county convention. 23 Death in Rensselaer, by accident, of Ona ltiitnliam, age 10 years. JULY. 1 Republican township conventions choose delegates to Senatorial, Representative and Judicial conventions. 3 Observed as Independence Day, A Balloon race in the Renssolner lair grounds.' T. J. Turpin and Belie Nearhoof, married in Remington. 3 Deatli from a herse kick, in Hanging Grove tp.. Isaac Parker, age 82 years. Hon, I, D. Duua,. nominated, at Fair Oaks for member of Legislature. 7 R. W. Marshall nominated at Fowler for prosecutor. 8 8. P. Thompson nominated at Goodland for State Senator. 9 Claude Baylor, 10 years, killed by light, ning, in Rensselaer. 17 Death in Remington ol Albert Koffe't, age 13. 21 Dr. D. 11. Patton, of Remington, announces himself as an independent candidates for State Senator. 20 Death by railroad accident ill Tennessee of Alvin B, Robertson, brother of Mrs. James W. Doutliit. . 23 Death near Rensselaer of the widow of Banyan Parker, age 70 years. 21 Death ill Remington of John 11. Miller, an old settler. 25 Death from accident t in Keener tp., of Daniel Bardwell, age 56. , - 31 Death in Medaryville of Rev. Winfred S. Brown, a former resident, age 30 years. The county auditor receives notice that the State Board of Equalization has-increased the assessed value of lands in Jasper county 10 per cent. U AUGUST. 2 Work begun on the Fair Oaks and LaCross extension or the C &I. C. Railway. 5 Death in Milroy tp., of S. M. Robertson. 10 Burning of A. McCoy’s barn in Hanging Grove tp., loss SIOOO. 11 Death in De.Motte of Mrs. Amanda Dennis. 13 Deatli in Rensselaer of Septimus Ramey, ftge 74. 15 Noble J. York, a former citizen married in Monon to Miss Tilla Harding. 16 F. W. Babcock, attorney, removes to La Grange, Ind. 22 A successful “Holiness Camp meeting” closes in Rensselaer. 28 Death in Rensselaer of Sirs. Laura M. Yeoman, age 20 years. 30 An unusually successful Teachers’ Institute onens,in Reusselacr. 31 Marriage in Reimngtou of John A. Ranclic and Jennie Hollingsworth. A slight jar of the South Carolina earthquake felt in some parts of Jasper county. SEPTEMBER. 1 Marriage iu Rensselear of Win. S. Coen and Mrs. Clara Makeever. W. H. 11. Graham, attorney, settles in Rensselaer. 2 Sudden deatli of Win. B. Shaw, in Barkley tjj., age 70 years. Four thousand tickets sold at the Remington fair. ’ ;/ 3 Freddie Bingman, age 13, dies in Remington. ft Death in DeMotte of Hazel Fairchild, age 14 manHm. ,2 - .• ~— ... 8 Death iu Gillam tp, of Sarah E Brown, age 27 years. 9 The French-Earle dramatic company begin a five night’s engagement at the Opera House. -- ■ _ T' Marriage in Rensselaer of Cliae. M. Swisher and Jennie M. Elliott, of Gillam tp. 11 Close of the largest fair ever held at Rensselaer.

JJeythiu Detroit Mjch., of Uey. O Hicks, pastor of JKensselaer Baptist church. IS- A phenomenally heayy fajll of rain, continuing all night. ■ j 21 UarfieM Bust, No 74, GA E, instituted in Benirngton, 21 Death-in Remington of Homer L French. Two burglars escape from the cojuty jail. .John F Millions and Mary Burk, married in Rensselaer. S3» Joshua Paris dies in Hanging Prove tp, age t<s Tears, 2S Death of the wife of Mat Veager in Milroy tp. 22 .Joint TASnotlgrass ami Martha-Wood mar. ried lu lUiusselaer. :;0 Death in Remington of Mrs Lotto B C vhtaee, ago 2w years. —tg' . —. OCTOBER 1 Track lay fugjjegiss ph Uie Sew raHroiid, • 9 ;r.- 1 hard frost ol the season Attempted suicide, of Sits. Al Kie-itt-r, of .Jordan tp. a<4 Dr F; P. Bitters begin* practicing medtunc by lini iclf, lit Huiisclaci rr— ~ 6 .Janie*. Pickuer and Sarah E Snider, of Walker tp., {carried iu Rensselaer 7 Death of ML* Etta smith, in Remington, f tigs 21 years. \ JoejFrltz saloon, Wiiy.itflel4, blown up with : dynamite. 'Jfcn swieiicr arrested ou suspicion ! Ulit e.-capi^ ; >] W.rWv ttogc, of Jvan^.aud Or.iha M. • Fanner, of .fordandp.,-married in Remrngtoy. ii Death of Mrs MaryJs Breadfc. at Kem--1 i..irtoii. ,'igc.a.i y e.irs. i _ • .0 j- A i»t-avy-g«j*s*d wiud-iiij arcs ihoisoofa -tnc i'aiwVM l!')to' a-. 1,! dues uti.er UiHll,igtiJ_n 1 • V : ;•' .•-

Rensselaer. 16 WRscy Punter, of Keener, arrested on suspicion of having killed a young Snan from Porter coulity, hut is released, 11) Rhode Riley divorced from Luther Riley '' , Mary E. Dunn front Micliael Dunn. 26 Frank Fol|z, of Rensselaer, Married to Eva Koib, in Oxford. - NOVEMBER. 2 General cleetion, Republican* vory suecoetfnl in Jasper.county 8 A false alarm of pleuro-pncuumniantnong tlie cattle of Jasper conn ty, ermitcs considerablc excileniont., * ' -,'W, ol A bulge of tl e sons of Veterans organized hi Rensselaer ' ' , . . .;... ..i 11 Opening of a nmco4*ful ait and relii loan exhibition, in,Helivsiflaer. H i;i Tbe gulden’ ehnllce and other nrGele* stolen from St.. Augustine’s entlmlic church in Reusselacr. > , 14 A change of time an,l trains ontUe’,Monon Route.’ The 1-afnyetite and Chicago Accommodation put on tholfilft. John McGregor a burglar from Whcataeld and Dan Coieinan, a rapi.-t, of Remington, lodged in jail to await trial. If George Antrim buy* and takes charge of tlie Pnrcupile restaurant, in Rensselaer. 13 S, P. Kerkaby killed by tlie cars in Union tp., age 5o years. 10 Thomas J. Marlatt and Melissa Wiseman, of Union tp., married in Rensselaer. 22 J. VV. Horton, dentist, returns to Rensselaer. Deal.i of the wife of Hon George Majors, near Remington. 24 Marriage ill Rensselaer of Isaac C. Reuben and Ella Rhoads. 25 Marriage in Rensselaer of R. 11. Yeoman nnd Hattie A. Porter. In Hanging Grove of George Phillips and Nora Randle. 28 Marriage in Rensselaer of G..W. Thompson.of Terre Haute and Alice Irwin, of Rensselaer. • 1 29 Nearly alLdlie business houses in town are closed from this date at 8 o’clock p. m. except on Saturday evenings. Death in Gillam tp,, of Rev. George Guild, age 74 years. 29 Edwin Kenton, age 15 years, dies in Newton tp. R. H Pure ii idle, j. I’., removes and goes to Chicago aud later to Kansas. 30 Marriage in Rensselaer of U. B. Patton, of Omaha, Nob., and (mla Moss. Complote* one of the pleasantest fall seasons, for weather ever known in the state. DECEMBER. 1 The gathering of the corn crop was nearly- completed by this jlatc. Probably more corn, and of a better quality was raised in Jasper county this year than any previous year. The United States Bank, of which Zimri Dwiggins is cashier^opened in Chicago. 2 Weather 6 degrees below zero. 3 Death of Mrs. Garriot, of Barkley tp. 4 Remington post-office robbed by burglars but no great amount of valuable* obtained. 5 Deatli of Alien Clark, of Marion tp.,age 67 years. 6. James F. Watson bogius bis term of office as county commissioner. 10 The county commissioners contract with Shelby Grant to superintend tlie county pool asylum, for the ensuing year. - ; 1J Sheriff Yeoman arrests Will Wlest ami H eury Mull, wanted iu Warsaw for larceny. 12 Marriage in Hanging Grove of Belie Bus - sell and Sidney Holmes, of Tennessee. *- 13 Geo Nicholson opeos-a meat shop iu|Rens selaesr. 15 Marriage in Rensselaer oT.Tosie Morgan and fcpfeas V Gross, of Pullman, 111. Death of Ernest Hoops, near Remington. 18 It is announced that track laying on the new railroad is practically completed. A 6trike of the freight coutjuctors on the Monon adjusted, ami traffic resumed after 4 days interruption. 17 Wright Williams,formerly of Remington, dies in Los Angelos,Cal. 17 Dealh In Chicago of Mrs Rovilla M Slicf Her, of Remington, age 38 years. 18 Death in Carpenter tp of the wife o. Lawrence Hildebrand. 19 Death In France.sville “of Chas Lsfler of Hanging Grove', age 2ft. 22 Death in Remington of Jacob Shew, avoid settler. 23 Marriage in DeMotte of E G Warren an'. Emma Roberson.