Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1887 — Locals and Personals [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals

Mrs. 1). Meyers, of Delphi, sister of Mrs. F. W. Bedford, is the guest of tfye latter lady. . The weather was 40 degrees warmer Tuesday morning than at the same hour Monday morning. Prices on Rubber goods all smashed to pieces. Mens’ Arctics @ sl.lO, at Hemphill A Honan’s. Mrß. Thomas Florence is seriously sick, at her residence on Van Rensselaer Btreet. Isaac Reubelt, teacher of the Grammar room, was sick yesterday, and his scholars had a holiday. Geo. Posey, of Gillam tp., son-in-law of Wm. Querry, is very dangerously sick with typhoid fever. The Videttc reported that over SISOO had been subscribed for the proposed Valparaiso, gas well, by Monday of last week. Cut prices on Rubber Goods at Hemphill A Honan’s. Money to loan Jasper and Newton couijty fanitb,' „ C. P. Wright. Elder D. T. Halstead is back from Dakota for a winter’s visit with old friends. His family are in Chicago, but will join him here, in a short time. Dr. Alter made a professional call on J. G. Culp, of Barkley tp., last Saturday, and found him making satisfactory progress towards recovery. Miss Pym, teacher of the Second Grammar room, in the Rensselaer schools, is suffering from a sore throat. Her place is filled by Miss Lydia Paris. Tom Sapp drew the elegant prize plush clock and odor case, at H. J. Dexter’s. Horn’s best girl, whoever she may be, is a person to be envied, just about this" time. Mrs. Dr. Deming was in tpm last week, it being the first time in many years that the state of her health would permit her to get so far from home in the winter season. Mr. Rial Benjamin, of Lafayette, grandson of his namesake in Rensselaer, visited his friends here, over Sunday. He is now taking a course in Union Business ColJ lege, Lafayette, but ultimately intends to adopt the law as his profession.

Dr. Quivey, dentist, practices his profession in all its branches by latest and most improved methods, —having all the appliances of a first class dental office, and twelve year’s experience, he is prepared to do first class dental work at very reasonable prices. Elder D. T. Halstead, of Andover, Dak., former paster of the congregation of the Church of God, in this place, will preach in their church building next Sunday morning, at 11 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to attend the meeting. The Sons of Veterans’ dance, at the Opera House, last Friday evening, was attended by abont 30 couples of dancers. Music was furnished by Anderson’s Orchestra. It was in all respects a very enjoyable occasion for the participants, but not so well attended as would have been the case, but for some counter attractions, and the brief time given to preparing for it. The following marriage licenses have been issued since last reportl Arthur E. Sager, \ Dolly Michael. \ Albert E. Coen, L j Avanell H. Wasson. \ Ira Grippe, ( Esther A. Hammerton. j Christopher L. Hunter, | Estella G. Condra. | Tliadeous Kellogg, | Lucinda Wilkinson. ■ : ' " ' v ■; •. • •

A third gas well was finished at Kokomo last week. It is a better well than either of the others. Men’s arctics at sl.lO at Hemphill A Honan’s. T. J. Farden was in town yesterday and set up a fine new Weber upright piano for W. W. Watson. S. J. Bentley, of Dunnville, has opened a store again in DeMotte, with Mr. Spencer as manager. Mrs. H. W. Porter is slowly recovering from her many months of painful and dangerous sickness, from inflammatory rheumatism. The old Squire had a wedding at his residence, Monday. The parties united were Mr. Thadeons Kellogg, of Fair Oaks, and Miss Lucinda Wilkinson, of DeMotte. Will Imes again orders his paper changed; this time to Roggen, Colorado, where he has charge of a railroad station. Says he has “Great times with the cow boys. Mr. J. T. Richardson, of Culp, came out all right with the $350 he sent to the busted bank, in Nebraska. The draft for the money was back, at McCoy’s bank, yesterday. Miss M. M. Hill, teacher oE the high school, attended the annual meeting of the State Teachers’ Association, in Indianapolis, last week. She was well pleased with the work of the meeting At last accounts from George Guild, of Gillam tp., whose dangerous siokness with lung fever lias already been mentioned, lie was pretty well on the road to recovery, although experiencing a temporary relapse of his sickness. Father Havens is an old time acquaintance of the Evangelist, J. H. Sayler, and remarked the other evening, in the congregation, that he had known “Joe” ever since he was as big as his cane, —and he is not much bigger than that now. Geo. H. Hammond, of Detroit, Mich., the sponsor and chief builder of Hammond, Ind., died suddenly at Detrpit, last Wednesday, Dec. 29tb. He was the most extensive cattle buyer of the Chicago market. Nubbin Ridge against the world and Upper Canada for rabbits. Theodore Hurley, the merchant at Blackford, buys the succulent--and toothsome cotton tails, of the local hunters, and brings them to

Rensselaer and ships them to Chicago. From 100 to 300 rabbits a day is about the ordinary average of his shipments, during favorable weather. Large numbers of the circulars of the Union Business College, of Lafayette, are posted up around town. The principal part of the fine penmanship displayed thereon is the work of Mr. F. P. Harrison, the promising young divinity student now assisting in the revival meeting now in progress at the M. E. church, in this place. The revival meetings in the M. E. church are still in progress, and interest is increasing nightly. The singing under lead of the Evangelist, Mr. Sayler, is a very prominent feature of the meetings, and an effective agency in the promotion of the work. The accessions to the church, up to Tuesday evening, were eleven in number.

The new design postal cards are now in circulation. It is less ornate and more sensible than the one it replaces. Among other particulars in which it differs in design from the old card, the vignette of Jefferson is now a profile view, instead of front, and is placed at the top in the center of the card, instead of the right hand upper corner, as heretofore. A desire to protect the features of 8k Thomas from the disfiguring impact of the cancelling stamps of reckless postmasters, is here evident ■ 17-1 ■ ■; 4 J ■ 4 7=

“Cyclone” Wright, “The Mighty Talker,” of Brookston.was in town Tuesday, looking after court cases. A good second-hand sewing machine to trade for wood. Inquire at this office. Miss Hill, of Carthage, Ind., is visiting her sister, Miss M. M. Hill, the teacher. A full line of fresh oanned goods on sale at Antrijn’s bakery and restaurant. The will of Sidney S. Sabin, the wealthy banker of LaPorte, who died Sunday, Dec. 26th, gives Wabash College, at Crawfordsville, $50,000. The new house of Wm Baker, of North Marion, is the finest county house in the county, north of Rensselaer, and one of the three or four finest in the county. Mr. Kannal’s two Jersey cows ihat were knocked out by a locomotive, a few weeks ago, have about recovered from the results of that round. It is a remarkable circumstance that they were not killed. The Knights of Pythias elected ,he following officers, 1 ast Thursday evening: C. C., Geo. E. Murray; V. C, Ick Yates; Prelate, Jas. F. Irwin; K. of R. & S., F. B. Learning; M. of F., T. J. Erwin; M. of E., E. D. Rhoades; M. of A. Wm. Babcock; Trustee, N. H. Warner. The snow storm of the latter part of last week will not take very high rank for severity, in these parts, but in the northern part of the state, in the vicinity of Laporte, Michigan City Ac., it is stated to have been one of the heaviest snow-falls ever known in that region. Great interruption tciwtiifroad and other travel has resulted. t . >;■ About the usual number of freight trains eame to grief, on the Monou Route, last week. At Brookstou one jumped the track and was about demolished, and ten or a dozen of its cars were burned. At Cedar Lake, Wednesday, a freight train ran on to a place where a rail had just been removed, for replacing with a new one, and the engine and a number of cars were ditched. The accident delayed passenger trains for ten or twelve hours.

The Town Board, in taking the preliminary steps for the construction of a systems of large fire cisterns, has taken a good step in the right direction, and has shown, moreover, that they are ready, with the encouragement and sustenance of the people, to go on with the much needed work of providing means tor resisting fires. The people of the town have the matter mostly in their own hands. The Board will be ready to do what popular sentiment will sustain them in doing, and-can not be expected to do much more. The rabbit crop of Jasper county is now ripe fur the harvest, and, as always, is an abundant crop; but we do not, by any means, wish to suggest a pointer to any juvenile hunters of this vicinity by alluding to an occurrence related in, last week’s Logansport Journal. A young fellow of that town who has a turn for hunting, has been selling dressed rabbits to his neighbors, very largely of late, and one day when out with his gun slew a vagrant cat that came in his way, and having dressed it in good shape, sold it for a rabbit, to a family against whom he held a grudge. The fraud was not suspected until the feline was nicely fried and a member of the family had sampled a slice from one of the hind quarters. That boy ought himself to have a dose of I“cat” of the kind which is applied on the bare back.

Prof. J. D. Brown, of the successful Union Business College, of Lafayette, was formerly a resident of Jasper count}'. To reduoe stock at the Trade Palaoe many decided cuts have been made in dress goods, flannels Ac. Call and learn prices. The survey of Sec. 25, T. 28 N., R. 6 W., is adjourned on account of bad weather, until January 25, 1887. J. C. Thrawls. Ladies’ factory-made, all wool skirts, durable, comfortable and cheap. Call and see them, at R. Fendig’s. Supt D. M. Nelson, of Jasper county, spent Christmas at this place. We have found out what attracts him to this town so often, but have promised to keep “mum.” —Monticello Democrat. Mrs. Mary Porter, who has been visiting relatives and friends in Rensselaer and vicinity for some weeks, returned to her home in Pratt county, Kansas, Tuesday morning. Call at John Casey’s grocery store, the cheapest store in-the oounty. Cash in advance. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Strictly cash. 3t p. Blackford, Ind. Col. Bennett Young, of Louisville, former president of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway, believes that that this road is soon to be sold to the Chesapeake & Ohio company. Mrs. M. M. Tyler, of DeMotte, presented her husband with a fine son, last Monday night. After 6 o’clock p. m , Dr. Washburn drove the twenty miles from here there in good time to make the presentation speech. —: —' r~Mr. M. H. Appleby, writing from Jacksonville, 111., “Vhf&’t he still holds a good position *in the Illinois Dens and Dumb Institute, to renew his subscription, lemarks that “The Republican is a mm~ paper, in the best sense of the word,” and wishes us good success for the New Year. We have always considered Mr. Appleby a young man of fine judgment and discrimination and are more than ever convinced of that fact now.

The lie v year started in with a spell of weather which fully exemplified the old Yankee saying, “As the days begin to lengthen, the cold begins to strengthen.” Saturday night was bitterly cold and Sunday morning thermometers indicated 18 add 20 degrees below zero. All day Sunday the mercury was below the zero point and the night that followed was a “scorcher” and no mistakes. About daylight 4 Monday morning the mercury was down to 24 and in some exposed places 27 degrees below zero and some observers reported even 30 and more below. In Remington a reliable observer reports 33 degrees below, early Monday morning. A. E. Coen and his bride, Miss Nellie Wasson, were the recipients of a number of very desirable presents, at their wedding, on Wednesday, .of lash week. Among them was a large sealed envelope, , from the father of the bride, which was not to be opened until the young couple wore on ’ board the cars for Chicago. It may be safely surmised that the envelope contained a goodly wad of ready cash, or its equivalent in negotiable paper; a commodity whose sovereign grace, even the felicity of a honeymoon, cannot wholly eclipse. Whatever the contents of the envelope were, however, the 'young couple had a mple leisure to investigate them, tor owing to a freight train wreck on the railroad their train, which left Rensselaer at 4 o'clock, p. m., did not reach Chicago until near morning, 6f the next day.

Mr. E. Kannal was in Chicago last week and bought for his own use the finest office desk now it town. Its cost was about S6O. Willey A Sigler sell the besi, Boots and Shoes to be found in the market. Their goods are warranted. Senator Simon P. Thompson went to Indianapolis Tuesday evening, to be on hand at the opening of the legislature. Trustee Meiser, of Walker tp,* was in town Monday, looking for a teacher for Walker school, in his township. He did net succeed in finding one. Wolves have lately become so numerous and destructive in tin east part of Benton county tliai the people thre, last week, organized a big hunt, in which, it is said, 500 persons participated. Six or seven wolves were killed. A pleasant occasion of New Year's day was a dinuer given by Mrs. J. T. Randle to Rev. D. Handloy and his assistants in the present protracted meetings, a I the Methodist Church: Messrs. J. H. Sayler, F. R. Harrison and Rial Benjamin, of Lafayette. Kingman, the county seat i Kingman county, Kansas, and the residence of a considerable number of former Jasperites, is also enjoying remarkable prosperity. The Kingman County Democrat, of last week says that the town increased in population during the past year from 3000 to 4000, thnt 400 dwelling houses were erected, and large suras invested there in manufacturing enterprises and public improvements. * „ Combined public installation Exercises of the G. A. R. post, the Women’s Relief Corps and the Sous of Veterans were held at the Opera House, Tuesday night, n the presence of a large audience. After the installation exercises Comrade Robert Gregory, of Monticello, gave an interesting lecture on the subject of the organization and the objects of the different organizations represented in the in-_ stallation exercises.

Wm Helsel, the saloon of Fair Oaks, was in town Monday, and joined in a game of pooh with his brother saloonist, John Minikus, in Carew’s saloon. A dispute arose and in the fight,, which of course resulted, Matt Minikus, cousin of John, afoiC-. said, and Lew Allen, a friend, a. pair of hard bats from Lafayette, joined in to help John clean outthe Fair Oaks man, and between the three, the job was pretty thoroughly done. The three were arrested and tried in the evening, before Squire Wood, and John Minikus was fined and costed $13*42 Allen $11.42 and Matt Minikus 89.42. On the personal pledged John Minikus that the whole amount of the fines and costs should be paid Tuesday, the justice released all the defendants, but after an hour or two the Lafayette boys, came back and against the protests of their friend Jolm, insisted upon being locked up in jail, for the night, which was dpne. Tuesday the various sums were all paid end the boys were released.