Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1887 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

VOL. XIX.

THE REPUBLICAN. ISSUER EVBHIT THURHDAY BY 3-EO. 33. ILr£-^-I^-S!E3:-A-T.jX-i, POBIJSTIRR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE- —In Republican bnilding. on corner of W*»hi»jrton and Weston streets. Terms of Subscription. Oneyear ,• ••-/• M Six months ... I I* Three months ■••••• 80 The Official Paper of Jasper County. FROFKSBIONAI-, CARDS.

physicians. W W - UART3FLL, M. D., VVt -HOMEOPATHIC IPla-SrelciaxL aiad. S-u.rg'eon, INDIA* A. j^y’-Chronic. Oise»ecs a Specialty Office East WaAhinffton Street. 3-. Jan-M. Residence, Mnteever Iloiiae. r\R. 1. 15. VVAHHB'JFW, PHYSICIAN ani> SURGEON, Rensselaer, Indiana. Give* special attention to Dtaeasesof Women and Children aud Chronic Diseases. Eemembcrcalls are promptly attended when not professionally engajted. p r, BITTERS, M. D.. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Otct Ellis fc Murray, Rensselaer, - - ’■ Indiana fgpsTelenhewe to Residence. .JSI# ATTORNEY 8.

■jjJDYVIN P. HAMMOND, attorney at la if, Rensselaer, - - - - - Indiana. Office iu Leopold’s corner building. 17-37-tr. •H 1 W. MARSHALL, A TTOBNE y a t la w, Practices in Jasper. Newton and adjoining counties. Especial attention given to settle meat ot Dee«dent’s K?fates, CoJRiCtiOBS, Conveyances, Justices’ Caaes, Etc. Etc. Ete. Address, - - - Ros * Laws, Ind Bimon P. Thompson, David J. Thompson A ttorvey at Late. -A otary / üblia. rj’iHOMTSON & BRO.. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, _ Rensselaer. Ind. ————- Practice in all toe courts. We P*y partie.ul attention to paving taxes, soiling *OO leasing lauds. M. L. SPITLER Collector and Abstractor ~ 11. H. GRAHAM, A TTOBNE Y AT LA W, . W ill conduct, a, Loan, and, Real. Office opposite Four house, on Washington street, formerly occupied by Frame W. Bah cock, Esq., Special attoaiion to collections and Probate business. 18-48. JAMES W. DOUTHIT ATTORNEY AT LA W, Rensselaer. - Indiana. up stairs in Makcever’s new brick building, three doors esst of Post-office. XV-46. _____ W. WATSON, Office up stairs in I.feopold’s Bazar .®® RENSSELAER, INI>. M OIU)E( ’ A! F - CHIIjGOTE > ATTORNEY AT LAW, —~ Rensselaer, In-l. Attends to all business in tlio profession with promptness and dispatch. Office in second story of the Mukeever building.

MISCELI-ANEOUS. Es. quivey. "j , - IDexitiet, Special attention given to the preservation of the natural teeth. Artificial teeth inserted from one to>n entire set. / Ai.l work waiusantep. BPS”Ofttceover Wsiners’ Hardware Store, ' Rensselaer,lndiana. IRA 0. KELLEY • *' , dentist, - Rensselaer. Indiana. Dr. Kelley has bad thirty years’experience m the practice of Dentistry, and refers to his uuiner das natrons as to the quality of work turned out. He uses no "Granite Teeth’’ nor any spurious and worthless material.' Special attention given to the preservation of the natural teeth ai d the natural and useful adjustmen t of artificif 1 teeth, warranted.and prices t*correspond with quality ol work. Office over Laßue’s grocery store. Rs. Union - T , F. .1. Sears, Val. Skib. "" ■ President. Vice President. Cashier CITIZENS’ BANK, Rensselaer Ind. Does a general banking business ; certificates bearing interest issued: exchange bought and sold; money loaned on farms at lowest rates and on moat favorable Terms. 17-H-ts. John Makeevkr, Jat W. Willmmu. President. Cashier, FARMERS’ BANK, - Jl Opposite Public Squaro'&a RENSSELAER - - - INDIANA ■; Receives Deposits. Buy and sell Exchange. Collections made and promptly remitted. / Money Loaned, and docs a gemh-al ----- Bltnlrtnpr ItmlMM. XV. 48 y A. McCoy. T. J. McCoy, E. L. Holllingswertli. A, McCoy & Co-, Bankers, (Successors to A. McCoy A T. Thompson.) Rensselaer, Indiana. tlo a genorol banking business. Ex«h*nge -bought-ann sold. Money loaned. Certiflcates bearing intsrest issued. Oillcct- - .• ious made on all available points. Office same place as old firm of McCoy A T Awmpao.’i. ' >|»y.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1887.

Locals and Personals.

There will he but five months of school this year in Marion tp. Our stock of hats and caps are complete. N. Fendig. Val Beib was in Indianapolis Monday. ' A large assortment of trunks just arrived at N. Fendig’s. W. J. Imes and wife, of Monon, spent Sunday in Rensselaer. * Mr. Abe L. Havens and his new bride arrived in this place Monday evening. Fine new line of Calf-skin boots and shoes, for winter wear, at R. Fendig’s.

Mrs. J. W. Smith, of Barkley tp., presented her husband with a fine pair of twin girls last Thursday. Mrs. Jessie Trindle, of Richmond, Ind., with her two children, is visiting the the family of her father, Rev. G. Havens.

Mrs. Chas. Y. Gross, formerly Miss Josie Morgan, of Rensselaer, is one of The Republican’s latest subscribers. She now lives at South Bend, this gtate. John King, the “Good Luck” grocery man is still in good luck, as he now has a clerk to help him keep wide awake in business and other hours.

The ice on the river moved downward during Saturday night, and stranded blocks of it showed that the water had been three feet higher while the ice was moving than it was the next morning. An excellent gas -well was completed at N’oblesville, the county seat of Hamilton county, a few days ago. Its depth is 847 feet, and >he flow is abundant and of an excellent quality. Mr. \Y. S. Grant -came to town again last Friday and submitted to the removal of the epithelial cancer from his * He jpade no further * attempt to use an anaesthetic, but endured the painful operation by the pure force of his native grit.

The work of putting the shelving and fixtures into Leopold’s double store rooms, iu his new block, is nearly completed in the west room and making good progress in the east room. The latter room, especially, is being finished off in splendid style.

Judge Ward finished up the, business of the January term of court last Friday and the next day started to,go home by the overland route as far as Mt. Ayr. making a call by the way upon Uncle Milton Makeever, who is confined to his house by his accident of a few weeks ago.’

The M. E. church was crowded to its utmost capacity again, last Sunday evening. The accessions to the church, at the two meetings of the day were four. The meetings are still held nightly, and the attendance, and interest are still good. Tnis revival will rank as one of the most successful ever held iu the town. The total number of accessions to the church, up to Tuesday evening, were 45.

'The Delphi Journal mentions as a remarkable circumstance theLt Moses Denman, of Flora, Carroll county, had fallen heir to an estate of a quarter of a million dollars, which, of course, had been lying idle in the old country, for a number of years, awaiting a claimant. These things are really too frequent to deserve mentioning. It is one of the common customs of the country to fall heir to an enormous fortune in the old country; but if it should ever happen that any of these heirs were to come into possession of the fortunes which they inherited, then indeed would be an incident interesting from its very rarity.

Mrs. W. B. Austin is visiting friends in Crawfordsville, Harvey Cleaver’s engagement as salesman with Ellis <fc Murray has terminated. Dr. Bitters, surgeon in charge of the case, reports that James Welsh is getting along very satisfactorily with his broken leg. Mr. Robertson, of Guilford, Ind. a nephew of Mrs. J. W. Douthit, visited that lady and her husband, over Sunday. E. L. Ryder has been appointed train master of the Air-line division of the L., N. A. ! & C., between Chicago and Indianapolis, with headquarters at Monon. In Logan sport a responsible company has already let the contract for boring a gas well, and the work will be proceeded with at once.

The regular quarterly meeting will be held at the at the M. E. church Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Presiding Elder Smith will be present and will preach on Sunday evening. Drs. Alter and Lough ridge had a consultation on the case of J. G. Culp, of Barkley tp., Sunday and found little grounds for encouragement, in liis present condition. His disease is acute inflammation of the kidneys.

The Delphi Journal says that there are no new developements in the defalcation of ex-treasurer S. H. Heiland, of Carroll county, and that the $13,000 stolen money still stands “like a grim monster to confront the people with the crime of a profligate.”

The petit jury was-in attendance on the circuit court for eleven days, during the January term, at an expense to the county of over S3OO, and tried one case, taking about three hours time, and involving property of perhaps SIOO value.

Eliss Smith, whose farm is a little south of town, hauled his household goods to Kokomo during the good bleighing, and himself and family will follow next week. We understand that he has made no arrangements for the cultivation of his farm this year. A “Chatauqua Circle” has been in existence in Rensselaer for some time past. In point of numbers it is not remarkable, it having only ten or twelve members. In respect to the benefits which the members receive from the work of the society, it is, undoubtedly, a gratifying success. Let us organize a company and punch a deep hole in the earth and find out what is beneath us. If we strike gas it will be the making of the town; if only a good flow of water it will be worth all it cost; and if we strike nothing at all we will have the satisfaction of knowing that there was nothing there to strike.

Weast and Mull, the two crooks arrested some time ago by Sheriff leoman, and by him turned over to officers from Elkhart county, have each been sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, to be disfranchised for five years and to pay a fine of $lO each. Stealing was the crime for which they were sentenced. In our statement last week of facts in regard to the disturbance at the Pleasant Ridge spelling school which led to the fining of English and Steele, in the circuit court, we were somewhat misinformed; as young English was the party whom Childers thought to fling out, by the scruff of the neck, and Steele it was who valliantly rushed to the rescue of his imperilled comrade in deviltry. The statements of last week were that it was Steele who was sought to be ejected and that English was the rescuing party.

It is currently reported that the Reynold’s saloon has been sold to its barkeeper, Albert Israel. Frieght Conductor Baker, whose dreadful death in his caboose was related last week by our Wheatfield correspondent,'was formerly a conductor on the L., N. A. & C. Hon. I. D. Dunn is chairman of the House committee on Prisons; second member of the committee on Ways and Means and is also a member of the committee on Elections.

Senators DeMotte, of Porter county, has introduced a bill to compel owners of hedges alongside of public roads to keep them trimmed down to a height not greater than four feet. Isaac Tutuer is now stopping with his Rensselaer relatives. He has been travelling in Wisconsin and Minnesota for a grocery house, but finds tqo much weather, to the square mile, in those northern regions, at this time of year.

Dr. Quiv£y, the dentist, returned last Thursday, from his sad mission to North Manchester. Mrs. Sheets, a sister of his late wife, came back with him and is temporarily in charge of the doctor’s household affairs, and caring for his infant son.

A great many of our neighboring towns have had large experience with Building and Loan Associations and all are united in declaring them to be gieat benefits to their towns. There ought to bo one organized in Rensselaer this spring.

Rensselaer can’t keep up with the procession unless we have a gas well. Let a company be organized and a hole be bored. The cost will be but a trifle compared with the benefits if the well is a success, and if it is a failure, the loss will not be great. Chas. A. Roberts, the agricultural .inoplement dealer has just bought of A. Leopold, a lot on Van Rensselaer street, between the latter’s new building and Eger’s carpenter shop, and will erect theron a laige agricultural implement warehouse, in the Spring. Messrs. Sigler, Goff and Powell are preparing to begin woik on their Kentucky railroad contract, next week. They will ship their first car-load of teams and men next Monday, and another on Thursday. They advertise in this paper for 100 day laborers. This looks like a good opening for the idle population of this and surrounding towns.

Our inside pages have a whole portrait gallery this week. They contain excellent pictures of six new U. S. senators, also of the late Gen. Hazeu, and of August Spies, the condemned Chicago anarchist and of Nina Van Zand?, the silly girl who lately procured a license to marry him, but fortunately for herself, is prevented from so doing by the sheriff of the county.

It is now stated on wbat Beems good authority that the owners of the C. & I. C. Ry Co., already has a surveying party at work locating a line from Fair Oaks into Chicago. It will run, it is said, to Blue Island, 111., about 15 miles south of Chicago, and from that place run into the city over the tracks of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific road. The fact that the C. & L C. is owned by men who are largely interested in' the Rock Island property, gives a strong color of probability to this report, and it is more than likely that the connection, by the'route described, will be constructed, at* an early day, probably during the present year. The distahee to Blue Island from Fair Oaks is about 42 miles, and this will be the length of the line necessary to be constructed.

Miss Kitt Kendall, of Kendal-vil-le, Ind., is visiting Miss Emma Martin and other friends in Rensselaer., A new butcher at Henry Eiglesbach’s since Tuesday. . Weighs ten pounds, live weight, and not on butchers’ scales either. There is said to be; a good location for a physician vacant at SanPierre, Ind., also one at Wheatfield, in this county. Willey & Sigler sell the best Boots and-Shoes to be found in the market. Their goods are warranted.

The Monon route people had about as much trouble last week with the snow on the north end of the old line of the road as they did on the Chicago division. The Kentland Gazette in speaking of the recent death of a young lady, says she was born in Fort AYayne and died in The Lord. She died far from her native flagstones.

Remember the series of meetings to be held in the Free Will Baptist Church, by Elders Ferguson and Brewer will continue one week at least. Eider Brewer is said to be one of the best pulpit orators in tjie state. Wm Childers, of Pleasant Ridge, has recently ran down, on horseback, at different times of course, two grown wolves, and Jcilled them with a revolver. Chas. Pullins, of Barkley tp., has also ran dowD one in the same way. He chased it five miles, aud killed it with his poket knife.

George R. Faylor, of Union tp., who was so badly hurt at the stock train wreck, near Cedar Lake, some months ago, brought suit against the L., N. A. & C. Ry. Co. for SIO,OOO. The case was set for trial at the late term of the Jasper circuit court, but a change of venue was taken to Newton county. L. 8. Alfer was again elected an officer in the State Association'of 1 County Surveyors and Civil Engineers. This time he is Financial Secretary. The Indianapolis papers that Mr. Alter handled the subject “Tile Drainage” in a masterly manner, at the meeting of the Association, last week.

J. H. Wood, of Pulaski county, a retired banker and captalist, and a former resident of Rensselaer, was fined SIOO for making fraudulent returns of taxable property to the Assessor. He was not satisfied and got a new trial, which was had in Starke county. Here the jury gave a verdict against him for $250 penalty.

Mr. Wm Mowrer, of Remington, whose accident in an elevator at that place is described in our Re ming correspondence, died yesterday morning, at about ten o’clock. It is understood that the immediate Cause of his death was bleeding, caused by the breaking of an artery. It is further stated that his life could probably have been saved haiF it not been for his opposition to amputation. He leaves a wife and several children. Caption John Barnett, Auditor elect of Fulton county, was in town on Friday last. Capt. Barnett is the first republican ever elected to the auditorship in that Democracy ridden county. He made the race twelve years ago and the vote was a tie- They tried it again at a special election and the other iellow was a little ahead, but he turned “Reformer” by loaning himself several thousand dollars. The last A uditor wasalso a demo.-. crat and his practices were such that about two or three hundred democrats turned against him, and I having confidence in Captain Barnett put him in. From what we have Seen and heard of the Captain we are sure he will make a good officer and one whom the people will endorse.

The Town of Niman.

Surveyor Thrawls went up into AVnlker tp., last Thursday, and laid out a town, at the side-track on the new railroad, at Hogan’s school house. It is recorded under th*i name of Niman. Henry Niniaa being the name of the owner of the land. The plat as laid out consists of only one block, of four lots. Application has been made, for the establishment of a postoffice there, with the name of Niman, and with Peter Hoffman as post-master. Some of the future .patrons of the proposed post-office are said to be kicking vigorously against the name, and it must b* admitted that they have good grounds for their opposition.

Licensed lo Marry.

Since last reported the Cloi k of the Circuit court has issued licenses authorizing the marriage of the following named couples: John Butler, ) Martha Donnelly. ! Horace T. Jones, ) Fannie A. Jones. j Elijah Culp, ( Ellen Platt, j August Stachel, l Augusta Ketchmark. \ Harmon N. Clark. | Rosa Davisson,

A Man Killed at Fair Oaks.

At a very early hour last Tuesday morning Thomas W. Pearce, a wiper in the round houses of the C. <fc I. C. at Fair Oaks, was riding upon the tender of an engine that was runiiing backwards. He jumped off backwards and rolled under the wheels of the tender, which pushed him along the track for some distance, then ran over his left foot, and his right leg its whole length, crushing tliera both in a terrible manner. An engine ran down to this place and carried Drs. Loughridge and Bitters to the scene of the accident, but remedies were unavailiny to rally him from the terrible shock, and seeing that he must die, they did not attempt an amputation of the crushed limbs. He was conscious and rational at the time of the doctors’ visit, but suffered little or no pain. His death occurred at about 9 p. in. of the same day. His age was 31 years, and he leaves ;$> wiser and four young children. His home was at Windthrap, near Attica. Coroner Blue held an inquest yesterday but found no evidence indicating blamable carelessness, upon the part of any person.

Dissolution of Partnership. The partnership which existed between the undersigned, under the firm name of Ferguson & Goff, has been dissolved. The undersigned, B. F. Ferguson, is authorized to collect all claims due said firm and will pay all the debts of the same. B. F. Ferguson, Geo. W. Goff, January 21,1887.

For 30 Days Only. Ladies Fine Shoes, formerly sold for $3, now sold for $2.50. French Kid $5 shoes for $4.25, and all others in proportion. A large line of mens, youths and childrens’ clothing at like prices. Please call and convince yourself that we mean what we say, as wo must have money. These prices are strictly cash. January 27,1887. N. Fendio.

NOTICE. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway company will be held at the office of the company, in the city of New York, on Wednesday, March 9th, 1887, at which meeting thirteen directors will be elected to serve for the ensuing year. The polls will be open from twelve o’clock M. to on one P, M. The transfer books will be closed from Faby, 27th to March 10th W. H. Lewis, Sec’y.

One Hundred Men Wanted ImmediatelyAs 9 do Railroad work in Kentucky. Good wages. Cheap Transportation. WUI leave Rensselaer, Ind., Monday, Jan, 31 and Thursday, Feby. 3rd, 1887. Apply at once to C. C. Sigler, G. W. Goff or J.W. Powell, Rensselaer, Ind,

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