Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1887 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

Call and see the new shape dishes at Laßue Bros. Congress has appropriated 850,000 for a public building in Lafayette. * l Wm. A. Elder, of Franklin, Neb., was the guest of Miss Alice . Havens, over Sunday. A fine line of canned and evaporated fruits cheap at Laßue Bros. J. L. Osborne, of Hanging Grove, is about to remove to the farm of J. F. Warren, liis brother-in-law, north of to wn. Rubber goods as cheap as the cheapest at Hemphill & Honan’s. Try our roasted coffees. They can’t be beat for the money. Laßue Bros. T. B. Lank, who has been clerking for Laßue Bros., the grocers, left Tuesday for Colfax, 111., where lie• intends engaging in business for himself. A large assortment of trunks just arrived at N. Fendig’s. Ingrain Carpets.— Twenty-five. cents a yard. Cheapest ever offered in the town, at the Trade Palace. David H. Hazen, of Francesville, was in town Monday. Dave is a good man, and he knows a good thing, and therefore he is a faithful subscriber for The Republican. If you want a bargain call on Laßue Bros. The high water of lest Thursday night, in Makemself ditch, which used up the costly tile culvert and filling, near G. H. Brown’s place, filled Mrs. Hemphill’s cellar to the depth of two or three feet, and considerably damaged the contents, Come and buy underwear, yarns, hosiery and mitts at wholesale prices at Hemphill & Honan’s. Alexander Hamilton, of Gillam tp., will make a public sale on Thursday, Feb. 24, at his residence 34 miles west of Medaryville, at which time will be sold, on favorable terms, considerable quantities of live-stock,, farming implements, <fec. W. N. Jones, of Rensselaer, will act as auctioneer. You can buy a set of Lustre Baud ware of Laßue Bros, cheaper than any place in Jasper eoun|ty. The annual convention of the ! Jasper county Sunday School Un- ! ion began at the Presbyterian j church last evening and will con I tinue until this evening. An interesting programme of exercises has been arranged for the cbnven- : tion. The exercises for this ‘ eveI mng promise to be specially interesting. X. Warner,<h Sons are laying in an enormous stock of plows for the Spring trade, and ar<? preparen to sell them at the very rockbottom prices. Thos. Thompson and Warren Robinson have sold the farm north of town, which they bought of Peter Hinds last Summer, to David jC. Bond, of near Otterbein, Benton county. That gentleman will build a new- residence upon the i farm and otherwise greasy improve it. He owns several fine stock-horses, which lie expects to keep upon the farm. Correspondents are,requested to endeaver to get their letters in the mails in time to reach us before our day of publication. Many letters reach us upon Thursdays and Fridays, and these must either be thrown away or published the,next week, by which time many of the items they contain would be ver ystale news. To insure publication letters should reach us not later than Wednesday noon, and we should prefer lo receive them still earlier. , . - - —.— -jfc.- ■.. ■

IT llrand7!i!re^^ started for Kansas, last Friday. At the tax sale last Monday a very large portion of the property advertised was bid off. The new shape dishes are daisies, Call and see them. Larue Bros. Johnson & Co’s, steam power renovator beats the world on cleaning, drying and bleaching feathers. —Kankakee Times. Parents, don’t fail to see onr spring heel shoes for the infants, children and, misses, just the thing, at Hemphill & Honan’s. You can buy more goods of Lav Rue Bros for the sam e amount of money than any other place ins Rensselaer. We have just opened the largest 1 and best selected lot of Gilt Bandi Dishes ever brought to Rensselaer. Call and see them. j Laßue Bros. ] A Warren county grand jury has indicted John Cunningham and’ Jesse Sliortridge for the killing of Sim Gerard, the Warren county robber, near Attica, last fall. They have been released on $5,000 bail. John T. Corn, of Jasper, Dubois county, is one of The Republican’s latest subscribers. jEe owns land in this county and has some thought of settling here, we are informed. . . M. L. Sjoitler is preparing to erect a good dwelling house near his present residence, north of the railroad, for his son; G. G. Spitler. Its probable cost will be about SI,OOO, we are informed. “Grand-Pap Robinson' was the legend inscribed, in big, bold letters, upon a sheet of paper found hanging upon the door of the Auditor’s office, last Thursday morning. A bouncing, big, boy baby at Grant Warner’s explained the appearance of the card. —-r;._...J . ; ' Va’yrL • ''•* I It is said to be quite probable that the Chicago & Indiana Coal Railroad Company will be able to lease the Chicago & West Michigan road on terms which will justify them in doing so and on terms which will be just and equitable to both interests. Negotiations are still pending. Senator Thompson has been at home since last Thursday morning, by the side of fu& wife, whose ser- j ions sickness with anervoiis trouble is the source of constant anil painful solicitude in this place where her many, amiable and lovely qualities have made her a universal favorite. At Fowler on the stli inst, Mrs. Otto Eeklund got in a quarrel with .some neighbors, and they proceeded to bombard each others houses with rocks,' and she became greatly enraged- and. excited and - was siezed with an attack of congestion of the lungs which caused her death in a very short time. A coroner’s inquest was held at which a verdict was given to the effect that the congestion was caused by intense anger;, and was rendered necessarily fatal by the unhealthy condition of the lungs. A tremendous rainfall, accompanied by thunder .and lightning began at an early hour lastTlmrsday evening, and continued nearly all night. The water poured down in torrents and the result was about as near a flood as tiie configuration of this part of the country will permit. No particular damage has been reported except wliat resulted from the failure of the new 32 inch tile culvert across Front St, near G. H. Brown’s place, to carry of the swelling waters of Makemself ditch. The water ran over the street and w ashed out a large section of it, and many of the large tllpftdn erDvert were forced out of place, and broken in pieces. The damage done will amount to j several hundreds of dollars.

- Henry Mackey, the marble man, is recoveriug from a severe attack of the pleurisy. The best grain leather boot in the market for the money at Hemphill & Honan’s. The pension 'of Van Buren Hinds, of Remington, was re-in-stated last Monday. Dr, Qniyey has just removed his dental office i%to the rear room up stairs in Hemphill’s new building, over Ellis & Murray’s store. C. W. Bussell, one of Hanging Grove’s most estimable young citizens, was raised to the full rank of an Odd Fellow, in Iroquois Lodge, last Tuesday night. r Bayard Clark was home from Foresman last Thursday night and received the finishing touches upon his educatiou as a valiant jKnight of the ordei of Pythias. No regular train has as yet been put on the Fair Oaks and LaCross 'extension of the C. & I. C. Ry., and probably will not for some weeks yet, perhaps not for a couple of months.

W. N. Jones w-as over to Medaryville Sunday, visiting his son 'Frank Jones, who is very low with te consumption. The latter is out 27 years of age, and has a ife and one child. hip, was drunk in the superlative degree, last Saturday, and was run in by Constable Wood, but Was released Sunday morning without prosecution. Attention of farmers and horse raisers is called to the announcement of the Giliani Li\V' Stock Association, in this issue of this paper. The Association has just acquired anqther fine horse, as will be seen by their advertisement. H-n?k onW. O. Starr’s.’proposed brick in the grove at the south end of Cullen street, will begin as soon as the frost is out of the ground. The work will not be done by contract, but by the “days work” plan, with Frank Osborne §g superintendent, We have inspected the plans and elevations of the building, and- can assure our readers that Mr. Starr and his excellent family will have a spacious,. beautiful and convenient I home, and that the building will l>e one of the. most tasteful and ornamental in the town. It will be two full stories and an attic in height, 25 by 4S feet in dimensions, and will contain all the modern improvements and conveniences. - Some friend of Dan Coleman sent him a bushel of hickory nuts : _-■ . i last Friday to-help him to while away the .hours of Ids forced retirement from the pleasures of so-1 ciety,- within the county arid himself and his comrades in ] durance, ate of the same very freely. Ike Middleton, the Fair Oaks saloonist, partook of them so largely that lie became violently sick for a short time and. not only had a physician summoned* but also sent a telegram to liis wife at Fair Oaks, requesting her to come at once, if she wanted to see him alive. She came down on the accommodation train Friday evening, leaving a sick child at home. When she reached the jail she found Isaac playing a fiddle and happy as a king. At her request the sheriff summoned the erring man into the presence of his unfortunate wife, and ehe then and there’proceeded to give him such a well merited “piece of her mind” as he ought to remember and profit by as long as he lives. Mrs. Middleton seems to be a very-es-timable women, and it was against her wishes and cbjeelions tbat her husband engaged in the business which resulted in his incarceration. , 8

Mrs. Dr. Sam Ritchey, of Morion tp., is greatly afflicted with multiple abdominal tumors. The new street lamps arrived Monday and were ulaced in position Tuesday and yesterday. The streets of Rensselaer were lighted lost night, for the fivst time. Mason & Morgan’s company gave Uncle Tom’s Cabin in the Opera House last night to a 'arge and well pleased audience. The dance at the Opera House and the festival in Nowels’ Block last Friday night, for the benefit of the Cornet Band, were not very successful in point of patronage. Mr, William Iloadifer and Miss Kate* Goodrich, both of Jasper county were married at the bride’s home, by Rev. C. McCain, Feb. 0. —Goodland Herald.

Ladiesj we have the largest assortment of fine shoes ever carried by us and at prices that will suit you. Call and examine our goods before buying. Every pair warranted. Hemphill & Honan. Joseph Gains was fined two dollars and costs Tuesday, by Squire Wood, for assault and battery upon John Lancaster, an old man. The trouble grew out of encroachments of the cattle of one man upon the lands of the other. , Both parties live in Newton tp. Gains has appealed the case to the circuit court. M. O. Halloran being his security for costs. The county Clerk sas Issued t-lie following marriage licenses sine last reported: f William D. Koadifer, | Kate E. Goodrick. j David M. Worland, | Emma E. Barlow, j James M. Poisel, j Sarah C. Britton, j Robert Wilson, j Susan A. Nash. The four months old infant of Bruce Moffitj of Union tp., was very badly burned upon the bead last Saturday. During the temporary absence of its'mother, its cradle was, by some means, turned over against the stove, and the child, when found, laid with the top of its head against the stove. Dr. Alter was called, and greatly feared for the child’s life, but so far it is making good progress to wards recovery. : The C. m Ily. Co. have been doing a very large coal- business the past fall and this winter. It is estimated that an average of at least four trains all loaded exclusively with coal, hauling an average of twenty-five cars daily, and allowing 30 tons for each car would make 3,000 tons daily, and at that rate it is presumed that there has been shipped over the road at least 540,000 tons of coal during the last six months. The road is ballasted excellently, and is in every respect equipped in first class style, and is doing a good local frieght and passenger business.- Goodland Her- 1 did. ;