Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1887 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

. Robt. Randle, of Barkley township, had a son born last Sunday. Frank Peregrine, of Hanging Grove, has gone to the big normal, at Valparaiso. Wanted Immediately.— Girl to do general house-work. Inquire at Hemphill & Honan's. Miss Lena Booth, a former well known teacher in this county, was lately married, in Chicago, to Mr. Daniel Gordon, of Valparaiso. Married. —-Sunday afternoon, April 3d, at the M. E. parsonage, by Rev. David Handley, Mr. Jas. H. Adamson and Miss Mary J. Shook. Messrs. U. Z. Wiley, Daniel Frazer and M. H. Walker, three leading lights of the Fowler bar, j were looking after cases in the circuit court, last week. I- C. A. Hopkins, who-lives in the ! fertile and prolific region a few! miles-north, of town, owns a Nan- j nie goat which is nursing Aur fine : kids, produced at a single birth, some weeks ago. The interior of Grandmother; Kaivnafs house, acioss the river, I has just been thoroughly repain-J ted mid repapoml, from top to bot-1 tom, in elegant style. The work was done by the new firm of, Weaver & Lester. C. H. Walker, traveling buyer ; for Snodgrass & Spear, grain men, : of New York and Chicago, and a ! live man generally, was in town ! Tuesday. It was his first visit and : he expressed much satisfaction with the general appearance of tire town. • The Peck’s Bail Boy Company which was pronounced very thin in Rensselaer, and a most egregious j humbug . in Mouou, -is j unqualifiedly praised, in the Fow--I,',' i’rnVir, which says that at that: town they had an immense audience arid gave complete satisrfac- j tion. The Western THustiated World of Kansas City, Mo„ in its issue of March fifth, gives excellent portraits of Senators S. P. Thompson, and Jasper M. Dresser, of -this state. Both pictures are very hfe-liko and corrcec- likenesses. : i i:-• same o■ ■ r.mTsft,fives a-biief-blographical sketch of Mr. Thornp-, son’s life. - The work of cleaning out the oil j well at Fronensvilte of the broken casings and other debris, resulting from tile firing of the well was gtill in pi ogress last Saturday; and I until that is completed' the extent ! and value of the oil fiow will not i I. ■ ' be. known. The opinion pretty generally prevails however, that neither vein of oil pierced by the well will yield oil in paying quari- ; lilies. Park Wright, manager of the “bid Reliable” Wright Furniture ' and Undertaking establishment, has made arrangements for a firstclass cnbirnd maker, who will be- ■ giirwork about April Pith. p Please’bear mi mind, gentlemak ti > HeigphiH &. Honan carry a and'domestic cloths; Give them a ! call if imed'ng a spring suit. A savKu h/frem bye to ten dollars 'on '.-.an suit 11.;. Geo. B Jorirfgj], a former reset ! known ami v ery estimable resden.t but now a prosperous eiti- ■ and h* justice of the Peace, 1 in Greensburg, Kansas, sends us a ■ dl.t-ud remittance on his subscription, and remarks that a remarkaMJPrdmut' s being experienced in j Greeusbv.rr.’ No rain since Sep- ! tembpr, and mot an inch us sriow. 1 all winter. Greensburg still booms, however, and now has fully 2000 population, and more coming, i Three railroads are being built injto the town, and 11 one of which ] trains will run in six weeks.

Henry Barkley is still suffering from veiy poor health, at his home in Barkley township. W. F. Porter, of Marion township, went to Ladoga, last Thursday, to take a term in the normal school there. The Solomon Bros., general merchants or Remington, advertise their intention to close out their business and .remove from jthe town. A meeting will be held at the Church of God, next Saturday, at 3 p. m., to consider the question of organizing a congregation of the ! Christion or Disciples clrurch, at this place.

Elder E. 0. Sharpe, the Disciples Evangelist, now conducting a series of meetings in Rensselaer, | closed a series in Francesville on the 17tli of March, at which were 43 additions to the church. ’Elias Hollingsworth, the old stand-by Town Marshal, of Remington, will probably he obliged to do ccinsiderable hustling to secure a re-election, as two other citizens of that town are after tlie place, namely, Ezra Bowman and 0. J. Heicle. ■ • | Last Friday, April Ist, was a day which seemed especially designed to typify and illustrate the entire range of spring weather. During the course of the day there was rain, hail, snow, sleet, wind and calm, clouds and sun-shine— till kinds of weather, iiL faG:, including even some that was good. Come in and see the latest styles in Spring millinery, just received from Chicago this weeK, at Hemphill & Honan’s. The Clerk has issued the followlowing marriage licenses since last teported. ; „ j John B. Steele, j Roily Boyd, i .James 1L Agarosonf I Mary J. Shock. 1 'Wilber J. Kilgour, ) Dessie Fay. The casing in the oil well was raised Wednesday and it was discovered tlaat two of the lower joints ]>ad pulled off, and in all probability were shattered. If this is tlie case the well is all right, ami as soon as the tools can be shipped Lure the two joints’ will be taken out and new ones lowered, to replace them. Tins will shut out the suyplus Ftp waver, ami and ail trouble will be at an end Fnnrcrsrittc Era. The ptimp-house aiul.wfdcT tank at Carr’s station, on the L;, N. A. K G. railway, three utiles n..r:h of Brookston, were destroyed by fire last Thursday night. The Lafayett e acFomniVid afion“"ti : alh had to Iran the gauntlet' of the fire, and did so at sixty; miles an hour. How ! tire- fire caught is unknown, but it is supposed from sparks from a passing locomotive. • 1 The alleged fast of Mary Baker S Baker still continues, but it is now !generally heheved in the neighj boi hood of her residence, to be a piece of trickery. A" young man, lover of the girl, is said to visit ■ her every, day and to sim'eptitiousiiy provide her with nourishment. ■The aged parents of the, girl are Yurt believe l tohave b on. in auyway,Aartivs to tlie frttu.T, but were 1 themselves as much deceived as i anyone. F* —— iir'ri . > 1 -'A I "i'VmV, r;r r The gas regions of Indiana, in- ! cheated by the discoveries already ' made, begins at about the .center inf the eastern boundary line. of the istate and extends in an almost d.<e northwest direction, in a tract lof2oor 30 miles wide. This tract, !if it continues clear across the state, arid iu the same general direction, and of iLidiminished Width, would include Rensselaer ! within its limits. Delphi and Motion, in which borings are now in ■ progress, are also within the probiable limits of the gas belt,, and the | suecess or failure of tlie borings there will be a strong indication of what may be expected here,

\Y. G. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Julia Healey, Friday afternoon, _at 3 o’clock. All are invited. Post-master Mallatt, . of Fair Oaks, was in town yesterday. He reports building in progress at his town. Married:- —Sunday evening, April 2d, at the residence of Bert Hutsqn, in Mr: John B. Steele and Miss Retty Boyd, Rev. David Handley officiating. The cuiitract for boring a gas well in Montieello has been let to Geo. Givens, of Toronto, Ohio, for 81,650. He is to. go 50 feet into the Trenton rock, unless gas is found sooner.

The trial of Cunningham and Shortridge, of Battle Ground, for killing ISim Girard, resulted in an acquittal, last Thursday. It was a righteous veo l ict: and the men should 'never ha re been prosecuted. It is said tiiat Edward H. Shultzo • tlie convicted bigamist, lias sent to Germany for papers to show that ..he.w as legally divorced from his first wife! If he succeeds in this he can quickly gain his freedom Ken Hand (iazetir Every soldier, every patriot and every intelligent citizen ought to own and read Gen. Logan’s last book, “The ..Volunteer Soldier, of America.” Price in cloth, 8350. Miss Mollie Babcock is the agent, but orders for it may be left at this’office. Rev. Kenneth Duncan preaches next Sabbath morning at the Piesjbyterian church, on the ‘Tiesuroction of Christ,” In the evening he. will conduct an Easter service, entitled,“The Floral Cross,’-’ assisted, 'by ’members of the Sabbath school. All are invited. A dime museum has been exhibiting in the room west of the Farmers’ Bank, for five or six flays. The ' attractions, with th@,exception of music and songs, consists wholly of a really wonderful collection of wood carvings made during many years by the proprietor of tlie show’, Asa Carpenter, of ; Michigan. He is truly a remark- ! tibia whittler. h . " O. .. , ' • • - •. 1 Prof. Ford, a man of many odd ologies, with his family, has been . giving'entertainments'in tlie court 1 house ever since. Monday, of last . v.-.'k. He expected to remain but : threcTJnys but the sickness of a [childt with lung fever; Ims kept him here. He lectures on his ologles and the members of his family vary the entertainment with | songs and recitations. His pat- - ronnge lias been fairly, liberal. } "LasdAlonday Drsd Loughridge and Bithu’s .made another joint ex- ' animation of the lirokem limb of j U. -5..-Great, tlie young man living west of town, and whose case has ! already been- several times mentioned, and found tlie broken limb in so bod a condition as to ieave i ' . Ino recourse Kit amputation-. The !operation will probably beeper-. : formed to-day or to-morrow'. The : leg will be cut off a short distaaee above the ankle joint - Agnes the youngest daughter of Sylvester and M. Healy, of this place died last Friday afternoon at the age of 15 years 5 months and 15 days. The disease was cerebro-spinal meningitis, and her sickness lasted but 8 days; during the last four or five of which she was in a comatose state. She was a member of the Rensselaer high school and the malady which carried her off, perhaps resulted from excessive study. Agnes was a very bright and pretty girl, a great favorite with her comrades and the idol of her family ; and to these last, especially, her sudden and early death is a hard blow The funeral was held Sunday afternoon in St. Augustine Catholic church, and was very largely attended, and the high school was present in a body. The interment was in Weston cemetery.

A daughter was born to the family of Ezra Xg—Ularkr-Tuc.. i-.y morning. . - y I Misses Ella llvviggina and Amanda Paris passed their spring vacation at home, last week. xV. fire in Boswell, Benton county, last Saturday morning, did great damage to the business portion of the to.vn. (. " 1 Rebecca, daughter of Geo. Jenkins, of Barkley tp., is thought to be insane and an examination is to be held to-day, to determine tjie matter.

Bert and WilL-Small, tlie twin sons of Rev. Gilbert Small, arej making the ldavillo Observer one j of the briglitest and best local j newspapers that we know of. Miss. LeotaHennegar, who has j been so very low for several weeks I with a low- type of malarial fever,! is reported, as xve goto press, to be j | gradually improving, though sluy ! is still very ill. —FraneearHie Era. Ladies wishing straw hats sewled in latest soring shapes will call on Hemphill it Honan. They have blocks on which to press hats and can do first class work. Try them.

Win. B. ztmstin has traded himself into the possession of that portion of the _stock: of . Elsn.ei'W ‘ Chicago Fair,” consisting of tinware, crockery, glassware etc., and is offering tlie same for sale, at re tail. Johnson A Co., the feather ronovalor men, have moved, into . Lhe room near the depot, lately occupied by King’s grocery store, and -where they are still doing good work and lots of it. Bring on your feathers. Elder Sharpe's meeting in the Church of God are growing in attendance and interest nightly. They will continue over Sunday, trnd perhaps longer. Mm. Sharpe is ti preacher of far more than or-dinary-power and interest. The receivers of the Lafayette Journal sold the paper last Saturday, at auction. Ex-State Auditor ! Rice, Senator French, of Posey ' county and W. Bent Wilson, of the Indianapolis Sentinel., were ; the purchasers, and have turned it into a Democratic paper. I Miss Flora Ivepplinger, a memrbervof the salvation army, oikXafayette, has sued the Lafayette ; C(,e i-irr for 810,000. Tlie offense I ('was a statement published that | M IBS Kepplinger had - become a .niothuv. The Cnufi<: retracted . th« statement, but suit has been brought all the same. . . . GG, . i Win. Rinehart was up in Pori ter county last week, looking for [cattle, and while there amused ■ himself by buying two or three | very fine teams of heavy horses, 1 well njatobed and of fiue breeding• [also a frpeed fitly of high degree and ti- yearling draft stallion of young mastadonic proportions. ■ Ladies of Jasper county, we have secured the services M Miss Hattie .\\ iley, from the widely, known ' miliinery. house of D. B. Fisk & , Co., of Chicago, who comes to us with the best „of reference. She will take charge of pur milliuuy d<' ; .)a.'i;n]eritlbKtheonsuing season. Please, reserve your orders for us. Hemphill Sc Honan. j The Herald reports that a man !iu the propinquity, of Goodland has lost a good steer from being . “hooked in\the manger, by another ■of its own kindred.”- We will not attempt to decide in what part Of t the defunct steer’s anatomy the aforesaid manger, in which he was fatally prodded, was located, but we will say, however, that if the assaulting steer’s hookers had been duly removed, according to a Mr. Haafe's dehorning gospel, he might have bumped the hornless knob of his occiput against the ‘ manger” of his victim for half the j night, and no serious harm result--1 ed. The horns must go.

Tire pension of J. Alter, -e .Reusselafey,.'boa been inop&’ftaeiL ■ Jerry Healy, of Frankfort. D [spending the week \vith.his family | here. The project for a gas well at Goodland has fallen through,— according to the Herald. The family of Percy lay lor, o Greet, are having a aerhms time with the measles. Richard R. Mofiitt, now a 1. ;- fnyotto hawyci’, but formerly > Carpenter township, was in town ■on legal business last Friday.

Y*m. Chilcote’s house, near the I j railroad, caught lire on the. l’pof [last Monday, but it was luckily discovered by Mrs. Lyman Zea, in I lime to be extinguished. A couple of well disposed citizens were collecting subscriptions Monday to buy a horse for Chris. a poor man, who supports his family by teaming and pue of whose horses is used up The subscription was. successfr.l. ■ * If you are going to bqy n nea\ hat and want the latest block, gn to Ellis Sc Muvray’.x. “The Francesyillc paper." sn v.the Rensselaer Reitisljcan, “made no mention of the new oil .strike.in tlie well there, .nor- have, any of the neighboring papers bail anything to say about it.” The “maii who runs” the Rensselaer Republican must rely entirely upon grapevine telegraph for his information, as an account of tlie progress of the well and also olilie “strike” has. appeared in all tUpupers in Pulaski county amt in the enterprising newspapers of the State. We would also remind the Rensselaer Republican that that Francesville has a newspaper devoted to tlie oil and gas mini a c interests of Pulaski county. Read up a little. Winamac. JiepulduxiK . T his dishonest ami dishonorable scribbler kuoivs that every word of Urn above paragraph is an intentional lie, gotten up to conceal his own lack of newspaper enterprise. A few plain words of truth will put him down: The last strike of oil in the Francesville oil-well waUinadllate in the afternoon of Monday, March 14th. This paper of that same week,lssue of March 17, contained a reasonably full.account of the strike, but the Francesville pa-per-of that week made,no mention of t!le-new-vein -of-tfily atrch'nei tfier of the Winamac papers had any mention of the well at all in their issues of the same week. Neither w;us any information of the new find telegraphed to any city papers until many days after it was made. -Tbese-lacts led us to insert in-our issue of the week following the entirely truthful and correct paragraph, from which the . Winamac paper quotes above, and upon which it bases its lying ami dishonest attack. .L.rilan iU'.iii in 000-lliind lipraid: Stolen W Last Saturday morning from John Sage’s, a large stun oil money. Having suspected one, namely, J(ffi.n Hall, who had lodged at Mr. Sage’s that night, ami early in the morning started for parts unknown. Said Sage repaired to the 'barn and procured ahorseaud rope aiid started in pursuit in one direction while lie dispatched Dr. YYants in the opposite direction. Sage caste up w ith the thief at Der! Gant’s and accused him of the theft. Hall of course stoutly averred his innocence. Sage, adjusted the knot about Hall’s neck, threw the rope around a beam of the barn and preparing to swing him up, when he produced the filthy lucre forthwith, and.Hage went on his way rejoicing. The above item is largely wind ( although Hall, a simple minded ’— * fellow, did take the money and was compelled to restore the same. | A Commercial Teeter. -We are at the top, but our prices are at the bottom. Y./ U Y Willey & Sigler. MONEY!~moxei—WY H. H, Graham loans money in sums of 8300 and upwards, on long time, at low iatereßt.