Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1887 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

Circuit court is in session at Fowler, this week. Go to the new furniture store of Williams <fc Osborne for Bargains Win. Eisner and family took their departure for Chicago Tues-' day. _ Greensburg, county seat of Decatur county, struck gas last week. This town is far to the south of tlie heretofore defined gas belt. Come in and see the latest styles in Spring millinery, just received from Chicago this weeic, at Hemphill & Honan’s. March came in rear end foremost and grew steadily worse until th e end, and late developements indicate that April also is wrong 1 end to. I • H. E. Jameß has rented the old Bingham house, near the cemetery, and the rooms over the post office will be occupied by their owners, Etta, Mamie and Eugene Spitler. Tlios. H. Robinson, one ol our extensive cattle breeders, living in Gill am tp., sold I‘2B head of cattle, Friday last. The largest portion being very fine steers.—Francesville Era. Forget your own age, forget your wife’s name, forget how many children you have but DON’T forget that Willey & Sigler are still selling tlie best of goods at the lowest prices. Williams & Osborne’s new furniture store is now in full bloom. Mr. Eisner having vacated Mr. Williams’ room, next door to the one now occupied, it is the intention of the firm‘to move their stock into that, in a few days. Rev. B. F. Ferguson, of Rensselaer, delivered an able sermon at the M. E. church Sunday night, to ;an interested and crowded house. Mr. Ferguson is well known and highly respected,in this town, having lived here several years ago.—Francesville Era. Rev. Handley is pushing the subscriptions for a new M. E. j church, with good prospect of success. He says, what ought to be done can be doue; and he knows this ought to be and can be, and if all will take hold and help as they ought, it will be, and without being burdensome to any. That little boy who purchased his new -sehoel/ suit all-by himselfat Willey AiSigler’s, secured just as good a bargain as his father or mother could for the reason that i this fair dealing firm have but one low price for every body, and every gaimeut they sell is of sterling quality. ’ Rev. D. Handley, on last Sunday evening, commenced a series lof lectures to the large class of probationers in his church, on the “Doctrines and polity of the Methodist Episcopal Church.” His lecture next Sunday evening will be entitled, “Who have a right to be recognized as members of the church?” The rain, snow, sleet and slush of Sunday night and Monday, gave the ground a much needed soaking, and the water all Stayed where it was needed. Scarcely a trace of the snow was perceptible by Mon--1 day night. Thero was a pretty heavy freeze that night however, 'and considerable appeheusion is felt regarding its effects upon the fruit-prospects. A crowded house met at the Church of God, last Sunday afteruoon. and organized a Sunday School, with excellent prqgpects for success. The name chosen is “The Rensselaer Union Bible School.” Dr. I. B. Washburn was elected superintendent, Jos. H. Willey, assistant superintendent, Miss Rose- Paris,. secretary, and W. H. H. Graham, treasurer Teachers: J. H. Willey, Prof. Reubelt, Mrs. R. S. Dwiggins, Mrs. Julia Healey, Miss Dora Healey and Mrs. Belle Kerr,

Martin R. Burns, late of Barkley tp„ lias removed to Michigan. Millinery and notions at Hemphill & Honan’s. The plank walks in the public square have been thoroughly rebuilt, a much needed improvement. Have you seen Williams & Osborne’s new stock of furniture; the most complete stock in town. M. A. Makeever has finished his winter’s school at Morocco, and is now attending the Valparaiso normal.'*"Repairing furniture and picture framing a specialty, at Williams <fc Osborne’s, opposite the public square. The oil and gas company at Medafyville are pushing matters as fast as possible. One thousand dollars has already been subscrib-ed.-—Francesville Era. *C. G. Spitler’s house in the grove north of the railroad, is making rapid progress, and is now enclosed or nearly so. Smith & Eger, the contractors on J. W. Dcmthi t’s house, on Cullen street, have begun work. The building is to be completed by Sept. Ist. Otto Wapler, writing from Beliot, Kans., to order his paper con-' tinned, says that Kansas is on a boom.' Two rains lately, everything lovely. : Will lines shares the common fate of railroad telegraph operators, which is a change of location, about every three months. His last location is Eckley, Colorado. All the evening services; in the "Presbyterian church now. begin at 7:45 o’clock. The time of the weekly prayer meeting has been changed from Satuulay evening to Wednesday evening. The everlasting case of Thos. Monnett. vs. the Turpins, has knocked about from court to court, for the last six or eight years, more or less. It is now in the Carroll circuit court, and -was last week continued till the next term. W. A. Rinehart started Monday for an extensive trip southward. I He will go to Florida and be joined by Mrs. Rinehart, and from there will go to Texas, in which state he lias some idea of buying a cattle ranch. He will be absent severiaTweeks.' 1 . --—-rr The Boswell Argus is now well started on the second year of its existence. Bro. Culley gets up a good paper, in the point of local news, and like his neighbor, Carr of Oxford, he is a fluent and graceful and at the same-time a reckless Iwielder of the editorial —sbear§. Drs. Washburn, and Victor Lough ridge held a post-mortem 5 examination yesterday, on WmAdair, ot Barkley tp., who died Tuesday, after a long and painful sickness. I’hey found that ihe previous diagnosis of his disease was correct, and that the cause of death was an internal cancer. His age was about 55 years. yf' At the close of the Sunday School meeting, in the Church of God, last Sunday, a large company of people met at the river and Elder Shar.pe performed the right of ! baptism Lr Misses Cora Zimmer- | man, Alhe Kinney and Clara j Reeve. The two former have iunited with the newly organized ! Disciples church, but the latter is | a member of the M. E. church. | U. S. Grant, the young man [whose leg was amputated two weeks ago, and whose case was mentioned last week, as very promi ising, died last Friday, Apr. 15, at i 2 p. in', from blood poisomfig. His age was eighteen years. The funeral was held at his father’s residence, Sunday; and the remains were laid in Weston cemetry. El. der Joseph H. Willey conducted the funeral services which wore very largely attended.-

Mrs. Joseph Cjlosser of Milroy tp. is very seriously sick. John T. Ford is now running the mill near the depot ns a feed mill. There is a prospect that John Allman, of Remington, will buy the Antrim restaurant. E. L. Clark came home from Rochester, Friday, to make the. acquaintance of liis new daughter. The professional card of Mrs. Mary E. Jackson, our lady physician, appears-in this , issue of Tiie Republican. Sayler and Harrison.are in the midst of a very successful revival at Delphi. During their meeting at Battle Ground there were 11§ conversions.—Remington News. ® Horse buyers are still numerous, there being four in town yesterday. Two of them have been about several days and have picked up 12 or 15 horsqs. Town Trustees for the Third and the Fifth ward are to be elected at the ensuing election. The present incumbents are I. J. McCoy and E. D. Rhoades. Rev. K. J. Duncan, pastor of the Presbyterian church, has, in the great scarcity of tenant houses now prevailing, had trouble iii finding a place of residence, and has not, as yet, Found a suitable place. C. Pr Hopkins, after about a year of bitter experience, has left the employment ofH.E. James, a much sadder and wiser man, and is now following his old trade or painting and paper hanging. R. S. Dwiggins and wife reached home from their winter’s sojourn in Florida, last Friday, They are in good, health. The weather they found here they pronounee colder .than any they have experienced in the entire winter. ~ The Heir' stock lawy which we published last week, is of little consequence to the people of Jasper county, for good or ill. We are able to state positively however that Hon. I. D. Dunn opposed the bill in the legislature, and we believe that Senator Thompson did also. A boring for gas at 5 Logansport went a good distance into the Trenton rock but failed to strike the precious fluid. Another attempt will be -made.' A-deep. bore at Lafayette, last fall, also failed, and an attempt is now being made on the west side, at that town. If this? fails, Lafayette will probably give it up. The Clerk received notice last week that Rebecca Jenkins would be admitted to the insane asylum. She will probably be taken this week. The letter to the Clerk, giving tlie notice, was only four days in getting from Indianapolis to Rensselaer, which, considering the great scarcity of Republican “Rascals” m the mail service, was doing unusually well. Mrs. Rose Ganowey has begun suit for divorce from Thomas W. Ganoway. She alleges cruel and abusive treatment, failure to provide, abandonment, and that the erring Thomas is a habitual drunkard. The couple was married in ISS3, when Rosa was only 14 years old. She now lives in Fair Oaks, but most of her life has lived in Brook, in Ne-wton county. She has no children. A Farmers’ Alliance has just been organized in north Marion township, and is to be known as the Bell Center Alliance. The officers are as’-follows: President, Arthur Hi Trussed; Vice Presi. dent, John L.‘Osborne, Secretary, Milroy G. Stackhouse; Treasurer James H. Adamson. Charter members: Arthur H. Trussed, John L. Osborne, .James IT. Adamson, Tobias B. Pullins, Milroy G. Stackhouse, Alfred See, Edwaid Morris, 18. F. Maxwell. ' \

C. R. Benjamin has moved into the Schneider house, on Washington Street. Mrs. K. J. Duncan, whose health has been very poor for some time, is now very much improved. The membership of the new con-, gregatiou of the Disciples church has in creased to fifty, and promises to soon become much larger. D. G. Bond and the Padgitt Bros, lately purchased the well known r oad horse, Frank Goodrich, formerly the property of James Maloy. Elder E. O. Sharpe closed his meetings here last Sunday evening. The total number of conversions was thirteen. Xsuminei normal school will be held in Rensselaer, this year, as usual. Prof. Reubelt and the County Superintendent will conduct it. Next Sunday evening Rev. Duncan, at the Presbyterian church, will continue his discourse upon the subject of. “ The Inspiration of the Scriptures.” We violate no confidence in announcing thatD. S. Willey, oldest son of Joseph H. Willey, will be married next week, to an attractive and estimable young lady of Monon. The Thorntown gas well was abandoned at a depth of 1,300 feet after entering Trenton rock 50 teet. A failure was also made at Tipton, a few miles south of the great gas find at Kokomo, and afterward gas was struck at Noblesville, still further south, showing that natural gas, like, luck, is in streaks.— Monticello Herald. Leota Hennegar, only daughter .of Ehler Hennegar, of Francesville, and a most lovely and lovable young lady, died last Monday, after a several week’s illness, of miningeal fever. Her age was .about 16- years. She was well acquainted in Rensselaer, and a frequent visitor here, and a considerable number of our people attended her funeral, yesterday. The C. & I. C. is spreading herself —widening out at both ends and in the middle. Last week the C. &E. I. was purchased. This week the Evansville & Terre Haute, the Chicago & West Michigan are leased. the latter lease connects them with the Ohio river and the south. In a few years the north and south traffic will Tead’the-’easL and westy and. will, become the great trunk lines of the country. It is said that there will be a link connecting the coal road and the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, built somewhere hereabouts.—Oxford Tribune. The above is probably all straight goods, only we fear that Bro. Carr’s hope for a connecting link, in the “whereabouts” of Oxford, will prove as delusive as the car shops which; have so long been seen in his mind’s eye, John. The: everlasting Mary Baker case has been discussed, pro and con, until.it has been 'worn thinner than Mary’s most enthusiastic admirer ever claimed that she was; and he asserted that the skin over her stomach adhered to her backbone, with not even an empty space between. In spite of this fact, however, we make room for tfie following remark in regard to the the Monon correspondent of the Monticello Herald:

The general supposition ot our •people is tnat the Mary Baker case is a fraud, and that if James| Orcutt was made to take the stand ■ and testify as to what be knows of I the case, a deluded public would be relieved. —The above allusion to James: Orcutt reminds us that it was M. J. Orcutt (probably the same James), who'first got Mary’s case i into the papers; and inasmuch as M. J. was scamp enough to beat The Repuihhcan out of several years subscription, not very long since, we are the more ready to. believe he has been playing the I rascal in the Baker business,

Hon. Fred Hoover has been appointed post-master of HoHqd. Kansas.- Remington News. Jas. R. Adams, of Rensselaer, has been graiited an increase of pension. • Carpets at Hemphill & Honan's. Our millinery has arrived. • Hemphill & Honan. Hon. I. D. Dunn was in tow a Monday. His health has not good for some time, but is slow y improving. Burgess Dillon, proprietor <c the Dillon House, of Fair Oaks, jUvas in town Saturday. Hi in-s----and his town are both prosperov W. H. H. Graham, of Renss .!- aer, was in town last week attending his brother F. T., who is bedfast with dropsy.—Kentland Gazette. The Padgitt family which occupied Ben Tutuer’s house, in Leopold's addition, have removed into J. Makeever’s house, on Wes* ton street. Elder R. S. Dwiggins will conduct religious services at the Church of God, next Sunday, At 10:30 a. M., and 7:30 p. m. All ere invited to be present. Let no soldier give his order for any hook until he has seen Gen. Logan’s last book, “The Yolunte- r Soldier of America.” All persons indebted to me and wishing to pay the same, can if more convenient to thefliselves leave the money at A. McCoy & Go’s bank, in Rensselaer. 2tp. T. J. Sayler. Some men are so constituted that they will go five blocks out of their way to pick up , a ten cent piece but they won’t walk half a block further to gain the half dollar Willey & Sigler would save Tor them .on a pair of boots or shoes. Ladies’ and gents’ summer underwear at.Hemphill &, Honan’s. Ladies, stop at Hemphill & Honan’s and see th6ir embroideries.