Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1887 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

J. H. Peacock has leased the Nowels House, and will open for business to-day. Ladies’ and gents’ summer underwear at Hemphill & Honan’s. “Make hay while the sun shines.” Buy you clothing at R. Fendig’s while the price is low. Daniel O’Conner has been appointed administrator of the estate of his father the late Timothy O’Conner, of Remington.

Why pay $30.00 for a suit of clothes made to order, when Ellis & Murray will order you one just as good and guarantee a fitf6rs2o. Hon. A. C. Prevo, of Gillam tp., was in town Tuesday, on business connected with the estate of the late Henry Poise], of -which he has been appointed administrator. John Lockhart, a brakeman on the L-, N. A. & C. had his left foot Cut off Saturday, at M pnon, by getting it caught in a switch frog. He lives at Spencer, Ind., and was making his second trip. The most particular man in town made a perfectly satisfactory selection from Willey & Sigler’s new line of hats. This firm seem to Have the happy faculty of pleasing all tastes.

The Rochester people are still feeling very confident that the early building of the Rochester, Rensselaer & St. Louis railroad, is an assured fact. They believe that work will begin during the present season. Rose Lawn will celebrate the Fourth of July this year, and is already making preparations. The people of that town usually get there in great shape when they set out to celebrate the ever glorious anniversary of our Nation’s independence.

Messre. H. MU Porter and D. H. Yeoman, fair committee on printing, after visiting the various printing offices of the town Saturday, and obtaining figures, awarded the contract for printing the premium lists for this year’s fair to Neighbor McEwep, of the Democratic Sentinel.

i The Ladies Christian Missionary Society will meet at the residence of Mrs. Frank Foltz, Wednesday afternoon, June 1, at half past two o’clock. Subject, of the meeting is “Thanksgiving.” Program will consist of an original paper on home missionary, work, folio-w----ed by conversation. A general invitation to all is extended. - .

We are requested by the Rev. A. C. McKinley, of Barkley township, pastor of the U. B. church, to’announce to all persons interested in the Prater cemetery, in Barkley tp., that a meeting will be hold at the cemetery on Monday afternoon, May 30, at 3*o’.clock,., to attend to some necessary improvements. All interested in the cemetery are. requested to be present. The body of James M- Howard, a well known attorney of Valparaiso, was found murdered last week, in a lumber-yard, in the Bridgeport region of Chicago. He had been very dissipated of lute years, and it is supposed that while intoxicated he was enticed into the yard by some ruffian and murdered for his money. He was a widower, but leaves a couple of little daughters. The people-of Lebanon having failed to get gas at the first attempt, have bought a drilling apparatus of their own and now propose to bore until they find it, ot Know that it is not to be found.

The boring in the first well struck, ata depth of between 200 and 300 feet, a bed of clay which the state geologist says will ultimately be more valuable than a gas well. The upper portion of the clay is a very pure quality of kaolin. very valuable in making fine Chinaware, while lower down the clay is heavily charged with aluminum.

J. C. Allman is p member of the S. of V. Lodge, since Saturday night. " The Rev. Kendall, of Monon, will occupy the pulpit of the Missionary Baptist church, next Sunday, at 11 o’clock A. M. A bald headed baby can do as well as its bald headed grand paat our store. We have but one price for all. Willey & Sigler.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sigler, of Mt. Ayr, are rejoicing over the birth of a fine daughter, which auspicious event occurred last Thursday. According to the Era the towm of Fowler is making very encouraging progress this spring. Five two story brick buildings are now in progress, residences going up, and the streets are being graveled. ■ A Grand Donation Party will be held by R. Fendig at his store for the next 15 days. He proposes to donate £ of his profit to cash buyers, by selling everything 10 per cfent. less than anyone else.

Harry Timmerman is making good progress in learning telegraphy in the express office, in McCoy’s building. He now receives and sends out dispatches for all who call upon him for the purpose. The Delphi well has reached nearly to the full contract depth of 1,200. and must be pronounced a failure. The company has money and perserverance enough to make another attempt, and will bore again, a mile or two south of town.

A. Q. Rcubelt, late principal of theAVinamac schools, has just been elected to the superintendency of the public schools of Tuscola, 111., a much more responsible and better paying position. He is a brother of Messrs. F. W. and Isaac Reubelt, of the Rensselaer schools.

A Boswell undertaker last week attend five funerals. One of the parties fie buried weighed 365 pounds—one for every day in the year. A coffin could not be procured to fit the corpse. so that an outside coffin-case had to be used; but it was fitted up, inside and out just as though it was of the regular make. ’

Win. N. Jones, of Rensselaer, Ind., who has been on a short visit here, left for home this morning. Mr. Jones is soliciting orders for Reeves & Co., of this city. He is an energetic, reliable business man, and will do the company good -work He is -well known in Bartholomew’ county, where he was ■raised, and is highly respected.—Columbus, Ind., Herald. Union services were held in the Opera House last Sunday morning," at which all the Protestant clergymen in the town were present, and took part. The Rex’. K. J. Duncan, of the Presbyterian church, prefched the baccalaureate sermon to ’the prospective graduates. It was an unusually meritorious and able discourse. The attendance at the services was very large.

Our readers will remember that a few’ weeks ago we the facts regarding the finding of a human skeleton, in Pulaski county, five or six miles north-east of Medaryville on a hill near the site of a ruined house Also the facts regarding the disappearance of Joseph Mattox, who was last seen in the fall of 1864, when he left San Pierre to go to his home some miles from that place. The skeleton was supposed to be his and that be was murdered for his money. The latestNlevelopment in the case has been the arrest of one Mike Fritz, a saloon keeper of Wanatah, La Porte county, and his incarceration in the Pulaski county jail charged with the murder of Mattox. Fritz occupied the bouse near which the skeleton was found, at the time of Mattox’s disappearance.

Mis. Lola MqSS Patton, of Omaha, is visiting her relatives here. Millinery and notions at Hemphill & Honan’s. Go and see the new hats and clothing at Ellis & Murray’s. Mrs. Wiley Duvall has so far recovered as to be able to ride out. " i Wm. Ervin drove across the county to Jjaporte, this week. He will remain there a month or more. A set of those fine dishes would make a splendid birthday or wedding present. Call and see them. Laßue Bros.

Mrs. Alice Thompson returned home to Terre Haute last Friday. Her pother Mrs. Irwin, accompanied her to her place of residence. Rev. D. Handley will Administer the»Sacrament of Baptism to a number of Candidates on next Sunday at 3 o’clock p. m. It is understood that several will be baptized by immersion.

The Memorial Services will be held at the M. E. Church on next Sunday morning. Sermon by Rev. D. Handley—All are invited—especially old Soldiers their wives widows and friends. The Y. P. C. A. of the Presbyterian Church will give an Ice Cream Social at the residence of Mr. Val Seib, on River street, next Tuesday evening, May 31st. Ten cents admission, including, ice-cream, cake, music and a welcome to all. About fifty persons went to Chicago from this place on the excursion train of Tuesday. There were seven cars, all iyell loaded, but not beyond their seating. capacity. Rensselaer was the last point from which passengers were taken.

Mrs. J. W. McEwen reached home from Victoria, 111., last Thursday evening. She was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Somber ger. Her mother, Mrs. Ann Willayd Files, whose sickness called her away, died Sunday morning, May loth, aged about 79 years. The Chicago & Indiana Blockcoal road is hauling fit cost gravel to any point xvhere the property owners will improve their county roads : Within the last two months they have delivered at Fowler crossing, Benton county, Indiana, 800 car loads of gravel, and to another point they are delivering two train-loads per week. Messrs Wilson and Dillenger, the Ohio oil men, are still in this vicinity, alternating between this place and Francesville. We hear that they have secured a number of oil and gas leases near the latter place, and will soon begin to. bore there. We do not learn of any leases having been signed with them for land in the neighborhood of Rensselaer, however.

We are always busy aS a B, but customers delight to C. Leave breakfast, dinner, lunch or T, drop in and buy and save a V; we have everything from A. to Z. Our hive is full of busy B’s; he buys who once our bargains C’s. W e like competitors to T’s, and like to live a life of E’s. Letters represent our sent iments- here but figures and very low ones' represent the prices on the superb stock of clothing at R. Fendig’s. Rev. B. F. Ferguson, now in Kansas, writes us from Dodge

City. He is surprised at the growth of that place during the last five years. As an .instance of the way towns are boomed in Kansas he says that an eastern man was in Dodge City, last week, and gave §50,000 to a University there and announced his intention of investing a million dollars in the place. Mr. Ferguson, is greatly pleased with what he has seen, as are also his companions, Messrs. English and Heukle. Late rains have made the season’s crop in Kansas secure.

Ed. Parcells is fitting up his barber shop with a bath rodm. Miss Emma Wigmore, of Monticello, is the guest of Mrs. Rosa Seib, The boring at Rochester is a failure, as are also two wells at Peru.

The Communion Service Announced for the Methodist Episcopal Church on next Sunday will be deferred until the Sunday following. It is 3,500 miles across the U. S. but only a short distance to R. Fendig’s where you can buy a suit of clothes that will last the rest of the way. Schuyler Irwin, who represented Milroy Camp, at the State Encampment of the Sons of Veterans, at Richmond last week, reached home Friday morning. He reports a very pleasant and profitable session of the encampment.

The members of Iroquois Lodge No, 143,1. O. O. F. are all requested to turn out and attend Decoration Day exercises next Monday, May 30th, at 1.30 o’clock P. M. By order of the lodge. J. R. Vanatta, Secy. Ex-Surveyor Lewis S. Alter, was in town yesterday. Himself and partner have just opened their tile works, near Kentland, and are now making lots of tile, of an excellent quality. Mr. Alter laid out the town of Fair Oaks last week, and now has the plat of the same nearly ready to be recorded. The Josiah Allen’s Wife’s entertainment and strawberry and ice-cream festival, under the joint auspices of the Ladies Literary and the Musical societies, at the Opera House last Friday evening, was a pleasant and successful affair, though not attended quite so largely as its promoters might reasonably have expected. Hetty V. Goss has brought suit in the circuit court asking for a divorce from her husband, Chas. Goss. Cruel and inhuman treatment is alleged as the cause. The parties were married in July 1882, it being the secqnd marriage for both. Both have children by their first marriage but none by the present The wife in her complaint, alleges that her husband has property, above his indebtedness, of the value of SIO,OOO and she asks for alimony to the amount of $3,500.

The sixth annual commencement exercises of the Rensselaer high school will be held in the Opera pjouse this evening. The graduates are eight in number and their names are, Gaylord .H. Chiicote, Sarah Chiicote, Chas. Porter, Samual Sparling, George Bruce, Frankie McEwen, Bertie Duvall and Katie Green. Samuel Sparling is the valedictorian having taken the Highest honors of the class. Gaylord H. Chiicote is second in rank, and is the salutatorian.

Jim Tyler, from qast of town was driving a pair of “Texican” bronchos, attached to a single seat open buggy, through Rensselaer Sunday, and when somewhere near the corner of Cullen and Har-I rison streets one of the playful! creatures kicked over the whippie- ‘ trees and a lively runaway there- ; upon resulted. The buggy wag turned upon its side, and Mr. Tyler thrown out violently, but without injury. At the corner of Weston and Harrison streets the team and buggy was piled promiseuously into a big ditch. No serious breaks or injuries resulted and Mr. Tyler and the bystanders soon had the team hitched to the buggy again and he started homeward. A little beyond N. Fendig’s place however, the horses kicked loose from the buggy, and struck out for home, leaving Mr. Tyler to follow suit as best he could. The “Mexas” broncho is bad medicine, I unless caught young.

Ladies, stop at Hemphill & Ho nan’s and see their embrpidteries. Mrs. Ora Thompson Ross of Glendale, Montana, arrived here last jsvfeing. Economy and satisfaction is guaranteed if you trade at Willey & Sigler’s.

* Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Banfield, of Fair Oaks, have twins, a boy and a girl, born the 17th inst. If you are going to buy a new hat and want the latest block, go to Ellis & Murray’s. Robert Van Voorst, formerly a hardware dealer in this place, has been sick in Chicago for a long time, with rheumatism. The boring for gas or oil at Michigan City, began last Thursday. J. J. Robinson, who bored the Francesville well, is the contractor.

R. Fendig makes three cuts on the price of every article he sells. One to keep honest, one to be generous and one to draw and retain steady patronage. Dr. E. E. Qqivey has received his certificate from the State Dental examiners. It was a rigid ami thorough examination but the doc : tor stood high in his class. The old Twentieth Ind. Regiment is preparing to hold a bis reunion this year. The time is Thursday Sept-, Ist, and the place Tabernacle Hall, Battle Ground. We hear that the class of ’BO, the first and largest that ever graduated from the Rensselaer schools will give a banquet to-mor-

"row night so theWass of ’B7, the last and pext to the largest class. J. H. Tribby, Ute landlord of the Nowels House, has retired from the hotel keeping business, and last Friday departed with his family for Remington. We "understand he intends to engage in canvassing for nursery stock. The venerable Henry Poisel, of. Gillam township, whose sicknes s had been previously mentioned in these columns, died at the home of his son-in-law, R. L. P. Massey, in Gillam township, about three weeks pgo. His age was 87 years, having been born in the year 1800. He was a native of Berkley Co., Virginia, but lived many years in Ohio, and settled in Jasper county in 1852. Until his last sickness he enjoyed remarkably goodhealth all his life.

The gas well enterprise has been nearly at statu quo, during the last ten days, owing to the absence of Mr. Rinehart, the only active member of the committee of soliciting stock subscriptions. The fact has been developed, however, that it will not be an easy matter to find parties to do the boring, on short notice. The professional well borers all seem to be busy, with contracts for som 5 time ahead.

■ Two or three years ago Carrie Pearcy, of near Remington, sued the Michigan Mutual life Ins. Co. in the Jasper circuit court, for theinsurance on her husband’s life. She had'previously been prevailed upon by an agent of the company , to settle her claim for a small sum, She claimed that she had been induced to settle through misrepresentations and fraud The company claimed that the settlement was valid','also that the plaintiff’s husband committed suicide. Tire case was decided in favor of the company, and was appealed to the Supreme court. The case has just been reversed and ordered back for a re-trial. The point upon which the reversal was made was purely technical. The jurors, before.they triecLtbe case, were asked whether they h\d ever held any policies issued by the company and one of them wljo answered no, afterwards remembered that he held a lapsed in favor of his wife. On this point the case was reversed.