Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1887 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

J. M. Troxell, of DeMotte, has been granted a pension. A fine calf boot for $2.50 at Hemphill & Honan’s. Go and see the new hats and clothing at Ellis & Murray’s. Misses Etta and Mamie Spitler will go to Ladoga, to-night,, to visit friends for a few weeks. A fine hand turned French Kid shoo at $4.00 at Hemphill & Honan T s. The Triumph Binder, sold by B. F. Ferguson, is the lightest running machine ip the market. Dr. Tufts, the travelling optician, has been in toiyn for the past two weeks. He goes away this week. Farmers wanting a binder will do well to call and examine the Triumph before buying. Sold by B. F. Ferguson. 0. D. Nowles got home from his Kansas trio, Sunday evening. He seems well pleased with the prospects and the enterprise of Southwestern Kansas. > The Triumph Binder was tried Tuesday in grain .even too green to harvest, and found it to be a complete success. Every part of the machine doing its work well. Iroquois Lodge, I. O. O. F.» elected the following officers Tuesday evening for the ensuing term of six months: N. G., C.F. Wren; V- G., J. R. Vanatta; Sec’y, I. C. Reubelt; Treasqyer, C. C. Starr. Last Saturday Judge Ward disfranchized a seventeen-year-old boy, for two years. The joke is on the judge this time, sure. The boy’s term of disfranchisment will expire two years before he will be old enough to vote.

The pastime of bicycle riding has never had very much foothold in Rensselaer, but now seems in a fair way to become popular. Four young fellows of the place are now owners of and expert riders upon bicycles, and others are talking of procuring them. The subject for next Sunday’s morning sermon in the M. Echurch will be “The nature and obligation of church membership.” A special service will be held in the afternoon, at which probationers will be received into full membership and the ordinance of baptism administered. Bev. Ira J. Chase, department commander of the G. A. B-, of Indiana, will be with the Rensselaer post, for several days, week after next. While here he will deliver a lecture in the Opera House entitled, “Across the Continent,” on Saturday evening, and on Sunday he will preach in the same place.

Next Sunday Messrs. W. B. Austin, F. B. Meyer and E. L. Hollingsworth will start upon what they justly anticipate will be a very* pleasant expedition. They will go by steamboat from Chicago to the Straits of Mackinaw, spend a few weeks in the wilds of Northern Michigan, and probably return home byivay of Lake Huron and Toledo. The Fowler Review has the following in regard to a former resident of Rensselaer, a daughter of Simon Phillips: Mrs. S. S. Barnes, who went several weeks ago to Chicago for medical treatment under the able physicians of the W est Side Hospital, has undergone much pain and suffering from her very severe affliction, and . as any one would naturally suppose has suffered considerable sorrow on account of her prolonged and necessary absence from home and separation from the children, who, to lighten her cares and troubles, were temporarily placed in charge of relatives at Rensselaer. Her husband, Mr. Barnes, is gratified to receive the the information that there is great improvement in her condition and a well-founded hope for her speedy and complete recovery.

Dr. Quivey, the dentist, spent Sunday with friends in North this state. Plow shoes from $1 to $1.75 at Hemphill & Honan’s. A fine line of canned and evaporated fruits cheap at Laßue Bros.. Presiding Elder Smith will not preach at the M, E. Church next Sunday, haying postponed his intended visit here until July 24th. Why pay $30.00 for a suit of clothes made to order, when Ellis & Murray will order you ope just as good and guarantee a fit for S2O. .The L., N. £C. Ry. will sell tickets at half rates for the round trip, between all stations, jiext Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Mr. Eipmet J£annal’s residence, across the river, has recently been extensively improved by a thorough repainting and repapering, inside and out. D. S. Morgan & Co., manufacturers of the Triumph Binder and New Clipper Mower, are one of the oldest ip the country, established ip 18|7. A young man was killed by the switch engine at Monon, yesterday afternoon. His home was at Lee, bu t he worked in the switching, yards at Monon. His name we lave not learned. Since last Monday the time of ;he morning accommodation train has been changed so that it now passes Rensselaer at 8:20 o’clock, or nearly an hour earlier than heretofore.

Mrs. Klosebeyer and her three amiable daughters called at AVilley & Sigler’s yesterday, and made some extensive purchases from their large and brilliant display of of summer suitings. The Rensselaer Blues have received and accepted a challenge from a nine in Chicago, composed of employes of J. V. Farwell’s wholesale house, to come down and play a match game of ball, on July 4th. At the meeting of the stock-hold-ers of the County Agricultural Society, last Saturday, the proposition to levy an assessment of ten dollars on each share of stock was sat down on, mighty.hard, as might have been expected. The vote against it was about three to one. No greater cruelty can be practiced on dumb animals, than the habit of using the over-head check on horses, thus drawing their heads out of natural position. The practice is especially barbarous in hot weather when the horse needs all the liberty of movement possible,—Monticello Democart Among the instruments lately filed for record in the recorder’s office is a U, S. patent for 40 acres in Kankakee tp., granted to Ebenezer Dumont for services as a private in Capt Norris’ company of Indiana militia in the Tippecanoe war. The patent is dated 1856, and it is signed by Franklin Pierce, 1 president. Mr. Orlando A. Yeoman, son of Sheriffs. E. Yeoman, and Miss Katie Green were married yesterday afternoon, at the residence of Mr. Alfred McCoy, on the West side, Rev. B. F. Ferguson perforining the ceremony, The young couple took the four o’clock train for Chicago?but will return this evening, upon which time a reception in their honor will be given, by the parents of the groom, at the Sheriff’s residence. New gas wells are being opened every few days in the gas regions of the state, and each new well is vociferously declared—to be the greatest in the state. No important finds of, gas have been made lately outside .the previously known limits of the gas belt, but failures to find gas are being recorded every few days. The last failure was at the Tippecanoe county poor farm. The depth of the boring there is about 1,050 feet

Harry Crawford is building another railroad in Ipdiana, the “Lebanon Midland . Kid shoes for the Kids at Hemphill & Honans. Medaryville has increased her oil well stock to $1,600,’ we learn. She has now enough raised to insure drilling.—Francesville Era. Wm. Lawrence, of Washington, D. 0., an owner of land in Jasper county, and who was "in thjs place last summer, las lately died. . Mr, Frank Foltz was at Oxford over Sunday, and brought back with him Mrs Foltz, who has been visitipg with her friends there for some weeks. There is no royal road tq fortune, but you are pretty sure to “get there” if you commence trading at AViHey & Sigler’s Popular Pry Goods Store. Mr. and Mrs. 8. P. Thompson started on the early train of Sundry, for Hutchison, Minn., where they go to yisit Miss Hallie An r derson, an old school friend of Mrs. Thompson’s. Children’s Day was observed at the Presbyterian church, on last Sunday evening, and an extensive and interesting program of literary and musical exercises, well executed. A very large audience was in attendance. Bear in mind the generous rates given by the popular passenger department of the M onon Route, for the Fourth of July season. Tickets will be sold on Saturday, the 2nd, Sunday the 3rd, and Monday the 4th, at the very low rate of one fare for the round trip, or just one half regular rates. Returning, flio tickets are good until the sth. A bank has just been established at Monon, under the management of former citizens of Rensselaer. J. W. Paris, of the Citizens Bank of Attica, is president; Zimri Paris, of Bridge water, Dak., is vice-president and AV. J. Imes, of Monon cashier. The bank will have ample capital for doing business, and be provided With fire and burglar proof safes, of the most improved kind. The name of the institution will be The Monon Bank. A day boarder’s lament: How dear to my heart is the loud smelling onion, which restaurant keepers provide at each meal! The color of silver, the size of a bunion, with hell and its demons wrapped up in each peel! It stings like a serpent, it burns like an ember, and smells like a horse that is silent in death, and yet with affection and love I remember, the early spring onion that scented my breath; the loud smelling onion, the bold smelling onion the allpowerful onion that ruined my breath.

As the Monon Route accommodation train from Chicago last Saturday euening, upon which the editor was a passenger, was northeast of Pullman, running at full speed, the engineer caught sight of a little child sitting between the ties, inside the rails and with its back against one of them. He turned on the air brakes, reversed the engine, and then ran out on the pilot to endeaver, if he might, to snatch the unconscious little innocent from the dreadful fate which awaited it. But all his efforts were all in vain, the momentum of the train was too great to be sufficiently overcome, in so short a distance, and the pilot of the engine bent the infant’s body backrover the and aft wheels of the engine passed over lit. The poor little body was dreadI fully mangled, and death, of course, was instantaneous. The parents lived near, and in a few minutes the agonized father came and carried away the body, wrapped* in a linen duster, one of the sympathizing passengers gave him for the purpose. The child was two years

Willis Pruett, of Rensselaer, has been granted an increase of penaion. f ■ - ? v " Spring heel fchoes for the child ren at Hemphijl & Honan’s. A fine kid shoe, worked buttonsoles, for $i.75 at Hemphill Honan’s. Mrs. A. Thompson returned Saturday evening from Battle Creek, Mich., where she has visited for several w r eeks. Ladoga began drilling for gas Monday. The contractor is to drill until he has pierced the jjenton rOck 50 feet for $2,000. Miss Laura Rathfon, of Gillam who is to succeed Mrs. Warren as teacher in the Rensselaer schools, has fiftgnd.ed tl|e iiorma) school, for three years. We ?re closing out oqt our Millinery at even less than wholesale Prices, call now and get y opr summer Hats and Bonnets Hemphill & H.onan. The Francesville Era reports that she old gas well near Francesville, is still emitting gas, and that jt will still burn when fire js applied to it. The Valparaiso gas welLhad reached a depth of about 1,270 feet, by Wednesday of last week, and no gas or oil. It is safe to pronounce their well a failure. The want of rain is again seriously felt in all parts of this locality, and especially is it the case in those portions which missed getting a fair share of the rains of a couple of weeks ago. Sam Nichols, the genial and popular station agent, of Rose Lawn, was in town last Thursday night and received his third and last degree as a member of the K. of P. lodge, of this place. Considerable wheat was harvested in this county last week, and this week will see the balance of it pretty well in the shock. Th e crop will average pretty fair in quantity and excellent in quality. Many Jasper county survivors of the old 48th Indiana regiment will learn with sorrow that their old regimental surgeon, Dr. Levi J. Ham, has just died at South Bend. He reached the good old age of 82 years. In a statement of the number of pensioners in the various counties of this state Jasper county is cred ited with 196, who receive $1,518 every three months, from the Government, in the form of pensions. The number of actual resident s o the county who receive pensions js probably considerably in excess of the number above given, for being credited to the counties in which their post-offices are situated, many are credited to Pulaski, Newton, and other adjoining counties.

The Clerk has issued the followlowing marriage licenses since last reported. j Thomas Mackin, | Emma Hull, j James A. Pullins, I Eva J. Mason, j Joseph Ellis, j. ( Martha Phebus. j Peter Hoffman, (Ida Clark. j O. A. Yeoman, (Katfoi Green;. - Last Thursday was Grandmother Dwiggins 76th birthday, and her children and grandchildren planned for her and carried out a successful surprise party, at her residence across the river. She was inveigled over to Mr. Berry Paris’ house .during the after noon and preparations were made for the party during her absence. All of her sons and daughters were present, except Mrs. Owens, of Benton county, and also most of her grand-children. She received a number of desirable presents, including a silver fruit dish, a plush album, fine dress and other articles.

Gents straw hats from sc. to $2 at Hemphill A Honan’s. If you want a bargain call cn Laßue Bros. A Miss Lydia Paris returned home last Thursday, from a two monxhs successful painting teaching tour, in different parts of the state. I i The public pound is now comIpleted and the town marshal is. determaned to do his duty by shutting up all cattle found in the streets at night. The Christian Missionary Society will meet with Miss Babcock on Wednesday of next week July 6th, at 2:30, p. m. Subjects Beth-, any Park and Our Home Missions Every body welcome. Louis Champena is lying very low with the consumption, at the residence of S. H. Duvall, on Frpnt street. His condition precludes any hopes for more than a few days longer of existence. \ As a specimen of the manner in whiefi the “wild and woolly does business we mention the fact that the citizens of Greensburg, Kansas, lately contributed $2,000 for a Fourth of July celebration. The AVabash gas well, after making a good showing of gas at fifteen feet ip Trenton rock was drilled five feet deeper when a vein of water was struck and in a few minutes all signs of gas were smothered under 200 feet of water. The ladies of the Presbyterian church gave the first of their two. evening’s entertainments at the. Opera House, last evening. The second will be given Friday evening. Among the features of the. entertainment are a dairy .maids drill, a gypsy camp, doll drill, ice cream palace, an old. time tea party, music, tableaux, fancy bazaar, &c. No pains or expense been spared in the preparations, and the affair is in all respects except patronage, a success. Last night an exciting incident DCcured which might easily have been a serious catastrophe. When the gas in the chandeliers was being lighted some of the inflammable material in the ice palace caught fire, and in a few minutes the 'whole fabric was destroyed. It was by all odds the largest and most beautiful ornamental structure in the room, and had beep, ejected at the cost of much labor and expense. Though the accident occured early in the evening many persons were present, and mostly women and children and in the excitement quite a stampede took place down the stairs, but fortunately no one was hurt