Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1887 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

Mark Yeoinau came back from Kansas, last week. The book store of Rensselaer is at the post-office. Gold tqpth pioks, pencils and pens dt Hardman’s the Jeweler. Pretty little story books, for children at the post-office. Delphi will bore again. One man pays half the oost and gets the hole on his land. Buy a box of that pure unadultrated candy at Long & Eger’s, Just the thing for X-mfts. See me. lam bound to pleaseboth eye arid pocket, Hardman the Jeweler. ‘ Nearly a car load of book at the post-office, price*! doc.i! djv.id down! Jolm Graves, of Wheatfiold, has ! bought the Hoffman storo iu Hogan, and intends to engage in business there. The largest line of fancy cups: and saucers ever brought to Rensselaer at rock bottom prices at, LaRue Bros. All letters addressed to Santa Claus by the good litt la children, of Rensselaer should be left at! Long A Eger’s. You are invited to look over my I stock of lace plus, cuff and collar ; buttons and ladies chains. Hardman the Jeweler, j Macaulay’s History at post-office. Hume’s His. Eng. “ “ “ , Gibbon’s “ “ “ “ “ | George Elliots works, “ “ i J. C. Williams, of Coshocton,! Ohio, has .elected a photograph j gallery on Henry Barkley’s vacant, lot, nearly opposite the Makc-ever House. .. LONG & EGER. All the novelties in toys, dolls j arid Christmas cards are now in-1 eluded in the magnificent display iff holiday goods at Long AhEgcFs. The Thomas Cal; is the juuno of . anew paper hr' Thomas county,} Kansas. The editor ought to have i for his motto “Boot jacks taken on ; subscription.—Nutshell. James Fisher has sold his house in Wesloi.’s addition to Wilborn Day, of Barkley to., wliq will, at once, occupy it, with his wife*. at a. residence. Mr. Filter thinks, of moving to Hammond. The IHth annual session of the Indiana State Teachers’ Assbcia- j tioa, will !>.; held at Plymouth church, Indianapoiis, Dec. 28, 20 and 80. Judging from the con- ! tents of the published programs' it will be an instructive session. She—John, you don’t seem to be • troubled with that nasty cough, this winter. He—No, I bought one of Wil!4y & Sigler’s cheap heavy overcoats ns so hi as the stock came in and if keeps my chest warm. I am going to send all my friends there. At the last business meeting of the Missionary Baptist church the ; Sunday School was organ iz ML so v the year of iSHS, with- the following officers: Bn peri n ten dent Mrs. : A. F. Perkin?; Assistant Sniff, th M. McGuire; Seer. Mary Steward; Treasurer, Mattie Biker; 0.-ganist Do ra Woo 1 worth; a-wis taut Orgauistj Mamie Spitlev; Libraviau,Carrie Woodworth. The case Lowe vs the L. N. A. & C. By. Co , tried in Benton county l last week bn change of venue from' Newton county, ; resulted in a verdict of SIOOO for the plaintiff. Her husband was, killed in the well remembered stock train wreck at Ce larL d.ce, something o/er a year ago. SIO,OOO 3ua igea were demanded and $4,500 had been offered by the railroad, before the case was tried. The gas well lias made good progress since work was resumed last week. On Saturday casing was put in to the depth then reached, 408 feet,-and the hide is ii'.oy dry. The size* of the bore, below the casing, now being made, is 5 inches. The progress made now averages about 25 feet every 24 hoars. Latest.—The casing has been withdrawn, owing to the striking of another vein of water. TlieTiole will be reamed out and the casing put in, lower down, after a time. IThff Hamilton —limestone—was pierced TuesdayTTtkl the Boring !s now in yellowish sand. The depth yesterday afternoon was 560 feet. • ■ > ■ -C-

A flue boy at Ed. O’Connerls, the section boss, Saturday. , Sole ngent for the Rockford watch. Hardman the J eweleb. • The cheapest and most books in town are at the post-office. A grand display of silverware at Hamm aids, the Jeweler. Andy Yeoman is in Jvansas, visiting his brothers and other relatives. If your clock, watch or needs repairing take it to ilardjman, the Jeweler. Pope’s, Burn's, Scott’s, Toe’s j poems eet at the post-office, for ! 50 cts. * The boring for gas at Fowler, was abandoned last week, at the depth of 1,020 feet. Salt water was found at. that depth. Rev. McGuire closed a series of i profitable and well attended meetings, at the Baptist church, last Sunday evening. Miss Mary Baker,- of fasting fame, is now at work in Faris’s restaurant and makes a full hand both in the kitchen and at the table.—Monticello Herald. The Rensselaer Message is dead. It was born a kicking and kicked! till it died, And we suppose Bro. I James is kicking himself. —Winatuao Republican. Frank Hupp, a brakeman on the “Three I.” road, had his ankle run over and crushed, at Shelby, Tuesday morning, while coupling cars. Amputation will be necessary. He 1 was taken to Kankakee. The Rensselaer Select Dancing I Club held their first dance in the ! Opera Hous§, last Friday evening. It was an eminently pleasant and successful dance. The next dance will be on Friday evening, oi next areek'U —./■ ■■■'■>«*■ Ed. Smith, son of 5Vm. Smith, j carpenter anil, contractor,;of this j place, was married' Saturday eve~i ning, at the home of the bride,[in j Carpenter tp. t t-o Miss Frances O. \ Lewis, daughter of Jonathan O. Lewis. As a result of the deal made last i week by Park Wright and J. M. 1 ioukins, Air. Wright is moving f I)is-undertaking establishment into Iho room occupied -bv. Mr. Stopkins, and tin- latter moved his f;iruitni'B stock into the room vacated by Mr. \Ytight. Marriage licenses since last re-; ported: ; \ John Boise!, ( Maudie Davis. \ Edward L. Smith, 1 Frances O. Lewis. ’ | Jacob )’. Wepriclr, j Ida M. Staiidish. Henry Fisher .has bought out M. ■ G. Stackhouse’s restaurant, Spar- ! ling’s old stand, near the depot, and in addition t > the restaurant bis-i-ucsg, is ad-ling a stock .of groceries. This.with John King’s and D. C. Nowele’ establishments makes three grocery stores in the imined-; iate vicinity of the depot. AVm. P. Hopkins, the deaf mute, is civcuhuiug a paper calling for.! subscriptions towards the cost of a, • monument to be erected next year, iu Washington, to the memory of Thbraas Hbpjcins" the pioneer in tin’s country, iu the work of t ducaling the deaf and dumb. Oar citizens seem to have respond' d very liberally to Mr. Hopkins’ solicitations. Mr. and Mrs. AV. T. Perkins j left fir Quincy, Mich., last evening : to attend the funeral of iheir liroiher’ B. Perkins, of Mishawaka, whose death o ecu red Tuesday, He was a wealthy and benevolent man, | and will be remembered by many Rensselaer people as the donor, a year or two ag >, of the elegant silver communion service in the F. W. Baptist church, i:i this place. The first man to discover (the fire in Ferguson’s mill last Thursday morning, was Frank Kiag, j pvho saw it from hisffather's house j about 15 minutes before 5 o’clock. Wheu.be first saw the fire it was just breaking out through the window in the north east corner of the building. He van down to the town and gave the alarm, but the spread of The fire was so rapid that the whole btxildiug, jiiraost, was iu a blaze before anyone ennld get to the place. Mr. firm belief that the fire was the | work of an incendiary.

“Dancing” Sunday bight, at the M. E. chtirch. All are invited. Go tekLaßue Bros for bargains in Chsislraas goods. A fifte boy nt tk G. Spitler’s, yesterday morning. Positively the largest stock of toys in town at L. Bros. A girl at Bruce Porter’s, of near the Ridge, Tuesday morning. There is a few of those nice hanging lamps Tolt at Laßue Bros. Win. Salter will start back to Kansas to-day. Clocks! Clocks Ip Clocks!!! At Hardman’s the Jeweler, Hobby Horses, sleighs, wagons, carts and everything in the toy line at Lallue Bros. Jas. Jordan is building a house j in Leopold’s addition. Chamberlin i and Zoll nre-ffoing the work. You can buy more goods for one dollar at L. any place in tpwn. - Look for Hai;dman’s big gold watch sign, opposite Egfer’s groc- ' ..Mw ;; f Rev. S. subjects for uext Sunday are “Holiness” in the ffhe evening “Dane? new toys nearlwfiflp.i IV. You had better co;select them before it is too fljpe. Laßue Bros. I®. Williams, the new picture man, is occupying Ben Tutuer’s house, in Leopold’s addition, as a residence. L. D. Marion, of east of town, is j ust recovering from a very severe attack of erysipelas, in the head. Hiram and Lewis Day, the sleepless plasterers,, are building a hoase on the lot they lately bough t iu Benjamin’s addition. Win. D. Craw, the L., N. A. & C. bridge carpenter, lately injured so badly at Lafayette, died at his home at Brookston, last week. At. K. Yeoman, better known as Kos Yeoman, lias just moved from Greensburg, Kansas, and settled in Rossviil?, Wrmi'iou county, Illinois. ffl’he side walk on the north side of Waahiogfbn street along block 4 is now uniform in grade and ividth-the whole distance, it is. a great improvement. A. K. Siiis! the Moiion lawyer, has formed a partnership with Tiurnau F Palnier, of Monticello, for the practice of the law, and intends to remove to the latter place. A Missionary meeting will be held at the Mis ionary Baptist 'church on Saturday morning at ! 10:30, Mrs. Thompson, a returned ! .Missionary from China, will be present aud spesk. Everybody is invited/ Mi <s Nora Moriai ty loft Monday murning for Los Angelos, Cal.,. ; where she has two brothers, enIgaged in 'business,-, aud where she !expects to remain for some time, f Her many friends wish her snceess }and a pleasant trip. (h'anvillo Mood.y will move into his splendid .new house, in Barkffey tp. this week. The interior of the house is painted anil ibw-t.rat-ed in aii GegauQ and thorough manner. W. J. Miller of Atoibn Mich , having done the work. .The 27th day,of the present montli will lie the fiftieth anniversary of the married life of our veuarable Ric order. Dr. Thom as Aijirim and h s. estimable helpmate, and they are preparing to observe tlie event iu becoming manner. ~ E. C. Nowels has sold Mg fine residence, corner eston and 'Susan streets, to Win. S. Coen. Mr. Nowels will give posession thefirst of March, or as soon thereafter as the condition of the weather will permit his removal to the west. Mr. Coen intends to make, the place . ins residence. ! The departure of Lewis T. Sapp ifor Summimville, last week, causI ed a number of Jiis creditors to levy lon his household effects, after they were deposited in tho depot for I shipment, and alsiT on a, buggy and ! harness whichhad been taken to Goodiaud. Among the creditors interested in the suit are Messrs. A. Leopold, C. H. Roberts, J. R. Vanatta, Geo. Worden, J. C. All- - janen niffU some others. The~ tnal of the case is set for next Monday, before Squire Morgan.