Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1887 — Page 5

Me republican Issued every thdrsday by 3CEO. 33rUMLISHKU AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE—In Kep«t*llt-iiin building. on corner of Washington ami Weston stieets. Terms Of Subscription. Oneyear fi 50 ix t80ni5i5.............. ....... ..F... .. i 5: rhreeroonthx....... •,■••• &<>. The Officiil Paper of Ceunty.

PHOFKSSIONAI, cards. PHYSIC I AH 8. -yy W.IIAnTSEU, M. D., - HOMEOPATHICaad S*u.rgre©ix, feKNdSF.i.AF.a. Indiana. Chronic Disea9es a Specialty .i®® Office East Washington Street. 3-Jan-81. UesiUencc, iUaUccver House. T\R I. B. W ASHBUPN, PHYSICIAN and BURGEON, Rensselaer, Indiana. Gives special attention to Womeniiid Children and Chronic Diseases. lteniomber calls are promptly ntlemlOU when not professionally engaged. j; I\ BITTERS, M. IC, ftiYSKHAM AND BURGEON, Over Ellis A Murray, Rensselaer, - Indiana to Residence. E. JACKSON, M. 1). riIYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Special aite.ntion given to diseases ofWQroeiT huJ diiltlreu. <JiT eon Vnmt street, eoritia- of Angelica. . A T T 0 P. N E Y S. A TTOiINEI' AT LAW. — ; K7.RA C'. NOWELS. A ltnrney at Law, Real Estate, ami Insurance A cent, wiil nay osnociitl attention to tthstracfTiV^r NulTiuf? IfltKt tdhl pMyiijg faxes. I roouto Hiul collection !)<isints-i atumdwd to pfonlptly. Oi'.iee in DcopohTs Block, it}* stairs. IU-TSi. ts. EI >W 1N P. 11A M BOND, W A!. B. Al*s I N HAMMoE 13 k AUSTIN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. l6K»I ca Kit, - - - - - Indian a . JJsjY”Office scroll;) IVocr of Coopnht's Blocl;. corner Washington ami Van Rensselaer streets \Va. R. Austin purchases, sells ami leases real estate and deals in negotiable instruments. tS-oi-tf. TYALPII W. MARSHALL, It A TORNEY AT LA W, Practices in Jasper, Newton and adjoining comities. Especial attention given to settle went el Decedent's Estates, Collections, Conveyances, Justices’ Cases, Etc. Etc. Etc. A HB3E9S, - Ros.k Lawn, Im smnv.P. Tvomcson. _ua vjnJ.Tlie:.teson A tiorney at Lam ■ Notary Public. fj’iiOMPSON & BUO.. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ,y Rensseiaer, ind. ..Practice in aii.tneeourU. 'Ye pay piivticul attention to paying taxor, selling and . (easing lands, M. L. BPITLER Collector and A'oofYaetor _ _ , yf. K. 11. GRAHAM, ATIOJCTRY A T LIIV, Will conduct a lABn and Real Estate Bureau. Office opposite Cour house, on Wn-liiugton si root, formerly occupied by Frank W. Bid) mck, Es'[., Spec in 1 attention to collections and Probate bu.vincss. 10-13. JAMES W. DOUT HIT ATTORNEY AT LAW, Kknssklakr. -- - Indiana. fgS’Ollice up stairs in Makeover's new brick building, three doors east ol Post-office.J233 ii V-48. it. \V. WATSON, ff • jftjSf office up stairs in Leopold's Bazar ™£S2REn mnr.AF.u, I SB. - w-. ; 5 r IJf OR DEG AI E. CIIILCOTE, - ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, v Rensselaer, Ind. Attends to ‘all business in the profession with promptness mid dispatch. Office in second story of the Makeover building. MI SOKI iI.ANEOUS. It S. DwtOG'a'-, F. .1. SEARS, VAI.. Seib. President. Vice President. Cashier CITIZENS’BANK, Rensselaer Ind. ", .=&.-• Docs a general banking business ; certificates bearing interest issued: exchange lioiigi,! and soil; money loaned on farms at lowest rates and on most favorable terms. 17-tt-tf. Jims llArrr.vES, Jay W. Wir.i.iAMS. President.'- Cashier pARMEKS’ -BANK, I rUT.itZR - - - - - INDIANA liocciM's Deri(i>it». liny aiid sell Exchange. Coliccuons made and momptly ioiuitted, Money I.oaneil, ami does a general Banking Business. r" XV. 18 jr A McCoy. T. J. McCoy, E. 1.-HoUlingsworth, A. McCoy & Co-, Baners, -thSilfeves.-ors to A. McCoy x T. Thompson:) Rknssklaek, Indiana. —'' - - I)<* a general banking bu-itic.-=. Exchangr bought amt -old. Money loaned, t.vnili- —— eatei- In m ing intr-ri-st issovd. t •-Hect-i.ii-.s made on all available po;ni>. Office same place a- »»«t firm ol McCoy A T h<rapsr-n Ee. quia u v - ~3— Special atleution gtvea tr. theure-erration o! Hie oatnrat lor-th: .Vnbleri'. teetii insertedfruW one !•• an enHrisi l. Ai.l- WMKK w AUBUNTED. : M’dro over " Jtll»eir 1111 I't V a re. Store, jw. ..'-YU lien-seiner. Indiana

Still Progressing.

AmmiAL KOLAO VP OF IM. PROVEMiBIVTS. Thiity Five Dollars expeaded. In accordance with \Vhafc has been our regular custom for a considerable nuihbtA of years, we herewith present a summary ,ot all the buildings erected in Kehsselaer during the present year, with their cost, and also a list of the more important aud expensive changes, additions and improvements. The list shows that the growth of Rensselaer still continues, slow, indeed, compared with the booming towns of the west or the gas towns of our own state, but sure, steadfast and substantial. It also shows that the spirit of improvement is still abroad among all classes of our people. Thus our town not only makes a reasonably satisfactory growth iu number of new houses, every year, but the houses already built are mostly kept in excellent repair and many ot them are enlarged and remodeled, thus adding greatly to the comfort and convenience of their occupants and at the same time 'increasing greatly the beauty of the 'town. In connection with this subject it will not be out of place to mention the public improvements of the year, which include about 1,100 cubic yards of gravel on the streets of the town; And also 48 excellent and powerful street lamps, advantageously disposed and well regulated ; alsa several fair sized lire cisterns, side-walks and sewers, in the following list are included, at their full cost, as near as it could be estimated, several buildings which are not fully completed and which will not be finished diiul next spring; but to offset and equalize this no mention is made of sums expended during the present year in the completion of buildings begun last jear, as, lot instance, on Mr, Leopold’s large bri.'k business block. The following is the summary of improvements: NEW DUELLING 'HOUSES. 0. 0. Starr, brick residence, in grove, head of Cullen street, 85,000. W. H. Rhoades, brick residence on Milroy street, west side, 82,500. J. W. Doutkit, residence on Cullen street, $1,350. Thomas ’ Robinson, residence near Weston cemetery, $1,300. J. A. Anderson, residence ou Main street, SI,OOO. 0. G. Spider, residence, in Thompson’s addition, SI,OOO. •J. C. Passess, . residence in Thompson’s addition, $801). £>. 11. Duvalt, brickiesidenoe oil Front street, S3OO. J. C. McCormick, residence in Benjamin’s addition, $750. Day Brothers brick house » 'in Benjamin’s addition, S7OO. W. D. Robinson, residence in Leopold’s addition,- 3600. John Florence, residence on Weston street, S6OO. W. B. Austin, tenant house in Benjamin’s addition, SSOO. Frank Osborne, house on Cullen street, $450. - M. P. Walker, house in Eeojxrld’s addition, S4OO. E. C. Owens house ijr Leopold’s addition, SSOO. Ira Gay house in Dw.iggb.is’ addition, $250. | Ed. Gay house in Dwigains’ addition, $250. Jas. Jordan house in Leopold's addition, $l5O. * Mr. Shrutn. house in Leopold's addition, 8175. RESIDENCES REBUILT. Nathan Fendig, residence on Division„and Rutsou streets, BIDOO. .Simon Phillips, residence in Newton’s addition, S7OO. Dis. Jackson, residence on Front street, W. B. Austin, residence on "Weston street, S2OO. ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS. Kannal homestead, improvements oil buildings and grouuds, 8500. A. McCoy, fixtures &c. in bank, $350. N. S. Bates, addition and improvements to residence in Thompson's addition, S3OO. E. Kannal, improvements at tenant house, oil River street, $390. J. A. Burnham, do, to house on Front sireet, S3OO. Ludd Hopkins, addition to elore •m Front street* 33 HI. F. B. Learning, addition and improvements, house on Elm street 3200. ( Mis. M; Schneider, ndditiofi impTOVeinemis-fco tmimiThoASi 1 on Washington slreef, s2oo'.'

E. P. Hammond, improvehietits to two tenant houses, Washington street, $l5O. . • J. W. King, addition to stores on Main street, $175. 1 Lewis Day, addition t 6 liouse in Wdston's add.’, $l6O. ' • Thomas Antrim, addition to house in Thompson’s addition 8150 - G. E. MapshMl, addition to Re--vublicAn building, Washington und Weston streets, $l5O. neVv business buildings. C. A. Roberts, brick agricultural implement and vehicle store, on Van Rensselaer street, $1,900. A. Leopold brick building on Van Rensselaer street, SBOO. OTHER BUILDINGS. A. Thompson, barn at residence on west side,sl,ooo. Laßue Bros, barn at residence ou River street, S6OO. E. L. Hollingsworth, barn at tenant house, Weston’s add., $450. Tutuer Bios, barn at tenant house in Leopold’s addition, S2OO. J. J. ice house &c. yeifrof town, S3OO. N. Warner & Sons, agricultural implement warehouse, ou Front street, S2OO. David Nowels, do, S2OO- - F. Wren, out building at residence, Weston’s add.. $125. Hiram Day, barn at residence, Leopold’s add.’, $l5O. The total amount of the above enumerated sums, is $30,725. In addition to this, improvements ranging in cost-from S3O to $l5O have been made by J. W. Duvall, J. H. Loughridge, D. Nowels, A. Parkison, D. Michaels, Jas. Antrim, D. G. Warner, Hale Warner, J. W. Medieus, E. P. Hammond,’ N. W. tteeve and others, whose united expenditures, together with what has been expended by the Town, as mentioned above, will increase the entire amount expended on permanent improvements within the town, for the year 1887, to not less than thirty-five thousand dollars. , ■ - - i. #■ -.

Suits Growing Out of the Railroad Disaster at Kouts.

There have been docketed for trial at the next term of the Porter County Circuit Court the following suits against the Chicago & Atlantic railway, growing out of the Kouts disaster: An—admitrfstrator’s suit to recover SIO,OOO for the deaths of several members of the I Miller family; a guardian’s -suit to recover SIO,OOO for Hermann Miller, the injured bov, who was the only msratvef of 'the Miller family saved from the wreck; a suit ofthe Routs Hotel proprietar to recover .compensation for the care of the Miller boy. Ap indictment far iiivoluntarv manslaughter against John B. Park aud John Dorsey, who are held responsible for the Kouts disaster, will come up. Also a suit brought by Annie Burkhart against theJLouisville, New'Albauy <k Chicago, to recover SIO,OOO for the death of Andrew Burkhart her husband, who was killed on the road of that company.

Hanging Grove Items.

Mr. W. L. lioadifer ami Miss. Lotta Snoddy both of Reinington, spent Thursday and Friday of last week visiting Miss Fannie Rockwood and Elmer Snoddy both teachers of Hanging Grove. IV. \V. Kenton went to T’owler last week and obtained his dog, which had been stolen, mentioned last week. Jake Garling proved to be the champion speller at the spelliug school at Pleasant Ridge last Wednesday evening, and Miss Laura Iveaton at the Lefier school Thursday evening. Rye Cullen is threshing shock corn at Win. Kenton’s, lie does work well with his machine, and at the rate of about 400 bu. a day. Married last Thursday at the residence of the bride’s parents in Hanging Glove, Mr. Frank Tyler and Miss Mary Summers. Rev. B. E. Ferguson performing the ceremony.

To Give Away.

u Solid Gold hunting case watch American movement, Stein wild stem set. Inquire at C. 0. Starr’s. Gall and see my stock of watches, docks and jewelry. llaiidmvn the Jewelit. Price my ladies watches before you bay. ;* ----- XIAItDMAN TITE .TewELKE. : i Notice to school teachers: \Vn ! have the largest and best stock of | candy, nuts &c for the ' Holidays in town, and will not lie undersold. Come in and see * them and get prices. fjA&CE lila.-s. Lamps cheaper than ever, at XaKue Tiros. ,

A HEART RENDING CALAMITY

That Overwhelmed tile Family of a Former Jasperitc. On the night of December 10, near Wessington, Dakota, a dire calamity overwhelmed the fa!mily of a former resident of this comity. The particulars of fvhich are given beloiv, in an extract from the Chicago Inter-Ocean: Fuller particulars are received relative to the burning of Michael Harris’ house, and with seven members of the family, on Saturday night, They lived iu a two story frame house on a farm in the WessiDgton hills, and less than twelve miles from Wessington. All slept in the upper story and in one room. There were eleven members of the family, eight children, Michael Harris and wife, and the wife’s brother,-a man by the name of Parr. Harris thinks it was about fhiduigbt when he and his wife were awakened by the crackling of fire, and nearly sufficated with smoke. He tried to go down stairs, but flames and smoke drove him back. Seeing no other escape he threw up a window, and jumped out into the snow with only his night clothes on. He called to his wife and Parr to throw the children out to him and he would save them. The wiEo threw the babe, which he safely caught in his arms, Then Parr jumped out to save himself, and Harries’ oldest boy, aged 14, “WCnt also. Mrs. Harris looked at them an instant, then turned to the other six children, who by this time had huddlecl around her, aud was on the point of picking up one of them when the timbers of the house gave way below, burned oil by the flames, and let the roof and all down upon them. The seven sonk to the bed of embers, and were heard screaming for help, but i in a moment or two their voices were stilled.

The men were paralized with 1 horror and unable to do anything to save those in the fire. It was a bitter night, with the wind blow-j iu-g thirty miles an hour aud the mercury eight or ten below ! but Parr mounted a horse and rode two miles in his shirt and drawers : for help, while Harris took his two ! saved children into the' barn and j coVßredr them up witlr straw as well ns he could. Ail were severely frozen, and the baby can hardly survive its injuries. Mr. Harris formerly lived in Carpenter township and later moV ed to Beaver Prairie, Newton county. His wife was the danght- j |er of Wm. Parr, still living in I Jackson tp., and he has a sister in Remington, Mrs. Ezra Bowman.

Some reckless scoundrels, without 'fear of the Lord or the law, before their eyes broke | into 11. P. Benjamin’s lumber and ’coal office, Tuesday night, and ! forced open his safe and took therefrom six or seven dollars in change. The safe was not fastened by the combination lock owiug to the small amount of money left there that night, but the money drawer iusicle was locked'aud this was opened in a skillful manner. The tracks left in 'the mud, by the window where broke in, show that two persons wore engaged in the burglary. Two tough looking strangers, who were hanging around the depot early iu the evening aud who left on 10:30 train are believed to have been the prepetrators of the robbery.

To our many friends who so kindly assisted us in our last sickness and sorrow, wo desire to express our sincere thanks for the many favors shown us. J. C. Porter and Sons.

let that aold of jours run on. You think it is a light tiling, but it may run into catarrh. Or into pneumonia. Or consumption. Catarrh is disgusting. Pneumonia is dangerous. Consumption is death itself. The .breathing apparatus must be kept hciKhv auU cleof ot ail obstriie i lions and ojlVneive n atter. Otherwise there hi trouble ahead. ! All thCso diseases of these parts, head i uose. thryat. bronchial tabes and lungs, Uan be delightfully eiid cntiiyly cured by the lae of Boshwe’s . Oerma'i Syrup ! If you don't know this already, lionsari ls and thousands’ of peoide can tell jpU- I hey Jiave been cured In iC *#4 i “know how it is, tliunisnivcs Pottle only 7o cents, A.-k an} druggist. j KannaTes jewelry store is the . place for the most beautiful aid : durable holiday presents. Xcaily a car load ofils i k at rfi do tt-office, fn'icrr! | j wim! ~f-~.

OLD JOR.

Bold Bad Burglars.

Card of Thanks.

DON'T

ELLIS £ MImRAY. Special Sale Over Goats, Cloaks Cress Goods, Underwear, Fur Caps, Cloves and Mittens AT ELLIS & MURRAY’S. r -1 - _ __ __ . " ■"■■■■ ■ ••wmmmm—mmimimJm nli : J/W jj g , SOLD BY flex A. Leopold, Jm Rensselaer, Ind. \ . and IM \ Igg A. Leopold & Sons, W I \ * Remington; Ind. J pr===| X 'S ; j —4 I

J Wi lIOBTOX, DENTIST. - ! At! itisenous ot tooth ami arums eaioln'iy ; troiiHi I. Fillings ami (.Towns a specialty. Rensselaer, Inttona i ~~ ~ Hemphill & Honan, J j | ca/^n/urxQ J -r DEALERS TNh is, loss, Ms ki AND Ulus' Fi pi ‘ Ur - ------

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