Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1888 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

'A new democratic paper is about to be issued at VVinamac. Lyman Zea and Geo. McCarthy have gono over to Francesville to run a hay press. Whoa! January! quit kicking but come in and buy a pair ot Felt Bools, at Hemphill & Honau’s. ~ Mrs. John Phillips, wife of the store keeper at Marlboro, presented him with a fine daughter outlie 7th. Say! Pap! you’d better buy a pair of Arctics at Hemphill and Honan’s', they’er sollia em fer a dollar. John Q. Alter has opened an agency for. the sale of the New ’ York Singer sewing machines, in j the room just west of Hdpkins’! furniture store. Miss Lucy Healy was the smart | and lucky winner of Fllis & Mur- • ray’s $5 prize for solving their problem. No other person successfully solved it.

If the oldest inhabitant can re-; member a belter winter, all things considered, than the present has so far been, let him now speak up, or henceforth hold his peace The sparkling effect of a delicate . stimulant upon the jaded system is never more apparent tban it is when drinking a cup of Mr. C. 0. Starr's pure Jewel Tea. The elegantly engraved an-J Rouncement cards of Mr. E. L.; Hollingsworth and his fair bride, nee Miss Fannie M. Allen, -states that they will be “at home” after j January 20th. Signor Montana exhibited his j aggregation” at the ‘ Burns school house, in Barkley township, last Saturday evening, j and next Saturday evening he will j exhibit at Center, in the same tp. We would suggest to such of our; subscribers as have arranged to! pay their subscriptions in wood, j that during the' present good) wheeling would L 4? a favorable time for hauling it in, —— Fred Erb, of Lafayette, beat Capf.-BogarcTus, the world’s cliampion, at pigeon shooting, last week. Erb is a mighty good shot but he would hardly have beaten the old captain had not luck been in his favor that clay. The condition of Mrs. W. C. Pierce, who is sick at the homo of her son-in-law, S. H. Howe, is such as to preclude the hope for more than a few days more of existence. She lias not partaken of any nourishment whatever, for many days. The fine and costs against C. F. Harding, for thumping J. H. Gilmore, were replevined for 90 days, M. O. Hnlloran being his security. As the pugilist has gone in search of greener fields and pastures new 7 , ing Mike will have to fail lot the amount, 811.70. In the wordy war between the Michigan City papers, Bro. Reiser of the News, is rnore than holding level the blackguard, Harry Francis, of the Bispatch, and that, too, without resorting to the filthy language of theslums, after the custom of Francis. Reiser is an hon-orable’,“self-respecting man, but full of grit as an egg is of meat. Mrs. Louisa M. Thompson, wife of Isaac Thompson, oldest brother of Alfred, S. P.. D. J. and Thomas Thompson, of this place, died at her home near Bluffton, Ohio, Saturday, Dee., 31, aged a little more than 54 years. Shei had lived with her husband more than 30 years, and was the mother of 4 sons and 2 daughters. The cause of her death was typhoid fever.

Two total eclipses of the moon occur this year, and, weather perTnitting, will both be visible, to peo-! pie in this portion of the world, an j unusual circumstance. The first; eclipse occurs the 28th of this month, early in tbe evening, the moon bejDg partly in the shadow, when it arises. It will be ah interesting spectacle if the sky is clear. Lawrence Ruff and Henry Weaver found a man’s coat by tbe roadside, eight miles east ‘of Francesville, on the 27th ult. In the pocket were found a cuff-button, a condntor’s check, showing passage paid from Loganeport to .Wiiiamac, and a card bearing this address: “Mrs. FlorenceTopp, Rensselfier; Ind. 1 * The coat may be found at Mr. Ruff’s.—Winamac Journal.

S. H. Howe will buy hides and pelts. A. J. Yeoman is now at Orongo, Missouri, where he is interested in lead mining. Gee! Whiz! Bill they are selling Mens’ Arctics at Hemphill & Honan’s for a dollar, let’s buy a pair. J, G. Porter’s sale of bis household goods, last Saturday, was very sueeessf ul, considering the unfavorable weather. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth, the bridal couple, arrived , from their eastern trip on the afternoon train, Tuesday. How selfish it seems to see men and women wearing Arctics and their children none. Go to Hemp- ; hill & Honan’s and buy them some. C. F. Harding has not been seen : about bis accustomed haunts, this j week, and it is generally reported | that lie departed Sunday night, ; for parts unknown. Drilling on the gas well was resumed last Thursday, but suspen- ; ded again “Monday to wait for casing. The depth now is about 980 j feet. Fish Gi!more, a scion of the ! same noble race as John H., was lately fined and costed about 814 by Squire Goff, of Barkley tp., for drunkenness and disorderly com duct, in churehr S. ; D. Clark, the popular and prosperous postmaster and merchant of Wheatfield, was married j last Sunday evening, to Miss Jen- 1 nie, daughter of Joseph Tanner, of j Walker tp. Abe Halleck, assignee of the late firm of Sayers & Tyler, of Do-; Motte, was in town Friday com- i plating arrangements for selling 1 out the stock of the firm. The sale began Monday. ■» ... ! On the Monon division of the L., N. A. & C. By. is a straight stietcli of track 4fi£ miles long. This is said to be the longest piece of straight track in the country, j excepting a piece C 5 miles long, on the Union -Pacific. ; The constable’s sale of Thos. j Sapp’s goods, last Thursday,! brought -a- little - over- $43; This - paid the costs in the ease and left ( 811 or 812 for the lawyers. The ] creditors are still looking for their j share. j The Good land Herald came out last week reduced in size from a six column eight page paper to a seven column four page paper. The amount of home matter, is greatly .increased, however, 4hd the change is thus an impro.vment. Lewis S. Alter, ex-surveyor, was in town Monday. He is sfill in the tile making business at Rentlanu. He is rejoicing over a Christmas present whiqh, lie says, will vote the Republican ticket in the year 1909. < Tire Ladies Literary Society is taking the Chatauqua reading course, this winter, and find it very interesting. They extend a free invitation to all wishing to take the course, to meet with them in their hall, next Saturday afternoon. The prognostications of the weather bureau, as published in the daily papers, are generally pretty correct. They missed it badly Tuesday, however, as an increase of temperature was promised for that day in Indiana, whereas exactly the opposite was what really occurred, and the mercury showed about ten below, Tuesday night.

Several intelligent young people have asked us since our last issue, to explain bow it comes that the year 1900 will not be a leap year. One of these was a graduate of the Rensselaer high school. It would be a good plan for many of tbe teachers of pur public schools, both in town and country^to" pay j more attention to such subjects as • the formation of the Gregorian •and other calendars, eclipses, Ac., than than some of them are in the habit of doing, perhaps. State Inspector of Oils, Andrew Hagen, submitted his third annual report to Gov. Gray last Friday. He recommends the' passage of a law by the Legislature reducing the Test temperature on illuminating oils from 120 degrees Fahrenheit to between 100 and 110 degrees. He says that the oil at that test would be just as safe as the higher degree and would make a much better light, as the illuminaated in preparing the oil for the higher degree test.

Mrs. C. L. Oswin, of Chioago, is visiting the family of her oousm, Dr. Bitters, for a few weeks. Dont blame ns if you freeze your dumb-grtsted feet off we’ve skads of Felt Boots, (ft $2.50. Hemphill & Honan. ‘ 1., . '. The Woman’s Relief Corps recently did a good deed in presenting to Mrs. C. W. Clifton 20 yards of rag carpeting. • "tti W. J. Huff has moved into J. C. Porter’s house, on Cullen street, ! | Mr. Porter reserving one room for his own use. We understand that James Yeoman, of Newton town- 1 ship, owner of the bouse on Front street, just vacated by Mr. Huff, | thinks of moving to town, himself, ! in a short time. ! We wish to announce to the ladies 'of Rensselaer and vicinity that we j have opened a Dressmaking Shop ;up stairs in Liberal corner, just 1 opposite Ludd Hopkins’ Dry goods | store, and we would respectfully invite them to call and see us. Satisfaction guaranteed. Misses Castor & Hughey. John Cunningham, a wealthy farmer, cf .“advanced age, living not far from Battle Ground, committed suicide Sunday night, by jumping from bis house top. He . is one of the two men who killed | Sim Gerard, the Warren county; out-law, about a year ago, and it 1 is supposed that he brooded over j that occurence until his mind became deranged. The 100th birthday of Micager Hancock was celebrated last Monday. He lives with a son' in the southwest corner of Pulaski county, a few miles north of MononJ The old man is still remarkab|y vigorous in body and clear in nppp He is said to be the grandsdpj'ct John Hancock, who eignfu 4ke Declaration of Indepen but we are npt prepared to make affidavit do the correcipes!^'of the) statement. # jfU M. L. Gpifcl&fcSffd thirteen o£|grs wlfo advanced tire cmiii,ty agricultural last spring, have begun suit in the circuit court, to foreclose their mortgage; and Thomas Thompsoa, Holder of a prior mortgage upon the proper- j ty of th§ society, lias begun a cross j action .kgainst the society and the | plaintiffs in the above suit, to foreclose his mortgage. It is altogether probable therefore that the grounds will be sold at sheriff’s sale. L ■ j The Monticello Herald states that Mary Baker, the fasting girl, nowemployed in a Monticello restaurant, has increased in weight • from 354 pounds a year ago to 120 'pounds "at this time. The fact that Miss Baker was at one reduced to the -weight of 35 pounds is a [sufficient answer to those papers ! which unjustly sneer at the girl, as a fraud. 'Her’s was most remarkable case, and if some features of it were greatly exaggerated by some of her mendacious neighbors, it was through no fault of her’s

Francesville New Era:—Perhaps after all the Trenton Rock well No. 2 is not a failure/ Thursday forenoon when the men ran down the bailer they drew up several gallons of fine lubricating oil. This is very encouraging and tfip prospect now is that the stockholders -will have the casing put in again shut off the water and shoot the well. The contractor thinks the chauces are if the well is shot that it will produce in paying quanities, as there must be a considerable pressure of oil to force its way up through all tb® water, tbe well being full nearly to tbe earth’s surface.