Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1888 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

L Joe'Anderson, the cigar manufactured, is sick witli a sore throat. The lowest possible price for cash, is our motto. ! Hemphill & Honan. Mrs. B. H. Sayler, of Newton township, is seriously sick with inflammation of the stomach. Felt Boots, the best in tlie world, at Hemphill & Honan’s; selling now at $2.25. Have you seen the Sun Flower Chorus? No. Then come to the Court House Feb. 22. Gee! Whiz! Bill they are selling Mens’ Arctics at Hemphill & Honan’s for a dollar, let’s buy a pair. It is now stated that the Logansport insane asylum will not be ready for the reception of patients before April. Squire Jim Morgan tied a puptial knot last Saturday. The parties were Mr. Thomas P. Davis, of Winamac, and Miss Clara E. Gooldsberry, of Barkley township. John Burroughs, of Hammond, Ind;, a former resident of Rensselaer, and a young man of great natural abilities, has lately been taken to the i asana-asylum, for treatment. Isaac Colborn, the lumber dealer, who sold his own residence to 0. W. Coen, bought F. G. Henkle’s lot and residence, on Main street and will erect a new residence thereon, as soon as the weather will permit. The water in the gas well is strongly impregnated by salt. Dr. Hartsell allowed about a quart to evaporate in a pitcher and the bottom of the vessel is thickly in crusted with salt. The salt in .the water is plainly perceptible to the taste. The Delphi people are going to make another attempt to find gas. a&heir gas ar.Xo4 company h ready made the contract, and the boring is to begin not later than March Ist. The owner of the ground on which the well is to be located, pays half the expense of the boring. We are requested to inform Republican readers in the east side, of the county that there will be a" fine Yocal and Instrumental concert in Medaryville at the M. E. church, Friday and Saturday of this week—l 7 and 18. Receipts for the benefit of the church. Admission 15 cents. I All are cordially invited to attend. Capt. D. D. Redmond, of Hanging Grove tp., one of the always reliable wheel-horses of the Renublican party, will depart, with bis family, for Syracuse, Hamilton county, Kansas, in a few days. He owns 320 acres of fine land, within 2| miles' of that promising town. May better .health and greater prosperity await the Ca ptain in his new location. Mr. Geo. Gorham, late of Tippecanoe county and Miss Uallie Norman, of Barkley tp., were married on St. Valentine’s day, in the County clerk’s office, at the court house, Rev? S v B. Grimes, officiating clergyman. The bridal couple took the 11 o’clock train, immediately after the ivedding for Lafayette. After visiting friends in Tippecanoe county for a short time they will return to Jasper county. An exchange says: A practical revivalist preaching out West from the text on “rendering unto Ciesar” required all the congregation who paid their debts to rise. The . rising was general. After they had taken their seats a call was made for those who didn’t pay their debts, and one poor, solitary man arose, who explained that he was a count!y editor, arid could not pay because the rest of the congregation were owing him on subscription. Boring at Kentland has been abandoned, at the depth of 1325 feet. The conti act called so? a well of 1,500 but owing to much bad luck,, entailing mAny losses to the contractor, the company paid him up and let him go. Water in the well is within 46 feet of the top and the supply is supposed to be inexhaustible. The total cost of the well and of the lot upon which it is situated was $2,237 and of this sum the town paid $307 owns the lot tmd-the wellr The town board will take steps to erect water-works.

John G. l Reynolds has Jjeen granted an increase of pension. J. W. Douthit has moved his law office into the rear room over Hemphill & Honan’s store. Rev. Carr, financial agept of Franklin College, preached at the Baptist church, Tuesday evening. Striking natural gas won’t effect prices in Boots and Shoes at Hemphill & Honan’s. F. B. Learning’s services as salesman in Meyer’s drug store will terminate Saturday evening. All are invited to attend the wedding at the Court House, next Wednesday evening. Only twentyfive cents. Victor Loughridge will complete his medical education at Chicago, next week, and become a full-fledged M. D. The Methodist ladies postponed their proposed entertainment, to a more convenient season, on account of the protracted meeting. Drs. Kelley and Horton, the dentists, have dissolved partnership, and the latter has opened an office by himself, in the back room over Laßues’ grocery store. Rev. J. T. Abbett, now in pastoral charge of the Boswell. M. E. church, was in town Sunday night, and preached in Rev. Grimes’ pulpit, Sunday evening. A building and loan association, organized under the excellent law of this state, is better and -safer than any savings bank. Every working-man ought to have a few shares. It is stated that the Hon. J. P. Carr, of White county, has been offered $25,000 to go to Elkhart and build a factory for the manufacture of his, newly invented combined harvesting and threshing machine. Alexander McKinley, late of Muncie, this state, has just become a resident of Rensselaer j».nd, Wtlffiis*family, M. D. Rhoades’ house on Front street. He is the father of Rev. A. C. McKinley, the U. B. minister, now in charge of Foresmain circuit. Lewis Day, the plasterer, who generally knows what he is talking about in building matters says that the outlook for new buildings in Rensselaer and surrounding county, this year, is immense. He thinks more will be done in that way than in any previous year for several years back. Marriage licenses since iast week. (. Geoige Randle, 1 Anna Raker. J Ira J. Morlan, | Mattie J. Saylor. Thomas P. Davis, | Clara E. Gooldsbery. ( Geo. W. Gorham, ( A. Caroline Norman, j Charles H. Armstrong, ) Mary E. Lew ark. ( Alton M. Meek, | Mary Alma Brown. Intelligence has been received: of the death at Lincoln Neb., Jan., 16th, of Mrs. Helen Guthndge, wife of Capt. jGuthridge, both of whom will be remembered by all old citizens, as former residents of this place. Mrs. Guth ridge’s daughter also died, a short time previous to the latter’s death. Typhoid fever was the disease, .?in both-instances; Mrs. Guthridge’s maiden name was Helen Glover. Mr Jacob Wood, formerly of this place but now a resident of Florida, arrived here last week in company with Mrs. J. T. Bruce and having in charge the remains of the late J. T. Bruce. He left here about six years ago«and his return was the occasion of a happy family reunion at the residence of his mother at Ronseelaer. He is now growing oranges near Haines City' and has a fine orchard. He left on his reutrntrip Thursday—Winamac Republican. The case of Chesley Chambers, the now famous Monon express robber, was called up in court at Bloomington Wednesday. Chambers was present, in accordance with the requirements of the S2O- - bond which he is under. On motion of the State’s attorney, the case was continued for another term of court, and the prisoner was allowed to remain at liberty under the old bond. The case was continued for the reason that ■JudgeßiekiieUybsloi^-whomtha last tiial was held, could not be present.

Corn 42 cent's. Oats 27 and 29 cents. Rye 50 cents. Wheat 78 cents. Timothy, Hay, $6.50 @ $8Wild Hay $3 @ $4. Quarterly meeting at the M. E. church next Sunday. Santa Claus and the Old Year at the Court House, Feb. 22. 8. H. Howe, the meat seller has bought and occupied the dwelling erected by W. B. Austin, in Benjamin’s addition, last fall. A Dr. Maxwell’s situation at Two Harbors, Minn., is a veritable bonanza, and will pay him not less than S4OO a month. Come, and see your fore-fathers at the Court House next Wed. night. Natural as life —also Emancipation Day. E. P. and Charlie Honan were called tp Delphi Saturday, by the sickness of their uncle. It proved not to be serious, however. Wanted.—Two hundred tons of Rye straw, also two to five hundred tons of Timothy hay. 4t pd. A. M. Baker. The nightly meetings at the M. E. church still continue, with increasing interest. A number of new members have been added to the roll of the church. The State Grand Encampment, G. A. R., will be in session at Indianapolis next Wednesday and Thursday. J. H. Willey will represent the Rensselaer post. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rinehart will probably depart for their new place of residence, Buffalo, New York, to-morrow. Their departure will be universally regretted. J. W. Horton, Dentist, has fitted up a neat, tidy office over LaRue Bros’. Grocery Store, where he will practice dentistry in all its branches. Every thing first class. Myrtle Alice, the two-months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry yesterday forenoon, Of lung lever. The funeral will be held at the F. W. Baptist church, at 2 o’clock, this afternoon. Married .-Sundayafternoon, Feb. 12, at the residence of Rev. B. F. Ferguson, the officiating cleigyman, Mr. Ira J. Morlan, of Rensselaer, and Miss afattie J. Sayler, daughter of J acob Sayler, of Ne wtoh township. , Titus E. Price, now Superintendent of schools in Hyde county, Dakota, but formerly a resident of Rensselaer, was married on Feb. sth to Miss Estella M. Anderson, of St. Lawrence, Dakota. Mr. Price and his bride are now visiting his parents in Carpenter tp. The Presbyterian church congregation here has extended a call to the Rev. A. M. Tressler, and tender a salary of SI,OOO per year. Mr. Tressler has thought some of engaging in foreign—missionary work. Rev. K. J. Duncan, former pastor here, has accepted a call at River Forest, a suburb of Chicago. Four new members were initiated by the flourishing local branch of the Womens’ Relief Corps, at the Monday evening session, namely, Mrs. W. H. H. Graham, Mrs. 1. N. Hemphill, Mrs. E. N. Hyland and Miss Mamie Spitler. Ten ladies from the Monticello Corps were present, by invitation, and were much pleased with the work of the Rensselaer corps and the very hospitable treatment extended to them. The gas well operators are having no end of trouble and making riughty little progress. It is nearly impossible to drill" in such a deep hole when full of water, and as soon as casing is put in, the water shut out, the hole bailed dry and drilling operations resumed, fresh veins of water will be struck, the hole -will fill up again, and then the casing must be withdrawn, the newly drilled portion of the hole reamed out, the casing put in again and the whole operation repeated, until the surrounding air grows blue and murky with the curses of the operators. •„./