Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1888 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

___ <A » Friday evening! Friday gyening, April 27 !! The grandest supper and enteri tainment at the Opera House, Friday evening, April 27. Parties wishing furniture cheap will do well to call on Jay W. Williams, Unde Wm. Timmons of Jordaa tp., is very sick with lung fever. His friends fear he cannot recover. 1 Jay W. Williams is still in the furniture business and will continue to sell furniture cheaper than ever. Don’t forget the place. 1 • At the Shakesperean entertainment yoti can get candies, nuts, pop-corn, peanuts, bananas, oranges, and, in fact, everything-that suits the palates of children. “The flowers that bloom in the , spring tra, la,” hsve nothing at all to do with the cases of fine shoes just in from Portland, Me., at Hemphill & Honan’s. John PaxtoD, of the new firm of Priest & Paxton, occupies as a residence D. S. Makeever’s tenanthouse, opposite the old school house, on Front street. Quotations on men’s shoes at Hemphill & Honan’s: Plow shoes, $1. 1.25, 1.50, 1.75. Fine shoes,. sl. 2. 2.50, 3. 3.50 i. 4.50 and 5.00. Priest & Paxton will move their grocery store into • the Bazaar building, next week. Nathan Fen-' dig, now occupying the room, will move back into his old quarters, adjoining Tutuer’s grocery. Don’t order your lumber from Chicago until you have given Wolf & Co. a chance to figure on your bill. They Believe that ‘they can do as well or better for you, than any foreign dealers. Sixty-five Shakesperean characters will be represented, in co%-1 tume, at the Shakesperean enter-1 tainment, Friday evening, April i 2?. You can’t afford to fait to see this excellent exhibition of Elizabethian character life. Bet. S. B. Grimes was in town over Sunday, closing up his affairs here, and preached m the M. E. church, Sunday morning. He thinks Mrs, Grimes is makihg substantial progress oh the road to good health, at the Kenosha sanitarium. Don’t forget the time and place: At the- Opera House, on Friday evening, April 27th. Supper wifi, be served from 5 p. m. to 8. p. m., and then the exercsies; after which a line silver dish will be voted to the most popular lady. Let all take an especial interest in this particular fact. —— Tables will be spread at the Shakesperean fit for kings and queens; to sup; nobles and princes; you kind reader, are especially invited to partake of this bouUtiful repast. Come and bring your best girl with you, and see what mountains of viands, what oceans of enjoyment you can get for a mere trifle of cash. The new board of Township Trustees is made up as follows: Jesse C. Gwin, Jas. R. Guild, L. P. Shirer, Fred Meiser, Jackson Freeland, Edward T. Biggs, John F. Bruner, Wm. Cooper, Hezikeah Kesler, Wm. Greenfield, J.F. lliff, J. A. McFarland and Wm., Roadifer. The five first mentioned are re-elected for second terms, the other eight are all new men. W. J. Miller, the painter and artist, sent away a notable specimen of his work, last Monday, in the form of a Sunday School map of Hillsdale county, Mich. The can vass upon which it was made is 9by 13 feet, in size. The most noteworthy feature of the map was the Ornamental border, about IS inches wide, beautifully’ill listrated with Bible texts and pictures of Bible scenes. Mr. King, of Indianapolis, was in town last Friday in the interest of the Tmbnnapolls Jourliah—-lha-new train on the Montra brings the Journal here at 10:36 a. m., or as early as any daily . papers reach -‘P-e-towrrrnirrl'th.tls rCSaoves oneAT the chief, disadvantage! uhder ■ which the Jouxnai was placed here, in comparison—with—4ho Chicago dailjes.. We are glad to learn that Mr. King succeeded in very handsomely increasing the list of Daily Journal subscribers in this place.

A girl baby at W. L. RTch ikon’s, in Leopold’s addition, Monday. Whitewash and paint brusheb, in all varieties, at Meyer’s. Mrs. J, C. Morgan ’and littl'e daughter returned home Tuesday, after twelve days visit, in Chicago. F. B. Meyer is sole agent for the thoroughly reliable, Heath & Milligan prepared paints. See notice of W, A. Rinehart’s big sale, at the Marlboro farm, next Thursday, April 26. The Heath & Milligan and the Sherwin-Williams prepared paints are the best. F. B. Meyer is sole agent in Rensselaer. The Baptists will hold a general missionary conference, for Northwest Indiana, at Rossville, next Tuesday, Rev. U. M. McGuire will attend and deliver an address. Spring time lias come, gentle Annie, so please get an Elgin movement on you and call at Hemphill & Honan’s for that lovely hat you were going to buy. Rev. J. L. Smith, D. D., the

Presiding Elder, preached a powerful sermon, dt the M. E. church, j last Sunday evening, to an im-! mense congregation. T. J. Farden went down to his old, home, Ihne Village, Monday, It is not unlikely that he will conclude to again take up his permanent residence in that ancient bailiwick. Meyer bought his enormously large and well selected stock of wall and ceiling paper direct from the manufacturers, and he gives his customers the benefit of the jobber’s profit thus saved. The M. E. parsonage is,being extensively repaired and fitted up, for the/eception of the new minister, ReV. E. G. Pelley and family. Mr. Pelley will complete his theological education, May 5. Another new time table will go ; into effect on the Monon, May 1, iaccordihg to the Indianapolis Journal, and the running time of ilia. naWJn.dianapolis aod Ghicagq, train will be shortened halt an ; hour, between those two cities. . J* W. Powell has taken the con- j tract for grading four miles of the road-bed of the new railroad. His | section is hear Morocco. A’ considerable number of men and teams from Rensselaer are working for him already or will be next; week. 1 Rev. A. C. McKjnley, pastor of i Foresman Circuit, U. B. church, j has moved from Carpenter township, overdo near Buffalo, in White county, and intends to follow the vocation of a farmer as well as a laborer in the Gospel Vineyard. He will still continue to fill his ministerial appointments. The Republican job office printed a thousand sale bills, last week, for W. A. Rinehart. His sale will take place on Thursday, of next week, April 26th. .The amount of property advertised for sale is very large; and in the matter of fine bred stock,' no sale ever .held injthe county can begin to compare with it in extent.

All money made is to be applied to the school library; not a siiigle cent goes to any one. Every dollar made (over expenses for printing and hall rent) .will- be | spent for good books. Your child- | ren will be the ones mostly benefited. Let every rather, mother, child take supper at the Slmkesperian, as it is for a noble purpose. County Clerk Irwin informs us that, in order to make future elections of County Commissioners in compliance with the recent laws upon the subject, it will bo necessary to elect' three Commissioners, ’this year, instead of twd, as here'tofore understood. The official ; call for the County Republican | convention, new appearing in The ! Republican, has been amended |in conformity with this decision r of the Clerk. Newton County Republican: As we sat in our office last. Saturday, we were agreeably surprised to see _ Mr. R. W- Mnrsli«;ll—our— popular.. ! and efficient Proseouting Attorney, IMr Marshall has held the office of 1 Prosecutor for two years past ard duties of that office far beyond the expectations of bin most sanguine. friends. There is little cr no doubt but that he wij l again receive the uominatipn by - the Republicans of this district' at their nextf Judicial convention. Diamond Wall finish, ’at Meya ’tr

A good time expected at the' Literary Social. Cpme and see. A complete stock of furniture at Jay W. Williams!. * Carpets at all prices at Willey & Sigler’s. ! 1 4' The Healy Band will furnish the music for the Shakesperean, to be given Friday evening, April 2-7*. The celebrated and long tried Shepwin-Williams mixed paints, at the Old Reliable drugstore. Just think of it, ladies. A 1 genuine French kid, hand-turned,shoe, for $3.50, at Hemphill A Honan’s. Wall Paper. The largest and most beautiful stock ever in the tbWfi'Ttf Meye? ’s Old Reliable. Shoes for infants, children, youths, misses, boys and adults, all sizes and kinds, at Hemphill & Honan’s. Go one! go all! to the Shakesperean supper. Take wife, children, relatives, friends with you, remembering that the money goes to the Dickens library fund.

Lacy Gwin, who has been clerk- ; ing in Priest’s grocery store for a I year or two, went to Monticello Monday, where he will learn the telegraphing business. The Benton Circuit Court is in session, this week. Capt. Marshall went over, Monday, to look after an unusually fu!J state docket. Judge Hammond was also iu attendance. Don’t forget the social given bv the Ladies’ Literary Society at Mrs. Alfred TliQmpson’s, Friday evening, April 20. A dime at the door and refreshments served free. Everybody come and have a good time. Our trimmer hks arrived and would be pleased to have the ladies of Rensselaer and vicinity call and see her work and, of course, ’aint above selling some of it if you are determined to buy. Hemphill & Hon An. The people of the neighboring towns and country, in the vicinity' of Rensselaer, are cordially invited ;to attend the grand Shakesperean j supper and entertainment. A royial Bupper for 25 cents —a grand entertainment for 10 cents. Mr. Lewis P.'Shirer, of Wheatfield tp., requests us to state that lie is not a candidate for the office of County Commissioner; and, at j the same time, to express his j earnest thanks to the kind friends I who presented his name through j The Republican in connection ; with that honorable and responsiI ble office.

Geo. Daugherty’s team fan away, in town, Monday evening, with a lumber wagon. They started on Van Rensselaer street and ran down Washington, across the bridge. Near Stair’s grocery the wagon was scattered about promiscuously, part being left in the middle of the street and part qn the side-walk. No great damage done. The Logansport Presbytery was in session at LaPorte, last week, and the Presbyterian congregation here was represented by John Coen and W. B. Austin. Rev. M. L. Tressler, pastor of the Rensselaer church, preached a trial sermon and passed a successful examination, for ordination. The ceremony of his ordination willfbe held Thursday evening, May 3, and will be conducted by Revs. Dickey, of Monticello and Putnam and Scott, of Logansport. The educational work of the State Normal College, at Terre Haute, goes right along, notwithstanding the destruction of its building, library &c., by fire, last week. At present most of the work is done—in church buildings, bnL soon one floor of the Terre Haute high school building will be occupied fori the purpose.. It is expected that the work of rebuilding the Normal will begin very shortly, on the olj site, the city of Terre Haute beginning the work. Another propused railroad is now being surveyed through Newton county, unless reports - from variety of spurces are at fault. According tertbese reports the line of the survey enters that Blue Grass, on the Kankakee river, a'few miles east of the Illinois state line, and runs nearly due south, crossing the Pephandle road about three miles west of Goodland, going thence to. Fowler and from there to Lafayette. It is stated that the Illinois Central company is back of this move.

>T. H. Paris, the boot and shoe dealer, of Monon, a former resident of Rensselaer, was in town Mon’day ’Exhibiting a lately patented invention of his, in the form of a heel and shank support for boots and shoes. It is an ingenious and effective little appliance, which, when fastened to the soles and heels of shoes keeps the heels from “running ovei” and also prevents unequal wearing Of ofte side of the heels. It is a good idea and deserving of a general adoption. The indications of an impending wedding at the Cotton House, which diave been apparent for several months, were verified Monday afternoon, in a very pleasant manner, when Mr. Wm. J. Thompson, of Chicago, and Miss Della Cotton were made husband and wife, through the ministerial office!: of Rev. S. B. Grimes. The ceremony was performed a little after two o’clock, immediately after which choice refreshments were served, to the t2s* or 30 invited guests present. A fine array of handsome presents -were displayed for the inspection of the guests. The newly married couple took the 4 p. m. train, for Chicago, where the groom had a pleasant home. prepared for his bride, on Indiana Avenue. It is not the least of Mr. Thompson’s good points that he is a newspaper man. by vocation; he being connected with the editorial staff of the Chicago Herald, in an important position.