Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1888 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

Corn, 50 cents. Wheat. 85 cents. Oats, 32 cents. The Misses Smith reached hom,e front their Ohio visit last Friday. Oranges, Bananas and Lemons at Allman’s. C. W. Coen’s little son is fast recovering from his severe and dangerous sickness. The McCormick mower aud binder!, for sale by C. A. Roberts, is the finest in the land. .Remember the Quaker festival and entertainment, at the Opera House, next Wednesday evening. Allman’s restaurant and bakery, Percupile’s old stand, in old Hotel Building., Try him.

Prof. Reubelt and family are spending their vacation the same j as last year, with redatives in Mar- , shall county. f A large new stock of the celebrated Rochester shoes, just received and for sale by Ray LeoThat Quaker entertainment, at the Opera House next Wednesday evening will be a great novelty in these parts# A good assortment of top jobs, at C. A. Roberts’. Prices reasonable. Call and inspect. Each job A large men are now employed on the Indian School building, and the work is being pu -died forward at a rapid rate. The students, S. L. Sparling' of the State University and Harvey Robinson, of Purdue,- are home from those excellent institutions, for their summer vacation. Osborne mowers and binders ! aro sold by C. A. Roberts. The machines are guaranteed to give satisfaction, but no fares thrown in. J - has now a good 1 blast - Hot coffee, sandwiches, cakes Ac at all hours. A boss place to get a quick meal. Try it. We feel moved to say that the Quaker social, at the Opera House, next Wednesday evening, ; will be an occasion fraught with much benevolent mirth and decorous hilarity—and don’t thee forget it. We are requested, on behalf of the aged parents and the orphaned children of the late Frank T. King, to express to their numerous friends their grateful thanks for many acts of kindness and sympathy during their time of afiliction. Miss Elizabeth McEwen, youngest aster of the editor ■of the Demoeratic Sentinel, armed from Pennsylvania, last Friday, and is now r making her home with her brother’s family, for a, time, but will go to Colorado, later, and reside with her sister, Mrs. Belford. The first copy of Ed. H. Graham’s new paper, the Morocco Courier, was issued last week. Perhaps it would be more correct to call it an old paper revived, for Mr. Graham formerly published a pap&> at. Morocco, under the name of Courier, and suspended it 3 publication about six years ago. Geo. E. Murray -went to Ind- ! ianapolis Monday, to represent the Rensselaer lodge, Knights of Pythias, at the annual meeting of the State Grand Lodge. From Indianapolis he will go to Cincinnati to attend the biennial session of the ( Supreme Lodge of the World, of the same order, which meets next week. “Why don’t you run a paper like that?’’ A grocery merchant said to a reporter, throwing out a Chicago daily. “For the same reason that you don’t run a grocery like that,” the reporter answered, turning to an aevertisement of a 12 story building. The grocery man looked attentively at the picture a. moment and said: “I never looked at it that way before.” Honest and reliable work,neatly - and promptly done, and at fair prices, is now, as always, both precept and practice at The REpubli--GAy-job printing office. Our facilities for job work are constantly being added to, by the purchase of new type and other printing ma-terial,-and this week a large and very, superior job press has been received, thereby" enabling u 5 to do finer work and print larger forms than heretofore. Diamond Wall finish, atMey er’s

Bert Eing is acting as salesman in J. W. Williams’ furniture store. Durham coffee at Allman’s teatourant. r - r If you want a. good three inch well bored, g© to Perkins'& Son. Lemonade, Ice cream, oranges, candies and all kinds of sos t drinks at Allman’s. Miss Laura Rathfon is putting in her vacatiou, teaching a subscription school, at Francesville. Go to J. C. Allman’s restaurant if you want a good , square meal for 25cts. Its the place to get it. Mrs. Tillie Borchardt, daughter of Ralph Fendig, i? visiting her friends here. Her home is now in Georgia.

Jtst Received.—A very fine hand, ppefle buggy,, from A. S. Peret, Lafayette,,lnd. Chas. Roberts. _ Schuyler C. Irwin began clerical work Monday for the Citizens bank. His brother Ed. is filling the duties of deputy in the county Clerk’s office. Gen. Van Rensselaer is maki|ig his annual visit to Rensselaer, Using the guest of Judge Hammond’s family. His years still sit lightly upon him. 12 R. W. Marshall has permanently established his law office in the brick building one door west of -tye pnsh.nfficpi, the same in which W. H. H. Graham has his office. The merchants of the town have concluded that they can’t stand the dust any longer and hava arranged to have the the street sprinkled. T. J. Saylor has the contract for the work. Messrs. J. F. Johnson, of Morocco, and D. L. Bishopp, of Kentland, have been in town this week. Both are candidates for the Republican nomination for Representative and mighty good men. ■ C. B. Steward and daughter Mary, started yesterday, on what will doubtless be a veiy pleastmt trip. They go to Chicago, and from there to Milwaukee by steamer, and from thero will probably go to St. Paul, Minn. Clerk J. F, Irwin bought a nice piece of town property; a vacant half block just north of the Broad Guage church. Half of it will become the property of his mother, Mrs. S. A. Irwin, who is about to remove from Remington. She will build a house, at once. Mr. Andrews, a carpenter working on an addition now in progress on Tommy . Robinson’s house, fell from the rpof, last Saturday, and was considerably injured. > His hackAvas hurt and also his ankle. Ho has gone Lome to Medaryville and will probably be laid up for some time. The County Beard of Equalization had only one grievance to dispose of, at. their annual meeting last Monday. The State Citizens’ Bank, of Rensselaer, had the assessment of its capital stock reduced from $30,000 to $15,000. Otherwise the reports of all the assessors were adopted as made. The June term of the circuit court opened Monday. The state cases disposed of are: Eight indictments against Michael Fite, for selling liquor without license, were dismissed, the defendant having left _ the state. S. H. Duvall was tried by a jury on the charge of giving liquor t;o a minor, and acquitted. Washington Cook was acquitted on the charge of His case was also trifed by a jury. We call the attention of all persons in want of binders to the fact that we do, not warrant our Deering and Triumph binders; but the companies that manufacture them do, and they are not ashamed of their goods. Their guarantee goes with every machine, and we throw in the railroad fares; and will sell you a binder as cheap as any other firm in town—and charge nothing extra for wind.

B. F. FERGUSON.

•East Thursday was Rev. B. F. j Ferguson’s thirty-eighth birthday artd his friends, to the number of 85, gave him a rousing big surprise party and dinner. It was at the residence of Mrs. Ferguson’s father,- Mr; John Coen, in the north grove. It was a pleasant affair all aro‘und, and not the least . pleasant features was the presention to Mrs. Ferguson of a fine China chamber set, and to Mr. . Ferguson.of a gold headed silk umbrella and a gold toothpick,

* A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Marion Adams, south of town, Tuesday. My line of gaudies cannot be 'beat, call and see for yourself. J. C. Allman. See the Elegant glassware given with 15 cents worth of Winner’s Baking-powder, at Allman’s. The School Board has been reorganized. E. L. Clark is now president, J. H. Willey secretai-y and M. L. Spitler treasurer. Mrs. Ora Ross will start for Helena, Montana, to-day, to joiu her husband, now located at that place. Fred L. Chilcote is in Jndianopolis representing Milroy camp, at the State Grand Encampment, Sons of Veterans.

J. H. "Willey left Tuesday on an extended trip through lowa, Kansis and Nebraska. He will probably be away two weeks. J udge W ard granted a divorce, Monday, to Mrs. Mollie Hamilton from James Hamilton, for drunkenness. She is given the custody of the child. Geo. W. Ingram preached twice, to large congregations, in the Christian church, last Sunday. The young man’s efforts were commended very highly. Rev. Father Willard went to Washington, last week, to consult Father Stephens in regard to the Indian school. He is expected back before next Sunday. S. L. Swain has sold Little Wonder graders to the trustees of Union, Keener and Gillam townships. Trustee Greenfield, of Marion, has also bought auother one of the same machines. An adult, full blood ludian is now staying at flu) Catholic' farm. He is from one of the western agencies, and is well educated. He is expected to remain and take .par t in the management .of the Ingets in operation. A grand strawberry and dee cream festival, will be given in the Court House on Friday evening, June Bth, under the auspices of the M. E. church. To make this first fruit festival of the season, a delight to all, no painsu will be spared by the ladies and friends of the Society. See bill. From the multiplicity of concurring reports, it would seem that the proposed east and west railroad through this portion of Indiana, is a settled matter. In fact it is stated on what we believe- is reliable authority that the contract -for-Hto"-construction- has alreadybeen closed, and it is also said that work upon that portion of the road which will be iu Ohio is already under full headway. The road can scarcely avoid coming through Rensselaer. Among the notable patriarchs of Jasper county is Johnathan Frazee, who now lives with his son-in-law, A. W. Cleveland, in Milroy township. The old gehtleman is eighty years old, to-day, but is still alert in body and bright and cheerful in mind. He says that when sixty years old he found himself acting and feeling pretty old, and after reflecting over the matter he made up his mind that he would remain young in mind and body,.let his years be what they might, and by the strength usf bis "resolution he has conquered the infirmities of age.