Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1888 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

E. H. Tharp, wife and baby, of Chicago,' spent the Fourth in Rensselaer. A fine line of the latest and best make of hay rake, for sale by C. A. Roberts. Mrs. Laura Msyer, of Chicago, has visited her cousin, Mrs. C. C. Starr, this week. ■' 11 Eight girls and one boy, is The Republican’s birth record, this week” The thermometer reached considerably above the 90 mark, yesterday afternoon. '■ . J Mr. Leopold is improving his residence, on Front street, by the addition of a large and handsome porch. The Sayler family had a family re-union and picnic at T. J. Sayler’s grove, Tuesday. It was a i very pleasant affair. Miss Martin’s stock of millinery goods is included in the sale of Willey & Sigler’s building and store, we understand. Jake Eiglesbach has just repainted the front of his meat shop in a handsome manner. Several others; of our business men, would, do well to follow his example.

Great quantities of rain fell in this section yesterday, and last night, especially the latter. So much water can not fail to be very injurious to many fields of corn and to the oats crop. D. H. Yeoman, of north Marion township, has bought of Jones & Richolson their big Polled-Angus bull and three heifers. These are a fine breed of cattle and their introduction here is a good thing. Superintendent Warren had twenty-five applicants for teacher’s licenses, at his regular monthly examination, last Saturday At the corresponding examination last year the number was only five. Dr. J. L. Hill and family of Lowell Ind., and ‘Misses Belle and Loe Livingstone spent last week with their brother, A. C. Pancoast of Newton tp. . The Dr. intends investing in Jasper county lands, soon, .i >.

B. F. Ferguson’s binder trade has been immense, this season and he has already ordered a second car-load of the machines. Farmers,' call and examine the the popular and successful machines he handles, before purchasing, elsewhere.

Owing to the fact that yesterday was a legal holiday, and nearly everybody out of town, the directors of the Building and Loan Association adjourned .their monthly meeting tiutilto-morrow (Friday) evening, at 8 o’clock. The mdnthly sale of loans will be held at that time.

The Republicans of Walter township organized a good Lincoln League club, at Hogan, last Sat- : urday, with 20 members. John O’Connor is president, Geo. Myers, vice president, C. W. Hanley, recording secretary, Alston Nicoles, corresponding secretary and Ered Hasselbring, treasurer.

The Post-office Department has re-adjusted the salaries of postmasters for the year beginning J uly Ist. The pay of the Rensselaer office has been increased from $l,lOO to $1,200 per year. The salaries of nearly all the presidential post-offices in the state have been increased, more or My

Girls Galore!—On Jhne 27, at J. Mitchell’s Marion towtishipand Elden Hopkins’, Rensselaer; on June 29, to Mre. Mattie Bernard, and at N. Fendig’s Rensselaer, and at John Lonorgan’s, Surrey; on June 30, at Geo. Lewellyn’s, Marion township; on July Ist, at Samuel M. Hoover’s, Barkley tp., July 4, Peter Wagner, Rensselaer, and many precincts yet to be .heard from.

At Remington, yesterday, the Rensselaer trotter, Billy Wonder, property of D. C. Bond, took first money in the big trotting race, downing Agitator, Traugh’s horse, which was expected to win, in fine shape. The Rensselaer "Kids” also took second money in the ball games. The attendance at the celebration was -very ..large. - The local rains which prevailed so extensively, in many places, did not sach Remington in.time to interfere with the celebration.

The birth of a son is reported at John Carlin’s, Union township, last Saturday, F. B. Meyer is sole agent for the thoroughly reliable, Heath <fc Milligan prepared paints. Louis Weil, of Peoria, was the guest of the Tuteurs and ether friends, over Sunday. Erastus Peacock has received notice that his pension has been increased. f Parties‘wishing furniture cheap will do well to call on Jay W. Williams.

Heavy and ffequfint local rains, interspersed with seasons of sultry heat, made yesterday an uncomfortable day for celebratjops. The celebrated “Tiger” hay rake, made by the J. AV. Stoddard manufacturing company, for sale by C. A. Roberts. The Fourth of July was not observed in Rensselaer, and, many of our people having left town, the day was unusually quiet. The monthly loans of the Building & Loan Associations will be sold to-morrow evening, June 6th, at the Citizens Bank. ' The condition of Mrs. Marilla Porter became much worse, last Saturday, and for a time was very dangerous and is still very serious. Mr. Osborne, ’ purchaser of the Trade Palace- building and thfc stock of goods therein, arrived Tuesday. It was expected that invoicing the stock would begin today.

J. A. and D. F. Yeoman have removed from Greensburgh, • Kansas, to Alamosa, Colorado, and Coke Henkle from the same place, to Monte Vista, ( olorado. All are ex-Jaspereans.

Wm. Groom, of Sedgwick, Kansas, started for that place last Thursday, after a short visit with his father’s family, in Newtom tp. He has a strong intention of moving back to Jasper county, before long.

The walls of the Indian School main building are rising rapiuly, there being 8 or 10 bricklayers now employed thereon. The building will be vSry conspicuous from some parts of town, and especially so in winter, when the trees are bare.

Miss Mary Leatherman, the newly engaged teacher for the C Primary grade, is a teacher of excellent attainments and has had much experience. She has taught the Hartman school, in Carpenter township, one of the largest country schools in the county, very successfully, for four or five years.

The Odd Fellows are preparing to have a jolly good basket picnic, Sayler’s grove, about two miles west of town. Rev. J. T. Abbett will deliver an address. Everybody is invited to fill their baskets with choice, eatables and to come and help enjoy the picnic.

An observing citizen who has traveled extensively in the western county, since the heavy rains, reports'that rye and wheat are not damaged by the rain and are looking well, oats are generally standing up and will be a big crop, and corn is promising finely, except the few fields which were weedy before the’rain. Farmers are joyous over their prospects. , I The* new Insane -Asylum, at Logansport, was formally ope ned for th 6 reception of patients, on July Ist. The' first patient was deceived Monday, and was from Delphi.' The rules of the asylum for th© reception of patients give acute cases the preference, but provide for chronic cases, when there is accommodation for them; land CMrk Irwin will at once make application for the reception, of some df the worst chronic cases in the county poor house. /

To the members-and friends of the M.E.rChurch, RbnsseUter: .y Dear fathers and brethren: Being desirous of cofiamencing the work of our “New Church” at the earliest possible date, I would just now urge co-operation. By the close of the A. M. service of the Coming Sabbath, I look for thefulL amount ($3,000) needed, before proceeding to form a building committee, and do respectfully ask your AND AID. ITtf going to raise the money. Comb and participate in this means of

grace.

E. G. PELLEY.

Mrs. Jay W. Williams and daughter Mamie, are visiting friends in Kentland, this week. R. P. Benjamin was so far recovered from his sickness as to be able to como home, last ‘kyMiss Carrie Swadener, trimmer with Hemphill & Honkn, returned to her home at Logansport, last Monday. Miss Ola Harrold, of Lancaster., Ind., is spending the summer at her uncle’s, S. C. Hammond, near town.

• A. Leopold has begun work on another brick “post-office” building, between Green’s saloon and C. A. Roberts’ implement store. L. K. Yeoman and family, now of Rossville, 111., are visiting their friends in this place and neighborhood.

Hiram and Lewis Day, and their respective families, went to Champaign county, 111., Monday, to spend the Fourth with relatives. . Chamberlain & Zoll, the builders, having completed R. W. Marshall’s house, have begun work on a residence for John Baker, in Newton tp. It will be a good house. ,

Married.—By Rev. E. Geo. Pelley, at the Methodist parsonage, om Monday evening, July 2. Mr. Ellis A. Redenbo, of Lafayette, to* Miss Florence C. Querry, of Gillam township. Uncle Jeduthun Hopkins has been in town for several days. Himself and wife are intending to occupy their residence, on River street, hereafter. They have been living in Lafayette, for some years.

A genuine case of scarlet fever exists in the family of John Hall, in Union township. The victim is a young boy. He has been very sick, but is now improving. How and whqre he contracted the disease, is not known.

The Young Ladies Aid Society, will give a social, entertainment and supper at the M. E. church next Friday evening, July 6th. Ice cream and cake will be served for 10 cents, lemonade five cents extra. All cordially invited. The Prohibitionists of Jasper and Newton counties held a joint convention at Mt. Ayr, last Saturday, and nominated John McCurrie, of Goodland,, for Representative. The Prohibitionists of Newten county also nominated a full county ticket, at that time. ■ 1 Marriage licenses since last reported. /-c j Milo Tuttle, ™ ( Viola Alice" Oondra. < George Hershman, ( Nora Stockwell. ( Florence C. Querry. Jacob Schanlaub was kicked by a stallion, at the Thompson farm in Hanging Grove, last Thursday, and two ribs broken, and other injuries sustained. Dr. Bitters gave him the necessary surgical attention and reports that he will probably be all right in a couple of weeks. •■

Our information in regard to the purchase of a lot on Westen street, for the proposed M. E. church, turns out to have been’ a little ‘’previous,” as the purchase has not been consummated.' We have reliable information, however, that money for a lot has already been secured and’ either the on© referred te or some other equally or more eligible will be purchased soonana there is a good prospect that wbrk upon a fine brick structure 'Will begin in a short time. The energetic pastor is moving in the matter, night and day, and handsome subscriptions are coming in at a rapid rate. G. T. Green, agent of that truly admirable and beneficent institution, the Children’s Home, of Cincinnati, was in town Monday, and made arrangements io bring a company of children, from 2 to 12 years with the purpose of finding homes for them, in good families. Mr. Green has been in the habit of visiting the neighboring towns of Fowler, Oxford, Kentland and Watseka, for a number of years, and in those towns and their vicinity he has placed upwards of 100 children. The children are only placed in families who are willing to enter into a ©pntfact to make them members of their families, and to treat them as such. He will be here July 18.

The people of Rensselaer went to Remington yesterday, in aWarms and shoals and Itng processions. They went by the hack-load, the carriage-l»ad and the cart-load; in buggies, ouches, buck-boards, in lumber wagons, dog-carte emd the “Black Mariar.” The celebration at Comer’s Grove, yesterday, was a very pleasant affair, and largely attended. They had songs and music, games dances and literary exercises. R. W. Marshall was the orator of the day. Rains interfered somewhat with the pleasures of the occasion, but not enough to destroy its enjoyableness. The Burns school, in Barkley tp., (Nubbin Ridge neighborhood) is the banner school of the county, in some respects. During the recent term of five months the attendance averaged very nearly 37 daily, and during that whole time there was not a single case of tardiness. This is a remarkable record. J. P. Hammond was the teacher. Another Barkley tp., school the Pleasant Grove, also made a remarkable record during the winter. The total number belonging to the school was only 17, and of these all but one were perfect in attendance and punctuality during the whole term and have places on the yearly roll of honor.. D. B. Coppess was the teacher of this school.

The Ladies Literary Society closed their eleventh year’s work Saturday, June 30th, by giving an exercise in honor of Shakespeare. Several invited guests were present. The exercises consisted of music, quotations from Shakespeare, an address by the president. Miss Babcock, a recitation by Miss Lizzie Percupile, a paper upon Chautauqua work, by Mrs. Belle Kerr, an original poem, by Mrs. R. S. Dwiggins, a recitation by Mrs. Eva Foltz, an essay by Mary Washburn and remarks by members of the society, and guests prear ent, and some ‘excellent Suggestionsby Rev. Tressler, and his suggestion to invite gentlemen to participate in the Chautauqua work, the coming year, was adopted. The society Adjourned to meet the Ist Saturday in September.

Howard Black/a young man of Remington, was tried before Judge Morgan, last Saturday afternoon, charged with deserting, his wife without cause and leaving her without provision for comfortable support. The penalty for this offense is a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars. The young man marrted under compulsion, on the 3rd day of last March, and left his wife two days later, and has not lived with her since. She is now about to become a mother. The defense introduced some evidence tending" to show that the desertion was not “without cause,” especially they swore to the contents of a profane, and abusive letter said to have been written by the deserted wife to the delendent, and the justice decided in his favor. The sequel to the trial was an attempt, not brilliantly successful, made by the young wife and her sister to horsewhip Black, Saturday evening, on his return to Remington. They gave him a thump or two, but nothing very serious.

The case of Winifred Mulcahy, vs. James F. Givens, and others, was lately reversed in the Supreme Court and remanded back for trial. In January 1886 the plaintiff and her husband, Michael Mulcahy, came into town ,; from their residence, a few miles .South, and and Michael .pteceedfed to get himself drunk, ’in Halloran’s saloon. In ah intoxicated condition h© then wejt to Giveta’s groggery and obtained enough more hquor to make him crazy drunk and helpless. In ’ • that condition, he attempted to’- drive his team home, but being unable to manage the horses he wi» thrown out of his sleigh and so badly injured as to be crippled for life. Mrs. Mulcahy herself, was also badly injured. She brought suit against Givens to recover damages for her own injuries and also for the less of her husband’# support* The case was taken to Newton county on change of venue; but was never, brought to trial, as Judge Ward held that the statute under wjiich the suit was brought had been le- ___ 11 za a' r ArtTl Fll fl Q reversed this decision, however, and the case must now go to trial.