Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1888 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

Com, 46 cents. v * Wheat. 30 cents. M ; Oats, 31 cents. Viotor Willey is just getting about, after a severe, sickness of several weeks. 8. E. Yeoman has sold back his interest in the meat shop tb : his partner, Nicholson, anti retired from the business. All progressive teachers in the county should make it a point to attend the summer normal, during the entire term, if possible. - W. N. Jones has been confined to his bed by sickness, for several weeks, and is making very slow progress towards recovery. The secretary of the Walker township Lincoln League sends notice that a meeting will be held, at Hogan, next Saturday evening, July 14.

A baskeffuieeting will be held at Barkley church, next Sunday. Elder G. W. Ingram, of the Disciples church, will preach at 11 o’clock a. m. and at 2 o’clock p. m. Dear Reader : We are very fond c-f wind but we can’t live on that alone. Please call and pay up if you owe us as wo need the money. Hemphill k Honan. The New Era announced last week, that the Biicklen well No. 3, on the old Blair farm, hear Frances vi lie, was down 500 feet and likely to be completed this week. TI. J. Dexter was, the. successful bidder for the loans of the Build- ! ing k Loan Association, at the : special meeting last, Friday eye- ; ning., .He took four shares at a‘ j premium of 21 per cent. j J. C. Porter reached home from | Kansas, last Thursday night, havi ing been celled back by the news cf the dangerous turn in his moth- : er’s sickness. He will not return to Kansas before fall. j Monon, also, is afflicted with ‘ thieves in and steal.” ! Saturday night two stores wore j entered, in «. U 125 woiTh ttf merchandise taken aways The Leader ascribes the acts to local-talent. \ Track laying on the new raiij road has been completed to the j river; the bridge i 3 built and the ; track will be laid to Morocco next ! week. The road will not be comi pleted until some time in August. • Goodland Herald. The Sociable at the Methodist • church 011 Friday evening last, ! under the auspices of the “Young j Ladies Aid Society” was a very j enjoyable affair,- The maiden elri ! ilnancially, decidedly s uccessful. The 'Keiitland Gazette notes the ’ fact that Mt. Ayr is to have, a brass pyirad;,{lfl'd incid'ShtHlly remar!vs"fhat !'Newton county is in the way of being | well supplied with institutions of 1 that character: There being al- ! ready bands at Blorocco, Good- | land and two at Kentland.

i Our former townsman, Geo. | Gr.auel, writes to order his Republican seat to Rantoul, Kansas, instead of, Argentine, as heretofore. UV- is ••now engaged in hie old- bus iness, dealing in harness. Says j that for crops in Kansas ] were never better, and that his i family now enjoys good health. “Mr. Traugh, of Remington, owner of “Agitator,” is not willing to rest under the defeats which his 'horse' experienced on the Fourth, and has' challenged Mr. Bond for ■another trot with Billy Wonder. Tde challenge'has been accepted : k tie nice will come off at Rem? iiigt a , to-morrow. The stakes is the gate money, it there be any. x - ■ • v . ■» ■ ■ ' * o * ■■'.■■■ * IT/Me Jonathan Peacock gut Lome from his Kansas -trip, last Friday, after an absence of about three weeks. The . old gentleman is 81 years old, but he endured the journey excellently well. In fact his health has improved by the journey. He had company on his.outward trip but came back wholly alone. It was hie first visit to the west/

And still another business change is to be recorded this .week. 1 J. C. Allman has sold his restaurant and grocery stock - and bakery business, to Geo. W. Goff, who is' already In charge of the same. The invoice was made Tuesday. Mr. Allman will return to Remington and engage in busdness'with hie JEL C. Golds berry.

E. M. Parcells now runs two chairs in his barber shop. *. i L. C. Grant, the blacksmith, is seriously sick with a kidney trouble. I have several houses to rent—all sixes and locations. Wm. B. Austin. The proposition to incorporate the town of Frahcesville, voted upon on Monday of last week, carried by 49 majority. Perry Marlatt has just sold his tile mill north of town, to some parties from Illinois. The owners will run it to its fu 11 capacity, we understand. The regular Jasper County Summer Normal School will begin next Monday, with a corps of able and experienced instructors. All indications point to a very successful term.

The work of invoicing Willey & Sigler’s stock of goods, preparatory to transfering it to the purchaser, Mr. Osborne, * began Friday, and is still in progress. It I is, of course, a pretty big job. G. W. Goff has moved his family into the rooms oyer his lately purchased restaurant and bakery, while Uncle Jednjhun Hopkins and family will themselves occupy their residence, vacated by Mr. Goff. Mr. Edgar Taylor, the new principal of the High School, was in town last week, for a day or two, looking over the field of hisfiuture labors, arid getting acquainted with our people. He was well pleased with the town and the prospect generally. Last Sunday a freight train on ike Mouoii ran into a small landslide; two miles ; below Lafayette, and wrts badly wrecked. Breakman David Julian was killed and engineer Morris Harnett and fireman Chas,, Blackwell wera badly injured, and wifi probably die. _ Jones and Rtcholson sold the • balance c.f theirihr-load of Polled Asgus sTaRIeTo Si P. Thcmipscin and Ponsler. The lot they bought consisted’ sow- mjk It is evident that Jasper county will soon be well, stocked with the black and hornless breeds of cattle. Rev. M. L. Tressler has rented Mrs. F. B. Learning’s house, near Perkins’ creamery, and himself and Mrs. Tressler have set up housekeeping, tbereim Mrs. Learning will reside with her father, M. L. Bpitler, for a short time and then join her husband, their place of residence- not being fully decided upon.

Tiia amouD-t--needefl to warrant aDfl builJing coramittee of tlie. M. E. cinircL in tiiis town, t'o erect a 54.5Q0 cliurcli is nmv pledged; From the proof of the ability and liberality o l our people and especially those of the Presbyterian church, we begin to feel that nothing short of a 84,500 or 85,000 structure well meet the felt want. E. G. Pelley. C. C. Starr’s beautiful, commodious and conveniently arranged brick house, at the south end of Cullen street, is at last completed, from garrett -to cellar, and the family are" mcrving—into it this week. -There are several much larger and more.expensive houses in Rensselaer than Mr. Starr’s, but none of them surpass it in beauty of architecture, and in convenience and completeness of arrangement, it has bo superior and few equals. Three head of thoroughbred imported Galoway hornless cattle arrived at- Surrey last Saturday, from Norris & Clarke, of Lemoille, ID. These fine-specimens of the Galoway race were purchased by John Burk and YCm. P- Baker for S7OO. These cattle are claimed to be among tbe very finest that have vet been brought into Jasper county. This is a notable enterprise, iii tlie fine stock line, and it is to be hoped that abundant success will follow it.

Thadeus Kellogg, of Keener tp., was fined, three dollars, for pro, sanity, Tuesday, by Squire Shortridge, and is now serving out the fine in the county jail.,, Thadeus, so far as we can learn, is not more addicted to the reprehensible habit of w»ing cuss words to a greater extent than are a very large proportion of his fellow countrymen, dnd bis prosecution is-, very prob-. ably, the result of a little spite work. He 1b the first man, we believe. ever punished for profanity in this county.

Mrs. W. H. H. Graham and children, are visiting relatives near CrawfordsvillS. It was currently reported yesterday that the Hyland mill was about beiDg sold to C. C. Sigler. Brick-laying ’on the Indian School was completed up to the top pf the first story, Tuesday night. The “other precincts” are being beard from: A daughter was born to the household of ye editor, yesterday morning. Miss Lydia Paris has closed out her millinery business* at Wesfville, and- is now at home. She designs looking for another location, soon. R. S. Dwiggins reached home from Mexico, last week. Sickness compelled his return to the North and 110 expects to go back to Mexico a little later in the season. The Jasper County Normal school begins next Monday. All teachers, who desire to keep up with the times in educational methods, should attend during the entire term. , •

Communion services at the Presbyterian church, post-poned last Sunday on. account of the funeral of Mrs Porter, will be held next Sun clay morning: Preparatory services on Saturday jungs—p"We are requested, in behalf of. of the —surviving children of the late Mrs. MariUa Porter, to express their, most sincere thunks to their many friends) for numerous acts or kindness and sympathy, during their recent time, of sickness and sorrow. The good-people of Rensselaer and surrounding country, v ill p l case accept tl 10 hearfcfo! t thanks of .the Methodist church and congregation for their very liberal subscriptions towards the “New Church-Fund.” Their Pastor and Trustees are planning for a fine -structure. — —J. F. v'v'arlen, .... - - See. ofthuar. Om. Last year was a very dry season and.succeeded several other seasons' of the same character; and a good many people began to entertain the belief that the seasons were becoming permanently drier, and not a few ascii lied the cause to the greatly increased tile draining. Tii© present season has completely refuted-that not very philosophical theory. . .. David Nowels arid his two sons, C. D.“ and D. 11,. reached home Tuesday night, from their far western trip. They went to Southern California, by the way of New Mexico and Arizona, then the whole long ill oi—Cal lb > r:: la ai: cl clear across Oregon, 1.0 ihu-EOuttw-ern boundary of Washington, and -home- through Vkyoming .and Colorado. It was a big trip. The Prohibition county convention was held in the court house, last Saturday afternoon. Just twenty voters were present and ■took pait in the convention. The candidates nominated were: Treasurer, Thos. H. Robinson, of - Gillara tp., Sheriff, Frank Nicholson, iof Carpenter to , Surveyor Henry Zoll, of Rensselaer, Commissioners, Samp Erwin, of Keener, Berry Pari 3. of Rensselaer and—QtClark, of Carpenter. A vast quantity of water fell during the heavy and long contin- ; ued rain of Wednesday night, of ! last week. Not so much, perhaps, j as during the trememluous rain of UliQ week before, but the ground ! being already full qf water, this. 1 last rain had a greater effect upon khe water, courses. The Iroquois l'iytr, for instance, iqre with as- : tonishing rapidity, cburirig all of Thursday, and according to reliable old residents reached a higher ; mark than, at any previous time j for more than 30 years, at this | season of the year.

Some unspeakable wretch made an attempt to wreck a Monou passenger train, Last Friday morning, on the Michigan City division, about a mile north of Francesville, by placing a heavy rail across the track. The train had a narrow escape. The wrecking of • railroad trains is wholesale and indiscriminate murder and requires , for its perpetration or attempted i perpetration a mind so desperatetly, so fiendishly wicked Rfftf itsi owner ought to be outside the pale '»f liiiman sympathy and beyond 'the reach ed mercy. The penalty ' for train wrecking or attempted train wrecking should be nothing jles3~tfaan death. ——-———-

A comraendible movement is now being mada to secure the new artesian well, arid lot upon which it is situated, to the town. A check on the Citizens Bank for the sum of §30,000 was paid, a few days ago. This i 3 probably the largest check ever drawn inthe. county. Tooth pulling extraordinary. By the use of the new anfesthetic j 120 wore extracted in one day at ■Dr. Horton’s dental office', over Laßue’s grocery. It Elmer Dwiggius, who has been west and south with his father, is in town for a few days. He expects to return to Mexico in three or four weeks. - Secretary C. W. Coen was handing around the premium lists for the approaching county fair, last week, and left a number of copies at The PvEPUELIoan office, to be given to whoever might call for them. _ Application has been made to the authorities of the new insane asylum, at Logan sport, for the reception of VVealey Price, Tom Coghill and Frank Hopkins, three of the incurable lunatics at the •county asylum. -

Bucklen’s third well, near Franoesviile, reached gas Taet Sitiiday, at a depth of about 600 feet. Although reliable details of the full magnitude of the find are. still lacking, it is pretty certain that a very large iiow of gas has been secured. In fact,, unless repoits have been grossly exaggerated, the well must be a regular “gusher. An old and very erratic, but j heretofore reputable, citizen of ilienssielaor, has lately become ■ more of less insane and has been I behaving iu a most outragwusly scandalous manner. His actiohs having not only covered the Tuany and very estimable members of his family with sorrow and mortification, but .have annoyed, frightened and • insulted several neighboring families, almosrito. desptSfation. "Heis now under the constant surveillance of his friends and vail, we understand, be taken away soon for treatment. It is a most deplorable affair, but about which the Teas is said the better. During the big rain of the eyeriing of the Fo.urtii, • the lighmtng struck the outbuildings of 8.. R, Nichols, of Barkley township, in two places. One bolt struck what he calls his now barn, and tore and splintered boards and beams,'to a j surprising oxoen h lii the interior j joi the. building, the principal force • of the fluid was exerted in the part ■where Mr. Nichols ordinarily ketq>S; six or eight good horses, : but as TOod luck would have it, - dtte-tffimtly was-wway from--home that evemhgj and tire horses whiclT wero iiotTa" iYsg" were in the pastur'es, otherwise- several of |liem id, doubtless, have been killed.

The application for the reception of Win. C-iowery, Of Carpenter township, in the new insane asylum, at Loganspoit, has been accepted. He was refused admission to the Indianapolis asylum, some time since, es being incurable. He is the son of James Clowery, is 24 years old and 1 has been afflicted lur-14 years, He was a bright boy, but when ten years of age, at school, hurt his head by a fall, and has never been right,, since. His disease is epilepsy. He lias to be restrained to prevent wandering away, during Iris insane period.;, and is also said to show homicidal ti'udenciesV Sharlff"YeoThan will take him to thajmyluin, to-morrow.

Married, at the residence of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Ilatten, in Valparaiso, Ind., July sth, 1888, Mis? Minnie Hatter: to Mr. Elmer O. Rathfou of St. Anne, 111 Ihe groomie a former well known and very estimable resident of Gillam tp., and the fair bride is well known in Rensselaer, where she has several relatives, and where she Irks often visited. The receptfonroceured the e veiling of July 6tli, in Gillam township. The parties present were old. time friends, neighbors ai:t{. 7 relatives, of the groom, also Snpt. Graves »nd wife, Mr. and Mrs. S. Graves of Morocco, S. M. Hat leu of Valparaiso, brother of the bride, and Dr. S. M. Culbeiisou cf Piper -Gity, Tlb .The.-uewly married couple took their departure for St Anne cn Tuesday, July 11, 'wlrerg - ~Mrrßatirffm-is-engaged as Prkhcipai of schools for the next year. May their lives be one continual stream of happiness.