Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1888 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

Corn 38 cents. Wheat, 60@70 cents'. Oats, cents. liye, 38 cents. Miss Lydia Paris is at Verseillos, Ohio, visiting relatives. At the Opera House to-uighf, f ALLiss, or the Child of the Sierras. Mrs. Gee. Haste and daughter, „.p£ Valparaiso, are the guests of Mrs. J. W. Williams. L. C. Grant has so far recovered from his late severe illness as to be able to get about. See R. E. French, an actor with a national reputation, at the Opera House to-night, as “¥uba Bill.” Miss Ella Buchannan, of Monticello, is making her regular summer visit to her friend, Miss—Lizzie Warner. j «ji O. M. Daugherty has gone to Porter county again, and next Monday will begin another year of teaching in that county. The contract for the cut stone for the foundations of the new M, E. church, has been let to W. W. Reeve. The subscription list is increasing daily. * Mr. Fatout, contractor on the new county asylum, is pushing the work right along. The excavations for the cellar and foundations are now nearly completed. Billy Wonder, the trotter, was at New Ross last week, and took ; first second money, SOS, in another. He is at Lebanon, Boone county, this week.

Elder. E. A. Pardee of Monticello, District Evanglist, will preach in the Christian church next Saturday evening* and also Sunday morning and evening. At Culp school house, Barkley tp. Monday and Tuesday evehings.

Nest Saturday, is the monthly payday for the Rensselaer Building & Loan Association. The monthly meeting of the directors, for the sale of loans will be held Wednesday, Sept. 5. Joseph Osborne, senior partner in the Economy Store Company, is now recreating for his health, with a hunting party, in the Black Hills. He is suffering from the effects of an attack of malarial fever. ■ . N

The North West Indiana M. E. Conference, meets at Rochester the first week in September, The j Methodist congregation here is j very anxious for the return of! Rev. Bel ley, and unanimously voted to that effect at the late quarterly conference. Charley Owens, a bright and oßecßeht nine-year old boy from the Cincinnati Children's Home, is still staying with Mrs. M. E. Baylor, without a permanent, settlement. Any parties wishing to; take a good boy into their family, I would do well to try Charley. "H E' . -vi Eight stalwart young Indians | got off the train yesterday forenoon, and were conducted at.onoe to the Catholic farm. They are the first detachment of students for the Indian school, when it shall be completed. They will assist in the work of the place, in the meantime. • Trustee Jackson Freeland, of Nffwton tp., has had the misfortune to lose one of his two months old twin boys. It was buried Monday, in Weston cemetery. “On the same day was also held the funeral of a five months fold infant child of Geo. Stowers, of Surrey.

The Republican was mistaken 1 as to the scene of Mrs. John Reinley’s attempted suicide, described last week. It was made at the house of a neighbor and not at the home of her hvrsband's parents. It may also be stated that the Jiemleys deny that there is any truth in the rumor that they : had . been warned to leave the ' neighborhood. j Russell Armstrong, the absconded barber, came back for ft short time iast Thursday, and niter ina while in large talk regarding the proceedings lie inlendedi to institute against his landlord, John Mkkeever. because ho had taken possession of his shop, he again departed and Ims not since returned. He was several months in arrears with his rent and under the terras of the lease Mr. Makcevor had the right to take possession of the ro~m.

Eva Earle Prench, as M’liss, at the Opera House, to-night. Miss Margaret Webster,’ of Westville, is visiting the family of Sheriff Yeoman, her cousin. Davy Crockett afid Editha’s Burglar, a double bill, at Opera House, to-morrow night. ■ J-Miss Nettie Heaton of Thorntown, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. E. Flynn and family. ' The Free Will society will meet at 2 o’clock, Friday afternoon, August 24, with Mrs. Sadie Parcells. A daughter was born last Tursday morning, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph I. Adaitfs, of Marion tp. R. E. French and Eva Earle French, at the Opera House, tonight and tomorrow night. Their last appearance.

The Free Will Society have some vety nicely made comforts for sale. For particulars call on Mrs. W. D. -Robinson, President, or Mrs. J. W. Morris, Vice-Presi-dent; Bro. McEwen accompanied his sister, Miss Elizabeth, to Chicago Tuesday, from whence she departed for Denver Colorado, to make her home with her sister, Mrs. Bel ford. Chamberlain <jk Zoll have the contract for building ,an immense barn at the Catholic Indian school. Its dimensions are to be 84 by 36 feet and 18 feet to the eaves. Its cost will be about $2,000. The construction of the building will i be lushed right along.

Arthur W-.. Cole, formerly of Rensselaer, and one of the very few efficient mail agents on the L., N. A.-& C. Railway, was bounced from his position, last week, because his place was wanted by a Democrat, lie has been on the route about six years. ‘The time at which we go to press this week, Wednesday afternoon, is early to speak with cer-' tainty regarding the prospects of the county fair, now in progress. The exhibit of stock is very large, every stall being taken, and all other departments will probably be, at least farely well represented. Marshal Simpson impounded seven cows. Saturday night and five more Sunday night, It cost the owners one dollar for each cow, to get them out of the pound. This may seem pretty tough upon the owiieis of the cows, and especially if they are poor people, but the cow ordinance is a necessity and the general good of the community demands its rigid enforcement. Keep the cows up, at night.

; —The ball game, on last Friday afternoon between the Harrison <\c Morton and the Cleveland & Thurman nines, was a well played game, and witnessed by a large concourse of people. It was well played but the Republican boys, out of the tenderness of their hearts, (or perhaps hands) knowing that the poor fellows would not get any other consolation opt of the campaign, kindly allowed the Democratic boys- to take the game. The score stood 11 to ,8. Mrs. Judge W, D. Lee and daughter Maggie, of Las Vegas, New Mexico, are tlio guests oi Mrs. W. S. Stockton. They are" well known to all ou,r bid citizens as former residents of Rensselaer, j Mrs. Lee will visit friends' in La- i fayette, Terre Haute ar,d Indianap- j oils, then leave her daughter at J DePauw University, at Greencas- j tie and return and spend a month with her mother, Mrs. M. C. Babcock, southwest of town, and expects to h»eypineeLhei'e by Judge Lee.

A permanent Republican marchTng club was organized at the meeting at the. Court House, last Thursday evening." W. B. Austin 1 was chosen President of the club, i Dr. I. B. Washburn, Vice President* O. A. Yeoman Secretary; A. IH. Hopkins, "Treasurer. The dril 1 ! officers are Erastus Peacock, Cap- | tain; E. C. Owens, First Lieuten- ; ant; Leslie Clark, Second Lieur .tenant. Committees were appointed to prepare by-laws, to select uniforms and to solicit for membership. , The club will meet again next Saturday night.