Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1888 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

W. J. Miller, the pointer, has come back to Rensselaer, after five or six weeks sojourn in Michigan, You can save money an buying Hosiery and Underwear of Hemphill & Honan. The Goodland Herald has again changed hands. Elmer Briugham is the new purchaser. Call and see mb I will be reasonable with you in school hooks. H. J. Dexter. Harry W ilkshire has moved into Mrs. Kissinger’s lately vacated house. on Weston street. A hard coal base burner for sale cheap. Hardman, the Jeweler.

Some cloth-peddling fakes are working their old swindle in this locality. Look out for them. Hon. Anson S. Wood, of New i York, will make a Republican speech at Remington, next Tuesday evening, Oct. 23. Rev. A, Linkletter, of Fowler is nowin the insane asylum-at Kankakee, Illinois, and reported to be recovering his faculties very rapidly. t 1,..' - - - , Say Friend, you will .make a mistake if you don’t call at. Hemphill & Honan’s before buying your gloves, underwear and hosiery. They can save you some money. Dr. Antrim, the recorder, has been prostrated for a time with a more than usually severe and obstinate attack of his old trouble, failure of his digestive powers. Elder David Bartley .of the Primitive Baptist church will preach at the MisSionery Baptist church, Monday and Tuesday evenings of next week, at 7:30 o’clock; Everybody invited. Schuyler 0. Spencer has been amitted to the Porter county bar, and his law card now appears in the Valparaiso Yidette. This is the ripening of a ministerial blossom.—Monticello Herald. Mr. and Mrs. Georgb. Francis of LaPorte, who have been visiting their sister, Mrs. R. W. Marshall, for the past week, will return home to-day. Miss Jessie Francis, a cousin of Mrs. Marshall’s, will' remain some time longer. ""We'a?e"B6tliffgGTeuwoM''Pafl'-' mer & Go’s, tailor made plush wraps at the very lowest possible margin,, and invite comparison with any?line of plush offered to the people of this vicinity. Ellis & Murray. Dr. Victor E. Loughridge and -bis-bride, nseMiasAliCßßampm, of jjjiPorte, arrived home Thprsnight. They will reside with the Doctor’s parents until after the election, and then set up housekeeping in the rooms over Warner’s hardware store.— Hemphill shouts for Harrison, Honan shouts for Cleveland, butt we we are paying for these lines shouting for your patronage in boots, shops, hats, caps, gloves, underwear and millinery. Come... and help us shout. Respt. Hemphill & Honan. The Barker running horse, Sam Tildefi and the Maloy • horse, Josiah, which raced on the fair grounds Oct. 8, will try conclusions again} on next Wednesday, the 24th, at' the same place, at 1 o’clock p. m., best. 2 ih 3. The Maloy horse won the previous race. \ T

* * ' Rev. U. M. McGuire attended the Baptist State Convention, held at Shelbyville, last week, reaching home Friday ayening. Among other things the convention decided to follow the example of other denominations, and establish an annual summer assembly. It will be located at LaPorte. A sort of matrimonial epidemic •broke out in this place- - about Id days ago, and raged -for a time with great violence, threatening to spare neither age, sex nor previous condition of matrimony. . At the time of its greatest virulence |it seemed certain that nothing could stop the spread and progress of the epidemic except absolute exhaustion of material for it to aatnpon, but owing to some unexplained cause, perhaps the change in the weather, the contagion suddenly abated, and many whose symptons indicated that they were certain -to fall victims, have escaped, at least for the time being.

The P. W. Baptist society will meet at the house of Mrs. E’. M. Parcels, to-morrow afternoon'. H. J. Dexter is, the book man of Rensselaer, buy your books of him. Mies Grace Nichols, of Barkley township, is attending the State Normal school, at Terre Haute. EL J. Dexter is still on hand witE a complete line of sOhoOL books. ._ A splendid young mastiff dog was shipped from the Catholic farm, Monday, to Bishop O’Conner, of Omaha. Lost:—A pair of gold rimmed spectacles. Finder will be liberally rewarded by returning to the undersigned. Jerry Healey.

The ladies of the Bdptist church will setve meals in the Williams — Stockton building next Wednesday, October 24. Mrs. Lyman Zea is greatly afflicted with an internal abscess, of very large size and dapgerous character. Her condition is very serious. Work on Miss Cordelia Mqnnetlj’s residence, on the west pjde is making good progress. It wjill, when completed, fie equal in size and appearance to any frame residence in the town. Samuel F.endig has long been confined to his bed, and Uha suffered greatly, from a complication of diseases. His greatest trouble at preset!t.is from a very aggravated bed-sore. He was relieved of a large tape worm, a few days ago. In giving the list of Republican voters in Uncle Jonathan Peacock’s immediate family, last week, we understated the number by at least three votes. Three grand-sons-in law who are Republicans, were omitted. This swells the total up to 14 voters. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Baker, from just north of town, accompanied their daughter, Miss Mattie} ,to Chicago, Monday, from which place she will go to, Tacoma, Washington Terr., whfefe her brother resides, in company with a friend. Mr. and Mrs.: Baker will themselves remove to the Territory in a few months. The October term of the Jasper wi % an unusually light docket. The petit jury was called for Tuesday, but was not empannelled, having beeA excused until Monday of the third week of the term; most of the important cases, are sqt for trial on that week. The,.grand jury will not be called during the ■■term, —: - .. , • " * -; f > .. Messrs. White & Son, well borers of Rensselaer, struck a pretty strong flow of gas on the McCray farm, a few miles south of Morocco, one day last week, at a depth of 97 feet, 2 of which were in rock. The gas burns to a height ot several feet and the flow seems to be permanent. The owner contemplates heating and lighting his house, with the gas.

The twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Willey occured last Sunday. They were married during: war times, while Mr. Willey wasfhome from the army, on a- brief furlough,. after a year’s service. The wedding took place on Wednesday and on the Friday following Mr. Willey returned to his regiment, and, did not see his bride again for two years. One day this week while excavating for a reservoii near Brook, in the vicinity of. what was once known as the Barnhouse mill, the railroad hands unearthed a complete skeleton, together with parts of a man’s boots. This is probably the remains of some unfortunate who was murdered at that old rookery (the mill) where whisky flowed freely and fights frequently occured.—Morocco Cuurier. *v

The town of Morocco is experiencing a sudden burst of prosperity* which comes mighty close to being a regular boom, since the advent of their long looked for railroad. Several new,.- business buildings and residences are in progress, and still, more are in contemplation. Nothing has been heard, lately, however, of the ridiculous project for a town two or three miles south of Morocco, on Jockey, Smith’s laud, which some windy individuals were.talking so largely about, a few months ago.

I'ke F. W, Baptist prayer meting will meet at Mr. John Ramey’s Saturday evening, Oct 20. All are invited. 1 W. N. Jones began to get about last week, on crutches, after his long seige with the rheumatism; He was confined to his bed five months. Miss Lorena Peacock leaves on the 11:11 a. m., train to-day, for a visit among relatives in Illmois. She will probably b 6 absent tot several months. The Chautaqua Literary and Scientific Circle, formerly the Ladies Literary society,, will give their annual aniversary on Thanksgiving eve, at the Opera House. Marriage licenses issued since last week.

j Wm. N. Wilson, , | Mrs. E. B. Kissin'ger. ; j John B. Clemens, ( Fidelia J. Bennett. Work has begun on the foundations of Rev. B. P. Ferguson’s proposed residence, on Cullen street, north of J. T. Randle’s place. It will be a very roomy one story frame building. The Republican pole raising at Fair Oaks has bean one day, or u,ntil next Saturday afternoon, in order to meet the change that has been found necessary in the time of Hon. Frank Swigart’s address at that place, _£ . M. O. Cissel, editor and proprietor of theEreeport, Kansas, Leader, has been visiting his old friends in Rensselaer,* since last Friday. He will also visit his Lafayette and Miam i county relatives before returning to Kansas. Moses Fowler is in pretty good shape financially speaking. He only owns 27,000 acres of ~ land in Benton county. That’s all. At a very low figure, say S3O per acre, (and we doubt whether you can buy an acre of it at that price), it would amount to SBIO,OOO, or nearly one million dollars. —Boswell Argus. •./ *- Henry Braddick, whose sickness was mentioned;last week, died at Xowell, last Sunday, after ,a week’s ljlness, with lung fever. , His age was 39 years. He leaves a widow and two children, a girl of 10 by a former wife and an infant. His funeral was held at Lowell, Monday. The law requires that township trustees (or road supervisors) shall erect and maintain finger boards at intersections of roads, wherever they may be required. The law is not generally complied with, for .the reason, presumably, that mischaivotts peraonß hrpak dofrTU-and destroy -the boards,. as they are erected. A number of the trustees of this county have lately ordered and received a large number of metallic finger boards, which, it is hoped, will not be destroyed so rapidly as the old style wooden boards. „,,The Hon. Frank Swigart, of Logansport, a very able and logical speaker, will make two speeches in j aeper county, this week. At DeMotte on Friday javening, and at Fair Oaks on Saturday evening. The good people of those towns and their vicinity; are particularly requested to observe that the order of these appointments has been changed from that given last week, atid that Mr. Swigart speaks at DeMotte on Friday and at Fair Oaks on Saturday, and not vice vetfea, as at first published. This change was necessary in qrder to enable Mr. Swigart to reach home with reasonable celerity.

The Silver Wedding celebration of Mr: and Mrs. J. M. Hopkins, at tkpir pleasant home across the riter, last Monday evening, was a mare than usual enjoyable affair. About 100 invited guests were present and passed an evening of social enjoyment, heightened by a splendid banquet. A very large number of kaydsdme presents are permanentiekidence oTtfici esteem in which the worthy couple are held by their relatives and friends. The list includes: 1 dozen knives and forks and set of tea spoons; sugar bowl, Cream pitcher and spoon holder; cake knife; mustard dish and spoon; mblasses pitcher; soup ladle; fruit, spoon, sugar spoon, butter dish, pickle caster, fruit dish, pepper and salts, fruit dish, tea bell, cake basket, tooth pick holder, sugai spoon, easel and half dozen fruit knives. : —r—r.,. *. A complete stock of furniture at Jay W. Williams’.

Uncle Swaney Makeever is not making satisfactory ■ progress towards recovery from his recent attack of appoplexy. The Great Republican demonstration at Battle Ground, which began yesterday, and continues over until> to-morrow, is an immense affair. More than 126 people from Rensselaer attendedvyesterday. ~~~ James G. Blaine, of Maine, and Ex-Governor Alger, of Michigan, passed through Rensselaer yesterday afternoon, inf the latter’s private car, which was attached to the train which was due hefe at 4 p. m. Mi. Blaine was Jon his way to Chicago, where he will speak next Saturday. - J