Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1888 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

Paris Harrison and family have moved into their excellent new house, in Thompson’s addition. Next week H. J. Dexter’s sixth annual announcement will appear ; in this paper. Miss McLeod, of Montgomery county, is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. E. Graham. Books in sets at the Post -Office. Cheap books “ “ “ “ Childrens" " “ •* “ i M. L. Redfield, representing the Union Type Foundry, Chicago, has been in town for some days, in the interest of that firm. Benjamin S. Fendig will pay the highest market price for hides, furs, junk, old rags, etc., at the store of N. Fendig. “DiTnot money to Chicago of New York, for Holiday goods. H. J. Dexter will accoindate you at the Post-Office. Tom Coghill, the epileptic lunatic who had been kept at the Jasper County poor farm for the past nine years, died on Nov. 26. H. J. Dexter has good success in the book line, because he has the only well assorted stock in town at reasonable prices. F. G. Henkle has been appointed station agent at St Johns, north of Cedar Lake, on the Monon, and Lacy Gwin will succeed Henkle as night operator at the Rensselaer station. Marriage licenses since last reported : j Emerald A. Aldrich, ( Lizzie SwartseL j George AV. Spitler, | Aldora Sharp. O. M. Daugherty, who has been teaching school in Porter county, for some time, spent Thanksgiving and the three days following with his relatives and friends of this place. He returned to his school j Monday morning. Geo. K. Hollingsworth is in: Mexico, in company with Elmer D and expects to pass the winter in that country. They are looking after the •mining interests which have engaged R. S. Dwiggins’ attention for the past two winters. -She entertainment by the Ladies’ Literary Society, at the Opera House, last- Wednesday evening, was a yery creditable affair. Though not paying as well as some entertainments given by them, it ■ gave the ladies a net profit of < about S2O. TYjr Sate. A Stallion, En-H glish draft and £ Norman, 5 years i old. For terms of sale, references j and further particulars apply at i the John Rosenbrook farm, 2| milesisontheast of Brook, on the C. & E. I. K. R. 14 4tptf George Busch. E. L. Hollingsworth returned from Kalomazoo, Mich., last Thurs-” day, to which place he had dedarted in post haste, the week before, and where Mrs. Hollingsworth had been staying with het parents for some Yveeks previous, j It is a girl and all parties doing well. We that Hon: A. C. Prevo, ot Gillam tp., the ex-county Commissioner, was in in town, Mon- ’ day,looking about for a chance to buy suitable property, with a view to becoming a resident of Rensselaer. Mr. Prevo and his very estimable family, will make a very desirable addition to the population of our town. So much of the weather has been unfavorable that the construction of the County Asylum building is not nearly so far advanced as would otherwise have been the case. The contract time for its completion is December 14, but Mr. Fatout, the contractor, does not now expect to complete the building before the end of the month. ‘ Commercial travelers are urging the postal department to establish letter boxes at all railroad stations, the object being to enable employes of the railway mail service to collect at the station the mail that may be left there by travelers going either direction, thus gaining more or less time. At junction stations such an arrangement would be a specially great advantage. H. J. Dexter has the best assortment of Dolls in town.

Look out for H. J. Dexter’s sixth annual announcement next , week. Christmas is coming, you can tell it by the amount of goods at the post-office. Dolls ' at the Post-OffiCe. Albums “ “ ‘‘ “ Scrap-books" “ “ “ ! (JD. J. Thompson is having a suit of rooms fitted up for his accommodation, upstairs in the Stockton —Williams building. If you .want to examine my line of holiday goods, 1 will insure you honest goods, at honest prices. H. J. Dexter. Misses Jennie Jordan, Nellie Van Gundy and Anna O’Donnell spent Thanksgiving with theii cousin, Miss Emma Martin. If you look at my goods'and are not satisfied, then 1 am willing for you to go to some other city H. J. Dexter. Mrs. Jay Dwiggins is visiting friends in this place, and will ramain until the new bank at Lowell, of which her husband will be resident manager, is in running order. Work on the foundations of the iM. E. church is making good progress, althought considerable good' time was lost lately, through delay in receiving lime. The foundations aie being made-in a most thorough and workmanlike manner. Crow'n Point Register: Although there are several candidates for post-master at ! Valparaiso, to taks the place of E. Zimmerman, the present incumbent, report saye I that Senator DeMotte has the in- ' side track. The office is worth $2,500 a year, besides the liberal allowance for clerk hire. Mr. De- i Motte deserves recognition in a; substantial way. Intelligence has been received of the death, at Elk Falls, Kansas, of Aunt Jane Nowels, mother of W. R. Nowels, of Marion township, and herself, for many years a resident of Jasper county. She was the wife of Stephen Nowels, a.l brother of David Nowels/of Rens- ' selaer. Her death occured last [ Thursday, Nov. 29. Her age was) about 73 or 74 years. Hon. A. C. Prevo, the retiring ! county commissioner, has held the j office for six we doubt if Jasper county ever had a com- ' missioner who discharged the dut- , ies of that responsible and diffi-' cult but thankless and unprofitable ; office, with more conscientious and' unswerving zeal lor the public good. He has served the people long and faithfully and well <le 7 serves their hearty approbation, t The State Superintendent has issued an attractive program foi a ■ suitable celebration of the 72nd anniversary of Indiana’s admission .1 to the Union, which will be observ-! ed throughout the state December | 11. Though there is nothing com- I pulsi ty connected w r ith it, every teacher in the state is urged to give special attention to the anniver-! sary. The program is issued as an aid and suggestion, and will be ■ sent to every school. Miss Meda Huiet or Hewett, a young woman from Roann, Wabash Co., this state, committed suicide, by drowning in Lake Michigan, a few miles north of Chicago, last Saturday. Among other statements that have been published since her death, is one asserting an improper intimacy between the girl and Geo. W.; TFohnson, a person whom many of' our readers will remember as a former resident of Rensselaer. Johnson and his friends deny the charge. He is a married man and is said to stafid well in the community. A During the past year, the Chicago & Indiana Coal ro4, in connection with the Chicago & Eastern Illinois division, has bnilt seventyseven miles of track in making a connection between the main lines at Swanington and Momence, 34 miles, and thence in a double track to Chicago, 53 miles. Ten miles ot the latter were built in 1887. Freight shipments, the great bulk of which is coal from the Brazil district, are now quite heavy, and are limited only by the scarcity of cars. Since January 1, 1887, the system has added greatly to its rolling stock, having purchased thirty-seven new Baldwin locomotives, at an average cost each of 8,000, or total of $296,000. Of these twenty-Beven are freight and passenger and ten switch engines.

Owing to its non-arrival the building of the Missionary Ship i will be postponed until Friday evening, December 14.' Births have been reported of a son at John Casey’s, Barkley ip., Nov. 28, and of a daughter at Peter Zea’s, Marluorough, yesterday. The Methodist people are already preparing to give a elocutionary and musical entertainment in the Opera House on Christmas night. j ' Okro Wallace was taken from the jail, Tuesday afternoon, and taken to Wheatfield Tor formal examination, in answer to the charge of ■ cutting the man, Wm. Morris, or more properly Win. Morressy, as his real name appears to bi. V allace waived examination and Squire Graves bound him over to the Circuit Court, in the sum of SI,OOO. Bail was promptly furi nished by his friends, and he j»as_ (released. Several witnesses in the case were also put under bonds to appear at the trial, in the sum of SSQ each. Moressy, the wound r ed man, continues to improve.

One of the most brilliant affairs of the season was the Ladies’ Annual Thanksgiving Dance, at the Opera House, last. Thursday night. It was gotten up by the ladies of Rensselaer and was participated in by about fifty couples, from Rensselaer and elsewhere. The Kilgore Orchestra, consisting «f Chas, and Frank Kilgore, William Farr and Thos. C. Wellock, of Delphi, and Sami. Rodgers, of Frankfort, a former Rensselaer boy, furnished the finest music for the dance ever heard in Rensselaer. The caller was Mr. D. C. Barnes, of Lafayette, traveling agent for the Journal, <>f that city. The dancing was kept up until about half past eleven o’clock, when supper was served. After supper dancing was resumed aind kept up until half past thre&r o’clock in the morning. Amc®g those who participated fromWbroad were J. H. Honan and Mary Brown, Will Dixon and Irene Bohrar, Mr. and Mrs. Rosenthal! and Miss Fannie Rosenthal ’ and Miss Npllie VanGundy, of Delphi; Miss Thena Little, of ; Miss O’Donnel, of Logansport, and Benhart and Simon Leopold, of Remington. This was undoubtedly the largest and most, select dance ever held in Rensselaer, and was heartily enjoyed by all taking part. The expenses were all paid by the ladies.