Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1889 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

Mrs. Jennie Hays, of Crawfordsvill is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. A. Huff. »• Try a box of our mince meat. It makes three large pies and only costs 10 cents. Laßue Batts. Buy a cloak now at less than one third what you will pay next fall. Economy Store Co. ■./ ■ Emmet Kannal started for Frankfort. Ky., Monday, presumably on a horse deal of some kind. We are making low prices on dried fruits, call and see our stock. Laßue Bros. • Mary Swaim, daughter of Chris. Swaim,.died at Fair Oaks, Sunday, of pneumonia following measles. Her age was 17 years. . All who are in need of dried or canned fruit should call at Bros. They are giving special bargains. Quarterly meeting in the Methodist church next Saturday and Sunday. Revs, Jessee and the Presiding Elder will be present. Bert Hopkins is bookkeeping in Mc» feoy’s bank. His place in Meyer’s drug store will be filled, in a few weeks by a graduate of the School of Pharmacy, of Purdue..

Take your dull shears and scissors to E..M. Parcells, the barber, and get them put in first class order. He has just secured a superior sharpening machine. IA fellow known as “Bud” Johnson was discharged from the county jail Monday morning, after serving a four day’s sentence for provoke. He is from Remington and a tough case. ■'3 ' A positive cure for the tobacco habit, NO-TO-BAC. FrAnk B. Meyer, sole agent for Rensselaer. Capt. Burnham has been notified that his services as a member of the Federal jury, at Indianapolis, are not required. Marshal Hawkins has, doubtless, discovered that the Captain is a Republican in politics. To Ladies particularly: MEGRIMINE will positively' cure any form of headache, or money refunded. For sale by F. B. Meyer.

The Dwiggins syndicate win? opon their, thirteenth bank, at Brookston, 4r*lT<*7’<<<r*'O, . 7’ ‘ about March Ist. The chashicr will be a who hits been assistant chshier of their Covington bank, for some time past, Rev. G, W. Ingram, of Valparaiso, but formerly of Jasper county, has been elected district evangelist, in the Christian church, for the counties of Porter, Lake, Stark and LaPorte. We congratulate the young elder on his advancement. It Ts rumored that the C. & E. I. Ry. Co., of which the C. & I. Coal Ry. is now’ practically a part, has obtained possession of the Evansville & Terre Haute R. 11., thus securing continuous line from Chicago to Evansville, a: distance’Of 288 miles. Persons wishing to give orders for electric lights, or those wishing to select styles of lamps and burners, are requested to call upon Mr. Ferguson, and leave their orders or make their selections from his large illustrated catalogue of lamps and other fixtures..

Among the numberless big reviv- j als, in all parts of the country, just I now? aßosc Lawn’ has just had as! large a one as any, in comparison to ' the number of its inhabitants. Sixty I or seventy persons were more or! less reliably converted, and the re- i viva! came to an end from absolute J exhaustion of the raw material. All through the talk about the I moving of the Monon shops from I New Albany, the papers of that city have remained very quiet upon thel subject except to offer the suggestion I that before the shops were removed ! the road will have to find means to get around certain contracts entered into when the shops were located there. The company evidently didn’t get around those contracts, as it was announced some days ago that the New Albany shops will be much enlarged and improved.—lndianapolis Sun. ’

A. M.‘Baker farm, north of town, has been sold to Henry Harris, of Rensselaer. W. R. Nowels & Son are now prepared to handle all kinds of grain, at the Rensselaer elevator. The meetings at the Presbyterian church are resulting in many accessions to its membership. Tne Free Will sewing society will meet Friday, Feb. 22, at Mrs. Chas. Wfth’s. . The Makeever. sale, in Newton tp., Will take place to-day, as advertised, under the control of the administrator. Webb Reeve started for Nebraska, last Friday, to visit relatives and accompany home his aged mother, who has been in that state all winter. > Dr. Wells will close his meetings at the Presbyterian church, to-morrow night. His subject for that time and also for to-night will be r “Growth in Grace.”

Tuesday night was pretty cold for an Open winter. The thermometer stood at 8 below, Wednesday morning. It has reached as low a point only once before, this winter. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Tutuer started for Peoria, 111., last Thursday, called by the supposed very dangerous illness of the latter’s father.* At last accounts the old gentleman’s condition is much improved. Easter comes on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. The vernal equinox comes on March 21. The first full moon succeeding it, this year, is on Monday, April 15. That brings Easter on April 21st. We observe that a number of our exchanges are publishing the ad vertisement of Jeptha Crouch, of Lafayette. We hope they get their pay in advance, as our experience in trying to collect pay for advertising done for the gentleman has not been at all successful.

Marion D. Richardson, of Lake City, Mich., visited relatives and old friends in this county last week, and on Friday called on M. F. Chilcote, his old war captain, in the 48th regiinent. Mr. Richardson is a veritable Son of Anak, in gbod standing, being 6 feet 4 inches in his socks, and wide in proportion. B. F. Ferguson has turned over the grain elevator tb his successor, W. R. Nowels, and is now devoting all his time to the. electric light enterprise. He has established an office In the large and convenient room in Leopold’s comer block, opposite Judge Hammond’s law office,—the ■ « room formerly occupied by E. C. ! Nowels. I A very aged lady, Mrs. Mary Jen’kins, died in Winamac on the Bth ; inst., aged 9G years. Her direct decendants included 11 children, 43 grand-phildren, 51 great-grand-chil-dren and 2 great-great-grand-children; or 107 in all. At the time, of her death she was the oldest person in ' Pulaski county, ‘Excepting Micajah I Hancock, of Salem tp., who is 101 years old.

A tramp printer struck this office about dinner time last Monday. In itself the occurence was too common to deserve mention; but this fellow was an anomaly of his tribe, for he wore good clothes and did not smell ■■ ■ ■ of whisky. In fact he departed so widely in these particulars from the recognized type of his class, that we are inclined to doubt his genuiness and regret the dinner we stood him in for. At Litchfield, 111., the other day, as some parties were drilling for gas, the drill pierced the body and killed a living mule at the depth of 300 feet in the earth. The mule had not been imprisoned in a cave in the solid rock, in a remote geological age, and lived on through the centuries, with a mule’s characteristic obstinacy, as might naturally be inferred, bnt was the property of a coal mining company which happened to have an arm of its mine directly under the place where the well was drilled. /* 1

A contract for plastering the new M. E. church was closed with the Day Bros - ., this wqek. Big bargains in toilet soap, cutlery, glassware and queensware. K ■ Laßue Bros. Albion Miller has been seriously sick since Monday of last week, with lung fever. He is now getting better. .. . ' * st / ’ . 1 F. B. Learning has, tliis week, left Auburn and taken a situation in a drug-store in Goshen, Elkhart county, this state. C. B. Steward is spending a short time in Chenango County, near Utica, “ New York. He writes that snow is 20 inches on the level there, and drifted badly in places. J. T. Hall will make a public sale on Friday, March Ist, at his place in Union tp., near Alter’s Mill. Selling stock, farming implements <fcc. Mr. Hall intends moving to Logan county, 111.

Mrs. J. C. Passons surprised her husband with a dinner party last Saturday, the occasion being his 44th ■ birthday. ’ About 35 invited guests j were present and partook of a big dinner of stuffed turkey and such, and had a pleasant time generally. Next Saturday, although only the 23rd day of the month, is neverthe- ; less the last Saturday in February, and therefore the monthly pay day of the Rensselaer Building & Loan Association. With this payment will be completed the first year of the existence of the association. The Supreme Court again decided a few days ago that under the acts of April 8 and 13, 1885, a railroad company is not liable for injury to stock I entering upon the track at a private i farm crossing, in the absence of neg- ! ligence on the part of the company j or its employes.

A bill has passed the Lower House of the Indiana Legislature providing for the organization of teachers’ institutes in every township in the State. The meetings must be held at least once a month and the teachers attending will receive the same pay j as for teaching. If they are absent; they forfeit two days’ pay. An order was sent Tuesday to the Buckeye Bell Foundry, of Cincinnati for two new bells, one for the school i i house and one for a fire bell, at the town hall. The bell for the school; house will weigh 700 pounds and cost with its hangings, about S2OO. The fire bell will weigh about 400 pounds and with its hangings cost close to SIOO. Dr. Sam Ritchey went up north, west of Chicago, last week, to visit friends, and on Tuesday night of this week attended the banquet of Rush Medical College Alumni, at the Palmer house in t Chicago. The doctor is one of the oldest living graduates of this eo liege, his diploma bearing the date of 1845. Dr. Washburn also attended the banquet.

Katie 0., the bright and beautiful! infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.! Isaac Reubelt, died last Monday morning, aged 1 year and 5 months. The disease which was the cause of! its death was. continued fever, and ! was of several week’s duration. The ‘ funeral was held Tuesday afternoon, at the residence. Rev. E. G. Pel ley conducting the religious services. Katie was an only child and her death is a great,bereavement to her young parents, who have the widest sympathy in their affliction. Mose Tutuer and a carpenter named Nick Fox, who lias been making his home at the poor farm, for some months, had q little set-to Saturday night. The carpenter was much the bigger man, but drunk .enough to equalize matters, somewhat. Like Myers and McAuliffe, they were fighters to hurt each other • very seriously, and in further resemblance to those celebrated light-weights, they l>oth claimed the victory. The trouble originated from a firm but polite refusal npon the part of Mose to trust ! the aforesaid, pbr. for the price of a ' package of tobacco.

, Horton pleads guilty to the “soft-impeachment” and says that the event will take place 'at an early day. ; ’ Found:—A revolver. Owner can have the same by proving property and paying for this notice.. , Itp. Omar C. Ritchie. Lookout for the “South American com-swindle.” It is on its travels seeking the suckers who tried “Bohemian oats.” The Ladies Aid Society of the Christian church will give an old fashioned school entertainment in the near future. W. J. Huff lias sold his interest in the Valparaiso Vidette to F. C. Culley, an experienced newspaper man of Defiance, Ohio. The Andrews election bill will increase the number of voting precincts in the State from 1,800 to 2,700, and this is one of the good features of the bfll. . Among the latest accessions to the Presbyterian church are T. J. McCoy, John Eger, J. G. Reynolds, Wm. M. Wood, Frank B. Meyer and S. H. Duvall.

Messrs, Baldwin <fc Co!vert, of Fowler, general agents for the New Home sewing machine, have established an agency in Rensselaer, in charge of Edward Moore. His office is in Will jams’ furniture store. The Fowler Republican has the biggest legal notice, we ever saw in a country paper. It was a notice of Assessments and benefits in a gravel road case, and covered four entire pages of the paper. Bros. Leffew & Wallace can now retire from active life and live on the interest of their wealth. • A lady in this vicinity who recently went through the, to her, familiar j experience of being a bride, already ; has a large, if not well selected as- ' sortment of husbands, in various parts of the country, and the report is now in circulation that one of these declares that he has never been i legally separated from her and is j threatening 4,0 bring the matter be- ■ fore the courts. - ’ “ ■ I Alfred Thompson got home from his southern trip last Friday. His investigations were mainly confined to a proposed town in Alabama, on Tennessee river, and called Manchester. I It is supposed that a big manufacturi ing town can be built up there, after the example of Brimingham, in the same state. Mr. Thompson appears to have been favorably impressed by ; the prospects. ; The fanner who congratulates himi self on the cheap and easy manner, in , which he winters his stock in this ! winter of all winters and ; time complains of, the lon*’ price* of his surplus corn and cattle, does perhaps, think how closely the/cause in one case is the effect in the otliCfc., A cold, stormy seas<& -that would have compelled heavier feed- ; ing would have immediately run the i price of com and cattle up several ! notches. But perhaps one case bal- < ances the other.—Rossville, 111. Press.

The electric light enterprise is making as rapid progress as the character of the weather will permit. One car-load of machinery has already arrived and another is on the road. Material for the building to contain the plant is also being got onto the ground and the contract for the masonry work of the building has closed. If the weather proves at all favorable, hereafter matters will go forward with a rush. The neighboring town of North Judson has again been honored? by being chosen as the scene of a prize fight. On Wednesday morning of last week, Jack McAuliff, of New York and Billy Meyer, of Streator, 111., fought there for the light-weight championship and a big purse of money. The fight lasted for four hours, and was then declared a draw, by the referee. Neither party was damaged to any extent, and many, for that reason, believe the affair to have been a fake, but tire general opinion, among the the authorities in such matters, is thas it was a genuine fight and of a highly scientific character. ... ’ ” ’

Isaac N. Makeever, of Newton tp., , has been appointed administrator of the estate of his uncle, the late D. S. Makeever. At McCoy and Kenton’s big sale near Moilborough, last Friday, all the property offered was sold, and mostly at fair prices, although the horses sold more satisfactorily than the cattle. Although the weather was not favorable,’ the sale drew a big crowd, estimated to number 500. Of these 500, about 495 made a siniultaneous rush for the beef sandwich window, at lunch time, and soon made a complete sweep of the whole supply. In fact Mac concluded that there was a much brisker demand for Hereford meat when duly roasted than for the living article. In order to get through with the sale during the day, it was run on double tracks, so to speak, two sales going at the same time. Simon Phillips was the principal auctioneer and sold the horses and miscellaneous property, and Doc Nichols, of Barkley tp., sold the cattle.

The Remington Building & Loan Association completed its first year of existence January sth, and W. H. Coover, the able secretary, has published a summary of its business for the year, from which we notice that ten loans were made during the year, at an average premium of 24 per cent, a pretty large average considering that interest is 8 per cent. It is figured that each share is worth $3 more than its face in value, or a net gain of 30 per cent. On the money invested. No fines were collected for delinquencies during the year, but notice is given that the rules will be strictly enforced, hereafter. The number of shares issued is 250. The higher rate of interest combined with an equally high average of premiums would have the effect to make the Remington Association more profitable. as an investment, thanis the Rensselaer Association. Btit this point is probably fully offset .by the fact that each share in the former association is- assessed $1 per share yearly for the expense fund, while in the Rensselaer Association this assessment is only 25 cents a year, per sharA

A fake concern which called itself the “Davis Phenonena Combination,” exhibited in the Opera House Saturday evening to a small audience composed mostly of “kids.” This was evidently the first performance ever given by the combination, and as we understand the company broke up an d scattered, it probably is also the last. This company, like several others which have afflicted this town in the past, was, doubtless, hurredly braked together from among the supes fei the ■ concert Saloons and variety of Chicago. They wgre a set, wherever they came from. The “Professor” gaveafewsleight-of-hand performances in a fairly creditable manner, but his only performances worth mentioning were intheway of “mind reading.” The first of these was given in the afternoon, and was a “free show.” A committee of four citizens was appointed by the crowd, and two of the committee stayed with the professor, at the Opera House, while the other two hid a large needle, in tile court house yard. It was stuck into the gronnd, under the leaves, near a tree in the rear of the court house. The professor then essayed to find, the needle,

while blindfolded, by holding the hand of one of the persons who hid it, the person being required to think constantly of the needle and its location. At the first attempt the professor made a pretty straight shoot for the hiding place, and in fact walked directly over jt, but a report having been started that the needle had been removed he gave up the search. In a second attempt he met with beU ter success and actually found the needle, hid under the leaves in the southeast corner of the square. In the evening the mind reading experiment was repeated, and a needle, well hid in a rear window of the hall, by a committee appointed by the audience, was successfully found. '

Rumor has it that there is a great I’Ostoflke war raging in our hitherto quiet neighboring town of Mt Ayr. Several of the aspirants are said to have put on their war paint and are making the fur fly, like so many l‘Kilkinney cats.”—-Morocco Courier. Ijwt Tuesday was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the institution of the order of Knights of Pythias. The Rensselaer brethren celebrated the occasion by a liberal display of banners and by a pleasant social entertainmentin the evening. The very flourishing condition of the local lodge is in keeping with the condition of the order generally. It has prospered to an amazing degree, during the quarter century of its existence. •* I Grand Excursions to the Mardi Gras—Via Monon Route: Commencing Feb. 25 and until March 3, the Monon Route will sell round trip tickets from Chicago and all local stations on the L. N. A. <fc C. Ry. to New Orleans for the Mardi Gras Festival at a very low rate. Tickets good returning until Mar., 23rd ’B9, inclusive. For instance the round trip from Chicago will be 125. Lafayette, sl9, etc. For particulars call on or address any agent of the Monon Route. E. O. McCormick.

G. P. A. Chicago.