Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1889 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

“A Huge Joke.” Rex Hats are made in soft or stiff. 18,000 Bolts of Wall Paper at Long & Eger’s. The Day Brothers are building two pretty good houses in. Weston’s Addition. Our spring shoes are arriving. They are nobby and nice. Call and buy. Hemphill <k Honan.

Walter Porter, east of town, rejoiced over the advent of an eleven ponnd boy, last Saturday. John N. Timmons will move this week from Barkley tp., to a house he has lately built in Marion tp., north of Pleasant Ridge. All who are in need of dried or canned fruit should call at Laßue Bros. They are giving special bargains. A Huge Joke?— To-morrow night, secure your seats. Then sew your buttons bn tight. People shed tears from laughter. r J. H. Childers, who has lived in the west end of Jordan tp., for several years past, has moved this week to Carroll coukty, where he has bought* farm. We wish to state that our fiscal year ends on the 31st day of this month and if you are owing us please call and settle and oblige. Hemphill A Honan. Ex-Sheriff Yeoman and family, now of LoweH, visited with their Rensselaer friends over Sunday* They are well pleased with Lowell as a place of residence.

Miss Laurie I. Hodshire is the authorized agent for the Kindergaren. Teachers and those preparing to teach should make themselves acquainted with this system.

Rev. G. W. Payne lately returned from Clinton county, where he had been assisting Rev. Callahan and Mrs. Isgrigg in two or three revival meetings, at which there was a total of lbO conversions.

' The many friends of Mrs. Margaret Sayers, here where she is well and favorably known, will be pleased to learn that on Sunday, March 10th, she was united in Marriage to William Vinsey, a well to do farmer of Carroll —V . county. •

The Fowler newspapers are giving y voice and encouragement to a sentiment in favor of a Benton fair. A good fair at Fowler .would probably have a somewhat detrimental effect upon the Remington fair as a very large proportion of its patronage is drawn from Benton county. The subject of “Christian Baptism” will be presented in the Baptist church, on Sunday, March 24, at 11 a. in. The sermon of Dr. Wells will be reviewed. All who may be interested in the investigation of toe subject arc cordially invited to attend. Erastuß Peacock rejoiced last Friday over the birth of his first son, 1 and within a very brief time, thereafter, was privileged to congratulate himself over the advent of a second. In other words twin sons were born to him on that day. Mother and babes are doing well and the father recovered rapidly with the return of his second wind. 1

“A Huge Joke” to-morrow night. Hemphill and Honan have just received a beautiful stock of Millinery. Peter Wagner is greatly enlarging and improving his house in Leopold’s Addition. Owing to our large discounts on paper this yedr we are offering it at cost i • * Lofg & Eger, « 4 i Joe/llammond is going into the hay business at Otterbein, Benton county, in partnership with Percy Taylor, of Remington.

Friday Night. —John Thompson, the great comedian and -his merry crew of comic characters in the funniest of all plays, “A Huge Joke.” Lawrence Baker did not go to Chicago to work in the art establishment as he had expected. There are said to be about 13 applicants for every job of that nature, in the city. Come early and have a large assortment to select from. We are bound to suit you as we have all grades and prices of wall paper. , Long & Eger.

John McDowell was refused a new trial, at Kentland, last week, and on Thursday was taken to Michigan City, in company with Moses Monroe.

Long <fc Eger are this -year handling a "paint which far excels any paint ever put upon the market. All local painters recommend it. Give them a trial.

Marriage licences since last reported: - j Robert Milroy Hurley, ( Margaret J. Myres. j Andrew W. Prevo, - "j Mary J. Posey. The bankrupt store which has been holding forth in Makeeveris building for some months past, has sought green fields and pastures new. The stock was divided upon leaving, a portion going to Monticello and the balance to Richmond.

The Governor has appointed Hon. I. D. pilna, of diis county, as one of the three to have charge of the work of cutting the channel for ' the Kankakee river through the'limcstone ledge, at Momence. It is anj excellent appointment.

Dental Notice: —This being the time of year to have teeth extracted for plates, I have procured an apparatus for applying anaesthetics, which is perfectly harmelese. Those wishing new sets need not have fear of pain in tooth extraction. J. W. Horton, Dentist.

An organized gang of thieves have been systematically robbing the frieglit cars.of the “Three I.” railroad, in the yards at Knox, for some time past, and large quantities of valuable goods have been taken. The gang has been hunted down and half a dozen arrests been made. It is thought that the entire gang numbers about eighteen.

There is considerable kicking in Benton county, over the proposed gravel road which is to run from Fowler clearjup to the Benton county line, within a couple of miles Of Remington, but the road will probably be built. One of the chief causes of’the dissatisfaction was the enormous sum, SI,OBO, paid one of the Fowler papers for publishing the notice of assessments for the road.

Auditor Robinson has received an official communication from State Superintendent Lafollettc, in relation to *the loaning of school funds under the new law, which is already in force under the emergency clause. It is Mr. Lafollette’s opinion that all outstanding loans will draw 8 per cent, until they are renewed* and six per cent, after that time. All loans made; hereafter will draw only six per cent of course.

Messrs. A. Parkison, A. McCoy, Emmet Kannal and Henry Harris, ofe Rensselaer, with A. Armstrong and Fred Zard, of Hanging Grove, took a trip to the natural gas ami oil regions of Ohio, last week, and were much impressed with the immensity of those interests, in that region. They all returned last webk, except Mr. Kannal, who tarried a little to visit relatives, and reached home Tuesday. It is reported that he invested some wealth in toe oQ fields.

Thursday evening, March 28, at Opera House. i Alec Given, one of Frankfort's prominent business men, was in town Saturday. H. W. Porter is beginning to recode* from a severe attack of rheumatism. -V

Insure your life iu the old reliable Union Central. W. W. Watson, Agent.

Benj. F. Fendig,"clerk in Long & Eger’s drug store, went to Chicago last week, to begin a term in the Chicago College of Pliarmacy. Albion Miller departed for Ashland, Neb., Tuesday, where he ex pects to follow the vocation of an artist.

C. G. Sears is having extensive improvements made on his tenant house, corner of Washington and Cullen streets, lately vacated by Wm. Ross.

Having purchased a mammoth stock of wall paper at slaughtered prices we are going to give customers the benefit of it. Long <fe Eger.

The week’s transfers of real estate, noted in issue of The Republican are 38 in number and represent a value of over twenty-one thousand dollars.

Kentland Gazette. —Married, Sunday evening, at the home of Wm. Fory, Alva Clark, of Jasper county, and Maud Buchanan, Rev. Levi Byrd, officiating. . v A Huge Joke, —John Thompson’s “Merry Ci;ew.” All comical charac- ' lera will be at the Opera House Friday night. More fun to the square inch than any ten companies in America.

The additions which the L. N. A. A C. people propose to make to their shops' at New Albany will cost $25, 000. The work of the Louisville Southern line will be done there as well as that of the L. N. A. A C. Dan vS. Willey is now engaged in, a prosperous grocery business at Monon, haviqg bought the store of W. D. Lowe A Son. The people of Monon will find him a fine man to deal with, pleasant, accommodating and upright in all his ways.

Michael Halloran had a suit in Kentland, last week, against two residents of Newton county named Ben Geezy and Zobrosky. The suit was compromised by the payment to Halloran of S6OO. His claim was for nearly S7OO.

The Blackbird operetta, at the Opera House last Wednesday evening, under the auspices of the Presbyterian Industrial Society, was a well managed and well patronized affair, and a source of much enjoyment to those who attended its production. Notice the very liberal offer, made elsewhere in this issue, of the American Farmer with The Republican. The Farmer is an excellent publication, of its class. A large number of our subscribers were supplied with it, several years ago, and were uniform;l\r well pleased, and it is better now ' than it was then.

Cbas. Murray, son of Wallace Murray, of Barkley tp., met with a severe accident last Tuesday. He was chopping in the timber when he was struck a fearful blow on the hedd by a limb flying from a tree chopped down" by anotmrr petson. He was rendered unconscious hours and received a deep cut several inches long, as the result of the blow.

Attention is called to the twentysecond annual statement of the Union; Central Life Insurance Company, of Cincinndjl, 0., found elsewhere in this issue, and to the splendid showing made therein. The company’s life rate endowment polity is a very | popular and attractive cotnract Manyj of our business men are policy hold-. ers Of toe Union Central W. W. Watson is the local agent. The Rev. Samuel Godfrey, former- j ly of Lafayette, the well known Methodist minister and ex-presiding elder, and his divorced wife, were remarried in Chicago, one day last week. They will for a time at least, make their home in Chieago, where Mrs. Godfrey is taking a course in Hahnemann Medical College, preparatatory to entering practice as a homeopathic physician.

Mrs. Wallace Murray, of Barkley tp., is very sick with pleurisy. Chas. Daugherty went to Porter county yesterday, to take charge of a school.

Let one, let all go to the Old Deestrict School at the Opera House, on Thursday evening, March 28. Some farmers in Newton tp., began sowing oats last week, on the 14th, inst. v v „

Bion Zimmerman left for Chicago Tuesday morning, where he has a situation working at his trade, that of a tailor.

A lsiMly side-rplittinglaugh is good for dyspepsia. Then go to the Old Dcestrict School, at the Opera House next Thursday evening. A carpet-rag social will be given bj|the F. W. Industrial Societ}', Friday evening, at the residence of E. M. Parcells. All are invited.

Morris Thomas and Robt. Randall opened their new meat shop, last Saturday, in the room just east of Haus’ bakery.

The McCormick house, in Benjamin’s Addition, noted last week as being sold to Val Seib, has been transferred by him to W. B. Austin.

It is now understood that the laying of the corner stone of the new Methodist church will take place on the 6th or Bth of April. Due notice will be given, later.

Ed. Morlan and Jas. Nelson are building a belfry on the town hall, for the accommodation of the firealarm bell. The contract price for the belfry is $27.50. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wolfe’s little 5 year-old son, has been very sick with brain fever, for nearly two weeks, and his condition, although more hopeful, is still very criticaL Henry Smith a young man of tp., was before Judge Morgan, Monday, charged with assault and battery upon a young son of F. M, Hayes. He plead guilty, was assessed $5 and costs, a total of $20.05.

The work of wiring business rooms for the electric lights began last Saturday. A. Leopold’s double, corner rooms were the first to receive the wires and Hardman’s the jeweler came next* Ellis A Murray’s room was next in order, and was wired on Monday. W. N. Jones successfully worked up a three cornered deal itt residence property, last week. His house on Front street, the old Tharp place, he sold to J. H. S. Ellis. He bought of Sidnial King the latter’s residence, and extensive grounds, on the hill north of the depot, and sold to Mr. King, in part payment for this property, his house on Division street, J south of N. Fendig’s residence. The new posessors of all these buildings will occupy them as residences, this week, we understand.

S. B. Thornton, his wife and sister, of near Surrey, will go to Valparaiso this week, to begin a course of study in the 'normal. The two first mentioned have very returned from a year’s stay in Kiowa county, Kansas, of which Greensburg is the county seat. Thftt erstwhile booming town, by the way, is now a busted community, in the fullest sense of the term. Fully half of the buildings in the place are tenantless and going to ruin. A few years of good crops would help the place to recuperate, however. <

The venerable ex-justice, A. H. Wood, of Rensselaer, went to Kentland last week, going by way of the railroads. The remarkable part of this incident is that the old man, although he has lived in Rensselaer | during the entire 12 years since toe | town has had a railroad, and in the full possession of his bodily and mental faculties, he not only had never ridden bn this road before but had ! never even seen a train arrive at the depot. In fact the only train he had ! ever seen running upon toe road was a freight train which went past M. L. Spider’s place, when Mr. Wood happened to be there on some business.

See Claries Dickens Vanderbilt, the professionftt stilt-walker at the Old Deestrict School. The venerable John Q. Adamson is in a precarious coadition, at his home two miles north of town, from maladies incident to old age. Would you laugh, would you split your sides, would you stimulate your liver, would you sharpen yonr appetite, attend the Old Deestrict School. See Jeb Jones, the artist and caricaturist, at the Old Deestrict School, on next Thuasday evening, Marqh 28, at the Opera House.

Mr. Harry B. Robertson, of Indianapolis, is by the bedside of hia sister, Mrs. J. W. Douthit The latter’s condition is now evidently beyond hope. j

The old case of Carrie Pearcy, now Naugle, vs. the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company is now on trial in the circuit court, before a jury, with Judge Winfield, of Logansport, on the bench. The case was tried in June, 885, and occupied 5 days in trial, at that time. The decision was against the plaintiff, who carried it to the Supreme Court where it was-reversed, and sent back for retrial. Mrs. Naugle lives near Remington, but in Benton county.

Union township has a Justice Dogberry, in the person of a justice of the peace. He lately personally witnessed an assault committed by a young man named Johnson upon a son of Burgess Dillon. Feeling that the outraged dignity of the law must be vindicated he sent a constable after Johnson, not with a warrant but with an ordinary summons, such as .are used in civil cases. Johnson paid no attention to die summons and when the time set for trial came, the learned justice solemnly tried him in his absence, and sentenced him to two months in jaiL At last accounts Johnson was paying no more attention to the sentence than he did to the summons and still walks at liberty-

A rion’s Comedy Co-, and Swiss bell ringers, exhibited at the Opera House, last evening. We still continue to make best cabinet photos at $2.50 per dozen. J. C. W 11,1.1 AM*. D. C. Bond, who moved to Denver, Miami county, in January, has been greatly atfiieted, since that time, with inflammatory rheumatism. Dr. M. B. Alter, sunuuned The Lucky, corralled % couple of fine wild geese, Tuesday night, up in the Pinkamink marsh.

Miss Emma Martin has been spending several days in Indianapolis and Chicago, adding largely to her millinery goods and also buying a large stock of notions. } The belated poles for the electrie ■r . . light wires have arrived and are now being distributed and put in position. They are large and shapely white cedar timbers, of good height and look as though they stay. The nightly meetings at the Christian church, by Elder ©L. E. Conner, state evangelist of the Church of God, assisted by Elder D, T. Halstead, are attended by very large congregations and are creating much interest among the attendants.

Last Saturday was the day appointen for the meeting of the directors and stockholders of the Jasper county Agricultural Association, but as no quorum was present no action of any kind could be taken. As this meeting was the last opportunity for redeeming the grounds of the association, ago at Sheriff’s sale, it may be taken for granted tiiat the association is a defunct institution, and will never hold another fair. The fitteen or twenty present owners of the grounds arc capable of taking hold of the fair and making it as much of a success as any one could, but whether they will conclude to make the undertaking is as yet undecided. Every Rkx Hat is branded on the sweat band-