Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1889 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

Two hours of solid fun, at the Old Deestrict School, to-night The season this year is, in all respects, just about a month earlier than it was a year ago. Never before were we so well prepared. to give you bargains in boots and shoes. Hemphill <fc Honan. W. W. Pfrimmer, the poet, “Pinkamink” is a candidate for superintendent, in Newton county. Persons in need of work horses are requested to call on A.* E. Kirk, as he still has several,he wishes to sell. See Charles Dickens Vanderbilt, the professional stilt*-walker, at the Old Deestrict School, to-night. t Ade Calvin, F. B. Meyers new clerk, began service last week. He is a graduate of the School of Phramacy, at-Purdue University. Shoes for the infante, shoes for the children, shoes for the boys and girls, shoes for pap and mam at Hemphill & Honan’s. Emmet Kannal has gone to Indianapolis, to bring home his trotting colt, purchased some weeks ago, in Kentucky.' t Tooth Pulling Great:—Over one hundred in one day were extracted at Dr. Horton’s Denial Office, by the ether spray apparatus. It.

J. 11. Randle is preparing to open a real-estate exchange and loan and insurance agency, up-stairs in Makeever’s building, opposite M. F. Chilcote’s office. 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. The Misses Culp have rented and will Occupy C. G. Sears’ house, cqrner of- Washington and Cullen streets/ which lias just been so extensively renovated and repaired. The New Era claims that Francesville will be supplied with gas during the present spring, through the agency of a company which has been formed there, and which proposes to buy one of Bucklin’s wells. The legislature appropriated SBOO to pay Senator S. P. Thompson for legal services in bringing two actions in Newton county Circuit Court to escheat lands to the State for which the school fund derived $4,1 GO.— Kentland Gazette. Rev. Father Stephens visited the Indian School last week, coming on Thursday and gomg away the next day. He did not go '-to Europe, as he had intended; his health not being good enough to permitjfnn to make the journey. / *

Hon. I. D. Dunn was in town Friday, and took the 11 p. m. train for Indianapolis, to meet with the two other members of the Commission for clearing the channel at Momence. The meeting was for the purpose of Organizing the board and choosing an engineer. The ‘‘Huge Joke” entertainment, advertised to be given at the Opera House last Friday evening, did not materialize, but the manager sent notice that the show would come at - a later day. Residents of Rensselaer who have heard this company say that they give a very meritorious entertainmpnt. Elder and Mrs. D. T. Halstead took the train for Chicago, Saturday, from which place they, expected to journey Dakotaward, Monday. The Elder has passed the winter in this vicinity, but Mrs. Halstead had only lately returned from California, and since her return has visited friends in Kentucky—has been an extensive in fact. Stockholders in the Rensselaer Building <fc Loan Association are reminded that next Saturday is the day upon which the annual assessment of 25 cents per share, for expenses, must be paid. They should also bear in mind that the new. secretary, F. L. Chilcote, is now in charge, and that payments must be made to him, at his office, up-stairs in Makeover's building.

Geo. E. Nichols, of Barkley township, is sick with consumption. A good brood mare for sale. Enquire of Erastus Peacock. It. Dr. Washburn went over to Cass county, Monday, to visit his aged father, who is in poor health. G whiz Pap! U ’ot to see them air boots and shoes down at Hemphill <V Honan’s, they air rip snorters. Eimer Dwiggins left for Chicago Monday afternoon, from which place he will go to Mexico in a few days. > The young Helsel boy, at Fair Oaks, whose trouble from an injured knee lias been mentioned several times, is still living, but with little or no prospects for recovery. Having purchased a mammoth stock of wall paper at slaughtered prices we are going to give customers the benefit of it. W, A Ecek. Everett Plackard, of Klwood, tliis state, visited his uncle, J. 11. Smith, last Thursday. He is a school teacher by profession, but has been known to vary the monotony by mounting the editorial tripod for a change. Charley Lamson, editor of the Valparaiso Hoosier Herald, was outrageously treated by ruffians, Monday night His attacks on the Valparaiso saloons is the supposed cause of the abuse. Lamson was shot in the le g last fall, by a rough. The committee in charge of the stock exhibition and sale day, to be held Friday, April 12, are taking great pains to secure the attendance of as many stock-buyers as possible, with a view to securing a ready sale, at good prices, for all stock that may be offered.

J. W. Duvall received intelligence, only a few days ago, that his uncle, -the venerable Richard D. Anderson, had died last October, at his home near Winfield, Kansas. His age was over 85 years. He was formerly and for many yean, a resident of Jasper County and,witt be remembered by many of our old citizens. Marbied.—At the residence of Jos. Glosser, in Milroy township, March 25, 1889, by Rev. Peter Hinds, Wesley Metheral and Laurie E. Stitz, both of Benton county, Ind. The newly married couple started for Day county, Dak., to make their future home. The groom is 28 years of age, the bride 26. It now seems very probable, from the best information that can be obtained,that the proposed Catholic theological college, on the grounds of the old orphan asylum, will not be completed this season, but that bricks for the building will be burned on the grounds, and the foundations constructed, this year, in readiness-for an early completion of the building next year. Marriage licenses since last reported: J John W. Iliff, ( Emma R. Fleming, j Daniel C. Prevo, ( Alary L. Osborne. . i James V. Silves, , ( Ada E. Blake. I Douglas W. Hubbard, ( Leona B. Myers. - { John E. Knouff, ( Cora E. CatL

It seems to be the style to write obituaries, cards of thanks, resolutions, and the like about six weeks or two months after the poor victim’s soul has taken its flight to the other world. Of course newspapers are not published to print the news while it is fresh, butt to accommodate some eminent author who waits until news become so stale that the office cat will not look at it, then he writes it up. There is great need of reformation along this line.—Valparaiso Messenger, Delos Thompson attended a big horse sale at Cambridge City, this state, last week and bought 3 high bred trotters. Two of these are fillies, two years old and the other is a five-year-old gelding out of Pluto, the horse now owned by the Rensselaer Horse Company. This horse will be put on the race course, this season', we arc informed. One of the two fillies is a pacer and is said to go like a double-geared cyclone. The horses arrived last Saturday night.

The Old Deestrict School, at the Opera House, to-night z 18,000 Bolte of Wall Paper at Long <fc Eger’s. A good brood mare for sale. Enquire of Erastus Peacock. 2t-p.

Rev. U. M. McGuire has moved into the late Widow Ball’s house, near N. S. Bates’ place. Our plow shoes have arrived. Any kind you want at Hemphill & Honan’s. Owing to our large discounts on paper this year we are offering it at cost Long & Eger, John Q. Adamson, whose sickness was mentioned last week, is reported to be very low. For henriettas in black and other colors, collar silk warp and silk finish, call at A. Leopold’s. E. C. English and Miss Belle Brown of Danville, 111., are visiting the latter’s brother, H. L. Brown and wife. Mr. John E. Knouff. of Kentland, and Miss Cora E. Catt, of Rensselaer, were married Tuesday evening, March 26, by Rev. B. F. Ferguson, at his residence. . 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 papen Long <fc Eger.

Rial Benjamin, of Lafayette, editor of the Western Farmer, is in town working up the interest of his paper. He is a grandson of his namesake, Rial Benjamin of Rensselaer** Zimri Paris, of Bridgewater, Dak., is east on business, and, with his wife; visited his parents here, over Sunday. They will return to Dakota in a short time. A. W. Cole, the ex-mail route agent, was in town Tuesday. He was one of the very best agents on the Monon route, and his re-instate-ment within the next few weeks may b e confidently looked for. The services of Dr. M. M. Parkburst, D. D., of Greencastle, Ind., have been secured, together with those of otter eminent gentlemen, in ewnrewrion with the laying of the corner-stone of the M. E. church, on April Bth. Elder Conner closed his meetings at the Church of God, Tuesday evening. There were three accessions to the membership of the church during the meetings: Miss Cora Willey, Miss Eva Harding and Samuel H. Howe. The first mentioned was baptized in the river last Sunday and the other two on Tuesday afternoon. The Monticello papers continue to declare that the money expended for gravel roads in White county is the best investment, for both town and country, ever made in the county. The same opinion is reiterated wherever the experiment of gravel roads has been fairly tried. Let,.us have some gravel roads. Thus far the editors seem to be in better favor with the administration than the spell-binders. In truth, editors address vastly larger audiences than orators do, and they address them after campaigns are over and

in off-years, when the voice of the spell-binder is not heard in the land, i —lndianapolis Journal, Some boy with a “devil sling” fired across the street Tuesday and broke a neat hole in one of the large plate glass windows in front of Tuteur’s grocery store. There ought to be some method for suppressing these slings. Not only has considerable damage been done by them, at different times, in the breaking of windows, but somebody is liable to lose an eye on account of them, at almost any time.

The woman known as Ida Peterson, who was married last fall to John McDowell, just sent to the penitentiary from Newton county, for attempted murder, was brought over by the Sheriff of Newton county, one day last week, for safe keeping, in the jail here, on charge of bigamy, but she was released on her own recognizance, the same evening. It is charged that she had a husband at Momence, 111., from whom she has never been legally divorced, when she married McDowell.

Mrs. E. P. Honan is in Chicago, this week, buying new goods and studying the latest styles in millinery. We still continue to make best cabinet photos at $2.50 per dozen. J. C. Williams. Ladies if you wish to see one of the finest stocks of imported dress goods, call at A. Leopold’s. Mrs. F. J. Sears has been in Chicago, whete h e was called by the sickness of her nephew, the infant son of Mr. and Zimri Dwiggins.

Bricklaying on the walls of the new M. E. church will begin next Monday, with a force of three bricklayers, to be increased to five the next week. \ To Ladies particularly: MEGRIM INE will positively cure any form of headache, or money refunded. For sale by ’ F. B. Meyer. Attorney Wm. Cummings, of Kentland, was in town Tuesday. He has been in poor health, for a long time past, and intends to devote most of the coming year to travel in the west. “The Lord’s Supper” will be the subject of discourse at the Baptist church, at 11 a. m., on Sunday, Mar. 31. I desire especially to be heard on this subject, since upon it the teaching and practice of Baptiste is not generally clearly understood. All persons interested are cordially invited. U. M. McGuire, Pastor

Chas. Fagan, who is teaching at an Indian Agency in the Indian Territary and who is, withal, a strong democrat, and possessed of no special qualifications for the place except an unlimited amount of assurance, 1 announces himself as as a candidate for County 'Superintendent in Newton Cfbuuty. As it happens, however, he is not eligible for the place, as the state constitution requires a superintendent to have been an actual inMWtent of « county for at least one year before he can be elected County Superintendent. A petition has been circulated and signed by about everybody, asking for the re-instatement of Erastus Peacock, to his old position of mail-route agent Mr. Peacock was one bf the most efficient and faithful agents m that most difficult and trying service, and was removed in direct and flagrant violation of the letter and the spirit of the civil-service-reform law, to make room for an inefficient democrat, who wanted the place. It was the thousands of such acts as this that caused the universal demoralization of the postal service, pnder the late unlamented administration. There is no reason in the world, why the attempt to establish a regular monthly market day in Rensselaer should not be a success. Vast quantities of good stock are raised in the vicinity of the town, the breeding of stock being, as is well known, the leading industry of all the central and northern portions of the county. In the quality of this stock, which is as important a consideration as quantity, there has been such great advancement during • the last few years that Jasper county ' has come right up to the front in the raising of fine stock, of all kinds.

Inasmuch as a few persons have found fault with the new school house bell, claiming that it could not be heard as distinctly as it should, and not so well as the old bell 7 eyen, we make a note of the fact that Elliott R. Burr and his son, Howard Burr, well known and entirely rep liable citizens, living in the southwestern part of Jordan tp., declare that the bell can be distinctly heard at their place, a distance of more than ten miles. J. I. Babcock, also of Jordan, five miles distant, heard it distinctly the very first time it rung, and against the wind at that., H. W. Wood, in SOutlieast Marion, five miles distant, hears it almost regularly. The bell has a very mellow and sonorous tone, capable of reaching a great ways, without sounding so very loud at close range.

Clothing sold on time, at A. Leopold’s. , , A big hone case, from Keener <p„ ' is on trial before a jury, in the circuit court. For Silks, Satins and Plushes go to A. Leopold’s. No better, larger or finer assortment in the country. See Jeb Jones, the artist and caricaturist, at the Old Deestrict School, this evening, at the Opera House. Grandfather Ira Trussell, from north of town, was in town Saturday, for the first time since election day. His health has not been good during the winter. The Republican’s job department has just finished printing a brief in an important and interesting law case, from Newton county. The controversy is over the estate of the late John Sell, of Jefferson tp., Newton county, who died in 1886, leaving an estate of the value of over thirty thousand dollars. The brief referred to is that of the plaintiffs in the appeal case, and was prepared by Judge Hammond. It is a very clear and able and seemingly convincing statement of his side of a very complicated case. Some very nice points of law and equity are involved in the case, but owing to its many complications, an intelligible statement of tnein would be too long to be practicable.

The end of the feud of blood at Francesville is not yet On Tuesday night of last week, some assassin attempted to kill Wood Thrashes, by firing at him through a window. The murderer stood so close to the window that the powder burned the wire screen outside of it Thrasher was sitting near the window and all tliat saved his life, evidently, was the fact that the bullet struck the window sash and -was deflected from its course. Thrasher is the man who shot G. W. DowelT, in January last, and there is probaby little doubt as to who fli-ed, or at l a east instigated the shot st Ttrraslier. There are said to be some, however, who hold to the opinion that the shooting was a put-up job to keep Dowell out of the town. j DeAlma dress goods, Jn all shades and qualities, at Leopold’s.

Willie only child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wolfe, died early Tnpfcday moratog, of meningitis, after a very painful Stoess of over two weds duration. His age was 5 yean, 2 months and 9 days. 7 The funeral was held at the residence, yesterday aftemocm,Bev. E-G. Pedley assisted by Rev. M. L. Tressler, conducting the services. The interment was made in Weston cemetery’. The death of this little boy » a sad blow to his young parents, and their sorrow is augmented by toe tact tliat he was an only surviving cliild, an£lntant daughter haring been /followed to the grave only |ast July) They have the heartfelt sympathy of toe entire community in their great An accident happened to one of the electric light wiring men, Monday, which if not very serious* may be said to have resulted in the toss of his leg. He was wiring F. B. Meyer’s drug store, and putting the wires through the ceiling from the room above, the floor of which had been torn up, for the purpose. In an unguarded moment he stepped where th'ere was nothing but the lath and plastering to support his weight, and ■ the leg, aforesaid, dropped through into the room below. Though lost from , sight the departed, member was still to memory dear, and prompt measures for its recovery were at once successfully instituted and no special harm resulted from the accident, farther than an unsightly, but temporary, patch in Mr. Meyer’s otherwise immaculate ceiling. We learn that the fact has just been ' discovered that a seflous mistake was made in locating the building of the Catholic Indian School, at this place. The several hundred acres of land attached to the school were formerly a part bf the Orphan Asylum farm, and were sold to the Catholic Bureau Of Indian Missions, for the purpose of the school, ft now appears that the buildings, instead of being located pn the land transferred to the Bureau, are built on land still held by the bishop, for the diocese. It is not likely that any serious trouble will result from the mistake. Ladies’ fine shoes $1.50 to $5 at Hemphill & Honan’s.