Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1889 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

All books at .cost at the P. O. Mrs. N. J. Hurley has been appointed post-mistress at Blackford. blothitig gold on time nt A, Leopolds. Ladies’ fine shoes $1.50 to $5 at Hemphill & Honan’s. There is a strong probability that A Leopold will bore for gas in his Addition in a short time. , Millinery display, at Hemphill Honan’s on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 18, 19 and 20. Dan Willey removed his household goods to Monon, Tuesday, where he is engaged in the grocery business. Never before were we so well prepared to give you bargains in boots and shoes. Hemphill <fc Honan.

Miss Ray Leopold has been making an extended visit at Attica, Delphi and Lafayette. She returned Tuesday evening. C.ls. Landon of Remington has Partridge Cochin chickens and eggs for sale. All high grade birds. Eggs guaranteed to produce show birds. Mr. D. C. Bond, who is now engaged in the grocery business at Denver, Miama county, this state, is visiting Rensselaer friends. Shoes for the infants, shoes for the children, shoes for the boys and girls, shoes for pap and mam at Hemphill <fr Honan’s. A serenading party, consisting of some of our young male and female banjo and guitar players, entertained a number of the residents Monday night Long & Eger are this year handling a paint which far excels any paint ever put market. All local recommend it Give them a trial.

A. Leopold went to Chicago yesterday, to lay in the finest line of carpets ever seen in Rensselaer. He aims to make a specialty of this class of-goods. ’ Miss Emma Martin will give a grand millinery reception on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, April 18, 19) and 20. All ladies are cordially invited to be present. 2L One of the big cotton-wood trees in front of Halloran’s saloon has been cut down. Let the rest be served the same way and it will make a vast improvement in the appearance of the street

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. A conyention of the Prohibitionists of Rensselaer will be held at the residence of A. T. Perkins, on Saturday, April 20, at 7 p. in. to nominate candidates for town officers. By order of the club. C. C. Sigler reports Morocco as booming. He was over there last week trying to get a room in which J to start a grocery, but he found them all occupied, and will have to wait until a building can be erected for his accommodation. Sylvester Healy'will begin putting up a fine two-story frame dwelling house in a few days. Its cost will be about $1,200 or $1,300'. He will move the old building, in which he now lives, to the other end of the lot and probably rebuild it into a tenant house.

Gen. W. H. Gibson, the inimitable orator who will always be remembered by those who heard him the Battle Ground rally last fall, has been very near death from an attack of lung fever brought on by exposure while attending the inauguration ceremonies. His many admirers will be glad to learn that he is convalescent. — Monticello Herald. M. L. Spitler and C. C. Sigler were over on Beaver Prarie last Friday, visiting at the residence of Uncle Jack Spitler. While there a severe hail storm came up. The hail stones » were very’’ numerous and of the size of hen eggs. The ground was literally eoveredw.ith them. Mr. Spitler scooped them up by the bucketful and froze ice cream with them, of which his guests partook before leaving. See the Economy Store Co’s. Adv.

Scrap albums at cost at the P. 0. Born.—Thursday night, April 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Reeves, a son. Clot hi tiff sold on time at A. Leopold’s. Box paper from 10 cents up at the P. O. Albums from 15 cents up. Another fine lot of dress goods just received at A. Leopold’s. A son was bom to Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Baker, 11 miles south of town, last Saturday. Millinery display, at Hemphill & Honan’s on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 18, 19 and 20. Chas. Porter has a permanent situation on the Monon Route, at Lafayette, at SSO per month. Ladies if you wish to see one of the finest stocks of imported dress goods, call at A. Leopold’s.

,■ Miss Maggie Healy returned from Lafayette, Monday evening, where she has been visiting friends the past two weeks. ■» 11. J, Dexter has disposed of his stock of stationery &c., in the postoffice building, to Eugene Spitler. The latter took possession last Monday. / While Ira Gay was working at the top of the electric light engine smoke stack Monday, he .fell to the a distance of 20 or feet, bruising up his head and arm, but not hurting him seriously. Eugene Spitler, at the post-office book store, wishes to close out his entire present stock of goods, and in Order to do so will sell them at nearly cost. He wants to lay in another class of goods.

1- John A. Randle’s household goods which were shipped from Greensburg, Kansas, some time last fall, have just arrived, being nearly six months on the road. Mr. and Mrs. Randle will soon set up housekeeping in the Swaney Makeever house. Mr. and Mrs. A. Purcupile returned, from Omaha, Nebraska, on Monday of last week. Mr. Purcupile is laid up with a dislocated hip, the result of a fall on the icy sidewalk about a month ago. The injury is very painful and causes him much trouble. Clothing sold on time at A. Leopold's.

Albert Wirt, of is the guest of Miss Hattie Rhoades. * , Clothing sold on time at A. Leopold’s. Autograph albums at your own price at the P. O. Miss Libbie Walton is visiting sick relatives in Chicago. She will be gone about a week. Owing to our large discounts on paper this year we are offering it at cost. Long A Eger, The F. W. Baptist sewing society will meet with Mrs. Lizzie Kepner, Friday April IC.

For henriettas in black and other colors, collar silk warp and silk fin ish, call at A. Leopold’s. Mrs. Ora Ross, of Helena, Montano, is the guest of her parents, Mr,‘ and Mrs. Alfred Thompson, of this place. During last Thursday’s rain storm lightning struck a tree at Frank Osbome’s place, narrowly missing Mr. Osborne, who was milking at the time. Congressman Matson has been appointed Assistant Solicitor of the L. N. A. & C. Ry. Co., at a salary of $2,500. His field of operation will be mainly m southern Indiana.

A three nights’ series of meetings were commenced at the Catholic church last night. These meetings will be something out of the ordinary line and will pay all (o attend. Mrs. Emma Ryan Pritchard, an old lady 7° or 80 years of age, died at the residence of Ike Walker, in Barkley township, last Saturday. She was buried Sunday in the Smith grave yard. Rensselaer has a well organized and well drilled fire company and a servicable fire apparatus. Does anyone know of any good reason why the rates of fire insurance should be kept at as fully high rates as before the town had any fire protection at all ?

Here is a bit of "advice for bouse cleaners: '‘Thick brown paper shouty! be laid under carpets if the patent lining is not to be had. It saves wear and prevents the inroads of moths, which, howeveeJ*jri|l seldom give trouble if salt is sprinkled around the edges when the carpet is laid.’*

Mrs. Dr. Eddy was visiting in Chicago last week. Cups, saucers <bc.. way down, at the P. 6. Geo. Wigmore, of Monticollo, was in town Tuesday. Clothing sold on time at A. Leopold’s. Marriage licenses since last reported: J Presley E. Davis, | Emily Glazebrook.

W. H. Galbreath and David E. Israel, formerly of Barkley tp., are now in Chicago, and are in the “Veteran’s Police Patrol and Detective Agency.” Squire Morgan fined Conrad Hellenhousc $1 and costs, the whole amounting to $19.70, last Friday, for assault and battery on one John Youncles, on April 10. Ick Yates is improving his house ,on Front street, by building an addition to it and by putting on another half story. It will then make a large and commodious residence. Work is progressing finely on the new M. E. church. Only two brick layers are at work at the present time, but more are expected soon. They expect to have the brick work completed in five weeks. Amzi Laßue intends building a residence in a short-time. It will be a two-story frame building, modelled after Isaac CoJborn’s house, on Main street, and will be built adjoining the family residence, across the river. It will cost about $l,lOO.

Dr. I. C. Kelley has removed his dental office to Lowell, where he will hereafter practice his profession. Lowell had no regular dentist and there was a good opening for him in that town. His family will remain in Rensselaer.

The annual congregational meeting of the Presbyterian church,, for the election of church officers was held Monday evening. It was preceded in the early part of "the evening by a supper, given by the ladies of the church. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: F. Monnett, F. P. Bitters, J. C. Porter and D. E. Hollister,Elders; F. J. Sears, Trustee; G. E. Murray; and Wm. M. Wood, Ushers.

Dr. F. P. Bitters and wife axe vist ■ > iting relatives in Lafayette. Clothing sold on time n£ A. Leopold’s. t . Sheriff Blue returned home Monday, with Mra. Blue, from Kpsciousco co Jnty where, and in Michigan, the latter had been visiting relatives for some time. He came home by way of Logansport, and brought back from the asylum there, Mary Harris, of Remington, who is pronounced cured.

The editor is recovering from his attack of the quinsy but lias been able to devote but little attention to the present issue of The Republican. The young but zealous assistants in the office have got there in pretty good shape, however, with all die local news to be had in this quiet time. .

It is found that the act of the legislature with f reference to county boards of equalization is unconstitutional because there is nothing in the title concerning provisions that the fcoard shall purchase blank books and stationery. The old law was de. elated unconstitutional by the supreme court, and this one was to take its, place. -

Court adjourned on Tuesday forenoon until next Monday, the Judge, we understand, having taken exceptions to the dilatory proceedings of the lawyers. It is rumored that the bar will petition the governor to call an extra session of the legislature for the purpose of extending the terrtf of the Benton circuit court another week, in order to allow the court time in which to transact the business that comes before it at each term (?) It’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways for Sunday.—Fowler Woody Bros. Famous Male Quartette, of Chicago, will give an enter-

tainment at the Opera House, tomorrow night. This company consists of the four Woody Bros., Miss Marie Louise Howard, the famous Veritose Whistler, and Miss Maggie Woody, the celebrated Soprano Soloist The press comments all speak very favorably of this company. The proceeds will be used for the benefit of the new E. church. Let this excellent entertainment have a good house. 18,000 BoltyrOf Wall Paper at Long & Eger’s/

- f . i 1 r -i 1 VW.T-TJr.-M The machhary in about all in: place and the electric light engines will be fired ap sometime to-day or to-morrow. The probability is that the lamps win not be in working or der till the first of the week, as all the lamps are not here yet The most of the connections with the stores have already been made. Our northern Indiana exchanges inform us that the proprietors of what is known as Church Furniture Factoiy, at Auburn, Indiana, are seeking a new location. The company does not ask for aQmonetary consideration, but would like some captialist to furnish a site and erect a building and take stock in the company. Here is possibly, an opportunity for some enterprising citizen to establish a manufactory in Rensselaer that will be of general interest to the community.

Mrs. Hattie Jarrell, of has brought suit for a divorce from, that notorious tough and habitual drunkard, James Jarrell. They were married in December, 1884, and' lived together until November, 1888, She alleges habitual drunkenness, failure to provide and cruel and inhuman treatment, such as striking, kicking, choking, applying approbrious epithets, threats of violence and even death. The plaintiff asks for qflre and custody of their one ehiSr

" The pupils of the high school will give two entertainments this spring. One will be of a literary nature, given by the junior class, assisted by several of the sopohmores. The second will be an entertainment unlike any ever given by the high school in Rensselaer. It will consist largely of physiological, philosophical, chemical and electrical exjieriments, performed by the members of the senior class. All the citizens and patrons of the town should make it an object to be present at both these entertainments. The proceeds are to be applied to the library and labratory. Due notice will be given as to the time/ place and admission. V Our plow shoes have arrived. Any kind you want at Hemphill & Honan’s. y ' _