Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1889 — MORE AND MORE LIKE IT. [ARTICLE]

MORE AND MORE LIKE IT.

inclay nigm. i" O3 A beet sugar company starta-uicd an Wranciseo with a capital of. a ! i “ <ll’l'SS goods just h Minister, has arnv » j The new Den^ eo P old s ‘ Thui’Siii ening, May 9. C oiftlsag’ soi<t on time at A. Leopold’s. Saturday is Sale Day, in Rensselaer. Don’t forget it, farmers. Ladies’fine shoes $1.50 to $5 at Heinphiil & Honan’s. Nineteen applicants for teacher's licenses were examined by Superintendent Warren, last Saturday. Ladies if you wish to see one of the finest stocks of imported dress goods, call at A. Leopold’s. The High School entertainment at the Opera House, Friday evening,, May" 10. Be there. For Silks, Satins and Plushes go to A.Ueopold’s. No better. larger or finer assortment in the country. Uncle Sol Wells, of Ohio, is making his Rensselaer relatives another welcome visit. We still continue to make best cabinet photos at $2.50 per dozen. ° J. C. Williams. The town of Rochester is also to have electric lights. The ThompsonHuston system, which is the same as thafin Rensselaer, will be used. '< A fine display of buggies at C. A. Roberts’ agricultural store. Call and examine and learn prices before purchasing elsewhere. Come one, come all, come great ' and small, to hear Mrs. Martin’s heroic, pathetic and .liumoi’Qlia entertainment. Shoes for the infants, shoes for the children, shoes for the .boys and girls, shoes for pap and mam at Hemphill & Honan’s. Mrs. Lizzie Lester left yesterday for her home at Alliance, Nebraska. She lias been here since the death of her father, D. S. Makeover. It is now stated that the company which has been formed in Francesville to-supply the town with gas i has bought Bucklin’s best well and; will pipe the town this summer. 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. The reported re-instatement of A. W. Cole as route agent on the Monon, was a mistake, and grew out of his making a few trips over the line, as a substitute. * Mr. Jerome Harmon and Mrs. Sue E. Tribby, a young couple from Remington, were married at the Makeover House, Monday afternoon, Squire J. C. Morgan performing the ceremony. - - ——— Wanted.—ln the next ten days, a car load of Poultry and eggs, and fori which I will pay the very highest prices in cash, at my stand on Front street. Don’t fail to call and see mej J. R. Smith. Miss Irwin and Mr. Taylor, two of our town teachers were sick with sore throats Monday, and unable to teach. Miss Irwin’s place was filled by her neice, Miss Anna Irwin, but Mr. Ta dor’s roonr was dismissed. The contract for seats for the new M. E. church has been closed with the Findlay Manufacturing Company, of Findlay, Ohio. The Seats will be of antique oak;, finished with cherry. They will be very handsome and comfortable seats. W. P. Baa. of Chicago,. ..Um boot and shoe Rrujhmer whose sample trunk fell upon him five or six weeks ago. was in town Saturday. ... He reported that his injuries proved more serious than he supposed they would, and that he was laid up for several weeks.

The township graduation exercises at Snylerville, last Saturday evening, were very fine and, in spite of the very unfavorable weather, very largely attended. The graduates were five in number: Lucy Nowels, of Marion tp., and Wilber Tharp, Mary Goetz,, Erhardena Weurthner, and Harvey Henkle, of Newton tp.

> of Cook’s head an? ntly. £ he Opera House. R ’’Don’t forget the dance at the Opera [House, to-night. - A big line of fine top jobs at C. A. Roberts’. Prices way down low. Mrs. Martin is one of our finest dramatic readers in the West. Clofliiiig sold on time at A. Leopold’s. Be sure to attend the literary entertainment, May 10. IS,OOO Bolts of Wall Paper at Long & Eger’s. Hear your daughters, sons, cousins, relatives, friends, neighbors and acquaintances at the literary, May 10. Never before were we so well prepared to give you bargains in boots and shoes. Hemphill & Honan. Elder R. S. Dwiggins, of the Church of God, will preach in the Christian church, next Sunday, at 10:30 A. M. The quarterly meeting of the Rensselaer Circuit will be held May 11 and 12. The service at Neverfail will be held on the 11th, at 3 p. m. That was a very nice convention in the court house Monday night, and it nominated a very nice ticket, which will, we think, be elected by a very nice majority. The Comity Board oC "Education held their regular May meeting, yesterday afternoon. A full report of their proceedings will be given next week. Loren Sylvester, late manager of the Economy Store, left Tuesday afternoon for SiOux Falls, Dakota, where he will take charge of a farmers’ loan agency. Marriage licenses issued since last week. ( Jacob Melser, ( Etta Tilton. | Jerome Harmon, j Sue E. Tribby. The Town Board had a special meeting last' Friday night to settle with the Treasurer. The finances of the town are in excellent shape, as will be seen by reference to the official financial exhibit, published elsewhere in this paper. There will be no services in the M. E. church next Sunday, as Pastor Pelley intends to spend that day in Evanston, 111., and to remain there long enough to banquet with his college chums and enjoy a visit with his Alma Mater. The 3rd quarterly meeting will be held at the M. E. church, on May 11 and 12. Rev. W. F. Clark, of Kentland, will conduct the services. Services at 2:30 P. M., on Saturday, the quarterly conference immediate!} 7 following. Sabbath services in the usual order. C. S. Yates, tenant of Shelby Grant’s farm, and John Kohler had trouble over a line fence, and Yates was before Squire Morgan, Monday, and fined five dollars for trespass. He knocked some gaps in the fence which Kohler built. He took an appeal to j the circuit court. ! D. J. Thompson’s term as Grand 1 Patron of the Grand Chapter of Indiana, of the order of the Eastern Star, closed last week. This fact reminds us that Rensselaer has had ! its full share of the honors of this . order, having furnished a Grand Matron, a Grand Patron and a Grand Lecturess.

Mrs. M. Chipman was driving in Peter Giver’s mail cart, last Thursday, when the horse was frightened at a piece of paper in the street and shying suddenly, threw Mrs. Chipm&n out arnl ißjuml.berqaitaftwara ly. So much that she remained unconscious several hours, and was confined to her bed several days after the accident. Commencement Week Exebcises.The first of the commencement exercises wiil be the Baccalaureate Address, delivered by the Rev* Dr. J. F. Tuttle, President of Wabash College, on Sunday afternoon. May 19. at 2 o’clock, in the Opera House. Every lover of education is, cordially invited to be present to hear Dr. , Tuttle, as he is an able, pleasant and , forcible speaker. F. W. Rkcbevt, Supt Schools.

Remember the Sale Day, next Saturday. - Clothing* sold on lime at A. Leopold’?-. The F. W. Baptist sewing society will meet with Mrs. Parcels, Friday. Clothing Mold on time at ALeo------Mrs. W. N. Wilson, nee Mrs. Kissinger, of Hegewisch, 111., is visiting friends in this vicinity. For henriettas in black and othercolors, collar silk warp and silk fin ish, call at A. Leopold’s. Everyone who is sick, everyone who is sad and everyone who enjoys a laugh, should go to the Opera House and hear Mrs. Martin. The town of Fair Oaks can now[ revel in the luxury of a new postmaster. Thomas H. Davisson is the ! man and he succeeds Thotaas J. Mallatt, removed. Mr. and Mi’s. Rial Benjamin are i expected home from Florida, next i Saturday. C. J. Brown, who has also . been in Florida all winter, is expec- . ted home in a short time. Judge Healy has got his old house moved and fitted up for a temporary residence for himself and for a permanent tenant house, later, and work on his new residence is in -active progress. It will be a handsome and spacious building.

W. J. Mirier, the well known painter, has bought the Wilson drug store, in Mt. Ayr, and took possession of the same last Saturday. It is not a new business with Mr. Miller,Jlie having been engaged in it before. He has many friends in Rensselaer to wish him success. R. S. Dwiggins arrived in Rensselaer last Monday night, from his winter’s stay in Mexico. He reports that the prospects of the mine of which he is superintendent continue to grow brighter and that, in fact, there is no longer any question but that is sure to prove a great success. County Surveyor Thrawls made a trip to Taylorville, Christian Co., 111., last week, getting home on Saturday morning. He went to visit an older brother, Joseph Thrawls, who had lately suffered from two strokes of paralysis, and was thought to be in danger of the third and fatal stroke. His age is 70 years. Geo. W. Nichols died in Barkley tp., last Friday, of consumption,Rafter a long illness. He was a son of W. H, Nichols, better known as “ Yankee -Nichols.” I lis age was 29 years and he was unmarried. The funeral was held Saturday, the services being conducted by Rev. G. W. Payne. Interment in the Brown Cemetery.

The High School Literary Entertainment will be given in the Opera House, May 10, and this will be followed, a week later, May 17, by the Electric Experimental Entertainment, given by Prof. Reubelt and the Senior Class. The proceeds of both entertainments are to be applied to the library and the laboratory. Patronize both entertainments liberally. Let the whole family go—all families go. New Albany Tribune; Leon Bailey who drew the indictments against so many innocent people in Indiana for alleged election frauds is a more cunning rogue than even his friends gave him credit for. By having the indictments found, he could get his ' fees as District Atttorney and put i thousands of dollars into the pockets jof the U. S. Marshal, but knowing ■ that there was no evidence to snp- ! port his cases, he knew also that it ’ would never do to let them be tried, ntfith CTree tic drew WffidlctfifiJfitrnr such a way that they had to be quashed. If bn. I. D. Dunn, of Dunnville, was in town Monday. He reports that the Momence rock commission of which he is a member, is having a thorough and careful survey made of the rock to be removed, upon the completion of which plans and specifications of the work to be done can be prepared. We take it that prospect for the early completion of this work have considerably brightened since the Supreme Court affirmed the validity of the law authoriz*ing the causal deficit loan.

Don’t fail to attend the literary entertainment at the Opera House. A. Miss Nellie Fife, of Delphi, is visite ing her sister, Mrs. F. A. Finney. Mrs. Martin’s entertainment will be pure and clevating. - —— .Owing to our large discounts on paper this year we are offering it at c6st. Long & Eger, Our plow’ shoes have arrived. Any kind you want at Hemphill & Honan’s. Mr, Taylor, president of the Economy Store Co., is in town looking after the interests of his Rensselaer establishment.

The way to get a series of first class entertaimnehts-in Rensselaer is to give a good patronage to the few really good ones that do come. Rev. J. T. Abbett, now ofvWilliamsport, visited his parents in Barkley tp., oyer Sunday, .and Ms Rens-selaci-Tnends on Tuesday’ amTA part of Wednesday. Spring house-cleaning is now a virulent epidemic in Rensselaer, and if matters grow much worse the male population will take to the woods in a body. .The members of the—Rensselaer Cominercial Agency w-ill meet at the town hall, Friday evening, May 3rd. C. W. Coen C. D. Nowels. Sec’y. Pres.

Wm. Willetts, who went from Hanging Grove to Southern California, last fall has" returned, satisfied to remain in Jasper county. In California there are more men than jobs, several times oveh A congregation which filled the Presbyterian church to the utmost limit of its capacity, attended the services, in commemoration of Washington’s Inauguration. Rev. Tressler delivered a very able and instructive discourse appropriate to the occasion. E. L. Hollingsworth has sold his fine farm just on the north border of Rensselaer, to Marion H. Owens, of Urbana, Champaign Co., 111. The farm contains IGI acres and the price paid was SGHBO. Mr. Owen will occupy the farm next year, and engage extensively in the business of horse breeding. Logansport Journal: Hon., W. D. Owen left yesterday for Washington, being called there by important busL ness in the Departments. By the appointment of Carlisle, he representative of the House of Congress at the great National Centennial celebration in New York next Tuesday and may be present on that occasion.

Lust Monday was the twentieth I wedding anniversary of Shelby] Grant, Superintendent of the Poor Farm, and his estimable wife, and his neighbors and friends signalized ; the occasion by a surprise dinner, at | which nearly 70 persons were present ‘ and partook of a big dinner ami en- ■ joyed a pleasant time generally. Mr. Lewis, of the Wells Glass Co., of Chicago, was in town Monday and exhibited several beautiful designs for windows for the new brick church, which lutd been specially prepared, at Mr. Prlley’s orders. The designs contemplate windows of opalescent cathedral glass, combined with cut jewels. It is the intention to choose windows in keeping with the interior finish and furnishings of the church, which will be of the latest designs and first class in every respect. The designs referred to would do credit to any oity ©huiioh,. It is ' said, that the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago "will put a corps of engineers in the field, in a few weeks, to run a line from a point on the Monon about ten miles out from New Albany to Indianapolis. The Monon people seriously contemplate constructing this piece of road in the near future, and will have the preliminary survey and estimates made within the next sixty or ninety days. The new line, if built, will make the distance between Louisville and Chicago abo st forty miles less than the L. N. A. & C.’s presept mileage between the cities named.

► It is a big job to install an electric light plant, and to get the many ! ‘and complicated parts thereof, in ■complete and exact working order; ■ and no one should be out of patience I because, even j'et, every thing is not quite in readiness for a start. Matters are now very near that point, "sq. ♦ near, in fact, that it was thought likely; at one time yesterday, that the street larniis at least would be lighted last night; but unexpected difficulties iin getting the dynamo and the many appliances connected with it, exacty adjusted to its work, caused a postponement for one night, at least.

r Jacob Melsor and Etta Tilton came down from Wheatfield, last Thursday night, and the next day procured a marriage license and were married in the parlor of the MAkeever House, ' by The young lady , was only about 17 years of age, and I therefore was not entitled to a marriage license without the consent of her prirepts. She did not have any written consent but made affidavit that her parents had verbally consented to the marriage. Later it became known that her father, J. H. Tilton, a merchant and prominent citizen of Wheatfield, was very much opposed to the marriage. 2

What iT allegecU to Tiiive been a meeting of the farmers of Gilboa tp., in Benton county, was held oh April 20th at which some very vigorous “resoluting” was indulged in. It was resolved that no binding twine will be used unless the price comes down to reasonable figures. The charges of the.Fpwler Republican for publishing the viewers’ report in the Biddle gravel road were declared to be “public robbery” but nothing was said about the almost equally large charges of the Oxford Tribune in the case of the “Range Line” road. It was further resolved that in view of the burdensome conditions imposed by Mr. Fowler in bis proposed college donation to the- county, that; it should not be accepted.

Court item in LoganapoA Journal; James IL, and William Turpie vs. Hugh LovTe, suit on demur tried in this court on a change of venue from White county. This case is one which involves about $125,000 and which has been in court for the past three years. James 11. and William Turpie deeded a large amount of property located in White county, to Hugh Lowe, with the understanding that he pay all indebtedness against the same. This they claim he failed to do, thereby acting in bad faith in not complying with the terms of the contract. The plaintiffs now bring suit to recover $125,000, and the case is being fought vigorously on both I sides. The defense is represented by ! Judge E. P. Hammond, of Rensselaer, IR. P. Davidson, of Lafayette, and [ Nelson and Myers, of this city, while [Judge Walker, of Peru, D. D. Dykeman, S. T. McConnell and D. C. Justice of this city act for the plaintiffs. The case came up for hearing yesterdny and was continued iill later in the term.

The R. R & St. L R. It- Makes a Big Raise. A gentleman from Winamac arrived in town Tuesday, and although he remained only for an hour or J two yet during his stay he transacted a little item of business which fur- i nishes a surer basis for faith in the early building of the Rochester, Rensselaer St. Louis Railroad, than , anything else that has been done or. said, for years. The gentleman was 1 John T. Holsinger, secretary of the above named corporation, and the business that brought him was the filing for record of a mortgage fertile sum of two million one bun dred thousand dollars, given by the said company to the Central Trust Company, of New York. The filing of this instrument furnishes seemingly conclusive corroboration of the statement heretofore made that the company had at last completed ar- : rangemente with eastern parties whereby the capital necessary to con- , struct the road had been completed, i Two million dollars will build a good l many miles of railroad, through such . a country as that between Rochester, Ind., and Gilman, Illinois.