Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1889 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

Mrs: Martin is one of our finest dramatic readers in the West. ■- J , - , Everything in men’s and boys’ summer clothing at Ellis A Murray's. Fun, Fun, Fun, at the Opera House, this Thursday evening, May 9. Zepher Dress Ginghams at Ellis & Murray's. 18,000 Bolts of Wall Paper at Long A Eger’s. The ladies of the F. W. Baptist society -will meet with Mrs. Parcels, Friday afternoon. The largest and cheapest line of embroideries ever shown in Rensselaer, at Ellis & Murray’s. | Elder R. S. Dwiggins will hold services in the Church of God, next Sunday morning, at the usual hour. „ Never before were wte so well prepared to give you bargains in boots “ and shoes. Hemphill A Honan. Mr. Conrad Hildebrand and Miss Rosa Hordeman were married in the Catholic church, Tuesday forenoon, bv Rev. Anthony Dick. __ Shoes for the Infants, shoes for the children, shoes for the boys and girls, shoes for pap and mam at Hemphill & Honan’s.

Come one, come all, come great and small, to hear Mrs. Martin’s heroic, pathetic and humorous entertainment, at Opera House, to-night A fine display of buggies at C. A. Roberts’ agricultural store. Call and examine uncFlearn prices before purchasing elsewhere. There are no indications of anything more hopeful in the condition of Archibald Purcupile. The injury on liis hip shDwjsno'signs of impfovement.

Anyone wanting cattle pastured for the season will please call on or address the undersigned. He can furnish pasture for 100 head. Russell Parker. Mel Laßue received a very handsome standard bred Kentucky saddle and driving mare, last Monday. He intends to keep her for a family riding and driving mare and for breeding purposes. Wanted. —ln the'next ten days, a car load of Poultry and eggs, and for which I will pay the very highest prices in cash, at my stand on Front street. Don’t fail to call and see me J. R. Smith. Miss Elmira Monnett, the artist, is making preparations to take up her residence in Evanston, a beautiful suburb of Chicago, situated a few miles north of that city, on the shore Of Lake Michigan. The several heavy frosts of the latter part of last week nipped a good deal of early garden stuff and did more or less damage to small fruits, but the extent of which damage is variously estimated by different persons.

Ev-Surveyor Alter and his brother are working on an invention whereby they expect to utilize the enormous surplus pressure of gas wells to operate machinery with. Mr. Alter states that a vast amount of power is going to waste, at all the wells in the country. An attempt was made to rob the Dwiggins syndicate bank at Walkerton, this state, one day last week. The burglars blew off the big outside door of the safe with dynamite and then tried to open the inner door, but struck a layer of hardened steel, so hard that their drills could make no impression upon it. The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra la, are postmasters. Tefft has a new one in the jierson of J. W. Adkins, who succeeds C. C. Jones, wnrjr~i •i| awn ii - n ~ m " rrr~ ii ~riii• rTrn)*~~ rr •"ir-' p —i ~• i runr fired out, and DeMotte follows suit with C. O. Spencer, who succeeds M. M. Tyler, resigned- Rose I-awn also falls Into line. Mr. Tanner is the appointee at that village. Mrs. B. F. Ferguson, who recently underwent a very severe and dangerons surgical operation at St, Luke’s Hospital, Chicago, is reported to be doing excellently, and likely to be able to return home in three or four weeks. The physicians at the hospital are confident that the operation will prove very beneficial to her general health.

Mrs; Martin’s entertainment will be pure and elevating. To-night. 25 gallons of pure cider apple butter, at Priest A Paxton’s; Every mother should see the stock of boys’ suits at Ellis A Murray’s. Remember that Mrs Martin gives her dramatic reading Thursday evening of this week. <* Talk about Clothing! Just call at Leopold’s and look at styles and qualities and learn prices. Rev. W. H. Kearns of Remington will occupy the pulpit at the Presbyterian church, next Sabbath. It is conceded that Priest A Paxton’s Michigan Wifiter Wheat Flour has the lead. We notice by the Rossville, 111., Press that our ex-townsman, ATT£. Yeoman, is rejoicing over the birth of twin sons.

Boots and Shoes can be obtained , at Leopold’s for at least 25 per cent, less than at Any other house. All goods warranted. Everyone who is sick, everyone who is sad and everyone who enjoys a laugh, should go to the Opera House to-night and hear Mrs. Martin. Wool Wanted. —For which the highest market price will be paid. See me before selling. J. R. Smith, State Superintendent Lafollette has written Superintendent Warren announcing his intention to attend the Jasper, County Teacher’s Institute, this year. 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.

Mr. A. J. Davis, the well known piano tuner of Hartford, Mich., is in town on one of lus regular semi-an-n rial visits. He has tuned pianos in Rensselaer for the last nine years. No ladj’ can afford to miss calling on Ray Leopold and examining her stock of Dress Goods, Shawls, and ladies’ and children’s Hosiery, in all grades and at the lowest prices. The Indianapolis Sun is a cheap but sprightly arid newsy afternoon paper established in the state capital just one year ago. The paper seems to be prosperous, and was enlarged Last week. The contract has been let for the new brick school house at Remington, and the building will be pushed rapidly to completion. It will cost $10,500 and will be an excellent building in every way. Alkanah J. Galbreath, of Barkley tp., and Mrs. Sarah Marion, of Rens selaer, were married last Thursday, by Rev. E. G. Pelley, at the M. E. parsonage. It is the second matrimonial venture for the groom and the fourth f<# the bride.

The Prosecuting attorney of Tip]>eenHoe county has filed thirty-six more tax suits involviug a tax valuation of about one hundred thousand dollars. This makes about a half million of hidden taxables upon which he is suing to recover taxes for several years past. —Logansport Journal. Miss Elbirdie C. Daugherty, only daughter, of John Daugherty, of Marion tp., and Mr. Charles O. Vaniee of Monon, were married at G o’clock last evening, Wednesday; May H, at the residence of the bride’s father, a few miles southeast of Rensselaer. Rev. B. F. Ferguson performing the marriage ceremony. The man Ilansen. of Cedar Lake, who shot and killed Lawrence Brill, the gardener from near Chicago, a few weeks ago, has been acquitted. Brill was inside a L. N. A. & C. freight car when shot Hansen claimed that the abofttfqg Was accidental, which fact must have been shown to the satisfaction of the jury trying the case. Last Saturday was the monthly horse-sale day. There was a good many people in town, but not many horses were .offered for sale. The reason being that just now most farmers have so much work for their horses that they can not afford to sell any. It is likely that after the rush of spring work is over that horses will be brought in and offered for sale, on market day, in large numbers. . -

.. -Every lover M dramatic -reading should hear Mrs. Martin this evening. Look out for bargains at Priest Jt Paxton’s. Clothing’ sold on time at A. Leopold’*:. Paris Harrison has bought the grocer}’ business of Henry Fisher, on Main street, and took possession. FARMERS. Sell your wheat and Buy the Michigan Flour of Priest A Paxton.

Mrs. Martin, the dramatic reader comes under the auspices of the Ladies Literary Society. FLOUR! Fi.oru! Flour! Michigan White Wheat flour sold by Priest A Paxton, only* An old man from Australia named Stott visited a daughter in Winamac last week, who had supposed him dead for 30 years.

O. M. Daugherty visited his parents last Saturday ami Sunday.- life school in Porter count}’ will close in a couple of weeks, after which he will act as solictor and reporter for the Valparaiso Yjdette, The venerable John Antrim and wife, of Jewell county, Kansas, .are visiting relatives in this vicinity. Mr. Antrim is an elder brother of the late Thomas Antrim, ex-Recorder of this county. Ilis age is about 82 years.

Wm. Daniels, of Barkley tp.. went to Indianapolis, Monday night, to answer to a summons to serve on the Federal jury. He “did Trot at ail relish the prospect of leaving his farm work for an indefinite period, at this time of the year. Mr. and Mrs. Rial Benjamin and their grand-daughter, Miss Maud, arrived home from Florida last Saturday, as expected. Their winter in the South lias proved beneficial to Mrs. Benjamin and the young lady, but has not agreed so well with I'ncle Rial. There seems-to be but little question that the Lquisville, New Albany & Chicago road intends to build a road south from Indianapolis, to strike their main line at Mitchell or some other point. The proposed line would be built on the survey of the Indianapolis & Evansville Straightlinc, made twenty years ago. which followed the canid bank south from the city to Waverly and passed through the fine stone quarries in the southern part of tlue state. —Indianapolis Journal. The election last Monday in the neighboring town of Monon was a very lively affair, by all accounts. Three tickets were in the field, Republican, Democratic and Independent. The entire Republican ticket was elected, with the exception of one councilman. The chief interest centered in a contest for councilman between Noble J. York, Republican, and Dan M. Carr, Independent Democrat, ami both, by-the-wny, former citizens of Rensselaer. The final | count showed that York had scooped his oppoueut by the immense majority of just one vote.

There is considerable trouble in Purdue University, just at this time. According to an established custom the Junior class gavx? a public literary entertainment, one evening last week, and according to another established custom the under classes of the University turned the entertainment into a pandemonium, by all sorts of good natured devilment. The faculty got wrathful over the matter, and by way of an example expelled two students, one Sophomore and one Freshman. As luck would have it, one of these was our own young townsman, Harve Robinson. He is an excellent young man and, wo um confident, was no more deserving of expulsion tlian scores of others who | were engaged hi the same ruction. Their fellow students arc very indignant at the harsh action of the faculty and a large number of them have entered injtb an agreement to stand by the expelled students until they are rc-instated. Jn the language of the West Lafayette Herald, “Provided the faculty does not act in accordance with the wishes of the at large one of the moH interesting 'rackets’ tliat luu ever occurred In a • western college is expected to ensue.”

jspuig-"JacketsAf" Ellis | A Murray’s. j A fine big boy was born to Lew Thornton, the section man,.last Sunday. Go to Ellis A Murray’s for summer clothing. Uncle Rial Benjamin has been quite sick, with a bowel trouble, since last Sunday. j Summer corsets at Ellis A Mur- | ray's. Wm. Salter, of Ulyssus. Kansas, is visiting his Rensselaer friends for a ' week or two. ~.— Tr --- We still continue to make best cabinet photos at |2.50 per dozen. J. C. Williams. The managers of the Indian School | are wanting the electric light system I extended to that institution, in which i i it would be a great acquisition. The hot weather and heavy winds of the last few days have dried the ground amazing fast, and there is great need for rain. *

A hot box in the dynamo caused the electric lights to shut down rather early Tuesday night. Some Utile troubles of that character are to be expected while the machinery is still new. Wm. G. Smith, oldest son of Wm. Smith, of Rensselaer, and Miss Mary Booher, of Milroy tp., were married Tuesday, by Rev. B. F. Ferguson, in his office in Leopold’s corner buildirig. There was a big party at Peter Hordeman’s south of town, Tuesday, in celebration of the marriage of liis daughter to Mr. Conrad Ililderbrand. A large number of Rensselaer people attended the party. Mrs. F. B. Meyer is expected home by next Sunday. She has been at St. Luke’s hospital, Chicago, for about five weeks, and undergone a severe surgical operation. Her general health is said to be greatly improved. Marriage licenses issued since last reported: | Alkanah J. Galbrealh. ( S»l’ah Marion. ( Clias. 0. .Ynnice, ( ElbirdieC. Daugherty, \ Conrad Hildebrand, ( Rosa Ilordenmn. i Wm. C. Smith, ( Mary A. Booher.

A meeting of the stockholders of the American Midland road, formerly the New York, Mahoning <fe Western, has been called for May lath at Findlay, 0., to vote on the authorizing of first mortgage bonds of the company, to an amount not to exceed sso,(¥>o a mile on the portion of the road now built to continue the construction westward.—Rochester Tribune. The above mentioned company is the one which recently had recorded in this county a change of name from the ‘‘American Midland” to the Newcastle, Fort Wayne <fc Western Railway Company. The probable line of its proposed extension westward is about coincident with that of the Rochester, Rensselaer ik St. Louis Ry. To the Fimendb and Patrons ok the Pcni. ic Schools: By attending our exercises on the evenings of May 10th and 17th; at the Opera House, yon will aid us in adding books to our library and in procuring appnratus for the Laboratory. These tilings are a necessity. A good school cannot be good and keep abreast with the times without them. We take it for granted that you are desirofls of having your children well taught, thoroughly disciplined and amply prepared to battle successfully in this age of investigation and advancement: to have them Ih* the equals, in

ability, of others whose'opportunities j are the same and to make stirides! of no mean dimensions in Literature, in Science, in Mathematics and in Physiology. To do this will require both time and money. We ask you ft»r but little, for which little we shall try to give you value received. Slake up your minds to be present, encourage others to be present, do all the good you can in this wvy for the school and your children will in time be amply rewarded. Very Respectfully _ Your obedient Servant. F. W. Uel BELT.