Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1889 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

Fred L. Chilcote is working in Willis Imes’ bank, at Monon. Zepher Dress Ginghams at Ellis & Murray's. The time to make money is now by trading at The Economy Store. The post-office contest at Monon was settled by the appointment of Alfred Ball. The Trade Palace is the place to buy boots and shoes. They keep only the best and sell cheapest. The Monon Times records the birth of a nine pound daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Noble J. York, on May 26th. We have the finest line of ladies’ summer under-wear in the city. Tjie Economy Stork.

C. B. Steward has>eeeived intelligence of the death of his half-brother, A. D. Barr, of consumption, at Norwich, N. Y., last Sunday. The finest assortment of Carpets in town, is at A. Leopold’s, Call and see them, whether you wish to buy or not. Bricklaying on the new church was resumed last Monday. A few more days will complete the brickwork. Ladies, you should see those Zephyr Robes at the Economy Store. They are beauties, and eheaper this year than ever before. Judge Hammond has gone to Columbus, Ohio, to take depositions in the Turpie vs. Lowe case, which comes up for trial, at Logansport, next week. * Remember, when you want anything in the Dry Goods line or boots and shoes it will be to your interest to look through our stock. Economy Stork. A. K. Sills, of Monticello, has secured a rich plum. He has been appointed special swamp-land agent, under the Interior Department at a salary of $2,500 per year. Harve Robinson has been reinstated at Purdue University". He went to Lafayette this week to pass examination for next year’s term, the school having closed during his absence. | The State Superintendent of Public Instruction made the May apportionment of schopl money, last Monday, Jasper county’s share is $5,313.00, on an enumeration of 3,036 children.

Lawyers W. 11. H. Graham and R. W. Marshall havemoved into rooms up-stairs in the Makeever building. They have the two rooms on the west side of the hall, formerly occupied by M. F; Ckilcote and opposite his present office. Births. — To Mr. and Mrs. George Parker, of Nekton township, a son, May 29. To Mr. and Mrs. George Snodgrass, of Jordan township, a daughter, June 2. To Rev. and Mrs. U. M. McGuire, Rensselaer, a daughter, June 2. Last Thursda}' l)rs. Hartsell and Washburn opened an abscess on Mr. A. Purcupile’s thigh, with the result that his symptoms have been much more favorable, since the operation. Dr. Hall, the Chicago physician who was called to consult in the case, failed to come. A. Thompson and Geo. K. 110 l lings worth went to Chicago yesterday, to attend the meeting of the stockholders of the Republic Gold Mine Company. A new board of directors was to be elected and it was the intention to present Mr. Hollingsworth’s name as one of them. There are 7000 shares of the mine held in Rensselaer. Everything is now in excellent shape for an early completion of the - new M. E. church, only excepting there is not, by any means, that free and profuse inflow of cash into the hands of the finance committee that is desirable. The brethren and halfbrethren ..and brethren-in-law who have subscribed to the building fund, ought to be getting down deep into their pockets right away, for cash is the great and pressing need of the hour. Every mother should see the stock of boys’ suits at Ellis A Murray's.

Billy Bull is the latest purchaser of a lot in Leopold’s “New Oklahoma.” Go to Ellis & Murray’s for summer clothing. The Delphi people have raised lots more money and are continuing their boring for gas deeper down. A second hand 50-inch Columbia bicycle for sale cheap. Enquire at this office. embroideries ever shown in Rensselaer, at Ellis & Murray’s. Uncle Rial Benjamin has been very poorly ever since his return from Florida, but is now beginning to improve considerably. Shoes for the infants, shoes for the children, shoes for the boys and girls, shoes for pap and mam at Hemphill I & Honan’s. j

In the list of grand jurors published last week our typo accidentally omitted the name of Thomas 11. McCullough, of Gillam township. -■ Boots and Shoes can be obtained I at Leopold’s for at least 25 per cent.: less than at any other house. All ! goods warranted. Noble J: York’s mail route is from \ Michigan City to Indianapolis, but ' over a branch of the L. E. & W. Ry., and not over the Monon Route as j previously stated. Those perfect fitting, easy and flexible shoes that the ladies like so well are sold at the Economy Store. Try a pair and you will have no; others. There will be no catalogue of the j town schools published this year, as the School Board has concluded to try the plan of publishing a Catalogue evety two years, only. Quite a snug sum of money passes through the office of the county I treasurer in a year’s time. The total j amount handled for the fiscal year ending June Ist, all told, was slOl, 985. Trustee Greenfield, who has had office room with Lawyers Graham and j Marshall for some time past, will con- j tinue to do so in the future, having | moved with them into the Makeever building. The contract for the tin roof for the new church has been given to M. E. Humphrey & Co., of Indianapolis. The contract price, which includes felting, is $7.50 per square. The total cost of the roof at that price will be about $350.

Those ancient and unsightly cottonwood trees at Mike Ilalloran’s corner were cut down last Monday. The work was done under the direction of tire Town Marshal and at the town’s expense. The town gets the wood, which is worth about as much as the cost of the job. At the Baptist church, the monthly covenant meeting will be held on Saturday, June 8, at 2p. m. It will be an important meeting, and a geneffil attendance of the members is urged. Sunday appointments: Sunday School 9:90 a. m. Gospel Service 10:4.3 a. m. Children’s Day exercises, 7 ;45 p. m. Judge Ward on Tuesday appointed the following named citizens to serve as members of the County Board of Equalization: Seth J. Bentley, of Kankakee tp., Wm. Essen, of Jordan lp„ Nelson Randle, of Barkley tp.. and David B. Nowels, of Marion tp. The Board will meet on. Monday i June 17, and not last Monday, as was erroniously stated last week. The late Legislature changed the, time of meeting from the first Monday in June to the third Monday. It is said that Dowell, the irrepressible, has broken out again, and that a Jasper county man, Frank Moore, of Barkley tp., came near being ‘•done up” by him. Dowell has sold or pretended to sell, his Jasper county insurance business to Mobrc and it is said that they had quarrelled and and that Dowell drew his gun; but one of his body guards knocked it out of his hand before he could train it upon his opponent. Dowell now has his headquarters in Winamac, and, it is said, never visits Francesvillc except under the protection of two special deputy sheriffs.

The Presbyterian Sunday School will observe Childrens’ Day at the church next Sundav evening. Services in morning by Rev. Tressls 1 . - j A fine display of buggies at C, A. Roberts’ agricultural store. Call and examine and learn prices before purchasing elsewhere. We put it on record that there was • a snow storm in this locality, last j Thursday", May 30th. Few persons can remember storm so Tate I in the season. No lady can afford to miss calling on Ray Leopold and examining her j stock of Dress Goods, Shawls, and ladies’ and children’s Hosiery, in all, grades and at the lowest prices. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. A. F. of southeast Marion tOAvnship, last Friday. Their next older and only child is now 14 years old.

J Mrs. Morrissey, of Grand Haven, ! Mich., was in town yesterday. She !is the mother of the unfortunate 1 young man who was stabbed at Wheatiield, last November. Monon has a paper again, sure enough. Its name is the “Monon Times,” and' the first number was issued last week. The publishers aie Winkley and Grady. We wish them success. The Momence Rock Commission will meet in Indianapolis, tomorrow, at which time their engineer will make his report, and if no mistake is discoverad therein, the Commission will proceed to advertise for bids for the removal of the obstructing rock. • A Leopold has just received one of the finest stocks of Summer clothing, consisting of Alpaca coats and vests, of all colors. Trap-to-dae coats and vests; Seersucker and Seaside Linens. Call soon as they will be sold at such low prices as will astonish you. Rev. D. W. Jessee sends notice of a Basket Meeting to be held at Pleasant Grove Church on Sunday June 16th, at which time he will administer the ordinance of baptism and re ceive probationers into full connection. He will be assisted by Rev. D. A. Rogers, of Jamestown. W. W. Pfrimmer, the Kent land poet, was elected County Superintendent in Newton county, last Monday. Twenty -fi ve ball ots were taken, the last being a tie between Mr. Pfrimmer and a Mr. Fagan and the county auditor thereupon decided the matter by giving liis casting yote for Mr. Pfrimmer.

The only new news of the Rochester. Rensselaer & St. Louis Ry. we have to offer this week is that yesterday Judge Slick, of Chicago, Att’y., for the Company, J. T.,Holsinger, of Winamac, the secretary and Mr. \Noland. the civil engineer, were in town in the interest of the company. All they had to say indicated that the prospects for the immediate budding of the road are very favorable. A sad accident oecured at the neighboring village of Mt. Ayr, last Friday afternoon. Clare, the 15 months old son of Dr. Merry, fell against a hot stove and burned the palms of his hands so badly that lock jaw resulted and death from convulsions followed* Saturday evening; The funeral was held on Monday forenoon. Mrs. Merry, the child’s mother, is a sister of M. F. and John C. Chilcote, of this place. Clerk Irwin has been preparing transcripts of the records of two more cases appealed to the Supreme Court, from this county. The everlasting Pearcy vs. Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company ease goes up again and so also does the venue case from Newton county, of John A. Abbott vs. Elizabeth Sell. In this last mentioned case Mary Wheat, when only lfi years old, sold a piece of land to Elizabeth Sell, and allowed the latter to retain undisputed possession for nearly 20 years. She then sold the same land to John A. Abbott, and the suit was brought by him to get possession of the land and a quiet title. The court decided in favor of the defendant and now Abbott takes an appeal.

Aeeording to the Gilman, 111., Star, Mr. Lee, president of the Rochester, Rensselaer A St. Louis Ry. Co., stated at Gilman that he expected that the road would be completed to Gilman during the present year; and that the trains of the compan}" would run to Springfield, 111., from Gilman, over the Springfield branch of the Illinois Central, and thence oyer another line into St. Louis. Drs. S. A. McMelleu, specialist in the treatment of diseases of the eye, j treats all diseases of the eye with medicine and has been successful where many eminent oculists. have failed, and in no case lias ever injured an eye. Will visit Rensselaer every two weeks. Dates of next visit June 6, 7. Office with Mrs. Mary E. Hopkins, on Front street, ts. Hon. Anson Wolcott, of Wolcott, lias brought suit in the Jasper Circuit Court, by Thompson & Bro., his at-

torneys, against the Pan Handle Ry. Co., for the sum of thirty-thousand dollars. This is by far the largest sum ever sued for in tiiis court. Mr. Wolcott, who is an extensive shipper of hay and grain, bases his claim for damages upon the facts that it is the regular practice of the Pan Handle to neglect to furnish cars to shippers living upon their line but not at competing points, while at competing points cars are always to be had, at any time and in any number^—Anoth- - er point on which the suit is based is the practice of the company to raise the freight rates from Mr. Wolcott’s shipping points, after the freight is offered. As, for instance, after he had demanded cars for 400 tons of hay, they raised the rate on him to the-extent of a dollar a ton.