Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1889 — Locals and Personals. [ARTICLE]

Locals and Personals.

Marcus G. Lewis, of Jordan tp. has just been granted a pension. Wooden ware given aw r ay at Priest A Paxton’s, with baking powder. A beautiful line of 5 cent lawns at Economy Store. A. Purcupile continues to make favorable progress. His condition is now very encouraging. Closing out millinery and all kinds of mens’straw hats, rt.just one-half price, at the Chicago Bargain-House, j The quarterly meeting of the M. L. i church will be held on the 27th and 28th, inst. Dr. Smith, the presiding elder, will officiate. Women’s fine, hand-turned shoes and men’s kangaroo and Douglas shoes a specialty. Chicago Bargain House.

The Fourth was celebrated at Ivcntland by.races on the new fair grounds there, for big purses. The attendance was very large, not less than 2,400 at least. Womens’ kid shoes, silk worked button holes only $ 1 per pair. Children’s shoes 25 cts. per pair. Men’s shoes 75cts to $1 per pair. Chicago Bargain House. Fred Phillips is home after a 7 or 8 months’ tour with Ruses & Swift’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company. He will rejoin the company when it resumes business in September. Everyone should avail themselves “bTthe rare opportunity “for buying anything they want, at the closing out sale of the Chicago Bargain House, next to Makeover’s bank.

Frank Kcpner is very sick with double pneumonia. Ilis condition a few days ago was very low and seemingly hopeless, but at last accounts was apparently a little more favorable, although he is still very low. We are sorry to learn of the recent serious illness of Rev. J. J. Clay pool, of Montmorenci, Ind., a former pastor of the M. E. church of this place. His attack was hemorrhage, and was the severest attack he has had .for the past three years. Go to the great slaughter sale of Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Millinery, Tinware, Notions &c., that must be closed out in a few days to make room for a fall stock of goods. Chicago Bargain House,,Makeever’s room, next to the bank. John, the oldest of the two Remley boys, has given .bail for his appearance at the October term, and is now at large and trying to secure bail for his father and brother, but so far without success. Ilis bondsmen are E. P. Hainmond, S. P. Thompson, W.~ B. Austin and M. L. Spitler.

A couple of greasy Italians, with a monkey and a hand organ, struck the town Saturday, and attracted considerable juvenile attention, for a time, but there being no disposition evinced by anybody to contribute to their finances, they soon departed, a duo of deeply disgusted Dagos. Mr. Ferguson’s contract for lighting the city of Hammond is for 20 arc lights, for which he is to receive $1,900 per year for the first three years and SI,GBO per year for the next three. The lights are to be turned on from dusk to dawn, every night in the year. The lights will be suspended at the height of 30 feet. Mel Makeever, of Osceola, Neb., now in this vicinity and Al. Robinson, of Gillatn tp., had arranged for a 100 yard foot race, to come off on Saturday, July 13th, at Medaryville, fors3o-a side, and the championship, but Makeever’s lame leg has caused an indefinite postponement of the race. A team belonging to Frank Zacher, of Newton township, ran away in town Monday afternoon, with a lumber wagon with an empty wood-rack upon it. They started from the rear of the Makeever House, ran around into Weston street and down Washington to Front and out to Marshal Simpson’s place, in Newton’s Addition, where they lodged between two trees. They scattered the wagon and rack pretty nearly the whole length of Front street. The team was not hurt much, but the wagon was just about a total wreck.

Miss Mamie Spitler reached home last Saturday, after a nine months’ visit with relatives in Virginia. A museum of 5 and 10 cent counter goods, at the Chicago Bargain House, next to Makeever’s Bank. Rev. E. G. Pelley and family will go to Niagara Falls, next week, where the family will remain until conference. The Padgett Bros, took their little sorrel trotting horse, Joe, to Kentland on the Fourth, and he took first money in one race and the second money in another. Mens’ straw hats 3 cents to SI.OO each. Clothes pins 1 cent a dozen. G one pint tin cups for 10 cents. 8oz. carpet tacks 1 cent per paper. Chicago Bargain House.

The Jasper County Summer Normal School will begin its five weeks term next Monday morning, in the Rensselaer public school building. It promises to be an entirely successful term, in all respects. The suit against the L., N. A. & C. Ry. Co., for the killing of Mrs. Robert McClintic, tried at Delphi, resulted in a verdict against the railway for $1,700. The amount claimed was SIO,OOO. Rev. K. G. Pelley contemplates going to N ova Scotia and Newfoundland, ' next week, for a three weeks’ visit with relatives and friends, if he deems work on the new church to be sufficiently advancfiiLtO-Demilf of his absence for that length of time’. Best calicoes 5 cts. a yard, lawns 3 cts. a yard, a good shirting 5 cts. a yard, good cotton challie (5,J cts. yd., linen crash 5 cts. yd., satteen and white goods at almost your own price. Chicago Bargain House, Makeeyer’s Room.

The manager of Montgomery Ward & Co’s, store, in Chicago, has written to express his regret at the failure of the firm’s ball club to keep their engagement in Rensselaer, on the Fourth, lie says the club will be held in readiness to pome and play, at any time hereafter, when called upon.

During the races at Kentland, on the Fourth, Gid Heistand, a young man who was employed by Padgitt Bros., of this place, last year, in their livery stable, attempted to cross the track just before the horses, during a race, and was run into and so badly injured that he died on Saturday. Asad fatality occurred.at Monticello on June 29. Sanford Johnsonbaugli, a prominent citizen, accidentally struck his eight year old daughter in the eye with the tine of a pitchfork, and she died in a few minutes. It was not thought that the tine penetrated the brain but that death resulted from the nervous shock.

Mr, and Mrs. Kirkpatrick and Miss Eilie Kirkpatrick, of Clarence, Ill.,;are visiting friends and relatives in this place,,for a few weeks. The youqg Menominee chief, Oshkosh, with four other students of the Indian School, left for their homes last Friday. Oshkosh expressed his intention to return in September. We have come to stay if business will justify us. and if low prices are an object to you, as we are bound to undersell all competitors. Chicago Bargain House. Rev. W. T. Yanscoy preached in the Methodist church, last Sunday morning, to a large congregation, and again at an out-door meeting, in the public square, Sunday afternoon. James Nelson moved into his new house in Thompson’s Addition, last Monday. Mr, Nelson is one of the men whom the Rensselaer Building V Loan Association is helping to secure a home. Lafayette had a tremendous great celebration the Fourth —the greatest, they claim, ever held in the state. It was even a bigger time than Rensselaer had, but not more enjoyable for its participants, we venture to say. The only casually of any kind oceuring in Rensselaer on the Fourth, so far as heard pf, was a slight but painful accident to a little boy, whose name was not learned. He fell on one of the planks, at the speakers’ stand" and cut-ins -ear quite badly. The Monon Route is now running a fast fruit train from Louisville to Chicago, which, on its return trip to Louisville. c;o i ies passengers. It goes south through Rensselaer at 8 :43 P. M. Going north it passes Rensselaer in the early morning, but does not carry passengers in that direction. Marriage licenses issued since last reported:

\ Harvey Davisson, ( Estic M. Goff. Treat Durand, ( Mamie B. Turpin, j Chas. W. Hanley, ( Josie Paris.

Chas. MeCully, of Remington, made a murderous assault on Jasper Guy, the deputy prosecuting attorney of Carpenter township, on Wednesday afternoon, of last week, making a long and pretty deep wound in his “back. MeCully was arrested and brought over to Rensselaer and lodged in jail, where he still remains, in default of the necessary bail, which was fixed at the sum of SSOO. McCully is the man who completed a five year term in the penitentiary, a few years ago, for attempting to kill his father-in-law, Reuben Pettit. The letter from Mt. Ayr, published last week, in regard to the gum chwing contest, and purporting to have come from Miss Minnie Beeabout, turned out to have been written by some other person, who signed Miss Beeabout’s name to it. It was doubtless done for a joke, and without malicious intent, but has, , nevertheless greatly annoyed the young lady and her family, who are very proper people, strict in their deportment, and strongly opposed to all such unseemly practices as gum chewing, and scandalized at the levity in the letter which was falsely attributed to a member of their family.

Gen. John C. Van Rensselaer djed suddenly at his home at Brunswick, New Jersey, last Friday, at the age of about 73 years. No particulars of his death have been received, farther than a brief telegram to Judge E. P. Hammond, from Air. Van Rensselaer’s daughter, announcing the fact of his death. A letter written by the general a day or two before his death was received by the Judge on the same day as the telegram. In the letter Mr. Van Rensselaer announced his intended departure for the sea-shore, in a few days, in search of health. The deceased was the son Of the founder and namesake of this town, and was, at Ids death r possessed of considerable property interests here. The only place in the county to get strictly pure roasted coffee is at C. C. Starr's- „No extra charge for grinding.

| Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Barnurn. of j LaPorte, altt-fided the funeral of their J daughter, Mrs. V. E. Loughridgc, j yesterday afternoon. A brother of ! the deceased lady was also present at the funeral. No lady can afford to miss calling on Ray Leopold and examining her stock of Dress Goods, Shawls, and ladies’ and children’s Hosier}-, in all grades and at the lowest prices. Grandmother and Miss Ida Chileote are visiting friends and relatives in Fostoria, Ohio, and vicinity, and later will make a trip into Michigan. They will be absent about Two months. The late spell of warm, dry weather has been very favorable to com prospects, and with fair average weather for the balance of’ the summer, there will be considerable corn raised in this, county, this year. A concert at the Opera House, Tuesday evening, was a very good entertainment, but was poorly at- ; tended. The singing of Mrs. Kirkpatrick, of Paxton. 111., and Miss Belle Brown, of Danville, was especially excellent. There is no trpth in the report that has been circulation that a boy j was struck on the temple by a foul; ball and killed, at the ball game in Rensselaer, on the Fourth. There was no one hurt at the game, not even an umpire. It was a very dull game. Very dull.

The lightning rod swindler is again bobbing up with a new variation of the old game. lie claims to be employed by the lightning rod company that placed the rods upon the building, and it is his duty to examine the rods and report to the company what repairs are needed, and said company will furnish the same and have them placed upon the building free of charge. Why? Simply to sustain the reputatiou of the company. Think of it farmers, wha.t a bonanza! But of course, before the gratis work can be done the agents fill out an order stating the number of feet of rod required and gives the o rder to the farmer; he then makes a duplicate of the same which he politely asks the victim to sign, and his signing it is followed by the usual disastrous result Winamac did not celebrate the Fourth this year, which neglect led some smart Alecks of that town to circulate on the night of the 3rd, a mock funeral notice announcing the death of the Fourth of July and the arrangements for its funeral. The business houses and half the gates in the town were hung with crape, and a monument 8 feet high was erected in front of the post-office. It was a very fine piece of sarcasm upon the town’s lack of enterprise; although we Mill ventnre the assertion that the authors of it, would have been among the most backward in assisting at getting up a celebration; for our observation has convinced us that the chaps who are the most "ready to cuss others for lack of enterprise and public spirit, are the ones who themselves show the least when the test of the time for action comes.

Rev. Father Henry, of Selina, Ohio, Provincial of the Order of the Precious Blood, was in town Friday and Saturday looking after matters connected with the theological college the Older intends to establish on their property ad joining town, on the southwest. He completed some contracts while here, one being with W. W. Reeve and Andy Yeoman for the Quarrying of 400 or more perch of stone from the sandstone quarry southwest of town. Another was with a Medaryville brickmaker for making the bricks needed in the buildings. The bricks will be made on the site of the building, it having been decided that the clay found there is suitable for good bricks. The main building of the college will be 50 by 100 feet, in dimensions and three stories in height. The material for the building will be gotten upon the ground this fall, and probably its foundations constructed.