Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1889 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The Citizens’ State Bank will move into its new quarters, next Monday. Try A 1 Bryers’ hand made Mascot cigar, only sc. All summer goods at your own price at Economy Store Co. Will and Bert Paxton, of Newton township, are opening a grocery store in Morocco, this week. Meyer means business. His stock of wall-papers must be reduced. All new goods. No “fire and water stock.” The Coleman lumber yard was transferred Tuesday, to its new owners, Nowels & Robinson. It is expected that the Monticello ball club will come to Rensselaer and play with the Blues, to-morrow afternoon. Opr motto is “quick sales and small profits” and 25 to 50 per cent. j less than “The Other Fellows.” Chicago Bargain Store. Rev. Jessee will preach next Sunday at Watson school house at 10:30 A. M., at Pleasant Grove at 3:30 P. M. and at Pleasant Ridge at 7 o’clock P. M. If you want a good first class boot or shoe at about \ price go to the Chicago Bargain Store, as they are closing out to make room for a fall and winter stock. 2t Persons desiring copies of the prem-

ium lists of the Remington fair can obtain them at the Rensselaer postoffice. The fair will be held on the 27,28, 29 and 30 of August. Four persons have been drowned in the Iroquois river, near Rensselaer, during the last 20 or 25 years; and probably more than that number have narrowly escaped drowning, daring that time. Long & Eger have still got some wall-paper left, and they have not marked it so high that they can deduct 25 per cent., but they will make it pay any one wishing paper to give them a call. A valuable heavy draft stallion, the property of Alfred Thompson, died at his farm, east of town, last Friday night. It was valued at S7OO or SBOO and insured for S3OO, in C. B. Steward’s agency. 'The public sale season is ooming round again and The Repuulican job printing department is still prepared to print large or small bills on water proof paper, common paper or cloth, on short notice and at lowest prices. The W. C. T. IL, at Monon, has published a card of thanks in acknowledgement of favors shown them by the Monticello Herald. The Goodland Herald declares this to be the first instance on record where a society of women ever acknowledged the kindly favors of a newspaper. The great slaughtering sale of dry goods, boots and shoes, millinery, tinware, &c., will continue a few more days to make room for a new stock of fall and winter goods, including a complete line of clothing and men’s boots, at the Chicago Bargain Store. 2t The Valparaiso Vidette gives quite an extended and complimentary sketch of Judge E. P. Hammond, of this place, but is not wholly free from inaccuracies. For instance in the statement that the Judge served two terms on the Supreme .bench and is now on the bench as Circuit Judge, in this circuit. The work of putting the large plate glass window into the front of the Citizens Bank building, was successfully accomplished, last Thursday afternoon. The glass is 6by 13 feet in size and three-eights of an inch in thickness. It weighs about 600 pounds and cost $135. It is the largest and most costly single light of glass in the town. Prof. J. L. Campbell, of Wabash College, has prepared a table giving the elevation above sea-level of one station in each county in the state. The elevation of Rensselaer, at the depot of the L., N. A. A C. Ry., is 668 feet. The highest elevation given in the table is at Winchester, in Randolph county, 1101 feet The lowest point is at Newbury, Warrick county, 329 feet ~

The F. W. B. Sewing Society meets with Mrs. Hoidridge Clark, Friday Aug. 9, at 2 o’clock. Never before were goods sold so cheap as those now being sold by R. Fendig. They are coming. The Franklin Comedy Co., at Opera House, next Thursday night, August 15. Henry Harris and family moved into their newly purchased residence, E. P. Hammond’s formerly, last Friday. We are not pushing out old style paper at “slaughtered priees,” but new goods at a living profit. Long & Eg eh. Si P. Thompson is having another big barn erected, on his Union township lands. T. J. Borem is doing the Vrorlt. The Chicago Bargain Store people have decided to remain here perm- | anently, and will sell first class good s at the lowest cash prices. 2t The Padgitt Bros expect to vacate the Ha lloran livery barn in a short time, and are meditating erecting a barn of their own. Nathan Reed, who engaged in the butcher business at Attica, a while back, has returned to his ancestral home, a few miles southwest of town. Two skilled slaters arrived Monday and began the work of putting the slating on the roof of the new church.

----- -. p, - , ~ , , ' '• - \ They expected to finish the work in about five days. B. Forsythe of the Chicago Bargain store intends haying more new shelving in the main room and the adjoining back room fitted up for clothing* and winter boots. The new bank at Churubusco is the eighteenth of the Dwiggins syndicate. Zimri Dwiggins is president, W, B, Austin vice-president and George Jv. Hollingsworth cashier. Everybody knows that “the best is the cheapest,” why buy cheap stuff at any price when you cap buy good goods for very little more at the Economy Store Co. At the Baptist Chukchi Covenant meeting, Saturday, at 1:30 p. m. Sunday, Sunday school at 9:3Q a. m., preaching at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m., Young Peoples’ Chorus at 4:00 p.m. All are invited. Chas. McCully, the only inmate of the county jail, has done a good portion of the work of clearing up the court house yard. He is a “trusty” of the first degree and could not be driven away from the jail, by a bulldog. A family named Peters struck the town Monday morning, having come from Labette county, Kansas. They drove through with two teams and were nine weeks cm the road. They formerly lived nearMedaryville, but now intend to locate in Jasper county. ,~ See a good show and do not be deceived by a lot of circus posters, but go to the Opera House and get your money’s worth by seeing the Franklin Comedy Co. We do everything we advertise and nothing more. --At Opera House, Aug. 15, 16, 17. Franklin Dramatic Company. L*. H. Gould, the optician, under the stimulus of too much beer, thump* ed Ike Tutner, Friday night, in: Stnckfaden’s saloon, and contributed, four dollars to the school fund, and a corresponding amount to the necessities of the court, through the agency of Judge Morgan, the next day. Rare is it, indeed, that a wedded couple live to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of their married life, but Uncle Jonathan Peacock and his estimable companion passed that interesting day? last Tuesday. Their children, grand-children and great-grand-children met at their residence and passed the day with a pleasant family re-union and a grand dinner. Many people have a delicacy about giving newspapers local news because it relates to themselves. Nobody appreciates such delicacy more than editors, but they appreciate still more the spirit of sacrifice which prompts such persons to help the local newspaper in this way at the risk of being thought egotistical. The editor never charges such friendly offices to egotism but accepts them as genuine favors.

A pair of spectacles were found in the court house yard, last Saturday. The owner can find them at this office. So many of the pupils of the Indian School have gone to their homos for the summer vacation that only 22 now remain there. Boots and shoes bought at the Chicago Bargain Store can be exchanged and if yOu are not suited m oney refunded. 2t The Cornet Band are taking in the excursion to the Soldiers’ Home, at Dayton. Ohio, to-day, being hired by the management td furnish music for the occasion. It will cost Jasper County something like SIOO just to buy account books for the township trustees to keep accounts with the Indiana School Book Company. King and Franklin’s circus and Wild West show will exhibit in Rensselaer on Friday, August 16. It is safe to say that this is the only emeus that will visit Rensselaer this year. The wife of the Polander, John Gross, who is now in jail? at Monticello charged with the murder of an infant, has also been arrested on suspicion of complicity in the murder. A Monticello saloon keoeper the other day paid $1 for a sealed envelope containing directions that would enable him to sell more beer. When he opened it he found on a small ,card the words, “Don’t sell so much froth.” Rev. A. W. Mann, a deaf mute, will hold religious services at Monon, on Wednesday, August 14, in the deaf mute language. He is said to be the only general missionary to the deaf mutes wart of the Allegheny Mountains. We do not carry a lot of stock paper and by and make the people believe we are the only show in the world, but give you an entertainment to please you and worth the price of t admission. Don’t forget, we are not the so-called eireus, but a first class dramatic company. At Opera Houee, August 15.

Franklin Dramatic Co. Elder Hall, of the Christian church, held his second baptismal services, last Thursday afternoon, in the river near Dr. Washburn’s residence. The following persons received the ordinance; Mrs. Willis MeColly, Miss Mary MeColly, Miss Hetty Blankenbaker. Miss Lucy Marlatt and Miss Borem. On Saturday afternoon two more candidates were baptized, Miss Cox and Miss Smith. .... The well drillers near Thompson's Switch have met with more bad luck. The drill struck a crevice and went crooked and was lost, and great trouble and delay has been experienced in the attempts to recover it. The drill was finally recovered Monday night, however, and at last accounts good progress was being made in the drilling. The depth of the bore, Tuesday, was 700 feet. ■ Thfe Remington News says that after the game of base Tball lately played in Remington by the Rensselaer and Remington clubs, certain members of the Rensselaer club filled themselves with beer and other liquor and behaved in a very rude and ungentlemanly manner. If these allegations of the News are correct, the people of Rensselaer ought to withdraw all countenance, support and recognition from the club until they expel the offending members. The Township Trustees discussed the matter of the new text-book law, on the occasion of their coming together Monday, to settle with, the Commissioners. They were, apparently, unanimous in their disapprobation ofcthe law, but will all comply with it, to the extent of ordering and keeping on hand a supply for such as wish to buy them. We are glad to state, however, that they did not formally adopt any of the books of the so-called Indiana School Book Company, as the adopted text books of the county. It will be time enough to take that aetion after the law has stood the test of examination by the courts and after the books are found to be worthy by those competent to judge, ------

i Dr. Victor Loughridge’s mother- • less infant daughter, born a .few ' weeks ago, died yesterday morning. The funeral will be held this (Thursday) afternoon. Elder Hall closed a series of successful meetings with the Christian congregation, last Sunday night. There were 19 additions to the membership of the church, during the meetings. Ilettie Zacher, the young girl in Newton township who was bitten by a rattlesnake, Is slowly recovering from, the effects of the bite, but she has been very sick. The bite was just over the ankle bone, and thus more dangerous than if it had been in a more fleshy part. The snake, which was Seen by no one but the girl herself, and was not killed, is supposed to have been of the large, spotted variety, and therefore more venomous than the common small rattlers. Now is the season for advice regarding the bee. If a bee stings you hit him back of the ear with a brick. If you haven’t a whole brick handy, a half brick will do ; or a club. When you have effectually crushed the feelings of the honey-gatherer, taSe a watch key and place the end of it right over the spot where lie sat down on you-. Press hard for a minute or two, and Hie dislocated sting and the poison will all come out and there will be neither swelling nor pain. This recipe is given by an old beestealer, and is therefore infallible. The annual County Teachers’ Institute wlli be held week after next. Superintendent Warren has looked after the preliminary preparations with hiwcustomary energy and thoroughness, aud the Institute will be eminently successful beyond adoubt. The regular instructors are Prof. Beck, of the Indiana University and Prof. Thompson, of the State Normal School. Both are able and well qualified men, and of long and successful experience in institute work. Another able speaker will be with the institute on its first day, Prof. B. J. Radford, formerly of Eureka Col-

lege, 111.. He will lecture in the afternoon and in the evening. Judging from present appearances, Jhe chances that the obstructions in the river at Momence will ever be remi> ved b y {^ e commission appointed for that purpose, are very slight. The C. &E. I. Ry. Co. seem bent on fighting the removal to the last. The company clan® B that the cutting of the channel cause them a loss of from $20,000 to 000 per year, in decrease of kef *bipments. The company also owns toe “Island Park” at Momence, which ® a very popular resort, and the source of much profitable business for the road, and the deepening of the channel would destroy the boating grounds, contiguous to the park and thus remove one of its greatest attractions. A very smooth citizen has been doing certain towns in Northern Indiana with a trick that makes bn victims very mad but leaves them in a position where they cannot squeal without giving themselves away. The snap as worked at Warsaw is described as follows; A smooth tongued fellow pretended to be the advance agent of Cole’s circus, and went about town making contracts for horse-feed, meat for the animals* groceries for the boarding ,tst, etc.) At each point visited he required] those who were to furnish anything | for the great show to make a bid as j to how much they would charge.] The answer being given, the agent, would declare that it was too low, and urge the vender of provender, groceries, meat or whatever might be, to increase the price by $lO and divide the agent. In sev- j oral instances he in this way secured $5 in cash, and after having left the place with quite a respectable sum in his pocket, it has been discovered that no Bhow is coming this way and none expected. Moral: Never try to steal even from a circus. Smoke the Mascot cigar. ■ For sale everywhere.

The venomous and vindictive but happily infrequent rattlers still get in their work occasionally. The same week that The Republican rejprted the biting of the Zacher girl, in Newton township, the Monticello Herald reported a man bitten near Monticello, while another was reported near Logansport, by the Journal, of that town. Both cases were cured by a liberal consumption of raw whiskey. Judge Hammond, acting as a special Judge, tried a pretty big case in in Valparaiso, lately. The easecame from Lake county and involved the ownership of 20 acres of land in the very northwest corner of the state of Indiana. The strip extending from the Illinois State line on one side to Lake Michigan, on the other. The adjoining portion, of Illinois is now in the city of Chicago, and the land is very valuable, worth $2,000 per acre. The land is held by an old German named Eggers, who took it as government land, 40’ years or so ago, and he was sought to be dispossessed by a man named Roby, who claimed that the 20 acres were not a part of the tract which rightly belonged to Eggers. The case has been in court for about 15 years and has been tried three times in Lake county and twice in Porter. The next time will probably be in the Supreme court. The present suit before Judge Hammond was decided in favor of Eggers.