Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1889 — THE TOWN BOARD, [ARTICLE]

THE TOWN BOARD,

At' their regular monthly meeting Monday night, passed four of the ordinances ordered to be prepared, at the August meeting, namely: Ordering shade trees to be trimmed ten feet above the sidewalks. Raising the town saloon, license to $l5O per year. Condemning side-walks: On South street, front of Dt. Washburn’s residence ; on Front st., in front of Geo. Worden’s residence; River st,. front of A. Thompson; Rutson st., front of the Florence property; Van Rensselaer st., front of A. W. Wood. The dog ordinance, requiring all dogs running at large, in the town, to be -safely muzzled during the months of August and September, of each year. Owners of dogs not complying with the ordinance, are to be notified by the marshal, after which if the .dogs are not muzzled they are to be shot or otherwise dispatched, and the owners subjected to a fine. ; The ordinances raising peddlers’ licenses and taxing Cheap John stores were continued until next month. Deeds for six lots in Western Cemetery were approved. Methodist Ministerial Appointments. The M. E. conference, at Brazil, adjourned last Monday afternoon. From the published list of appointments we note the following which i are of local interest: Rensselaer, T. F. Drake; Rensselaer j circuit, It. M. Simmons;Rose Lawn, J. j F. Stafford; Medaryville, T. D. j Moore; Monon, J. N. Harmon;Good- j land, J. H. Claypool. Remington is j to be supplied. J. T. Abbett is returned to Wil- i liainsport and David Handley to I Clinton; S. B. Grimes goes to Col-! fax; A. W. Wood to Ninth Street,] Lafayette, and J. J. Claypool to i Montmorency. j — The Monon Route now has several j vestibuled sleepers on its line. The cars are of the most elegant and lux- i urious pattern, with all the latest im- j provements, including even lighting by electricity. The road is having j additional vestibuled trains construe- j ted, and of which the Indianapolis Journal says: “The trains which the ! Pullman Car Company are building for the line between Chicago and Cin- ■ cinnati, are to be an exact type of the limited trains recently put on be- j tween New York and Chicago over 4 the Erie lines, which arc among the finest trains run in this, country. ] They will be lighted with electricity, j elegantly finished and complete m| every respect. The Pullmans are in- ] terested in the trains from the fact ’ that they will run _ against the new j Wagner trains which the Wagner j company is building to run oyer the i Big Four line, which, it is stated, will j be the finest the works have eyer ] built. The Big Four will get their! trains on within the next thirty days, ■ but it will be sixty days before the Pullman trains arc put on over the i L., N. A. & C. and the C., 11. & D. • ' > •• . : - :—— —■*--& - Cliesley Chambers, the perpetrator of a noted train robbery, is now a free man. The prosecuting attorney,! at Bloomington, on his own motion, ; dismissed the case of assault and battery that has been hangmg~for two years. Four yearn ago last April an . express train on the Monon was robbed at midnight between Bloomington and Harrodsburg. George K. Davis, the messenger, was shot and almost killed, and Peter Webber, the baggage-master, was also wounded,, and several hundred dollars were carried off. Two weeks later Webber identified Chambers as the man who entered the car, took his revolver j from him and then did the shooting. A long trial followed in which the jury disagreed. Another trial re- J suited in Chambers going to prison for two years. He served his term and was at once rearrested ami returned there, and has since been under $5,000 bond for assaulting Davis. The case was continued from term to term until dismissed because it was generally agreed that the two assaults were the same action and more than one conviction could not be made. The new postal cards soon to be issued will vary in size. There will be three sizes when the contracts are finally taken up—one a fine, delicate card, for ladies’ use. much smaller than that now in circulation and of much finer quality. Finely Calendered pajier will be substituted for the old buff blotting paper. An intermediate -card of the same size as the one now in use will be retained, and a new, large card will be introduced |hat can be used for business > purposes, and . will be large enough to- allow a bill ' head to be printed thereon, besides | the other matter, it is well known also that Mr. Wanamaker is in favor of cheap postage. He takes a practical view of the matter, however, and proposes that the reduction be made so that a half ounce parcel can be carried for 1 cent, still retaining the present rate of two cents for a full ounce. Fon Salk:—A good No. 8, Northwest cook stove. Reservoir and wanning oven complete. Only been used four years. Enquire at this office. ■ _—-