Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1889 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The town is full of horsemen and the fair grounds are full of racehorses. Joe took first money m the 2:33 trot, at Vincennes, last week, and Leo came in second in the free-for-all. Bob Phillips has added an extra barber and chair to his shop, and is now able to attend to his customers promptly: The are so many race horses here that there arc not stalls for them all at the fair grounds and many have to be kept at private stables. The members of Rose Lawn Post, G. A. R., are preparing for a big entertamment, to be given at Kniman, On the evening of October 31. Still we don’t hear anything more about the Rochester, Rensselaer & St Louts Railroad. Guess the thing j bas “gone glimmering,” again, The Ladies Industrial Society of the M. E, church are preparing for a fair and supper to be given at the Opera House, Thanksgiving eve. A man who was arrested in Mcmon for burglary, some months ago,- was sent up for three years, from Monticello. He passed under the name of John Doe. Dr. Alter’s horse, Ralston, took

first money in a race at Francesville, last Thuasday, making a 2:40 time over a third of a mile track, and without any training. The State Board of Health is causing a sanitary survey to be made of every school house and grounds in the state, requiring very full particulars, in every case, on blank reports sent out for the purpose. Ten persons in Rensselaer invested in the Capital Investment Co., of South Dakota, and will now each have a lot in Pierre, the new capital of that new state. We think they have made good investments. The Frances Ville fair seems to have been reasonably successful, in all respects. The attendance was good, and on Thursday especially large, being estimated at 3,000. A considerable number of premiums were taken by Jasper county people. Milton A. Makeever sends The Republican notice to change his addreaa to JVf jefejg&lU. This town is in the far northern part of the southern peninsula, where the winter is very long at both ends. He wrote under date of October 2nd and said it was The first progressive Domino party for the season was held at the residence of Wm. B. Austin, last Saturday evening. Val Seib and Mrs. Taylor, of Lafayette, were respectively awarded the prises as champions, and Geo. K. Hollingsworth and Mrs. C, G, Spitler were awarded the booby prises? It will be lawful to kill quails or pheasants on and after October lath until December 20th. Wild turkey " after November Ist until February Ist No fine can be assessed for hunting on wet or overflowed lands. The fine for killing quails or jAeasants out of season is $2 each, for pursuing, sl. Woodcock season closes January Ist. The Monon Route is putting its Indianapolis division in ditiou for fart running. The next few weeks, it is said, will see the entire line between Indianapolis and Monon ballasted with gravel tt> a depth of fourteen inches. Gravel is being distributed at the rate of eightyear loads a day, construction trains working from the steam shovel. Last week the Indiana Supreme Court decided that bicyclists cannot be made liable for damages resulting from horses becoming frightened at their wheels, if such rtwaways occur while the bicyclists at* riding upon the highway and are doing nothing which shows a lack of regard for the rights of others. In a previous decuion it was hdft, however, that bicyclists are liable for damages reuniting from 'collision with persons •on sidewalks'On which they tone «c right j

Rocky Ford, the famous pacer, is here. He has a record way down under 2:20. Prof. Reubelt’s class in German, organized Monday evening numbers thirty or more members. Admissson to the big races is only 25 cents. That is pretty nearly as cheap as staying at home. The furnace in the Citizens’ Bank was fired up Tuesday, for the first time. It worked well, and heats the whole building. The funeral of an infant child of David Worland, who lives on Mis s Monegan’s farm, northwest of town j was held last Thursday at the Catholic church. A. Leopold has bought the lots on Van Rensselaer street south of and adjoining the Town Hall, of Samuel Duvall, of Chicago. He is figuring on erecting business buildings, of some kind, upon the lots. j Benj. F. Fendig opened his new drug store, in the room formerly occupied by Hopkins’ furniture store, yesterday, although all of his fixtures have not been received. His room is very handsomely fitted up. There will be services in the Presbyterian church every evening next week, beginning Tuesday, October 15, and closing with communion service on Sunday. Rev. Mr. Rice, of Chenoa, 111., will assist in the meetings. The owners of the horse Don Cossack went to the trouble and expense of shipping l»is dead carcass about 150 miles, and buried it near the place where he was owned, and will erect a monument over his grave. Looks like condemned foolishness to make sueh a parade over the carcass of a dead horse.

Most every town that is a town now has a woman doctor, but it is only now and then a place that is provided with a female preacher. LaPorte is one of these rarely favored localities and Ilus a talented lady preacher in the person of Miss Mila F, Tapper,£who ia pastor of the Unitarian congregation, at that place. The marriage boom broke off short and, for the comfort of the unmarried ladies, we may state that a considerable number of desirable marriageable men are still at large, in Rensselaer, ' itQirniiHl'ni fTIITI 1 11 ~i I ■ ■ not including quite a bunch of tough old bachelors who might, possibly, iu the hands of the right parties, be trained into quite respectable “husbandmen,” even at this late day.

A citizen remarked the other day that the brass watch and chain fakir had a better thing than the president of the United States. Judging from what he did on the day he visited Rensselaer, the remark is certainly true, in a pecuniary sense. On that day he worked Rensselaer, Monticello and Monon and took out of the three places not less than three hundred dollars.

John Marlatt and John Clouse, two young fellows, were before Squire Morgan last Friday, oliargcd with hunting without permission, on enclosed grounds. They plead guilty and were assessed the minimum fine, which was $5 and costs. The total expense was $11.50 each. The boys were hunting docks by moonlight among Ad. Robinson’s big steers, and ought to have known better—and probably will next time. County Superintendent Warren is an able instructor in the M. E. Sunday school. Last Sunday be was explaining the slaying of the giant, Goliah, to his class of little tads and he made his description of the incident so graphic and dramatic that the little chaps were aroused to a high pitch of excitement at the recital and their admiration for the prowess of the youthful David knew no bounds: although • none of them expressed their approval quite so demonstratively as .four-year-old Paul Honan. When the story was completed he jumped up, swung Ibis hands and sheeted out: “He Was a son-of-a-guu of a feller, wasn’t l ho.” Am elegattt lithe ■of toilet prepua- > twain at the maw

“Every prospect pleases” for the biggest kind of a big race meeting, to-day and to-morrow. The Day Bros, and Medicns are the parties who are plastering the new church, and not Medicus and Owens, as was stated last week. The new state school books have been kicked out of the Kokomo schools, after several week’s trial, as no good. People of all parties united in favoring their rejection. Rev. R. M. Simmons and wife were the recipients of a pleasant surprise donation party, last Tuesday evening, at their residence across the river. About 20 persons were present and quite a list of desirable gifts were made to the worthy couple. We don’t reckon that such another drove of fast horses were evCr got together before in northwest Indiana, as are now assembled at the grounds of the Rensselaer Trotting Association. They have come from far and near, singly and in strings. According to the Indianapolis Journal the new vestibule trains the Pullman company lias been building for the Monon Route, to run between Chicago and Cincinnati, were to have been finished yesterday. They will be exhibited in Chicago and Cincinnati the rest of the week, and begin their regular runs next Sunday.

The success of that brass watch and chain fakir in Monticello double discounted what he accomplished in Rensselaer. The people there fairly tumbled over one another in their eagerness to invest their cash in his goods. Lawyers, doctors, dentists and merchants were among his patrons. His sales amounted to about $l5O, it was estimated. A notice for a so-called “temperance meeting” for next Sunday, is published this issue. Whether it will really turu out a temperance meeting in fact or only another political prohibition meeting, we are not prepared to prognosticate. Judging from past experience, however, there is good reason for supposing that the affair is in the interest of the political prohibitionists.

The widow of Moses Fowler, of Lafayette, has commenced suit to contest the will of the deceased. This action is probably the beginning of a litigation that will result in releasing the 20,000 acres of land in Benton county, which Mr. Fowler had arranged to have held in one body for 20 years. Benton county people wild approve .any action that will effect such release. W. A. Rinehart, of Buffalo, was back to attend the Ridgeway sale, at La Porte, last Thursday, and was in town Friday, but did not remain long. Friday was the last day appointed for the transfer to Mr. Rinehart and others, of Bucklin’s best gas well, at Francesville, but, for some reason, the matter was not quite consummated, although the New Era believes that Francesville will have gas this winter. About $23 has been contributed by citiaens towards purchasing a telescope for the high school and this sum, together with what the school board is willing to give, and a little more added from the school library fund, has got a good instrument sufficient for all ordinary purposes. It was received Monday. Its cost was about S6O. Its tube is 40 inches long with two-eye pieces of different lengths. It magnifies 100 and 150 tines, according to which eyu-piece is used. It is staled that whefi next new Ifcwe <dWfd goes into effect on the Mooon Route there 'Will be radical changes in the 4-htifeihig time of- several passenger l tt-Rins. It is further stated that thcAonon is figuring to down its competitors for through business by 'increasing the running time of several trains, those between Chicago and Indianapolis, especially. The time between these cities is now eight hours, on some trains, and it is to be shortened to six hours. A niceUinc of window curtains and obenp, ten, at B. F. Fcadig 6 Co’s.

All the merchants and business men of Rensselaer, without a single exception we believe, have signed an agreement to close their places of business on the two days of the races, from 1 o’clock to 4:30 each afternoon. A good job has been done on the hitch-rack along the west side of the publie square. New posts have been putin, too deep down to poll over and of too hard wood to be eaten up, while the ditch along under the chain, made by the pawing feet of uneasy steeds, is being filled with broken stones, covered with dirt. The rack will now furnish a secure hitching place for horses and a dry place for them to stand in. The Rensselaer Stock Farm made another, and most notable addition to their herd of trotting bred at the M. J. Ridgeway sale, last Thursday. They bought Lucas Brodhead, a noted stallion of high breeding and the sire of quite a number of fast trotters. The price was $4,100, which is, by far, the highest price ever paid for a horse owned in this county. Also the mare Zerline, for $1,425. She is among the best mares in the state and a fast trotter and will take part in the races this week. Dutch Kate and Walnut Maid, two brood mares, were also purchased, the former at the price of $990. Also several colts.

Judge Hammond’s new house is being rushed right along, by a large force of men. The structure will be of pretty large size, convenient and decidedly ornamental, with all the latest improvements, such as furnace heating from the basement, bathrooms or bofih floors, with hot and cold water, Ac. The water will be supplied from- a large tank in the attic. No pains are being spared to make the building impervious to the cold. The outside walls are to be sheathed with lap sheathing ou the outside, and lined with,the Birkitt lath sheathing on the inside, while all the floors are double, with heavy felt paper between them.

We received a letter from a Chicago publishing house, a few days ago, in which they stated that they had been informed that “weuns” were a poet, and offering to insert two or three of the choicest productions of our poetical vein in a book of poems they are preparing and with it a short biographical sketch and not a cent to pay for the honor, only we must subscribe for a copy of the book. ~ We greatly- fear that some reckless individual has' imposed on the youtli and inexperience of these publishers, for we must gently but firmly decline that honor of being entitled to the name of a poet. They had better try Bro. Pelley next time, or E. P. Honan. They are both poets. The Monticello ball club, by the aid of the umpire, succeeded in defeating their opponents at Rensselaer, Tuesday. The crowd became so indignant at his rank and partial decisions tliat the officers of the law were compelled to protect him from personal violence.—Monticello Demoerat. The above is about straight in most particulars except the statement that the officers of the law had to interfere to protect the umpire from the violence of the wrathful spectators. In the evening, daring a certain stage of his bowling-up, process the umpire got to “shooting his mouth” pretty freely and was given to understand In very plain language, that his best plan wouM be to keep quiet, and he had sense 'AKYugh to take the hint* Jttid therefore there was no call tor Sfjy kind of “interference,” except by tfis friends to assist him to the depot, he being too exceeding weary to get there without help. Drs. S. A. McMellou, specialist in the treatment of diseases of the eye, treats all diseases of the eye with medicine and has been successful where many eminent oculists have failed, and .ta no case has ever injured an eye. Wfll remain in Rensselaer until October 16. Office with Mrs. Mary £. Hopkins, on Front street. ts. A complete ni>‘V?r<*!» stock of jwtfent snotiidiiM* nt .It JK. 1-Vmlig Jk (Vs.