Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1889 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

W. W. Watson’s house, on River street, has been rented to John Paxton. ' B. F. Fendig & Co., are now ready at their st&wd to tSsfc. pvtoUft. Everybody invited to call. Greenfield, of Marion tp., is building a new school house in district No. 6, known as the Hoover school house. Good land people spent S3OO in trying to find gas in the Pan Handle R. R. artesian well, at that place, but they did not find any. Come everybody and give us a call whether you desire to purchase or not. C<j>me and see us anyhow. B, F. Fendig & Co. A goodly delegation came over from Monon. on the FT; 10 train, last Friday morning, to attend the big races. At the head marched Noble J. York. The end of the Turpie-Lowe case is now in sight, as the closing arguments are being made this week. The total time consumed in the trial has been about seven weeks. Clayton Mann desires work in painting or varnishing. Orders may be left with Uncle Isaac Barkley, on Main street, where specimens of his work may also be seen, The temperance meeting, at the court house, last Sunday afternoon, was largely attended. It was addressed by Revs. Drake, Dwiggins apd other local speakers. The meet - ing was not “run into politics.” A horse was sold for taxes in the court house yard, last Saturday afternoon. He was sold as the property of Alfred Lowman, and brought $34 and was cheap at the money. Nathan Reed was the lucky purchaser. The new time card on the Monon is expected to go into effect, next Sunday. Extensive changes will be made, including the taking Off of the Chicago and Indianapolis accomodation, which now passes Rensselaer going north, at 11:10, a. m. Perry Gillum,, the Carroll county rapist, plead guilty to attempt of rape upon the persons of two women and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. He was acquitted last year of raping Miss Cora Starkey, but there is little doubt but that he was the guilty party. * Ex-Treasurer Kruger, of Pulaski county, has proven to be a defaulter ;-to the extent of ;7tfioav t L.lftOr His ' bondsmen will have to make the amount good. One of them is E. I’. Washburn, brother of Dr. Washburn, of Rensselaer. Kruger is a democrat in polities, like all Pulaski county officials.

Mr. .Joseph C. Paxton, of the firm of Coen it Paxton, and Miss Mattie A. Moore,daughter of Win. E. Moore, were married at the residence of the bride’s parents at I) o’clock a. m. Wednesday, Oct., IG, in the presence of a few friends. The Rev. T. F. Drake informed the ceremony. The bridal couple took the 11:10 train for Chicago, where they will remain for a short time. Marriage licenses since last reported: j Edward S. Adams, j Winifred Booth, j Robert Swaim, | Maria Near. | Thomas L. Babb, ] Alberta M. Green. j Andrew J. Potts, I Olive F. Poffenbarger. j Joseph C. Paxton, j Mattie A. Moore, j George N. Pollock, ( Rettie Steel. The second trial before Squire Hurley, of the Golf vs. Galbreath case, i described last week, resulted, as did the previous trial, in favor of Galbreath. Goff sued for To cents and Is saddled with something like SIOO in costs. Of course he won’t have tc pay it, but then just the wear and tear of owing so much money for so many years, is a good deal of a burden, sometimes. M. F. Chilcote was attorney for Galbreath and J. W. Douthit for Goff. Ladies watches, $4 at Kannal’s.

Mr. George N. Pollock, the painter, and Mrs. Rettie Steel were married last evening. The October term of the circuit court begins next week. The term docket is unusually light for an , October toraw The window and door frames for Judge Hammond’s new house were made by the Delphi Lumber Company, and are very fine. From this date we will do business on a cash basis and the goods are marked way down. Ellis & Murray. The Hogan Stars and the DeMotte Red Stockings played tlieir third game of ball, last Sunday afternoon, at Ilogan, the Stars winning by a score of 26 to 6. Wile Duvall, the drayman, lost a good horse, worth about SIOO, Mon - day, with the distemper. J. F. Randle lost a valuable horse with the same disease, a few days previous. The death of Treat Durand, one of the wealthiest and most prominent citizens of Remington, occured last Monday, and the particulars are given in our Remington correspondence. Ladies, come early if you want to select from a choice, new stock of faccinators, wool capes, childrens’ fancy head-wear, gloves, mittens, cashmere hose, <fcc. It. Chicago Bargain Store. Michael Mann, a very venerable man from Henry county, is now making his home with his son-in-law-, Uncle Isaac Barkley. He is in his 95th year but still able to walk about quite actively, with the aid of a couple of canes. Marshal Simpson, Tuesday, tore up the side-walk on Rutson street, alongside the Wright property, in accordance with the orders of the Town Board, declaring the walk unsafe. It is not likely that a new walk will be Ordered there until th e property owners move their fences in, to comply with the last survey. The company that will furnish Francesvilie with natural gas has been Incorporated under the name of the Francesvilie Natural Gas and Fuel Company, and the following is the list of the directors—J. H. Mallon, W. R. Jones, O. W. Calvert, Joseph Ives, W. A. Rinehart; J. H. Mallon ;is president; O. W. Calvert, secretary ;W. A. Rinehart, treasurer, and W. It. Jones, superintendent.—Francesvilie New Era.

OTB. Melnfire, or Remington, is conducting an excursion party down into Alabama and other southern states, this-rvoek. The prime object of the excursion is to inspect the new town of Manchester, in Alabama, the town in which |Mr. Mein tire, and several other Jasper county citizens are so heavily interested. The excursion started from Remington Tuesday. Alfred Thompson and W. 11. H. Graham, of this place ace with the excursion. The Chicago Drovers Journal of October Dili says: “Granville Moody, of Rensselaer, Ind., had 18 cattle on to-day’s market, sold to Swartzchild & S\, good enough to bring $4.80, weighing 1615, being the best price for any cattle from his county this year.” By this same token we may add that it is evident that the “Young man Moody,” is still on top, as the price above mentioned is 40 cents per hundred better than even Uncle Ad. Parkison’s brag price, mentioned in Thk Republican a week or two ago. Michael O. Halloran came in for his share of affliction, too, d aring the race days. On Friday some fellow helped himself to the contents of his money drawer and abstracted thirteen dollars. Clias. Braden burgh, the fellow now in jail for tljeiving, was in the saloon and was suspected of the robbery, and taken into a back room and searched, but only a few dollars were found on his person. There was a new dollar bill among the money taken from the drawer, and this was afterwards found on the floor of the room where Bradenburgh was searched, and this circumstance goes far to establish the fact that he was the man who stole the money. Johnny smoke the Mascot

The new boring for oil, at Fair Oaks, is making good progress. For Sale or Rent. —-The Cotton House, on Cullen street. Enquire of W. R. Cotton. . 2t. t The F. W. Baptist quarterly meeting was held at the Thornton school house, last Sunday. All the-services were well attended. A. McCoy bought 500 more sheep, in Chicago, Tuesday. He now has about 3,600 and has lately sold about 800 to residents of the county. The electric light plant is now running 600 incandescents, or just about all the present dynamo can handle. Those few stores not yet provided with the,lights must speak for them quick or get left. At their monthly meeting, Monday night, the Town Board passed the ordinance raising peddlers’ licenses to $lO per day and SSO a year. Also ordered the clerk to draw up a contract with the Electric Light Company providing for the burning of | all the street lights until morning, ! for the next seven months, at an ad- j ditional compensation of at the rate | of $212 per year. The side-walk; in front of the Wright property, on Rutson street, was declared unsafe and the marshal directed to remove j the same without delay. A petition for an additional arc light near the Presbyterian church was indefinitely tabled. An exciting incident occured during the $350 trot, Friday afternoon. During the second heat the sulkies of the two leading horses, Dot L. and Clara Wilkes, collided and the driver of the latter was thrown out and the mare then ran away, and in spite of every effort made to stop her, she ran seven times around the track on a dead run. Her colored groom finally grabbed a line and ran her into the fence and brought her to a standstill, with no further injuria than a few scratches, and generally tired out, from her long run. Her driver was not hurt by being thrown out. The mare was one of Jthe best in the race and previous to the accident was backed by the pool-men. Sheriff Blue ran in three young fellows, Saturday night, on suspicion ! that they were concerned in the ! Hardman jewelry store robbery. One of them had been helping care for ! the race horse, Lilly Lochiel, and the others had-no visible means, of support. They went to Jit. Ayr, SatiHThtruvvithwirvery team and iert a : big trunk to' be shipped to Oxford. Then went to Fair Oaks, where they tried to sell some watches, one gold j one oreidc and a Waterbary. People at Fair Oaks suspected them and telegraphed to the sheriff. He went to the depot to go to Fair Oaks on the freight, hut before he got away the young fellows came down on the 11 p. m. passenger train, and the sher- ' iff took them in charge. Nothing criminating was found upon their : persons, and the big trunk at Ml. Ayr having been searched and found to be all straight, the young men were released Sunday afternoon.