Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1889 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Mrs. W. A. Huff is*recovering from a severe attack of the quinsy. For Holiday goods go to Long & Eger’s. Men’s Boots $2 to $4.50 at Hemphill & Honan’s. Opera House, Saturday night, Roller Skating. For a nice gift book go to Long & Eger’s. Felt hats at 75 cents all new shapes, at Hemphill <te Honan’s. Mrs. Byron Haskett, of Fairbault, Minn., is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. H. S. Ellis. Children’s wool hoods and toboggans marked down to 10 cents. 2t. Chicago Bargain Stoke. Noble J. York has re-entered business at Monon, having bought Beauchamp’s stock of drugs. Ladies’, Gents’ and Children’s underwear, at reasonable prices, at Hemphill & Honan’s. The township trustees will meet with the County Superintendent in his office, on Monday, Dec. IG, to set tie for the new school books. Men’s Arctics, 65 cents. Women’s “ 60 cents. Children’s “ 35 cents, at Hemphill & Honan’s. Prices on clothing and all winter goods marked way down to close out in December. 2t. Chicago Bargain Store. Mrs. N. S. Bates gave a pleasant social party, last Saturday evening, to Misses Stella Parkison and Dora Clark, and their young friends. Toboggans! Hoods! Facinators! underwear, hoisery, at less than wholesale prices. Call and see at Hemphill & Honan’s. A six-year-old son of Enos Timmons, of Jordan township, fell into a tub of hot water, one day last week, and was very badly scalded, but will recover. You now have a rare chance for buying clothing, dry goods, boots and shoes, at prices marked down for December. 2t. Chicago Bargain Store. Mel Laßue sold his fine carriage team, last week, to Mr. Hollweg, of Indianapolis. They brought a big price, the largest probably ever got for a carriage team sold in Rensselaer. The sparkling effect of a delicate stimulant upon the jaded sj'stein is never more apparent than it is when drinking a cup of Mr. C. C. Starr’s pure J ewel Tea. Work on the Stock Farm’s big horse barn was begun Monday. The barn will be 36 by 100 feet, and 20 feet to the eaves—one of the largest and best barns in the county, Ed Morlan is doing the work. Notice, for the benefit of our customers in the near towns, we will pay their railroad fare one way, to Jan. Ist, to all parties buying $5.00 worth of goods. & 9 2t. Chicago Bargain Store. Men’s boots at $1.25 worth $1.50. Ladies’ shoes sl, worth $1.50 and $2. Children’s shoes 50 c., cost us from 40 to 50 cents more money. Come and see us if you want real bargains. Economy Store Co. F. B: Meyer says that if the individual who “lifted” his public thermometer, a short time since, will return the same, the person will be furnished with the best weather his store affords, in unlimited quantities, free for nothing and no questions asked. ' G. W. Dowell, the shooter, now of Winamac, was in town Saturday. He thinks the plaintiff in the malicious prosecution suit against him will be for taking a change of venue from Starke county and he, Dowell, doesn’t want the case sent to this county. Thinks the Jasperites are prejudiced against him. • ----- —— W. C. Shead reached home from Washington (State) last Wednesday evening, after quite a prolonged absence. He has began suit there for his lawful interest in his father’s estate. The value of the property is about SIOO,OOO, of which, if Mr. Shead wins his suit, his share will be over one-half. He has secured the services of an able attorney, who considers his chances for winning to be excellent The attorney is a son of Palmer, of Illinois.

Roller Skating, Opera House, Saturday night. * Dolls. —All sizes and prices, at Long & Eger’s. 100 sleds to be given away at Paxton & Moore’s. Miss Flora Roberts, of West Lafayette, spent Thanksgiving with Mrs . A. M. Stockton. Long & Eger have as fine a line of plush albums, toilet cases <fcc., as was ever brought to town. All the latest shapes in felt hats, reduced to 50 cents at Hemphill & Honan’s. Clear and bright as a jewel—the spirits after drinking C. C. Starr’s Jewel Tea. The Free Will sewing society will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. Parcells. Special business requires a full attendance. Women’s Buckle arctic overshoes 50cts a pair. Men’s felt boots, with overshoes, $1.50. 2t. Chicago Bargain Store. We are the people! Come in and let us give you some prices on your fall bill of Dry Goods and Clothing. Ellis & Murray. Edwin Beard, a young man pretty well known in Rensselaer, has started a paper at Milford, Illinois. Judging from the first number he will make it a howling success. We begin Dec. 2 to close out our entire stock of clothing at a great sacrifice to avoid keeping it over another season. 2t. Chicago Bargain Store. All lovers of music of song and sentiment, novelty and fun should not fail to attend the “Aesthetic concert” on the evening of the 19th. A rich treat is guaranteed. Did you see those long waisted French corsets, at Hemphill & Honan’s? They fit perfectly and make the form perfect. Call and see them at Hemphill Honan’s. J. C. Morgan’s little daughter Grace is sick with lung fever and inflammation of the bowels. Her condition was exceedingly dangerous the latter part of last week, but is now very much improved. In answer to numerous inquiries I wish to announce that my present expectation is to organize in town a class in vocal music, as soon as the churches have closed the season of special meetings. U. M. McGuire. The Aesthetic Garden. An entertaining and* amusing concert will be given in the Opera House Dec. 19, 1889, by some of the leading singers of the town, under the management of the Ladies of the Christian church. A complete program will be published next week. The vestibule trains between Chicago and Cincinnati run at a tremendous rate over this end of the ronte, but they make still greater speed beyond Indianapolis. From Indianapolis to Hamilton, Ohio, a distance of 99 miles, the actual speed is 46 miles an hour. Only two stops are made in that distance. The ladies’ Thanksgiving dance, at the Opera House, was altogether lovely and the most complete success of any they ever gave. The number of dancers present was about 100. They had fine music, furnished by the Healys and Frankfort orchestra, splendid floor management and an elegant supper, and “all went merry as a marriage bell.” One day last week Abe Kaufman, at the Swaney Makeever farm, in Newton tp., tried the old familiar experiment of removing the cap from a loaded shot-gun cartridge. Of course the cartridge was discharged, but what was not quite so usual, without very serious results, as Kaufman escaped with only a few shots in his hand and a pretty badly burned hand and wrist. The article in last weed’s .Republican in regard to the part the ladies have taken in building and furnishing the new M. E. church was erronious in one particular. The pulpit chairs were not the gift of two ladies, nor of any number of ladies exclusively. hut were bought, by the proceeds of a special subscription, taken for that purpose and in which many persons participated. The entertainment given by the ladies of the M. K. church, at the Opera House, last Wednesday evening was up to the high-water mark of success, in that line. There was a good supper, which found many customers, a fine array of handsome and curious articles for sale in the various departments of the fair, nearly all of which commanded a ready sale, and all winding up with an interesting theatrical entertainment. The financial receipts, which is always the final measure of success in such affairs, were above S7O.

Rolle Skating at the Opera House Saturday night. Gloves and mitts, till you can’t rest at Hemphill <fe Honan’s. A first class trimmer at Mrs. M. E. Lecklider’s. For a nice bottle of perfumery go to Long & Eger’s. Frederick Whitcomb, a freight brakeman on the Monon, was killed at Delphi, Tuesday. Notice our wonderfully low clubbing offer with the finest of juvenile magazines, The Wide Awake. Mrs. J. W. Pierce, of South Marion township, whose health has been very poorly for some time past, is in Chicago undergoing mediical treatment. You can get a beautifully trimmed hat now for less money than it took to buy one without trimming, 2 weeks ago, at Hemphill <fc Honan’s. Eugene Young, son-law of J. W. Du vail, of .this place, died at his home in Grand Rapids. Mich., last Saturday, Nov. 30, at 9 o’cldcfc A. M. The Robb Bros. wilLmake a public sale, at their place jin Gillam tp., on Saturday, December 14, selling a large quantity of stock, implements, grain, &e. This is no old stock, every late j shape and all new colors in millinery, j Felt shapes only 50 cents. Everyone , can afford a new hat. Hemfhill & Honan, j Rev. R. Y. Hunter, of Indianapolis, j was announced to have begun a series j of meetings at the Presbyterian j church, last Monday evening, but was j prevented by sickness. The Presbyterian Sunday School I is already making preparations for an j excellent Christmas entertainment. Just what form of an entertainment will be given has not yet been fully determined. Rev. Peter Hinds, of Milroy, closed a series of meetings at Center school house, in his township last Sunday, and immediately continued the meetings at Eagle College. He expects to organize a church next month. Owing to a broken bridge and a piled up freight train, up about St. Johns, traffic was suspended over this j portion of the Monon Route, all of j last Friday. As usual in such cases j recourse was had to the expedient of | running into and out of Chicago over j the Chicago & Atlantic, by way of • Wilders. Last Thursday was about as tough a Thanksgiving, in point of weather, as is often seen in this locality, and | the following night the cold was very j intense, for the time of year. Many ! observers reported their thermometers j down to 4 and 6 degrees^below zero, j Friday morning, and some even as : low r as 10 degrees. | - - .. . There was a general, but not ex- : tensive change of time on the Monon, | last Sunday. The greatest change is : j m the accommodation train north, ; which now passes Rensselaer at 11:42 a. m., or almost twxrhOurs later than | before. Another important change ; was the making of the day mail trains I daily, as heretofore they have not run j ion Sundays. The other changes are i numerous, but not extensive. !

Harry Zimmerman went to Harrodsburgh, Lawrence Co,, Tuesday j night, to begin telegraphing for the j L., N. A. & C. in the night office ; there. This is understood to be a | steady job. Harrodsburg, by-the- ; way, is a historic spot, to a certain ! extent, being the scene of Chesley 1 Chamber’s blood-thirsty raid on the ; baggage and express car some three j or four years ago. ; j Two young fellows were brought \ over from Remington one day last week, and now have an unlimited op- ‘ portunity to play “ent-throat” euchre with the “little Sheeney” in the county jail. They are cliarged with stealing several pairs of mittens, from Allman’s store. They also stole some caps from Stiller, but he does not intend to prosedute. They gave their names as James Jones and Chas. Wilson. said they belonged in Logansport and had been husking com in the vicinity of Brook. They are young chaps, probably both under twentyone. The people of Rensselaer are justly indignant over the fact that the vestibule trains do not stop at onr station. It is one of the best towns on the line, especially for passenger traffic, and it is a shame to treat it as though it was a way station. There is scarcely a town on the Indianapolis and Chicago division that furnishes as many passengers for the road as Rensselaer, and but few on the old line. It is the only county seat on the line, between Lafayette and Chicago on the old line and Monticello and Chicago on the air line, and it is not just nor right to pass us by, in the way now done. -

Jas. Flynn has been granted an increase of pension. Fur felt hats at $1.25, at Hemphill & Honan’s. For nice, stylish dress goods go to Ellis <fc Murray’s. You can buy a stem wind gold watch for S2O, at Kannal’s. Next Saturday and Sunday is Quarterly meeting with the M. E. church. Dr. Smith, the presiding elder, will be present. Best Prints at 4c, sc, and sc. Best ginghams at to Bc. Our prices are always the lowest. Economy Store Co. Red flannels at 2,5, 30 and 3a.e, best in the market. You will want some. We can save you some money. Economy Store Co. J. W. Duvall is at Grand Rapids, Mich., on account of the sickness and death of his son-in-law, Eugene Young. Our clothing must go. If you want anything ih that line, five. us. A call. Take it at your own price, at the Trade Palace. D. S. Willey, the Monon merchant, was in town yesterday. He reported his town to be wild over the Trades’ Carnival, which was to come off last ! evening. Those wishing to buy anything in {the line of Cashmeres or Henriettas j will do well to call on R. Fendig and i inspect his new line of Dry Goods j and learn low prices. Friday evening the Sunday School I Normal Class will hold their first ses- ! sion in the Presbyterian church. All i members and all contemplating mem- ; bership should be present at this first meeting. The boring for oil at Fair Oaks has been making more satisfatory progress lately. The crooked place in the boring has beenjgotten reasonably straight and the prospects are now good that the desired depth can soon be reached, without further serious interruptions. The depth last Saturday was 510 feet. Wm. Myers, of Walker tp., was in town lest Saturday and reported that ! his brother John, who met with the i accident at Haskell, some time ago, lis making slow but evidently sure ! progress towards recovery. He was I terribly injured, and only escaped death by virtue of an unusually strong constitution. The particulars of the accident have not heretofore been correctly reported. He was standing j on the platform of a fast train on the Grand Trunk, expecting to jump off, as the train slowed up at the L, N. A. & C. crossing, and acting in this respect under the direction of the conductor. As it happened, howevjer, the engine of the train struck a ’ signal torpedo on the track and the air brakes were suddenly applied, ; with the result of sueh a sudden slowing up of the train that Mr. Myers was thrown off, on to the rails of the side track, with terrible violence and }was cut and bruised in a dreadful j manner. Some idea of the violence j with which he was thrown off, may be ! had from the fact that he remained in an unconscious condition from Monday until the following Friday.