Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1890 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The county commissioners will be in session, next week. For carpeting call at the Trade Palace. Special meetings at the M. E. church are still in progress with increasing interest. . A good, first class, Spring Kip Boot, warranted, only $2.00 2t. . Chicago Bargain Store. The Senate confirmed the nomination of E. D. Rhoades as postmaster at Rensselaer, last Friday. The largest stock of new lace curtains. Embroideries and laces. 2t. Chicago Bargain Store. Bishop Nickerbocker, of Indianapolis, Ind., desires to hold a service in the M. E. church, March 11, 1890. There will be preaching next Sunday at 10:30 A. M., at the Missionary Baptist church, by Elder W. R. Nowels. The public cordially invited. There is no house in Indiana that can sell a better shoe for the money, than can be bought at the Trade Palace. Married. —February 18, at the home of the bride in Hanging Grove, township, by Rev. B. F. Ferguson, Mr. Elmer S. Kenton and Miss Tillie Robinson. The next quarterly meeting of the M. E. church will be held March 1 and 2. Rev. J. L. Smith, P. E., will be present. Quarterly conference Monday morning. Everybody invited. The Republican has received from Terre Haute a neat visiting card incribed‘ “Compliments of Alice Agnes Thompson, born Feb. 22, 1890.” The good wishes of the very young lady are heartily reciprocated. A new and complete line of Spring overcoats and dress suits, in all the latest styles, and surperior quality, at lowest prices. A little winter clothing left to close out at cost. 2t. Chicago Bargain Store. Mr. Wm. S. Taylor, of Brook, Newton county, and Miss Mary J. Kennedy, of Jordan township, were married last Wednesday afternoon, February 19, at the Cotton House, Rev. T. F. Drake performing the ceremony. All persons indebted to me will please call and pay their accounts or give their notes for same. Some of these accounts have been standing a long time and must be settled, some way or other. B. F. Ferguson. Ths new 2-cent postage stamps are beginning to make their appearance. They are of a beautiful maroon color, and not quite so large, in length, as the green stamps they replace. They are a great improvement over those sickly-green affairs. J. 11. Willey & Son are preparing to do their old-time business, in the Trade Palace. They have added fully $3,000 worth of new goods to their stock since Jthey obtained pos- * session. This has been mainly in the lines of clothing, dress goods, hats and carpets. Fowler had another bad fire week before last, which destroyed two good brick store buildings, and other property, to the value of $8,000; and last week another fire was started in the business portion of the town, but was discovered and extinguished before much damage was done. The town is very unfortunate, in the occurence of fires. The Republican is this week print- " uig'tbe acTvertising ffiatterfor one of the most gigantic public sales ever held in this section of the country. It includes the stock implements of Adams Ranch, sixteen miles up the river, and four and one-half miles this side of Rose Lawn, Indiana. The .sale begins Friday, March 1 4th, and continues from day to day until all is sold. There are eighty horses, mostly blooded, 250 head of cattle, and an immense number of agricultural im- * pLements, etc. See notice of sale next week.

An excellent 8-foot 2-inch plank walk has been constructed in front of The Republican office and extending westward to connect with the walk in front of the Makeever House. It is a desirable and a needed improvement. Union services of Vaughn and Rensselaer F. W. Baptist churches will be held in the church of the latter, next Sunday morning. After the services the ordinance of baptism will be administered to quite a number of candidates. . Recorder Antrim has received for record a large number of gas and oil leases, given by parties in G illam and Walker tps., to persons who propose to bore for gas or oil. The lands leased all lie in the vicinity of J. R. Guild’s famous gusher, in Gillam tp. Rev. G, W. Payne gives notice that the first quarterly meeting in Rose Bud Chapel, Union tp., will be held the second Saturday and following Sunday, in March. Mr. Payne is now conducting a two weeks’ revival, in Union Chapel, Clinton county. Chicago Bargain Store, to the front again, with a new and complete line of - Spring styles of dress goods, in all the latest shades, in allwool Henriettas, Alpacas, Serges, Brocades, <fec. Come early and take first choice. Chicago Bargain Store. Sheriff Blue went up into Stark e county last Wednesday night, and in J the town of Knox corralled that ornamental citizen, John Masterson, who is under indictment for fornification, and who jumped his bail some time ago, He will now have quarters in the county jail until his case is disposed of. The Rensselaer Building, Loan & Savings Association has now been in operation two years, and is a wellmanaged and successful institution, that has been a great benefit to many people and to the town generally. Of the original 500 shares first issued, all but four are still extant and are stilt paid on. There is a bright prospect for a lively rumpus in the saloon business at Rose Lawn. Two different parties will apply for license to sell liquor in the same room.—Kentland Gazette.

The commissioners ought to grant both parties licenses and then let them fight it out, like the Kilkenny cats. Kentland, the most unfortunate of towns, had another bad fire 1 last Thursday. Four business buildings were destroyed, with many of their contents. Three of these were frame buildings, and one a handsome two story brick. The toted value of property destroyed, is estimated $20,000, much of which loss was covered by insurance. Joseph Tanner will make a public sale at his place a mile east of Hogan, in Walker ts)., on Thursday, March, 6, ten horses and colts, eleven head of cattle a large assortment of farming implements, vehicles, &c., &c. The terms are nine month’s credit, without interest, on sums over ss,«*with 10 per cent. discount for cash. 2t. T. J. Sayler and E. N. Hyland have made an important business deal, whereby Mr. Sayler becomes owner of the flouring mill and Mr. Hyland takes Mr. Sayler’s place as partner of J. Q. Alter in the livery business. The brick livery stable building becomes the property of Mr. Hyland. This is not Mr. Sayler’s first experience in running the Rensselaer mill. The ladies of the Christian church cleared about $lO by their supper, fair and Washington entertainment, last Saturday night, at the Opera ljou.se. They ought to have done much better than that, considering the excellence of the supper, the beauty and great cheapness of the many articles offered for sale in the fair department, together with the interesting and well-managed entertainment, illustrating the incidents of the life of the great father of oar country. The weather was against them, however, as was also the fact of considerable sickness in town.

The funeral of Thomas Monnett, whose death was mentioned last week, was held last Friday, at the residence, Rev. T. F. Drake, conducting the services. Mr. Mon nett’s age was 79 years, 7 months and 2 days. He was born in Piqua Co., Ohio. Was married in 1832 to Mary Delamer Kinear, who died several years ago. Four children born to them, still survive. He has lived in Jasper. Co. since 1850. He was a faithful member of the M. E. church, from childhood, and an honorable and upright man, in all his dealings. An effort" has been making for some time to induce the Monon managers to put a “milk train” on this line, and last Saturday a number of representatives of various towns along, the line, met with the officials of the road in Chicago, and secured from them a statement that the train would probably he put ou about May Ist. If so it will leave Monon about 5:30 a. m. and pass Rensselaer about 6. There is a big thing in this move for the farmers along the line, and we shall have more to shy in regard to it, "in a short time. It is now practically settled, that the oil prospectors, under the management of Mr. Miller, who have bored two wells in Union tp., will now transfer their operations to the vicinity of Pleasant Ridge, and bore one or more wells in a northeast direction from that town. .The consent of the parties furnishing the financial backing to these borings has been obtained to further experiments in the region mentioned, and the necessary leases of land secured also, we understand. We are very glad to be able to announce that borings will be made in the direction spoken of, for it is there, if any place, as we believe, that gas will be found for Rensselaer. The Republican job office is just finishing up the biggest piece of job printing ever executed in Jasper county, without doubt. It is hjsoo copies of a 74 page catalogue for the Rensselaer Stock Farm, containing full descriptions of about 40 of their leading horses, with tabulated pedigrees of many of them. The owners of the Farm are very nice young men and they have a very nice collection of trotting bred horses and naturally enough they wanted a very nice catalogue and came to a very nice plac c to get it. The proprietors of the Rensselaer Stock Farm are showing great 1 enterprise in building up tlieif horsej breeding establishment and deserve and no doubt will receive, a liberal reward for their enterprise.

There was considerable of a wreck on the Monon, at Pleasant Ridge, 4 miles east of Rensselaer, early last Monday morning. A long train of empty passenger coaches, most of them Pullman’s, was being taken back to Chicago, after having been used in connection with the Mardi Gras excursions, to New Orleans. The train left Monon only ten minutes ahead of a freight train, and had orders to side-track at the Ridge to make room for the south-bound night accommodation which passes Rensselaer at 3:30 A. M. The train of empties iiad trouble in getting on to the switch, and sent a man back with a light to signal the freight, but the night being very foggy the light was not seen in time to stop the freight, and it crashed into the rear of the Pullman train, with great force. The two rear cars, of the Pullmans were completely telescoped, the rear car being driven outside of the one before it, to within 4or 5 feet of its entire length. The rear car is a total wreck and the one inside of it little better off. The rear car was old and not of much value but the one inside of it is a good car. There was ho one in the rear car, or they would have surely been killed or badly injured. The only occupant !of the next ear was a colored porter. ; He was badly shaken up, but not seriously injured. The engineer and I fireman of the freight jumped off, and 'were not hurt. Their engine was | pretty badly damaged. Several of | the freight cam, loaded with coal and j stone were also wrecked. The track [was obstructed for seven or eight hours.