Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1890 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Miss Mamie Williams is at Lafay►tte this week, attending the comneneement exercises at Purdue rersityMr. Ben Harris says that the round in which his Spading Harrow ras tried, was the hardest he ever elped plow. B. F. Ferguson. Leslie Clark, formerly with The Republican, is now in Chicago, worklg on a publication devoted to the aterests of bicycling, its name being The Bearings.” Buy your chicken-feed of Dexter : Cox. Desiring to close out my entire took, I will sell all goods at cost rom this date. R. Fendig. Earl Reynolds is now telegraphig in Kansas City, Mo., having the une position formerly held by Chas. orter, who has been promoted. Jotli boys have good jobs. Hon. John Waymire, ex-County ommissioner, says, “I have tried the spading Harrow’ and find it the best lutverizer I ever tried. I tried it on he hardest ground.” Sold by B. F. Ferguson. Right Rev. Bishop Dwenger, pT t o rt Wayne, by reason of heart rouble, has been compelled to give p active work for the time being, nd he will go to Mexico for the ummer. Buy yonr fine corn meal at Dexter i Cox feed store. For a fine Corn Planter and checkower, call on C. A. Roberts. He as the New Deere and the A. C. Svans. • j?Eld. J. R. Respess of Georgia, will ireach at the Missionary Baptist Jhureh this (Thursday) evening at ialf past 7 o’clock. A cordial invilation is extended to all to come ind hear him. J. H. Willey & Son give their cusioiners the value of their money in ioots and Shoes. I still have a few cultivators and’ John Deere Plows on hand. C. A. Roberts. -A. Leopold is happy in the vccov:ry of his little team of carriage horses, which wandered away about a month &r more ago. They were found in the hands of a party living about four miles south of Fowler, Benton county near the place where they were raised. J. 11. Willey & Son will not be undersold. Call and examine goods and prices. Say boys, when you need a new hat ask for the Rego, we have them in soft and stiff. ~~"'Hemphill & Honan By a typographical error last week, in our report of the county convention, in giving the single bollot for Auditor, the number of delegate Votes necessary for choice was given at 45 whereas 54 was the correct number. The right figures were given, but the}' were “hind side before.”

T. F. Clark with Jay NV. Williams, j is a cabinet maker, by trade, and if you want any furniture made or re* : paired bring it to him. All work guaranteed. Picture frames made to order, 20 different styles of moulding on hand. Miss Susan DeLancey Van Henselae r, of New Brunswick, N. J. left for the east last Tuesday, going by The way of Dayton, Ohio, to visit a -relative there. She is the daughter of the late John C. Van Rensselaer and grand daughter of the founder and namesake of this town. Her stay here was cut short on account of arrangements she has made to sail for Europe, for a stay of about live months, on June 18. Miss Van Rensselaer is a lady of very attractive presence, of great learning and many Accomplishments and deeply religious. She made many friends here considering the briefness of this, her first visit

The trustee of Hanging Grove township, is building a good school house at Marlboro. Call for yourself and see that I mean business. Save the profits, .buy goods at cost at R. Fendig’s. The residence W«- S. Coen is building on his place northwest of town, will cost about $2,000 and will be a fine building. - I have a very fine spring-tooth Cultivator and Harrow. Please call and inspect the same before buying. C. A. Roberts. There will be preaching at Ne verfail school at that regular hour, on Sunday, June 8. I hope to meet all the friends. U. M. McGuire.

Young Billy Smith, the carpenter, and his bride of a year or so, have separated, the wife going home to her father’s. A suit for divorce is said to be imminent. .. - C. C. Starr’s pure Jewel Tea is the most refreshing of beverages. I mean business! All goods at cost from this date. R. Fendig. George Griffin, of Remington is on the list of new pensioners and to Noah Littlefield, of Carpenter tp., deceased, has been granted a re-issue and increase. Dont forget to see Coen & Paxton’s two horse—one Canvass Binder People needing anything in my j line,‘should take advantage of this! rare opportunity. It. Fendig. The annual national conclave of the Knights of Pythias meets at Milwaukee this year, from July & to 12, inclusive.. The Monon Route will sell round trip tickets at the rate of one fare for the round trip. The wonder of the age—Coernfc Paxton’s Buckeye Banner Binder. Dexter & Cox are not in any "flour combination, they sell at living prices, CALL AND SEE. The Electric Light Company is contemplating procuring a new engine to supply the motive power for the light plant. Such an improvement is needed, for the old eDgine has not done satisfactory service. Hand-sewed, genuine kangaroo shoes, only $4.50 sold everywhere at $5. Hemphili. &, Honan. Be not deceived. If you consider quality of goods, the prices at the Trade Palace are at the bottom.

.--It is no longer good form, says an authority, for a gentleman to raise his hat when he meets a lady on the street. A courteous wave of the hand, not unlike a military salute, has been substituted for the old custom in London, Paris and Vienna. It is not a fad but a conviction that uncovering the head in the open air caused a number of cases of influenza. The Chicago toughs have taken to patronizing the Monon route, lately, i when they want to have a prize fight ion Indiana soil. A few weeks ago ' Shelby, just north of the Kankakee ! river, was the scene of a notable heavy-weight fight, and last Saturday night, a similar scene was enactj ted at Thayer, the little town in Newton county, just on this side of the river. The parties were Michael Queenan, a plumber, and Bob Fer- ■ guson, a thug from the stock-yards. It was a most brutal fight, and i I Queenan was badly beaten.

Buy pure teas and fresh roasted j coffee at C. C. Starr’s. We roast our own coffee as needed. cons*equent!y have no old, Stile' stock. For the first time in many years the entire corps of teachers of the Rensselaer school has been ve-ern ployed for another year, without any changes in places or salary. The following are the names of the teach- ; ers and their positions, for the school! just closed and for that which will | nest ensue: F. W. Ileubeft, A. 8., superintendent and teacher of the Sciences, German and Mathematics. Upwaid L. Wilson, A. 8., principal of the high school and teacher of Latin, History and Rhetoric; Isaac C. Reubelt, Seventh and Eight grades; Miss Carrie Irwin, Sixth and advanced Fifth grades; Miss Mary Leatherman, lower Fifth and Fourth grades; Miss Lizzie Farris, Third grade; Miss Nelley Kelle}', Second grade; Miss Kitta McDonoid, First grade. 4 , , V*’ • ► •; -

Mrs. Lufama Reynolds, daughter of Wm. McDonald, of Pleasant Ridge, was granted a divorce in the circuit court Tuesday from her husband, David Reynolds, on the grounds of abandonment and failure to provide. Their one child is given in care of the mother. For a medium priced shoe, Fargo’s at $2.50 takes the biscuit. Hemphill & Honan. There was a ball game in town last Saturday afternoon, between some young chaps from Remington and some Rensselaer lads of about the same dimensions. The Remington boys had the best wind and therefore made the most runs, scoring 40 for them to 30 for the Rensselaer boys.

, Our brave fire laddies look mighty fine in their caps and belts and flamin" red shirts. “Sweet men!” was the o enthusiastic comment of a very young lady when she saw them out- the the other day, and in this note of admiration she only gave expression to what most of the older members of her sex thought but did not say, After all the parade by Rensselaer about Morrticelto being “on the side track,” we learn that trains stop at that station only when flagged.— Monticello Herald. Somebody has been stuffing our estemed contemporary with wind and. every envious wind at that. There are four regular passenger trains on the Monon each way every day to which Rensselaer is a regular stopping place and that is very much more than Monticello can say, and in addition to this there are three other regular trains which stop when business requires it. Our esteemed contemporary can therefore set its wind at rest on the train question and perchance tell us something about the electric plant which did not materialize in Monticello, and also what became of that creamery enterprise there we heard so much about, at one time.

About forty new gas and oil leases were filed for record, last week. They are given by Gillam township parties and are in favor of Williams <fc Faupel, and cover many thousands of acres. Another firm, Fackler, Jones Martin, has taken and had recorded many similar leases in Gillam and a third firm is also obtaining leases there, but has not recorded them, as yet. These different parties already have three boring outfits on the ground, in Gillam, and intend to puncture the face of the earth there, into the semblance of a pepper box. A line of wells will be put down extending across the township from north to south, and another from east to* west. It is evident that if there is gas or oil there in paying quantities, the fact will soon be known. Boring operations are already in progress on the Querry ifarm, and the erection of another | derrick at the J. R. Guild place will | be completed this week. The Republican is' glad to say i that the farmers of Marion township ! have experienced a change of heart, in respect to their feelings about road grading machines and that they now | largely appreciate the great advantages of their use. Instead of the gradj ers belonging to the township being allowed to stand idle, Trustee Grcen-

field has found it necessary to purchase another new one this spring, and it is likely that within a year or two', every road district in the township will have to be provided with a grader. Many men who, a year or to ago were among those the most violently prejudiced against these machines are now their most earnest advocates, -In this connection we would suggest to the farmers of the township and of all other townships which have the use of graders, that : they put in all of their road work they ! possibly can this spring and put in all iof the time iu grading up the roads, and that whatever work is done in the fall, all be put in cleaning up and opening ditches. New dirt put upon the roads in the fall invariably does more harm than good. While that is the best time of the year fordoing effective work iu keeping the water off the roads in the wet season.

Circuit court adjourned Wednesday morning until next Monday. The pettit jury was not called this week, but is ealled for next Monday. The grand jury is also called for that day. It is understood that another investigation will be made into the poor farm management. If so it ought to be thorough and impartial. Low prices—Best Machines—Extras’in stock at Coen & Paxton’s. A fine line of road carts, at C. A! Roberts. The wife of Joshua C. Benjamin, second son of Rial Benjamin, of this place, died at Candler, Florida, last Friday, of consumption. Her maiden name was Coshaw and she was, long ago, a resident of Jasper county, and married in this county. She was 52 years old. Her husband survives her and five Sons, one of whom, John Q. Benjamin is himself lying at the point of death at Tampa, Florida, to which place be went a short time ago. from Lafayette. See the Buckeye Frameless Binder at Coen & Paxton’s. Farmers will find the cheapest flour in town at Dexter Cox.

Decoration Day was very satisfactorily observed in Rensselaer last Fri- ! day. A fine procession formed, at about 2P. M., and marched out to Weston cemetery. The procession was composed of the following organized bodies: Odd Fellows, in regalia, Knights of Pythias in uniform ; Fire Company, in uniform; Sunday Schools, G. A. R. Post and Women’s"! Relief Corps. The Cornet Band. marching in-front. At the cemetery j excellent and appropriate addresses I were made by Prof. Howard L. Wilson, Rev. T. F. Drake and Major Woods, of Michigan City. Owing to the great heat and the lateness of the hour the other exercises were greatly abridged and shortened. I. C. Reubelt has met with excellent success in taking orders for Stanley’s new book, on his last great expedition through Africa. It is not j strange that the work should sell well, however, for what has been published in the papers and magazines regarding this expedition has greatly excited public interest in respect to it, and the people naturally desire to possess the entire story, from Mr. Stanley’s own pen. The work Mr. Reubelt is handling is tlie genuine article, and the only one, and not even a single Ifne has Stanley written for any other book.

Another general change in time was made on the Monon last Sunday. The most important features of the change are the dividing into the two ! original sections of all the through passenger trains between Chicago and Monon and the abandonment of the Sunday run of the accommodation or milk tram. There are greater or less changes in the time of most of the trains, as may be seen by reference to our local time card. One feature of the change*is meeting the -approval of our traveling. people which is that, with a single exception, all trains stop at this station, which was not previously the case when the Louisville and Indianapolis through trains were formerly run between Monon and Chicago separately, as now. This arrangement gives Rensselaer live regular north-bound passenger trains every day, and four south hound, not to speak of the way freight, which still carries passengers. and of another freight which carries passengers northward between Lafayette and Rensselaer. The one train which does not stop at our station is the forenoon vestibule, and being only. 13" minutes behind the regular passenger, its failure to stop here is of no moment.