Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1890 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Mrs, Faulkner of Galesburg 111., is visiting her neice, Mrs. Allen Catt. Straw iiats from 5 cents to ,81.2 d at Hemphill & Honan’s; Mrs. E, P. Honan is visiting her j friends, the Shaffners, in Wheatfield tp. As iny intentions are to quit business, I have decided to close out my entire stock at cost, R. Fendig, Rev. James T. Abbett and family are visiting friends in Rensselaer and vicinity. At Mrs. Lecklider’s millinery sto re will be found a new line of collars, laces <fec. W. J. Miller, the painter, is occupy - ingF. G. Henkle’s house near the railroad.

Mrs. Lecklider has a full assortment of ladies jewelry especially necklace, pendants and bracelets. Rev. T. F. Drake, of Rensselaer, will preach at the Barkley church next Sunday, July 20th, at 3:30, P. M. See our 5, 10 and 25 cent counter’s there is money in them. J. H. Willey & Son. Mrs. B. D. Leggett, of Fairfield , lowa, is visiting her grand daughter, Mrs. B. Forsythe. All winter goods at cost for cash at R. Fendig’s. Go to C. A. Roberts for a fine line of buggies carts and spring wagons. R. F. Priest, formerly of Rensselaer, but now of Chicago, visited his old friends here a few days this wee k.

Look at Leopold’s 5 and 10 cent counters. Numberless articles can be found there, at those prices, worth five times the amount in value. Miss Mary Peacock returned last Friday morning from Manns Choice, Pa., where she has been teaching aehool for the past two years. _ Buy pure teas and fresh roaste d coffee at C. C. Starr’s. We roast ou r own coffee as needed, consequent! y have no old, stale stock. Miss Ida Gibson, teacher in Rusk University, Holly Springs, Miss., is visiting Miss Bath Ric ha rdson, and other Rensselaer friends.

Dear reader, stop and study; do you owe us for goods ? If so, its your DUTY to calt at once and settle, as we are needing the money badly. Hemphill & Honan.

Wm. Smith, the Carpenter, went to Chicago last Saturday, to work at his trade. Work in his line is said to be plenty there, at good wages. James R. Guild, trustee of Gillain tp., has sold his farm and is engaged in the hay business at Medaryville. He still makes his residence in Gillam however.

Albion Miller, formerly of Rensselaer, but now at Bloomington, 111., has lately been given a position as telegraph operator, in the office of the chief train dispatcher of the Chicago & Alton lly., at Bloomington. ,

The Monun has received from i Patterson, N. J. three consolidated Rogers locomotives that nre monsters in size and power. Two more engines of the same class will soon be delivered to the Monon by the Rogers locomotive works. These; are the most powerful engines manufactured.

The Chicago parties who have been leasing so much land in Gillam township and near Pleasant Grove, Jasper county, have contracted for two wells, one on the Geo. Brown, Jr. farm, and one on the Guild farm. The Brown well will be on an east and west line—or nearly so—with our gas wells and the chances are very favorable for gas in that direction. It is reported that these parties have contracted for ten wells in all.'-—Francis vi lie Kra.

The Monon Route is adding to its equipment 300 stone cars of GO,OOO pounds and 25 large furniture cars. They are being built by the Ohio Falls car-works. Rev. R. M. Simmons, of the Rensselaer circuit; will preach at the Slaughter school bouse, in southeast Marion tp., next Sunday evening, July 20th, at 8 o’clock. To Rent. — A good bouse, on Cullen street, 5 rooms, summer kitchen, wood -house good well and cistein, an excellent residence fora small family. Apply to, J- C. Pouter. The Town Board did a most cornmendible act when they ordered a I good sewer constructed along the north side of Washington street, at their meeting Monday evening. It is a greatly needed improvement. Having moved the entire • stock of Queensware and Glassware of D. S. Willey & Co. of Monon, in our room we are prepared to give great bargains in that line as these goods must be sold. Call and learn prices when needing anvthinginth is line. J. H. WiLLEY &Son. The Presbyterians have decided to erect a ministerial residence, and will proceed to do so at once. The site selected is on the east side of Cullen street, between the residences of Messrs. J. W. Douthit and Joseph White.

The best improved harvester and binder manufactured can be inspected at C. A. Roberts’ implement house, Rensselaer Ind. Come and see if I have not told the truth once, as you all know it is hard for implement men to do this. Yours. C. A. Robert’s The writer of the communciation from Wheatfield sighed “Boh” must remember our oft repeated rule and the rule of all respeetable newspapers, not to publish communciations the author of which does not give his name.

Jack Robinson commenced drilling the Wyckoff well yesterday. The first part of the week was used up in piping gas to the boiler. Mr. Robinson expects to have this well down before the last of this month. He also expects to get as good a gas well as either of the old ones. W e hope that he will.—Francesville Era. The Epworth league society will give a social and lunch at the residence of J. M. Wasson to-morrow (Friday) evening; Ice-cream and cake served, for one person 15 cents, for two persons 25 cents. All are invited.

Persons who are good judges of track, and who have rode over the Indianapolis division of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road lately, are greatly surprised at the improvements. Rough places are becoming few, and there is a solidity which shows that a good deal of work has been done on the road-bed since the new management took hold. — Indianapolis Journal. Farmers in this section are pretty nearly unanimous in declaring that the splendid prospects for a big oats crop of a few months ago, has now vanished, and that those whose fields yield half an ordinary crop of that grain this year, will be lucky. The very excessive rains of a few weeks ago, followed by the torrid temperature of the latter half of June, are held to be the causes that worked the mischief.

W. D. Robison, who lias been working in Hammond for some time past, has just assumed control of the Rising Hotel,in that tmvn. Mrs Robinson and daughter, Miss Emma went to Hammond yesterday, to take charge of the housekeeping department. Mr. Rol.inson lias rechristened the hotel. miming it "The .Jasper Hotel,” in honor of the county from which lie removes.

« The ancient case of Monnett versus Turpie is on trial at Delphi, this week. Messrs.. C'hilcote and Hammond, attorneys for the plaintiff, together with a cloud of witnesses, went over Monday, to attend the trial. The case has been on the docket for ten or a dozen years, and has been tried but once in all that time. At that trial the Turpies won, but the court granted the plaintiffs a new trial

A. J. Davis, the ccmpteent and reliable piano’ tuner came to town Moni day but receiving an urgent special call to go to Lafayette, he left for that town the same day. He will rej turn to Rensselaer in a few days and complete his tuning work here.

The Bo well Argus states that Rev. James T. Abbett, now located at Williamsport, but fofmerily recorder of Jasper county and a most highly esteemed citizen of Rensselaer, has preparations made for an early removal to Oregon, where he will continue to work in. the Methodist Church field as at the present. Married.— Sunday evening, July 13th, at the residence of the bride’s father, Henry C. Bruce Morion tp., Miss Addie Bruce to Mr. Barney J). Corner, of Union, Rev. IT. M. McGuire performing the ceremony. A large number of the relatives and friends of the respective fandies were present, and enjoyed a very happy evening. The Winamac Republican describes a human monstrosity born near Winamac, a few weeks ago, and which is still living which rivals the famous Jones twins, in the following words: -“The abdominal walls are one, there is one head with two bodies joined together from the upper part of the chest to the lower part of the abdomen, there are four legs and feet, four arms and hands, and they are both males babies.” One of the gas and oil prospecting wells, in GiHam tp. has been completed, and the well closed up. What, if anything, of value was found is not known to the public, the prospectors keeping the matter a secret. A party from Gillain whose opportunities to observe matters are excellent thinks that probably a little oil was found, but not enough to be of much value. The depth of the well is said to be about 1200 feet. An exchange wisely says that the custom of publishing a card thanking friends for sympathy and assistance during the illness and after the death of friends is rapidly going out of style, and very properl}’. In civilized communities no neighbor or friend will refuse his kindly offices at such a time, and to print a card of thanks is an intimation, no doubt given unwittingly, that such offices are unusual. If the family are indebted in more than usual measure to-certain ones, the acknowledgment might better be made privately. We notice by the daily papers that our townsman, Geo. L. Morgan, has been granted a pension. George was the youngest of the three Morgan boys who went into the army from Barkley township, and he ran away from home to do it. He was one of the very youngest soldiers in the Union army, lacking at the time of his enlistment, six months of being 14 years old. He was in company A. of the 87th Indiana, and served two years and ten months and would have stayed with it longer, if the wai hadn’t closed. Although so young he was a thoroughly good soldier and never shirked his full sized share of the hardships and the fighting. He well deserves all the pension he gets and a good deal more.

There was a big wind in this vicinity, last Monday afternoon, followed by a pouring rain, of great length. That the wind and ram together must have done great damage to newly cut hay, was inevitable. If lately stacked or in the shock, the wind would first overturn and scatter the hay and the following rain would soon soak it through. In this, way A., S. Baker, southeast of town, had about 25 tons of good tame hay ruined, and probably many others suffered loss in a similar way, to a greater or less degree. Among other losers in the same way and in much the same neighborhood, as Mr. Baker, are County Comissioner J. F. Watson, who lost 30 tons of hay, and Peter Wasson, H. W. Wood and R. B. Porter, who also lost considerable quantities of hay. Many fields of corn have also been by the blowing down and breaking of the yonng stalks.

Bro.-C. W. Woodman issued the valedictory of his paper, the Frampville New Era, last week, and the towi is now without a newspaper and likely to remain in that condition. Mr. : Woodman has published the Era for a little more than three years, and has made it a phenominally good paper, considering tha extent and nature of his field, biit the , support received has not justified the publication of the paper. Mr. Woodman has assumed control of the Winimac Republican in which position his abilities will, we believe command success.

.One Wesley Sharp has been a tenant of Leroy Sayers, in his building just west of town, on the road towards the poor farm, for the lass three months, and failing to meet his monthly rent bill, -with a regularity which grew very monotonous to Mr. Sayers, the later brought suit for his ejectment, before Squire Morgan. Monday was the day set for the trial, and Sharp failing to appear, judgment was entered against him by default, and a writ of ejectment issued. In the afternoon Constable Billy Wood went out to perform the ejecting act, or at least to notify the Sharps that he wOuld do so the next day, if they didn’t vacate on their own motion, and Billy thereupon met with some very interesting experience. The lady of the house was the chief actor, and Billy says that even his not at all inexperienced ears never were saluted with such a volley of obscene and profane

abuse before, Mr. Sharp also took an active part in the affair, and Wood fell back, in good order on his reserves. Coming to town he secured reinforcements, in the persons of Willis Me Colly and Eddie Irwin. The three marched to the scene of conflict, and after McColly had had a very narrow escape from a club in the hands of Mrs. Sharp, the attacking party again withdrew, on account of the big storm, just then beginning. At two o’clock Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Wood started bade to again attempt the removal of the objectionable tenants, but found that they were already moving out, of their own motion, and that there was no further cause I for his official interference.