Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1890 — TOWN AMD COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AMD COUNTRY.

Grandmother Kannal went to Lima, Ohio, Monday, to visit relatives. Straw hats from 5 cents to $1.25, at Hemphill & Honan’s. Mrs. F. J. Seara and Mrs. Emmet Kannal left for Salem, Ohio, Monday for a two weeks visit with friends. Clothing at one half price, to make room for fall stock. 47-2 t. Chicago bargain store. W. W. Watson, the special pension agent, spent Sunday with his family, in Rensselaer. Dexter & Cox have plenty of wood to deliver, at $3 per cord. 2t All winter goods at cost for cash at R. Fendig’s. * Jas. R. Parkison, of Barkley tp.,is reported to have a fine boy at his house since Sunday. Buy pure teas and fresh roasted coffee at C. C. Starr’s. We roast our own coffee as needed, consequently have no old, stale stock. Rev, and Mrs. M. L. Tressler, who lately removed from Rensselaer, to Buchanan, Mich., are rejoicing over the birth of a daughter. Boys’ waists, 25 cts. Boys’ hats, 5 cts. corsets, 25tcs. Children shoes 15cts. 47-2 t. Chicago Bargain Store. Jay Zimmerman went to Hammond Monday, to work in the canning factory there. 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. The Stock Farm trotters were at Fairbury, Illinois, last week. Douglas Girl got a place in a good race. The only place in Rensselaer to buy the “World’s Best,” Cones’ Boss pants and overalls. 47-2 t Chicago Bargain Store. Dr. Washburn is putting in nearly this entire week, at Chicago, on his special course in surgery. He will complete the course this week. To Rent. —A good house, on Cullen street, 5 rooms, summer kitchen, wood -house good well and cistern,°an excellent residence for a small family. Apply to, J. C. Porter. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe, of Williamsport. Visited their son, the lumber* ma«> and his family, for a number of days, including over Sunday.

Dear reader, stop and study; do you owe us for goods ? If so, its your DUTY" to call at once and settle, as we are needing the money badly. Hemphill <fe Honan. Joseph M. Hopkins, of Rensselaer and Thomas H. Davisson, of Fair Oaks, have been granted increase of pensions. ‘ The great clearance sale, at cut prices, includes the World’s renowned Phelps, Dodge & Palmer, fine shoes, C. H. Fargoes fine shoes, R. P. Smith & Son’s fine shoes <kc. 47-2 L Chicago Bargain Store. W. N. Jones has been bad sick with his old complaint, rheumatism, at Medaryville, for several weeks, but is now very much better, and aide to return to this place. Just received, - a complete line standard brands corsets, corset waists, Abdominal corsets and Misses corsets, sold at prices below all competition. 47-2 t. Chicago Bargain Store. As my intentions are to quit business, I' have decided to close out my entire stock at cost. R. Fendig. Bethel, the eight months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Ivaatberman, of this place, was hurried last Thursday at the Randle graveyard, m Barkley tp., the funeral services being held in Barkley church. The cause of the death was brain fever. Rev. B. F. Ferguson conducted the funeral cervices.

Mrs. J>r. Deming is now .well enough to be driven into town, from their place four miles south —something she has been unable to do before for nearly two years. Do notj buy cross-road store cheap pants and overalls, when you can buy Cones’ Boss, at same prices, and one pair will out-wear two pairs of the others. 47-21. Chicago Bargain Store. Harve Robinson is making a trip to the Pacific Coast, and interesting points on the way. He has some idea of remaining on the Coast, if he finds a place that strikes him favorably enough. Priest and Applegate, of Frances- ; ville, are keeping half a dozen f trotting horses at the stables, of the Rensselaer Stock Farm,- adjoining town, to avail themselves of the training track at the Farm. |

This is another great year for berries and the blackberries and huckleberries are plentiful and cheap in the Rensselaer market but not so cheap as not to afford a, good profit to the pickers thereof, however. John Minnicus was driving a free- j tious colt, Sunday, in town, and the { critter ran away, and threw John out, and banged his head pretty bad, and tore the buggy to pieces. The! horse and buggy were the property j of George Strickfaden. _* . - i We regret to chronicle the fact [ that Mrs. Moses Tuteur has had a return of her mental affliction, and that her removal to the asylum has again been necessary. Sheriff Blue took her to the Logansport asylum, Tuesday. The Summer Normal is not quite So large as last year, in attendance, but is very satisfactory in that respect, the membership being now thirty-one. In all other respects it is a very successful institution, and is doing excellent work. Sherman A. Travens, of southeast Missouri, is visiting friends in the vicinity. He is casting around to buy a suitable place to start a mule ranch. He has been in the ranch business for four years and once owned the largest pony ranch in Missouri. Alfred Collins’ little son, Wallace, aged three years, died Tuesday morning, of spinal fever, after a long illness, ajt his father’s place, east of town. The funeral was held yesterday forenoon, in the M. E. church, Rev. T. F. Drake, preaching the sermon.-, : L' : ■ • "■ ■ * ' Messrs A. Parkison, Jonh J. Porter and D. 11. Yeoman, viewers in tiro big Hodges Ditch, in Wheat field amt Keener tp., made their third, and this time successful, attempt to view the the ditch this week. Their two prtN vious attempts have failed from excessively high water.

The viewers appointed by the Jasper county commissioners and those from this county were at work here during the week making out their report on the Denton and Culp ditch, which runs through lands in both counties. The ditch will be over five miles in length and will cost more than 15,000. It will benefit the wet lands south and west of Lee in this county.—Monticello Democrat. The new lithograph hangers tor the State Fair are now posted. They are the same as last year except that the Wemd beauty-on horseback hasa new summer hat, and her former white horse li;U been mottled with big black spots. as a recognition of the fact that the superstition of an occult relationship between red-bead-ed girls and white horses is out of fashion, like the last year’s hat. .

The Wiiamac Democrat publishes a picture of the 'Hatfield twins. One of the babies is essentially a complete child. The other is also, as far as it goes. It lgcks a head, however, one ann, and is joined, front to front, to the complete babe, by a fleshy union, inches m length, above the umbilicus. The fractional babe is, of course, nourished by circulation from the complete one. A museum man from Chicago has offered $250 a week to the parents, to exhibit the freak in his museum!

The County Commissioners met yesterday in special session, to consider bids for furnishing supplies for elections under the new law. About a dozen different propositions were received, and the Commissioners are still engaged in their consideration, as we go to press. The Crown Point Star says that one of the lady performers in a circus lost a S3OO diamond pm, at Crown Point, on the 4th. The losing of jewels “worth a prince’s ransom” —a pretty cheap, kind of a that is —4s a common advertising dodge for actresses, but it is a new thing for the performers of the saw-dust arena.

! A watch inspector has passed over the Monon Route, and a large number of the employes have been ordered to procure new watches. The ori der was too late, however, to prevent I the disastrous collision near Bloom- ; ington last week, which was caused it is claimed by the freight conductor’s i watch stopping. Young Goulding, who was killed by the cars, at Cedar Lake, on the night of the 4th, was taken from an orphan’s home by Nick Schmal whena small bov He was the fourth one who came from that home to St. John township, and we are informed by John Gerlach that all of them were killed by the cars, two getting killed at Hammond.—Crown Point Star. ✓ | There will be more or less of a J peach crop in Jasper county this year, and already the advance guard of peach peddlers from the adjacent j country has made its appearance in Rensselaer. Among them we noticed Uncle Jared Benjamin, of Newton tp., with a bushel or two of the largest and finest peaches we ever saw grown in this vicinity. Had any diptheria about your premises lately ? If so, examine the family cat. Put the speculum down her throat, and see whether or not there are any white patches on the membrane, and if there are, make the 4ear animal swallow the instrument. Medical authorities are agreed that the cat is as active an agent in spreading this disease as is bad plumbing. * When there is any diptheria about, beware of the family eat. —Ex. ■

The Clerk issued the following - ~ “-j marriage license since last reported: j j Barney D. Comer, ( Adda C. Bruce. j S. Martin Snow, j ( Rosa E. Burns. j j John 11. Thornton, ( Jane Hawkins. i Daniel Bard well, ( Ella Davisson. ' ; ■ i ( George F. Graves, | Cora L. Cox. There was a report on the street tills morning that the Grand Trunk had bought the L., N. A. & C. tracks from Maynard and that in the near future the Grand Trunk trains would go through Hammond and the Monon trains would enter ihe city over the Pan Handle from Maynard. This has been disputed, but something of the kind must be under consideration for the Grand Trunk is figuring on getting into the city over this route. —Hammond Tribune.

A Grove Meeting will be held near Lampson’s bridge, seven miles southwest ot Rensselaer, uext Sunday, July 27th. Sunday school at 10:30 a. m., in which all the Sunday schools of the vicinity are s cordiallv invited to participate. Preaching at 11:30 a. m. by Rev. R. M. Simmons on the subject of “Christian Baptism;” followed by basket dinner. Rev. T. F. Drake will preach in the afternoon and administer the Sacrament of Baptism by any mode desired by the applicant.

A terrible catastrophe oecured in Valparaiso last Wednesday morning. A dwelling house belonging to a German family named Ilamlot, was burned and a woman and fonr young children perished in the flames. The fire was supposed to have oecured from a kerosene lamp the woman was in the habit of burning nights, as she had a young infant to care for. The father of the family was away working at Chesterton. At last accounts be was insane with grief over the terrible calamity that bad befallen him. \ -

William Spring, senior member of the well known firm of Spring, Emerson A Co., printers .and binders, of Lafayette, died suddenly last Thursday, of heart disease, at the age of 64 years. He was a kindly, genial and strictly honest old German and esteemed by everyone he had acquaintance or dealings with. His business relations in Rensselaer, especially of late years, when his firm

has had the contract for supplying blank books <fcc, to. our county, has made him widely acquainted here, and the intelligence of his sudden death was received with great regret. The ill-fortunes of the Monon still continue and- on Sunday there were two accidents. Two freights collided on the old line, near Bainbridge, with the result of much damage to the trains but no accident to persons. A more lamentable disaster

\ the same da}*, on the Air Line divis(ion. The train which should have passed Rensselaer at 4:42 Sunday morning, ran into a cow lying on the track, near Sleeth, a small station south of Monticello, and the engine was turned over and the engineer, Wendle M. Strope, was scalded to death. He was one of the oldest and best known engineers on the road, and was familiarly known all along the line, as “Dad” Strope. The fireman escaped by jumping. The new catalogues of the Rensselaer Public Schools are now printed and ready for distribution, and persons entitled to copies of the same, can obtain them of E. L. Clark, President of the School Board, at the Treasurer’s office, in the court house, or of M. F. Chilcote, Secretary of the Board, at his office. The catalogue represents two school years and is therefore considerably larger than any previous catalogue. It is a pamphlet of 73 pages, and is full of matter of great interest and importance to every school patron and ever}* tax-payer of the school town

of Rensselaer. The books were printed and bound at Tiie Republican job printing office, and we think that any qualified and unprejudiced judge, will say* that the mechanical 'execution compares favorably with ) similar work from much larger and |more pretentious establishments; and twe know that the job has been done [as cheaply as any reputable establishment would offer to do it. .—-

The Remington News has again changed hands and this time will also change its name, size and form. The new purchaser is none other tlian Hon. George Major, a formerly well known Democratic leader of this district. The name of the paper will be the Remington Press and its form will be an eight page, (5 column paper, with two pages of home print. The actual size of the paper will be thus increased, although the home matter portion will be diminished*! We understand tliat the paper will be strictly non partisan uuder the new management. Mr. Major has not had experience in the newspaper business, we are informed, and presumably he now engages in it, in this mild way, more from a desire for occupation and diversion than from any expectation of pecuniar}- profit. In any case The Repcbucan wishes him welL in his journalistic venture. C. P. Hopkins, the former publisher, : lias gone to Cumberland Gap, Twin., where he expects to still continue in the newspaper business.