Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1890 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

M. Erwin is no longer a partner K L C. Grantblacksmith shop. store ,4s p jadquaters for school books. «|h. Rhoades is now able to walk ||o town —the first time for tw o prgenuine Gold Star Medicated jAlannel, only 25 cts a yard, at life Murray’s. pp. Thompson got home from Bpbus last Saturday, but will go gaga in, next week. y e best 7c, Bc, and 70 cent can- • gunnels in the market at Ullis ,<fe I u' s - Eg. Sparling is putting in his ftr vacation by reading law in p"<ond and Austin’s law ollice. Kie and see the new and handRjine of fall and winter dry Eat the Chicago Bargain Store. |j|e Grubb, the express agent, is |A better of bis sickness, but is Kt able to resume charge of his IpSS. ■g*r t Pl)u want the finest fittings and E tearing buy the Ludlow shoes 1 lies, at the Chicago Bargain % •p John Healy, the only member family who had a bad / of the diphtheria and survived, I, ✓ practically well. Fi Bon Ton Ladies’ shoe of l >o is the Ludlow, we have a ■ fete line at the Chicago Bargain jail day Missionary meeting [} held at Egypt school house, I inday, Sept. 7 th. Services by jrpt Sunday school. ‘ Basket Bargain counters at the Trade we filled with just such goods y one wants, and they are gains. Call and examine for ves. Howard, of Evansville, Wis., ser of Nelson Everson, formerRensselaer, is visiting.old time s in this place.

■fjndiaaa Series of ;Sehool E* used in all the schools. J. E. i ) at the lias them on |: the regular prrees. K-=-Newton <»{yrdop, of New Bcturne<yhomo last Saturday,' visit withherparMrs. i lonrv Aldrich. Mcma, ribHfeß less than ever HHb the ('iiicago r»:ir - ■ ■ ■ ■ his salt rheum Hii ■**:- ■ Kt |*ia HWill bo completed by toHtt case no delay is occasioned ■shortage in sewer pipe. Hr. Henkle got back from his Hd'o trip, last Saturday. lie reHbat his invalid daughter, who Rtith him, to remain, stood the By well, and was visibly imBg under the change of '-Innate. ■ Saturday was the regular Hly examination for teachers’ ■as. There /ere only thirteen Bints. If all, or most of the np■its should fail of getting licenses, ■can attribute their ill-’uck to Malign influence of the number Hr class —13. Htr. Reynolds still has good Bs with his racer, Daniel, in ■go, Aiding won a good racemma lak Friday. Daniel’s Rn’pVfor the season, so far, we L are in excess of $2,300. ItLeyiAkls’ other horse has been land |oing nothing, most of the

Mrs. J, A. Sharp is just getting about well, after a long spell of sickness. The latest style black lined stiff Hats, only at Ellis <fe Murray’s. Dr. Hartsell is not yet well enough to leave his room, but is imp oving slowly *- For elegant fitting, low priced elothing, see Ellis & Muncy’s. » ° Miss Lydia Paris, of Xenia, is making another visit to her home folks. Buy your work gloves of Ellis <fc Murray. ——- —* -— 1 Miss Hattie Flynn’s-work in Crayon and her pupils’ work, took the premium at the Greensburg Fair.

The post-office book Store is headquarters for school bopks. See the new Dress Goods at Elli s & Murray’s. Miss Hundley Wells, of New Albany, is the guest of Miss Hattie Osborne. ~ Tlie largest fall and winter stock of the best brands and lowest prices of boots and shoes in Jasper Co. l-2t. Chicago bargain store.

The County Board of Education met in regular September session, last Monday. No special action of general interest was taken.

Prices'tnlfc'- "All 5 cts per yard, dress cashimer, sateen prints, shirting, a nice pattern of.seifim etc etc. l-2t Chicago Bargain Store. . \ 4'” ’ ' - Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McGuire, of Paris, this state, are visiting the former’s brother, Rev. U. M. Me G. and family, this week. Until farther notice all customers can buy clothing at 10 per cent., boots, shoes and hats at 5 per cent off of regular cash prices. l-2t. Chicago Bargain Store. Adam Hess has been appointed administrator of the estate of the late John H. Robinson, of Gillam township. Mens’ work gloves at Elljs & Murray’s. Knivesand forks at cost at J. H. Willey & Sons’. Holdrfdge Clark is the new janitor of the Rensselaer school building. He will be faithful in the discharge of his duties. - - ~— Flower pots all sizes at cost, at J. H. Willey & Sons’. Our stock of men’s fall hats in all styles is the best in town. J. H. Willey & Sons. Miss Grace Nichols, of Barkley tp., has been engaged to fill the place in the Remington schools, made /Vacant by the resignation, on account of ill-health, of Miss Stella Gritiin. C. J. Brown, who arrived at lTis home south of town, from Florida, a few weeks ago in a very alarming condition, on account of being poisoned by some plant, is now very much improved.

Huckleberries are still abundant in the markets of Rensselaer and of a pretty fair quality, although lacking somewhat the pristine plumpness of those gathered a couple of months or so ago. - 7 _

Charley Landis, the bright and able young editor of the Delphi Journal, came to Rensselaer for the congressional. convention, on Wednesday afternoon, and thus had plenty of time for a good look at the town, wherewith he was very favorably impressed. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. K. Hollingworth took the train yesterday for an extended pleasant trip in the east. They will visit relatives in New York and Pennsylvania, sec Niagara Falls, the Thousand Island, Jake the River St. Lawrence trip, and see many other noted points of interest. They will be absent a month or more. - A fellow who gave his name as the Customary John Smith was drunk last Saturday night, and created a good deal of consternation up in the neighborhood of the depot, by pounding on people’s windows and looking into the same. He was run in by the of the law and Justice Morgan fined him $1 and costs, amounting in all to 18.70, which he paid.

Mr. and. Mrs. A. W. Cole hav( gone to Denver, Ohio., to attend the annual convention of the Railway Mail-Service Mutual Benefit Association and to visit relatives. They will be gone about two weeks. Tickets will be sold at all stations on the Monon, to Indianapolis and return, for the Indiana State Fair, for one fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold from Sept. 20th to 27th, and good returning until the 28th.' , The venerable Mrs. Ritchey, widow ■of the late Dr. Janies Ritchey, was taken with appoplexy last Monday , at her home southwest of town, and is now lying in an unconsious condition. There is but slight prospect for her recovery. J. W. Douthit, J. C. Cbilcote and J. W. McEwen, of Rensselaer, Wm. Washburn, of Jordan tp., and Michael Costello, of Remington, represent-ed,the-Jasper county democracy, at the Democratic state convention, at Indianapolis, last Thursday.

Uncle Seth Bentley, of Wheatfield, was in town last Thursday, and reported that the Wheatfield people had raised a fund to bore* for gas. They hope to strike the same shallow deposit as is found on the Guild farm, in Gillam tp.

Persons who have noticed the engines on the night trains on the Mo-, non, which arc provided with the new electric head-light, say that the lights are a success, and illuminate the trltck for an immense distance ahead of the engines.

Ex-County Superintendent D. M. Nelson, now of Manchester, Alabama, is visiting friends and attending to business, in Jasper county for a week or two. He is enthusiastic over the prospects of Manchester, and thinks the promoters of the town have the biggest kind of a big thing, in sight. A reunion of Squire J. W. Warren’s family was held last Saturday afternoon, at his residence in Newton tp., the special occasion being the approaching twenty-first birth of his youngest son Newton. All of the Squire’s children and grand children were present, and it was a very happy occasion for all concerned. Messrs Woodman and Otis are making a good paper out of the Winamac Republican as we predicted they would. We hope the Republi - can of Pulaski county will appreciate and property support the effort they are making, under discourging circumstances, to give them a good I paper. Rev, Father Dick brought in twenty new Indian students for St Joseph’s Normal School, last week. They are Menominees from Wisconsin. On Wednesday 12 or IS more arrived. from Northern Michigan. Father Geitl is still in the West; looking for others, and when he returns the school will have about 65 pupils.

Although Benton county is no longer a part of the Tenth congressional district, thanks to the Dem oeratic Gerrymander, yet its people, take great stock in Congressman Owen, and some of them came over to see him nominated last Thursday. Among these we noticed D. Me A. Williams, the editor of the Fowler Era, and John T. Brown, the Republican candidate for prosecuting attorney. Mr. Chas. W. Postill and Miss Beth Richardson were married last evening at the residency of the bride’s parents, on Cullen street, in presence of a goodly number of guests. Rev. T. F. Drake performing the ceremony. The groom is a promising young man who is fitting himself for the Methodist ministry and already as a local preacher, has shown peculiar talents in that direction. The bride

is a most estimable and attractive young lady, well and favorably known to large proportion of our readers. Indiana Series of school books, on sale at Spitler’s post-office book store, at the prices establisned by law.

Messrs. B. F. Ferguson, and W. B. Austin, who got home last Thursday from a trip around Lake Michiigan, report a very pleasant excursion. At Petoskey they found the Rensselaer colony, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Dwiggins, Mrs. Jay .Dwiggins, and Miss Ida Milliken, and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Robinson, who all seemed to be greatly enjoying their northern sojourn.

The County Commissioners are *in regular September session this week. Ditch and road matters have occupied most of’ their time, this far. Saloon license were granted to J. F. Ellis, of Remington and Joseph R. Eight and Geo. A. Strickfadden, of Rensselaer. The contract with Wm. Folckemer, of Lafayette, for election supplies, was closed up. «Mr. Folckemer had a man here Monday morn* mg with a full sample set of his supplies, and the Board being satisfied therewith, the contract was

closed. The sample 'outfit was set up in the court house yard, Monday morning. It consists of a red and a white ballot box, three voting booths, a rope chute 50 feet long, a big table for the election board, <fcc.

Joseph M. Hopkins, better known to our citizens as Morev Hopkins, died at his residence, across the river, at a late hour last Friday night, of organic disease of the heart. An extended obituary notice of this much esteemed, most kindly and most honest man, will be found in another place. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon, at the Presbyterian chuich. The Masonic Fraternity conducted the funeral in accordance with their ancient and impressive ceremonials, while the local G. A. R. Post and Women’s Relief Corps marched as escorts of honor, in the funeral cortege. The number present at the funeral was far in excess of the capacity of the church building to admit them. Interment was made in Weston cemetery.

Our local fishermen are much interested in a life size outline sketch of a large fish, which is on exhibition at Hardman’s Jewelry store—the sketch that is, not the fish. The sketch was sent by David J. Thompson, now sojourning in the wilds of northern Michigan. The fish is of the variety known as the smallmouthed black bass. The ordinary non-fish-crazy reader, might surmise that so big a name ought to belong to a very large species of fish, but the fact is that a four pound fish of this kind is, like the stories told by those who catch them, “a whopper.” The specimen caught and sketched by Mr. Thompson, however, weighed 6d pounds, and is therefore a Jumbo of his kind. Spalding & Co., of Chicago, have offered an elegant split bamboo fishing rod as a prize to the man who catches the largest fish of this species this season, an<J Mr. Thompson confidently expects that this big fellow will win him the prize. We hope he will not be disappointed in the expectation.

The creamery project is going right along. S. P. Thompson took the last SIOO of the SSOOO on his arrival from Ohio. On Saturday a meeting of subscribers was held and Messrs. A. McCoy, Lucius Strong and Benj. Harris were appointed a committee to investigate the site question, and to report at the next meeting. On Monday evening another meeting was held and the following five directors elected: A. McCoy J. H. Willey, S. P. Thompson, D. B. Nowels and LJ. Porter. The committee on site reported having received propositions for site from S. A. Henry, I. B. Washburn, and several others. One member of the commitee favored the Washburn site and the other two the Henry. The ineet-

ing adjourned to Wednesday night, at which time it was expected that the question, of site would be settled by vote of the stockholders and that constitution and by-laws would be adopted, and whatever additional action takqp, thought necessary by the stockholders. The„ time at which we go to press prevents a report of the proceedings.