Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1890 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Grandfather Babb is now the landlord of the Cotton House. Womens’ Ludlow line Shoe at 3-2 t. Chicago bargain store. Frank Maloy is just getting about after a seige with the prevailing intermittent fever. A full line Of Womens’ Plush Cloaks and Aliases’ Cloaks. 3-2 t. Chicago Bargain Store. D. J. Thompson got back from his summer’s outing m irorthern Michigan last Saturday. A job lot of cotton Flannels at much less than regular prices. 3-2 t. Chicago Bargain Store. Jas Chapman,- the station agent, is visiting and recreating in Michigan, this week. The best 7c, Bc, and 70 cent canton flannels in the market at Ellis & Murray’s. Contractor Dowler is working on the new Christian church, with two men helping him. Indiana Series of school books, on sale at Spitler’s post-office book store, at the prices establisned by law. George Healey went to Hammond, last Saturday, to look for a job and found it in a canning establishment. For 30 days, 4 to 5 pound blank - ets, all wool, $2.50 per pair. Ludd Hopkins. Mrs. E. L. Clark is recovering from a severe and dangerous attack of sickness. You can buy a good flour at the mill for $1 per 50 pounds. Come and try it. Mr. Rue Priest, of Chicago, visited his Rensselaer friends over Sunday. Our stock of men’s fall hats in all styles is the best in town. J. H. Willey & Sons. Messrs McCoy and Randle have 2000 to 2200 spring lambs ready for the market, which they intended to ship yesterday or to-day. Good girl wanted at the Nowels House for kitchen work. Wages are ‘ good. The Goodland Herald savs that »ni ■!■■■■ mu ■■ n nwn— »iii Mrs. Hattie Harris, of Mt Ayr, scooped the Kentland fair by taking 42 premiums. The Bargain counters at the Trade Palace are filled with just such goods as every one wants, and they are real bargains. Call and examine for yourselves. According to a correspondent of the Goodland Herald the second pre - mium on pumpkins at the Remington fair was awarded to a squash. Great judges, those.

Low grade, trashy goods, do not meet with favor. Our Hosiery, Flannels, Yarn, Boots <fc Shoes come direct from the manufacturer. Ludd Hopkins. The foundations of the creamery will be completed by Friday, if weather remains good. The builders are Maloy and Borntragcr, not Maloy and Shroyer, as incorrectly stated last week. Rensselaer is again to have a cigar |factory. Glen Dale, who has been making cigars at Bloomington, DI., has secured an outfit, and will open a factory next week, in the room over Ellis & Murray’s store, lately occupied by Dr. Bitters. As an added incentive to owners of cows to start in early and large in supplying milk to the Rensselaer Creamery, the directors offer a first prize of $lO to the person who furnishes the greatest number of pounds of milk, of his own production, the first 30 day pf the cream/cry’s operation. Also a second prize of $5 and a third of $2.50

Mrs. Dora Lyon, nee Healey, of Carroll Co. y is visiting her homefolks. Special bargains in Clothing, Boots and Shoes, at Chicago Bargain Store. MiSs Ida Tilton, of Medaryville, is visiting Miss Ura McGowan for a few days. Miss .Allie Shriver returned to Hammond Tuesday, to stay for the winter. Miss Jean Hammond went to South Bend Monday, to begin a course in Notre Dame Seminary. Fred Coen too, is among the pale and peaked ones, just getting about after a wrestle with intermittent fever.

Samuel Borchardt, of Brunswick, G:l. arrived here Saturday and will remain a month or more. Mrs. Borchardt has spent the summer here. ; .■ ——_—_—< i Save 20 per cent, and buy your complete outfit at the only one price cash store in Jasper county, 3-2 t. Chicago Bargain Store. rhe' State Fair next week. Tickets at one fare for the round trip. Sale of tickets begins Saturday, Sept. 20. See tlie new Dress Goods at Ellis & Murray’s. Mrs. R. Towneslby of Kirkpatrick Ind., is staying with her daughter., Mrs. T. F. Drake. Rem era ber you can al way s get fresh Graham flour at the mill. Last Sunday eighteen new members, Were baptized at the M. E. church, by the Pastor, fifteen by sprinkling and three by immersion. A full line of all wool double width cloth Dress Goods, from 25 cts. to $1.45 per yd. 3-2 t. Chicago Bargain Store. Uncle Sammy Sparling was 81 years old last Saturday and celebrated the event by coming to town, most of the way on foot. The assertion needs no proof, that ‘‘Henderson’s Hand-made Boots, a factory all wool Blanket, and genuine Yarn is cheaper to buy than trash.” Ludd Hopkins. Walter Willey and Robt. Vanatta returned to their studies in the State University, at Bloomington, yesterday. The latest style black lined stiff Hats, only at Ellis & Murray’s. M. H. Ingrim, of the Winamac Journal, and family visited at Rev. T. F. Drake’s, last Sunday. Also Mrs. Artha Bruce, of Winamac, who remained until yesterday. The Indiana Series of school book s must be used in all the schools. J. E.. Spitler, at the post-offiee, has them onsale, at the regular prices,

The gas well at Pleasant Ridge ■was"do wirs3n~Tcer j Mnffdnyr:”WbTk" was then suspeiidedwaitingthearrival of casing, which was expectd by Teusday. Flpwer pots all sizes at cost, at J. 11. Willey & Sons’. Charley Platt, the younger, is building a residence in the same lot with his father’s oh Division street. His father-in-law, Mr. Zacker, is doing the work. For elegant fitting, low priced clothing, see Ellis & Murray’s. Mr. Glen Dale, son of the Makeever House landlord, and Miss Nellie Henderhan, were married last Thursday evening, at the Makeever House, Rev. T. F. Drake performing the OAV’AmATIX?' - - . —nr- I : «■ - *

The new fall stock now arriving at the Trade Palace, was bought at bottom, cash prices, and will be sold to meet all competition. Prof. George Thompson left for Terre Haute, Saturday, to be ready for his work in the State Normal, which re opened Tuesday. Mrs. Thompson will remain in Rensselaer for a few weeks longer. 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. Tuesday was the day for the reviewing of the big Culp-Denton ditch, in White and Jasper counties. Messrs. Alfred and S. P. Thompson, who are the chief objectors to the assessments of the viewers, went over to watch the proceedings, and were accompanied by Surveyor Tbrhwls. »

Another frost Tuesday night, but not heavy enough to do much, if any, damage. Mrs. T. F. Drake has been seriously sick for some time, and her condition is still such as to cause her friends much solicitude. Mr. Miller, the gas well manager, was in town Monday. He had just returned from still another trip to Mexico, with its accompanying journej* down east.

Mrs. M, A. Marshall, mother of R. W. and G. E. Marshall, has returned from Ilinois and is occupying rooms in the old Crockett house, just rebuilt b v v the.latter, _ Next Sunday evening a large class of Probationers, Will Ire received into full connection, at the M. E. church. A cordial invitation to attend extended to all. Robt. Stephenson’s son. about 17 years old, in Union tp., is bad sick ' with the typhoid fever. Tliis is the first case of this disease reported iu this vicinity for many months. Mrs. W. T, Perkins has lately re-1 turned from Quincy, Mich., bringing; her venerable mother, Mrs. Nichols, a lady Of 85 years, who .will hereafter make her home with Mrs. Perkins. ► To-day is the time set for the joint meeting of the Commissioners of Jasper and Porter counties, to consider the advisability of building a bridge over the Kankakee River, north of DeMotte. The Goodland Herald has just secured an improved press, and will have four pages of home print, hereafter. Bro. Kitt is an able newspaper man and gets up a mighty good local paper. The Monticello Baptist Associa- i tion has its annual meeting this week, at Mt Ayr, beginning on Wednesday. A large delegation went over from Renesslaer, headed by their popular pastor, Rev. U. M. McGuire. Persons anticipating buying woolen and cotton flannels in quantities, should buy a few small pieces at three different stores at the same prices and compare quality at home. Include a few pieces from the Chicago Bargain Store.

In spite of the fact that the population of Rensselaer was depleted last fall and spring by the removal a great many famlies to Hammond, their places have been filled by others, and now there are few if any vacant houses in the town.

President Breyfogle’s management of the Louisville, New Albany & ehicagccroarUtas "bccn-cordiatty'iff-' dorsed by a full meeting- of the directors of the company, and they assure him that the directors will stand by him in his aggressive policy, being confident of the best results. Every dollar made do double duty in buying, at the fountain head, an endless variety .of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots’, Shoes, Rubbers, I Plush Cloaks, Hats, Caps, Gloves, Underwear, Tinware, Notions, &c. &c. Come early. 3-2 t. Chicago Bargain Store. The Rensselaer ball club played their second game with Foresman, last Saturday, and won by a score of Bto 7. This makes two games in succession off the Foresman boys. The Rensselaer boys now have three Indian boys in their club, —pitcher, catcher and second baseman, and the club is thereby'much improved. “Forgiven but not forgotten;” that the Chicago Bargain Store about 1 year ago was licensed $lO per day, which meant they, should leave town for selling goods, cheap for cash, but they are here yet with more than double the stock, double the business, larger room, lower prices, than ever. Soon the LaPorte county woodchuck will be extinct if the wholesale slaughter of the little animal is continued as it lias been prosecuted in the past few months. The county treasurer, since the first of June has paid bounty on 4,320 woodchuck’s. Scalps. The amount of money actually paid out for this purpose tig so4B.—Michigan City Enterprise.Call for yourself and see that I mean business. Save the profits, buy goods at cost at R. Fendig’s.

Mrs. Louisa Cox, of Russiaville, is v isitifig her parents, Mr. and Mr s. Henry Platt. E. P. Honaft adopted extreme measures with his throat trouble, aud had Dr. V. E. Loughridge cut out his * troublesome tonsils last Sunday. It was far from a pleasant operation. Mrs. Wallace Wright, of Kalamazoo, Mich., is visiting Mrs. W. T. Perkins, while her'husband,' a Baptist minister, is in Georgia, investigating matters preparatory to accepting a pastorial call from a congregation in that state.

The following goods, worth double the price, for a challenge: Cotton Fl annels u cts. per yd. 1 ; Wool® km - nell 14 cts. per yd. Mens’ grey under-; I suits 50 cts. a suit. Scotch Caps 25 ■ cts. Leather mittens 35 cts. Wo-' mens’ Kid Gloves, 50 cts. a pair.; Corsets 25 cts. each, and the lie.-t grades cheap in proportion. Oth.'U merchants will copy above prices. .. ■ 3-2 t Chicago Bargain Store. On last Nionday evening an official; 'Board was organized, in tfig Metho-j dist church. Rev. T. F. Drake is' I President,-R. P. Benjamin Sec’y. andi :Jay W. Williams, Treasurer. The ’ Board will meet next Monday evening at 7:30 P. M., at the church. All official members are invited to be present. S. E. Sparling requires only one term in the State University to graduate, and will not take that until next Spring’s term, and will put in the winter in teaching. He will teach the Smith school, in Barkley tp., where his stalwart physical developements will be in demand, equally with his intellectual attainments. Mens’ work gloves at Ellis & Murray’s.

Misses Mamie Williams and Addie Chilcote departed for Greencastle, Monday, to begin a full course at DePauw University. Both ladies are graduates of the Rensselaer high school, and of far more than usual intellectual abilities. They will do honor to their home town in the University. Men’s boots $1.45 worth $2. A good kip boot $2, worth $3. A fine kip boot $3, worth $4. An extra fine French kip, hand made: and fine oil grain, hand made and warranted, $3.25, worth $5. Boys’ 80 cents to $2, worth double, and all the best brands. 3-21. Chicago Bargain Store.

J. D. Babcock is preparing to leave the big McCoy farm, in Jordan tp., and he and Mr. McCoy made their settlement Monday. As an evidence that the corn crop in Jasper county is not a failure this year, ■ we-- mention- the faet - that-Mr;--Met Coy paid Mr. Babcock SIG -per-acre, 1 in the field, for all of the latter’s' crop—*some 100 acres or more. The Delphi Times, which -affects tohave intimate knowledge of the fame' and achievements'of Dr. 1). H. Patton, the Democratic candidate fori Congress, yet does not even know his | name correctly, but speaks of him,' uniformly, as T. 11. Patton, even | giving his name tliat way in its tick-j et, at the head Of its editorial col-j umns. The Hebron correspondent of the Crown Point Register says: “The commissioners of Porter and Jasper county will meet on Long Ridge on the 18th inst., to consult in regard to building a bridge from there to Dry Ijand on this side of the Kankakee. The citizens of Hebron and vicinity are going down to meet the Jasperites and have a picnic. Every one is invited to be present with well filled baskets.”

The Inter-State Hav Palace, the novel enterprise of Momence, Illinois, is now completed, and will open Oct. Ist and close Oct. 11. The building is 20G feet in length and IGG feet wide in the center, and is surmounted by a big dome, eighty-seven feet' high, and several towers. The central hall is •circular, 103 feet in diameter, with a sixteen-foot gallery sweeping entirely around the center. The walls of the building are built of baled hay. and the towers are covered with thatch. The interior is handsomely decorated with bunting, •grasses and Howers, and is lighted I with electric lights.

Rev. Heintz, of Crown Point, preached to a very large congregation. in the Opera House test Sunday. In the congregation were more than 30 heads of families of the Lutheran faith, and there is every prospect that.a church of that will be successfully organised iu : TSensselaer. Mr. "Heintz will preach again m four weeks from last Si in-■ day. or on Oct. 12tb. The services ' are in the German language. I

The case 6f Mrs. Emma C. Whitehead, charged- with being an. accessory in the Pettit wife poisoning case which was called for trial at Lafayette last Wednesday, was dismissed, thej>rpsecu ting. attorney eu Leri ng a nolle prosse. The reasons given i were that the evidence of witnesses i living out of the state was . not obtainable now!" The reaF object ’tis (Said, in dismissing the c'isc was not L to.disclose the evidence against W.F. PettiL charged as principal in the ■ murder and- whose case is Set for ; trial October Bth. • And - still -the- Rensselaer * Stuck" Farm horses are gathering ghvy :uvl shekles for their owners. At Crawfordsville Leo got in first on the 2:25 trot, mile and a halt heats, and Pinkaniink did equally as well in the two-year old trot. The Farm also took three first and two second premiums in the ring. This week thev 7 are-uontinuing -their conquering career at the Miami county fair at Peru.

The cold spell beginning last Saturday morning resulted in a pretty sharp frost, but not quite heavy enough to do much damage. Some fields of late corn, on low grounds, suffered severely however, as was the case with a large field north of town, belonging to Alfred Donnelly, which was virtually ruined. For the most part however, the frost was only hard enough to hurry up the ripening process, and thus resulted in benefit rather that injury. , The practice by boys of jumping upon moving trains is not so prevalent in Rensselaer as in many places, probably because the railroad and depot are far from the center of the town. Still it is frequently indulged in, and always with the danger of some terrible accident like that at Remington, last week. Will not the boys who indulge in thjs dangerous practice, be warned by what has occuied in our neighboring town, and desist from it, altogether.

According to the enrollment of soldiers by the township Assessors in 1888, there were then 3G3 in Jasper county. By the last report of the G'Ottiffiisstoiiers.of'Pc-tislotiS'-there'are' in the county 241 soldiers drawing pensions, which amounts to $31,000 annually. That would leave 122 .soldiers iu.thmcOuuLy notpensioned, Mat' 31. 1890. The Disability Bill, recently passed by Congress, will put at least one half the remainder on the pension rolls. “Uncle Sam” remembers the boys who wore the , blue. o Soldier. I - A big deal in Rensselaev realestate is in process of negotiation, and the contract is in fact closed if the titles offered prove all right. A syndicate composed of A. Parkison, M. L. Spitler, J. T. Randle, G. H. Brown, W. B. Austin, A. Thompson, and Henry Harris are bfiying the 238 Dwiggin’s lots in Weston’s Addition, of the present owner, James R. Jackson. It will be a great advantage to the town to have the lots in the hands of parties who will be willing to sell them at reasonable figures.

We have just. received from the two principal fancy stationery houses of Chicago, their sample books for 1.890 and 1891; and no finer sets of samples were ever sent out They include almost everything: the heart could wish for. There are wedding cards in endless variety, society cards, mourning cards, birth cards, silver and wooden wedding cards, visiting cards, programmes, badges, cords and tassels, pencils, etc., without limit, and at prices ranging from $3 tip to $l5O per thousand. Call in and take a look at the samples when in need of anything in this line, y

| - lite a number of our citizens re- ’ Iceivcd sample cop’ies last week of C. ' P. Hopkins’ new paper, published at Cumberland Gap, Tenn., and which also is named Cumberland Cap. The paper is a five column quarto, m size, and if kept up to the standard of the first number, will be ft good Ideal paper.' A'novel feature of the i- s fetrgs 'rood-cut picture of the e<li,‘or. | of his saiututory. . !■" mu,ally, yre not sufficiently conscious of the magnitude of their personal charms to - be willing to'display the lineaments of their beautiful visages in quite so conspicuous a intinne? r.s L'.-’.t.. The following mar-ingc licenses have becu issued by the county

Cleric jince la-.t reporleiti ~ 1 Cm--. ) Rebecca E. Richardson.— *. J K<?rah .Daniels. i ; Maggit‘ri.A'..>'ueLl.i Ransom E. Halleck, - ' j John L, S, 1 Finley A. Kimball, ( Lydia J. Paris. ' ( jYiiton Sweigman, / Lena iJoon. ( John Hoosal). ( Romani Durant. j Glen Dale, ( Nellie Henderhem ;

Messrs. M. F. Chilcote and D. W. Shields, chairmen of the Republican and Democratic central committees, respectively, have agreed on their appointive members of the County Election Board. For the Republican member, Alfred Thompson. For the Democratic member, John C. Chilcote, These with the county clerk compose the Board. Their duties are to prepare and have printed the local ballots, as provided for under the new law, and to superintend their distribution, at the proper time. The ballots which they will prepare will contain all district and coilnty nominations, of all parties, and be printed on white paper and be voted in a white ballot box. The state tickets will be furnished by the State Board of Election Commissioners, be printed on red tinted paper and be voted in a red ballot box.

Although 1890 has been a rather of an “off year” for Rensselaer in the matter of improvements, at least as compared with most recent years, yet the season’s summary, when presented will not make such a very bad showing. Four or five good residences have been completed or are now in course of construction, some of 'them of --unusual exertion cc - aud'' costliness. A creditable church" building is also being erected, a brick business building has been put up, while on the. outskirts of the town the Catholic college building is in progress of erection, and will be by far, the finest and costliest building in the county. Much will be done, too, in the way of rebuilding, repairing and adding to old houses. The sewerage system of the town is being greatly extended and improved, and lastly an improved creamery, of large capacity, is in process of erection within the limits of the town.