Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1890 — ADDITIONAL LOCALS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

J. C. Passons is now running the Main street grocery, near the depot. J. R. Adams, the late proprietor thinks of farming next year, out near The Ridge, or thereabouts. That Bath Tub is complete, at LaRue Bros. •Xmas Cards and Souvenirs at the new drug store. Prof. F. W. Reubelt, the able and popular superintendent of the Rensselaer schools, received notice yesterday of his election as superintendent of the city schools of Pekin, 111. He will accept, and begin duty there after the Holiday vacation. A fine line of childrens’ books, and they’re cheap at B. F. Fendig & Co’s drug store. Buck-skin, Seal, Hog hide and Calf skin Mits and Gloves at Ellis <fe Murray’s. ( A family of Italians, Gypsies or some other black and greasy race, went through town Monday morning, bound southward, but not fast enough considering the spell of weather that was close after them. The family consisted of a man, a woman, some children, a monkey and a bear. Ellis & Murray are selling many handsome and useful Christmas presents." A nice variety of collar and cuff and tourist sets in leather and plush at B. F. Fendig & Co’s drug store.

The electric lights were turned on last Friday night, for the first time since they were shut down for repairs, several weeks ago. The engine and dynamo has been thoroughly overhauled, and the former practically made new, and everything now indicates an excellent lighting service, for the future. ———- You c&n keep your hands warm cheap by buying a pair of gloves or mittens of Ellis <fc Murray. The line of Overalls, Jeans and Cottonade Pants for men and boys, at the Trade Palace, is the best for the money, to be had in Rensselaer. C. J. Brown and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. C. C. Brown, left for Biloxi, Mississippi, last Thursday, to spend the winter for the benefit of their health. Mr. Brown has, for several years past, been going to Florida every winter and concluded to try Mississippi for a change. Buy your wife or daughter a nice set of Furs at Ellis & Murray’s for Christmas.

We have a long line of flannels, cotton flannels, wool blankets and ever}' thing of the kind which we will sell at bottom prices. J H. Willey & Sons. The citizens of Greencastle have conceived the idea that by a little hard work they can secure the shops’ of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago road at that point, and are quietly seeing how much money they -eau—secure by |>riYate - subseri]}tions or in form of a tax, to give the company a subsidy to make that the point for the new shops which the company will, within the next year or two, build. —Indianapolis Journal.

Emmet Kannal, reliable Jeweler, wishes to announce to his many friends and patrons, that he has secured tho services for another year, of the competent watch workman William A. Huff, who has been in Mr. Kannal’s constant employ for five (5) years past. He desires the liberal patronage of the people in the future, bearing in mind that he makes all his warrants good on sales of new watches and watch repairs.

Everybody buys Toilet Cases at the Post-office, ~ The engine hauling the Monon local freight south last Saturday? evidently had no spark arrester, as it started fires all along the line. The most destructive of these, so far as reported, was started near the water tank just east of Rensselaer. This burned over a considerable scope of land, and destroyed 15 or 16 ricks of last year’s hay, on’Miss Almira Mofinett’s farm, and also some goofi ngw tame hay, on the Bergman farm, the property of the Creyiston brothers, who had a hard tussefto save their com cribs and other outbuildings, Another fire, farther down the roa d burned a large quantity of fall pasture, on Alfred Thompson’s farm.

A big long freight train, loaded with cattle bound for Louisville, met with a pretty serious mishap at this place last Thursday morning. One i of the track laying gangs had the switch and several Tails out, at the j end of the side track, just south of j M. L. Spider’s place. The train was expected from the north and a man was duly stationed to llag it, but for some reason the engineer did not begin to slow up soon enough, and he j was unable to bring his heavy train J to a stand, and it rah upon the torn j up track at a considerable speed.: The engine and tender ran about 150 j feet on the bare ties and then ran off the ends of them on one side and the driving wheels went into the ground halt their diameter. For or five of the loaded cars also ran upon the torn up track but did not leave the ties. The ditched engine blocked both the main track and the switch, but an immense force of men was soon summoned to the scene, from both directions, and a little after noon the side track was moved out far enough to clear the engine, while the derailed cars had been drawn back upon the track, and another engine took the stock train and pulled out for Louisville. The cattle had come from Montana, and the stop of 5 or 6 hours was not conducive to their comfort or good condition. Of course the wreck put a stop to traffic over the road fora few hours, and the morning mail train went around by way of Wilders, over the Chicago 6 Atlantic. The ditched engine was back on the track by midnight.