Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1890 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Mrs. J. W. Williams is just geting about after a severe sickness. Grand Musical to-night at the Opera House. Rev. R. M. Simmons and family made their removal to Hebron Tuesday. Mrs. Lecklider has another new line of goods for the Holidays. George Healej', of Hammond, is spending Christmas with his home folks, in Rensselaer. Secure- your seats at Hardman’s for the Grand Musical to-night. There will be a big dance at the Opera House, New Years Eve. All are invited. Tickets only 50 cents. Ladies, Long & Eger will sell you Blush of Roses, also the Luxury. . The winter vacation in the Rensselaer schools will be from Wednesday Dec. 24, to Monday, Jan. sth. A rich treat in store for them that attend the Musical to-night. Grandfather H. M. Babb and wife have returned to Rensselaer, from Reedsburg, Wis. A wonderful success! Our folding bath tub. Laßue Bros.

“Are there any Infants in Heaven ?” will be the subject of Rev. 1.1. Gorby’s sermon, at the Presbyterian church, next Sunday. Buy yourself a new style hat or cap of Ellis & Murrays. First meeting of the Jasper County Teachers’ Association, next Friday and Saturday, in the Rensselaer school building. For spot cash you can buy flour at the mill f<?r the remainder of this year for even money, $5 per barrel. Every sack warranted. 2tp. Mamie Williams, George Bruce, Robert Vanatta and Walter Willey are home from their respective educational institutions, for the holidays. Examine those lovety “Diamond Rings” at Kannai’s. Prices way down, you can’t help but buy. Whenever saw, in this section of the country, a pleasanter December than the present month has so far been ?

Remember you can buy 50 lbs. of No. 1 flour for $1.25, at the Mill, guaranteed to be as good as what you will pay $1.40 for elsewhere. 2tp. J. H. Hyland, former landlord of the Makeever House, has made a trade with his brother, E. N. Hyland, whereby he has become possessed of the farm south of town that the latter was the owner of. He is now in town looking after his newly acquired possessions.

Andy Sayler, Of Newton tp., rejoices with exceedingly great joy over the birth of his first boy, which occurred last Wednesday . Long & Eger, headquarters for holiday goods. .Charley Kleist, the night operator, has gone to work in the train dispatcher’s office, atMonon. His place here is filled by Mr. Thorson, heretofore located at Medaryville. We bought before the advance and will give our customers the benefit. J. E. Spitler. Roads were never better than they have been most of the time this month, and the farmers have made good use of them by hauling wood, hay and other produce to market. Go to Mrs. Lecklider and get a trial bottle of Steward’s Healing Cream; also a box of face powder, all for the complexion. Also Madam Fay’s Roselene. The holiday rates on marriage licenses are only two dollars, and a good many couples have taken advantage thereof, as will be seen by the long list, published this week. A full stock of all-wool hosiery, from Elkhart Knitting mills; equal to hand-made. Mens’ Womens’ and childrens’. Ludd Hopkins. A public sale will be made Jan. Bth, by Leonard Mak, of Keener tp., at his residence northeast of DeMotte. He will sell his live stock, farming implements, household furniture Ac. We have a long line of flannels, CQttQii . flan.nels, wool blankets and" every thing of the kind which we will sell at bottom prices. J H. Willey & Sons. . The old steel rails taken up on this part of the Monon to be replaced with the heavier rails are being taken and relaid on the Michigan City and Monon division of L. N. A. & C.

All work in the way of watches, clocks arid jewelry repairing left in the care of Frank B. Meyer, will receive prompt attention. W. J. Shriim removed Tuesday to his farm in Keener tp. He has sold his draying business and rented his town residence to Isaac Thomas, late of near Wolcott. Ten cents saved is 20 cents earned. So call at the Mill and buy your flour. Our best brands, $1.25 per sack, and warranted just as good" as what you pay $1.35 and $1.40 for, at the stores. 2tp. Ludd Hopkins’ infant son is dangerously sick with pneumonia. Erastus Peacock’s little boy also has the same disease, but is now improving somewhat. All persons knowing themselves to be indebted to me, will please to settle between this and first of January, at which time, all accounts will be placed in tlje hands of an attorney for collection. R. Fendig. As usual the Monon Route wil make liberal rates for the Holidays. Round trip rates will be one regular fare and one third for -round trip. For children between 5 and 12, one half the above rate. Tickets sold only on Dec. 24, 25, 31 and Jan. Ist. Good going only on day of sale and returning until Jan. 5.

Rev. Hiram B. Weaver, of Chesterton, has been assigned to the pastorate of the Rensselaer M. E. circuit, to succeed Rev. R. M. Simmons, transferred to Hebron. C. C. Starr’s pure Jewel Tea is the most refreshing of beverages. A free public lecture will be given at the M. E. church, Friday evening, by Prof James Albert Woodburn, of the Indiana State University. Subject: “Saving Forces in Popular Government.” Buy your wife or daughter a nice set of Furs at Ellis & Murray’s for Christmas. The north side butcher shop is a good second to the moon in the frequency of its changes. The latest of these took place this week. The new owners are Will Taylor and Jake Wagner, from over northeast of Remington. Anything in the fancy goods line you need at Hemphill & Honan’s. The announcement of a lecture by A. A. Willitts is recalled. The notice to him accepting his proposition to lecture here was received too late, as he had made another appointment tor that date.

Toys of all kinds, cheap at Laßue Bros. President Jordan’s lecture on the “Passion Flay,” at the Opera House, last Friday evening, was very well attended and the great majority of the auditors were well satisfied with the entertainment and the instruction -furnished them. ~ '” ■ • Knives and forks at cost at J. H. Willey & Sons’.

The post-office safe at Crown Point was broken open by expert burglars last Thursday night, and robbed of $125 dollars in money and $l5O worth of stamps. A safe at Hebron was robbed a short time before, in the same manner, and presumably by the same parties. George Bartoo, of Carpenter tp., is a venturesome young man who promises to make quite a record as a traveler. A few weeks ago he returned from a several year’s absence, during which he traveled pretty much all over the western half of this country, and contrived while so doing to pick up a good many honest dollars, through Ms remarkable talents for understanding all kinds of machinery; and last week he left again on a still more extensive expedition. He will go first to England and from there to South America. He is a young man, if an old traveler, being not more than 21 or 22 years old.

—-Thomas Thompson is getting about this week after six months constant confinement to his house, from eczema. At the desire of many subscribers Yrerhave arranged to resume the publication of Dr. Talmage’s sermons, beginning with the present issue, as may be found on one of our inside pages. “Shamrock and Rose,” a new play, will be presented at the Opera House next Monday evening, by the Union Dramatic Company, an organization which has already exhibited in several neighboring towns and has the reputation of having given excellent satisfaction. The State Attorney General’s office is still keeping a sharp look-out for money due the school fund, from justices of the peace, from fines collected, and it is said that two or three Jasper county justices have lately bad to go down into their pockets and settle for small balances, which had been overlooked in the shuffle. One Thomas T. Ward has brought suit in the Tippecanoe Circuit Court for SIO,OOO damages against the Monon Railway Company. He alleges that while a passenger from Linden to South Raub Station, the conductor refused to stop at South Rank and that while the train was running at great speed threw him off, fracturing his skull and rendering ■ him a constant invalid. The sad death of the young man, son of Hon. A. C. Prevo, of Gillam tp., adds one more to the long list of deaths in this county that have resulted, more or less directly, from that terrible scourge of a year ago the Grippe—the disease which, in its advent, was treated as a huge joke by about all the papers in the country. The Farmers’ Institute, under the auspices of Purdue University, which The Republican tried so hard but unsuccessfully to have held last year, will be held this year, for sure, and during the first week in February. It ought to be a good one, and surely will if the farmers will take the interest in it that it deserves. The

County Alliance at its meeting next week, would do well to give this matter their consideration. As another illustration of how well the Rensselaer creamery is paying its patrons, we may mention the case of a stockholder who furnishes to it the milk of only six cows and four of them strippers and his returns for last month were almost exactly a dollar a day for the six cows, and besides this he had the sour milk for his hogs. No wonder the patronage of the creamery continues to increase. Mrs. F. P. Bitters have met with the terrible affliction of the death of their only child, Orton W., a bright and beautiful boy, aged four years and two months. His death occurred Wednesday morning, after an illness of only a few days, from inflamation of the bowels. The funeral will be held to-day (Thurso day) at 2 p. rn., at the residence, on Yan Rensselaer street. This is the second time these afflicted parents have seen, with anguished hearts, an only child carried to the grave, and their present terrible sorrow is well calculated to excite the deepest sympathy in every feeling heart. The following marriage licenses have been issued since last reported: ( Lemuel Stockwell, ** \ Louisa Darner. ( William Gaspar, ( Ella Whitaker, j Virgil B. Nowels, l Ida F. Overton, j Charles William Sanderson, —l Luretta M. Bartoo. j John W. Potts, ( Altos Weber, j F. William Fischer, ( Laura E. Rathfon. ( Loren E. Hargadine, ( Alice Hollingsworth, j John V. Lesh, * ( Cora A. Nowels. < William F. Dilts, ( Catherine E. Gngg. j Isaac A. Barkhurst, j Lulu E. Long well.

Mr. Grant, the new superintendent of Jthe electric light plant, is seeking to increase the patronage of the lights with a view of increasing the power of the plant. It is his expressed intention to put in a larger dynamo and a more powerful engine when a reasonable increase in patronage is assured. Calvin T. Faris, who has been living in northern Kansas for some years past, has returned to this vicinity with his family, and will probably reside on E. A. Griswold’s farm, north of town, the coming year. He brought his horses and cows with him, there being no sale for such property in the locality he returned from. - They report great destitution among the people there, owing to crop failures.

A couple of “Dagoes” with a big brown bear struck the town last Thursday, and furnished consideraentertainment to a large crowd, by putting the bear through his tricks, the chief of which was wrestling with one or the other of his keepers, who exaoted a quarter from the spectators, for each wrestle. The bear was a big fellow and without his muzzle would be a dangerous brute if he got his mad up. Messrs. R. B. Porter and J. M. Wasson came home from Winamae last Friday after a hard week’s work !on the final report On the Monon i ditch. All three of the viewers from this county were present, and all from the other two counties, except Mr. Burk, of White county, who is very low with the consumption. He is a cousin, by the way, of Hon. Geo. W. Burk, of Marion tp., this county. This last week’s work by the viewers finished up as hard a piece of work of the kind as any of them ever engaged in, or ever want to engage in again, without doubt. It was nine months Friday, to a day, since the trouble first begun with them, and in that time they have put in about 130 days of hard illpaid labor on the matter.