Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1891 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

VOL. XXIII.

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TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Mrs. May Hawkins is visiting her father’s famity. » Carpets.— Best, latest and cheapest. Lddd llopkixs. * A new boy for Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wiltshire. last Monday. Next week will be the spring vacation of the Rensselaer schools. J. H.-Willey & Son will not be un dersold in the clothing line. Judge S. Ilealy went to Chicago Tuesday, to see St. Patrick’s Day in the morning. Dexter & Cox make both Graham flour and Corn meal, fresh twice a week. Full line of Spring and Fall overcoats at Ellis & Murray’s. Carl Malchow is seriously sick, at his home in the John Kohler house, near the courthouse.” Ladies novelty, spring Jackets and hand-turned shoes a specialty. Chicago Bargain Store.

Harley Shields has bought of A. Leopold and moved into, the John Platt house, in Leopold’s Addition. The largest assortment of boots and shoes in Jasper county. J. H. Willey A Son. Mrs. J. P. Dunlap is back from Kansas, for a visit with old friends, here. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, repaired and warranted at Frank B. Meyers’ drug store. Tommy Grant has moved to Remington, to enter the employ of Frank Wolfe, in his lumber trade. All our Underwear, Yarns and Knit Goods, at cost, at Hemphill & Honan’s. H. M. Babb and family now occupy Mrs. Stockton’s tenant house, on Weston street, known as the old. Terhune property. Some wonderful bargains at about one half price in job lots of Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Dry Goods, Hats, Notions etc. Chicago Bargain Store.

The result of the Monon stockholders’ election in New York last Wednesday, was a complete victory for the Breyfoglo management. J. H. Willey & Son have received a full line of the latest styles in gents soft and stiff hats. Call and see them. Mrs. Win. Paxton has been quite sick for some time at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. IL R. W. Smith, in Chicago. Look out next week for the handsomest, largest and finest stock of clothing at the lowest cash prices ever offered in Jasper county. Chicago Bargain Store.

Elder M. 11. Jacks will preach in the new Christian church next Sun day, morning and evening, at the usual hour. The public is cordially invited to attend. Mrs. R. P. Benjamin will do plain sewing at reasonable rates. Will make all kinds kinds of children’s clothing for either boys or girls. Omar Ritchey is home from western Arkansas, for a short visit. The mills where he is inspecting lumber are shut down for a short time, for a change of location. Several Farms for sale. From 40 acres upwards, at reasonable prices, for cash or on time to suit purchasers. Fletcher Mon nett, ts Agent. 1 have a splendid property in Rensselaer, lad, for sale or trade for lands in Jasper Co. Anyone wishing a home call and see me. ts B. F. Ferguson. Free Course in .Shorthand and Ttp BWRiTpB by court reporter will be given a limited number for a little assistance. Instructions at Montieollo Ind.

Elder Barney closed his series of meetings at the Christian chilrch, last Friday evening. There were two additions to the membership, during the meetings. We scoured the city of Cincinnati three days to find the most complete line of line, fancy and nobby clothing ever bought for Rensselaer,. Ind. 29 2t. Chicago Store. Della Cotton Thompson of Chicago, is reported as making some progress towards recovery, but very slow, and unsatisfactory and her condition is still critical. Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary given asvay at Hemphill & Honan’s. ■ Flower pots all sizes at cost, at J. H. Willey & Sons’. John Kohler, the west side brickmaker, is preparing to largely increase his business facilities, by some very notable improvements. Among these is a new steam engine and a tile mill.

Remember we can save you money on boots and shoes. J. H. Willey & Sons. Washington Scott has traded his Milroy tp. farm with A. Leopold for town property, including among the rest a dwelling house. It is therefore likey that Mr. Scott will become a permanent resident of Rensselaer. Ellis & Murray sell a line of custom made, all ready to wear clothing which has no equal outside of first class tailor made The Rensselaer Stock Farm’s new and noted young horse, of exalted lineage, from Massachusetts, was shipped for Rensselaer several days ago and will, no accident happening, be in town to-day. Carpets— Latest spring styles. Ludd Hopkins.

New line of Embroideiies and white goods at Ellis & Murray. D. B. Nowels and J. E. Burk’s sale last Thursday went off in fine shape, and the property brought very satisfactory prices. The cows sold especially well. The highest price any of them brought was $49.75. The total sale aggregated about $2,500. Men and boys who buy their clothing of Ellis A Murray have nice fitting suits that wear well, are things of beauty and a joy forever. Michael Overmyer, of Fulton Co., was found dead in the streets of Rochester on Wednesday evening, of last week, with a bullet in his heart. The general opinion is that he wa s murdered for his money, although some of the circumstances seem to indicate suicide.

C. C. Starr’s pure Jewel Tea is the most refreshing of beverages. A special line in dress goods of all the latest styles, at Leopold’s Great Bargain House. The Missionary Baptist people have fully decided to put up anew church forthwith, and are now considering the question of a plan. In any case the intention is to erect a commodious, and tasteful modern structure that will be a credit to the church and to the town as well. N. S. Bates will pay the highest cash price for poultry and eggs, at the old Finney stand on Front street, opposite Hemphills’ blacksmith shop. 28 Jtp C. D. Stackhouse and family left j for their new home ih southwestern ! Missouri, on Wednesday night, of Jast week. Mr. Stackhouse has been I very greatly esteemed resident of j Jasjier Co. for almost thirty years, and i carries with him to his new location I the best wishes of a very large circle i of friends and acquaintances.

: who are going to . move or clean house, examine latest styles, just arrived. IVices to suit all. ’•‘Ludd Hopkins. I * ‘ I Indianapolis Jonrnal: If there is a Third-party Prohibitionist in this ■State who has a little bit of self-re-spect he must feel like kicking himself for having helped to elect the Democratic Legislature which has just adjourned. S No other Indiana Legislature ever treated the cause of temperance and its supporters with such studied and open contempt as this one has done. If the majority had been composed of saloon-keepers they could not have treated the subject more contemptuously. j Bibles n.nrl Testaments at the Trade Palace. I — . ■ ■

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY. MARCH 19.1891.

Miss Mary Meyers, Hemphill <fc Honan’s competent trimmer, Will be in Chicago this week and next, studying the latest styles. * . Emmett Kahn at is having a good demand for his thorough-bred Holstein cattle, both in this county, and abroad, as instanced by two late orders from Wisconsin. Dr. Bitters reports a serious case of measles, in town; the subject being an Iftycar old son of Fred Magee,who has lately .moved into town, and lives in Lerpy Sayers’ house, in the northwest part of town. Strict precautions are being taken to prevent the spread of the disease. The didn’t-know-it-was-loaded gun got in its work at John Ulrey’s place, near Julian, last Monday, with the re suit that Mrs.- Ulrey received a 22 caliber bullet through the calf of the eg, just grazing the bone. The wound is painful but not serious.Mrs. Cora KnoulT was handling the weapon when the accident happened.*

Negotiations are pending between the F. W. Baptist churches at Rensselaer and Sorghum Valley, for the services of Rev. B. F. Ferguson, as their joint pastor, for the ensuing year. Rev. C. Cook, who has preached for the Rensselaer church the past year, is intending to remove to Chicago, where he has a son living, we are informed. • The type-writer copy of the report of the grades of the junior class in the Rensselaer High School published last week, contained an error calculated to cause mortification to one of the pupils, and for that reason requires prompt correction. The standing of Miss Maude Daugherty was stated at 77.52 when the correct figures should have been 92. J. 11. Wood has returned from lis Florida trip. During his stay he says there was but one day when he saw any frost, and then it was so slight as to hardly count. Three days a little rain fell, but all the rest of the time the weather was simply delightful. He says he killed one ’gater, lots of small game and had no end of luck in fishing.— Whumac liejMblfcan, -

O IL Mohney, Veterinary Surgeon, of Good land, graduate of Ontario Vetinary College, will visit Rensselaer, Monday, April 6th, prepared to do any work pertaining to the veterinary science. Any orders left at Myers’ or Long A Eger’s drug stores,will receive prompt attention. To-morrow being the 20th dav of March is the vernal equinox, or when “the sun crosses the line,” in more popular parlauce. Spring must be-, gin then, ground-hog or no groundhog, for the pateht-medicine alman-. aca sa v so^--Theoretically the length of the days and nights will that day be equal, but in fact the day will be 8 minutes longer than the- night and the afternoon 16 minutes longer than the forenoon.

A freight train came to grief about three miles north of town, last Thursday afternoon. Some new rails had just been laid, at a place where a lill of 8-or 10 feet crosses a small pond, and the rails not having been securely spiked down, the track spread under the engine, and about a dozen of the following cars were piled one above the other, in the ditch. The cars were all empty Hats, and therefore with no loads to be damaged, but the cars were badly demolished. The engine did not leave the track, and no one was hurt. The track was cleared up some time during the following night.

At the yearly meeting of the stockholders of the Rensselaer Building & Loan Association, last Friday evening, K. D. Rhoades, Delos Thompson and Dr. I. B. AVashburn were elected directors, for terms of three the two former being re-elected, j The directors held a meeting later, the same evening and organized for j the ensuing year by re-electing Yal Scib, president, Delos Thompson. ! vice-president, F. L. Chilcote. secretary and E. L. Hollingsworth treasurer. The stockholders took favorable action upon two or three proposed nmeridments to the bylaws, which will receive final action at a special meeting called for Friday evening, March k27,Tibtice o?'whictrappears elsewhere,

S. H. Stark late agent of the-Penn-' i syl vania Railway Co., at Kouts, Porter County, committed suicide on Tuesday of last week, by shooting himself through the head. He had been located at Kouts for several years, but having been drinking heavily for some time, he had been discharged by the company, and it is thought that the dismissal so preyed upon his mind that he choose death in preference. Stark was 35 years old, married and had several children.

Every mother in Jasper Co should see the line of hoys’ and children’s suits shown by Ecus <k Murray. That phenomenally tough citizen, physically speaking that is, Ben Smoot, is in town this week. ’ ” j and apparently is none the worse; for the fusilade of 32 caliber bullets rained into him a few weeks ago, nor j for the tattoo played on his occiput by the revolver handle, after he would not hold any more bullets. ! den is a phenomenon, for a verity, 1 either of endurance or good luck. A' year or two ago he was stepped on by two railroads at ©nee- at Fair Oaks, and left a physical wreck forever, (see expert medical testimon} r in ease j against the railroads) and only tfro or three months ago he first ran a sharp and rusty nail through his hand, from which any other man would have had the lock-jaw; then a little later, a sharp hatchet fell from a second or third story scaffolding and lighted * edge-'down, square on Ben’s head,j with the result that his skull was split open and Ben picked up for, dead; and lastly five or six big bullets were fired into him, at vital spots, at so close range that every charge of powder burned his skin, and still Ben comes up smiling and apparently in a good shape to undergo the whole; experience over again, without -seri- ! .3) » • I ous inconvenience.

For Boots and Shoes, in all quali-! ties, and styles, and low prices, Leo-j pold’s is the place. No rents or sal- 1 aries paid out at that store. Farmers’ Alliance people, consider this. j Some of our friends in the east part of the county conceived the idea; from the wording of our item of; Feb. 26th, in regard to the appealing of the Denton-Culp ditch matter to the circuit court, that we were unfavorable to the ditch, and siding with the appellants. This construction of the meaning of the item ia one we never intended to give it and one which we are surprised that' anyone would give it. We know nothing of the comparative merits of | the cases of petioners and appellants ia this particular case, and have therefore takenno side, either way. We do know, however, that there is great need for better drainage in the region affected by the ditch in question, and earnestly hope that it may be obtained without unnecessary delay or expense. The great need of Jasper county is better drainage and it is the part of all good citizens to give the most help and the least discouragement to all w r ell considered projects in that line they can, consistently with thier own individual interests. *

To whom it may concern —Housecleaners and movers. Carpet your rooms witli the latest desirable patterns and latest desirable prices.

CIRCUIT COURT NOTES.

The grand jury was organized with L. P. Shirer as foreman. All the original panel are serving except Abe Hardy, of Remington, who was excused. His place is fillod by H. W. Porter, of Rensselaer. Many witnesses from town have been summoned, and it is likely that the imates of the “house of ill-shape,” somewhere in the northeast part of town, are likely to j hear something drop, pretty soon. ! The reputed manager thereof, one | Richards by name, has already gone j hence, it ft said. Five indictments were returned ‘Wednesday, morning, one being .against AY alter Daywitt, for felonious asj sail It. Probate matters have mainly occupied the attention of the court, so --far-this week.

LUDD HOPKINS.

The Rensselaer Building, Loan & , Savings Association his just comi pleted the third year of its existence. Tins, institution has already done much good to many of its members and to the town generally, and the promises for future usefulness are most excellent. Already there is a certain prospect that three or four good new houses will be erected in the town this year, through its' instrumentality, and other instances

are likely to dovelope later in the season. In respect to its profitableness to non-borrowing investors, the result now hardly seems likely to realize the very, roseate prospects of the first year or two, as, owing to the ! rather disproportionately large num- | her of investors compared with the ; number of would-be borrowers, the premiums are likely to rule rather low, henceforth. There is no good reason, however, to apprehend that the series will not pay out soon Enough to realize to non-borrowers 1 from 12 to 18 per cent, annual profits on their investments, which ought to be fairty satisfactoiy to any reasonable person. - . ■.

The trial of John Ulrey, at Kentland last week, resulted in a compromise verdict of a fine of seven hundred doliars-, and costs,against Mr. Ulrey. The evidence in the ease, although very conflicting on some points, established the general correctness of the account of the affair given in The Rkpdulican at the time of its occurence; at least as far as it went, for a few facts were brought out at the trial which were not previously made known. One of these was that after Ulrey’s revolver was empty and Smoot was driven out doors, Uirov got his shot gun and

pursued Smoot with that, until Ulrey’s son arrived and interfered. Still another new fact was that Ulrey had admitted to certain parties that he had been “indisreet” with Smoot’s wife. Still another fact not previously known was that Ulrey’s first bullet struck Smoot about over the region of the heart and after penetrating his two coats passed about half through and lodged in a thick leather pocketbook. Few men have ever had narrower escapes from death than Smoot did when that bullet struck him. Taking that view of the evidence most favorable to Mr. Ulrey, which was, no doubt, the view the jury took, it would seem that while Mr. Ulrey had no real immediate cause to fear a deadly attack from Smoot, the excited state of MS’mind was such that he thought their was, and -that the saving of his own life depended upon his taking that of Mr. Smoot. - .-—| _ -- —-

LOOK HERE. To each person, ordering a full dozen Cabinet Photos at ray Studio and paying for the same when I make the negative, I will make the present of a nice gilt frame fitted with glass and mat, with cabinet opening, These frames retail for 75c. and SI.OO each. This offer will only be given for 30 days. Call and see these frames which I have in stock now. We will give you first class work at the regular price. Respectfully, J. C. Williams, 29-21 Photographer.

Drainage Meeting. HOUSE BILL NO. 578 as recommended by The Farmers Insti-. tute is enacted into a Law. Under this law we can drain the Iroquois Valley. All who favor the project are asked to meet at the Court House at Rensselaer Indiana at 1 P. M. on Saturday March 28, 1891 to devise ways and means to give the law a trial.

The law will be explained and other steps taken looking to the drainage of the wet lands tributary to the Iroquois river and its branches above i Rensselaer Come out. prepared to hear, Speak and act. Signed:— James W. Cowden, George B. Parkison, M. 11. Hemphill, J. 11. Loughridge, Henry Grow, S. P. Thompson, Granville Moody, Delos Thompson, AValter V. Porter, A\ r in. R. Bull, Robert Randle, C. D.-Nowcls, AV. R. Nowels, Nelson Randle. t~~ Dexter & Cox do custom grinding Tuesdays and Fridays, by the bushel or toll. Bring in your grain we will accommodate you.

f Charley Roberts, the county outlaw” is again an ornamental inmate of the Jasper county jail, having been brought over from Kentlanrl for safe keeping. He is the identical chap that, in company with Buckstein, was arrested for robbery on the Rensselaer fair grounds, way back in 1882. at the time of the big soldiers’ re-uniofi, and whose subsequent escape from the White county jail caused Sheriff Powell so much

trouble in effecting his recapture. He and the other man were tried in 138 S, amPihe result was an acquittal for the other and a disagreement for Roberts, The latter then, by agreement, plead guilty and was lined sos, which he paid. Since that time, as weli as before, Roberts’ life lias been one long series of crimes that have made his name noted as one of the most desperate outlaws in the northern half of- Indiana. lie has been arrested repeatedly, but so far as known, the only serious punishment ever dealt to him was a two years’ term in the Jeffersonville prison, for robbery. He was once tried for murder, hut acquitted. The. offense for which he is now held was the shooting at the town marshal of Kentland, last October. That functionary was trying to run Roberts and another fellow in, for working the “change fake” game. The other man watched his chance and slugged the marshal and both ran. The marshal took after Roberts, who then fired several times at the officer, and made his escape. A few days ago he was arrested in Crawfordsvilte, on some petty charge and was later turned over to the Newton county authorities.

Roberts is a large, fine looking, gentlemanly fellow, and with plenty of sense and education to make a good living by honest methods, were it not for his overmastering disposition towards devilment.

In response to a request to the Agricultural Department, at Washington, Uncle Jerty Rusk has sent to Tin: Repuulican two goodly packages of seeds of the French Sugar Beet. Now the production of beet sugar is to be one of the great national industries of the near future, and those sections of the country which are first to demonstrate their fitness for the successful production of the beets are the ones which will stand the best show for reaping the best benefits from the developement of this great industry. Now we know of a verity, that all kinds of root crops thnve wonderfully in Jasper County dirt, and none more so than some kinds of beets. It is therefore reasonable to believe that “the sugar beet will produce largely here, and the chances are at least favorable that the proportion -of sugar in the beet will be sufficiently large to meet the requirements of a successful sugarbeet country. With a view, therefore, of making some test of this important matter, we would like tu distribute Uncle Jerry’s beet seed among three or four of our most careful and intelligent farmers, with the understanding that they will carefully plant and cultivate the seeds as directed, and accurately note the rate of production per acre, and also when the crop is matured, turn , over as much of it as may be required, for the pqrpose of having its ■ sugar producing qualities tested. What public spirited farmer will be | the first to call at The Republican t office for a portion of these seeds under the conditions above outlined?

Notice to Users of Electric Lights. The manager must be notlie d of any proposed change or removal' of wires or fixtures. No person will be allowed to interfere with of this Co. without the Manager's consent.

The Tbompson-lluslon Electric Co. will not be responsible for damage of any kind to its property, when evidence of handling by outside parties is shown. Lamps, shad-s, <v a broken in- such cases will be charged for. TuOMSON-IIofSTOjM ELECTRIC Co., Cuas. W. Grant, Manager.

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