Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1891 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

See the nice hats at Mrs. Lecklide r’s J. C. Porter is out after a 10 days attack of the Grip. Dr. W. W. Hartsell attended a meeting of State Homeopathic Society last Thursday*, at Indianapolis. The Empire Binders and Mowers, and all repairs for the same, for sal e by W. It. Nowels <fe Son. Men’s shoes from $1 to $4.50, at Hemphill & Honan’s. Reduced Prices and big bargains at the old reliable Kannal’s Jewelry Palace. 38-4 t.

The croqnetgame resumed business at the old place, in the public square, last Thursday. D. B. Nowels intends putting up a good residence this year, on lots on the west side of Main Street, north of Isaac Barkley’s, and opposite Wm. Baker’s place. C. W. Coen is building a large addition to his residence, on Main street. Men’s shoes from $1 to $4.50, a t Hemphill & Honan’s. The best is the cheapest, see Wm. A. Huff the thoroughly competent watch workman, at Kannal’s Jewelry Palace. 38-4 t. J. W. Duvall has several good farms for sale, on good terms. En - quire of him for particulars. 38-stp. The ice-cream and strawberry festival, given by the ladies of the Christain Church, at Golf’s restaurant, last Friday night, was very liberally patronized. The receipts of the evening were over $26. T. Pi Wright went to Indianapolis Monday night, to attend the meeting of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association, m session there Teusday and Wednesday. The Drs. Loughridge lately “tap - ped” Jake Byerly, of Newton tp., removing several quarts of fluid from his chest. He is recovering all right.

Ladies’ kid gloves a specialty, at Hemphill & Honan’s, Closing Our.—For 30 days I will offer my entire stock of Silverware , remember the place, Nowels Block. Emmet Kannal’s, 38-4 t. Old Reliable Jeweler. A nice lme of Ladies’ notions at Lecklider’s. Miss Mary Meyers, Hemphill & Honan’s competent trimmer, spent the first of the week in Chicago, studying the latest styles in millinery . “The easiest shoe ever worn” was the verdict of one of our most prominent physicians, when speaking of our Candee Tennis shoes. Sizes kept for all ages at Hemphill & Honan’s. Try a paL. Mr. and Mrs. Berry Paris returned home Monday, after about two weeks visit with their children and other relatives, at Oxford, Attica and other places. The I. W. Baptist ladies will give a strawberry and ice-cream festival, Saturday eveving, at John Daugherty’s residence (the Joe Clark house). Everybody invited. Remember, the ONE PRICE shoe store is Hemphill & Honan’s. Watch work, a specialty a nd warranted; go to Kannal’s the reliable Jeweler. 38~it. Rensselaer has lost a school ma'am by marriage just about every year, since a time when the memory of man runneth not to the con trary That the present year will keep up the record, there is now good reason to believe.

The people of Mt. Ayr are moving for a creamery, and liable to get there. The Baptist people of Mt. Ayr dedicated a new church building, last Sunday. . . *— A.,., J Another fine girl at Ira Morlan’s, last Tuesday. The grip still prevails to some extent. Mrs. T. J. Sayler is having a second hard turn with it. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Kepner also are down with it. Our stock of fancy goods is complete. Hemphill & Honan. Look out for bargains in watches and clocks at Kannal’s, the reliable jeweler. 38-4 t„ Go and see Bob Phillips’ neat little barber shops and let the new barber give you an artistic shave and haircutting. There will be no preaching services at the M. E. Church next Sunday morning, as the pastor will preach the Memorial Sermon at the Opera Honse at 10:45 A. M. that day. Services at the church in the evening at the usual Lour. Subject, “Moral Heroism .” Quarterly meeting at the Methodist Church Sunday May 31st. Rev. Francis Cox of Chicago, will conduct the services. The public is cordially invited to attend. Ladies’ genuine hand-turned shoes $2.50 to $5, at Hemphill & Honan’s. —A good clock at Hannahs for 50cts. 38-4 t Closing out sale of watches, clocks, silverware and musical instrument for the next 30 days—at the old Reliable Jewelry Palace. Emmet Kannal, 38-4 t. Nowels Block.

Many of the merchants are brightening up their store fronts with new coats of paint. The Trade Palace front especially, has been much improved in this manner, and also has a handsome new sign, of mammoth proportions. Saturday of next week is Decoration Day. The day will be properly observed, as usual, in Rensselaer, under the directions of the local G-. A. R. post. The people of the town and surrounding country will no doubt, as always, do their full share in the good work of its proper observance. When you need a straw hat for everyday or Sunday go to Hemphill & Honan’s, they’ve got ’em. Why do you do without eyeglasses when you buy a good pair for loots, at the old reliable jewelry palace of Emmet Kannal, Nowels Block. See what Hammond Bros. (Ferguson’s old stand) can do for you, before buying any farm implements, buggies, wagons, or fence wire. Good goods and Close margins, is their motto.

The following officers of the Epworth League Chapter No. 2672, were in stalled last Sunday evening, to serve one year viz: Pres. Rev. H. Van 2nd Vice Pres. Fannie Wood; 3rd Vice Pres. Estella Parkinson; 4th Vice Pres. Emma Randle; Secy. Swaney Makeever: Treas. Jno. C. Williams. Mrs. Zerelda G. Wallace, one of Indiana’s best known lecturers, will lecture at the M. E. church, Friday evening, May 22, instead of Mrs. Haggard, as announced last Week. She is the mother of Gen. Lew Wallace: and it was from her life that he drew the beautiful picture of the mother of Ben Hur, in his noted book. Everybody should avail themselves of this opportunity to hear her. Bob Phillips now has a firsi,-cla3 assistant. Shop always open from 6 A. M. to 9 P.M. - The celebrated Buttrick patterns at J. H. Willey <k Son’s. The Morocco,, Courier has again changed hands. The new propretor and editor is Frank Davis, who proposes to make it strictly neutral in polaics, and to publish it as long as the people will give it support. Mr. Davis was the democratic candidate for prosecuting attorney, last year.

' _ ' *2 J " Jas. Chapman, the station agent, is visiting at his home in Michigan, this week. Chas. Yates, tenant on Judge Hammond’s farm, just east of town, is just recovering from a severe case of pneumonia. Ladies’ shoes from $1 to $5, at Hemphill <fc Honan’s. HOUSE DECORATIONS, great bargains in the way of rugs, any size, table, stand and mantle covers. Lcdd Hopkins. D. E. Hollister has begun operations in rebuilding his residence on Van Rensselaer Street. He will add an upper story and some additional lower rooms. In fact make a practically new house. Robinson & Ryan have traded their stock of groceries for a farm in Gillam township. The stock will be sent to a point in Kansas. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, repaired and warranted at Frank B. Meyers’ drug store. Ladies’ shoes from $1 to $5 at Hemphill & Honan’s. :' ■■■-■' A good single-seat top-buggy for sale at a bargain, or will exchange for a good horse. , Laßue Bros.

W. J. Miller, the painter and dec orator, is visiting his family in Michigan, for a couple of weeks. Rev.. C. E. Wilber Ph. D., of Adrian college, preached for Rev. 17 I. Gorby, at the Presbyterian church, last Sunday evening. The sermon was excellent; a practical and philosophical exposition of the text, “I am debtor to the Greek and to the Barbarian.” Dr. Wilber has many admirers in Rensselaer who would be glad to have him return at any time. The members of the graduating class, the Board, of Education, the teachers and the Superintendent of the Rensselaer Public School also Mrs. H. L. Wilson, Mrs. I. C. Reubelt and Mrs. E. L. Clark spent a part of Sunday evening with Prof . Wilber at the Presbyterian Manse. The Prof, is a genial gentleman with great social power. I am now and have been permanently located in the jewelry trade trade in Rensselaer since 1881, and expect to stay—l make all warrants good on all watches, clock and silverware I sell. Come and learn prices before ypu buy. Emmet Kannal, Old Reliable Jeweler, Rensselaer Ind. Located in Nowels Block. .

State Fish Commissioner, Depnis, is after violators of the fish laws, In all parts of the state. He is especially severe on users or owners of seines, or those abominable wretches who kill fish with dynamite. If any persons in Jasper county are violating the fish laws, they had better stop short in their mad careers before they receive a big and bitter dose of the red-eyed law. Spring wagon for sale. Dexter & Cox. The undersigned practical and competent plasterer, wish to announce to the people of Rensselaer and vicinity that they have permanently located here and are prepared to do all plastering and cement work promptly and at reasonable prices. Satisfaction guaranteed-. John Medicus. C. E. Watooh.

The subject of the morning sermon at the Presbyterian Churh next Sunday 10:45 will fee “Lesson of Spring.” The subject of the evening sermon will be “The Marriage Vow” “Should it be broken?” The unexpected presence of the ministrial brethern from abroad interfered with these services of last Sunday. . Messrs. George H. Brown Jr., Frank M. Parker, John Waymirc, and numerous other leading farmers of Jasper County authorize us to quote them saying that in the work for which they are intended, the Morgan Spading Harrow is the most perfect farming tool they have ever used; anfl especially in working sod. They have no equal. IIAHMONd Bros.

Mrs. Isaac Kepner has been quite seriously sick but is now improving. There was a right sharp freeze last Saturday night, and one of less magnitude Sunday night. Young garden plants, potato vines Ac., were badly nipped. Rev. T, F. Drake went to Greencastle Tuesday, to attend the commencement exercises of the Theological Seminary of DePauw University. He intended to attend the Epworth League convention, atLafayette on, his way back. Remember, Ladies, our trimmer was in in the city this week to copy the latest styles in millinery, call at once and see the lovely hats and bonnets. Hemphill A Honan. Farmers! plow shoes, best for the money. LoddHopjons. Books for the graduates at dig’s.Two women, evidently of the Salvation Army order, created something of a sensation by preaching and praying on the streets last Thursday. They also visited the jail and labored with the prisoners therein confined. They evidently found the people here a careless and stiff-necked generation, both inside the jail and out of it, and they shook the dust of the place from their feet and went hence. For Sale :—25 yds. of new striped carpet at 35 per yard. Lida Potts, Pleasant Ridge, Ind.

Tennis Shoes for little folks, big folks and all folks at Hemphill & Honan’s. Rugs, table, stand and Mantle covers, large assortment, large reduction for 10 days only. Observe this opportunity. They are marked way down. Ludd Hopkins. Harry Crawford, the railroad man, had to get out of Ladoda the other day, at a 2:40 gait, to save himself frombeing run out by a crowd of men who wanted their pay for work done for him. He seems to be p’aying the same game, in regard to bis workmen, as he did on the Great Southern. There are said to be several places along that read where Crawford’s neck would be in danger of an elongation, if he tarried there long. The man who goes to work deliberately and prcmeditatedly to make money by swindling working-men out of their hard-earned wages, is one of the most despicably villianous of his kind.

We have just received a very fine stock of Ladies’ and misses’ spring wraps, in cloth and stockmelle, in the very latest styles, and at the very lowest prices. Call and examine. J. H. Willey & Son. Black Henriettas, Mohairs and Grenadines down low, any price, finest line. *"'• Ludd Hopkins . Rev. Julius Orton, graduate of Wabash College, having spent one year in McCormick Theological School is out on his first vacation. He occupied the pulpit of the Presbyt( rian Church of Rensselaer Sabbath morning, preaching a finely finished sermon, replete with spiritual instruction. Mr. Orton is a young man of great promise. GREAT REDUCTION in rugs, table, stand and mantle covers, Ludd Hopkins.

The County jail was relieved of its Newton Co., inmates, last Monday, when Sheriff Blue and his son Charley, escorted the whole bunch to Kentland, for trial. Walter Daywitt was also taken along, his case being tried there, by change of venue. Mitchell’s triad was set for Monday, but the expected event having taken place, the young lady could not appear against him, and the trial was deferred one week. Daywitt’s trial was up for Tuesday; Roberts, the all-round rascal’s, for Wednesday; and Gordon, the alleged freight-train thief, for Thursday. Sheriff Blue and Justice Burnham were witnesses in the Day - witt case, as also a whole shoal of Blackford people.

Henry Taylor and bride of Hfedfield Dak., were given a reception at T. J. McCoy’s last Saturday evening. Geo. S. Guild and Son of Gillam Tp., were in town Monday , and invested some, wealth in printer’s ink, at The Republican print shop. They are the owners, for ten counti«, of the right to sell the Champion steam Fruit and Vegetable Evaporator. A machine which is no doubt and excellent thing to buy, and they are starting out in the nght way to make it also an excellent thing to sell. Some very fine lace curtains at the very lowest prices at Willey A Son’B. Cabbage Plants.— l have cabbage plants large enough for setting, of early and late vareties of cabbage. Call at residence. R. W. Marshall. Barkley Tp., graduation exercise were held last Saturday evening, at Barkley church. The audience fille d the building to its utmost capacity, and as many more were unable to get in. The graduates were four in number, their names and subjects being as follows: Ruth Schroer “Alcohol and its Effects;” Bruce Day, “Aim; ” Willie Quick, “Kindness;” Viola Sample, “Common School Education.” Songs, recitations, presentation of diplomas Ac. filled up the measure of the evening, in good shape,

On Sunday evening, May 10, at 6 o’clock P.M. occurred at Frankfort, Ind., the very interesting social event of the marriage of Mr. Harry Alter, of Rensselaer, and Miss Emma Ogle, one of the most estimable young ladies of Frankfort. The wedding took place at the residence of the bride’s parents, in the presence of about 150 invited guests, and was an unusually brilliant affair. The splendor of the occasion was enhanced by a large number and variety of valuable presents. At the home of B. F. Alter, the father of the bridegroom, a reception was given to relatives Monday noon, and another to friends in the evening. A similar welcome was given to the bridal pair upon their arrival at Rensselaer, by an assemblage of friends at A. S. Chaney’s residence. The happy cc uple will reside permanently near Rensselaer.

Dress-making done to order, at Mrs. Lecklider’s. The real Washburn-Moen barbed wire in all styles, at bottom prices, at Hammond Bros. The finest and best line of fine shoes to be found in Jasper county, at J. H. Willey & Son’s. Dressmaking. —Miss Lizzie Minicus and Mrs. E. C. Owen have opened a dressmaking establishment in a room above Leopold’s store. They are prepared to do all kinds of work to the satisfaction of Just at noon Tuesday fire was discovered in the roof of the one story kitchen attached to W. R. Nowel’s two story residence, at the corner of Weston and Susan streets. The fire had made a pretty good start when discovered, and a brisk wind just in the right direction swept the flames directly against the main building, and although the neighbors quickly gathered in and somewhat held the fire in check, it seemed certain that the whole building would soon have to go. The supply of water also ran out, thus increasing the danger. The bystanders leant willing hands and the contents of the house were nearly all re moved to a place of safety, when the fire company appeared on the scene. The hose of the little chemical was got to work in the attic of the kitchen, and in a very few minutes the fire was under control. The damage, done to the roof of the kitchen anc the siding of the main building would probably not exceed SIOO. The property was insured. Another victory for the little“sodafountain.”

The annual May Musical Festival, at Indianapolis, now an established national event, will be held next week, from Tuesday to Thursday, Half fare rates on the Monon. A nice book makes a suitable present for a graduate. Find a good line at Fjendig’s drug store. Please call and settle your account at once. We need the money to settle our bills. Yonr accounts, may be small but a hundred such, amounts to considerable to us. Hemphill & Honan. The of the graduating class have been Supplied with 250 ■programs for the approaching, commencement exercises. They were printed at The Republican, office, and by all concerned are pronounced unusually handsome. In design also they are a novelty and of the very atest. The Rensselaer Creamery which has now exceeded the 17,000 lbs., mark in daily milk receipts, has the distinction of being the leading creamery in the state. Its receipts o ( milk and production of butter are far ahead of any other and the limit is no-where near reached yet. The amount received exceeds by by more than 10,000 lbs, daily, the entire shipment into Chicago of the whole Monon railroad.

The baccalaureate sermon of Rev. C. E. Wilber, Ph. D. to the graduating class of the Rensselaer High School was a happy effort. The theme of his remarks was “Spiritual Knowledge,” from the 7tb, verse of the 7th, chapter of John. He spoke of the necessity of being in possession of this knowledge, showing that it is to be attained as other knowledge is attained; that it is desirable knowledge [for the peace and happiness of the soul. The sermon was scholarly and practical, delivered with grace and dignity. The members of the graduating olass and others who are interested in popular education have just reason to be proud of this service. The Choir of the Presbyterian Church furnished the music for the occasion which was appropriately chosen and artistically rendered to delight of the audience. The services were held in the M. E. Church. Rev. T. F. Drake reading the scripture lesson and Rev. I. I. Gorby offering the opening prayer. The service was largely attended and was a unique presentation of the Public School ideas. The citizens of Rensselaer rejoice in tne prospierty of our schools and hail with joy our graduating exercises.