Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1891 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

VOL.s XXIII.

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TOWN AND COUNTRY.

W. R. Nowels is greatly improving his residence property, by additional rooms, repainting, etc. Sanford Makeever and John F. Green, of Chicago, revisited this, their old home town, on the Fourth. All persons knowing themselves to be indebted to the firm of J. H. Willey <fc Son will call and settle at once, as they wish to close their books. Special prices on Watches, Chains , and Jewelry of all kinds at H, J. Rossbacher’s, with F. B. Meyer. The Indiana Republican editors will meet at Frankfort, July 29th, and from there go to the islands of Lake Erie for their summer outing. Miltop M. Makeever is making his Jasper County friends a visit. He expects to retain the principalship of the Northport, Mich., schools another year. All classes of Watch, clock and jewelry Repairing done at lowest prices by H. J. Ross baeher, with E. B. Meyer. Any thing in the way of Watches Clocks, Jewelry and silverware a t lowest price? at IL J. Rossbacher’s , with Frank B. Meyer. Dr. Bitters drove across the country last Friday, to Fulton where he will vis t his relatives for a couple of weeks. He has rented his residence to Joseph Kight. And still they drift back Jasperwards. The latest is Horatio Ropp, who moved back from Hammond last week, and now occupies Wm. Coen’s property, in Weston’s Addition. Ladies’ shoes from $1 to $5 at Hemphill & Honan’s. Watches, clocks and Jewelry and silverware at rock bottom prices at H. J. Rossbacher’s, withF. B. Meyer. Tennis Shoes for little folks, big folks and all folks at Hemphill <fc Ho nan’s.

Prof. A. J. Davis, the piano tuner, will be in Rensselaer in a few days, ready to wait upon all needing his services; either'in tuning or repairing pianos or organ s. Co. Supt. Warren was home for the Fourth, but went back to Bloom - ington Sunday, to complete the term of the school of science. Seethe new confirmation wreaths, at Mrs. Lecklider’s. ... 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. Prof. 11. L. Wilson camo up from Bloomington and delivered the ■ Fourth of July oration at Mt.Ayr. He returned to Bloomington Sunday, where he still has three weeks of the scientific school. The recently published statement that W. F. Pettit, the wife murderer was doing the shaving act at Michigan City prison was a fake. He is Still at work in the chair department to which he was originally assigned. See the nice hats at Mrs. Lecklider’ s Notwithstanding the big advance in coffee you can buy fresh roasted coffee at C. C. Starr’s at the old price. Several for sale. From 40 acres upwards, at reasonable prices, for cash or on time to suit purchasers. Fletcher Monnett, If Agent. Iroquois Lodge I. O. O. F. installi ed their new officers last Thursday night. The elective officers areN. G. Willis McColly; V. G., Preston Hemphill; Secretary,’J. F. Irwin;Treasurer. A. Leopold. ~ Win. Phillips, the successful! theater man, visited his Rensselaer relatives, for a short time, while his company was taking a little rest, but he left Monday to join them at St Paul, Minn. His home is now at Reading, Mich. V

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 9.1891.

The wheat crop is reported so heavy in many fields that the binders can not handle a full width cut, and are driven so as' to cut only a part of their width. Noah Gant, a well known citizen of Union Tp., died of typhoid fever, last Thursday, July 2nd. The funeral was held the next day, at Harrington School House, Rev. P. E. Davis conducting the services. Interment was made in DeMotte Cemetery. Ladies’ shoes from $1 to $5, at Hemphill & Honan’s. When you need a straw hat for everyday or Sunday go to Hemphill & Honan’s, they’ve got ’em. Mrs. G. M. Smith, writing from Plainfield, Mo., for sample copies of The Republican say: “Years ago we were residents of your city, and our thoughts often wander back to that delightful spot on the Iroquois. In all our travels we have never found a place that seemed so much like home as Rensselaer.”

Guss Phillips is the proud possessor of a dog that probably lays over anything in tbe canihe line in size in Jasper County. It is a full blood St Bernard, and was brought him as a present by his brother William. The dog is three years old and weighs 140 pounds. Finest cream in town at King’s The finest and best line of fine shoes to be found in Jasper county, at J. H. Willey & Son’s Go and see Bob Phillips’ neat little barber shops and let the new barber give you an artistic shave and haircutting. Photographer Williams now accomplishes locomotion by the aid of a pair of crutches. A sprained ankle from slipping on a banana peel, on the Fourth, is the cause. These banana skins are indeed dangerous articles and people who have any regard for the well-being of their fellow men will not throw them on the side-walks. Cushwa Bros, of Frankfort make the finest cream in the State. Sold at King’s. Men’s shoes from $1 to $4.50, at Hemphill & Honan’s. Ladies’ kid gloves a specialty, at Hemphill & Honan’s. The case against Nick Zimmer, for allowing minors in the Halloran saloon to play pool &c., were taken to Hanging Grove Tp., by change of venue. They were set for trial yesterday, before Squire Hammerton, at Marlborough, and a very large delegation left here Jin the morning to attend it. Plow shoes, —Farmers don’t touch a plow before buying ar pair that will last you the season, from Ludd Hop kins.

“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 pair. Thirty-two of the students of the Indiana School left Monday for their homes in the Northwest, for the vacation. A portion of them bought round trip tickets and the total amount paid by them to Station Agent Ghapman for their tickets was I $530. It was the largest amount of money ever taken in on one day for passengers ticket at this station. Bring in your Watches, Clocks and Jewnlry-andlißve them repaired, m workmanlike manner and warranted by H. J. Rossbaciier, at F. B. Myers’ drug store. , One copy of The Republican now crosses the big brine to old Ireland, being sent by our old friend, Johnny Guest, of Jordan Tp., to relations still on the “Quid Sod.” The address of the paper is rather formidable. It is “Terence Connolly^Book Hill, Balaghaderien, County Mayo, Ireland. The great explicitness of the address is explained by the fact that in the British Islands free mail delivery, which in this country of magnificent distances is cohflned to citiesTand and large towns, there extends to the smallest villages and to even country houses not too far remote. .There is thus some advantage in living in a country of seven by nine dimensions.

Theßt. Rev. Joseph Dwenger, bishop of Ft .Wayne, was reported dying, from heart-disease, yesterday morning. At the Lawn Social, at the Presbyterian church, Friday evening: Wood sawing contest, mystery hall, peanuV walk, hypnotism by a professional hypnotist. "~A"desirable two story house of 6 rooms and seven large lots for rent cheap; inquire at this office for further information. Buy pure teas and fresh roasted coffee at C. C. Starr’s. We roast our own coffee as needed, consequently have no old, stale stock. - Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bissenden went to Paxton, 111., Taesday, to remain till spring, at least, and perhaps permanently. Their son Albert is located there. The Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor will give a lawn social at the Presbyterian church Friday evening. Every one invited. Refreshments served.

Ladies, call at Mrs. Lecklider’s and examine her new line of spring and summer millinery , laces, notions and ladies’ goods, just received from Chicago. A freight and a work train on the Monon collided on Monday evening, at Taylor’s station, 7 miles below Lafayette, going at full speed. A. Hicks, of Delphi, engineer of the work train, was killed, and the engineer of the other train and two laborers were seriously if not fatally scalded. The County Commissioners met in special session Monday, but transacted no other business than that connected with the Range Line gravel road; such as accepting Mr. Hawkins’ bid, and his surety bond, and signing the bonds, the sale of which is to furnish the means for building the road. i

Ben Tuteur and John Robertson, a stalwart young citizen of Milroy Tp., got into a scrap Friday evening, in front of the Tuteur grocery. Sheriff Blue was in the vicinity and interfered before either party had been much punished. Both parties were invited to contribute $1 apiece to the school fund, by Squire Burnham, together with $8.65 to pay the cost of collecting the sl. Last Monday morning was the time appointed for letting the contract for constructing'the Range Line Gravel Road, and contrary to the expectations of many, a favorable bid was made for the work, and the contract was awarded. Levi Hawkins, of Remington, is the contractor,

and he was the only bidder. He is to do both the grading and the graveling and the total contract price is $11.600. The average cost per mile isalittle more than $1,900. JEIL gives bond for the faithful completion of the work, in the sum of $24,000. His bondsmen are David H. Patton, Marion G. Traugh, John J. Porter, Chas. Bartee, and Robt. Parker. The pike is to be graded to the width of 24 feet, and gravelled in the center 10 feet wide. The gravel is to be 15 inches deep in the center and 9 inches at the sides.

Valparaiso, Rensselaer and other old-fogy towns announce as a wonderful attraction a balloon ascension on the Fourth! Why, even Francesville has long since discarded such gray-haired chestnuts, which have been relegated to country villages.--Winamac Journal A good deal more of a chestnut than balloon' ascensions is the practice , of some envious papers, published in ; towns that lack the enterprise and I generosity to provide any attractions for their celebrations that cost any '.money, in trying to ridicule the efforts ■of other more liberal communities. ! And if the assertion that balloon ! ascensions with parachute descents I are worn out attractions that are “relegated to country villages,” is true then Lafayette and even Chicago must belong in that category, for both places advertised that very thing as part of their fourth of July attroctions, this year. -The fact is that the parachute descent business is not i only a very interesting feature, but is i comparatively a novelty, it being only a very few years since it first c iiul i vogue.

The work of repainting the entire exterior of the Makeever House into an imitation of brown stone, was begun yesterday. It will be a pretty big job. »V> . . V ' - * The celebrated Jewett Hay Rake and Loader has been tried and proved a grand success. We are Agents for the Acme Hay Gatherer and Ricker. We can fit you out for harvest, i Call and see us. Hammond Bros. Rensselaer, Ind.

The County Board of Review, which takes the place of the old Board of Equalizotion, began its work Monday. It consists of the County Assessor, the County Auditor and the County Treasurer. The assessor is president of the Board and the auditor is secretary. They will first examine and act upon personal grievances and then, if they deem it necessary, will equalize the assessments between the various townships, raising some and lowering others, as justice may seem to require. Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth, who has been at Kalamazoo, Mich., visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Q. M. Allen, for the last two weeks, departed yesterday with her baby, to accompany her mother to Yorkshire, England, that lady’s girlhood home. They will take passage on the celebrated steamer, “City»of New York,” to Liverpool, and go from thence to their destination near Leeds. If the ladies keep in good health they will probably remain abroad until September and do considerable sightseeing.

Charley Watson, the plasterer, drove out to Gillam Tp., Sunday, taking his sister and another fellow’s sister, to their homes there. On his way back, he got out of the buggy to arrange something out of fix with the harness, and the horses took fright and ran away, coming clear to Rensselaer, leaving Mr. Watson to foot it the rest of the way, some 8 or 9 miles. The horses with the buggy got along very well without a driver until they reached the Hildebrand stable, where they belong, and there finding the door shut they turned around and ran down to the Iroquois bridge, where they upset and pretty badly smashed the buggy. Major Bitters, editor of the Rochester Republican, was in town last Thursday, to attend the funeral of Mrs. F. P. Bitters, and made us a very welcome call. He was editor of The Rensselaer Republican for a short time, some eleven or twelve years ago; but this was his first visit here for more than ten years. He did not like the town and sold out to Corkins Bros., who also flourished but for a brief period. It is sometimes hinted that Mr. Bitters’ dislike for the town was not entirely unreciprocated; but be that as it may, he is certainly an exceptionally able newspaper man, and publishes one of the best weekly papers in northern Indiana, and also a bright little daily.

The Rensselaer Stock Farm’s horses added greatly to their fast growing reputation, at Cambridge City last week. Leo won fourth money in his race. Time, 2:20|, 2:22, 2:22|, 2:23. Belle Medium won second money in the 3-year-old class, taking a record of This is the fastest 3-year-old record made this year, by any colt owned in Indiana. She can already trot in 2:20, and if no bad Tuck befalls she is bound to soon make a nutional reputation. Douglas Girl won her race and got a record of 2:29|. She is counted only as a good, slow, safe family driving horse at the Stock Farm, but is no doubt fast enough to out-trot anything in Jasper County, outside of the Farm’s horses. Tod Mohawk, the Stock Farm’s fast young pacer, was a very close second, in 2:27. Plutrusse won fourth money in the 2-year-old Class in 2:33|. The Stock Farm’s horses have been competing with some of the very best horses in the whole country, and they have done marvelously well to get the places they did. They have got some of the money in every race they have started in. They are in Paru, Miami county this week.

The Harris Comedy Co., a strong and well managed company, occupied the Opera House Saturday, Monday and Tuesday nights. Their house Saturday night was immense and not bad the other nights. At the close of the preaching services last Sunday morning at Independence, in Gillam township, an Epworth League was organized, consisting of nineteen members. Miss Lizzie B. Faris was elected as president and Miss Millie Robinson as secretary. ■ ■■ .. . Rev. Anthony Dick,'for several years past the popular pastor of the Catholic congregation here, has taken his permanent departure. He left Tuesday, going to Ohio. The name of his successor we did not learn. C. C. Starr’s pure Jewel Tea is the most refreshing of beverages. Men’s shoes from $1 to $4.50, at Hemphill & Honan’s. The ladies of the W. R. C. realized the neat sum of fifty-five dollars as net proceeds from the lunch and icecream stand, conducted by them, on July 4th. They hereby extend their heartfelt thanks to the people, for their liberal patronage. A good single-seat top-buggy for sale at a bargain, or will exchange for a good horse. Laßue Bros.

Mr. and Mrs. H. P, Baker and daughter, of Onarga, 111., are visiting Rensselaer relatives this week. Mr. Baker reports that his immediate section of country is exceptional this year, in that some kinds of crops, as oats and corn, are poor. This is owing to excessive rains about June Ist. The Monticello Democrat says that the members of the Boston Creole Company, especially the female portion thereof, behaved in an outrageous and flagrantly immoral manner, in that place, after the company broke up. If there was anything wrong in their deportment while in Rensselaer it was not manifest to the public. The Empire Binders and Mowers, and all repairs for the same, for sale by W. R. Nowels & Son. The Frameless and Banner Binders meet the demands of e zerybody, sold by Coen & Paxton.

Four murderers suffered the death penalty at Sing Sing, N. Y., Tuesday by the electric method. The deaths were apparently painless and without the horrible features that accompanied the Kemmler case. “Electrocution” is evidently a successful method of dealing death to murderers. Rev. Thomas Mason, of Little Rock, Ark., spent last Sabbath at the old home in Gillam township.,. At

3 p. m. his friends and neighbors were pleased to hear him preach again at the Gillam school house. The sermon was a spiritual and able one. Dr. Mason has been for ten years past president of Philander Smith University, Little Rodk. Ark. The undersigned practical and competent plasterer, wish to announce to the people of Rensselaer and vicinity tliat they have permanently located here and are prepared to do all plastering and cement work promptly and a,t reasonable prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. John Medicus. C. E. Watso’n

The dry goods store noted as sold, last week, was that of J. 11. Willey & Son, and the invoicing was begun Monday. The purchasers are Messrs Changnon & Soucie, of St Anne, 111. Mrs. Emma Hanley’s millinery stock was included in the sale, it being Mrs. Hanley’s intention to retire from business. The people of Rensselaer and surrounding country will much regret this second and probably permanent retirement of Mr. Willey and,lns son from active business in our town. Out stock of fancy goods is co m plete. Hemphill »fc Honan. A nice line of Ladies’ notions at Lecklider’s.

Notice to Delinquents. AU persons knowing themselves to be owing delinquent taxes will save costs by paying the same at once. LB. Washbi kx. Treas. Jasper Co

Our townsman, J. W. Duvall was, the subject of a great affliction last Friday afternoon. He was stricken with paralysis that day, while near John Brown’s place, 4| rfiiles northwest of town. One side of his body is totally paralyzed and he is unable to speak, but can move his right limbs. His condition at first was so critical as to prevent his being brought home, but on Sunday afternoon some 24 brother Masons and Odd-Fellows, of Rensselaer, went out and carried him clear to town, on a litter. This being the only method of transporting him that his physicians would premit. It was a pretty onerous undertaking, especially as the weather was very hot. The fol - lowing named gentlemen composed the party: J. M. Wasson, A. H. Hopkins, Phillip Blue, Chas Platt, Willard Shields, B. F. Fendig, H. W. Porter, F. L. Chilcote, John Sayler, John Vannatta, Bruce White, Chas. McColly, T. J. McCoy, N. Fendig, E. M. Parcells, Wiley Duvall, J. Q. Alter, B. Dillon, Simon Leopold, A. R. Hopkins, C. G. Spitler, I. W. Porter. Mr. Duvall’s condition has improved considerably, and the prospects for recovery are reasonably good. iSummer Normal. The Jasper County Summer Nor-, mal will will conve Monday morning July 27, and continue five weeks. Classes will be organized in all the common school branches, Science of Teaching and American Literature. The aim of the school will be to prepare the teachers more fully for the work of the school-room, and to give all a better knowledge of the branches taught The text-books now in use in the schools will be used in the Normal Bring all the reference books at your command; they will be valuable. Arrangements will be made for board at the lowest possible rates. Tuition) $4.50 for the term, in advance, or $1 per week if not paid in advance. It is earnestly desired and expected that the teachers oC the county will avail themselves of this opportunity, and attend the entire session. The County Institute will follow the Normal. For any information desired call on or address the instructors.

A Loyal Temperance Legion.

A Loyal Temperance Legion wil be organized under auspices of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union on Saturday July 11th, at 2:30 P. M. in the Grammar Room of the school building. The object of the organization shall be to “save the children from" the curse of rum, by showing them the danger,” training them intemperance principles from a gospel and scientific basis. The superintendent of this department, Miss Mattielßenjamin, a former teacher in the public schools is well known to the people of this place and needs no recommendation. She will be assisted by other ladies of the Union who are interested in this work. Parents and any others interested are cordially invited to visit the Legion that they may better understand the work. Mrs. Mollie Wooi>, Eya Linnvill, Pres. Secc’y.

My Entire Line -OFDRY GOODS Will be sold without much REGARD TO COST, . Until further disposition is made. . LUDD HOPKINS

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J. F. WARREN. H. L. WILSON.