Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1891 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Dr. Hartsell continues to improve, but is not yet able to leave his room. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Francis, of LaPorte County, visited in Rensselaer last week, going home Saturday. Watches, clocks and Jewelry and silverware at rock bottom prices at H. J. Rossbacher’s, withF. B. Meyer. When ,you need a straw hat for everyday or Sunday go to Hemphill & Honan’s they’ve got ’em. The Rensselaer Stock Farm will make their second annual sale on Oct. 22nd. they will sell forty high bred horses. We are selling 54 in. dress flannels very cheap. If you don’t believe it, come and see. L. Hopkins.

1s ' O -I Dr. Kelley lias removed hißdental office back to his old locatijgi, upstairs in Leopold’s Arcade builuing. We are not selling out, bu£ we are selling cheap. Especially dress goods. L. Hopkins. Mr. John Groom, late of Barkley tp., and his new bride have bought and moved into the Elizabeth ' Florence house, corner of Weston and Hutson streets. Will Imes has accepted a permanent position as night .operator for the Monon, here, and himself and family will occupy the Lewis Day house on Main Street —v. While in the city last week we secured a great bargain in 54 in. dress flannels.

L. HOPKINS.

James Nelson’s family has gone to Hammond, where Mr. Nelson has been carpentering for some time, and his house is occupied by R. C. Dowier, whose family has just come from Williamsport. Notwithstanding the big advance in coffee you can buy fresh roasted coffee at C. C. Starr’s at the old price. Last Saturday the drafts were received for the amount of the insurance upon the life of the late Emmet Kannal. One for 12,000 from the Aetna, and one for SB,OOO from th Metropolitan.

The much transferred Fowler Ety has again changed hands W. J. Huff formerly of the Montieello Herald is the latest purchaser. He will take charge this week. Mr. George W. Burk reached home from his Kansas trip, last Thursday, and has since been very seriously sick with a bowel trouble but is now much improved.

A “box supper” will be given at Pleasant Grove school house, Barkley Tp., Saturday evening, Sep. 19, by the members of the Christain Church, at that place. Every body invited to come, and bring a box.

Mrs. E. I|i. Hollingsworth, of this place, and her mother, Mrs. Allen, of Kalamazoo,, Mich., have completed their Eur opean visit and are now upon the ocean, homeward bound. They will reaeh Philadelphia, next Monday or Tuesday.

Large numbers of new pupils came in, the latter part of last week, for the Indian School, raising the total number of young IndiahiT there to 73, the largest number ever belonging to the institution, at one time. As heretofore the pupils are

mostly Menomenees Ojibbewas, Oneidas and Pottowattomies from Wisconsin and Northern Michigan, and Creels and Sioux from Minnesota and Dakota. The number will be still further increased, by the return of somemore of last years students; the greater part of whom, however, have already returned.

Last Monday was excursion day for a fact. The morning excursion was in two sections, of 10 cars each and every car filled to its seating capacity, by the time they passed Rensselaer. These two trains started from Lafayette. The afternoon excursion, which started from Salem, consisted of only one train, also of about 10 cars, and all well filled. At Rensselaer station 181 tickets were sold; all but a very few being for the morning trains. Don’t fail to rea'i H. J. Rossbacb er’s adv. in another place in this pa par. Marriage licenses since last reported: j Amos Neier, ( Alice Uhrisenberry. j John A. Rodgers, ( Susie A. Wilson. j William H. Call, j Ann Burns. j John Cheney, ( Eva Idell Chamberlain. j Walter Road ifer, - | Anna L. Heacox. -A*#- /

Mr. and Mrs. George Barcus’s infant daughter is very sick with summer complaint.

Good girl wanted for housework Enquire at this office. J. G. Reynolds’ running horse, Tennessee, won two races at Las ayette last week. This week he is at Boswell, Benton county. I have a splendid property in Rensselaer, Ind. for sale or trade for lands in Jasper Co. Anyone wishing a home call and see me. ts B. F. Ferguson.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Medicus’ little son, Charley, is very low with a fever, following whooping cough and dysentery. « H. L. Baker, of Onarga, 111., was in town Tuesday with a party of Illinois friends anxious to buy Jasper county farms.

Ladies’ shoes from $1 to $5, at Hemphill <fc Honan’s. “Spot cash and cheaper than the cheapest” is our motto, on and after Sept. Ist. Ellis and Murray’s ■Double store. 1 ... 1 ~ '

The fall session of the Loganspo rt Presbytery convenes next Monday, at Montieello. Rensselaer will be represented by quite a large delegation. Misses Lydia and Ella D wiggins returned to Marion yesterday, where they will continue to hold positions in the schools of that city.

Ladies’kid gloves a specialty, at Hemphill <fc Honan’s. Several good farms for sale, in the vicinity of Rensselaer, at terms to suit purchasers. B. F. Ferguson . Mrs. Lewis Day having been restored to health by the pure water and good medical treatment in Rensselaer, her husband will again remove from Rensselaer, leaving this week. He will locate either in Englewood or its neighboring Chicago suburb of Colehour. J. E. Spitler at the post office has secured the agency of C. M. Barnes to buy up the old school books of this county, for which he can pay the highest market price. ts

John T. Say lei, of Newton tp. wa g one of the many who took in the cheap Chicago excursion Monday, and while there he met with an experience that will leave a flavor of bitterness in his recollections thereof. While he slept sweetly on the downy slats of a Windsor House bed, some sneak-thief abstracted from under his pillow his pocket-book, containing #22. He had plenty of friends to advance all the cash he needed, but stil he did not like to lose his wealth.

A girl Tuesday for Mr. and Mrs John E. Burk, on the Owens place north of town. Cushwa Bros, of Frankfort make the finest eream in the State. Sold at King’s. Mrs. J. W. McEwen returned home ast Friday, from a month’s stay with her sister, Mrs. Sombergh, In Knox Co ~111. Ladies’ shoes from $1 to 15 ta Hemphill & Honan’s. Men’s shoes from $1 to $4.50, at Hemphill <fc Honan’s.

Edwards and Brown’s company had a good audience at the Opera House, Monday night, at~theEf TMuldoons’ Picnic, considering how large a proportion of our theater going population were absent on the Chicago excursion. It is a very funny performance. 1 Send for catalogue and then decide. Fall term Sept., 7th. Address. 52-2 m. Union Bus College. Lafayette, Ind. On and after Septemper Ist we will show largest line of nice dry-goods, clothing, hats and boots <fe shoes ever shown in Jasper Co.

Ellis & Murray. A rare opportunity is offered to the people of Rensselaer. Rev. W. Ed. Beiderwolf, will give a Lecture on Five Points N. Y. at the Presbyterian church next Sunday evening 7.30 P. M. All are cordially invited. He will also preach in the morning at 10.45 A. M. Mr. Beiderwolf has had personal experience at “Five Points; the wickedest place on earth and will give a helpful lecture.

The Rensselaer schools opened Monday, with an enrollment of 350 which has since increased to about 375. This is an increase of about 50 over the first week of last year. The high school is crowded beyond measure there being upwards of 1 0 in Mr. Sparling’s room and this does not include the senior class, which is in Superintendent Wilson’s room. An unusually large number of country pupils are attending the school this year.

J. H. Hardman is now learning the banking business, in the Citizens Bank, but is also still in the watch and clock repairing business. Bring in your Watches, Clocks and Jewelry and have them repaired in workmanlike manner and warranted by H. J. Rossbacher, at F. B. Myers’ drug store. ~ . .J The Epworth League entertainment and festival, at the M. E. church Tuesday evening, was very successful as an entertainment, and turned out well financially. Hello! Now look here! Why ask your friend what time it is when you can buy a Fine Stem-Wind Elgin or Waltham Watch for almost nothing, at H. J. Rossbacher’s. After a few weeks vacation the W. R. C. will have a regular, meeting Mon. evening Sept. 14. A fuUp* attendance is desired. Martha Wasson, Pf&s. Hattie Flynn, Secy.

All classes of Watch, clock and jewelry Repairing done at lowest prices, by H. J. Rossbacher,with F. B. Meyer. Some 14 or 15 Rensselaer Knights of Pythias went to Monon, last Sun - day, to attend the funeral of Jamgs Dean, a prominent member of the order, there. There were 250 Knights in the funeral procession.

The Stock Farm managers changed their intentions last week, in regard to sending Leo to Danville, Ill; and sent him to Lafayette, with the rest of their horses; and they outdid their record in respect to the number of races won, if not in time made—and the track was in toobad a shape for good time. They started in five races and took the first money in every last one of them. Leo in the free-for-all f Belle Medium in the 8-year-old trot; Plutruss in the 2-year-old trot; Pinkamink in the 3-year-old pace and Tod Mohawk in the 2-year-old pace. This week Belle Medium is at Cleveland, Ohio, where she was entered for her biggest race, so far; it being a #2500 three-year-old stake, the first money being #1250. The other Stock Farm horses are at Crawfordsville,.this week.

The township trustees made their annual settlement with the commission ers, Monday and also fixed their tax levies for next year. The levies were cut down to agree with the greatly increased assessment, but all were evidently made with a view to yielding enough revenue for the regular township expenses. In this respeot the Democratic trustees, to their credit be it said, did not take the adviceof their state central committee, backed up by that of the Democratio Sentinel, to put the levies way down to the lowest possible notch, even if it resulted in running the townshipe into debt This, of course, was wanted done to help the Democratic party out of the hole the infamous tax law has put it into.