Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1891 — Doors Windows and Mouldings. [ARTICLE]

Doors Windows and Mouldings.

A big picnic by the Christian Sunday Schools, at Sand Ridge School house, Barkley tp., next Saturday. Elder Shortridge and others will make addresses. A desirable two story house of 6 rooms and seven large lots for rent cheep; inquire at this office for further information. W. B. Austin and Arthur H. Hopkins have entered into partnership in the law and real-estate business. The style of the firm is Austin <fc Hopkins. R. F- Priest has been in town several days, last week and this. He is still located in Chicago, but has sold his grocery store there. Omar Ritchey went to Indianapolis yesterday, after spending a week or so in this vicinity. He has terminated his lumber inspecting engagement in Arkansas. Hon- J, K Watson went with him to Indianapolis.

There is much scarcitv of water in all those parts of town where the wells are mostly in the surface soil, or but a little way in the rock. In many parts of the adjoining country, too, the scarcity of water for stock is becoming a serious matter. While in the city last week we secured a great bargain in 54 in. dress flann els. L. Hopkins. Several good farms for sale, in the vicinity of Rensselaer, at terms to suit purchasers. B. F. Ferguson. G. W Ingram, formerly of Wheatfield, and also a student in the Rensselaer high school, is now located at Mesa, Arizona, a new town near Tempe. He is manager of the Mesa News, a special edition of the Tempe News, and also manager of the Mes a Nursery Co., and seems to lie getting to the front, quite after the approved custom of young ex-Jasperites, generally. He sends us a copy of his per, and it is a very creditable local paper, but would lack very much of meeting the expectations of those whose ideas of Arizona journalism are based on the extracts from the mythi L cal Arizona Kicker, they read in eastern papers. It is very much like ordinary eastern loCal papers, in all respects except the subscription price—and that is $4 peryejir. Mesa, by the way, if we are pot in error, is a Mormon community, of which very peculiar religion our former townsman is now an adherent

The W. B. C. will meet Saturday at 3 P. M. L. M. Sayler, of St Elmo, 111., was here Tuesday tp attend the funeral of Addie Daugherty. The present heated term, with the thermometer above 90 in the shade every day for a week, has been about the severest of the summea Mrs. M. E. Lecklider has a new and competent trimmer for the fall season. Ladies, call and examine her work. For anything in the fancy goods line call on Hemphill & Honan. 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.

Elder A. E. Pierson, of Union tp was intown Tuesday. The Elder is theownerofthepremiseswhereon the human skeleton was found a few weeks since,"and the finding of wluM created considerable of a sensation. He gives one very important fact bearing on ihe identity of the skeleton, not heretofore made known, and that is that quite a number of stone arrow-heads were found in the grave with the skeleton. This fact, together with the others stated last week, leaves no doubt whatever that the bones arc those of an Indian, and it seems strange that anyone in the locality and familiar with all the circumstances, could have ever held a different opinion. Notwithstanding the big advance in coffee you can buy fresh roasted coffee at C. C. Starr’s at the old price The commissioners of White and Jasper counties held a special joint session last Thursday and Friday, at Rensselaer, to give a hearing to the big Wakarusha Ditch petition. The petition met with an unexpectedly formidable opposition. The following being the. remonstrants whomade legal appearance at the meeting of the Boards: J. E. Babcock, Charley Bomtrager, Win. M. Hoover, Wnn Reed, Joseph Adams, Marion Adams. Theodore James McCord, Frank McCord and Mr Denton, —the last named being the only White coiinty remonstrant. Most of these remonstrants were signers of the pitition. The Board: arrived at no decision on any of the points in controversy, but adjourned to meet in Monticello Oct. 15.