Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1892 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

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TOWN AND COUNTRY.

<rs. Willis McColly and daughter Ifttry are visiting in Momence. Miss Edith Marshall is visiting relatives in the vicinity of LaPorte. & beautifulline of fancy goods to ■se l«ct from, atHemphill & Kona'S. Ch. Gauthier, of Kentland, is vis i-ting-his son, the furniture dealer. Thomas Thompson left for Mlnne. apolis Sunday, to see Harrison nomi - VYeb will ‘find at the feed store, ■chcfipe grades Of feed. Call and -see Dexter & Cox. Au all day basket meeting will be held at the Christian- church, in Bark-ley tp., on Sunday, June 12th. Everybody invited. C.' G. Spitler now thinks he has the ‘boss bicycle, for sure. It has the pneumatic tires, and is made of gun steel, by the Colt's Armory €o. lit •oStFst4o. ■ Cheapl' Cheaper 11 Cheapest 111 ladies, hats in town. Call on Mrs. Lecfclider. Hale'Warner's new house in Newtek's Add., is neatly completed. He aspects to occupy iit by the first of next month. -7-- - -- —— r i •Children's dayvwill be observed at the First Baptistchurch next-Sun-d&y ‘ morning. Everybody invited. '. Bring layout contributions. * J • Farmers l-’On plow shoes and boots we will save you big money. T, J.. iPorter- successor to L. Hopkins Misses Nellie Hopkins and Carrie Stackhouse attended ‘the commenceexercises at Monticelte on last Friday evening. Farmers have been making the heat <af juich good weather as we have been favored with, and have got good deal of c<kn planted. Dr. Honan will be here Monday June 18, to attend to any cases in i veterinary surgery.

Mfr. and Mrs/.G, V. Wd’ey were in (■town Sanday and Monday. They *were to<move their housetshpld goods Chicago, for a perma - ißcnt location there. ,Prof. F. W. Reubelt, superintendent of,the Pekin, llll.f schools, and wwtarnperinindent of the Rensselaer toluols. with ihts family, is visiting hi^'brother Isaac, and other friends, ifira;short tia»e. $143 buys the best pk>w shoe for the money in the leounty. ;LJ. Porter successor to L. Hopkin.

Robert Randle i« making such -exVfitisive additions and improvements to his reedence, on north Weston jfoeet, that it will be virtually a new building, and a large and attractive one too. Engine 385, on the New Jersey Qentral, lias run a mile, hauling four gars, in 39| seconds, which is at the rate of over 91 miles per hour. It is 'thought that the Engine will yet run IQQ miles an hour. Millinery for large ladies, little, Isdies and all the ladies,at Hemphill Itflonan. ( C. Morgan and Ick Yates represented the Rensselaer K. of P. jndge at the Grand Lodge, at flgdianapolis, Tuesday and Wednesday, and Mrs. Frank Osborne and Mrs. Robert Randle represented the Pythian Sisters. * A pleasant and novel social was given by the Y. P. S. C. E., of the Presbyterian church, at the home of Miss Sarah Chilcote on last Friday evening. Several new features of amusement were introduced by the entertainers, and each proved very interesting.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA THURSDAY-JUNE 9,1892.

Miss McDonald is visiting at Plymouth and Marion, Ind. Misses Lydia and Amanda Dwiggins, teachers at Marion, are home for the summer vacation. Mrs. Carrie Brown, of Crown Point, is visitin g’her sister, Mrs. G. W. Goff. Daily papers at P. O. including Sunday at 50 cts. per month. The W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Ritchie, next Saturday, at 2:30 p. M. Miss Ida Chilcote is spending the summer in Michigan. She will visit Charlotte, Grand Rapids and Lansing.

The Remington ball players want a game in Rensselaer June2lst, if they can find, anyone to play with them. Call and see Mrs. Lee Wider’s cheap trimmed hats. County Clerk Coover will become a full resident of Rensselaer this week. He will oceupy Mrs. J. C. Porter’s house, in Newton’s Addition. Mrs-rC, Haas has gone away to look fora suitable location, and her sister, JMiss Schleintz is remaining here until-she finds it. Two good residence properties for sale, or rent. C. W. Platt. The School Board has put a ten inch sewer all around the site of the proposed new school builchng, and acipss the grounds of the old building, into Makemself ditch. B. E. Ute will preach at the 'Christian Tabernacle next Sunday morning and evening. Subjects; ‘’Consecration and •Concentration.*’ The evening subject especially for the young people. Call and-see Mrs. Lecklidefs new fltne of ladieS’ notions, and see ‘how cheap they are.

On Sunday, June 5, the Rev. O. M. Werriek, of Kendallville, lud., will preachat the First Baptist church morning and evening. Come out «and hear him. U. M. McGuire. That infernal-swindling institution, the Louisiana Lottery, is now loading down the express companies with, circulars and-other matter thejr dare not send through the mails. This use of the express by such scoundrels to-'further their villianous schemes Is a mighty strong argument in favor of the goverment assuming and monopolizing the express carrying business. Lime and cement at the feed store. iDextbs & Cox.

Chet Cunningham, pur former portly 'townsman, mow of Rose Lawn, was in 'town Monday, looking for pinsterene to help him out on some building contracts he has. He did net find any, however, 6hat were disengaged. In fact, every man dn the building 'trades, in Rensselaer, carpenters, masons, plasterers andjpainters have all »the work they can da, and more too. D eXer & Cox will jboll you floa at a bragain. In accordance with the tn tentton announced when Thu Republican was enlarged to a seven column paper, of reverting to the six column size daring the dull periods in advertising, this week we resume the six column size. We expect, however to again return to the larger form in the course of a very few, months and to continue it until after the winter holidays at least.*. A good new safe, a refrigerator and an oil-tank for sale cheap. • Laßue Bros. .

There were at Chicago 21 rainy days during the month of May, 5 Or 6 days when it threatened rain and only 4 or 5 days of really good weather. The amount of rainfall was almost 7 inches. In this immediate vjcinity the record of rainy days was ■probably fully as bad, and the amount of rainfall was surely greatly in excess of what was recorded in Chicago. Probably 16 or 12 inches wuuld be nearer the right figure.

Seed Buckwheat for Sale.

Farmers desiring to sow buckwheat can obtain good seed at the Rensselaer Mill at the low* price of 60 cents per bushel. 41-4 t Rensselaer Milling Co.

Mrs. Dr. Deming and her son did not arrive home from Florida last week, as expected. They are now resting at Chattanooga,. Tenn. They are both in such poor health as so be compelled to make frequent stops on their way home. Paily papers at P. O. at 35cts. per month. Gillam township schools held their graduating exercises last Saturday evening, at Independence church, with an immense audience present. The graduates were Misses Mollie Raybum and Minnie Lebold. There are 64 roll-of-honor pupils in Gillam tp., this year, and ten silver star pupils. These are the last graduating exercises of the year. Jersey bull calf for sale at a bargain. Call at Hemphill & Honan. The Rensselaer Brass Band was reorganized on Monday evening. It consists of ten members with John Healy as leader. The members are viz. John Healy, J. A. Hubertz, L. F. Hopkins, Ludd Hopkins, Geo. Hopkins, B. K. Zimmerman, Jay Zimmerman, C. H. Vick, Chas. W. Rhoades and Chas. Morlan. Examine Williams’ ten cent coun - ter. for bargains. The court docket for the present term is very light, and the pettit jury is not called until the last week of the term and the grand jury not at all. The court evidently took judicial cogrtizsnce of the fact that the farmers need very minute they can get just now, in planting an d cultivating their corn.

Carpets ! We will discount them all on carpets this spring. I. J. Porter successor to L. Hopkins. This present term of the Jasper circuit <eoart seems likely to beat the record in the matter of divorces. There are already five cases of that nature on the docket, and two or three more impending. One of the latest begun is that of Mary J. Harris against William Harris, both of Rensselaer. The grounds of the complaint are abandonment and failure to provide. Williams don’t Want the earth, but he does want the people to know that he has the.largest stock of furniture and carpets, in Jasper county. - The deferred graduation exercises of Carpenter tp., were held last Thursday evening, at the Jones School house. The graduates were: Cora Longwell, subject, “No Excel - lence Without Labor;” Minnie Goss, “The World’*, Columbian Exposition;” May Dodge, “The Indians of the United States;’’ Robert Russell, was’entitled to graduate, but was not present. The diplomas were presented by Superintendent Warren. The exercises were extended by declamations, -essays, music, Ac.

Farmers 1 you can get as nice meal made out of your corn at the feed store as anyone needs. Bring it along. Dexter & Cox.

A saloon keeper at Carlisle, Pa., a few days ago was fined SSOO and costs, and sent to jail for three months, for selling liquor to one of the pupils of the Indian school there. The Federal laws forbid, under yery severe penalties, the selling of liquor to any Indians, inside as well as outside of their reservations. Our saloon-keep-eraand any others who handle liquor, will do well to remember this fact, or they may fare as badly as the Carlisle saloonist did.

Any person wishing to invest or borrowmoney Call and see me, at my office, Rensselaer Bank, v B. F. Ferguson. Mairiago licenses issued since last reported.

| Ezra R. Hershman, I Nora C. Cooper. J Christie H. Vick, / - J Allie Tyler. J Jesse D. Allman. ( Mayme L. Hawkins. * j Samuel F. Wood, j Bertha Peregrine. ’ j George W. Fntz, » > ( Mary L. Nowels. j Charles E. Robinson? < ( Jennie Long. (Lee Jessup, ( Amanda E. Smith.

E. W. Bohannan, principal of the Pekin, 111., high schools, is here looking after the chances for the school He brings? some excellent recommendations. ~ Friends of Miss Mollie Babcock surprised her last Thursday by presenting her with a very fine invalid’s wheel chair, and she was able to go out in it Sunday and get her first taste of out-door air since last October. She has been very poorly all but for the last month has improved somewhat. Several good young Norman and Clyde stallions; also good brood mares and colts,forsale on easy erms, or will exchange for other ttock. Laßue Bros.

Special Ch ild ren’s Day services will be held at the Presbyterian church, next .Sunday morning. The children are expected to be all present by 10:40 a.m. Preparations are being made to make it a pleasant and profitable occasion for them. The evening services will be under the auspices of the Sunday School. Charles- Vick <fc Son, the news dealers are authorized agents of this paper. They will be glad to furnish you any paper or magazine published. You wil| find them at Signal-Flag Pole. The Odd Fellows of Rensselaer are making preparations for a fitting observance of Odd Fellows’ Memorial Day, which is June 14th. The Rebekah lodge will be invited to participate, and also the Odd Fellows of various neighboring towns, as Remington, Wheatfield, Mt. Ayr and Monon. The day has never been observed in Rensselaer.

Capt M. F. Chilcote, delegate to the Republican National Convention now in session at Minneapolis, left for that city last Friday. The good Captain felt some considerable reluctance, to starting on Friday, the Great Unlucky, having, no doubt, some inward premonitions that some ill-luck would result from it; and sure enough, the very next day, Secretary Blaine flew the track and resigned his position as secretary of the United States. Nothing like Friday for bad luck.

Gentlemen. Our fine shoes have arrived. The most stylish and best value for the money, we have ever carried. If you want to be “In It’ come to us. Hemphill A Honan. Our neighboring county of White is all torn up over a court house fight. One element wants a new court house, right away, while another wants the old one patched up for a year or two. Judge Reynolds, of the White circuit court, favors the former view while the county commissioners are on the other side. Lately Judge Reynolds took matters into his own hands and condemned the old building as unsafe and unfit, and under the name of repai's has contracted for a virtually new building at the cost of 134,700. The commissioners have kicked against this action of the judge and have ordered the county auditor to draw no warrants for paying for the new but Id ng and the treas «rer, to f»ay none if drawn Its a very pretty light. “In the spring time when the birds begin to sing.” “Their mellow notes, from their yellow throats.” “Then the woodlands with music rings. Send yourwife to Hemphill & Honan’s for a new bonnett. II in Verse 11. .....

The chief motive power for the machinery at the world’s fair will be supplied by a gigantic engine of the quardruple expansion type. It will be of between 3,000 and horse •power. Compared with this, engine the big Corliss that was exhibited at the Centennial exposition is almost a, dwatf. the Corliss was considered one of the wonders of the exposition, but its builder rated it at only 1,400 horse power, or less than' half of this one. It is a rather remarkable coincidence, by the way, that this identical big CorlisS, the great engine of the Centennial, is now at Pullman, 111., driving the Machinery of the Pullman Car Works, and within a very few miles of Jackson Park, where its bigger rival of the Columbian ex posit ion w ill he ex hib i - ted.

Nowels Bros. Jr Co. report the local market prices as follows: Wheat 78c., Rye 60c., Corn 40c., Oats 28 and 30c., Hay $3 to $7. k . Hammond Bros., are headquarters for bicycles and tricycles. - An ugly looking cloud which passed directly over town, Monday evening, was thought by its observers to be an aerial cyclone, or more correctly, a tornado. Something similar was also seen last week. It often happens., that tornados fbrm in the clouds and spend their force without reading the earth; but it still more frequently happens, no doubt, that vicious looking but really harmeless clouds, hur - ried and tumbled along by the wind, are taken for tornados, when they are nothing of the kind. Ladies. We have laid in a handsome 1 ne of cloth top shoes in lace 1 and button. Also a line of low shoes the. finest in the land; come and see them. Hemphill & Honan.

Monday evening, during the thunder Shower then prevailing, the lightning struck an ash or box-elder tree, in the street in front of Dr. Loughridee’s vacant lot, fronting on Cullen street, nearly opposite the Makeever House. The tree was broken and splintered at the top, and Lhe trunk, for about 6 feet from the ground, was completely denuded of bark. The crash of the thunder and blinding flash of the lightning caused great alarm to the inmates of the hotel. Simultaneously with lighting stroke the electric lights all over town grew very dim, and in some cases blinked out entirely fo r an instant In a barn about 50 feet from the tree was a horse belonging to Mr. Geer. The horse was probably very severely shocked, Judging from its appearance and actions the next morning.

A brief but exciting runaway occured Monday afternoon. One of the lay brothers from the Catholic farm was in town, with a road cart, drawn by the already noted runaway horse belonging to the College. He left the horse in front of Laßnes’ store, fastened only by the lines thrown over a salt barrel. The horse pulled loose and began to run immediately, and had got under pretty near full speed, when the driver, a man of marvellous speed and agilty.Yan out of the store, overhauled the horse, and caught it by the bridle. He clung to the horse with wonderful courage and grit, until he was dragged diagonally across the width of the two streets and clear to the chain hitching rack, on the west side of the public square. The horse was brought to a stand-still, and although the brother was, seemingly, run against the chain with great force, he kept his grip on the horse and reported himself unhurt. It Was a mighty dangerous experience he had, though.

I, O. O. F. Decoration.

Tuesday, Julie 14, 1892, will be observed by the Odd Fellows, of Rensselaer by decorating the graves of deceased brethren with appropriate ceremonies? All Odd Fellows and their families are cordially invited to be present and assist in commemorating the virtues of departed brothers ana friends. The following program has been arranged. Ist. All members of the order including the Daughters of Rebeckah will assemble at the I. O. O. F. Hall at 12 o’clock A.M. sharp, at which place dinner and refreshments will be served. 4* 2nd. At 1 o’clock the procession will form in the public square and proceed to the Cemetery. 3rd. Music. / - 4th. Invocation—Rev. H. V_. Weaver. stb. Music. 6tij. Address—Rev. LI. Gorby. 7 th, Music—Band. Bth. Impromptu Speeches. 9thk, Music—Band and decorating graves, after which procession will reform and march back to hall. By Order of Committee.

Be Quick!

And select lots in Leopold’s Addition the “NewOidahoma.” The are going fast and on favorable terms

Two metnbers of the j7c. Porter and"efthst~Dr.*-* Alter* or J. H. S. Ellis, will go-te^Crawfor ville this week, to * street improvement and the electric lighting systems, of that city. Dexter Jr Cox will sell you a nice grade of meal and Graham flour. For elegant and stylish millinery, at lowest living prices, call on Mrs. Imes, in the Nowels Block, and examine her stock. See her line Qf hats, especially, at prices from £0 cents, upward. Sheriff Blue received notice, Tuesday morning, that the material lor the new iron fence around the pubße . square had been shipped the day before, and that, as soon as it arrived In Rensselaer, workmen would be sent to put the fence up. On the strength of. this notice the work of pulling down the old fence war begun Tuesday afternoon and the new fence wri Ji probably be in process of erection by the time this paper is published Subscriptions for the The Republican taken by J. E. Spitler at P. 0., without extra'charge.

There has been some fault fbttod with the only gravel road in Jasper county, that known as the Rajige Line Gravel Road, in Carpenter tp., the claim being made that it was not constructed with sufficient c£re. Whether there is any justice in this claim we are not prepared to say,Jut we are ready to say that if the Range Line road is a poor specimen of a gravel road, then a good gravel |pad must be something of superlative excellence in the highway line. Last week, for instance, when the jnbd roads between Rensselaer and Remington were in such condition that they would and did, gtall a strong horse with no load btA a road cart, the gravel road was as smooth and firm, almost, as the cement walks in the public square. A J man was seen, for instance, trying to get to Remington with 25 bushels of corn. With four horses he managed to “woller through” until he struck the end of the gravel road. He then sent back two of the horses and went in “a flying,” and if he had had a set of thills along he might have stent back still another of the horses, jtnd the one left could have hauled the load, eaiser than all four did in the mud. Ladies and gentlemen or scholars wishing to make a couple of hundred , dollars during vacation in your own neighborhood, send 6 two-cent stamps for postage to Michael Bros., 4J41 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Hl. Tne construction of the Lakin ditch was sold, Saturday afternoon, by

Dept. Auditor Clark. Tbenwneysof the land affected had consulted 'together and agreed to forego their right to bid in their respective aflbtments, provided the whole job cptild be awarded, at equitable rates, to some dredging company. The dfedging men were therefore on ' hand In considerable numbers, including Mr. Wright, of Lafayette, representing the Western Dredging Co., formerly Wrigbt & Wallace, John Hack, Ldwell, Mr. Elliott, of Ohio, Mr. Smith, of Sheldon, 111., Mr. VanalM, of Brookston and Mr. Harding, of lA-* Porte. The bidding was rather spirited, beginning at 10 cents per yard, Of excavation and running down, finally to cents, when it was knocked off to the Western Dredging Company. This is the same firm that is now cutting the big Monon ditch. The Lakin ditch is in Union township, and is 6 miles in total length. Will be from 20 to 40 feet wide and from sto 13-feet deep. It drains a large extent of country. The total cosl of the dredge work, at the price above mentioned, will be about $8,500. It seemed to be the general opinion of those best informed that the contract is a very favorable one for the land own ers. It is intended to apply to the present term of the Commissioners’ Court for permission to compta|e this ditch under the newest ditch which case the property owners WiM have a series of years in which to pay their assessments; the county issuing bonds, roajs aft paid-for.

A. LEOPOLD

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