Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1892 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

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TOWN AND COUNTRY.

W B. Austin and family now occupy rooms in the Makeever House. , Mias Pearl Wasson is visiting her aister, Mrs. Albert Coen, in Chicago. tv 4 Mrs. Thomas* Burns, wife of the Jnew liveryman, in seriously sick. Miss Allie Paxton went to Chicago last Saturday to visit with the family of H. R. W. Smith. Shoes and slippers at factory prices. - Chicago Bargain Stork. Frank Wood, Lee Gatt, May Robiifcon and Ora Catt spent last Sunday in Kentland. The trade of residences between , Hollister and Thomas Burns wife not consummated. Watren Washburn left Rensselaer i Tuesday afternoon foe Chicago & where he expects to stay all summer. Examine Williams’ ten cent counted for bargains. jjf rs. J, C. Morgan asfft daughter have gone to Georgetown, 111., to visit her parents for a few weeks. The Fourth of July rate for Chicago will b# only $2.20 for the round trip.

The High School library is now open every Friday from 3 o’clock ip. m. to 4 o’clock . Daily paperaat P.--€L-ineludin g Sanday at 50 cts. per month. Coen .* Paxton have torn down their old hay barn, with the intention of rebuilding it in a more substantial manner. * !Frof. Reubelt and family left last Thursday for Bourbon,lnd., where they will visit Mrs. Reubelt’s parents before returning home. . lek Tates has bought a good lot on" iFront etreet, oppoalteA7Lel>pold ! a iplace, and will build a good residence, this eeason. An elegant new stock of summer coats and vests. Chicago Bargain Stoke . A man named J. W. Pruitt, living -southwest of Brook, in Newton Co., committed suicide last Friday, by cutting his throat. ===== During the heavy rains of last Fr i>daj the residence of Joseph Lane, of Croodland, was struck by lightning and badly demoralized. Wm. Myers is building an addition 1 that more than doubles the size of his ■ residence, comer Work and Front sfi’Bete. N. W. Reeve has mowed his old" building, south end of Van Rensselaer street and will replace it with a goqcl, substantial residence, forthwith. * f J. P. Hammond has moved from S. Dwiggins house, lately sold, rto Mr. Kean, inlo W. B. Austin’s •house, on Weston street. ■tf** J V, r ; Daily papers at P. O. at 35cts. per month.

Mr. and Mr. W. W. Watson, of Washington, D. C., and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gamble, of St. Louis, Mo., are visiting the ladies’ parents, Dr. and and Mrs. M. B. Alter. Jersey bull calf for sale at a bargain. Call at Hemphill & Honan. 4 Birtijs.— Friday June 17th, to Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Wright, a son. day to Mr. and Mrs. Sanders, a daughter. Sunday, June 19th to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Clark, a son. li flldr worthy county superintendent, Warren, wajhonored last tveek by befttg chosren fey the State Association of County Superintendents as fheir secretary for the ensuing year. Thomas S. Peacock, of Paxton, lUt, visited his father, Jonathan Peai coflfe, and other relatives, for a few days, arriving Saturday. He is now engaged in manufacturing business, at Paxton, and prospering greatly.

RENSSELAER, JASPER.COUNTY, INDIANA,THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1892.

Sickness in the family of Rev. B. E. Utz prevented his filling his appointment at iVledary ville, last Sunday. Rev. I. I. Gorby preached at Monticello last Sunday, and the Sunday: morning service was conducted by Deacons Hollister, Hollingsworth and Coen. The Boulevard silk umbrellas will outwear 3 common silk ones. Chicago Bargain Store. ! 7 — A.I- - - - 7 7. B. E. Utz will preach at the Christain Tabernacle next Sunday morning and evening. Subjects: of the Lord” and “The Test of Character.” ; ; 1 * .• ' - 7,~The very heavy rains of the latter part of last week, and the occasional showers since have been very disadvantageous to the crop prospects. * Foutth of July, trimmed hats, and untnmmed going regardless of cost at Mrs. Lecklider’s.

>" In our paragraph last week in regard to the death of Mrs. Nancy Wood, we were in error in stating that she was the mother of Harvey W. Wood. Her relationship to him was that of an aunt— .. Subscriptions for the The Republican taken by J. E, Spitler at P. 0., without extra charge. Don’t build brick side-walks rounded up high in the middle. They may be fair to look opon, but two persons walking abreast upon them, find the effect is far from pleasant. Witness a new piece of walk of this character on Front street, near the south end. Miss Mamie Williams, Miss Grace Nichols, Warren Washburn, George Bruce, Willie Hammond and Robert Vanatta, students from this section in the various oolleges and universities, oro nil home for the summer vacation.

Millinery for large ladies, little ladies and all the ladies,at Hemphill & Honan. ' ' » Indiana is becoming noted for its monstrosities and Pulaski county is keeping up with her neighboring counties. Besides the Hatfield twins, the three legged calf and the three legged chicken, is a three legged duck, o wned by Bob'Malosh, and a calf which is two weeks old and weighs two bus - dred pounds.—Wiaamac Republican. Our motto sell stack of goods at a small profit rather than a few goods with the profit stacked on them. Chicago Bargain Stoke. The regular monthly soeial given by the Epworth League of the M. E. Church will be held at the the residence of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Honan o n next Tuesday night, instead of on Friday night, the usual time for it to given. The only place in town for the worlds bert Cone’s Boss overalls and pants. Chicago Bakgain Stoke. Mrs. Tlllie Fendig Borchardt, of Brunswick, Ga., arrived Monday, for her regularsummer's sbJoum.r Her: husband.came with her.but mil remain but % few days. They eame_-in company with the Georgia delegation to the Democratic convention', at Chicago.The county W. C. T. U. convention, notice of which* was recently published, will be held in the First Baptist church, to-morrow. (Friday) beginning at 10 a. m. Sessions at 2, and 7:30 p. m., also. Miss Lodie Reed and others will speak in the evening. Any person wishing to t invest or borrow money Call and see me, at, my office, Rensselaer Bank. 1 B. F. Ferguson. Dr. Hartsell was called out tv Surrey last Friday to attend a young son of Geo. M. Wilcox, who had been overcome by the heat, while dropping on a corn-planter. The boy was in a pretty bad shape for a while, but the doctor finally succeeded in gutting him around all right Addison Parklaon has bought of the Emmet Kannal estate the fin e building now occupied by A. F. Long k Co., as a drag store. Uncle Ad. now owns two of the three town drag-store rooms, and it looks like he was getting ap a corner in that kind of property.

Rev. L. E. Conner will preach at the Church of God Sunday morning and evening. Ladies notions cheap, at Mrs. Leckliders’. The regular Jasper County Summer llormal will begin Monday, July 25th, and continue five weeks. Conducted by Co. Supt. Warren and Prof Dickerson. Full announcement given next week. If saving money is any object buy your clothing, shoes and slippers at the reliable one price cash house. ■ A- - Chicago Bargain Store. The ticket nominated by the Newton Co., Republicans last week was as follows: Treasurer, Alfred Jenkins; Recorder, John Higgins; Sheriff, Wm. L. Graves, Assessor, John F. Johnston; Surveyor, Jesse Coroner, J. A. Wickersliam; Commissioners, Pierce Archibald and Edward E. Parsons. / Eben H. Wolcott, of Wolcott and son of Hon. Anson Wolcott, is the Republican candidate for State Senator from Carroll, White and PuLski counties. He is an able and deserving young maD, but will have an up-hill fight in the campaign, his district.being pretty generaUyudemocratic.

Williams don't want the earth, but he does want the people to know that he has the.largest stock of furniture, and sarpets, in Jasper county. DnriDg the thunder shower last Friday morning, lightning struck a pine tree a few feet from Win. Warren’s house ih Newton’s Addition. The members of the family were considerably frightened but not otherwise hurt. Mr. Warren sat by a window within ten feet of where the lightning passed down the tree. The famous locomotive, “General,” imed hy Andrews and his raiders in their dash toward Tennessee April 12,1862, has been repaired and will be brought to the World’s Fair. This celebrated raid was described a few month ago, in a public lecture at the Rensselaer Opera House, by the engineer of the locomotive, during the raid. -

Several good young Norman and Clyde stallions; also good brood mares andvoolts, for sal&jMueaax terms, or will exchange for other took. Laßue Bros. Saturday night some parties, supposed to be tramps, broke into T. F. Clark's summer kitchen and bereft him of several nice pies, and the loss not being discovered until they were wanted for next day’s dinner, it hit Bro. Clark pretty hard. He is considering the advisability of procuring a burglar-proof safe to keep his Sunday pies in. S. E. Sparling arrived- home from Bloomington last Wednesday. He successfully passed the final examinations at the State University and received hiS diploma of graduation. He also received the degree of A. B. (Bachelor of Arts.) He has passed the regular four years course at the University in a little more than three years of satual attendance. Cfcarle Vick <fe Son, the ne^s-deat-ers are authorized agents of this paper. They will be glad to furnish you any paper or magazine published. You Will find them at Signal-Flag Pole. Married: —At Peoria, 111., June 11th, Mr. Simon Leopold to Mfsk Rosamond Cheesbro. The groom is well known to our readeis, being a son of A. Leopold, of Bensselaer, and having been connected with the firm of A. Leopold k Sons, general merchants of this place, for several years. The bride is a daughter ( qf J. B. Cheesbro, of Kentland, and is one of Newton county’s fairest daughters. We wish them a pleasant journey down the pathway of life.—Remington Press. The familiar county school teachers’ manual will hereafter, be represented by a uniform state manual prepared by a committeo of county superintendents, appointed for the purpose, at the state meeting, of oounty superintendents, at Indianapolis, last week. A uniform state manual will have some advantages over tha county manual system and also some disadvantages, and only the practical test of experience will demonstrate which element is the strongest.

The Remington ball club’s callenge accepted and a game will be played here on Friday afternoon. Hammond Bros., are headquarters for bicycles and tricycles., Mrs Ella Armstrong, proprietor of the City Laundry, is contemplating abandoning the laundry business, on account of poor health. Mr. Dallas Yeoman, ot the Trade Place store and Miss Ada Strong were married at the residence of the bride’s parents, last evening, A good new safe, a refrigerator and an oil-tank for sale cheap. Laßueßros. Mrs. Micah Sayler is quite dangerously sick. Old age and general exhaustion are understood to be the causes of her sickness. At last accounts she was somewhat better. The foundations for Charley Nowels’ new house, in Weston’s Addition, are completed and work on the building begun. Frank Osborne has the contract for the carpenter woi k. J. M. Kean is here looking after the general repairing in progress in process on his newly bought residence, the R. S. Dwiggins property. He expects to occupy it about the Ist of July. '* The most complete line of wash dress goods in town from 3c. to 25c. a yard. Chicago Bargain Store.

It is an off week, these days, when. The Republican does not announce the inteded erection in Rensselaer of from one to three new residences. In every part of town, almost, new buildings are in process of erection or are newly completed, while others are anxious to begin to build as soon as carpenters can be secured. To the persisent vigor of Rensselaer’s building boom, much, very much, is owing to that most excellent and wetl flmnaged institution, the Rensselaer Building Loan <fc Savings Association, with its two series of 500 shares each, and monthly income of SI2OO or more. That income is sufficient to build one right good residence, every month, or two smaller but still comfortable ones. Let the good work still go on. Rensselaer is growing fast and its growth is mostly in the form of homethan house-renters. And that is what insures permanency and prosperity to our population. Our neighbor of the Sentinel accuses his “neighbor of The Republican” of being afflicted with “his annhal attack of hostility to cows running at large.’’ The cow subject is a very sensitive one to , our estemed neighbor, but still, as there is no polities in it, we had not supposed that he should find it necessary to misrepresent our position iu regard thereto. On the several occasions when we have discussed the matter at leDgth and have stated the variuus reaous why the running at large of cows in the town was disadvantageous

we have, at the same time, stated that, whi!e so much uninclosed land was lying within and directly about the town, to raise a dense growth of Vegetation to poison the air with mrflaria and to breed mosquitoes, ttje time was not fully ripe for cutting off the town cow in * the blossoms of her sins. Neither have we neglected to concede the fact that the privilege of keeping a cow which could graze the Commons during the greater portion of the year Vas a great boon to many poor families who otherwise would be denied the luxury of plenty of milk for their tables. We are therefore not in favor of an immediate withdrawing of the free cow privilege, although we think the time is not far off when that action will beapublic necessity. In the meantime, how would it do to adopt, as a compromise measure, the plan used in sotae towns of not permitting any person tp graze more than one cow upon the public commons? —with a proviso, for the benefit of our neighor of The Set*tine,l that two cream-colored Jerseys should count only as one whole cow.

A TERRIBLE DEED.

THE BRAVE TOWN MARSHAL OP KENTLAND SHOT DEAD. Jackson Plummer, The Murderer, in Jail at Rensselaer, 1 "" A terrible affair occured at Kcntland last Monday, a little after noon. Ohe Jackson Plummer, an old resident of the town, had taken great offence because of an ordinance recdntly passed by the Town Council, requiring all shade trees on the street to be trimmed up to a certain bight. He had been brooding over the matter for some time, it is said, and on Monday, armed with a revolver, he started through the business" portion: of the town, flourishing bis weapon and declaring his intention to annihilate the Town Board. One of these, James Conklin, he met, and pointing his revolver at him, Plummer demanded if he, Conklin, was one of the men who ordered his shade trees cut. Conkling said, “No,’ ’ and made bis escape through Restore. Plummer then walked on and Someone called the town marshal, James Dorn, and he started after Plummer. He soon overtook him ahd bravely approached him and tried to get him to give up his weapon. This Plummer refused to do, and continued to flourish it in a threatning manner, and finally fired at Dorn, the latter then ran up and struck Plummer with the butt end of a heavy whip, expecting to thus knock him down and disarm him. The blow failed of its intended effect, and Plummer again raised his weapon.' Dorn Bteppgcr a little baek, and iK>hind a small tree and also drew his revolver. Each man then fired two shots, at a distance of Bor 10 feet. Both missed their man the first shots and. both struck the second time. Plummer

was hit on the side, a l.ttle towards the back, the buuct striking a rib and inflicting only a flesh woun <1 several inches in length. Dorn w s hit in the right breast and the bullet palled through his ehest and pFobaWy into the heart as he fell and expired, almost instantly. Plummer was soon after arrested by Dept. Sheriff, J, W. White, who witnessed the shooting.' He ..afar held to the circuit court, without bail, by Justice Heilman, and at 9 o'clock that evening, there being great fears that Dorn’s friends would organize a lynching party, Plummer was put into a carriage and started for Rensselaer, guarded by Dept. Sheriff White, T. M. Rush and J. V. Dodson. The roads are bad and it was nearly an all night’s ride, as they did not arrive here until 4 o’clock. Tuesday morning.

Dorn, the murdered man, has been Town marshal of Kentland for the last 10 years. He was a most excellent arid popular man, and brave to the extreme of rashness. He leaves a wife and seven children. He was about 48 years old, and a member of the G. A. R., having served in a Michigan regiment, during the war. He is the man whom Charley Roberts, the Parke Co. desperado, shot at, a few years ago, and for which he is now serving a 5 years term in Michigan City. * • Jackson tlummer, the murderer, is about 60 years old, Has a Wife but no children, and has lived in Kentland many years. He, too, was a soldier, and draws a good pension. He seems to be of a very morose and morbid disposition. Never did, any work except to raise a garden aid spent about all his time in his own house. One of the men who brought hhn over, says that he once drew a revolver on some neighbors over a little dispute about a side-walk; and another of the same party says that he once “laid for” Wm. Cummings, With an tat. -He does not have the imputation eff being a drinking man, bob Mr. White says that the odor of liquor was plainly apparent upon him when arrested.

Since the a>x>ve was in type we have learned from Wm. a very iuailigent'resident of Kentland, that the former axe and alleged revolver episodes, above mentioned, were really: only one case. That Plummer was angry at the Town Board for trying* to compel him to rebuild his side-walk, and that he waited one night for Cummings, then a member of the Board, with an ax and a hatchet, and that Cummings drove hijn i£to his house, at the point of a revolver. We also learn from Mr. Kennedy that Plummer has long been a slave to the morphine habifc-=™== The most of Tuesday Plummet remained in a dazed and semi-uncOn-seious condition, as though under the influence of some drug, but in the afternoon he be van to recover his faculties. At first lie talked in a rather wild and incoherent way, and prayed : and seemed to see visions, but a little later his conversation was rational. He says he krtows nothing of how or why he came to take his revolver With him down town, but that he was getting home as fast as he Could when the marshal overtook him. Also that the latter struck at him several times with his billy (the butt end of a big whip,) and also fired first before he (Plummer) returned the shot. He further says that only two shots wese fired in all—not five as stated by the parties who brought him He does not tell quite the same S&ry every time, however, as he stated jb one man that he fired two times himself.

In appearance'Plum mer is tall and and gaunt, and while looking as though he might be ordinarily a most harmless and inoffensive man, such as, no doubt, he generally was, there is a look upon his drawn and haggard features that suggests a latent and dangerous lunacy, easy to be developed into dangerous mania der the stress of excitfinent jom trouble. .....

The World’s Fair Art Pavilion.

The “World’s Fur” of Rensselaer will get tb»! start of Chicago’s by a number of months. For on the 4th day of July the Bartoo Art Pavilion, or the (•■•-ealled ••World’s Fair” Art Building will i-e publicly opened, and lev ly ioP a rushing business. -Don’t- at once,* but form in a lint: in some Shady "pTaC6 and «ait your turn. Nothing but first-dass work done and in a new first class gallery. Celebrate in earnest this year by coming to the“ World’s Fair ” for photographs, for in so (kthm you will combine pleasure wira profit. Country prices and city pictures. Children a specialty. Hurrah for the Fourt h and the Pavilion. One d ><>r west of Republican building, half a block east of ver House, Rensselaer Ind.

Saylerville / WILL / Celebrate. A Good Time in Preparation in our Wextern Suburb- j The people of Saylerville will celebrate the Glorious Fourth in great shape, in their miles west of Rensselaer. ‘They will have: Oration by Rev. I. I. Gorby, Music by Prof. S. H. Grant’s “Eureka Band,” TWENTY-SEVEN wind instruments. Climbing greased pole, also “Climbing” greased pig, Sack Race, Barrel race, Potato Race, Obstacle Race, Caucasian Race. Songs, Quartettes, Nigger Songs and Dances, All kinds of refreshments, excepting intoxicating liquors, sold on the grounds, A cake will be sold containing a $5 gold ring and several pieces of silver money. „ Proceeds to purchase an organ for th 6 Saylerville Sanday School. r - - - . jStill dolmr Watch At the Citizens State Bank. All work warranted. Hardman Tb> Jlsrsu*

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