Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1892 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

tb Mrs. J. W. King is visiting friends Jji Medaryville. ‘ stoes and slippers at factory prices. I Chicago Bargain Store. J* Uncle ZackSpitler and wife, of Newton Co., have been visiting tlieir Rensselaei relatives for a few flays. Neck-Wear. In Four-in-hand, and Teck, largest line in town. Ellis & Murray. Mrs. George Hoover is contemplatin') rebuilding and adding largely to her residence, in Newton’s Addition. New Straw hats at Ellis & Murray’s. Examine Williams’'ten cent counter, for oargams, l Mrs. Ora Ross and children left X for Ann Arbor Mich., last Friday for Si summers’ visit with friends in that city. See an elegant line of Neck-Wear, at Ellis & Murray’s. Daily papers at P. O. including Sunday at 50 cts. per month. H Mr. C. C. Starr and family returned home Monday after visiting with his mother at Lafayette for a short time. - An elegaut new stock of summer coats and vests. Chicago Bargain Store. There will be preaching at the First -*• Baptist church in Rensselaer, Ind., next Sunday morning and evening by Rev. J. C. Rhoades, of Franklin, Ind. graduate of Franklin College. v Remember I am headquarters for books and stationery.- Late .styles in papeterics. B. F. Fendig Dr. J. H. Honan, the veterinary, was called over from Delphi Saturday to treat a fine colt at the Stock . t Farm, belonging to Geo. Strickfadcn, v which has paralysis.

u Daily papers at P. O. at 350 N. per (month. ' ■ * I_. B, I still have •Some wall piper which & will be sold low. 6 B. F. Fendig. A good young horse belonging to Laßue Bros, dropped dead on Van Rensselaer street, Monday afterS was being led to the bai n. It was a case of hear! , disAny |Ksfsoti Wishiiig to invest or money Calland see me, at T my-office, Rem stuuer Bank. •r? A. B. Cramptou, who hitely'Sold | his , _ A. Rothrogk, . has goiiejbaCk to Delplii- 'aud will £"sEarfTaa ,i ndependU^ct'oaper there, it is w said, ■ of my preparations mai. Mmade in my'own laborat£gy-^3san ■ guarantee them as to ptrfTy. ■ 44-‘Jt. B. F. Fendig. - M Two S our well-known townsmen, ■ John Snilivan and Win. Powers, were Wm the same company and regiment as L Jackson Plummer, the slayer of Mar-, sshal Dorn, nalflely the loth Indiana infantry. , Ladies notions cheap, at Mrs. Lcckliders’;

Ladie? don’t, miss it, buy your toilet articles of B. F. Feftdrg “The lie has the - best aud ifreshest line in the count.v. t John and Bert King attended a clay-pigeon shooting match at Hobart, Lake Co., last Friday. They had a big crowd of* good shots to contend with, but John came out third best in the whole outfit and got a share m three first prizes. Subscriptions for the ‘The Repubucan taken by «, . E. Spitler at P. 0., without charge.

Mrs. T. F. Clark is visiting relatives in Aydelotte, Benton Co. Hammond Bros., trt*e headquarters for bicycles and tricycles. Emerald Aldrich is building a house north of the railroad. Children’s Day will be observed with an al’-days meeting, at Vaughn Chapel, next Sunday *- Mrs. M. P. Walker is in Ohio visiting relatives, and will go to Pittsburg, Pa., before she returns. A good new, safe, a refrigerator and an oil-tank for sale cheap. 5 Laßue Bros. County Superintendent Warren had another big class of applicants for teachers’ licenses, last. Saturday, the number being 35The most complete line of wash daess goods in town from 3c._tft 25c. r yard. Chicago Bargain Store. The ordinance of baptism was administered to three candidates at the M. E. church, by Rev. T. F. Drake, last Sunday. Remember B. F Fendig “The Druggist' 5 when noedin anything in the drug line. His store is now full of fresh articles in that line. Mrs. Isaac Glazebrook and daughter Ara, left last Saturday for Greencastle where they will spend the summer. If saving money is any object buy -your clothing, shoes and sappers at the reliable one price c. -sh house. Chicago Bargain Store. Rev, W. T. Vanscoy, once located at Rensselaer as pastor of the M. E. church, has lately been appointed president of the Oregon State normal school, at Drain, Oregon. Williams don’t want the earth, but he does want the people to know that he has theJargest stock of furniture and carpets, in Jaspercounty. Sherman Cooper still continues to keep himself before the. public. His latest exploit was in Hildebrand’s joint, last Friday. He was pretty well “loaded” and Hildebrand refused to sell him any more liquor and he therefore essayed to help himself and was promptly knocked down and completely knocked oat by Henry Hildebrand.

Fourth of July, trimmed hats, and uatnmmed-goingregardlegs-ofeoat-at Mrs, Lecklider’s. Several good young Norman and Clyde stallions; also good brood mares and colts, for sale on easy terms, or will exchange for other lock. Laßue Bros. W. T. Perkins recovered his watc|i and suit of clothes all right, on his arrival at Monon, last Wednesday, as rioted last week. The thief gave his name as Charles Blair. He is young, in vealfe, Nbut"'from the nonchalant manner in which he took his arrest and incarceration in jail, he i&-~evN dentiy .ejepfirienced in crime. His prospeets for a term iu Michigau City are very promising: . f Charle Vick & Sou, the ne^s-deat-ers are authorized agenlgof this paper? They will be glad to furin§tr~yau any* paper or magazine published. You will find them at Signal-Flag Pole. Ourj inotto sell stack of goods at a small-profit rather than a few goods with the profit stacked on them. Chicago Bargain Store. The town of Jonesboro, Grant county, with its immediately adjoining town, Gas City,’ is now a boom center, and it looks as though our old friend, W. J. Young, former editor of the Mt. Ayr News, now of the Jonesboro News, was in great luck. His paper has lately been enlarged and shows other evidences of growing prosperity. „

According to the Cro f wn Point papers that venerable old town is just on the point of getting its ‘-'Second bank.’'’ To thq people of Rensselaer with its four solid banks it seems strange that the considerably larger town to the north of us has been struggling along, all these years with only one . bank. Looks like a town with only a single banking institution was hot in jt for business, to any great extent.

Mrs. Parker, of Clarinda, lowa, is visiting her brother, Berry Paris, and !familyA ? The Boulevard silk umbrellas will outwear 3 common silk ores. CmcAGO Bargain Store. Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth ard daughter are spending, the summer at Charlevoi, in northern Michigan. Clearance sale of millinery at Hemphill & Honan’s, now is the time to buy cheap h Mrs. Harrington and her granddaughter Lillian Harrington, of Lafayette. and Dr. and Mrs. Ensminger, of Crawfordsville are visiting Mrs. Ludd Hopkins and other relatives. We have knifed the prices in summer millinery, call rfbw for cheap hats and bonnets at Hemphill & Honan’s. The Rensselaer ball club will play at Goodland, the Fourth. Purse S2O to winners; $lO to losers. Mrs. Nancy Cayley, of Orrville, Ohio, left for that place Tuesday, after a short visit with her sister, Mrs. Jas. Donnelly. Isaac Glazebrook carries a full line of McCormick binders and mowers also repairs. Give him a call. Location Grants’ old shop on * Front Street. The International convention of the Y'oung People’s Society of Christian Endeavor will meet at New York City, July 7th. Rensselaer will be well represented. Those contemplating attending from here are: Rev. I. I. Gorby, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Thompson and daughter Grace, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Sears, and Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Randle. We are overstocked in fine shoes on account of the season; call now and get bargains. Hemphill & Honan. This is the way the Monon News works up the killing of Kentlnnd’s town marshal: ; ... The Marshal of Remington on Monday was shot four times and instantly killed by a brnte of a citizen. The Marshal was ordered to trim the trees in front of this wretched creatures property.—Hence the shooting- He should hang. - ■ ■ , Marriage licenses issued since, Jest reported. ——-svjßJaoob Isaac-Goatee, ——l_.~ : } Anna Owen. _• j Dallas M. Yeoman, ? Ada D. Strong. I James Prochas ka, ( Mary ;Krasny. j Joseph J. Sharkey, | Jennie E. Hall. The only place in town for the worlds best Cone’s Boss overalls and pants. » " Chicago Bargain Store. The following delegates represented Jasper county at the Republican State convention at Fort Wayne, Tuesday. HoiuE. P. Hammond, Hon. Robt. Parker, Thos. Thompson, C. E. Mills, James Knight, Elliot ~R.- Burr, Hon. -L-CiJDunn, Abe Halleck. Dr. D. Rhoades went from Rensselaer asTlntereated spectators. s^-. A good many people have the idea thatthe reports of real-estate transfers are published as legal advertising and that their publication-is paid for. »otl This is a mistake; the transfer reports are published purely as a matter of news and there is no money in them for the newspapers whatever; instead they occasion considerable labor ’in copying from the records and putting in type.

Harvey Wood, a boy of about II years of age, son of Harvey W. Wood, bf southeast Marion tp., was kicked and trampled by a horse, last Sunday evening, and badly .hurt. His right leg was badly-- broken, only a little below the hip, his arm brtjised and several very bad cuts ants bruises sustained on his head. He ran in Beside the horse, as it was standing in a stall, while hiding from other children, and it kicked and then stepped upon * him. Dr. J. H. Loughndge set the broken limb and treated the other injuries and reports bpy as doirig well. He was assisted in setting the limb by Dr. Alter.

Bessie Moody, of Rensselaer, and a daughter of Granville Moody, Of Barkley tp. started for lowa, Tuesday afternoon, for a protracted visit with relatives. Oxford?, Newports and Southern ties at reduced prices at Hemphill & Honan’s. The Women’s Relief Corps has decided to suspend the regular Monday evening meetings until September. Special meetings will be held at 3 p. m. the last Saturdays in July and August. Attention 1 Threshmen] We are agents for the celebrated Gaar Scott Engines and Treshers; Huber Engines and Threshers and C. Altman & Co’s., Star Engines and Threshers. Give us a call if anything is needed in our line.' 44-4 t. Hammond Bros. Order your Snnday baking of T. W. Haus, who succeeds to the Women’s Exchange business. Jonathan W. Pruett, the man who committed suicide near Brook, Newton Co., was only about 30 years old. Had a wife and two children and was entirely happy -in his domestic relations. The cause of his act is a complete mysteryT^ZZrZZr Patrons of the late Women’s Exchange, and all others can leave orders for large cakes, roast meats and other 2 Snnday cooking, with T. W. Haus, the baker, not later than Fridas OT-ftnigg- > \ - Special services will be held at the Presbyterian church next, Sunday, at 10:45 a. m., 3:30 p. m., and 7:45 p. mV Prof. Kinsey, editor of the Lafayette Echo, a well known musical publication, and head of the Nortnal Institute, qf Lafayette, will be present at these meetings and assist in. the singing. The Monon’s new shops are still to get and the people of Lafayette are going to ask the county ers to ordei a special election, to vote on the question of voting a bonus. The company wants SIOO,OOO in cash, 45 acres of land and the right of way for the additional tracks needed, the total needed being about $23(r,000. It is a big sum but the shops will be a big thing and, perhaps, well worth the cost . A well played game of base* ball took place at Rensselaer last Friday between Remington and Rensselaer nines. The Rensselaer boys won by a score of eleven to three. The Rem- - r-~~- - - ingtons kicked somewhat after the game was over, because the three very important positions of pitcher, catcher and Ist baseman in the Rensselaer Club were filled by Indian boys from St. Joseph’s Normal School. The County Commissioners were in Wednesday. A number of postponed claims were disposed of Tuesday; and yesterdajtjlte Board went to the county farm to direct the surveying for a system of tile draining contempleted there and very much needed. Art the time we goto press no action had been taken regarding the proposed improvements at the court house, no plans for the improvements having (icon submitted, iu response to the advertisement, therefor,

Mr. and Mrs. David Nowels ar« rived home last Saturday from their' visit to their son in Colorado. By their accounts they found that the attempt to settle and make blossom as the rose that part of the “Great American Desert,” in which Springfield, Colorado, is situated, is far from successful. The country is very fair to look upon, but too dry and arhl for successful farming or stock raising. Three-fourths’ of the liptyesteads that have been proved up on are deserted. The town of Minneapolis has disappeared entirely, while half of the few houses in Springfield, the county seat, are vacant. There is evidently no hope for the future developement of that country of irrigation by means of artesian wells, instituted and carried 04 by national or state authority.

Fire was discovered last Sunday afternoon in that parrjjof the old Shanghai building, back of. Long’s drug store, which is used by B. S. Fendig as a store room for old rags, rubber boots &c. The fire company was called out, and, after a v time, they succeeded in locating the fire, which was difficult tv do on account of the dense smoke, and it was then soon extinguished, although several wagon loads of rags in sacks had to be thrown out before the fire could: all be reached. The fire is generally attributed to spontaneous combustion, which might easily have been the case, had some one the sacks contained a bunch Of oily or greasy rags. Mr. Fendig’s loss will not be extensive, although some ragsfwere burned and much labor will be occasioned him in drying out and re-sacking the rags. He had no insurance. J. P.j Warner’s wagon and paint shop occupies the larger part of the building and his tools,, and stock were all moved out, but unnecessarily, as it proved. - The prompt work of the fire company in squelching the fire after they got to it, was” an excellent demonstration of their efficiency. It >as the first time the company lias lad a chance to use the new engine. By yourself a nobby new suit for the 4th at the only one price cash ■ 1 "l*"' ■>- -J- : ’■ • Chicago Bargain Store. The account of the killing of Mar-shal-Dorn, aa given by the Kentland Enterprise, does not differ very materially in many points from that given by The Republican, obtained mostly from members of the party • that brought him to the Rensselaer jail. According to the Enterprise, Plummer’s trees and shrubbery were the idols of his life, he devotin g almost his entire attention to planting and propagating trees and vines untifhis lot was a thicket.” Also that he spent part of Monday forenoon in carrying out a mad freak qf digging his trees up by the roots,] “All the time b<-'l ing imprecations upon those whom lie imagined kadi done him an injustice when he was; sick and unable to work.” Further, ■ as we learn from the Enter prise, when j Plummer started on the trip <i owuto wn j with his revolver, his wife ivas our, of the house, having gone to a neighbors to enquire whether the time for! cutting the trees might not be ex- : tended, uatil the weather was cool'dr, or jpfummer better able to work. Plummer’s statement that he was 1 well on his way tow • ids his home when Dorn overtook nun, is con firm.fid*'; So also is bis statement that; Dorn .struck ktm or attempted to : strike him, several times before -dQpLj firing began. Eye-witnesses as to who fired the first sous - five shots in all, wereijxchanged. The statement quoted last 3 week, from an acquaintance of Piummer’s that he war addicted to the morphine habit, was likely a mistake; as, so far as can be found out, mer has not had any of the drug sinco his confinement in our jail, ,pand he has not asked f.»r any, as he most certainly would were he in the habit of its regular use. . “ Tuesday afternoon Plummer became, at least to' ail appearances, “clear off” mentally speaking and for a time was actually or apparently, entirely crazy. He addressed conversation to imaginary auditors, and it was of the rambling and incoherent order. When spoken to he seemed to entirely fail of yndlerstam;-* ing what was said. His wife and two sisters had visited him earlier in- the day, but he had no recollectioir psi them. Yesterday morning his mind seenjeef to be much clearer, although at times his talk was incoherent and he complained much of his head hurting him. The pinched and pahied expression of his face seemed to fully ' bear out tjie truth of his complaints. i * r r arid waiTri keeping With the real or simulated insanity of his talk and actions.

The people of Saylerville will celebrate the Glorious Fourth in great shape, in their beautiful grove, 2$ miles west of Rensselaer. They will have; J Oration hv Rev. I. L Gorby. _ Music i>3 Prof. S. 11. Grant’s “Eureka Band,” TWENTY-SEVEN 1 wind instrumeufa^^Sstea»L r -L'CChl+ung” used pig,r^ ; Sack Race, Bard race, Potato 7 Nigger Songs and Dances. All kinds of refreshments, excepting intoxicating liquoxs, sold on the grounds, | A cake will be sold containing ass , g-.!d ring and several pieces of silver money. n I’roceeds tp purchase :tn organ for ] the Saylerville Sunday School.