Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1892 — ADDITIONAL LOCALS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

Mrs. E. P. Honan and son, Paul, are visiting friends in Delphi. p4rr " * ■ * Mrs. Jane Stiller died of Monday afternoon, at the home ol ! her son-in-law, Mr. A. S. Bailey, in Hanging Grove tp. Her age was 75 years. She was the mother of J* E, Stilled the well known merchant, of Remington. l

Remember the cheap rates to Chicago next Sunday. Only $1.60 for there and back. Agent Chapman is authorized to sell the tickets for any train that day, from earliest to latest, whatever the bills say to the contrary. The tickets are good returning, on any train-, Monday. So many of our citizens have lately sacrificed beauty to comfort, by‘ shaving their faces smooth, that strangers are frightened away, under the impression that the town is headquarters for a colony of Italian brigands. There is no real cause for fear howevenf for our shaven citizens are not nearly so ferocious as they look.

People who go to Chicago next Sunday, on the cheap excursion tickets and want to see the world’s fair grounds, can get there very handily and cheaply on the Wabash Ave. and Cottage Grove cable cars. But a more pleasant way to make the trip is by steamer from the Lake Front Park. Boats are starting every few minutes and the fare is only a quarter for the round trip.

A grand dawn festival, for the benefit of the Catholic church, will be given on the evening of August 11th on the beautiful and spacious grounds, at Mrs. E. P. Hammond’s residence. Among the most inti, ere sting featuresof the affair will be the voting of an elegant prize to the most popular lady. Also a contest for a fine cane, between a prominent Republican and a prominent Democrat. The candidates for the young lady’s prize will be, it is understood, Miss Maggie Healy and Miss Hattie Rhoades.; The candidates for the cane contest have not yet been announced.