Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1892 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Michael Eger is seriously rick. New Straw hats at Ellis & Murray’s The bricklayers began their work on the new school building, yesterday. W. B. Austin and wife entertainad a few friends at ihe Makeever House Tuesday evening. T 1 ' a Bev. Geo. Knok of Monticello and Rev. I. I. Gorby, of Rensselaer, will exchange pulpits next Sunday. The only place in town for the worlds best overalls and pants. Chicago Bargain Store . Work on the foundations of E. L. Hollingsworth’s iron building has begun. The new bakery, one door east of. Fendig’s drug store, is the place for the finest bread, cakes and pies. Mrs. Ezra C. bowels and son Ernest, of Springfield, Colo., are vis - iting Rensselaer relatives. Threshing coal at Coen & Paxton's. See an elegant line of Neck-Wear, at Ellis & Murray’s. Dr. 1?V. W. Hartsell went to Kenosha, Wis, last Friday, to rest* a nd recuperate for a couple of weeks, at a sanitarium there.

Slaughtering prices on muslin and gauze.underweir, chailies, clothing,* slippers, and every thing to Sept. Ist. Chicago Bargain Store. J. W. Childers, a former Jasperite, but more lately of Hegewisch, 111., has just removed from the latter place to Carroll Co., this state. Williams don’t want the earth but he does wantrthe people to know that he has the.largest stock of furniture and carpets, in Jasper county. Wm. Taylor the ex-butcher, moved his family and effects last Monday, to Chicago,where he has good job as cutter in a big meat market. The you ever saw throughout’' the entire stock for the balance of August. Chicago Bargain Store. R. P. Phillips has been' sick for some days wjxh a severe and very pdinful attack of inflammation of the o.nniach. At last accounts hi? condition was considerably improved. Examine Williams’ ten cent counter, for bargains. Cksrauca sale of millinery at Hemphill & Honan’s, now is the ti me to buy cheap. Miss Cora Zimmerman did not find |ter situation in the School ftor* Feeble lAHinflcd Children, at Fort Wayne, at nil to her taste, and has resigned, it and returned lieme.

Notic e .—Paities w ishing><l buy the best Hay Press on should call on or write Coen & ton , agents for the Lightning Press. The penalty for riding on sidewalks with bicycles is a fine of from to $lO or jailing from 1 to ten-days. The ordinance says nothing about tricycles, but it applies to all bicyclers, little as well as big. We must have more room and prices will make it, as we will almost give goods away from now until Sept. Ist Chicago Barg aim Store. Mr. and Mrs. Holdridge Clark arrived home last Thursday from about a six weeks visit in Kansas. Mr. Clark reports Kansas as prospering greatly this year with the biggest crop in sight ever harvested there.

The best and freshest of everything in the baker’s and confectionery line, at the new bakery of Troy <fc Minnicuq. Jasper Co. survivors of the “Fighting 87th” are again reminded that the regimental reunion takes place on Thursday and Friday, of next week. August 18, and 19 th at Rochester, Fulton Co.

Monday was anoteer very hot day, ! 95 degrees in the most secluded shade. Hon I. D. Dunn has a gas well at his place in Kankakee Tp,, which he intends to utilize for domestic purposes. It was struck last week by W. T. Perkins, of Rensselaer, at a depth cf 125 feet, in dirt and slate. The proprietors of the Rensselaer Mill wish to to give netice to their patrons that the repairs are now all Completed and that the mill is in full operation, in all departments. . Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Makeever, of Osceola, Neb., and Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Makeever , of Chicago, were visiting friends and relatives in Rensselaer and vicinity from Saturday until yesterday. Rev. J. W. Green, Dl D., of Crawfordsville, ably filled the pulpit at the M. E. church, last Sunday, in the absence of Rev. Drake. Next Sunday Rev. J. L. Smith, D. D.. of Valparaiso, the ex-presiding elder, will preach. Oxfords, Newports and Southern ties at reduced pricesat Hemphill & Honan’s. Shoes and Slippers at prices that will pay to buy them now, for next Summer. Chicago Bargain Store. The wife of Jonathan Clark, of Milroy Tp., died last Sunday night, after a short illness. We have not received the particulars. Mr* Clark, husband os the deceased, is a well known and very estimable citizen, amj i s totally blind. C. C. Warner has transferred the the base of his of his Operations from Arkron, Ohio, to Cleveland, that state, but still works for the Ohio Abstract Co. He has also an offer from them of a two years job, at Detroit, Mich.

Isaac Glazebrook carries a full line of McCormick bindeis and mowers also repairs. Give him a call. Location Grants’ old shop on Front Street. The Tbwn Board had no business of importance to transact at their regular meeting, Monday night. Besides routine business, all that was done, was the condemning of the side-walk along the Front street side of Liberal Corner, and ordering it replaced with a new one. The Pythian Sisters had a good attendanee-teKl a goad -palronage at their ice-cream lawn festival, in the public square, last Saturday night. The net proceeds were a little more jlian S4O. The money, or a large portion of it will be devoted to purchasing the materials for a fine flag for the Uniform Rink,

A Six months old child of Henry Hilderbrand, living on Front street, was badly and dangerously burned, Tuesday morning, by spilling a cup o’ hot coffee upoi itself, A large portion of the chest and abdomen are 3urncd.«k.Mr. < Hilderbrand/, tie Child’s father, is in Chicago, with an older child, which has to have a surgical operation on account of a dangerous tumor upon its head .

Rev. T. F. Drake is now at Helena, Montana, representing the state at large, as delegate to the national encampment, Sons of Veterans. He went out by way of St. Paul, and the Northern Pacific R. R. and will return by way of Salt Lake City, and the Union Pacific. This route will carry him over a deal of country, not only .“about and around” but also up Sn«l down. v John Guest, of Jordan Tp. has returned from his trip to the'far northwest and is'now arranging to move, with his sonsXto/he province of Assiniboia, Canada. The place where he goes is 300 miles west of Winnipeg. He considers it a good country and says that the Canadian government gives to each settler a quarter section. He secured three quarter sections for himself and his sons.

Henry I. Adams, of Jordan Tp., has been in poor health for a long time, and for the last eight weeks has been confined to his bed. ~r w Mr. McCord, of Indianapolis, former trustee of Milroy Tp., is visiting friends in Jasper Co. He is in very poor health, as a result of a grip attack, some months ago. The Catholic Lawn Festival at Mrs. E. P. Hammond’s residence, takes place this evening, and will be a large and lively affair. The gold necklace and cane voting contests will be especially interesting features. A nine year old son of John Smith, of Milroy Tp., died on Wednesday evening of last week.- The cause of his death seems to have been a general decline following an attack of measels. Mr. Smith, the boy’s father, is a new comer in Milroy, and occupies the farm of ex-trustee, Hezekiah Kesler.

John D. Bissenden arrived in Rensselaer last Thursday, for a short visit. His friends here are glad to learn that his eye-sight is greatly improve d, and prospects good for its complete restoration. He has been taking treatment for several months in the Illinois State Eye and Ear lufi rmary at Chicago. The streets of the town are hardly the proper places for breaking vicious bronchos, on any day of the week, still less on Sundays. There is danger that a repetition of last Sunday’s horse performances will result in somebody’s arrest and prosecution, judging from what some people are saying about the matter.

Jake Schrum, a former Rensselaer drayman, was in town last W ednesday closing up the sale of his Keener Tp. farm to some parties from 111nois. He got -81,200 cash for property which cost him SBOO two or three years ago.' A fact which illustrates the rapid increase in value of Jasper County real-estate. Mr. Schrum thinks of removing to Nebraska.

Hammond Bros., are headquarters for bicycles and tricycles. Ladies notions cheap, at Mrs Leckliders’. '■ ■■ .. . f ' ’ Mr. and Mss. .F. J. Sears reached home Wednesday evening of last week, from their extended eastern trip. Mr. Sears was in New York city on the Friday previous to his arrival home. It was the hottest day there for many years, and the deaths from the heat readied nearly 200 bn that day. Mr*- Sears was himself partially overcome, and had a narrow escape from a dangerous sunstroke. _<l' ;A' ■ ■ .- 1 ’ -

Two years ago the power- of the Louisville,. New Albany <fc Chicago road consisted of about sixfold eh-gincs-forty fit for service and twenty in the shops being rebuilt after wrecks. The company’s shops were not big enough, and the engines were sent to shops of other roadsi where they were made over. The company now has its sixtyjpr more old engines in excellent shape, and has added fiftyfour new engines to its equipment. But few roads of equal mileage are better equipped than is the Monon.Indianapolis Journal.

The north bound vestibule train on the Monbn, last Thursday, struck a bull caught in a culvert, at Broad Ripple, and the engine and tender were thrown from the track and the engineer,Henry Metzger,of Lafayette, was instantly— failed. Chas. Hill, the fireman, was severely but, not dangerously injured. The train was going at high speed, but strangely enough, the-vestibule cars did not leave the track and no one in them was hurt.

Our former townsman, G. W. Norris, writing from Holyoke, in the northeastern corner of Colorado, to renew his subscription, says that he is well pleased with his location. Wheat averages ft) bushels to the acre. Corn never looked better, and other crops promising well. Last year many farmers made enoiigh off o’ 50 acres to pay for 160 acres, and this year they will do nearly as well. Mr. Norris thinks that if any Jasper Co. peopleare wanting a h jme in the west, they could not do lx iter than to strike for his locality.

C. G. Sigler and date of Keener Tp., were in town Saturday and Sunday for a farewell visit to their many relatives and old friends, preparatory to their removal to Toledo, Ohio, to which place they have already gone. Mr. Sigler has formed a partneiship with an established firm in Toledo, and will engage in contract work in the street excavation and macadamizing line. A line of children’s clothing at actual manufactures ’prices to Sept. Ist. Chicago Barcaiu Store. A Wm. Esson, of Jordan Tp., put m the afternoon in town last Saturday, telling his friends about the enormous pickerel he landed with a spoon hook, the day before, out of the waters of Carpenter’s creek, near its junction with the Iroquois. The fish was about a 12 pounder, and William’s jubiliation over its capture was entirely justifiable.

Jimmy Randle, son of Nelson Randle, and aged about 15 years, went » bed well Sunday night, and Monday morning woke up with his legs jaralyzed. The paralysis results from a spinal trouble and may be very slow in getting well, although, so far his prospects are very favorable tor a speedy recovery.

Tfie next annual convention of the 21st district Indiana Sunday School Union, will be held at Fowler, Sept. 6 and 7. Rev. I. I. Gorby, the zealous district president, has prepared an extended program of exercises for the occassion; and which therefore cannot fail to be interesting and important. The 21st district is composed of the counties of Jasper, Benton and Newton. From many parts of the state have come reports of arrests and prosecutions of violators of the anti-seming law, by fisherman, as a result of the vigilantoe of fish Commissioner Dennis. The parties in Jasper Co. who lave been violating this law lately, especially down the river from Reiisselaer, bad “better look a little out.” I Dennis gets after them they will think bis name is theirs is “Dennis’.”

social party with some decidedly novel features, was given attke- residence- ofMr.- and Mrs; Mr L. Spitler, last Thursday evening Each lady was furnished an unnamed poetical quotation, and each gentleman with the name of a poet.* 7 The lady had to name the author-of her •quotation, and the find thegtSAWnan representing the poet, and tfie lady and gentleman were then partrfers in the joys and sorrows of the evening. Several ladies bad serious difficulty in “locating” their poets.

Last week several city dailies had accounts of the buncoing of Wm. Biss, of Jasper Co., Ind , out 0f53030, and the'Delphi Journal had over a column about the s me matter. Mr. Bass, the owner of 1,280 acresy (just 1.280, mind you) was called on by a well dressed stranger, in whose shut front a diainond sparkled. The stranger looked over the farm with a view to purchase, and slept that night in “Farmer Bass’s best room.” In the night he was taken very sick, with a chronic trouble, and Mr. Bass must go to the neatest town, said to have been Medaryville, for medicine.

The stranger dictated the prescription which 'Mr. Bass wrote and, at the stranger’s request, signed his, Bass’s, name to. Mr Bass was just about to start after the medicine when another and very * obliging stranger happened along, bound for thO same town, ipd he took the prescription to get thq medicine. Of course the prescription turned up, a few days later as a note for $3,000. All of which reads very plausably but is an unmixed fabrication, from begining to end. There is.po such a man as Wm. Bass, of Jasper Co., nor any other mun who has been buncoed in the manner described. The “big snake” liui of some city paper probably invented the whole story, during a period when his inventive faculties would network freely in their ordinary channel.1

The Eastern Star Chapter, O. E. S., had a lawn supper and party, in Spitler’s grove,.last evening. A bicycle race will be a feature of the Remington fair. The purse is SSO divided into 4 prizes, of S2O, $15,510 and $5, respectively. Coen and Paxton report the local markets as follows: Wheat £5 cts. Oats, white 26, mixed 24: Corn 40: Rye 50: Hay $5 to $6. John Zimmerman had a pretty sudden and severe attack of his old back trouble, Monday, whence resulted an erronious report that he had been overcome with the heat. Marriage licenses since last reportJ Ralph W. Johnson, I Celina M. Burr. J Amos Davisson, ] Lydia A. Long. J. J. Porter, of of Jasper Co. and Mr. Van Meter, of White, as viewers, .withSurveyor.Thrawh-ris eng iueer T began Monday the big job of assessing the benefits of the great Wakarusbaditch system. They,have a three months hard job before them.

The ‘‘’Fresh Air Movement,'’ is a j noble charity. Its purpose is to give ' poor children of the great cities. an ; opportuntiy to feed their hungry • souls and strengthen their weakened ! frames by a week or two in tuecountry or in country towns. The matter is nOw being worked up in Rensselaer by several charitably inclined persons, by the W. C. T. ,U. and others.-! Let the people of Rensselaer and surrounding country do fc’iei part in this ' goyd work,' Last Thursday was vtw 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Hopkins, and the inter esting event was pleasantly celebrated at the ' residence of the esteemed Couple, on north Weston street. There were some 60 or 70 guests present, includ-' ing 4 children, 8 grandchildren and one great-grand child. “Uncle Clint” and his estimable wife were married, in Rush Tp., Champaign Co., Ohio, and of their 50 years of married life, have spent 41 s in Jasper Co. Mr. Hopkins is 71 years old and his wife ‘ is 67. They were married rather 1 young, he at 21 and she at 17. A fine dinner was a tedture of the anniversary. As was also a large list of desirable presents, among which were two rocking chairs, gold breastpin, a gold-’-watch chain and ring, and numerous other articles. Uncle Clint and wife are still in excellent health, with good prospects for living to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary.