Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1892 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Miss Rose Nolan, Mrs. Lecklider’s trimmer, left for Ft. Wayne, to-day. Negro, Japanese and white dolls at ~ or China. A seven and one-half pound girl was born to M. and Chas. Simpson, last Monday. Any book published furnished at low prices at B. F. Fendig’s. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Rhoades have been visiting relatives in Ft. Wayne, for the past week. Photo, Auto, and scrap albums in plush, oak and mejtal backs at B. F. Fendig’s. Rev. J. W. Malcomb, of Chicago, delivered two very interesting sermfons at the Presbyterian church, last Sunday morning and evening. The hansomest line of new neck wear you ever saw. Chicago Bargain Store. Miss True Yeoman gave a masked 3ty to quite a number of her nda at the Makeever House last urday evening, i Oh! Mr. Porter, what beautiful Fascinators! and all set together with sijlk. My! what a nice Christmas present! ! ! *j A slight change in the Monon time card went into effect Sunday. The morniDg mail and express Nov. 4, is changed fjom 4.112 to 5-38 a. m. and the train No. 3 is changed from 11.03 to 10.47 i*. m. I Bargains in HATS, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at Mrs. Lecklider’s. A. McCoy had another cow sale at Marlboro last Friday. Ninety - nine cows were sold in two hours time. Uncle Simon is improving on his speed and a cow a minute will soon be his regular running schedule. The Monon Railway Co. have contracted with the Haskell and Barker Car Co., of Michigan City, Ind., for two hundred standard coal cars at S4OO each and fifty standard stock cars at $455 each or a total for the SSO oars of $102,750. -\ '■ -4 r"• v ■ ■ •'-; -..- '. i v. J

The W. C. T. U. will meet at the home of Mrs. Alf. Collins on Friday Dec. 16, at 2:30 P. Black wool union shirts and tights. Chicago Bargain Store. A Butterfly social was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Sears, last evening, under the auspices of the Presbyterian church. You can’t get as new and nobby assortment of holiday goods anywhere as at B. F. Fendig’s. Miss Angela Hammond leaves for Denver, Col., to-morrow, where she will make an extended visit with friends. I want every teacher in the county to call and get prices on books and cards for schools. B. F. Fendig. Miss Mary Halloran, of Chicago, formerly of this place, and daughter of Michael Halloran, will be married to Thos. Fitzeherld, of Chicago, on Tuesday, Dec. 27th. Standard rubber Hip Boots only $3 00. Chicago Bargain Store. Low estimates made on boots and Cards for Sunday school classes at B. F. Fendig’s. Subjects at the Christian Church next Sunday morning, “Conditions of Discipleship;” Evening, “Pare Speech.” All are invited to attend these services.

For Christmas presents our silk handkerchiefs are exceedingly nice. Porter & Wishard. Crokinale, Halma, Parcheesi, Office boy, Lotto, Tiddledy winks, Quija, Bagatelle, Parlor-croquet, and a hundred other games at B. F. Fendig’s. Sidnial King has sold his residence on south Division street to John L. Nichols. Mr. Nichols will move to to’vvn. we uhderstandjahdfbllow exclnsively the business of buying anti shipping stock. You miss it if you don’t see our line before buying holiday goods. B. F. Fendig. Oak Rockets from $l5O to $8 at liamsFleming Phillips, of Hanging Grove township, is another wel known and well fixed farmer, well along in yean, who has wisely decided to move to Rensselaer and take life easy the balance of his days. He has sold his farm to a party from Illinois, and has bought the Mis. Josfe Irwin property, near the Broad Goage ohuich, and will build a new house thereon, next spring.

The boss big hog of the season wan brought to town yesterday, by Elzer Griswold. It weighed 740 pounds. From now to Christmas is a very short time, just long enough to go to Laßue Bros and select a nice present. Mr. Thos. McMurray and Miss JennieTaeket, both of Remington, or its vicinity, were married Tuesday afternoon, by Rev. J. G. Campbell, at his apartments. All the latest designs in jewelry at Clarke’s. Another ton of fresh candy at Lnßues. Call and examine and get prices. Joseph Callow is getting about again, after his very long and danger-' ous sickness. The old gentleman re-1 quests us to express bis gratitude toj the many residents of our town who "WenrkHjd to him during his sickness,. Goods bought now; will be^saved for you] and delivered when! you want them, at; Williams. Marriage licenses since last report- j ed, ' . - —,

j William Zea, ( Nellie May Griffith. j Jas. F. Ellis, | Cora E. Westfall, j Thos. J. McMurray, ( Jennie Taeket. j Arthur S. Parcels, \ Viola Holeman. Souvenir spoons at Clarke’s.

Austin & Hopkins will loan you money on short or long time at current bank raties, on personal, chattel or mortgage security, without delay. All parties knowing themselves to be ©indebted to me will please take notice and settle same on or before Jan. 1, 1893 and save expenses by doing same. - Fendig. J. McDonald, of Pleasant Ridge. the great American poultry buyer, began last Saturday the pretty big job of dressing and shipping his Christmas consignment of turkeys He will ship one car from the Ridge, holding about 8,000 dressed birds. also dress and ship about 1000 to 1200 from Wolcott. He works 25 to 30 men when doing the dressing job. He ships to points in Connecticut. He shipped a car load for the Thanksgiving trade. If you want a good cork sole for men, or a warm lined felt shoe for ladies go to the Chicago Bargain Stork* If you expect to make your father, husband, son or best fellow, a nice Christmas present, call and see our beautiful slippers. Porter A Wishabd.

i According to the reports in the daily papers, the investigation of the Roby Race track by the Lake County grand jury, resulted in finding everything straight and well managed, at that institution; but these reports may have been unauthorized. Photograph qost. at Spider’s. — — For something nice in watches for presents, go to Clarke’s . The sad but not unexpected intelligence of the death of Miss Alice Havens has been received here. She died at Richmobd, this state, on Wednesday of last week, Dec. 7. The cause of her death was consumption. Her sister, Mrs. N. S. Bates,

of Rensselaer, was at her bedside when she died. She was the daughter of the late Rev. George Havens, and for quite a number of years a well-known and very highly estemed resident of Rensselaer. During the term as post-master of her brother-in-law, N. S. Bates, she was his efficient assistant in the post-office for a considerable period. Toys of all kinds at Laßue Bros. Chas. Cotze, a sportsman from, Chicago, was out with Lan McGee last Thursday afternoon, shooting quails, and when in a bushy locality McGee fired at squad and put about 24 No. 8 shot into Cotze, whom he ' * V ' ** kr did not see, for the brush. Some of the shot went into Cotze ’a neck and scalp, back of the ear, but more of them struck his hand, which was raised in the act of firing. Some of the shots in the neck narrowly missed the jugular vein, which, had it been pierced, would have been a very dangerous injury. The accident occured on the Lowman farm, about four miles east of town. Cotze remained at the Lowman place until Saturday afternoon, and then Came to Rensselaer and took the train for Chicago. Dr. V. E. Longhridge went out to see him at Lowman’s and picked oat a few pellets, but Cotze did not enjoy the prooeat and concluded to convoy the most of the shot away in his cuticle.

; 'f” The poem “Little Cousin Jasper’’; which we copy in another place, is from the pen of James Whitcomb Riley, the celebrat H >osi poet. That the poem is one that strikes the popular fancy is evident from the manner in which it is being copied in the big daily papers. It is publish-edirr-tbeßee©Hifeer Century zine, under the general heading of' “Some More Boys.” The fact that the little hero of the poem is supposed to live in Rensselaer of course will give the poem great local interest. The main object of the poem is to illustrate the propensity of little boys to brag, especially about their own localities when they go visiting. The attractions of the country surrouuding Rensselaer, as mentioned by little Jasper, are measurably correct. The prairies are here and the “wil ducks” and even the occasional rattlesnake. Fcr the lakes, di-dippers «nd ebewinks little Jasper must hive drawn upon his imagination, the poem as it appears in the Century is illustrated, by a picture showing the “big mass-meetin” in progress.