Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1893 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Remsburg, To-night. Free. Orth Stein, the brilliant and notorious, has quite reformed himself, it is said, and is publishing a weekly paper at Savannah, Ga., and doing well. Estey organs and pianos, and Estey & Camp organs and pianos, on exhibition at C. B. Steward’s. Last Friday evening, near Crawfordsville, Luther Hudlow, a Monon freight brakeman, was killed by falling between cars, while passing from a box car to a flat. Warner and Shead, the new grocery firm. Give them a trial- Don’t forget those trimmed hats, for ONE DOLLAR, at Mrs. Leck - jder’s. The contract for the removal of the Momence rock has been let to David Sisk, of Westville. It will cost about $50,000 and work will be commenced before spring.—Hammond Tribune. Remsburg to-night, Opera House. Free. Austin & Hopkins will loan you money on short or long time at current bank rates, on personal, chattel or mortgage security, without delay. People will soon become accustomed to cold weather, if it is at all continuous, as has been the case for the past few weeks. Weather that is now no lower than zero or thereabouts, is hardly thought of as being cold. Hear Remsburg’s “Thomas Paine,” at Opera House, tonight. Admission free. The prospects now are that the next meeting of the Town Board will witness a “battle royal” between the pro cow and the anti-cow factions, of the most lively description. Both

sides will present very extensive petitions and also he represented by large personal delegations. Pure white bolted corn meal at the elevator and feed mill; W. R. NOWELS & SON. Blankets, yarns, flannels in fact all winter good, in abundance. R FENDIG General Manager McDoel, of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago railroad, has just closed a contract for one thousand new flat cars, two hundred coal cars, ten vestibule coaches, six first-class coaches, one parlor and dining car, two sixty foot baggage cars and four locomotives, which he says is probably all the equipment the company will purchase this year. Any person wishing to invest or borrow money. Call and see me, at my office, up-stairs in the WilliamStockton building, opposite public square. B.F. FERGUSON. There can be no doubt that the subject of road improvement is one of paramount importance to the people of this country. No improvement would so greatly aid the Amer ican farmer as that which would give him as good roads as may be found in the poorest districts, say, of Ireland and Italy.— Hon. Selin H. Peabody, Chief of the Dept. Liberal Arts, in Memorial to Congress on Road Exhibit at World's Columbian Exposition, Rand, McNally & Co., 166 Adams St., Chicago, Ill.,, desire a local manager to take the management of the sale of their new Universal Atlas. Any one desiring a pleasant and profitable position would do well to write them. 21-10 w. The Indianapolis Sun says there is a great rivalry as to whom should be given the honor of being the handsomest man in the state senate; and the Sun intimates that in the judgement of the ladies, at least, Senator Johanes Kopelks, of Crown Point, with his florid complexion,long curling moustache, is decidedly in the lead. Well, our senatorial district is “not in it” in a beauty show, but when it comes to looking for the best hatful of good sound brains on a senator’s shoulders, we will back Senator Gilman against any of them.

Poster A Wishard moved their dry-goods store Tuesday, from Liberal Corner into E.L. Hollingsworth’s new iron building, which was finely fitted up for their use. Warner A Shead, at the new grocery store, would like a share of your trade. They will treat you right. Births.— Mr. and Mrs. Fred P6pp, west of town, a girl; Jan, 15. To Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Zard, north of town, a boy; Jan. 16. To. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nagel, west of town, a boy; Jan. 14. Bargains in HATS, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at Mrs. Lecklider’s. Remember the free lecture at the Opera House, to-night Subject Thomas Paine. A big wolf round-up is being organized to take place Friday of this week. We have not been informed as to the proposed lines of march, but the scene of the hunt is confined mostly to the Gifford lands, in Barkley and Gillam townships. Thirteen-stop, full walnut case or gan, $35. C. B. Steward. Underwear, you need underwear for the winter; we have got a fine line just opened. Give us a call. R. FENDIG. The Y. P. S. C. E. of the Christian church will give a pop-corn social at the residence of W. H. Coover, Friday evening of this week. Those attending are requested to take some article made of pop-corn. Everybody invited. Ten different makes of Sewing m a chines, At Steward’s. Austin & Hopkins will loan you money on short or long time at current bank rates, on personal, chattel or mortgage security, without delay. Mrs. L. Imes has moved her millinery establishments into a portion of the room in Hollingsworth’s new iron building, just occupied by Porter & Wishard, to whom she has sold the notion part of her business. She has also moved her residence into the rooms over Long’s drug store. Miss L. A. Bullock, having taught a large number of scholars Prof D. J. Taylor’s System of Dress Cutting, has returned to her home in eastern Michigan. Miss Mary Peacock among the number has just completed the entire and is now qualified to teach the same, giving good satisfaction.

Hon. John Yaryan, state senator from Wayne county, this state, is probably the oldest living member of a legislative body in the world. He was 90 years old in November. He is a fine old man, with a good head, and as active and well preserved, both physically and mentally, as most men at fifty. C. H. Vick, of the Nowels Block restaurant, is ready to serve meals in the best style; good lunch counter and oysters at all hours. Also full line of fine tobaccos, confectionary, and staple- groceries. Give him a

Subjects at the Christian church next Sunday, morning; “Scientific Accuracy of the Bible.” Evening, “Jesus, the way, the truth and the Life.” At three o’clock the following program will be given to women only: The Ideal Beau, Ida Coover; Dress Reform, Jennie Miller; The Samaritan Woman, Bernice Goff; But What Sayest Thou? Eva Foltz; Raise the Standard, B. E. Utz. You are invited. If your teeth need attention, call on Dr.. Brown. He employees painless methods, his work is first class in evety particular. Teeth without plates and fine geld fillings a specialty. Office over Ellis & Murray’s. There are said to be several families in town, two or three in the south portion, who are in destitute circumstances and in danger of suffering from want of fuel, food and clothing. They should be looked after, and if their condition is as represented, their wants should be relieved. There are enough charitably disposed people in town to prevent anyone suffering for the necessaries of life if the facts are made known. Chas. Vick, the news agent, is now making an exclusive specialty of the news business. He will get you any paper or periodical you desire. Ernestine Kersting, one of the two women who killed her step-father, old man Gerarty, near San Pierre, last fall, has been sentenced to the women’s reformatory for five years. Her mother’s trial was to come later. The murder was very brutal in its circumstances, but the defense claimed that the women acted in selfdefense. They asked for a second trial, but with what result we have not learned. The Kersting women's partner in killing Gerarty was his wife and her mother