Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1893 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

ft : Surveyor Alter has lost-aoothar-horse. This time by the epizootic. W. J. Imes spent a few days with his wife, going away Tuesday.

A fine boy was born to the household of Mr. Geo. Gauthier, the furniture dealer, last Saturday.

Do not forget the Public School entertainment at the M. E. church on Friday evening.

Rev. McNutt, of California, will preach at the Presbyterian church, next Sunday, and for several Sundays Succeeding. ,

T. J. McCoy and wife attended a Scottish Rite banquet, at Indianapolis, last Friday night. Another fine boy was added to the household of Hon. S. P. Thompson, last Sunday morning.

Dr. C. H. Erganbright, aveterinary surgeon, lately located at Crawfordsville, is in town, and strongly contemplates locating here permanently.

Wanted, a good, reliable man with small family to take charge of a largS ranch in Jasper County. Enquire at this office.

Wilbur Florence and wife, of near Virgie, have effected a legal separation, but will hot seek a divorce. The wife is given the home 80 acres, and the custody of the three children.

The entertainment to-morrow evening, at the M. E. church, by the public school, is for a most excellent purpose and should have a most excellent patronage.

J. F. Hardman is moving into rooms in J. E. Spitlei’s house, on Cullen street, until his own house is completed. He has sold his old place to G-eo. Strickfaden.

Mrs. Eliza Tanner, a widow lady residing with her son, in Barkley tp., died hist Saturday, of a caneer, Her age was about 55 years. The remains were token to Mancie, Illinois, for burial.

Allen Gray was over at a brother’s place, in Carpenter tp., last week, and while there took a spoonful of saltpeter, by mistake, for epsom salts. The dose made him very sick for several days, and came near being fatal.

Jesse Grubb, the express agent, was sick all of lest week, from the effects of a bad cold, but was able to begin looking after his business again, Monday. George Hollister had charge of the office during his sickness.

Several parties from Rensselaer attended J. W. Parks’ big horse and cattle sale, south of Remington, last Wednesday and Thursday. They report that the property, especially the driving horses, sold extra well. The whole sale aggregated over $6,000.

The nightly meetings at the First Baptist church are having a good attendance and have already resulted in quite a number pf accessions to the membership. The meetings are conducted by Rev. Rhodes, the pastor, assisted by Rev. Edward McClain, of Chicago, who began labors Monday night.

f' The Knights of Pythias turned out in large numbers last Sunday, to hear Rev. J.G. Campbell, at the M. E. church, preach an excellent sermon appropriate to the occasion, which was the 29th anniversary of the institution of Pythianism. Some 65 or 70 of the knights attended the services. including 15 members of the Uniform Rank, in full uniforms.

Alien Gray is moving from Rensselaer on to a farm sonth of Remington. Carpets at Williams' cheap for for cash. Call and see them. A, McCoy has just completed an immense sheep barn on his Jordan, Tp., farm; where he has 800 flue sheep. Sylvester O’Meara moved Into town last Thursday, and now occu - pies his brick residence, in Ben jami n’s Addition.

A box social, at Bell Center school house, last Friday evening, by Miss Blanche Hoyes, is reported to have beena'verypleasanfc'oec&sionvbysev*, eral town parties who attended. Dan. Lathrop, of Mt. Ayr, has rented the Burt Hutson property and will move in March Ist, succeeding Mrs. Sharp, who will move into her own house, in Leopold’s Addition.

Wanted, a good girl to do general louse work, or will board a willing girl who wishes to attend school in town. Enquire at this office. John Hodshife moved back to Rensselaer from . Remington, last Thursday, and Occupies Mrs. Stockton’s tenant house, on Weston street. He will lay bricks for the new wing of St. Joseph’s College, this summer

At Christib Vick’s restaurant: Boarding by day, week or meal. Fine lunch counter, with facilities to furnish hot lunches at all hours, day or night. A fine line of staple and fancy groceries, selling at greatly reduced prices to close them out.

That was a “daisy little dance” at the Club rooms, last Thursday night, and was participated in by about 30 couples. The music was especially fine, being a harp and a violin, by Italian musicians, from Chicago.

Postmaster Rhoades has now on hand a plentiful supply of the big but handsome Columbian postage stamps of all denominations up to 10 cents , and patrons of the post-office can|now, •by investing in these stamps, get more licking for their money than Snllivan got when he tackled Corbett.

Prof. Cad well's hypnotic exhibitions were pretty well patronized, including his Saturday afternoon matinee. From here the Prof, went to Momence, 111. During his stay he taught the hypnotic art to Dr. Washburn, the physician, and Dr. Horton, the dentist; to use in their professions.

Remember the entertainment to be given by the public schools, on Friday evening at the M. E. church. In addition to the program to be given by the pupils, Mrs. Campbell will recite, and music be rendered by Mrs. Delos Thompson, Mrs. G. K. Hollingsworth, Dr. Campbell and t. F. Hopkins. Exercises will begin promptly at 8 o’clock.

Clarence Long, the wonderful boy rifle shooter, son of Conductor Long, will give an exhibition at Chaffee’s Opera House, Lowell, tomorrow, Friday, evening. Young Long gave an exhibition in Rensselaer a few weeks ago, and his remarkable profi - eiency with his shooting iron was then described. He is indeed a phenomenon .

The Republican steam job-print-ing department printed 2000 large window bills for Prof. Cad well, the hypnotist, which he pronounced to be tho best bills he had got in the state of Indiana. They pleased him so well in fact that he left his order for 3000 more off the same form, to be printed and shipped later. The addition of steam power to our printing outfit, greatly increases our facilities for filling orders for large posters in large numbers. F. J. Sears, president of the Citizens Bank has received word that on Feb. Bth Uncle Solomon Wells, the well known capitalist, and the largest stock-holder in the bank just mentioned, fell on the ice and fractured his hip. The accident occured at Urbana, 111., where Mr. Wells was visiting a nephew, and where he still is. Mr. Wells is 83 or 84 years, old, and such an injury to a person of that age is likely to prove a very seiious matter.