Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1893 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The March term of the circuit court will begin next Monday. A “spell” for ten cents at the Court House. Rev. McElroy, of Chilicothe, Mo., will preach at the Presbyterian church, next Sunday. Miss Angela Hammond has returned home from a protracted visit in Denver Colorado. The ladies of the W» R. C. will spell against the veterans next Wednesday night. C. L.. Crisler, who moved to Carrol Co-, a year or two ago, has returned to Jasper and located near Surrey.

Shares in the Rensselaer Building, Loan and Savings Association for sale. Apply to Geo. K. Hollingsworth, in Austin & Hopkins’ office. Elias Hammerton now occupies the Wm. Baker farm, a few miles north of town. He has been living in Keener Tp , the past few years. T. W. Grant has left the employ of Frank Wolfe, the lumberman, at Remington, and gone to Wolcott, to work for a lumber firm, there.

Remember Bushey, the butcher, when you want good meat. He is here to stay, and sells nothing but the sest. Sunday morning Earl Mann found a check lost by Samuel Yeoman for the amount of S3OB, and promptly handed it over to him. The champion spelle r of other days will spell with the champioh Of these days, at the Court House Wednesday night. Mrs. W. J. lines left for Xenia, this state, Monday, to visit her sister, Mrs. Kimball, and with her will visit Fort Waynd, Cincinnati and other points to buy millinery goods.

Have you seen that beautiful line of children’s suits, handsome Jerseys. Pretty three piece suits, nobby double breasted. Call in and inspect them. R. Fen dig. The W. R. C. will give a Spelling Match at the Court House, Wednesday evening, March 22. A prize will be awarded the best speller not a member of the G. A. R. One wil be given also to the best veteran speller.*

Geo. C. Starr, brother-in-law of H. J. Dexter, and whose sickness was mentioned last week, died in New York, soon after the arrival of his wife, and was buried in that state, where his relatives reside. He was 85 years old and besides his wife, he left One child, a hjttle girl,, Owing to bad weather, sickness and other causes only seven of the ex--pected new members of the G. A. R. post were present to be mustered jin at the special meeting, last Saturday afternoon. The other 7 together with several other new recruits will be taken in at another special meeting to be held later.

Among the most notable members of the patent medicine theater company now exhibiting here, is an enormous St Bernard dog. He weighs IGB pounds and is, undoubtedly, the largest specimen of the canine race ever seen in Jasper county. There are more than 150 daily papers taken in Rensselaer. The. Inter Ocean leads all others, to the extent of nearly three to one, in number of copies taken, in both week day and Sunday editions. This is a fact we are glad to chronicle for the Inter Ocean is not only a mighty good, dean paper, but it is flat-foot-ing and true blue, politically.

Class No. 6, will spell at the Court House next Wednesday night. The revival meetings at the First Baptist church closed last Saturday evening; The meetings resulted in 10 or 12 new members. Subjects at the Christian church next Sunday morning, “Character Building;” Evening, “The Sin of Withholding.” The Endeavors will give a special temperance program at 6p. m. All are invited.

Philip Balser has brought suit for divorce from Margaret Balser. The grounds of the complaint are “cruel and inhuman treatment./ -The parties were married in 1857 and separated in January, 1891. It will cost children under twelve only five cents to spell on Wednesday night.

Married: —At the residence of the bride’s parents in Walker ,tp. Mr. Wm. F. Hoile and Miss Mattie McGlinn, Rev. Presley Davis performing the ceremony. The bride and groom have many friends in this vicinity, who wish them well. B. A. Linvill has been back from Ohio for several days, settling up his business interests here. He is well pleased with his present location, which was no experiment however, it being the vicinity of his boyhood home.

Frank Cook, the man whose arrest near Wolcott, under such remarkable circumstances, was noted last week, was convicted at Wabash of criminal assault upon his young niece and given a long term in the jjeniItentiary. .Anew railroad company which proposes to build a road from Columbus, Ohio, to Chicago, was incorporated last week. The line, if ever built, would probably strike this county, but the county is already a perfect bet-work of paper railroads.

President Cleveland will continue the rule observed by President Harrison, of allowing efficient postmasters to serve the full time for which they were appointed. This win allow Mr. RhOades to retain the postmastership at this place until a year from the first of April. A considerable tract on the Magee farm, just northwest of town (the old Yeoman homestead) has been laid out into town lots and they are reported as being sold off at a rapid rate. The tract laid out is abont 7 acres in extent. It is called Magee <fc Benjamin’s Addition.

CARPETS.—Brussels, Ingrains, Hemps, everything in the carpet line, A beautiful hue of Smyrna rugs. If you need anything in carpets, we can please you. R. Fendig. Last Friday a number of Rensselaer people went over to Monon to attend a birthday surprise of Mrs. John Van Nice. A number of beautiful presents were given and about forty persons partook of a bountiful dinner. Friends, brothers, sisters and cousins met one another that had never met before.

140 yd bolts carpets choice patterns. Body brussels, Tapestry brussels, Ingrains, unions, cottons &c. 18 cents per yard up. Chicago Bargain Stork. Vai Seib, our former townsman, met with a very peculiar accident in Chicago, last Monday. He was passing behind a big freight wagon when a barrel of whisky rolled off it, and struck Mr. Seib’s head and inflicted

a severe scalp wound. That liquor was evidently of the kind that “goes to the head.” ItHook a whole barrel of it to get Mr. Seib down thbugh. After all that has been said against' the present winter, it has been remarkably free from severe storms, in this section of the country at least, and the oldest inhabitant can not recall a winter in which there has been so much good traveling, sledding and wheeling, nor a great many in which there were more days during which people could remain out of doors with reasonable comfort It has been a pretty good winter, all things considered.

A. B. Robbins, who moved from Keerfer Tp., to lowa, a year ago, has now .become a resident of’Chicago. Mrs. Frank Weathers, of Divide, Colo,, is visiting her husband’s mother, Mrs. C. G. Weathers.

Today at noon is exactly the middle of March. The length of the day is II hours and 59 minutes. Next Monday is the spring equinox, when spring is due for sure. Members of the Rensselaer Building, Loan & Savings Association, in both series of stock, should remember that the annual stockholders’ meeting, which should have been held last Monday night, will be held next Monday night, at the Court House. y

Call on C. B. Steward, agent for lots in Columbia Addition; 140 lots at prices from $25 to $l3O. The ladies of the W. R. C. have given much substantial sympathy to the needy of our town this winter. Over SSO have been expended by them for relief within the last two months. Their object is a worthy one and the friends of the. order should give them a liberal patronage. The new foundry will probably take off its first melting on Saturday of next week, in a capola of 5 tens capacity. Among the orders to be

filled from this first melting will be an engine front for Frank Osborne, the casting for which will weigh about 900 pounds. The foundry firm have secured the services of a competent moulder in Allen Gray, from Chicago. The teal-estate transfers- reported this week cover a period of just one week, and they well illustrate the truly wonderful activity of Jasper county real-estate. These transfers are 38 in number and represent a total of considerations of $80,634. The average consideration is $2122. No transfers were reported of a value of not more than SSO. Lots in Columbia Addition, and other choice property, for sale bv C. B. Steward.

The state geologist has submitted a report on the gas fields of Indiana. He finds they are the most productive in the United States and are much larger than the combined territory of the Ohio and Pennsylvania fields. He figures that it covers 5,000 square miles and in this broad expanse there have been but few failures to get gas where a trial was made. W. J. Imes arrived home from Washington last Friday. He had been witnessing the inauguration and improved the odd spells by looking after the chances for a good appointment in the government printing office. And we are glad to say that his prospects for success in that respect are very flattering, for he is an excellent man and deservedly popular with all classes of our citizens.

Mrs. Bertha Wood, wife of Samuel F. Wood, died Monday morning at the home of the latter’s father, John Wood, a few miles south of town. Her age was only about 18 years, and she had been married only since about June Ist of last year. The cause of her death was measles. An intant only a few days old survives her, but is sick with the same dis ease. The funeral was held Tuesday and interment made in the Crockett grave-yard. Carpets cut and sewed 5c yard extra. Chicago Bargain Store.

The following item from the Hammond Tribune will have a local interest, from the fact that one of the missing young ladies, as well as her afflicted parents were formerly residents of our town: “Last Thursday Miss Cynthia Snodgrass and Miss May Lancaster left their homes without leaving any word as to what their future intentions were and nothing has been heard from them since. Mrs. Snodgrass, who has been in poor health for some time, is very much worse on account of the worry, and is in a critical condition. Their parents are much grieved over the matter and it is to be hoped they will I soon return.**

Jesse Bond, of the Cincinnati Dental College, is assisting Dr. Horton, during the vacation.

The Breyfogle and Thomas factions in the Monon stockholders are again at open war. The latest developement of the trouble is a suit began at Indianapolis last week, by the Breyfogle party the road thrown into the a receiver. grounds of the is the recent action of the present Monon officials in dividing the stock of th e company into two classes, common and prefered stock. There is very little likelihood that the movement for a receiver will be successful. It has not sufficient grounds to justify it.

Marriage licenses issued since last reported: ( Clarence Terrell, , |lvaF. Silvus. j Albert L. Sayers, 1 Minnie B. Bierly. J Benjamin Keller, 1 Maggie Fay. J John A. Teter, ( Bertha Shelby. J Warren H. Galbraith, ( Maud Lewis. j William F. Holte, ( Mattie McGlynn. j Mead Rayburn, ( Linda Robinson .

The traveling piano swindlers are now getttng in their work in Various places in this state. They have various schemes, and one of them is to induce some well fixed farmer to take one of their pianos, at say S4BO , and to have the privilege of paying for it by acting as the agent for the piano company, getting enough from each piano sold among his neighbors, that the sale of three or four will pay for his own piano. When the instrument is delivered to this supposed agent, he signs a paper which really compels him to pay the full price for his piano. He thus pays the price of a first-class piano, for one that is practically worthless..

The Eastern Star party last Thursday evening was a very pleasant affair, although owing to the bad weather the expected guests from Lafayette and Fowler did not arrive. A fine supper was a feature of the evening, followed by toasts, responded to by M. F. Chilcote, M. L. Spitler, Mrs. M. L. Spitler and Mrs. A. Purcupile. On behalf of the chapter M. F. Chilcote presented to Mrs. M. L. Spitler an elegant Past jGrand Matron’s pin, a costly and beautiful present. After supper the party adjourned to the Iroquois Club rooms where a well rendered musical program furnished entertainment for the balance of the evening.

The Chicago, Indiana and Eastern railway company filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state one day last week. The company has a capital of $1,000,000 and proposes to build a line from Chicago to Columbus, 0., a distance of about three hundred miles. The road if built will pass through Adams, Jay, 1 Blackford, Delaware, Grant, Howard, Wabash, Miami, Cass, Fulton, White, Carroll, Madison, Pulaski, Jasper, Starke, Porter, Newton and Lake counties.. At least so the articles of incorporation state; but if so it will pursue a marvelously wobbly course. Most of the stock is •held) by II A. Thayer, of Chicago, Muncie and Anderson people also hold several shares.

Parents are as censurable for not providing newspapers for their children to. read and learn to read as for not sending them to school. The child receives far more information from the reading of good papers than it does from school books. Education such as the child receives in the school is indispensable, but gives the boy or girl no other opportunities for acquiring a practical education —general information—and he will be a dunce in spite of all the work he may do or that may be done for him in the school room. The country is full of educated num skulls, men and women, who have a little school book knowledge but practically no education.—Exchange.

Remember the Building and Loan Stockholders’ meeting, at the courj house next Monday evening. Mrs. Sarah A. Benjamin, the venerable wife of Rial Benjamin and mother of Rial P. Benjamin and of

Mrs. J. T. Randle, died suddenly last Tuesday evening at her home in this place, at the age of 83 years, 7 months and 5 days. She bad been in her usual health until the day of her death, and although complaining some of sickness that day, was up and about most of the day. The f uneral will be held at Trinity M. E. Church today, 'Thursday, at 10:30 A. M., Rev. J. G. Campbell conducting the religious services. ’

Geo. R. Fox, a mail clerk on the Monon, was arrested last week, charged with robbing the mails. He had letters on him when arrested that he had stolen. He has been on the route since Cleveland’s first term. The P. O. department has been suspicious of Fox for some lime and had his second clerk watch him, and the clerk asserts that he has seen Fox open numerous, letters. Probably this scoundrel,s depredations account for some letters that Rensselaer people have lost. Fox is now out on bail, but is likely to go to the pen.

A wedding which didn’t take place was that of Mr. Wm. H. Galbraith and Miss Maud Lewis, daughter of James Lewis, of Gillam tp. The guests met at the father’s residence, last Sunday, the groom was on hand, and also the minister, Rev. B. F. Ferguson, the wedding dinner was prepared, and the bride’s wedding garments were ready, but at the last 1 moment the intending bride concludjed that she did not want to get married just yet, and the affair was indefinitely post-poned. The disappointed groom passed around the cigars just as freely as though there I had been no disappointment, and, ' otherwise took the matter in a very philosophical manner.

Gilman’s drainage bill which became a law differed from the circuit court and commissioners.’ court law in that under those laws the entire prosecution of the work was put in the charge of persons who had no interest in the work unless it might be to receive money for services rendered, while under the new law, the entire conduct of the construction of the drain remains from the beginning under the control of the persons who are interested in securing an early completion of the work at the least possible expense. This act encourages drainage while the old law discouraged it by reason of the expense entailed by its operation. The Journal says it applies to long drains. It applies equally to drains long or short, open or tiled.—Goodland Herald.

Austin Co., composed of W B. Austin, Geo. K. Hollingsworth, A. H. Hopkins, will loan you money on personal, mortgage, or chattel security, for long or short time at local bank rates. These loens can be paid back at any time, and are more desirable than bank loans, because interest is rebated. We have udlimited capital and can accomodate everybody. Rev. Sam Jones is having a tremendous meeting at Kokomo. During fiis opening meetings Sam got in some good advertising work by abusing the church members, the following being a brief specimen of his productions in that line:

“Some people think they will get to heaven just because there’s where they want to land. They imagine that heaven is a sort of rendezvous for dead beats and flea-bitten old hypocrites, where they can sit down in the shade of a tree and have a good place to spit. In some places the grand jury is indicting the card players. Why don’t they do it in Kokomo? Your ministers would find their congregations all in jail and would have to go there to do their preaching. It’s come to a pretty pass when professing Christians are out of the penitentiary by a scratch." It is now {said that the ministers’ association has remonstated against such abusive language, and with salutary effect

The Arm of Austin & Hopkins has |been changed to Austin <fc Co. The members of the new firm sre Wm. B. Austin, A. H. Hopkins and G. K. Hollingsworth. The latter will have charge of the Chicago end of the firm’s business, and will remove to that city within a few days.

Robert Swaim, of Union Tp., has bsgun suit for a divorce from his wife, Mariah Swaim. He charges cruel and inhuman treatment, in that his- wife calls him a large and well selected variety of hard names, scoffs when be tries to have family worship etc.* They were married in 1889 and, separated about Feb. 1 st. Both have been married before, and are well advanced in years, the plaintiff being upwards of 80.

Dr. Oliver’s Electric Concert Company has been performing at the Opera House every night for a week and will continue all of the present week. They give a fair variety ihow and have immense houses. It is generally free but on Saturday admission fees of 10 and 20 cents were charged, but without apparent dimunitibn in the number attending. They make their money selling electric belts and toilet soap. Personally they are entirely well behaved people.

Monticello Herald.—The editor of the Porter County Vidette refers to himself as the ‘‘old fotetic crank.” Our venerable and highly esteemed friend Judge Talcott is too harsh on himself. He is a landmark of pioneer journalism who has made a very reputable record in public life and we move to accord him the widest possible liberty in the pursuit of his cherished theory of unique, orthography. The Judge’s ideas in this direction are not to be laughed into extinction. To show the simplicity and clearness of his method, we reproduce the following item from the last issue of the Vidette: Te propr yus ov eni letr kozin hesitafn apErz at wuns bi refr-ens tu ♦ft folqin kwqtafn: “It we spel plan, and drt triz nx on ol wurds sq tu du, nu mefodz tarbi brin mus fortr mezr;” luk tisfru.

'fhe fancy work made by Mrs. A. McCoy to exhibit at the World’s Fair, consists of two large stand covers, instead of bed spreads, as we mistakenly called them in our last issue. They are made on a foundation of heavy white silk sheeting, the designs, one a Fleurdelis, the other a Peony, are first hand painted in their natural colors, and then out-lined and embroidered in gold and harmonizing silks, threaded with beads; all together bringing out the flowers in relief, with a beauty that is seen in the real flowers when covered with dew drops. Impossible to describe is the delicacy of coloring, the harmony of every part to the general design, the exquisite finish of the whole work; so fine that even the fastenings of the numberless stitches on the underside, can not be found. The covers are intended for Mrs. McCoy’s two children, and will be heir-looms as enduring as the valuable paintings that are handed down for generations in some families.

President Cleveland’s rule to shut out all former officeholders from reappointment, and that of Postmaster General Bissell not to- appoint any man in business to a post-office, will in their combined effect reduce the available timber for postmaster in Rensselaer to Leroy Sayers and .David Shields; tnd as between these two, while there may be but little room for choice as to fitness and ability, the great majority of the town patrons of the office would rather go to the hickory flag staff than to the banks of the Big Slough after their mail, and Uncle Leroy has evidently got the bulge now. There is, however, still one other point in the President’s new rules which will have its bearing in this matter. The “personal appearance” of the candidates is to be taken into account. Viewed from this point of view also there would be, in the judgment of most people, very little to choose between these two sole-surviving candidates. The smiles of both are like Ah Sin’s, “Childlike and bland,” and while that of Uncle Leroy is the more constant in its continuance that of Mr. Shields is far more comprehensive while it does last.