Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1893 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

There was a very heavy frost, Monday night Call on Dexter & Cox when you want baled hay. D. B. No we Is will teachthe Wheatfield school this winter. Try a sack of our White Lilly flour W. R. Nowkls & Son. The Francesville fair is in progress this week. Warner and Shead, the new grocery firm. Give them a trial. Miss True Alter left Sunday inorning to visit in Chicago and St. Louis. Choice fruits, of every description at Vick’s restaurant Mrs. W. H. Coover is getting about again after her annual attack of hay fever.

See the nice line of fall millinery at Mrs. Leckliders. Rev. H. V. Weaver has moved into the rooms over Eigiesbach’s butcher shop. A fine lot of silver plated ware and notions, to be sold at great bargains, at Vick’s restaurant. The Misses Comer moved out of the Nowels House last Saturday, and Elijah Wood, of Monon moved in. Dexter & Cox have a new hand hay press. Give them a call when you want a cheap bale of hay. Mrs. E. C. Bassick and Miss Minnie Walters, of Bridgeport, Conn., were the guests of Mrs. Ludd Hopkins a few days last week. The Winamac fair will begin Oct. 10, and continue four days. This is a later date than first announced, the change being made to avoid conflicting with neighboring fairs.

Mrs. J. C. Gwin, of Hanging Grove Tp., is visiting a brother and recuperating her health, in Kansas. Vick keeps his lunch counter supplied with the best and serves fine meals. Girls—At Nick Guss’s. Saturday night. At Frank Nichols’, Thursday night Both in town. Newton Warren went to Bloomington, Monday, to be ready for the opening day of the State University which was Tuesday. Our trimmer, who has suited you so well many times, will remain and suityou again. j Mrs. L. M. Imes. Silas Swain, of Rose Lawn, was in town last Thursday, and reported he had just had a heavy loss from the burning of a big lot of hay. Two Rent—Two nicely furnished rooms—parlor and bed room. For further particulars inquire of Mrs. J. G. Reynolds. F. M. Parkers residence, north of the old John Coen place, is nearing completion. It is one of the very best built houses in the town, this year. Will cost about 12,500. Everything fresh and new and first class, and at lowest living prices, at Warner <t Shead’s the new goocery store.

Our former townsman, Omar C. Ritchey, now a prosperous merchant in Anderson, this state, was married Sept. 20th, to Miss Ida Perry, at Indianapolis. Notice our line of street sailors, also, did you ever see anything so artistic and stylish as those plaques in felt and silk plush, at Mrs. lines Bazar. Three or four of the big and scraggly old cottonwood trees, nearest the court house well, have been cut down, for supposed interference with the full and free action of the wind on the wind mill. Call and see the nice new line of installment goods, just arrived at Clarence Lecklider’s. An infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hodshire died Monday, aged a little more than 5 months. It had been sick nine weeks, the sickness beginning with dysentery. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon, by Rev. B. F. Ferguson.

Willie Carter, J. CG. Reynolds’ colored race rider, who was hurt at Morocco, is able to be about. Warner.it Shead, at the new grocery store, would like a share of your trade. They will treat you right. Louis Hamilton will teach the Kniman school this winter. His place as assistant station agent, is taken by Ed. Van Arsdal. _____ A few nice residence lots near the business portion of the city, for sale cheap, for a few days. Call on Thompson & Bro. T. B. Ryan, a prosperous farmer of Rolling Prairie, LaPorte Co., lately dropped |2OOO to New York sharpers, on the old green goods racket. Good paying positions for those who learn Taylor’s Mathematical Square. The rains of last (Wednesday followed by those of Friday night, were a sufficiency of rain, for the time being, for all purposes except water for stock.

Wm. Warren has bought of W. B. Austin his old house, comer of Weston and Harrison streets, and is moving it to lots on the south end of the former street. Prof. C. Haas and Mrs. Haas would begjto inform their patrons and the public generally, that they will continue to teach as heretofore, and be always glad to receive new scholars in piano, organ and vocal music. A very handsome granite monument has been erected this week, in Barkley cemetery, to the memory of “Aunt Belle” Barkley. The cost was 1400. Messrs Mackey A Barcus put up the monument. Mr. Nelson V. Anderson, of Wolcott and Miss Martha J. Beaver, of Milroy Tp., were married last Saturday afternoon, in the parlors of the Makeever House, Rev. t B. F. Ferguson performing the ceremony. — TheStock Farm won the two-year - old stake race at the state fair, last Thursday, with Goguac, in 2:27. Rensselaer Wilkes made a good stagger for his race, but did not quite make it.