Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1893 — ADDITIONAL LOCALS [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL LOCALS

Mrs. Geo. Healey, of Sedalia, Mo. is making Mrs. 'Julia Healey, a visi of a few weeks duration. “Only a Farmer’s Daughter,” at the Opera House, Tuesday night. World’s fair rates next Sunday and Monday, $1.45 for round trip, and tickets good for 10 days. Verne White, in his great role, in Only a Farmer's Daughter. Next Tuesday nigut. • > Roberts’ implement building is being refitted for a saloon, for Geo. Strickfadden. Ex-Sheriff Blue is moving out of the sheriff’s residence into W. B. Austin’s house, on Weston street? Ira Washburn, at Butler University, takes crutches for it now. Knee dislocated at base-ball. The Chicago rates next Sunday and Monday are the best yet offered, $1.45 for round trip and good for 10 daj r s. Next Monday, October 9th will be “Chicago Day” at the great fair. It will probably be the fair’s biggest big day. The day is the anniversary of Chicago’s great fire. Rate 1 cent a mile.

Tobacco, cigars, pipes &cat Vicks. There was a small fire at Peter Horde man’s just west of town, last Friday evening. It started in a wardrobe, and was discovered in time to extinguish it before much harm was done. Some S6O or $65 worth of clothing was destroyed. The Olga Dramatic Company, in “Only a Farmer’s Daughter,” Opera House next Tuesday night. One night only. James Comer, whose adventures in the Cherokee Strip rush line were described last week, has returned home but is preparing to go back to the strip in a short time to buy a bottom land claim of the sooners who hold them. Prof. Alfred Haas, a competent violinist, lately from Europe, desires to form a class for instruction in violin playing. Per lesson 35 cts, for information call upon Prof. C. Haas, at his residence on Cullen street one block south of the county jail. Ben Tuteur moved Saturday, into the new building just south of his former residence, completed by Hiram Day. Rev. R. D. Utter will occupy the house vacated’by Mr. Tuteur, having moved in Monday.

A few nice residence lots neat the business portion of the city for sale cheap, for a few days. Call on Thompson & Bro. Earl Mann, about 16 years old and son of John Mann, got one of the bones of left leg below the knee, fractured Monday afternoon, while wrestling at the. school house. Dr. V. E. Loughndge reduced the fracture, and says it is not a bad break. Stereoscopes and . stereoscopic views, and a first class line of spectacles and eye-glasses, all to be sold, away below regular prices, at Vick’s Restaurant. Nearly all of our old country correspondents have grown weary in well doing, moved away, married or otherwise fallen from the ranks, and we wish to obtain a new set. We desire a faithful and reliable correspondent in every town and township in the county.

A few nice residence lots near the business portion of the city, for sale cheap, for a few days. Call on Thompson <fc Bro. Michael Lynch, who was badly hurt some mqnths ago, by the explosion of a locomotive at Francesville, has sued the L. N. A. & C Ry., at Winamac, for $30,000. He was unloading hay, some 60 feet distant when the explosion occured, and was struck by a flying piece and crippled for life.

Rensselaer Flouring Mill and Grain Elevator combined, W. R. Nowels <t Son, proprietors. Manufactures of, and dealers in high grade flour, meal and all kinds of mill feed. We also handle all kinds of grain. Mill and Elevator near depot The Indianapolis Journal began last Sunday, the use of a number of type-setting machines, and expects in a short time that all its reading matter will be set by machines. Type-setting machines are complicated and wonderfully ingenius mechanisms, and too costly for any but large newspapers to buy, -

Dr. Harvey Kannal has gone back to Chicago to complete his course in the veterinary college. Dr. C. H. Ergan bright, of Rensselaer, will take Dr. Kannal’s practice at Delphi until the latter finishes his college course. Estey organs and pianos, and Estey A Camp organs and pianos, on exhibition at C. B. Steward’s. The late copious rainswill give the wheat a fine start, and also make good fall pasture, if the season is ordinarily warm. There has been plenty of rain for all purposes, except the replenishing of exhausted wells, and making water for stock more plentiful.

Vick is putting in a full line of canned goods and fancy groceries, in hi s restaurant, and carries a full line of fresh fruits. Ma r riage licenser issued since last reported: I Alya J. McCaahen, 1 Margaret Scott j Charles W. Hanley, ( Hattie L. Hopkins. ( Theodore Hurley, ( Mary A. Knight. J Charles W. Hayes, } Nannie B. Randle. J. D. Babcock, of Jordan Tp., has been having a. terribly tough time with a sore hand, caused by the prick of a hedge thorn. How tough may be judged from the fact that for a solid week he never went to bed, but got what little sleep he had sitting in a chair. All parties knowing themselves to be indebted to the firm of R. Fendig are requested to call on the undersigned and make settlement immediately, as the books must be closed. B. F. Fendig, Assignee.

The venerable William Humes, f ather of John Humes, of Union Tp., and Mrs. J. C. Thrawls, of Rensselaer, died at the home of the latter last Thuisday, at the age of 87 years and 7 days. The funeral was held Saturday, at Mr. Thrawls’ residence, Rev. ‘E. Baech conducting the re ligious services. Interment was made in Weston cemetery. The undersigned has purchased of Thos. Burns the new livery stable, on Vanßensselaer street, west of the public square, and proposes to conduct the same in a manner to give the amplest satisfaction to all patrons. Nothing but good rigs sent out. Prices very reasonable. Give me a trial.

Robt. Randle, Up to last Saturday, when three new cases developed, the small-pox record at Muncie, was as follows: Total number of cases 121; deaths 11; d Ischarged as cured 65; convalescent 32; cases at hospital 17. Despite the comparatively few deaths that have occured, the epidemic has been a great calamity to Muncie, and the peopleofßenaseher, who so narrowly escaped a similar disaster, can well rejoice that they did escape it. Mrs. L.M. Imes gives greeting to her friends of the past seasons, and desires to say that their favors have been appreciated most heartily, and a continuance of those favors will meet with ample reward, as they will see by calling and pricing her stock of goods, now at hand. She has “hard times” prices, but no “hard times” goods; these are all the best, newest, latest and cheapest.

Chas. Ferris, the dangerous crank from Newton Co., now confined in the Jasper county jail, got extra ugly last Thursday, and it was thought necessary to v hand-cuff him. While this was being done, he wrenched his bands loose and with the handcuffs struck Willis McColly a hard blow over the head, cutting his scalp considerably. He was then locked in the woman’s cell, where on Monday, he succeeded in tearing out a heavy window weight with which he broke the locks of his cell and battered things up, generally. Hon. Byron W. Langdon of the Tippecanoe circuit conrt, has been selected by Hon. John H. Gillett, judge of Lake county, to try the celebrated Roby cases. These trials are the result of the glove fights given under the auspices of the Columbian athletic club, and the first case comes up next Monday. Governor Matthews, it will be remembered, ordered the arrest of a number of the disturbers and great interest baa been felt allover the country in the outcome, especially among the sporting classes. President O’Malley and Solly Smith are among those who are to be tried.

It must be admitted, howeyer reluctantly, that crushed> river rock does not ty any means make a perfect road material. It either grinds up too much or there is too much fine material mixed with it.when put on, or else both causes combine. At any rate, as soon as there is a little rain, the roadway is a half inch or so deep in a very dirty quality of mud. The rock would make a good foundation, but evidently it needs a topdressing of good gravel. Uncle Wesley Heckle, who in his own person is an encyclopedia of the early history of Rensselaer and? Jasper county, tells us that there is still one older building left in Rensselaer, than was, the Halloran saloon, besides those we mentioned. It is the building on the south side-of Washington street, now occupied* by Ed Parcells’ barber shop. It was built in ’45 by Amariah Tharp, and is thus 4 years older than was the Halloran building at its late interest ing but unlamenled' deimse.

Dr. M. E. Blair of Cleveland, Ohio, was in Rensselaer last week extracting teeth without pain. Several hundred teeth were extracted and those who had their teeth out say, they experienced no pain whatever. Dr. Horton has equipments and will continue to extract teeth absolutely without pain or harm, no charge .when not satisfactory. Will visit DUNNVILLE Tuesday, Oct. 10 th. Miss Eva Halstead, daughter of Eld. D. T. Halstead, formerly a teacher in the Rensselaer school and lately a teacher of Greek and Latin in Puget Sound University, Tacoma, Washington, died of inflamation of the stomach, Thursday morning, Sept., 28. She was spending her vacation at the home of her brother inlaw, Mr. H S. Travis, near Portland Oregon, where she was stricken down July 29, and for just two months suffered all that that disease implies.

To Whom It Mat Concern:—All parties knowing themsplves to be indebted to the firm of Hammond Bros., either bv note or account will please call at the Citizens State Bank and settle same promptly when due. If not paid within a reasonable time will be placed in the hands of a collector, which means additional cost to you. Please attend promptly and oblige. Hammond Bsos. The adjuster for the Niagara Insurance company was here the latter part of last week, in reference to Thomas Geer’s insurance, on his stock burned in the Halloran saloon. So far, however, they have declined to pay, on the grounds that after the insurance was taken out, Mr. Geer placed a chattel mortgage on the goods, and did not notify the company, as one of the multitudinous provisions of their policies requires. It is hardly credible that the insur ance company will persist in keeping Mr. Geer out of his mosey on a mere technicality like that.

Ten different makes of Sewing machines, At Steward’s. • Elmer Babcock, son of J. D. Babcock, of Jordan Tp., was another Jasper county man who took part in* the famous rush into the Cherokee Strip, on Saturday Sept., f6th. He had better luck than James Comer, the land he was after not having all been “hogged”' by the “sooners.” He got what he thinks is an extra fine quarter section. Of course his “chunk” isn’t worth $50,000, as Dr. Traugh’s is estimated to be, but neither is young Bibcock a townsman and very intimate political and social friend of a Receiver of Public Moneys in the Strip—which makes a very great difference, very likely. Isaac Marlatt, son of Perry Marlatt, of Barkley, got shot in the left arm last Friday, and had a mighty narrow escape from a fatal wound. He and a friend were hunting and in passing through brush, or over a fence, his companion’s gun was discharged, when only a few feet distance. The charge just missed young Marlatt’s chest and passed through his left arm, above the elbow, making a hole about as large as a silver dollar. The (charge mostly passed outside of the bone of the arm, had it passed on the other side it would have severed an artery, and the young man would havealmoet certainly bled to death before any help could reach him. DP. J. HJ Loughridge dressed the wonndAnd says it to doing well.