Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1894 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

VOL. XXVI-

MONON ROUTE. RENSSELAER TIME TABLE. TRAINS THAT STOP. jjBSSE SOUTH BOUND. RO. s—Louisville Mall. Daily 11:10 A. M. Wrt an Milk accomm., Daily « .21 r. m . Mo. B—Louisville Express, Daily 11:23P.M. Mo. <6—Local freight T.M. NORTH BOUND. Ho.*o—Milk accomm., Dai1y...... 7:37 A, M. Mo. a—Mail and Express, Daily.. 8.25 P. M. Mo. 45—Local Freight .... 9:20 A. M.

A FAIR WARNING.

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Selden Grant is visiting relatives in Wabash county. Judge Graves, of Wheatfield, was in town Saturday. Hats reduced to cost at Mrs. Lecklider's. Dan’l. Fairchild, of DeMotte, was here or hereabouts, Tuesday. Miss Anna Orr, of Chicago, visited in Rensselaer Sunday and Monday. Buy your farm wagons of B. F. Ferguson. Every one warranted. Miss Edith Marshall, Joliet, 111. , teacher, was home for the holidays. Seb Ladies 10 cent counter at Mrs Leckhder’s. Hod. B. R.Faris,rot Gillam tp., was in town Tuesday and Wednesday. ■ ■ T. J. Sayler arrived home last Thursday, from his visit to his family , at Summitt, Miss. A great sacrifice sale of all winter goods. Chicago Bargain Store . Mr. Rettger, the high school principal, went home to Fort Wayne, for the holiday vacation. Step into Clarke’s and see his line of watches, clocks and jewelry before buying. Misses Minnie Bartoo and Anna Derschell, Remington teachers, spent holiday week with their Rensselaer friends. Ladies’ wraps about one half price. Chicago Bargain Store. Mrs. R. P. Benjamin has been making her annual home visit, in Tippecanoe .county, returning home Monday evening. Full-blood Bronze Turkeys for sale, for stock. fit. Fletcher Monnett. W. T. Perkins has now reached a depth of about 300 feet, in the big well he is boring for the R. R. at Monon. It is a six inch hole. Christmas is over and now is the time to buy the best goods in the jewelry line for little money at Clarke’s. Prof. Bohannon went home to Boonville, for the holiday vacation. He took a pretty severe case of tonsilitis home with him, but got over it in time to be on hand for the reopening of school, Monday morning. Ladies jewelry at Mrs. Lecklider’s. 20 per cent off of every overcoat. Chicago Bargain Store. Geo. S. Day, who has been living south of town for several years, started Tuesday for Piper City, Ford county. 111., near which he expects to make his future residence. He drove through with a teim, and his family went by isilroad.

If y t want to save big money in groceries trade at Laßue Cash Grocery.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 4,1894.

WE have not been saying much in the papers of late but now we have something to say. We have never had a choicer or more complete stock of goods than now. You will take them if the prices are low enough. We will offer at absolutely wholesale prices $5,000 worth of clothing, consisting of Men’s, Boy’s and Children’s Overcoats, Suits and Pants. You will find Dress Goods marked down 33| per cent. Ladies' and Children’s Underwear 25 per cent, off regular price. We have a very large stock of Blankets bought at a reduced sale, you will buy them at our price if you want Blankets. In the line of Ladies’ Shoes you will find all our $4.50 and $5 fine Shoes marked down to $3.50 and $4; All our $2.25, $2.50 and $3.00 Shoes marked down to $2; one line of hand-turned $3 shoes, sizes from 2| to 5, marked down to $1.50; all on rj Women’B.o il Grain $1.50, $1.75 and $2 shoes marked down to $1.25. Our stock of Cloaks and Furs at half former prices. You will find the same reduction throughout our entire stock. W e ask you to come in and satisfy yourI H self. We mean business. Ellis & Murray.

W. H. Carpenter, of Cincinnati, is visiting in Rensselaer. Any one desiring vaults cleaned will please call on Harry Wiltshire. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wolfe, of Remington, came over yesterday to attend Blanche Duvall’s funeral. Boots and shoes about one half price. Chicago Bargain Store. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mills visited at their old home in LaSalle Co., 111., during holiday week. Free sample copies of the Weekly lute)- Ocean and New York Tribune, at The Republican office. People who are out of “Scokum Oil” and “Tawah” can now stock up With “Sagwa.” Its all out of the same tank. The greatest clearance sale in town. Chicago Bargain Store . Ancil Woodworth was visiting his daughter, Mrs. Morton, in Wayne Co., 111., ariving home Tuesday evening.

B. F. Ferguson is loaning more money on real estate than any other firm. Don’t fail to call before making arrangements with any one else. Lawyers Dan Fraser and Joe Brown, of Fowler, were in town this week. The latter went home sick with the grip. Wm. Lloyd, the actor, has gone to Indianapolis. The Journal gave him a very kindly mention and said that he, was the best “Damon” in the country. Salesmen wanted in every town to sell Littler Cooking Utensil. Latest thing out. Big pay. Address, C. H. Vick, Genl. Agt, , Rensselaer, In<b t Mr. Geo. A. Thomas, a Monon Route mail agent, and Miss Effie Gwin, daughter of Trustee Gwin, were married at the latter’s residence’ in Hanging Grove township,; yesterday, Jan. 3, 1894. Everything fresh and new and first, class, and at lowest living prices, at Warner & Shead’s the new goocerj store.

There is a big mad dog scare in Newton county, southwest of Mt. Ayr. Hogs and other animals have been bitten and died. Mrs. Cy. Brtfnton and a child were also bitten. They went to Chicago Heights and tried a mad stone. Lots of peopb i are extirpating their canines. ' «

Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Gamble, of St. Louis, visited Dr. Alter’s family during the holidays, going home yesterday. With the Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean you will get, every week, • beautiful art supplement. Mrs. Lewis Lebold, Barkley tp., died Monday, of Consumption. She leaves a husband and two young children. Buy your farm wagons of B. F Ferguson, and save money. Miss Celestia Swartzell, died at her home in Headley, White county, Wednesday evening, Dec. 27tb. She. is a sister of Mrs. E. A. Aldrich.

Samuel Duvall and his daughters-in-law, Mrs. Stella and Lena Duvall, attended the funeral of Blanche . DuI vail, yesterday afternoon. Mr. Francis J. Rowen, son of Prior , Rowen, and Miss Daisy D. Crisler were married yesterday morning, by Rev. B. F. Ferguson, at his residence. The parties live near Surrey. Do you want to buy gold dollars for 75 cents? If so, step into Clarke’s jewelry store and be will sell you watches, chains, charms, rings etc., at surprisingly low prices. The are no less than seven divorce cases on the court docket for the present term. Several of these are old chronics, which will probably never come to trial. - Mrs. Mary Hildreth, sister of Supt. Hardy, is now acting as matron at the county farm, taking the place of Mrs. Hardy, whose sad was mentioned last week.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Willey left Monday after an extended visit in this locality. Mrs. Willey to return home to Wheeler, Ind., and' Mr. Willey to make a business trip to Florida. Miss Stella Colby has been admitted to the bar by Judge Gillett at Crown Point. Miss Cblby is the first woman in the State to take advantage of the recent decision of the Indiana Supreme Court admitting her sex to practice before Indiana courts.—lnter Ocean.

“Sebastian, or a Night in Ancient Rome,” will be reproduced at the Opera House, next Wednesday evening, Jan. 10th. It presents a graphic picture of life in the time of Maximian, the cruel Roman Emperor, and the persecutor of Christians. Also the trials and martyrdom of two noble young Christians. Parties desiring farm loans, will consult their own interests by calling on or writing to F. J. Sears & Co., at the Citizen’s JState Bank, Rensselaer, Ind. Their terms can not be beaten, and the commissions charged are low. 4t.

Marion Adams, south of town, has a badly split ear and a pretty sore head, received last Friday. He stumbled and fell while walking behind his team, and was hurt by the fall or else one of the horses kicked him. He was knocked senseless for a while and really don’t know just how he was hurt. Misses Love Crampton, of Delphi, Grace Parks, Cal Obenchain, Mollie Ward, Dora and Bernie Goodman, of Monticello; and Messrs. Ira Ward, of Monticello, Raub brothers, of Chalmers, Martin Hayden, Henry Bass and Mr. Beck, of Lafayette, attended the dance at the Opera House, Monday evening.

The case of Anna Reniker vs. the Monon railroad has been reversed by the Appellate Court. She got S7OO damages for injuries claimed to have resulted from being “unloaded” from a train at a steep place, quite a long distance from .the depot platform, where the train ought to have let her off, but didn’t The court held that the evidence did not justify so large a verdict. There was a false alarm of fire Monday, caused by a little blaze at F. Boston’s place, from some spilled gasoline. The fire company arrived on the spot with most commendable promptness, although lheie was nothing for them to do when they got there. A ruined door and door-casing and a btdly burned band for Mr. Baston’s daughter was the extent of (he damage.

Mrs. Mallatt, a lady of advanced age, died on New Years day, at the home of her son-in-law, John Baker, in Newton tp. T. C. Chilcote left for his home near Elma, in the far off state of Washington, yesterday morning, after about two months visit with his Rensselaer relatives. Married—Jan. 3, 1894, at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. R. D. Utter, Mr. John T. Blaze and Miss Clara C. Goble, all of Jasper county. Mrs. Sarah Weil, of Chicago, spent holiday week here. Her mother, Mrs. L. Tuteur, went back to Chicago with her, Monday, for a several weeks visit. Five big damage suits against the Monon, have just beeen filed in this county, on change of venue from Lake county. They Are for grass burned south of Lowell, and aggregate about $25,000.

Mrs. John Moosemiller was taken back to the Logansport Asylum, Tuesday by Dept. Sheriff McColly, She bad been home on a furlough for a couple of weeks. Her condition does not show much improvement. Rev. James Faris, an old time Methodist minister, was buried at Independence cemetery, Gillam tp., last Sunday. He was well known to most of our older residents, and a more extended notice will be given next week. Remember that we shall still continue our great clubbing offers with those great weeklies: The Republican and either the Chicago Inter Ocean or N. Y. Tribune for $1.75 per year; or all 3 for $2. The Republican and Indianapolis Journal, $2. The remarkable prosperity of the Odd Fellows lodge at Rensselaer, has continued during the whole of the past year. Some 30 or more new members have beep taken in during the year, or enough to start a good sized lodge of themselves.

We have now made arrangements whereby we can add to our clubbing list the Indianapolis Weekly Journal than which, for Indiana readers, there is no better published. The price of The Republican and the Journal is $2.00 for both papers. Some very Wise subscribers are taking the whole list of our clubbing papers. Namely: The Inter Ocean, The N. Y. Tribune and the Indianapolis Journal. The clubbing price of the whole three with The Republican is only $2 50, and those who take them all make the best bargam of their lives. Warner and Shead, the new grocery firm. Give them a trial. County Supt. Warren attended the annual convention of the state educators at Indianapolis, last week, but most of his time while there was given to the work of the committee on questions for township school graduates, of which committee he is chairman. Other Jasper county parties in attendance at one or another of the different sections of the convention were Messrs. Robt Vanatta, Geo. E. Mitchell and Robt. Mannan, teachers, and J. F. Bruner, trustee of Keener township.

When needing any insurance upon farm property call upon Wils Porter. He is agent for this section for the Continental Insurance Company, for all kinds of farm property, buildings, tools, live-stock, grain, hay etc. Insures against damage by fire, lightning, tornadoes, wind storms, &c. Give him a trial. “ Judge Wiley and Prosecutor Brown arrived Monday afternoon, and the former promptly opened court. Tie Judge brought a very lame back with him and went home sick yesterday. His honor was indiscreet enough to start in the new year 6y doing a little hard work, i e. he lifted on a gate post, and the lame back is a necessary sequ’iter. Beyond the taking of a few judgements by default and the setting of cases for trial, no court business has been done. A whole batch of fire dam- ■ age suits against the Three I. R. R. I were vinutd to Benton county.

FEN DIGS FAIR! 11 IE are offering a nice line of dress goods, VJ underwear, blankets etc., at prices away below customary prices. Having bought late we got full benefit of an overstocked market, which accounts for our unusually low figures, ■ WE ARE SHOWING. » 44 in. cloth, all wool, cheap at 70 cts. cut to 47cts. 54 in. flannel, all wool, cheap at 80 cts. cut to 56cts. Dress flannel, all wool, cheap at 33 cts. cut to 19cts. 36 in. English Cashmere, eheap at 35 cts. cut to. 23cts. English Cashmere, extra grade, cheap at 40 cts. cut to .29cts. ■y IN OUR FURNISHING DEPARTMENT. Gent’s heavy gray and white merino underwear, cheap at 50c, cut to 39cts. Ladies heavy white merino underwear, cheap at 50c, cut to. 39cts. Gents’ camel hair underwear, cheap, at 90c, cut to 55cte. Heavy wool socks, cheap at 30c, cut to .20cts. Heavy wool socks, extra grade, cheap at 45c, cut to .25cts. Heavy jersey overshirts, cheap at 75 and 90c, cut to .59 and 65cts. This is positively the greatest out yet offered in these goods; all goods marked in plain figures and sold strictly for cash, at MFENDIG’S FAIR>

D. J. Thompson will start for Florida this week, and is likely to remain until spring. He will spend about’ a month cruising with aph<sy of Ohio friends along the bays and bkyous. of the Atlantic coast, and then go to the west, or gulf coast, for the remainder of his stay. Charles Reed died at h's home .in Jordan tp., last Sunday night at the age of about 35 years. His sickness, which was of the nature of consumption, was of several years duration. He a son of Mrs. Eliza Reed, and a son-in-law of Mr. George Kessinger, both of Rensselaer. He leaves a widow and two young children. The funeral was held Tuesday forenoon.

Guss Phillips, the rising young actor, was home for a short visit, but departed for new York last Tuesday to join Richard Mansfield’s company. This is one of the leading traveling companies of the country, playing only in the largest towns, and from one to two weeks’ stands; and giving only Shakespearean plays. His adoption into this company is a decided promotion for our young townsman. The past season he has been traveling with Graham Earle’s company. There was a delightful New Years dance at the Opera House, Monday night. About 50 or 60 couples participated, and the gallery was full of spectators. The music was especially good. It was furnished by Healys’ orchestra, and there were 7 pieces; the thrqe Healys’, Prof. Haas, Geo. Hollister and Mr. Goodwin and another gentleman from Monticello. Geo. Strickfaden was caller. Some 15 or 16 of Monticello’s and Delphi’s brightest and gayest young people were among the participants.

The year 1894 will not be much of a year for celestial phenomena, of the likes of eclipses and such. The only eclipse of the whole year that will be visible from this part of the world will be an under-sized, half-faced eclipse of the moon, on Sep. 14-15. A trarsit of Mercury witl occur Nov. 10th, and that is an event of some interest in the astronomical line. There will be lots of weather of one kind and another, throughout the year, judging from what Rev. “Hick’s 1 predicks.”’ In fact be jambs in so many pieces of weather during the year, that one kind follows another, with scarcely a vacant interval between them. That is the beauty of having weather prophets. We are always sure of having some kind of weather while Irl Hicks lasts, and when be is gone some other wierdly named prophet or son (of-a-gun) of a prophet, will take his place, and the weather will continue to do business at the old str.nd-

Marriage licenses since last reported: ( Geo. W: Call, ( Sarah E. Hind. ( Chas. W. Hurley, ( Nancy Meyers. ( Louis T. Swartz, ( Anna Arbring. ( John A. McDowell, ( Mary Kight. 9 j Francis J. Rowen, ( Daisy D Crisler. j John T.<Bl«ze, ( Cleary C. Gobin. j George A. Thomas, ( Effie Gwin. Again it is our painful duty to ’ record a sad, sudden and wholly unexpected deaih in Rensselaer. The subject was Miss Blanche May Duvall, oldest child of C. W. and M. J. Duvall. She was taken sick last Wednesday night, grew worse rapidly; Saturday night she passed into a comatose condition, and just after noon Monday, she breathed her last. Several physicians were called but their skill was of no avail. She appeared to have a complication of diseases, but congestion of the brain was the immediate cause of her death. Her age was 18 years, 11 months and. 16 days. The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church, yesterday afternoon, the religious exercises being conducted by the pastor Rev. E. Baech. Blanche was a very attractive, amiable and lovable girl; and in no place were her good and lovely qualitus more apparent than in the home circle. Hence it is that her early and untiqiely death is a blow of more than ordinary severity to her afflicted parents.

The last issue for the year 1893 of R. G. Dunn’s Trade Review, of New York, a non-partisan and thoroughly reliable publication, and the standard trade publication of the country, gave an exhaustive survey of the present financial and industrial situation, the opening paragraphs of which were as follows: “Starting with the largest trade ever known, mills crowded with work and all business st undated by high hop* s, the year 1893 has proved, in sudden shrinkage of trade, in eom,mercial disaster* and depression of industries, the worst for 50 years. Whether the final n-salU of the panic of 1837 were r» latively. more severe the scanty records of that time do not clearly show.” ■‘The year clones with prices of many products the lowest ever known, with millions of workers seeking in vain for work, and with chanty laboring to k«.ep back suffering and starvation in the cities. All hope that the new year may bring brighter days, but the dying year leaves only a dismal record.” “The review of t departments of trade, given to day, exhibits a collapse of indus’rV and business that is atop st viihout pm, dcnt.

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