Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1894 — ADDITIONAL LOCALS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

Booth Bell, the spirit medium who gave such an impressive seance at the home of one of our citizens a few weeks ago and another, not quite so impressive at another private residence the night following, was sentenced last Saturday at Indianapolis to five years in the penitentiary. He advertised for girls to join a theatrical company, and when they came to his room hegtook improper liberties with them. The evidence at his trial showed him to be es lecherous a villain as ever set foot on Hoosier soil.—Monticello Herald. The physicians and surgeons soap —purest soap on earth, guarantied and sold for ten cents a cake at B. F. Fendig’s.

The tramp calling himself George Stanley, who was arrested week before last for assaulting Mrs. Peter Gross, and was afterwards adjudged insane, was taken to the asylum Saturday. The fellow was very gruff and unruly, and the sheriff was obligedJLo handle him without gloves, so to speak, whenever he undertook Jo do anything with him. There is a probability that when the asylum authorities get through with the lad he will not be in a condition to do so much harm when* he is again permitted to run at large.—Fowler Review. At Tolleston, in Lake county, on Wednesday evening of last week, James Conroy and Wm. Cleary were shot and instantly killed by a young man named Albert Looker, whom they were brutally assaulting with brass knuckles. Looker was arrested but afterwards on the grounds that the killing was justifiable. Cleary and Conroy were watchmen m the employ of the Tolleston Hunting and Fishing Club, a Chicago organization. They were brutal ruffainly Jellows, and were looking for a row. —- ——^,-r— —

Last Monday nignt W. H. McDoel, general manager of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago railroad, attached hia name to the contract which binds the railroad company to build, maintain and operate its machine and car shops in Lafayette. The shops and improvements are to cost $300,000 and the township has already voted a donation of SIOO,000, the contract being that the rating company shall put in two dollars for each dollar donated by the township. The payments are to be made in two years, and the work to be completed within that period.

Recorder Hunt, in view of the late decision of the Supreme Court, Tirade his report of receipts of his office, last Wednesday, for the three quarters ending Feb. 28, 1894, and turned over the following amounts per quarter: For the quarter ending Aug. 31, 1893, 1307. For quarter ending Nov. 30, 1893, 1465. For quarter ending Feb. 28,1894, $557.25. Total for 9 months, $1329.25. His salary during the 9 months, at S9OO per year, would be $675. The county has thus harvested the sweat of Mr. Hunt’s brow and ink bottle to the tune of $654.25, clear money, for nine months time, or nearly S9OO per year. For, ,the nine months it was $675 for for Hunt, and $654.25 for the county. Under the circumstances nobody ought to grumble because it was not an exactly even -divide, for in all truth Mr. Hunt earned a good deal more than he got out of it.

A branch or court of the Catholic Order of Foresters has been organized in Rensselaer and will, it is expected, be installed next Sunday. Its name will be “Willard Court,” in honor of the late Rev. Father Willard, first Superintendent of St. Joseph’s Indian School, and a former pastor of St. Augustine’s church. The meeting place will be in Hildebrand’s building, over Vanatta’s harness shop. The Catholic Order of Foresters is a benevolent order, with life insurance features for all the members. It is much the same in plan and scopfe as the Independent Order of Foresters, except that only Catholics are permitted to be members. The court will consist of 28 charter members and its principal officers will be as follows. Chaplain, Rev. S. Neiberg; Chief Ringer, Frank Maloy; Vice Raugef, Peter Ilordeman; Recording Secretary, E. P. Honan; Financial Secretary, J. J. Eigksbach; Treasurer, Joseph Nagel.

Friday of next week, April 13th, is the day set for lettirigXhe gravel road contracts. It has been a common talk, for some time, that no separate bid would be received for building the east and west road, the legal appellation of which is the Poor Farm and Pleasant Ridge Road, it being thought that owing to the remoteness of most parts of this road from local gravel deposts, together with the high figures offered by the railroad for shipping it in, and also the large amount of grading required oh this line, no bid would be made upon it, within the estimate of the viewers, above which the commissioners are not permitted to go. It is thought, however, by those who are in position to know, that one or more bids will he received for the entire system Of roads, as voted for March 2nd. It is also likely that separate bids will be received for both the north and the south roads. Now if it happens that one ortnore lumpbtds for the whole system are received, and no separate bid for the east and west road, it would seem that the separate bids on the north and south roads would not stand much show for acceptance. It is within the discretion of the commissioners to decide which the best bids are, and it is but reasonable to suppose that they will favor the bid'or bids which contemplate the construction of all the roads voted for, rather than to favor those bids which will secure the building of one or two roads, and leave the other to be advertised again and perhaps not built at all. We would therefore suggest to our local bidders that, if practicalJe, they should either submit bids for the whole system, or else make sure that at least one bid was submitted for the east and west road, within the figures of the viewers’ estimate.