Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1894 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Bom, Friday, April 27th, 1894, to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Childers, in Newton’s Addition, a daughter. Great bargains in boys’ suits at Ellis & Murray’s. « Another daughter was born last Friday, April 27th, to Mrs. William Beam, wife of the station agent. Fine Tomato Plants for sale, by Mrs. J. Zimmerman. A few farmers of this vicinity began planting corn last week. Lots of them will be at it this week, if the land gets dry enough. Trimmed hats from 50c to $1 at Mrs. Leckliders. Monon Conductor Bayard Clark , who visited his parents here last week, now has a run on the main line, from Lafayette to Chicago. For nice children’s and infants’ shoes, go to Ellis & Murray’s. Mrs. Nelson Randle is reported as constantly improving, and it is now expected that she will be able to come home by next week. See those good shaped hats at Mrs. Leckliders, from 10 to 5 0c Dr. R. Ludlum, a professor in Hahneman Medical College, Chicago, 1 was in town Friday, and with the as I sistance of Dr. Hartsell, performed a serious surgical operation upon Mrs. I. E. French for an internal trouble. Everything in ladies’ and Misses’ Jaskets and capes. Wholesale prices from 41 up, at Ellis & Murray’s. The first primary room m the town school was closed all of last week, on account of the teacher, Mrs. Walls, having an attack of the measles. It was her second sickness with the disease.

Ladies’ notions at Mrs. Lecklider’s. Our townsman, Win. Smith, has built a new model of hay rack, and has a specimen rack on exhibition near the public square. The rack is a marvel of combined lightness and strength, and in fact, is evidently just about a perfect hay rack. Don’t forget those cheap hats at Mrs. Lecklider’s at 25c. There was a gang of about 20 tramps hanging about the depot for a while, last Thursday night, but they boarded the first east bound freight train that came along. Very likely they were a straggling band of some Coxeyite army. Ellis & Murray are making prices on their stuff to suit the times. You cannot afford to buy anything in their line without getting their prices. The Olden Times Concert by the Methodist and Christian church choirs, at the Opera House, last Friday evening, was an exceedingly pleasant occasion and had a good attendance. The principal performers were dressed in costumes of more or less ancient date, and many of their songs and selections were also of an antiquated character. Notice, lace curtains, rugs, and portiers going cheaper than the cheapest at Mrs. Lecklider’s, during opening. C. A. Lecklider. At every election a number of people lose their votes on account of mistakes in stamping their ballots. The manner of stamping the ballot is very simple and it is to be hoped that every voter will soon become familiar withit. It is simply this: If the voter desires to vote his full party ticket he should stamp in the large square at the top of the ticket. If he desires to vote for candidates on different tickets, then he must not stamp the large square at the top of the ticket, but stamp only in the small square in front of the name of; each and every candidate he wants to vote for.

Mrs. Willis Me Colly has moved from the corner of Washington and Cullen streets, into T. J.' Sayler’s tenant property, on Front street. You can buy a good spring jacket of Ellis & Murray for sl. A seven-year old son of Isaac Kepner was very dangerously sick, the latter part of last week, with a kidney trouble, following the measles. He is now out of danger. Sea those new laces at Mrs. Lecklider’s.

Mr. Winship, an elderly unmarried man, died last Saturday at the home of his brother-in-law, Wm. Sutton, in Milroy township. The funeral was held Sunday, and the remains buried in Crockett cemetery. You can save money by getting our prices before buying anything in the clothing, shoes or dry goods line. 36-2 L Ellis & Murray .

The well known Sells Bros. Circus will be in this portion of Indiana about the middle of May; exhibiting in Lafayette May 15th and in Logansport the 16th. The times are tough on circuses, and the Sells have reduced their admission price to 25 cents. The price of seeing the shell game is still the size of a man’s wad.

Mrs. Lecklider will have a summer opening May 10, 11, 12, when she will sell her paterns at cost during opening. The ladies of Rensselaer and vicinity are most cordially invited to inspect goods and prices. Cheapest ever sold in town. 36 21.

Post-master Honan has received notice that on July Ist the sale of postal notes will be discontinued, and a change made in the sty le of money orders. They will conform in*style ■to express money orders, and also in prices. Under the new system small sums can be sent by ordern as cheaply as now by postal notes, and of course, very much safer. D. J. Thompson arrived home last Friday morning from his winter’s stay in Florida, which he greatly enjoyed. He did not do any tarpon fishing this trip, but he landed a 1 50 pound jew-fish, which was a specimen of the largest species of fish which humans eat, and also a 11| foot shark, which belongs to the largest species of fish which eats humans. He brought the jaw of the shark home with him.

W. E. Timmons, of Elk Falls, Kansas, a former Jasperite, writing to renew his subscription to The Republican and incidentally to avail himself of our liiterDcean offer says : “Crops look well here; wheat is fine; corn mostly up; fruit prospects good, but Democrats scarce. If everything 'goes at it appears until the next election old Kansas will give a Republican majority that wlil surprise the world.”

A. McCOY & COMPANY are now prepared to make farm loans at 6|, and commissions as low as are quoted elsewhere. The usual privilege of partial payments allowed. They would be glad to hear from parties desiring loans and all inquiries by mail will be cheerfully answered. 36-4tp. Uncle Berry Paris, who was nominated by Messrs Douthit and J. C. Chilcote, at their two-men-and-a-boy mass “citizens’ convention,” for

town treasurer, has notified the Town Clerk not to put his name on the socalled “Citizens’ Ticket.” Uncle Berry dont want anything to do with that kind of monkey-business. Like nearly if not quite all the others whose names appear on the “Citizens’ Ticket,” he knew nothing about the matter until he read it in The RePDBLICAN.

A barn in Barkley tp., belonging to G. H. Brown, of Rensselaer, was struck by lightning last Saturday evening, and burned down. The lightning killed a mule and a hog in the barn, and badly stunned another mule, which stood between the other two animals. Some hay, grain and harness were burned. The property in the barn belonged to Wm. Tanner, tenant of the farm. The barn and contents were pretty well insured in H. W. Porter’s agency. The barn for $225, and the contents for their full value.