Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1894 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

The street sprinkler started on its rounds, last Friday. A fine, 10 room residence to rent. Enquire of 8. M. Laßue. A son to Mr. and Mrs. David Leatherman, north of town, last Wednesday, May 23. You can buy a good spring jacket of Ellis & Murray for sl. The June term of the circuit court will begin next Monday. So also the June term of the Commissioners court. Ladies’ jewelry and notions at Mr. Lecklider’s. For real city work, go to Mrs. L. M. Imes .

Work on six or seven good new residences is now in progress, in Rensselaer, and several more in sight. Not so bad, for so bad a year. Look at the fine baby head wear at Mrs. Lecklidefs. For the most stylish trimming go Mbs. L. M. Imes.

Girls —Mr. and Mrs. Logan Wood Union tp., May 26th. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. G Kessinger, same day. Mr. and Mrs. George Castor, Milroy May 23td.

Trimmed hats from 50c to sl, at Mrs. Leckliders.

S. E. Yeoman, sells the McCormick mower and reaper, also the Kalam a zoo hay rake.

Our clubbing arrangement with the Weekly Inter Ocean expires today. That with the New York Tribune is still in force. The Republican and the Tribune both one year, $1.75.

Remember that Alter & Yates have a full line of staple and fancy groceries, and that everything is new and fresh, jof the best quality, and sold for cash, as cheap as the cheapest. Mrs. Mamie Spitler Teeter is visiting relatives in this vicinity. Her husband, who went west a while back on account of his health, is now at Denver, Colo., and is considerably improved.

Buy your farm wagons of B. F Ferguson. Every one warranted. Dry goods sold at unheard of low pricesat Fendigs Fair. Always the cheapest.

Rey. Father Zumbuelte, a former popular pastor of St. Augustine’s Catholic church, was among those who attended the exercises at St. Joseph’s College, last week. He is still located at Hanover Center, in Lake county.

Mrs. Leckliderhas just arrived from the city with a fine line of hats for decoration day.

The Roby prize fight cases at Crown Point came to an abrupt end Thursday, by the discharge of the jury, as one of them was found guilty of drinking with the defendants. The cases have been postponed until next September.

8. E. Yeoman sells the Ideal corn planter, made at Decatur, 111. Binder twine a specialty.

Aluminum dimes are now being widely circulated. The coins are the finest specimens of counterfeiting ever seen and are so nearly perfect that none other than an expert can detect them, except by comparison. They have a clear ring and the only flaw is in the milling. For the latest in everything pertaining to miUine*y,go to Mrs. L. M. Imes.

The new libel law recently enacted by the New York legislature is expected to go far toward making an end to one of the most fruitful sources of libelous publications. It provides a punishment of one year’s imprisonment and a flue of SSOO for anyone convicted of deceiving a newspaper with false information.

—The residence of J. N 1 White, a prominent citizen of Kankakee tp., was burned a week or two ago. Most of the contents were saved.. The loss was partly covered by insurance. It was a good building. Everything new and fresh in our store; and goods delivered to ail parts of the city. The staple and fancy grocers, Alter & Yates.

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Thompson left yesterday for Battle Creek, Mich., to remain several weeks. Mr. Thompson’s health is not entirely good, and he will take a course of treatment at Dr. Kellogg’s sanitar-

We are in receipt of samples of spring and summer clothing from the Globe Tailoring Co. Guarantee perfect satisfaction at Fendigs Fair A reception was given last Friday by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harris, to Rev. C. H. Fletcher, the new pastor of the Baptist church, and his new bride, to whom he was married 'the Tuesday before, in Chicago. They reside in N. W. Reeve’s tenant house, on Van Rensselaer street.

The undersigned has a fine fullblood Jersey bull, kept in stable in rear of Hemphill ’s blacksmith shop, on Front street. Price of service, 11.50. P. S. Hemphill. Grace Ouderkirk, a sixteen year old girl, of Valparaiso, committed suicide, by shooting, one day last week, on learning that she was about to be arrested for stealing dress* goods from a store. She had previously been detected in taking such articles from another store.

The children will occupy the time of the regular morning church services at the Chiistian church next Sunday, rendering the Children’s Day exercises. Among the real-estate transfers reported this week is a deed by S. A. Henry to the Rensselaer creamery. The latter has not been buying any more real-estate, however, but the former deed has been somewhat defective and this new one has been made in its place.

The branch creamery at J. F. Irwin’s place, in Jordan tp,, is proving a success, and is handling nearly 2,000 lbs of* milk, daily. The total daily amount now handled by the Rensselaer company, including what is separated at the Marlboro and Jordan tp., branches, is about 10, 000 pounds.

On account of Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias, at Indianapolis, tickets will be sold June 4th and sth good returning until and including June 7th at $3.30 for the round trip. W. H. Beam, Agt.

The non-resident teachers have gone to their respective homesMiss Bufink to Rome City, Mrs. Walls to Logansport; M iss Jackson to Lebanon and Mr. Rettgfit to Fort Wayne. All the others are residents cf the town, except Miss Faris, who lives in Gillam tp., and Prof. Bohannon, jjwhose home is in Boonville, Warnck county. He left yesterday.

A. McCOY <t 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. There was another change in time on the Monon Sunday, although not a very important one. The principal change is that in the morning mail train south. This now passes Rensselaer at 10:52 a. m., which is 18 minutes earlier than before the change. There are two new trains, or rather the two trains which were consolidated between Monon, and Chicago, are again divided. Neither of these new trains stop at Rensselaer. In fact, they make only four stops between Chicago and Indianapolis, it b said. They are through trains, between Chicago and Cincinnati, being combined Monon and C. H. A D.» trains. They are flyers, making 40} miles, average speed, between Chicago and Cincinnati per hour. Their times of passing Rensselaer is, south 12:36 p.m., north 3:09 p. m.