Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1894 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

There are quite numerous cases of whooping cough in town. Head quarters for umbrellas. Chicago Bargain Store. John T. Greene, of Chicago, visit ed Rensselaer friends over Sunday. Buckwheat, for seed, at Dexter & Cox. Albert E. Coen and family, of Chicago, are visiting in Rensselaer. For fine swell clothing at reduced prices. Chicago Bargain Store. Arthur H. Hopkins is back from Chicago and will probably remain here for several months. Just returned from the city with astonishing bargains in dress goods, slippers, straw hats, clothing, &c. Chicago Bargain Store. The little son of Wm. Daniels, of Barkley tp., who was threatened with lock-jaw, has about recovered. A fine, 10 room residence to rent. Enquire of S. M. Laßue. The Ladies of the W. R. C. will run a refreshment stand July 4th for the benefit of the relief fund. Every piece of boy’s light clothing at cost to close out. Chicago Bargain Store . Miss Eva Allen, of Bridgewater. S. Dak., visited Rensselaer friends last week, and this week is at Oxford. N. Warner & Son handle the Osborne Binders and the Osborne Mow - ers. Setter Pup, lost; white, lemon colored spots; about 9 months old; leather collar, but no name on it. A liberal reward for his return. J. W. King.

Mrs. Michael Schneider, of Cleveland, Ohio, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bisloskey, and other relatives in Rensselaer.

Mr. and Mrs. Forsythe are in the city this week laying in a supply of summer dress goods. Look out for the bargains. 1 Buckwheat seed. At Rensselaer Mill. Miss Dema Hopkins, who taught the Grammar department in our school last term, starts for her home in Rensselaer in the near future. — Hebron Reader. For seed buckwheat, go to Dexter & Cox» Maj. W. G. Beatty, of Ohio, and his sister, Mr. H. G. Depuy, of Wabash Ind’, visited their cousin J. W. Williams, several days last week.

Ladies’ jewelry and notions at Mr. Lecklider’s. The first district of the Young People’s Societies Christian Endeavor will hold their fifth annual convention at Goodland, Ind., next year commencing the last week in June. From now until July Ist is the proper time to sow buckwheat. Fine seed for sowing may be had at the Rensselaer mill. Jake Wagner has sold his dray and draying business to Robert Fisher, of Remington. Mr. Wagner will return to his farm in Jorion tp., next year.

Wonderful bargains in summer dress goods just bought at the great closing sales in the city. Chicago Bargain Store. Fathers Seifert, Biebner Nageleisn and Trost, of St. Joseph's College facility, attended the funeral of Rev. Father Walters, at Lafayette, last Friday. You can buy a good spring jacket of Ellis & Murray for tl. In giving the list of town teachers for the ensuing school year, last week, the name of Miss Grace Vanatta was accidentally omitted. She 'will hold the same position in the primary rooms as last year.

Charley McColly, of Chicago Heights, is back to Rensselaer, for a while, to help his brothers in their building operations. SIO,OOO private funds to Loan on Real Estate Mortgages at Citizens State Bank. Lewis Day is getting material on the ground for a new residence, on lots on the east side of Cullen street, just south of Makemself ditch. Baby headwear almost given away at Mis. Leekliders.

Jake Wagner attended the funeral of an older brother, Peter Wagner, ih Chicago, last week. The deceased was 56 years old. He lived in the southern part of Jasper county about 25 years ago. We begin our great reduction in clothing now, as we must have room for fall stock. Chicago Bargain Store. Si Allen, an ex-barkeeper of Monticello, about a week ago, ran out of his house, in the night, while suffering with delerium tremens, and with four revolvers, pursued an imaginary enemy until he fell down and died. S. E. Yeoman sells the Ideal corn planter, made at Decatur, 111. Binder twine a specialty. The Confirmation services at the Catholic church will be next Saturday, June 23, not June 30th, as was erroniously stated last week. Bishop Rademacher will be present and administer confirmation.

For the most stylish trimming go Mbs. L. M. Lies. Glenn Tharp, who has general charge of the light plant during Manager Chamberlain’s absence, has been working for the light company about 8 months, and is becoming quite an able electrician. Buy your farm wagons of B. F Ferguson. Every one warranted. The Epworth League semi-annual convention, for Valparaiso district, will be held at Rensselaer Monday and Tuesday of next week. It is said that about 75 delegates are expected to attend. Dry goods sold at unheard of low prices at Fendigs Fair. Always the cheapest. Marriage licenses since last reported : j Charles W. Wilson, | Lucretia Hodge. j Charles F. Iliff, ( Mary M. Maxwell. A large, spring bed-lounge, good as new, for sale cheap. Mrs. J. Zimmerman.

Miss Bertha Long, who for some time past has conducted a dress making establishment m J. E. Spitler’s house on Cullen street, has gone to New York, on a visit. She will not return to Rensselaer. MONEY TO LOAN, on Real Estate security. We have private funds on hand which we wish to loan. Money paid soon as the papers can be made. Rates as low as can be found elsewhere. Call at Citizens State Bank, Rensselaer, Ind. 2 Mr. Charles F. Iliff, son of J. F. Iliff, the Rensselaer liveryman, and Miss Mary M. Maxwell, of Monticello, were married last Sunday evening, by Rev. B. F. Ferguson, at his residence. The undersigned has a fine fullblood Jersey bull, kept in stable in rear of Hemphill’s blacksmith shop, on Front street. Price of service, $1.50. P. S. Hemphill. Local rains were numerous the latter part of last week, and the first part of this, and most places in this region received a greater or less supply of much needed rain. In some places the rains were considerable and in others very slight. Miss Franc McEwen has purchased a Caligraph and is prepared to copy legal and other instruments in type writing, carefully, promptly, and on reasonable terms. Orders can be left at the Sentinel office, the Surveyor’s office, or her residence.

The W. C. T. U. will meet at the M. E. church, Friday June 22, at 3 p. m., promptly. Every‘member is requested to be present as full arrangments must be made for the county convention to be held here next week. Visitors will find a cordial welcome All are invited to attend.

A doctor book, printed in 1783, in Edinburgh, Scotland, is now on exhibition in B. F. Fendig’s museum window. It is the property of B. S’ Fendig. Its style of printing, type, paper &c., make it quite a curiosity. The celebrated Minneapolis binders are now sold by N. Warner & Sons. Chas B. Landis, editor of the Delphi Journal, and Republican candidate for congress for this district, has accepted an invitation to deliver a Fourth of July oration at DeMotte. Mr. Landis is one of the ablest orators in this portion of Indiana. Seed Buckwheat, at the Rensselaer Mill. The populists, at their district convention, at Goodland, last Friday, nominated Perry Washburn, of Benton county, for state senator; Jacob Rioh, of Foresman, for prosecuting attorney, and David B. Nowels, of Rensselaer, for representative.

We are in receipt of samples of spring and summer clothing from the Globe Tailoring Co. Guarantee perfect satisfaction at Fendigs Fair There is a good deal of danger in this locality that the oats will grow too rank, and thus fall down before they mature. Wheat is also menaced by the same danger, but not to the sume extent. By common consent there never was such an immense growth of oat atraw as now.

All who feel an interest in cleaning the Sayler grave yard are requested to meet there June the 15th, 1894, in the morning. Jeff Smith. The Coffin brothers, F. A. and P. V., the Indianapolis bank wreckers, were taken back from Michigan City to Indianapolis, last Wednesday, and released on bail, pending the hearing of a motion for a new trial. Everything new and fresh in our store; and goods delivered to all parts of the city. The staple and fancy grocers, Alter & Yates.

Frank G. Stephens, of Hammond, was given a verdict of $3,500 against the Monon R. R., at Valparaiso., last week. He was returning home from an evenings visit and was struck by a train at a streetcrossing, and quite badly hurt. Remember that Alter & Yates have a full line of staple and fancy groceries, and that everything is new and fresh, of the best quality, and sold for cash, as cheap as the cheapest. All the members and supporters of the Presbyterian church are requested to attend a congregational meeting at the close of the prayer service Thursday night ,of this week. Important business to transact. F. J. Sears, Pres. C. D. Martin, Secy. The Woods Mower is sold by N. Warner & Sons. Don’t forget that fact, if you need a mower. Mr. Alfred Bates, who has been teaching school and reading law by turns, for the last three years, and who was admitted to the practice of the law, by the Jasper circuit court, has gone back to his old home, Cuba, Ohio, for a few month’s visit.

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

We have a fund of S7OOO to loan on 5 years time at 7 per cent .'in sums to suit. There is no red tape to these loans. If your title is good we can close up the loan in 24 hours. As the fund is limited, and “first come first served” we would suggust that anyone in need of money call at once. 2t AUSTIN <fc CO.

Strickfaden and Roberts began graveling the Poor farm road last Friday, or a few days sooner than they bad intended, owing to the fact that the railroad was rushing in the gravel from Lafayette, and it had to be gotten out of the way. They are Working a big force of teams. They pay 12.50 per day for team and driver, but the teams have to haul a yard and a half per load, which only extra good teams can do. The Other contractors pay for hauling by the yard, but in few cases can $2.50 per day be earned.

The last of Changnon & Soucie’s goods were packed up and removed ■from the Trade Palace building the latter part of last week, and on Monday John Eger began the work of moving in with his stock of groceries.. ‘...... Mrs. Leckl ider has the cheapest line of hats in town for the Fourth of July. Call and see them. Next Sunday, being St. John’s Day, the Masonic orders of Rensselaer will observe it by attending the M. E. church, in a body, where the pastor, Rev. Dr. Utter will preach a sermon appropriate to the occasion. The trial of John W. Paris began Monday at Frankfort The usual motions to quash indictments and for a plea in abatement were made, but overruled, and the trial was proceeded with. The jury is mostly farmers. The trial is likely to last a week or more.

B. F. Ferguson has SIOO,OOO of private funds to loan on real estate at as reasonable a rate and as low a commission as any other firm. Don’t fail to call and see me before you make your application. Office up stairs in Leopolds block, Rensselaer Ind. If you are too faraway to come and see me, write to me. I will make loans in the adjoining counties. The reception hall, in B. F. Ferguson’s new residence, on Cullen street, will be floored with incaustic tiles, indifferent colors, the same being a novelty in hall floors in Rensselaer. R. W. Sprigg, better known as Charley, will do the work, and it is needless to say, will do it well.

| See those well trimmed hats from 50 cents to SI.OO at Mrs. Leckliders. Clothins just received, prices positively lowest. Fendigs Fair. The case of Mrs. Hester Daugherty against the Western Umon Telegraph Co., was not exactly thrown out of court, on account of the discrepancy in telegrams filed by the plaintiff, but on account of that, Judge Gillett granted the request of the defendant to transfer the case to the. Federal court. So at least the Valparaiso papers report. Good hats 25 cents at M rs. Lecklider’s. One of the large plate glass windows in Meyers’ drug store, and also one of the smaller ones, were replaced by new ones, last Monday. The large one was broken by Geo. Hopkins, the clerk, while shoveling snow, awhile back, and the smaller one by Ira Washburn, throwing a stone at a dog. The new windows cost about S7O. S. E. Yeoman, sells the McCormick mower and reaper, also the Kalam a zoo hay rake.

The entertainment, “Switzerland and Character Sketches,” given at the Christian church, Monday, evening, under the auspices of the Ladies Literary Society was quite well patronized. Misses Allen and Harrington are performers of deservedly high reputation. Excellent music for the occasion was furnished by the Rensselaer Orchestra, and a solo by Miss True Alter.

The first train load of Lafayette gravel was received last Thursday, and it has since come as fast as it could be handled. It is, by almost universal consent, an excellent quality of gravel and will make fine and durable roads. About 11 or 12 miles of the total of 17j miles of gravel roads now building in this township will be made of this material.

A big team belonging to John Makeever, Jay Stockton driver, got scared at a whistle tooting, at the depot Tuesday noon, and ran away, with a big wagon loaded with lumber. The wagon was badly wrecked but the team finally came to a stop in Geo. McCarthy’s barn without injury. During their wild careening they came near running into a another team and wagon and also nearly took a header through C. E. Hershman’s grocery store.

The U. S. court of appeals has confirmed the sentence of 11 months jail and sl,ooofine of G. M. McDonald of Missouri Investment Co., fame, and he will now appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court. He was convicted in Chicagobf using the mails for conducting a lottery. For the “Minneapolis Binders,” go to N. Warner <fc Son. Also the Woods Mower. The Rensselaer base ball club, the “Models” went up to Lowell last Friday and played with the Lowell club. The Rensselaer boy got beat by a score of eleven to fourteen, in favor of the Lowells. It was, by all accounts, a well played game, and up to the seventh inning the Rensselaer club was in the lead, the score then being four to three, in their favor. Some fifty or more young fellows went from Rensselaer to see the game. Next Saturday the club will go to Mt. Ayr.

A. McCOY & Co’s Bank is perpared to make farm loans for the present at 6| per cent, for 5 years, with the usual privilege of partial payments. Commissions as low as elsewhere. If you are in need of a loan, call and see us, or address us a letter stating what you want, and we will cheerfully answer. We can furnish the money promptly.

The people of Goodland have extensively investigated the problem of electric lights, and gathering wisdom from the experience of other towns, have decided that municipal ownership of the light plant is the best and cheapest plan. Their town board will therefore advertise for bids for a light plant of 35 arcs and 1000 incandescnts capacity. The plan of towns owning and operating their electric light systems has been adopted in a great many cities and towns, and almost uniformly with the result of much cheaper lighting than by the private enterprise method.

Gravel road building is now being rushed with vast energy. Graveling is being done in four placets, two places on the College road, and one on each of the others. All told more than 100 teams are at this work, besides 12 or 15 others that are grading. The number of men is about 125. The daily wage bill is m the neighborhood of S3OO. The amount of gravel placed each day irobably reaches at least 600 yards. This will be very largely increased within a day or two, when the dump cars on the north road get to work. Two miles of road are now completed, one mile on College road, and one on Long Ridge. Since the above was in type we learn that a large number of teams on the Poor Farm road quit yesterday noon, on account of a reduction in wages.

An intelligent business man living in a neighboring town, remarked the other day that if his property in said town was turned into money he would settle in Rensselaer. He is well acquainted with many towns, but Rensselaer is the best place he knows of. He likes our town and our people for many things. For its healths for its handsome buildings, for the morality, sobriety and kindly sociability of its people; but above all, he likes our town for the great and intelligent interest shown in our public schools. Our public schools are indeed our strongest attraction. With our two fine modern brick and stone school buildings, costing $30,000, our corps of thirteen able teachers; nearly all of them university and normal graduates; our splendid school library, with its many hundreds of well selected volumes: what town of 2,000 inhabitants can make so good a claim as ours, in regard to the excellence of their public schools?