Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1894 — THE COMING RE-UNION. [ARTICLE]

THE COMING RE-UNION.

THE VETERANS OF THE 46th, 48th AND 87 th WILL RECEIVE ROYAL ENTERTAINMENT. Preparations for giving a right pleasant welcome and entertainment to the surviving veterans of the 46th, 48th and 87th regiments at their joint reunion and campfire at Rensselaer next Wednesday and Thursday, August 29th and 30th, are now well advanced. Every old soldier on his arrival willHje cordially received and generously entertained. The Campfire and joint reunion will be held at the opera house, Wednesday evening. Address of Welcome, Capt. R. W. Marshall, of Rensselaer, of the 100th and the 20th Illinois.

Response, Gen. Jasper Packard, of New Albany, 48th Ind. Addresses will also be made by Judge E. H. Gould, of Delphi, 46th regiment; Col. E. P. Hammond, of Rensselaer, 87th regiment; Col. Rugg of Hot Springs, Ark., and others. Maj. Gen. John E. Smith, of Chicago, division commander of the 87th will probably be present. Regimental Teunions will be held Thursday forenoon. By the way of amusements, will be good base ball games on the afternoon of both days. Rensselaer vs Fowler and Rensselaer vs Oxford. Horse racing Thursday forenoon. Excursion rates from all points on the Monon and all trains stop at Rensselaer.

There is a mare owned in Winamac that can trot in 2:26| and the people there think she is a real fast boss. That is about the gait of family driving horses in Rensselaer, and this Winamac trotter might perhaps find a buyer here, for that purpose, if she is safe for women and children to handle.

For the Supreme Lodge and Conclave of Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias at Washington, D. C., Aug., 27th to Sep , sth a rate of one fare for the round trip has been authorized. W. H. Beam. Mis. Eve Zimmer, aged about 85 years, died Sunday, at the home of her grand-daughter, Mrs. J. P. Kosky. The funeral was held at the Catholic, .church, Monday forenoon, and conducted by Rev. Neiberg. Interment in the Catholic cemetery. She was the mother of Nick Zimmer, of Jordan tp.

We don’t do much blowing through the papers, but we do expect our prices for cash to talk very loud. Porter & Yeoman.

All persons holding checks issued by Penwright <fc Co., are notified to deposit them with the undersigned or at A. McCoy <fc Co’s Bank for collection, at once, as this work is completed and a final settlement will be made not later than Monday, Aug., 28th. . Thompson <fc Si4ler. The people of Rensselaer went to Monticello in swarms and shoals, last Thursday. Drawn by the double attraction of the corner-stone laying and the Rensselaer vs. Monticello ball game. The total number of tickets sold for Monticello that day was 267. It would be safe to say that fully 300 Rensselaer people were in Monticello that day.

A good front room, over the postoffice, for rent Suitable for offices or housekeeping. Apply to E. P Honan, at the post-office.

A marriage license, which was issued a few weeks ago to Joseph Ballard and Bessie Whittaker, has been returned to the clerk, unused. The young lady was not of legal age to marry without her parents’ consent, but the father of the expectant groom, one W. H. Ballard, of Medaryville, represented to the clerk that she was, and on the strength of his representations, the license was issued. The parents of the young lady objected to the marriage, and, to the credit of her own good judgement, it is said that she herself was of about the same way of thinking.