Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1894 — ADDITIONAL LOCALS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

The Hamilton Ideals have put off their week’s engagement here to a more convenient season. They got scared of the circus. The best and freshest of everything in the bakery line, at Lakey & Say let the hew bakers, successors to Milliron & Martindale. Hon. I. D. Dunn, of Dunnville, was in town Friday. He says that his reported loss of hay, by fire was a mistake. He did not lose a dollar’s worth. Ten different makes of Sewing ma chines, At Steward’s. A threshing machine engine boiler blew up, last Wednesday, north of Medaryville, in Pulaski Co., and badly injured three or four men. At last accounts it was thought all would recover. The proprietor of the machine was Dan Lannum.

Call on C. B Steward, agent for lots in Columbia Addition; 140 lots at prices from $25 to $l3O. The second production of Faust, by the Southers-Price Co., Monday evening, had a very large attendance. The play was most admirably rendered and the new scenery and stage effects much increased its effectiveness. The Hades scene, in the last act, is specially “a corker.”

Estey organs and pianos, and Estey ifcCfimp organs and pianos, on exhibition at C. B. Steward’s. Mrs. Elizabeth McGriff has commenced action for a divorce from her husband, Emberson McGriff. They were married Oct. 20th, 1891, and s eparated Feb. 20th, 1894. The grounds for the divorce, as alleged in the complaint, are that the defendant never would contribute anything to his wife’s support. She asks for the restoration of her maiden name, Elizabeth Warner. They have no children.

B. F, Ferguson has SIOO,OOO of private funds to loan on real estate at as reasonable a ratq and as low a commission as any other firm. Don’t fail 40 call and see me before you make your application. Office up stairs in Leopolds block, Rensselaer Ind. If you are too far away to come and see me, write to me. I will make loans in the adjoining counties.

The Southers-Price Co., will take the road again next week, their first three towns being Knox, Argus and Walkerton. We predict for this company a very successful scMQJk They are thoroughly competent actors, every one, give only standard plays, of the highest merit, and put them on in the best shape. Furthermore, they are personally most estimable and pleasant people, as they have fully demonstrated during t heir two month’s stay m our town.

John King attended a big shooting match at Hobart, last Friday,- and came home with a pretty nice wad of wealth in the way of prizes won. In a company of 35 good shooters, John came out next to the top. Out of a possible 109 hits, he made 94; and only one man, a Mr. Bringh am, of Chicago, did better, with 98 hits. Mr. King raked in three first prizes, entirely, and had a share in s ome others that were divided.

After the Renstelaer base ball club had cleaned out Monticello again, last Thursday, they went to Oxford an d played Friday. But Oxford “ rang in a cold deck” on them, so to speak, and sprung five Chicago professionals on them, at the last minute, and they gave our boys the worst trouncing ever administered to a b all club in northern Indiana. Oxfo rd made 10 runs and Rensselaer nary a one. The Rensselaer sporting men were there in force, and most of them came home busted. The club went to Fowler Saturday, but rain cut off the game at the fourth inning. Rensselaer was ahead.

One of the features of Corner Stone day at Monticello, last Thursday, was a game of base ball between Rensselaer and Monticello. It was the third game of the series, of which each club had previously taken one game. The Rensselaer boys won, by by a score of 15 to 11, in their favor, and they did not play their half of the last inning. Rensselaer sports were present in considerable numbers, with big wads of wealth and an amplitude of nerve; but very few of the Monticello lambs had recuperated either their cash or their courage since their Waterloo defeat in Rensselaer, a while back, and betting was therefore rather limited.

Rensselaer Wilkes is working west and will trot at Mansfield, Ohio, this week. He did some very fine trotting in Cleveland, Buffalo and Rochester, but not quite good enough to win, as he had some 2:13 or better horses against him, in every race. Squire Morgan scored two wed-, dings, this week. Monday Villard Baum and Ritta Armstrong, both of whom live in Porter county. Tuesday, Michael Bridgeman and Clara J, Wayatt. When Ferguson is away, the Squire gets gay. There was a gaeat grme of ball here Tuesday, between the Lowells And- the Rensselaers. The former won by a score of 9to 6. It was a well played game all around, and especially by Leibein and Jackson, Rensselaer’s pitcher and catcher. But a few bad plays by other players, gave the game to Lowell. Work on the gravel roads continues to make good progress, although not so good as would be, was the railroad able to get in the Lafayette gravel as fast as it is wanted. The College road is now quite completed,it having reached the Washington street river bridge last Friday. On the other two roads about three miles still remains to be graveled.

Last Friday afternoon some fellow devoid not only of the fear of the Lord and the law, but also without respect for the property rights of the S age of Democracy, boldly essayed to steal one of Bro. McEwen’s giltedged and silver tipped HolsteinJersey heifers, which had been “staked-out” on a vacant lot near the owner’s residence. Some parties saw the attempt at theft, and notified the family, and the fellow was overtaken and the heifer recovered, before he had got out of town. Joseph I. Adams, a well known and well fixed farmer living in Marion tp., a few miles south of Rensselaer, has brought suit for a divorce from his wife Susan M. E. Adams. He alleges cruel and inhuman treatment, in that the defendant has refused to perform connubial duties for several years, and that now she has abandoned him. The complaint at a rough guess, says the parties were married in 1878. The actual date, however, was Nov. 6, 1879. They have two boys, and one girl, and the plaintiff demands the custody of the former but is willing to abide the action of the court in regard to the girl. The defendant’s maiden name was Castor.