Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1894 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

G. H. Perrie has moved to Cheltenham, a suburb of Chicago, near South Chicago. Call on M. & A. Meyer for your fashionable millinery and dress making. James Creviston has contracted to buy A. C. Bushey’s meat market, the transfer to be made in a few weeks. Dont fail to see the boys clothing at Porter & Yeomans. The Purdue foot ball team w ent, up to Chicago last Saturday, and downed the Chicago University team, by a score of 10 to 6. Miss Eva Watkins, a well experienced trimmer from the city, is with Mrs. Licklider, and will do her best to please the ladies of this vicinity. Rev. Stairs, of Hammond, will oc. cupy the pulpit of the Christian church, next Sunday both morning and evening. at 10:46 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Ludd Hopkins offers her resi* dence for rent. Apply to Austin & Co. The entire property, including the Liberal Corner store building is also for sale.

Mr. and Mrs. Tlios. Thompson arriv" ed home last Wednesday, from an ex. tended visit in the west. Mostly in Kansas, but they also went as far south as Dallas, Texas. The directors of the Rensselaer Building & Loan Association, at their last meeting, reduced the miniumum premium on loans in the econd series, to 15 par cent.

J. W. Powell was back from Washington to vote. Latest designs in pattern hats a -Mrs. Leoklider’sun opening days. The Ladies’ Literary Society will meet with Mrs. Charles Coen, Friday Nov. 9. Lakey A Sayler the new and en terprising bakers and lunch men. Don’t forget them. Warren Washburn, of Purdue, and Willie Hammond, of the State University, came heme to vote Tuesday. Buy your farm wagons of B. F Ferguson, and save money. Bayard Clark, Monon Route passenger conductor, fiom Indianapolis to Monon, got in here Tuesday, in time to vote a straight Republican ticket. A full and complete line of Rugs at C. A. Lecklider A Co. Henry Schmeh', the pedestrian, whose passage through Rensselaer was mentioned last week, arrived in Chicago at one o’clock, last Thurs day, thus winning bis wager, with an hour’s time to spare. We can and will sell goods cheaper for cash than on time. Porter A Yeoman. Zimri Dwiggifts’ case was disposed of last week by Judge Rabb. The indictments for embezzlement, taking deposits after the failure of the bank and larceny of SIB,OOO gravel road bonds were quashed. He was held on the charge of embezzlement and gave bond in the sum of SSOOO with W. B. Austin, of Rensselaer, bondsman.—Warren Republican. SIO,OOO private funds to Loan on Real Estate Mortgages at Citizens State Bank.

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A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jas. ‘ Sherman, of Union tp., Monday) night. | B S. Fondig is again in the market for veal calves, fur, eggs and game. At old stand near town hall. A daughter at Charley Hurley’s on the Pullins farm, Barkley tp., Monday night. See the new line of crockery and glassware at C. A. Lecklider A Co. A. McCoy is reported to have lost anywhere from 150 to 800 hogs, at Marlboro, from hog cholera. The actual number was about 40, and these were' western hogs, bought of John L. Nichols, on a'guarantee, and their loss will fall upon Mr. Nichols. The game season has opened. Bring all you have to B. S. Fendig. In spite of the fact that the weath er was rainy and most unfavorable, an immense audience gatheredat the Opera House, last Friday night, to hear that brilliant young exponent of Republicanism, Chas. B. Landis. Had the weather been at all good there would have been no possibility for all to have obtained entrance. Mr. Landis’ speech fully justified the highest expectation*. Hard-Coal Stove— A fine baseburning hard coal stove, for sale cheap, or to exchange for sheet-iron wood stove. Joseph Callow. Robert Armstrong, of Jordan tp., was tried Sunday afternoon, before Squire Morgan and a jury, on the charge of leaving a dead .horse unburied or insufficiently buriedT the

trial resulting in the acquittal of Armstrong. The prosecuting witness was a neighbor, John A. McCullough. Armstrong and the McCulloughs have been having trouble and a law suit lately, over the matter of payment for horse-pastureage, in which the McCulloughs got the worst of it, and it is not at all unlikely that this prosecution was largely an effort to get even.

Quarterly meeting at the M. E. church next Sunday at 10:45 a. m. and 7p. m. The Presiding Elder, Rev; J. H. WilsoD, will preach at the evening hour; Everybody invited. 9 Remember the easy payment plan at C. A. Lecklider A Co. A report has been circulated in this vicinity that Mrs. Ella Duvall, lately divorced at South Bend, from “Buck” Duvall, was about to marry Will Wood, of fragrant memory. Tnis report the lady denies most decidedly, and says she has no thought of such a marriage. School suits for the boys and every suit new and fresh from the manufacturers. Porter A Yeoman. The County Commissioners met last Saturday, and inspected aDd accepted the grade and approach bridges, on the new road across the Kankakee river, northeast of DeMotte. They also decided to advertise for bids for eight iron or steel bridges in Barkley and Kankakee townships.

Last Saturday and Monday being the last days for paying taxes without the penalty, were busy days in the county treasurer’s office, and all the regular force of the office, with as many extra clerks as there was room for, were kept busy, both days. The total amount paid in during the two days, was SIO,OOO. The best and freshest of everything in the bakery line, at Lakey A Sayler the new bakers, successors to Milliron A Martindale.

White’s Institute, or Indian School at Wabash, will be abandoned at the close of the present fiscal year, and the Indian students, some 65 in number, sent to their homes. The school is under the management of] the Quakers or Friends church, and the governing body of that church has lately decided not to accept any more government aid lor Indian schools under their care.

The ladies of the M. E. church, served dinneis during election day, in the court house, and oysters at night.. They had excellent success, clearing SIOO. • ■ See those single and double door portiers and stand covers at C. A 1 Lecklider A Co. There were ten divorces, all told, granted during the term of the circuit court, just ended. This is probably a greater number than were ever granted before, in any two consecutive terms. The crowd that went from here to Fair Oaks Friday afternoon, on McCoy’s free excursion, was enormous. Filled the three cars, to the limit of their standing room, in fact. It was a good meeting and unquestionably did the Republican cause much good. Last Saturday was the county clerk’B busy day. All the election inspectors were required to come in, on that day, and obtain their ballots and other election supplies. From only one township, Milroy, did the inspector fail to appear, and he only heeause for some cause, had not been notified of his appointment as inspector. His supplies were sent to him Monday. ~T~ Girl Wanted —to do general housework in family of two adults and two children. Experience in cooking required. Apply at this office for name of party.

Some parties were in town last week, looking up the prospects for locating a canning factory at Rensselaer. Their proposition, briefly stated, is to secure lafid for a large addition to the town, and there locate the factory, provided the people of the town would buy S3OO lots at SIOO a lot. Locating a large plant The same parties are now putting in a big establishment at Win&mac, on the same general plan. A canning factory is one of the institutions likely to prove most beneficial to this community, and if one can be secured pn equitable terms, the opportunity ought not to be missed.