Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1895 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

VOL. XXVII.

MONON ROUTE. RENSSELAER TIME TABLE, i t’ TRAINS THAT STOP. # . SOUTH BOUND. Ro. s—Louisville Mail, Daily 10U52 A M. No. SS—Milk accomm., Daily ..... 6:21 P. M. No B—Louisville Express, Daily 11 :«P.M. Na 45—Local freight .. 8:25 P.M. NORTH BOUND. NO. «—Mail.... ..........4:45 A. M. No. 40—Milk accomm., Dai1y...... 7:39 A, M. No. b—Mail and Express, Daily.. B.® P. M. Na 48—Local Freight 10:00 A. M.

To Help Nebraska Sufferers.

A PUBLIC MEETING CALLED. A successive failure of crops over a very large portion of western Nebraska, and of adjoining territory in other states have left the population without food to keep themselves and helpless children from starvation, and without money to buy fuel to keep them from freezing. Their horses, their cattle and their hogs are all sold or given away or killed, for the earth produced nothing by which they could be fed. Even their wagons and their farming implements have been sold in many cases, for means to sustain life a little longer. The extent, of this destitution is appalling in its magnitude. Over whole tracts of populated country as large as some eastern states, men have traveled and beheld only the “blackness of desolation” and the barrenness of the desert We know of no people in this whole land that have been better blessed with abundance this year, than those of Jasper county. Let us then do something for this cause and do it at once. Atfthe request of citizens, a public meeting has been called for Friday evening of this week, at the court house, in Rensselaer. Let it be well attended.

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

A fine boy at R. JP. Benjamin’s last Thursday night. Haul your grain to Hartley Bros. The ladies of the Christian ehurch are now running an “exchange” every Saturday in a part of C. D. Nowels’ store room. They sell all kinds of baking, aprons, fancy articles, &c.. Barn to Rent . Enquire of Wm. Cotton, at the Cotton House. Mrs. Willis McColly and family have moved back to Rensselaer, and occupy Geo. Striokfaden’s house, on Cullen street. Special muslin underwear sale Sat. Feb. 2nd. Chicago Bargain Store. Don’t forget the public meeting at the court house, Friday evening, to arrange for doing our share for the Nebraska sufferers. C. W. Coen has the agency for gas burned tile and will keep them in stock and make a special discount in car lots. The same picture of the great jackrabbit display of Rabbit Day, at Lamar, Colorado, as is shown in Mr. Nowels’ photographs in the postoffice, is reproduced in large size in last week’s issue of Harper’s Weekly. The half price sale on cloaks and clothing will continue a few days more. Chicago Bargain Store. Omar C. Ritchie, now a prosperous business man of Anderson, this state, has been visiting relatives and looking after business matters, here, this week. Take your grain to Hartley Bros between Planing mill and Paxton’s lumber yard, and receive Remington and Goodland prices. Mrs. Ensminger of Crawfordsville, and Mrs S.J. Austin, of Chicago, have been visiting G. K. Hollingsworth's family. Mrs. Ensminger returned home Tuesday. A congregational meeting is announced to take place at the Presbyterian church on Thursday, Jan. 24, at Bp. m. All members and adherents are urgently requested to be present, as matters of interest to all, will be discussed.

RENSSELAER. JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1895.

R. P. Benjamin Jr., made his debut into this world on Jan. 17th, 1895 . A remarkably fine boy informed. A “chip off the old block” as it were with this difference, the father is a little larger and the son does not use a cane. ' , The handsomest new line of embroideries in town just opened at Chicago Bargain Store. Neighbor McEwen, of the Democrat Sentinel, is still so badly crippled up from the effects of his bad fall, a month or so ago, that he is unable to get out his paper. He hopes to be in shape to resume its publication as usual by next week. An emergency sale of all winter goods at any price is necessary to make room lor a new spring stock. - - Chicago Bargain Store. A lodge of that peculiar side degree of Masonry, known as the Knights of Birmingham, or the 99th degree of Masonry, will be organized in Rensselaer in a few weeks. It is a burlesque degree, something in the same line as the Oriental degree, in Pythianism. “Some days must be dark and dreary,” but there is no day too dark to take pictures at the Pavilion. That new, fine, large skylight takes the cake. Our Representative, Hon. M. L. Spitler, fared pretty well in the appointment of standing committtees for the House. He is on four committees ; On “Swamp Lands, ’ ’ on “Accounts,” on “Insurance” and on “Congressional Apportionment.” For Rent—Very desirable residence, all moderq conveniences. For particulars and terms call upon. Geo. K. Hollingsworth. John L, Nichols, of Barkley tp., a very well known citizen, has gone to Nebraska, but the reports that he has gone for good are denied by his friends. These reports seem to have originated in the undeniably bad condition in which Mr. Nichols’, left his financial affairs. A rare opportunity to buy clothing, cloaks and capes, shoes, blankets, underwear etc., at the sacrifice sale. Chicago Bargain Store. Marriage licenses since last nported: ( Wil’iam Denton, ( Mary Delaney. j Levi N. Miller, ( Wonnie L. Goldsberry. j Jesse H. Sayler, ( Keturah Adams. MONEY—Not to loan but to buy com with. The way to prosper is to sell what you raise at good figures. Therefore consult C. W. Coen before selling your grain and hay. The Presbyterians have commenced a series of revival meetings last Monday. At the end of this week Rev. W. A. Lattimore (Synodical Evangelist) will come to assist. As he is very highly spoken of for his eloquence and power, it is hoped that the people of this community will take advantage of this opportunity to hear him. It is a curious fact of the matrimonial market, that a certain class of second hand goods, almost always finds a ready sale; while bran-new articles if only a little shelf-worn, will be left on the bargain counters, indefinitely. Thus, in proportion to their numbers, seven ordinarily active grass widows will get married and divorced and married again while one old maid is getting married only once, and hardly that. That this is thusly is strange but true. The wolf hunt at Kniman last Thursday was a com plete fizzle. The Republican had a representative on hand, to report the slaughter, but when he got to Kniman he says there were not enough hunters to round up one undersigned rabbit, let alone corraling a large pack of full grown 88 calibre wolves; with coyotes and foxes thrown in. The hunters contented themselves with “rounding up” a few schooners of beer in the Kniman saloon and then went their several ways, rejoicing that it was no worse.

The “Manny Marsh,” in Walker tp., noted last week as sold to A. C. Robinson, of Gillam tp.. is this week recorded as sold by Mr. Robinson to Fiske <fc Beem, a business firm in Ottowa, 111. The purchase price at the first sale was $940, of the second it is an even $25,000. A rise in value of 300 per cent, in ten days time, is a pretty large increase even for Jasper county swamp land. Wm. Baker, who sold his residence last week to Nelson Randle, will move back to his fine farm, north of town. He still owns some Rensse'aer property however, having taken in part payment from Mr. Randle, some good lots on Weston and Susan streets, south of J. N. Leatherman’s place. Elias Hammerton, who now occupies Mr. Baker’s farm, will move back to Hanging Giove tp., on land belonging to Geo. H. Brown, Jr.

Several boxes of clo' hing for the Nebraska and Kansas sufferers have been contributed by the charitable here; but as yet the people of Rensselaer and surrounding country have not contributed as they ought in this excellent and most urgent cause. The reason is probably because no sufficiently systematic and organized effort has been made to that end. A public meeting will be held at the court house, Friday night, to take action in this matter. It ought to be large and effective. Kate Drexel, of Philadelphia, now known as Mother Katherine Drexel, who, several years'ago, resolved to enter a convent and devote her life and immense fortune to the education of colored and Indian children, has taken her final vows in the church, and thus severed all relations with the world. The Catholic Indian School at Rensselaer, was the result of one of her benefactions, the money to erect the building having been given by her. \ • The Monticello Democrat, in speaking of Building and Loan Associations throughout the country, says: “The recent failure of the Inter-Ocean Building Association of Chicago, and theconfesion of the officers of one or two Indianapolis associations that their stock would not mature in the time specified, has tended to create distrust m foreign building associations. Building associations are a splendid thing, and the most satisfactory are the home associations, because their workings are open to inspection of the stockholders. Monticello Herald: Postmaster Fawcett, of LaGrange, formerly one of the editors of the Democrat at this place, has a storm raging about his ears, and if the press reports are correct he deserves it all. He is charged with seducing a young lady who has been in his employ as a compositor, and lately he provoked public indignation by entering the postoffice with her on Sunday and remaining there with closed doors until after nightfall. A public meeting was held and his removal demanded by the indignant Citizens. A postoffice inspector was dispatched to LaGrange by the department, and Daffy’s head is expected to roll into the basket be 'ore many days. Three of his bondsmen are said to want off bis bond, while two . ympathize with him and are trying to extricate him from his difficulty. There is a movement on foot which promises to soon put a net woik of telephone wires all over Jasper Co. The movement got Its impetus from the construction of a line from DeMotte to Kniman, by Abe Halleck. This line is seven miles long, and works perfectly. Mr. Halleck is now putting up another line, to connect DeMotte, Wheatfield and Tefft The proposition is now to form a company in Rensselaer to build a line to Kniman, to connect with Halleck’s lines. If this goes all right, another hue will be built to Remington. The system used is the Manhatton. It is an electric telephone, essentially the same as the Bell telephone, but the instruments are bought absolutely and not on the rental plan of the Bell system. The line from DeMotte ' to Kniman cost only $125, incl ud ng : the instruments.

Mr. Jesse H. Sayler, son of Benj. L. Sayler, of Newton tp., and Miss Keturah Adams were married last evening, at the home of the bride’s mother Mrs Henry I. Adams, in Jordan tp. Rev J. L. Brady perjormed tiie ceremony. One of “Uncle Hiram’s” best cracks, while making his trip around town last Monday, was at the expense of Will Eger, the hardware man. Hiram told Mr. Eger that he was looking for some one to take a boy to raise. Mr. Eger recommended Uncle Simon Phillipa, whowasinthe crowd, as just the man for the job, and who had already taken several boys in that way. Uncle Simon said it was so, and that Mr.Eger himself was one of those very boys. Hiram took a good look at Mr. Eger, said that if he was a fair sample of Mr. Phillips’ success in raising boy's, he guessed he would look a httie further, and walked on. The hunters of Medaryville have been having considerable sport bunting wolves, according to the Medaryville Advertiser. Parties on horseback went out after them, and got, one each day, on Monday and Tuesday of last week. Another woif story the Advertiser tells sounds rather fishy. It is that two men went after wolves, and stopping at a farm house, an accommodating wolf walked up to the back porch, and quietly waited for one of the men to knock him in the head with an axe. The wolf was only stunned, and was taken alive to Medary ville, and locked

in the ware room of his captor’s grocery store. But for some cause, probably the proximity of the strong butter, he at last lost patience, and pretty nearly wrecked the whole premises in his frantic efforts to get farther away from the butter tubs. The production of Uncle Hiram, at the Opera House Monday night, drew an —a regular Uncle Toni’s Cabin house, in point of magnitude, and had the weather not been bad, the crowd would have been still larger. Harry Green in the character of Uncle Hiram is simply great. He is a good enough comedian for any theater. Dan Wier, in his character of Senator King is also a very fine actor, while Lillian Schoals does the serpentine dance to perfection. The acting of the heavy villian of the piece was perhaps a little too heavy; as that of the “Suffering Moses ” of a lover was a little too suffering; still they were all good enough to carry the play through in good shape. Uncle Hiram in the character of the jayest kind of a jay from Jayville made the rounds of the business houses in the afterternoon, and his superb acting during that trip, no doubt had much to do with drawing the big crowd at night.

That Warlet at O’Meara’s.

Ed. Republican—ln regard to a statement made in an article headed “That Social at O’Meara” in last week’s issue in which it states that Elvin Overton, chucked a half dollar into the slot after time was called and thereby carried the contest, we wish to say it is a mistake and we the undersigned as frknds of Miss Scott in the contest hereby assert that we made up that vote ourselves without bis aid and reported the same in due time. Vermont Hawkins. George Collins. Harrt Kresler.

Oyster Social at Barkley.

The most novel oyster social of the season was given by the Epworth League of the Barkley church at the residence of Mr. Nathan Eldridge on Wednesday evening, Jan. 16th. Quite a number were in attendance from Rensselaer and surrounding country. ' Each gentleman bought his partner for supper by weight. They bad to pay a half cent a pound. One gentleman paid a dollar and three cents for his partner, and thought her cheap at that The social was a great success financially, the proceeds were $25. Long will we remember the pleasant evening, and hospitality of Mr. Eldndge and family, , . t

Mary Rowen,nee Tharp, widqw c f Alexander Rowen was born the-15th day of September, 1811. in Williamsport, Penn. At the age of 20 jears she removed to the state of Ohio, accompanying her grandmother, Hannah S. Bailey. In 1832 she married Henry Powers; during the year 1839 she and her husband removed to the stite'of Indiana; in 1852 Mr. Powers deyarted this life, leaving his faithful < ompanion and surviving children to mourn his departure. To them were born seven children four of whom survive her, viz; Mrs. J. H. Loughridge, William Powers, Mrs. Mary Brown and Mrs. Loreata Hemphill.

In 1856 she married Alexander Rowen, who departed this life in 1885. At an early age she united with the M. E. church, of which she remained a faithful member until her death. She was a consistent Christian, the Holy Bible being her constant companion. The well worn pages of her Bible attest her daily use of the sacred volume, bearing, as it does, many, many marks of her devotion. She departed this life Friday, Jan. 18, 1895, at the home of her daughter Mrs. J. H. Loughridge, it the advanced age of 83 years, 4 months, and 2 days. There still survive her two sisters and four brothers, one of the sisters aged 85 years, Mid one brother aged 87 years. The funeral was held Sunday forenoon at the M. E. church, Rev. R. D. Utter conducting the services.

Money Found. , A small sum of money wm found on the College premises on Saturday, Jan. 19. The person who lost the money can recover it by calling at the College and by paying for this ad. ' Aug. Seifert, ! Pres. St. Joseph’s College J To Rent. Inquire of C. E. Novels, Rensselaer, or T. W. Grant, Remington. • A few Poland China male pigs for sale. Four months old. Call and see them. Prices reasonable. , 22-61. O. C. Halstead. We have now made arrangements to again club with the weekly Inter Ocean, of Chicago; and the weekly New York Tribune. The Republican and the Inter Ocean, both one year, for $1.85. The Republican and the New York Tribune, both one year, $1.75. All three papers one year, $2.10; The above offers apply to all—old subscribers as well as new. Anyone having a good house o not less than six rooms to rent, ne f x spring can find a good renter with smdl family who is willing to pay rent quarterly, in advance. For particulars, enquire at this office. To Farmers and Stockmen. I have taken the agency for the Indiana and Ohio Live Stock Insurance Co., to insure horses and cattle against all kinds of disease. Stallions during season, mares in foal dec. I alsb insure all kinds of farm property and stock against fire, lightning and tornados, io the old reliable Continental Insurance Company. 20-4tp. H. W. Porter, Agent. SPECIAL OFFER.—For a short time only, to any person paying us two years’ subscription ($3.00) od one paper, or one years’ subscription on two papers, we will give a free copy for one year of either the Inter Ocean or New York Tribune. Free sample copies of «itber of these papers may be had at The Republican office, at any time. CAST IRON SLED RUNNERS. Uast iron sled runners made at the Rensselaer foundry. Will fit any wigon. The best and cheapest sled made. May be had at,the foundry or at Eger’s hardware store. Call and examine them. Three good stoves for sale. 1 hard <os', 1 coke, and 1 wood heater. Call t n Win. Cotton.

A. VISTOR.

Death of Grandmother Rowen.

From Remington.

Wm. Zea who lives two miles north east of town was taken ill Saturday in a sudden and peculiar manner. He was sitting quietly down listening to a member of his family read—when without a word of warning he fell from his chair. Help was immediately summoned, but he has been raving ever since, frequently requiring two men to hold him. He has been partially quieted by means of hypodermic in jections and at present writing his condition is somewhat improved. It is not known what caused this sudden attack.

The Pan Handle claimed another victim Saturday, between here and Goodland. A man was lying on the track and the engineer did not see him in time to stop the train. He was under the influence of liquor and either fell or hid down. Although not killed outright he is probably dead before this time. Ernest, the little three year old son of Joe Turner has been in quite n serious condition from kidney trouble. At present he is improving somewhat. Prof. Murphy hrs bought a lot in “Bartoo’s Addition” and will build thereon im med lately. He hopes to be Uviog in bis new home by the first of March. Will Rodman and wife have a fine boy since Jan. 10th.. The Annual at the Christian church was very enjoyable. 'fhe guests were supplied with a neat.lupch consisting of cake coffee and sandwiches. The question of much needed church repairs was discussed and a Lookout Building committee consisting of Messrs Carson, Taber and Yeoman appointed. Jacob Morningstar, whose illness was mentioned in our last letter, died at the home of his sun-in-law, James Taylor, south of town, last Thursday. The funeral took place Sunday from the Gilboa Church. Interment in the Gilboa cemetary. Geo. Griffin and family and Miss Anna DerscheH went to Goodland Thursday to attend the wedding of Miss Etta Griffin to Mr Guy Maxwell The ceremony was performed by Rev. Streeter of the M. E. church. Mr. Maxwell is a brother of Ed Mrxwell of this place, while the bride is a niece of Mr. Griffin. Immediately after dinner the newly wedded couple repaired to their home about a mile west of Goodland. Mies Effie Clarke of Rensselaer is visiting her sister, Mrs. Grant. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Blake who have been on a six weeks visit to Hickory county, Mies., returned to their home last Wednesday. Mr. Scripture died at bis home nearWolcott last week. Funeral services Sunday. Interment in Remington cemetery. Mi. Fred Love has received a fine new hearse. M>ss May Hempbill has returned to her musical studies at Chicago. Misses Minnie Walker and May Curtis are making a short visit to Rev. DeLong and family at Hammond. After which Miss .Minnie will return to her Chicago duties. The Ladies Aid Society spent a pleasant evening at Elder Carson’s last week Thu sday. As a matter of course the society husbands went along. Oysters, potato races and scissors were the program of the evening.

.. Rensselaer .. Bargain House. Washboilers—copper >2.50 WashboUers—tin 1.00 Tubular lanterns .50 Wire nails from 8 to 60, 3c per Ip. Wire nails from 3to 8,4 c per lb. 3 kinds of axes from 70c to 85c each. Trimmings for bams. Nice new stoves with the tariff off, and Groceries as cheap as the cheapest. Barbed wire s lowest prices. C. E. HERSHMAN.

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