Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1895 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

VOL. XXVII.

MONON ROUTE. RENSSELAER TIME TABLE. TRAINS THAT STOP. SOUTH BOUND. • Daily-. A M. No. 39—Milk accomm., Daily 6:21 P. M. No 8— Louisville Express, Daily 11:2? P. M. No. 45—Local freight. .>... 3:25 P.M. NORTH BOUND. i No.4—Mail A. M. No. 40—Milk accomm.. Daily ..... 7:39 A, M. No, g—Mail and Express, Daily.. 3.25 P.M. ' No. 46—Local Freight ... 10:00 A. M.

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Wheat 43 to 45. Corn 35 to 36, , ~~--QfttS 27:?t0-.::.30.j.L Hay $5.50 to $6.50. Mrs. W. T. Perkins is sick with a severe case of pneumonia. New goods arriving daily. Chicago Bargain Store. To Mr. am’ Mrs. Mark Yeoman, of Barkley tp., Feb. 21st, a daughter. 80 late style pattern Carpets. Chicago Bargain Store. A son to Richard Gasaway, U nion : tp., last Thursday. Now is the time to buy clothing cheap at Ellis & Murray’s. A son at Godfrey Yeider’s near i the railroad, last Thursday. ’ New Stock of Ladies shoes at Ellis -,<fc Murray’s. Capt. Marshall went over to Kentland Monday, on legal business. Full line of sweaters at Ellis • Murray’s from 50c to $2350. Supt. Warren examined 22 applicants for teachers’ licenses, last Saturday. U. W. Coen has the following .sizes of tile in stock, 4,-5, 1 and 8 inch.

Col. E. P. Hammond, df Lafayette, stopped in twn Sunday night, on his way to Chicago. .Visit the Carpet department at Ellis A Murray ’s. Spring, stock now in. O. J. Webb, of the Boston store, Lafayette was visiting here the latter . part of last week, All the late style spring ..hats and ■ caps. Chicago Bargain'Store. A five weeks’ old infant C child of t Geo. Call, of Back ley tp., .died last •Sunday. .An endless variety of new dress .goods. Chicago Bargain .-Score,

, Mrs. J. W. Horton arrived home last Saturday, after -a 10 days’ visit with friends in Muncie. JNew line of White Goods and Embroideries) just in at Ellis <fc Murray’s. Judge David Vinton, one .of. Lafayette’s best known citizens, .died last Saturday. Muslin wosk of all kinds and plain sewing done by s£rs. Lottie George. J. W. Jessup & Son .have the contract for building P. W. Clark&s new house in .Newton’s Addition. Buy you hosiery of Ellis & Murray and save money, and get what? will suit you. . i — Miss Lizzie Ewen, of Rossville HL I went home Tuesday, after several; weeks’ visit in Rensselaer. A complete new line of Ludlows fine shoes for ladies. Chicago Bargain .-Store.

Wm. Shirer, lately of Walker tp., has just moved to a farm in Union |p., near Pare, which he bought of 8. P. Thompson. Remnant stock of embroideries at half former price, at Ell is & Murray ’e. Mrs. Chas. Simpson, who is spending the winter at Fredonia, Kans., for the benefit of her health, is reported as being greatly improved. A rather exciting controversy took place at Phillips’ barber shop, Saturday evening, between the proprietor and one of his assistants, Mr. Claybrook. A revolver and a dirk knife are reported to have been in evidence, but no mangled victims were carried away on shutters.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA. THURSDAYS FEBRUARY 28, 1895.

Harrison Baker, of Onarga, 111., is visiting Rensselaer friends this week. Home grown clover seed, for sale at Tuteur’s grocery store. L. Strong’s sale in Newton tp., Tuesday, was a big*' one, amounting to about $1,700. C. W. Coen has good white seed oats for sale. Some mischievous parties tear down all sale bills posted about town. They are liable to be prosecuted if Jack Knight has sold Ills restaurant in Hammond, and returned to Rensselaer, after a six weeks absence. Clover seed home grown, fine quality, at-Tuteuer’s, - Wm. Openchain, of Blackford, a veteran of the 48th Indiana regiment, has just been granted a pension.

Ladies who wish to get their spring sewing done early, should call at Ellis & Murray’s. Spring goods just received. Fred Waymire has just moved back Into Jordan tp, from Benton Co.. He will begin the ‘erection of a new residence, in June. Go to Ellis & Murray’s and buy overcoats, cloaks and all Broken lines of winter goods at half former ,price. Peter H. Owens, and family, of Gillam Tp., passed through town Tuesday, moving to the neighborhood of Eoresman. Let H. J. Bartoo renew the subscription to your Newspapers and Magazines. New subscriptions taken to all periodicals. Jesse Smith’s sale, last Thursday, in southeast Manon, amounted to .about. S7OO. The prices were generally good. t Come and see the new spring line ■of clothing with the tariff off. Chicago Bargain Store.

Misses Grace. Parker and Mollie Ward and Mr. Gaia way, of Monticello, attended the Ladies Dance, at the Opera house, Tuesday night. ,Eld. L. E, Conner will not be at Rensselaer next Sunday as was expected; but will be here March 17th. Mrs. Henry Learning, of Romey, Tjppecanoe Co., and Miss Rose Paris, .of-Oxford, Benton Co , went home Tueday, .after a week’s visit with relatives. A few more cloaks overcoats blankets underwear etc. at give away prices. Chicago Bargain Store. Prof. P. H. Kirsch has been reap painted State Fish Commissioner, for another two years. He was Superintendent of Rensselaer schools, about 10 years ago. C. W. Coen has the agency for gas burned tile and .will keep them in stock and.make a special discount in car lots.

August Rosenbaum will build a new house, right away, on Cullen St. south of Lewis ‘Bay’s place; on Makenself base ball park, in fact. J. C. MeCdlly has the contract. Spring suits made to order by the most popular house in Chicago. Prices below all competition. Chicago Bahrain Stoke. Geo. B. Parkison, who sold his home half section, near “The Ridge’ a while ago, will build a new house this spring, on a 140 acre tract he still owns, in theaame vicinity.

The special train conveying home the body of the late Minister to Mexico Hon. Isaac P- Gray, passed through Rensselaer, over the Monon, last Thursday manning, about S o’clock. The Methodist 1 adiea, at their supper and entertainment, at the opera bouse, last Friday evening, had a very fair patronage, taking in the sum of 148. Their entertainment was also very successful. The W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Jennie L. Wishaid, Saturday, March 2, at p. m. and the Loyal Temperance Legion will meet the same day at the same place at 3 f, m. All are invited.

The sale of one of the MeColly new houses to Abe Simpson was not consummated, and Abe has now bought of G. K. Hollingsworth the house in Weston ’s Addition, until lately the property of C. W. Duvall. MONEY—Not to loan but to buy corn 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. A marriage license was issued in Chicago last Saturday, to Elmer Bennett and Mrs. Lena Dawkins. The former formerly of Fair Oaks the latter a daughter of Theodore Hurley of Blackford. I. M. Patchett, of Lee, Indiana offers his services as an expert pruner and planter of fruit trees, shrubs, vines, <fec. The present month is the proper season for pruning vines. Satisfaction guaranteed, in work and prices. Address him at Lee.

Capt. Erastus Peacock is another addition to the large and ever increasing ranks of those who int end building residences this spring. It •will be on the site of his present residence, just west of town, and will be •a good building. An old fasioned Box Social, will be giyen Friday evening, March Bth at (the Wasson school house, Marion tp, for the benefit of the Reading Circle library. C. M. Blue, Teacher. The Ladies Second Annual Dance was given Tuesday night, at the opera house. It was as pleasan t and well managed a dance as could be Wished. About 35 or 40 couples participated. Music by Sig. Moratto’s orchestra, from Chicago.

The bill has passed both houses of the legislature and received the 'Governor’s signature amending the tax law in [very important (particulars. It taxes greenbacks, and also money in building and Joan associations . Mrs. Maggie Hanson,.wife of Benijamin Hanson, of Barkley tp., died last Sunday, Feb. 24, of .consumption, aged 38 years, 4 months and 6 days. She leaves a husband and five children. The funeral was held Tuesday, the-services being conducted by Rev. J. 8. Wright. (Rev. H. W. Miller, of Allensville Wis. will preach at the Free Will Baptist church next Sunday evening at 7 O’clock. A good attendance is desired. B. F. Ferguson.

Uncle Charley Rhoads has moved his harness shop from the room south of McCoy’s bank into the Liberal Corner room, just vacated by Laßue Bros, furniture store. Uncle Charley had to move, to make way for the brick building to be built by E. L. Hollingsworth. Dr. Kuderling will be at the Makeever house again on Saturday, March >the 2nd. Remember he extracts teeth free and makes you a guaranteed-set of teeth for $6.00. Gold fillings 11. Silver fillings 50 cents. C. R. Kuderling. C. A. Roberts is erecting an office for his agricultural implement business, between the express office and the Stockton-Williams building, on his newly purchased lot, corner Washington and Cullen streets. He will build sheds for the implements in the rear part of the lot.

A young man named Cyrus Guise, living a few miles northeast of Monticello, died on Sunday, Feb. 17, after a very brief. sickness, with indications of having been poisoned. The Monticello Press says he had taken some “liniment” for colic, and getting worse instead of better the dose was repeated. The Press says a young man named Baker died in the same way, in the same neighborhood, after taking some of the same remedy. It seems a necessary conclusion .that it was the “remedy” that caused the young man’s death. And that being the case it would seem to be the duty of the Press and other Monticello papers, to publish the name of this “remedy” that other people might be wtjned of its character. Guise formerly lived near Remington, the Press says.

Chas E. Martin, .of Ilanging Grove tp., hr s sold his farm to Whl. G. Baker, of Champaign Co., 111., and will make a sale next Monday. Mr. Martin intends.moving to Watseka, 111., his former residence. County Auditor Murray has lately been required to pay the bounty of $7 each on 5 more old wolves. Three of these were brought in last Thursday, by T. J, Snyder, an 4 were killed in Union tp. Of the other Woy Sr B. Holmes iJrought ln one from Hanging Grove; and Frank Hershman one from Walker. The John Dreger land, -in Keener tp., which was mentioned tome time ago as escheating to the state, for want of heirs lawfully entitled to take it, will be sold at public auction by the County Auditor, April 2nd, to the highest responsible bidder. The landis4o acres- in extent and is appraised at S4OO, but is probably worth at least SSOO.

Getaldine Lucile, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Flynn, died Tuesday afternoon, of a brain trouble. Her age was 1 year, 4 months and 12 days. She was an exceptionally beautiful and lovable child, and her death is a great loss to her afflicted parents. The funeral will be held today [Thursday] at 10 o’clock, at Trinity M. >E. church. Marriage licence since last reporteded: ( William H. Reese, [ Fennie M. Albin, j John F. Zimmer, ( Gertie Willwers. ( Adolph Onken, ( Anna Walter. ( John C. Pasdach. ( Rosa J. Clinton.

Robert Randle has sold his 240 acre farm on the border line of Hanging Grove and Barkley tps., to John W. Burgett, of Douglas Co., 111. Mr. Burgett will occupy the farm, but not the present season, as Mr. Randle retains its use for this year.-In the mean time Mr. Burgett will occupy John Chilcote’s residence, on Weston street, in Rensselaer. Kentland Democrat—W. W. Burns, the printer, who was a few weeks ago struck by a train near Goodland, died at the county poor farm Wednesday morning. Shortly after the accident he began improving and was last week removed from Goodland to the poor farm where he seemed to be getting along nicely until last Saturday when he was taken with a change for the worse growing weaker until he breathed his last. It is announced that Judge Dyer B. McConnell, of the Cass circuit court, will resign March first and again enter upon the practice of law, forming a partnership with his son, E. B. McConnell, one of the brightest and most promising young attorneys of Logansort. D. H. Chase, was elected to succeed Judge McConnell and it is generally supposed that be will be appointed to fill the vacancy.

Thos. H. Monnett is still working on his threshing machine, intending, evidently to have it reach perfection, before he begins manufacturing for the market. He designs not only to have a thoroughly practicable self-feeding and band cutting machine, but in all the operations of the machines he expects his to be a great improvement on any other thresher now on the market. County Surveyor Alter, assisted by Engineer Bostwick, is now doing a work which has long been greatly needed. They are re-surveying and plotting as out-lots some portions of the town which have never heretofore been properly platted. This includes that large triangular tract lying along each side of Makemself ditch, between Front and College streets on the west, Division street on the east and the poor farm i road on the north. And also the tract north of the railroad in which are located the M. L. Spitler, the Misses Smith and the John Harris properties. Also the tract just across the river, extending from the Washington street bridge down to the creamery.

There is hardly a married man, | excepting editors, who does not habitually carry in his pockets the picture of an attractive young woman who is not his wife. We violate no confidence when we say that her name is Miss Anna Wides Wiltisnfe, of Philadelphia, and that her pictureornaments the silver dollar in the guise of the goddess of Liberty. Miss Belle Hartberg, who lives with Dr. Horton’s family, had quite an alarming sickness Saturday evening, while visiting at John Kohler’s west of town. She had a. fainting spell which rendered her unconscious for -so long a ' time that she was thought to be dead, aqd was so re p orted in town. She soon revived however, and is now in-her usual health. . ,

The new style of post-office money , orders are proving very popular, if their increased sale in Rensselaer, is a reliable - indication for the country generally. The business in that line is fully twice what it was when the new orders went into use, last July. The orders arC absolutely safe, are convenient and also cheap. For sums not exceeding $2 50 the fee is only 3 cents; from $2.50 to $5 only 5 cents. Some parties have been misusing the new gravel roads lately, most shamefully. Some in hauling great loads of stone and others, of lumber. The law provides penalties for hauling extra heavy loads on gravel roads when the frost is coming out of the ground, and some of these parties ought to be made an example of. The road to Pleasant Ridge especially has been very badly cut up.

A man from up the railroad got out of town with a very sore head,last ■Saturday night. While full of booze he tried to obtain admittance to a private house, and refusing to go -away, the man of the house came out and knocked him down with a club, or stove poker. The man managed Ito get away without mucn more serious injuries than a big welt on his head, and the loss of his cap, which the man who pelted him still retains as a trophy. The house of Peter Hordeman, west of town, was burned about four o’clock, last Saturday morning. The origin of the fire is not know, but it evidently started in an old log part, that the main part was attached to. The contents of the house were all burned except those in two lower front rooms. There was S6OO insurance on the house and S3OO on the contents, in Wils Porter’s agency. Besides the furniture in the house, the large cellar beneath it was packed with potatoes, meat <fcc., the loss on which will be quite extensive.

An important business change went into effect last Thursday. It was the dissolution of the firm of Tuteur Brothers, caused by the retirejnent of the senior member of the firm, Moses Tuteur, on account of failing health. Isaac Tuteur, the junior member will herceforth be sole owner and manager of the business. He is a hustling and popular young man, well experienced in business, and well qualified to make a success of the full management of the business.

A post-office inspector has investigated the Edna Kane postage stamp scheme at Kaneville, 111., and found that 15 million cancelled stamps had been accumulated by her. The inspector says in his report, “There are enough idiots throughout the country to swamp the office with the stamp letters, driving the postmaster to an insane asylum. The present situation is ridiculous for all concerned, and will likely end in a grand bonfire of 15,000,000 stamps already received.” It is strange, by the way, that considering the thorough exposure of this fake through the newspapers, that the flood of cancelled stamps should still continue to pour in. It is evident that a great many people do not read the papers, and that is the kind cf people that all classes of frauds and fakes flourish on.

i Mrs. Margaret-Anderson, wife of A. C, Anderson, lj.ving,a little nbrth■w. st of town, died Monday forenoon Feb. 25, after a long sickness. Her age was 29 years, 4 months and 28 days. Her maiden name was Clarke, and her former place of resilience Medaryville. She leaves a husland and one child, a girl of 7 years. The funeral was held at the Christian church, in town, Wednesday a. m., |Rev. J. L. Brady, the pastor, conducting the Services. The bill Introduced in the legislature by Representative Longwell, to amend the election law, provides that the several county boards of elections shall secure the printing of the state ballots for their counties as well es the county ballots. Representative Longwell states that considering the fact that the counties have to send to Indianapolis after their state ballots and pay mileage, that it would cause a saving o’ several thousand dollars a year to have the ballots printed at home.

Congress last week made a general reduction of 20 per cent, in the appropriations for what are known as contract Indian schools. This cut will affect the Catholic Indian school at Rensselaer, reducing the annual appropriation from $7,500 to $6,000. A very strong disposition was evinced in Congress for the gradual withdrawal of all government aid from these schools, and it is not unlikely that each succeeding year will see smaller and still smaller sums appropriated for their maintenance.

J. Hoffenkamp, of near DeMotte, who advertises a public sale in this weeks Republican’ moved to Keener tp. from Chicago, only a few months ago, having bought there two large farms A stay of a few months has convinced him that he is not adapted to the vocation of a farmer, and he will return to Chicago, and resume his former business of teaming. The list of articles advertised for his sale is one of the largest in the line of tools, implements and vehicles ever made in the county. An exchange tells of a man who mortgaged his farm to buy his 'wife a-pair of diamond ear rings. *The wife took in washing to pay the interest on the mortgage but on the first job lost one of the “sparks in the suds,” whereupon she tried to hang herself in the barn, and the rope broke and she fell on the Jersey cow worth $l5O and broke its Her husband then undertook to shoot the cow to put her out of misery, but the gun burst and destroyed both his eyes, and the wife ran away with a lightening rod agent. The mortgage is still on deck and bids fair to live to a ripe old age.

One of the wolf or alleged wolf scalps brought in from Union tp.,. last week, for the bounty of 17 has been the subject of considerabl dis-cus-ion. That it was the scalp of a wild “varmint” of some kind, no one doubted. But its color was too red and its fur too fine to meet the ordinary idea of a wolf’s scalp, while it was evidently too large, and the ears were not sufficiently pointed for those of a fox. The scalp is preserved in the Auditor’s office and various experts have examined it, and some have said wolf, and some said fox, while still others, among them Benny Fendig, the fur dealer, have thought that it might be cross between a WQlf and a fox. The man who brought it in swore that it was a wolf, as the auditor having some doubts on the point, required him to do so before paying the bounty. There are said to be two similar animals roaming the woods near Fair' Oaks, and cue of which has a white stripe around its neck.

Subscriptions To all the leading Magazines and Newspapers taken. s I BS< RII‘TIONS R ENEW ED, Callon H.J. BARTOO, Republican Office. Rensselaer, Ind. j

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