Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1895 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Wheat 43 to 45. Corn 35 to 36. Oats 27 to 30. " Hay $5.50 to $6.50. Mrs. Wm. Beam spent Sunday with friends at Reynolds. —C. W. Coen has good white seed oats for sale. Chas. Nowels got a badly Out ~ Ihumbiffir band saw, last Saturday. Gus Phillips is home again, the theater company he was with having disbanded. A getauine first class top buggy only $41.50 at Robt. Randle’s. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Thompson arrived home last Thursday, from their extensive southern trip. Endgate seeders for $8.50 until April Ist. at Robt. Randle’s.

Mrs. W. C. Coiner arrived home Monday morning from a visit with relatives near Indianapolis. Boys’ and: Youths’clothing a specialty at Porter -A Yeoman’s. E. W . Gifford, an attorney of Nevada, lown, is in this locality, with a view to buying land. For clothing made to measure, try Porter A Yeoman. No fit no pay. Samuel Long, of Newton, is very low with paralysis. He is the father of A. F. Long, the Rensselaer druggist. Home grown clover seed, for sale at Tuteur’s grocery store. Lee Catt has terminated Lis connection with the Chicago. Bargain Store, and has gone back to his old job in Tuteur’s grocery. ■Clover seed .home grown, fine quality, at Tuteuer’s. Thomas J. Joyner has moved into town from Fair Oaks, and occupies a portion of A. McCoy’s double house, near the river bridge. Muslin work of all kinds and plain ewing done by Mrs. Lottie George.

Bev. B.F. Ferguson will preach on the subject of “Gambling,”at the F. W. Baptist church, next Sunday evening. C. W. Coen has the following sizes of tile in stock, 4,5, 7 and 8 inch. Aaron Hickman has moved from John Bislosky’s farm, in Newton tp., into Mr. Larson’s house, in Benjamin A Magee’s Addition. Good town lots for-eale. Terms and locations all right. J. C. P ABSONS. J. E. tsjpitler .will return to ChL cago again this morning. He had postponed his intended (Colorado trip until summer. Porter A Yeoman have a beautiful line of Chinese earpet mattings. Step in and see them. Uncle Charley Rhoades, whose case had been almost hopeless, has now taken a turn for the better, with chances good for complete recovery. C. W. Coen has the agency for gas burned tile and will keep them in stock and make a special discount in car lots.

One of the large plate glass win* dows in the Model store front was replaced with a new one, this week. A boy threw a rock through the old window, some time back. A wandering bam named Bittner got very drunk last Friday evening, and after creating a great disturbance in Goff’s restaurant, was run in by Night-watch Dillon. Saturday morning Squire Burnham gave him $5 and costs, for vagrancy. Ten days in jail will let him out.

A new School house at Fair Oaks, to replace the one burned a while back, will be erected at once, the bids to be received next Monday. A few good Jersey cows for sale. Laßue Bros. A new and .. higher smoke-stack was erected at the electric light station, Tuesday. The work belated thejights until late in the evening. Strictly Pure White Leads and Heath & Milligan’s house paints, at Meyers ’ Old Reliable. Amzie Laßue has just got back from a several weeks sojourn in “the west.” His travels have evidently greatly agreed with his physical health. ’ 7 Try our C. M. Henderson shoes. They are sure to please. Porter & Yeoman. John and Will King are shooting ducks and geese and contracting their summer’s supply of rheumatism and malaria, in Union tp. They expect to remain several weeks.

One solid week beginning Monday Meh. 11, Hascall Comedy Co., at Opera House. < t- • L. A. Hopkins desires to express through The Republican his thanks and gratitude for kindness during the sickness and death of his wife, Samantha Hopkins. The Hascall Comedy Co., supporting the brilliant actress, Dora Mitchell Meh. 11.

Ike Wiltshire was over from near Kentland Sunday. His young nephew, Charlie Wiltshire, went back with him to help him work his farm this summer. Rev. L. E. Conner will preach at the church of God next Sunday morning and evening. Also each evening during the week. Mr. John L. Nichols, a well-known resident of Barkley, and Mrs. Mary E. Reed, of the same township, were married last Thursday evening, March at the bride’s home. A good, all steel, double shin, steel beam, walking plow, with fin cutter. The best plow on earth for the money—only .-$12.50 at Robert Randle’s.

Mr. John Bisloskys, moved last Tuesday back on to his farm in in Newton tp. His house south of the Makeever House, will be occupied by Mrs. George. In quantity, qualify and prices, Frank B. Meyer’s display of wall paper, was never before equalled. Call and see. The public .sale season is now about over, for this time. The last so far as known, will be C. F- Stackhouse’s next Tuesday, on the Greenfield farm northwest of .town.

J. W. Huggins, at Spitler’s old stand takes or renews subscriptions for ail papers and periodicals. Call upon him. i Dr. J. H. Loughridge has not got well as fast as had at first seemed probable, but he is improving slowly, and with indications good for constant improvement.

The Haseall Comedy Co., draw crowded Houses .wherever they go. New specialties introduced in every performance. S. M. Quick, a long-time resident of Barkley tp., has rented his .farm there to Charles B. Yeoman, and will move to another farm he owns adjoining the town of Francisville. The largest and finest line of wailpapers ever in Northern Indiana, and at the lowest prices. At Frank B. Meyer’s “old reliable” drug store. The three Grimpe children from Keener Tp., were taken away from the county asylum, last Friday. Relatives in Keener Tp. will take charge of two of them and the other goes to Valparaiso.

Capt. Marshall was over to Kentland last week defending the Rose Lawn hog thieves, James Otis and Henry Peterson. Otis was found not guilty and Peterson got off with 3 months in the county jail. As the boj s were caught in the very act of hogging the hog, we don’t see how they got off so easy, unlets they plead the “custom of the country.”

Harvey Phillips, now in business in Chicago, has been visiting friends here and in Hanging Grove, this week. He has sold his farm in that township. ~ Renew your subscriptions to . Newspapers and Magazines through H. J. BARTOO. New subscriptions solicited. J. L. Fatout, the well known builder, of Indianapolis, was in town Tuesday, advising with the Odd Felows’ building committee, in regard to their proposed new building. Clover seed for sale, guaranteed free from sorrel, at $5 per bushel. Will deliver at Rensselaer. 27-4 t. O. C. Halstead. ■ S. B. Yeoman, of Elwood, Neb., is visiting relatives in this vicinity, and also working in the interests of the destitude ones in the drouth regions of that state. Over Twelve Hundred sets of window shades in colors, qualities and prices, never before equalled. You can’t help buying after seeing them. At Frank B. Meyer’s “Old Reliable” drug store.

Will Tharp’s abilities as a ball player, have received proper recognition, He is offered an engagement by Jacksonville, 111., of the Western Association at a salary of S7O a month and expenses.

The W. C. T. U., will meet with Katie Kessinger, Saturday, March 16, at 2 o’clock. The Loyal Temperance will meet the same place, the same day at 3 o’clock. All members are requested to be present. Joseph Mitchell’s sale last Thursday, south of town, amounted to about S7OO. Mr. Mitchell followed his family to his new home in the eastern part of the state, Friday night. . . One solid week, Meh. 11, Opera House* Change of program nightly. The Hascall Comedy Company supporting the talented actress -Dora Mitchell.

Mrs. Mary Lamson, of Nebraska, and Mr. Thos. F. Peacock, of Paxton, 111., attended the funeral of their father, Jonathan Peacock, last Sunday. Also Mrs. Ada Kirkpatrick, of Paxton, a grand-daughter. The Rev. Mr. and. Mrs. J. M. Watson, well known as.the “Indiana Conserence Revivalists” begin a series of meetings at the M. E. Church .tonight. Everybody invited. Pastob. Work has begun on Mrs. Leota Jones’ new .residence, onFront street, between her present residence and Delos Thompson’s .place. J. W. Jessup A Son, have the contract for the building. There is an enormous paraffine candle in Laßue Bros., show window. It is 4 feet 4 inches high, and 4 inches in diameter. It will be lighted soon and allowed to burn as long as it will.

Mr. W. T. Perkins and .family desire to hereby extend their heartfelt thanks to all who rendered services and sympathy during their recent bereavement, and especially to the Relief Corps.

There was a wedding in the county clerk’s office, Tuesday afternoon. The parties were Mr. Herman Hasper and Miss Mary Defries, both of Keener Tp. Squire Burnham performed the ceremony, in his customary, dignified, deliberate and durable manner.

Pardon J. Perkins, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Mishawaka, and a brother of Wm. T. Perkins of this place, died March 2nd at the age of nearly 72 years. He was the vice president of the Perkins Wind Mill and Axe Co., of Mishawaka, a well known institution.

Three persons of adult age died in town last Thursday afternoon —a circumstance without parallel in the memory of anyone. They were Jonathan Peacock and Mri. W. T. Perkins, who died at almost exactly the same hour, 1 o’clock, and Mrs. L. A. Hopkins, who died two or three hours later.' More extended mention is made of all these departed ones, in other places in this paper.

A movement is on foot to start a telephone exchange in Rensselaer. About 35 names of prospective subscribers have so far been secured, but the number thought necessary to insure the establishment of an exchange, is aboutOO.

John McGowan, a wealthy resident of Montreal, Canada, and general superintendent of a railroad line there, has been visiting his cousin, Thomas McGowan, the Town Marshal. He, in company with Miss Ura McGowan, went to Joliet, 111., Wednesday, to visit other relatives. Ludd Hopkins arrived home last Friday from a seven months sojourn in California, with his health very much benefitted. He came home by way of the Southern Pacific R. R., and visited New Orleans, on the way. He will resume his connection with the firm of Austin A Co., we understand.

Mrs. M. E. Lecklider A Son, have moved their millinery and notion store into the vacant room in the Nowels block. They will remain there permantly, their previous intention of occupying one of the rooms in E. L. Hollingsworth’s proposed new building having been abandoned.

A big fire at Flora, Carroll Co. Wednesday night of last week, practically wiped out the business portion of the town. Among the losers was F. L. Hunt, formerly of Gillam tp , whose drug store was burned. His loss is stated at $2,200 with insurance of 11,000. He is a brother to our present county recorder J. J. Hunt.

Thirty-one years ago in Washington, D. C., was organized the first Knights of Pythias lodge with only 5 members. It today has a membership of 500,000, Indiana alone having nearly 35,000 Knights. The order has grown very rapidly and none have done more good for humanity than the Knights of Eythias. Last year over one million dollars was spent in the United States helping those in need, burying the dead and taking care of the widows and orphans.

Jimmy Otis, the young fellow from Newton County, who has been held in the Rensselaer jail for some time, was acquitted at Kentland, last Wednesday. Peterson his partner and principal pursuader in the pork pirating project, was given 90 days in jail. They got off mighty easy. The enormously long list of real estate transfers reported this week, is evidence of the fact stated several weeks ago that many sales of farms and other real property had been contracted and would be finally consumated about the first of March. So many instruments transferring real estate were never entered for record in this county, during a similar period of time, before.

A. S. No we Is, who has managed the express business so successfully for the past year or more, in the capacity of deputy agent, will go out of the office tomorrow, to take a partnership with his father, C. D. Nowels, in his dry goods store. N. W. Reeve, the agent, whose engagement with the Citizens’ Bank has terminated, will himself resume direct management of the express business.

That popular and very efficient “initiatory team” of the Evening Star Chapter, O. E. S. and C. G. Spitler special deputy, instituted another chapter in the order last Friday night. Wolcott being this time the scene of their labors. The new chapter there starts in with 28 members. In all, 21 members of the order attended from Rensselaer, and all repoit very hospitable treatment at the hands of their Wolcott friends.

The eclipse of the moon Sunday evening was quite generally observed. . The weather for the most part was favorable, although the sky was quite hazy at first, so that the first passage of the shadow over the moon’s surface did not show as clearly and distinctly as would have been the case had the sky been clearer. Daring the totality phase and also the final passage of the moon from the shadow, the condition of the atmosphere was quite favorable. The color of the moon’s disc was a very beautiful feature of the eclipse.

Our energetic and able young extownsman, Geo. H. Healey, now of Sedalia, Mo., has just made another move forward in his adopted vocation. He, in company with a partner, is now publishing a weekly pa. per, in Sedalia, the first number of which was issued Saturday, March 2nd. It is well edited and full of news and is said to have excellent financial prospects. The name of the new paper is the Saturday Free Press. THE MODEL

The ladies of Rensselaer who wish to purchase a new Spring Suit, should visit the “Model,’’ and see their latest novelties in Dress Goods, and Trimmings to match. The pretty line of Spring Capes, and Ladies Waists, and Dress Skirts. Remember our Carpet Department —the finest line in the City, before you purchase new carpets. No trouble for the Model to show goods.

The will of the late Jonathan Peacock was probated Monday. It was drawn June 26, 1892. It enumerates certain sums that had been given as advancements, to certain of his children, and then divides the estate in the following proportions, after all debts are paid: To James Peacock, 5-39; to Thomas S. 7-78; to Alexander, 4-26; to Isabel Sayler, 6-26; to Elizabeth Alter, 1378: to Mary A Lamson, 5 26; to his giand children, Lottie, Mary. Lillie M., Georgia, Guy, Leroy, and their mother, Helen Peacock, are given each 4 182. Dr. M. B. Alter is appointed executor.

A. Ettlinger, of Joliet. 111., has been buying large numbers of fresh milch cows and fat cattle in this vicinity for some time. Parties having cows or fat stock for sale will do well to see Mr. Ettlinger, at the Makeever House, Rensselaer, or his agent, Wm. Ervine.