Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1895 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Wheat 53 to 55. Corn 41 to 43. Oats 27 to 30. Hay $5.50 to $6.50. A girl at J. P. Kosky’s in town, Sunday, April 28th. Sailors 15c at Mrs. Lecklider’s. For clothing made to measure, try Porter & Yeoman. No fit no pay. yrs. Marsh Warren and little son are visiting in Cass county this week. Broad brimmed sailors 15c, at Mrs. Lecklider’s. Broken lines of Hanan shoes at reduced prices at Ellis <fc Murray’s. John Minicus is building himself a good residence in Leopold’s Addition. Best line of Baby caps in town at Mrs. Lecklider’s, at the Emporium. Muslin work of all kinds and plain sewing done by Mrs. Lottie George. Mrs. J. H. Willey, n6W 'ct Wheeler, Ind., is seriously sick at ’the home of Mrs. Kelley. Her ’condition is reported as very Critical.

Look at ladies’ notions and jewelry at Mrs. Lecklider’s, at the Emporium. Visit the carpet, lace and chenile curtain department at Ellis & Murray’s; Mrs. W. A. Rinehart, of Buffalo, N. Y., is visiting her Rensselaer relatives. B. F. Ferguson sells the best wagon on the market for the money. Call and see. ' ............ Hundreds of fadeless flowers, prettier than nature can offer, and almost as cheap at Mrs. Imes. A. "McCoy’s second big sale, at Marlboro, last Wednesday, amounted to over $7,000. Special sale during Mrs. Lecklider’s opening at the Emporium, of Chenile goods, rugs, and linens. Cheap. Cheap. A bargain in town property, well located. See B. F. Ferguson.

Will Mossier, manager of the Model, is in the city buying a stock of spring goods. Tomato plants, cabbage plants, sweet potato plants, for sale at Dexter & Cox feed store. B. F. Ferguson will furnish you a list of the lands he has for sale on application. The town election comes next Monday. The voting places are the town hall and Eger’s carpenter shop. B. F. Ferguson has an unlimited amount of money to loan, at 6 per cent interest. Call and see him. For fine tomato plants, cabbage plants and sweet pototo plants, go Dexter & Cox’s feed store. Cox Bros., architects and builders, are erecting a neat shop, on Cullen, street, on the rear of C. A. new lot.

See the new line of cheap trimmed hats at Mrs. Lecklider’s from 50c to sl, at the Emporium. See Dr. Horton for best porcelain teeth. No granite teeth used. Over post office. Dr. J. L. Hendricks, of- Laurel, Franklin Co., was in town yesterday. He has sold out in Laurel and is looking for a new location. B. F. Ferguson’s new office is bn the ground floor, west side of the Public Square. Shirred mill hats, shirred silk hats, trimmed and untrimmed leghorn hats, all for the littie folks, and at unheard of prices at Mrs. lines. Wm. Price, of Barkley tp., was placed in the county jail Monday, for safe keeping, being insane. He has already been in the insane asylum once or twice.

. Our townsman, John H. Shields, has just sold his farm a few miles south of town, so Max Burglage, an Illinois man, who has already moved upon it Come and see the new line of lad ies’ and misses’ walking shoes at Ellis <fc Murray’s. Persons desiring to purchase land, will find it to their interest to correspond with B. F. Ferguson. Wilbur Tharp went to Lafayette yesterday, to begin his season’s ball playing with the Western Association. Porter& Yeoman have a beautiful line of Chinese carpet .mattings Step in and see them. Anyone contemplating buying a wheel should call on W.E. Oterton at the implement store and learn prices.

J. N. Baker, of Barkley, whose injuries by a buzz saw were described last week, is recovering very satisfactorily. Is now able to walk about in fact. Our line of spring suits for men and boys you ought to see.' Ellis & Murray. B. F. Ferguson, will move into his new office on Vanßensselaer street second door south of A. McCoy & Co’s bank. MrS. Ludd Hopkins and mother Mrs. S. J. Austin, have moved back from Chicago, and now occupy the former’s residence, corner Washington and Front streets B. F. Ferguson sells the GaarScott thrashing outfit, “the best in the world.” All kinds of engines and heavy machinery. Call and see him. —You ought to see the spring clothing at Ellis <fc Murray’s. Styles elegant. Prices the lowest ever heard of.

Lovers of fine music well executed will surely have a treat next Thursday night. May 9ih, at the opera house at the concert by St. Joseph’s College Military Band, Orchestra and Glee Club. B. F. Ferguson represents the best building and loan associations in the state and will moke you a loan on reasonable terms. The greatest add for the Chicago Bargain Store’s 2ct calico sale, was the great quantity of the best quality of goods. ’ The members of the Rensselaer band received 16 elegant new uniforms last Monday, besides the band major’s gloriously radiant accoutrements. Also five new horns and a new bass drum.

You ought to trade with Ellis & Murray. You cont afford to buy of any other house. Come in and see what we are doing. B’ F. Ferguson will loan you all the money you want, at as low a rate and on as reasonable terms as any one in Rensselaer. A good many farmers in this vicinity have been planting corn this week and a few even began last week. Next week unless the weather takes an unfavorable turn, a vast quantity will be planted. B. F. Ferguson has sold many hundred acres of land within the last three months and has thousands for sale. Mrs. L. M. Imes wishes to call the attention of ladies to the 20th Century Hat. It is becoming to every face, and costs no more than any other bat and the latest style out.

The big sale of land in this week’s report of real estate transfers is that of George H. Brown, Jr. to August Geopp. The tract sold is 400 acres, lying in Gillam and Hanging Grove, Tps. and the price $14,000. The necessity for locking the doors several times at the 2ct calico sale at the Chicago Bargain Store, was .the customers could not be waited on and several children were nearly crushed to death by the crowds. Mrs. Bertha A. Landes, wife of Chas. Landes, died at her home in Yates Co., Kans., April 21st, aged about 32 years. She was the daughter of J. A. Funston, and when a young girl lived in the vicinity of Rensselaer. She leaves a husband and three young children.

Up—todire^present time ten residents of Rensselaer have taken and completed the Keeley cure for dipsomania, ’and in every instance the cure seems to have been thorough and permanent. Let the good work go on. Go to the Emporium. Mrs. M. E-. Lecklider will hold a Summer Opening May 16, 17, and 18. She invites the ladies of Rensselaer and vicinity to call and examine goods. She also will close out pattern hats at actual cost, during opening. The list of wolves of this spring’s crop, was increased Monday, by six young ones, brought in for the bounty, by W. S. Reed, of Newton Tp. And yesterday by six more cubs brought in by Milton Stack, of Union Tp.

We do not wish to be hoggish—but we want •” L.e good wheat that comes to Rensselaer and will pay two cents [s.o2] per bushel above the market price. Sayler & Collins. Some Crown Point parties have brought suit to test the constitutionality of the act of the late legislature in establishing a superior court, in Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties. Judge Winfield, of Logansport, will try the case, The W. 0. T. U. Will meet at the Chnstiau Church, Saturday, May 4, at 2|o’clock. The Loyal Temperance Legion will meet at the same place and date at 4 o’clock. Note change. All are invited. Elmer R. Seigfried, of Akron, Ohio, was in town Monday. He and his wife, who are both deaf mutes, are visiting relatives at Lee. Mr. Seigfried is a printer by vocation and and evidently an intelligent and Well educated young man. The Pilot has moved from the upstairs in Leopold's Bazarr building into the ground floor of Jerry Healy’s building on Van Rensselaer street. Mr. Craig, the editor, will also occupy the upstairs of the same building as a residence. Mr. Lee D. Mauck and Miss Viola D. Burns, were married lat Sunday, April 28th, at the residence of the bride’s father, James Burns, in Union Tp. Rev. Oliver Lowther, pastor of Rose Bud M. P. church, performed the ceremony.

J. F. Iliff, the livery man, has bought of J. E. Spitler aSO foot lot fronting on Cullen street. It joins with Mr. Iliff’s present livery stable lot in the rear,’ thus giving him a front on both streets. He will utilize the new lot for a feed yard. The price paid for the lot was S7OO. Reports of the condition of the wheat crop vary considerably, from different parts of the county. On the whole, however, the general verdict is that the prospect is much poorer in this county than it was last year, at this time. It is suffering greatly for rain. ' The building of new houses on the Gifford tract has continued active all winter and spring, and many new houses have been put up since our review of his operations, given last fall. The total number of new houses constructed by him is now said to be about sixty.

The Odd Fellows’ building committee will open the bids for the construction of their proposed new temple, today, at one o’clock. The prospects are good for a close competition, bids being expected from builders at Indianapolis, Converse, Hammond, and probably other outside points, as well as from home builders. The bids will be opened in the lodge hall. Warden French has been advised that all United States convicts in the prison north will be removed to the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. This will take about thirty-eight convicts away from the northern prison, including Theodore P. Haughey, the ex-Indianapolis bank president. The government thinks it can keep the prisoners cheaper at Leavenworth than pay the various States for their care, as at present. The new law will bring at least 7,000 convicts to the Kansas penitentiary, it is said.

The public sale by J. F. Warren, the Administrator, of the personal property of the late Elzer A. Griswold, took place at the late residence of the deceased, north of town, last Thursday. The prices brought were good, as the sale realized SBOO, on property appraised at only S7OO. Rev. W. H. Sayler, of Jamestown, Kans., left forthat place yesterday, after a business visit of a few days. He now contemplates coming back to Rensselaer next fall, or spring. He owns a good residence, and five acres of land on the north edge of town, and will occupy it on his return.

Rensselaer is right along up with the procession in respect to the prevailing bicycling mania. And the extent to which it prevails here may be judged from the fact that last week not less than 16 new wheels came to town, and several more were ordered and expected, but which did not ar-iye. The Wheatfield people are ignoring politics in their town election, this year. They have a “Citizens ’ ticket,’ on which the candidates for town trustees are Presley E. Davis, Geo. Hoehn, and Elkanah W. Phelps. For town marshal, S. W. Hamilton; for clerk and treasurer, John H. Tilton. The only opposition to this ticket is the irrepressible John Graves, who is running independent for trustee in the third district

A few weeks ago Mrs. Otto Elwanger, of Lake Co., near Cedar Lake, was murdered in her house. It was supposed that her husband, with whom she lived on very bad term 0 , and who had not been seen after the night of the murder, was the murderer, and diligent search was made for him. But [one day last week his body was found in a small lake,' a half mile from his house. He undoubtedly killed the woman and then committed suicide. They were a pretty tough lot, especially the woman, as it has developed that when she married Elwanger she already had two husbands living and had never been divorced from either. -

The Jasper Co. Sunday School convention, held at Remington last week was' well attended. The county officers elected for the ensueing year are as follows: President, D. E. Hollister, Rensselaer; Vice President, J. H. Perkins, Rensselaer; Secretary, C. W. Coen, Rensselaer; Assist. Secy. Mrs. Rosa Seib, Rensselaer; Treasurer, Albert Overton, Rensselaer. Yesterday, May Ist, the management of the opera house passed from John Eger to J. H. S. Ellis, according to the terms of the latter’s purchase of the building, a few weeks ago. The management of an opera house will be no new thing for Mr. Ellis, he having had much experience in that line, at Kokomo, previous to bis coming to Rensselaer. Sheriff Hanley went out into Barkley Tp., Monday, and brought in Sam Thurston, the hero of the row on balloon day, several months ago. Sam has never paid the fine assessed against him at that time, and he is now brought in and set to working it out under direction of John Ramey, superintendent of the county workhouse. He is working on the public square, and makes a good hand.

The 27th of April is generally regarded as pretty early for going in swimming in this latitude;yet a large number of boys indulged in that pastime last Saturday in the river near the Stock Farm. They were students from the Indian school, and they evidently found the water of an agreeable temperature, judging from the length of time they remained in it, and the way they splashed and rollicked about. Capt. John G. Dodd, commander and navigator of Gifford’s steam dredge No. 2, and the only one now afloat, was in town Monday. The Capt. is now throwing dirt in. new ditches near Dew Drop school house, in Walker Tp. He has cut four miles of new ditches this spring, and has thirty miles more to cut, before his job is finally finished. He has already been at work three years and has cut 100 miles of ditch, all 22 feet wide and from 5 to 12 feet deep.

People with good opportunities to know the condition of the ground, say that it never was so dry as now at this time of the year. Tile drains, for instance that ordinarily run more or less, all the time, and generally at this season, are running all they can carry, are now absolutely dry. Many land owners who bad prepared to put in tile extensively this spring are unable to do so, for want of water to level the ditches with. The trustees of Weston cemetery are now working a plan which, if it meets with proper encouragement, will be a great help towards keeping the cemetery in good condition. They desire to contract with owners of cemetery lots to take care of their lots at the rate bf $1 per year. If this proposition ia generally accepted by owners of lots, it will furnish a fund whereby the services of a good man can be constantly retained, and thus not only will the individual lots be kept trim and in good condition, but the whole cemetery as well.

Bob Phillips is going to have the finest Barber Shop in Northern, Ind., in the brick just being finished, south of A McCoy <fc Cos., Bank. Bob has the agency for the best Steam Laundry, also a Dye House that cleans, dyes and presws all kinds of garments in first class style, and the best of all be has the best Barbers in these parts. Four chairs which will accommodate you without waiting so long and above all two nice Bath rooms, heated with the latest fixtures. Hot or cold water always ready with fifteen minutes notice. 25c a bath. Commencing next week some time. Will keep the bath rooms open till Sunday noon but no I arber work will be allowed. You can get a shine as he will erect a nice boot black chair in the room and keep a boy to run it. So we think this quite citylike, and Cgh accommodate all and be pleased to do. Come take a look at us, if you don’t patron ; za us.