Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1895 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Wheat 50 to 55. Corn 37 to 38. Oats 20 to 23. Ludd Hopkins is quite seriously sick. A son to Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Joyner, in town, July 3rd. Miss D wiggins, of Chicago, is visiting Miss Mary Bell Purcupile. Work on the Makeever House cement walk began yesterday morning. A seven pound boy at Fred Dalton’s, 2 miles south of town, July 3rd. Mrs. Julia Eoslen is visiting Will Rider’s family, at Mt. Ayr, this week. ~~— W. T. Perkins and Miss Stella Perkins have gone to New Tork state to visit relatives. Miss Ara Lee Giazebrook has gone to Greencastle, aud other places, to visitixclatives.

J. W. Williams went to Cleveland, Ohio, yesterday, to visit his brothers for about a week. Ed * Gay is adding five more rooms and otherwise remodeling his house, north of the railroad. Mrs. Charles Jouvenat and daughter, of Chicago, are visiting relatives in this place. Miss Hettie< King, of Chicago, spent the Fourth with friends and relatives in Rensselaer. Mrs. T. J. Sayler and children arrived home from her long stay in Colorado, last Thursday. Dr. Ensminger and Wife, of Crawfordsville, visited their Rensselaer relatives over Sunday. r ~

Schuyler C. Irwin has left Sheldon, 111., and is staying here for a short time, prior to selecting another loca - fton. Zimri Paris, of Bridgwater, Dak., and J. W. Paris, of Indianapolis, visited their parents here the latter part of last week. The McCord Bros, land, 3£ miles sotheast of town, has been sold to B. Z. Smith, of Tuscola, 111. for S4O per acre. It contains 136 acres. Mrs. Lydia Kimball, of Converse, and Mrs. Amanda Lewis, of Oxford, aire visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Paris. Mr. a&d Mrs. J. M. Wasson and daughter, Miss Gail, arrived home Thursday, fTom a two weeks’ visit in Ohio.

P. W. Clarke moved Monday, Into his large and handsome new house, oorner Jefferson and Harrison streets, in Newton’s Addition. A. Leopold’s branch store at Remington, managed by his son Simon, is being closed out, and the latter will seek another location. Miss Mary Washburn, of Chicago, daughter of Dr. I. B. Washburn, has gone on an eastern trip with the Christian Endeavor excursion. 1 • j Two dpily papers in a town not half big enough to support one, is the oonditiou of things now prevailing in Goodland. One little grave will probably soon hold them both. There will be a meeting of the Ladies Literary Society at the home of Mrs. Coover on Friday afternoon. Every member is urged to be present, 1 as there is important business to transact.

Mrs. R. W. Marshall and daughters, Kate, Carrie and Florence are visiting in La Porte Co. 2 Grandmother M. A Marshall has gone to Will Co., 111., for a few weeks' visit. Wheat so far threshed in Wheatfield Tp., averages only 6 bushels to the acre. Rye only 3 bushels.

Miss Love Crampton of Delphi and Miss Graoe Parks of Monticello were the guests of Miss Nellie Hopkins during the 4th. Misses Edith Miller and Mary Chilcote, of Chicago, and little Chase Thomas, of lowa, are visiting at their uncle’s M. F. Chilcote. C. Hildebrand started his new complete Gaar-Scott threshing outfit, Monday and found it a grand success. It was bought of B. F. Ferguson. Mrs. C. W. Hanley entertained a number of young ladies, Saturday evening, in honor of Misses Crampton of Delphi and Parks of Monticello.

F. E. Wilson, a recent graduate of the law department of Indiana State University, has located in Rensselaer, in the practice of his profession, in partnership with B. F. Fergason. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Thompson went to Ann Arbor, Mich., I&strSunday, where they are visiting friends and Mr. Thompson is taking medical treatment. The rains at Rensselaer Sunday night and Monday morning Were little more than mere sprinkles. Remington got a good two inches of rainfall. ■ The last report of the condition of Will Sears, at La Junta, Colo., was written Sunday. At that time his physician hardly expected him to live through the next night.

John Eger’s new residence on Van Rensselaer and Cornelia streets, is now about enclosed. So far it is quite the largest and finest new residence built or begun in Rensselaer this year. Mr. and Mrs, W. A. Huff and children left Monday for Mexico, New York, to visit relatives living there. They will take in Niagara Falls, and other places of interest. They will be gone two weeks. The work of installing the telephone exchange began Monday, although not with full force, as the poles have not arrived. At present the work of digging the holes for the poles is all that can be done.

The big wind which preceded the very little rain, last Sunday evening* sweeping as it did over miles of country as dry as the Sahara desert, produced the worst dust storm ever seen 'this part of the country. Work on the Odd Fellows building has been making very rapid progress, and unless delay occurs for want of brick, the bricklaying will be completed this week. The walls are now nearly to the top of the third story windows. Mr. John T. Greene, a former muoh esteemed resident of Rensselaer, now with B. Shonninger A Co., of Chicago, was married Saturday evening, to Miss Alvene T. Greene, of Indianapolis. The wedding was quite a magnificent affair, according to the accounts m the daily papers.

George Ketohmark,now of Walker tp., whom a jury at the late term of the circuit court adjudged to he the father of Eliza Arndt’s child, and who was assessed $250 and costs and attorney’s fees, by Judge Wiley, is at present working his sentence out at the jail. A year of j ail life will let him out A freight train wreck at Cedir Lake, Tuesday morning, blocked the track until late Tuesday night, with the consequence that the mail and passenger trafrs all went around hj way of. the Chicago <k Atlantic and the Michigan City division of the Monon. The wreck was quite serious according to all accounts.

Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Thompson and daughter Edna, and son Firman, left last Friday, for an extended trip east They expected to attend the Christian Endeavor Convention, at Boston, and to then visit various points of interest, besides sojourning for a while at some sea-side resort, in Maine. They will be absent until about August Ist. Frank Leverett, of the U. S. Geological Survey, in the Glacial Division, is here assisting A. H. Purdue in his investigations of the glacial deposits of Jasper, Newton, Pulaski and other neighboring counties. The results of their observations will be published in the regular reports of the Geological Survey. < *?r ” ’ ' • Marriage liscenses issued since last reported:

j S. Martin Snow, \ Walter Hurley. j John W. Tilton, { Bertha M. Graves. j Josiah Davisson, J Lillian Goff. j William T. Cooper, ) Ella Reed. 1 _ ——- ■ •' • . - v Hon. J. A. Hatch has been officially notified by the War Department that there is a vacancy at West Point from this congressional district. Mr. Hatch has decided that the appointment will only be made after a competitive examination has been held. The time, place and board of examiners will be announced at a later date, probably next week. —Kentland Enterprise.

Jasper Court, No. 1703, Independent Order of Foresters, elected and installed the following officers, Monday evening: J. P. C. R , Geo. W. Goff; C. R., Benj. S. Fendig; Y. C. R., J. W. Horton; R. S., Jos. R. Kight; Treas. I. A. Gl> zebrook, Physician, Y. E. Loughridge; Chaplain, H. C. Smith; S. W., Geo. W. Sharp; J. W., A. J. Knight; S. B , Geo. Dart; J. B, Ed L. Qay. Dr. V.E. Loughridge got a bad fall from a cherry tree he was trimming, last Saturday; and got-tt badly spraiped wrist and his chin and, lip cut and bruised. He fell 11 feet and was fortunate to escape worse injuries. He had hard work afterwards to convince the ‘‘Old Doctor” that he was not sitting on the limb when he sawed it off.

Austin* Hollingsworth, A Co. have had platted their newly purchased tract across the river, usually known as Laßues’ pasture. It makes in all 21 lots. Sixteen of these are east of the new street, and extend back to the river, and are 40 wide and about 100 deep. The other five lie west of the street, and are of very irregular sizes and shapes. Tue name of the new sub-division is Riverside Park. The name of the street through it is Austin avenue. The sale of the Stont ranch of 1,200 acres in Wheat field township, was consummated this week. The selling price is understood to be $26,000. Austin, Hollingsworth A Co. the owners, bought this tract about six months ago, and make by the sale about $13,000 or double the price paid. While this is cot the largest deal it is probably the largest profit in so short a time in the history of the country. John M. Helmicjr, of Wheatfield, negotiated the sale, and made a fine wad for his work. The purchaser is an Illinois man of means, who buys for speculation.

The Town Board is making an excellent start in the way of street crossings, by having two six foot cement crossings made at the corner of Washington and Van Rensselaer streets. One crossing is from McCoy’s bank to Ellis A Murray’s, the other from the bank to the court house well. A. F. Bowers, of Rothesler, is making the crossings, and the price is 16 cents per square foot. This hi several cents more than Mr. Bowers’ price for cement walks, the difference being due to greater thickness of the grouting' The contractor gets half his pay after a month’s trial of the crossings and t’ e other half not until a year’s trial.

Circnmataßces have -recently developed which render the future prospects of the Indian Normal school here, a matter of much uncertainty. Although Congress included this school in the list for which appropriations were made, (although, as in the case of all the “contract” Indian schools, the appropriation was reduced 20 per cent,) yet the Indian Commissioner has taken it upon himself to decide to withdraw the government’s support from this school, entiiely, in spite of the Congressional appropriation. The reason given by the Commissioner for this course, is that the school is too far away from the Indian populations which supply the pupils. Rev. Father Schalk, superintendent of the school, will endeavor to secure sufficient money from private benevolence to continue the school, but is very much of a problem with him whether this can be done. In any case it is hardly to be hoped that the school can be maintained on its present scale of magnitude.

Squire Elias Marion, who lives just southeast of town, had a preliminary hearing before Justice Burnham, last week, on a charge of criminal assault, brought by one Jennie Gustin. Squire Burnham’s decision, rendered Friday, was that the evedence was insufficient to justify binding the defendant over to the circuit court. The girl making the complaint is about 16 years, and has been a member of Mr. Marion’s family sinoe she was eight years old. She was one of quite a; ; ,jarge number of children brought here by the agents of the Children’s Home, of Cincinnati. Mr. Marion, the accused, is an old resident of this county, and previous to his removal to his present residence, lived 25 or 30 years in Barkley Tp., where most of that time he held the cffice of justice of the peace. Among these old neighbors of Barkley Tpr., there is no man more universally respected than he.

The most interesting foot race of the Fourth was one not on the bills, and was between Dept. Sheriff B. D. McColly and a young man named Miller, who has been working as a farm hand, among the farmers a few miles south of town. Among others he had worked for James Kennedy, of Jordan Tp., and while there “faked” Kennedy’s watch. Kennedy thought Miller had the watch, and set another young man named Swartz to working on him. Kennedy, some time ago, had the watch repaired by W. A. Huff, who made a register of its make and number. On the Fourth, Kennedy, Miller and Swartz were all in town, and Swartz opened negotia--tions with Miller to buy the watch, but before closing the deal insisted that they should first take the watch to Mr. Huff’s jewelry store, and get his endorsement for the quality of the works. Mr. McColly had been put on to the scheme, and be followed Miller and Swartz into the jewelry store, and stepped a few feet farther into the room than Miller. The watch bad no sooner been handed to Mr. Huff, for his inspection, thkh Swartz asked him, what the number of it was. Miller “tumbled to the racket” at once, and shot out of the front door like a cat shot out of a cannon. McColly was close after him, but Miller was evidently geared for fast time, and Ben was not in it. Miller ran down to the comer of Front street, took through Mrs. L. Hopkin’s yard, down across the river, through La Rue’s pasture, and disappeared beyond the creamery. McColly took a flying shot at Miller, when he was crossing the river. After McColly was distanced and Miller declared the winner, Lyman Zea, special constable for the celebration, mounted a horse, and armed with a Winchester, started in pursuit. It is needless to say, that he did not find Miller.