Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1895 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Wheat 45 to 50. Com 31 to 32. bats 14 to 16. Bye 35 Mrs. A. E. Brown is visiting relatives in White Co., this week. The September term of the Commissioners’ coart will begin next Monday. Frank Osborne was considerably crippled up, through colliding, on his bicycle, with a big dog, Saturday evening. A. H. Hopkins is making an extensive tour in the east, visiting all of the leading cities and points of interest. Harvey Phillips, of Chicago, for - merly of Hanging Grove, was in town Monday. He is preparing to move to Delphi. _ ... The Presbyterians have secured the use of the court house ani will hold regular services there until their new church is built.

The Ladies’ Literary Society will Ineet Sept. 7th with Mrs. Belle Kerr. Important business is to be transacted and a full attendance is desired. W. W. -Bussell aad wife, left Monday for a few weeks visit in Springfield, Neb. They will also stop off in lowa and visit relatives. Mr. Casper L. Lilley and Mrs. Julia Day were married by Squire Jun Morgan, Friday evening, Aug. 23rd, at the bride’s residence, in Columbia addition. There is said to be quite a scarcity of school teachers this season, in many oounties of this state. In Jasper county there does not seem to be any deficiency in the supply. Bensselaer Wilkes must have been “off his feed” at Lebanon, last Fri - day, as he got only second plaoe, in a comparatively slow race. He is now at Decatur, 111., and will trot today.

The Rensselaer schools will open next Monday, tor the school year of 1895 1896. The 6th year, which has heretofore had room in building No. 3, will now be located in No. 1, on the second floor. Mrs. Phrasena Hendrickson died near Virgie, Thursday Aug-15, of liver and chronic diseases. Her age was 64 years, 5 months and 4 days. Her funeral services were conducted by. Rev. Wm. Pentzer. The “deceased remains” of a calf with two heads and nearly as great a comparative surplusage of legs, was exhibited in town Saturday afternoon and evening. The “show” was in a big closed wagon made for the purpose. Thos. Akers, the blacksmith, wants Just a plain oommon divorce from Calperna Akers. He married her in Arkansas in 1881 or 1882, he don’t just know which, and about three years afterwards she abandoned him, and he has stayed abandoned, ever since. Among the first acts of the new township trustees is the appointment of road supervisors. We hope that the utmost care will be shown in the selection of the men who will direct the road work in this county. The new law is a goo i one if properly enforced but it will depend largely upon the men appointed <

; A daughter Tuesday, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Clark, in Leopold’s Addition. _• -Mr. A. Stronach and niece, of Manitoba, Canada, are visiting Bev. and Mrs. M. B. Paradis. The daily edition of the Goodland Herald was abandoned last week. It was in existence about six weeks. The 73rd and the 20th Indiana regiments will hold reunions at Lowell Sept. 4th and sth. Co. Supt Warren went up to Kankakee Tp., Tuesday, to settle a controversy in regard to the site of a new school house. A. Leopoll has completed the repair of his corner block, injured by the cyclone, and Ellis & Murray are moving back into it, this week. Ludd Hopkins did not find his trip to Crswfordßviile beneficial and returned Monday. His condition has somewhat improved since his return.

E. D. Rhoades and D. G. Warner are making cement walks in front of their respective residences on Front street. The latter is also making cement yard walks. .

Bro. A. J. Kitt has sold his paper, the Goodland Herald, to Alexander Lardner. Under Mr. Kitt’s manage, ment the Herald has been one of the brightest and best local papers in this section of the state.

E. L. Hollingsworth left Saturday, on quite an extended trip to the east. He goes as an invited guest with a train load of Knight Templars, from Indianapolis, to attend their triennial conclave, at Boston. He will be absent a week or more. Miss Blanche Loughridge has resigned her position as one of the teachers in the third year grade of the Bensselaer schools, and Miss Kate Bodgers, of Gillam Tp., has been engaged in her place. Mrs. Lena Tuteur and daughter, Miss Eliza and grandchildren Hattie and Leo arrived home Thursday night from a stay in Northern Michigan. Moses Tuteur remains at Everett, Mich., and will engage in business there. The Baptist people of Milroy Tp., have found that their old preacher, Bev. Peter Hinds, suits them the best, and they have again secured his pastoral services. He will preach at F&irland school house every alternate Sunday evening.

C. C. Sigler sold his 160 acre farm in Wheatfleld Tp., last week for $32 per acre. He bought it only last January for $12.50 per acre. An advance of over 150 per cent in 8 months is pretty large, even for Jasper county.

Benjamin Gifford has filed a petition for a ditch, under the circuit court law. It is to begin in Walker Tp., about two miles east of Kniman, and runs southeast about six miles. ' u Its outlet will be the Hershman lateral, one of the branches of Gifford’s big ditch system. The construction of the telephone line to Remington was rushed through with great expedition, and is now practically completed. Communications are already established between Rensselaer and the Remington fair grounds. The State Board of Review lately increased the assessments on realestate in 52 counties of the state, from 10 to 25 per cent. Jasper county was one of the lucky few which escaped the increase. A fact which speaks well for the careful and thorough manner in which our county board did its work.

Our town board is composed of careful, conservative, public spirited men; and men of the highest personal rectitude; men who have the good of the community at heart. Such men can be fully trusted to do what is right and wise and best for tho whole community, in the matter of waterworks, if'the vole in their favor carries next Tuesday.

A. Leopold has completed his new brick room, south of Bosenbaum’s saloon. It will be occupied after next Monday by Parcells’ barber shop. It is a very neat room for the purpose.

Bev. and Mrs. M. B. Paradis will give a reception at their residence next Tuesday evening to all members of the Presbyterian congregation and other friends. It is understood that the occasion is the twentieth wedding anniversary of the much esteemed couple. J. W. Huggins has sold his news and confectionary business to the former owner, J. E. Spitler, and Joseph Eight, conjointly. They will remodel the room and add to the present business a steam laundry, which will oocupy the rear part of the room.

A. F. Bowers, the experienced and expert cement walk builder is now making a walk and gutter around theMakeever House. He is ready to take and promptly fill contracts for street or yard walks, in any part of town, and invites the citizens to call and inspect his work.

Miss Bose L. Paris and Mr. Will J. Ladd were married Sunday at 6 p. m., at the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Berry Paris. The ceremony was performed by Bev. L. E. Conner. Only the pear relatives of the parties were present. The groom is in business at Oxford, Benton Co., where the bride has also mostly resided for some years, engaged in teaching music.

The bad success and large financial loss Day Bros, had with the Makeever House cement walk seems to be fully explained by the fact that the imported cement they used was faulty in quality. The importer of whom

they bought it has practically admitted this, and informs them that he has already begun suit in Europe against the makers of the cement, for other losses he has sustained. At his request the Day Bros, have filed with statements of their losses, that they may be included in the amounts sued for.

Our versatile and in some lines very gifted former townsman, Charles Cordry, was given his sentence, by the judge of the court at Flint, Mich,, the latter part of last week. It was five years in the penitentiary. His place of punishment is at the Marquette prison, which i« in the northern peninsula, on the shores of Lake Superior. He still had nerve enough, when sentenced, to protest that he was innocent.

A comprehensive and efficient system of water works, which will extend into and be a benefit to every x>rtion of the town, is what will be put in if the election carries next Tuesday. The statement given by Mr. Ferguson in this paper, is made with the knowledge and consent of the town board, and what he says may be relied upon as authoritative. The estimate he gives of the cost can also be relied on, as a practical waterworks man, from Indianapolis has examined the ground and made that estimate.

I*, can no longer be truly said that Marion and Carpenter townships are the only ones in the county having gravel roads. In Union Township Ex-Trustee Cooper began a work which Trustee Yeoman is carrying on. It is the extension of Long Ridge gravel road, whioh ended at Burk’s bridge, on into Union Township. Already about a mile o' the road has been graycled, and as parts of the roads in that region are naturally good, and only about half the way needs gravelling, the result is that there is now about two miles of good road extending north from Burk’s bridge. The plan adopted in Union is to expend as much of the township road fund as possible in hauliDg gravel and nuking permanent roads. Road taxes are worked out in this way, and considerable is done by hauling voluntarily cortributed. , -r

A petition to the Governor is being circulated and extensively signed, asking for the pardon of James Rodgers, sent up last term of court, for two years. Several affidavits of responsible parties living in Lafayette have been received, in which the character of Davis, one of the state’s chief witnesses is given in a very bad light. The story of Spaulding, the other prosecuting witness, as to his former locations and occupation*, has also been investigated, and pretty clear proof discovered that there was no truth in it; and the fact that Rogers was convicted on testimony of men so unworthy of confidence, is causing many to s'gn the petition fcr pardon. Among others, eight of the J jrore who convicted him.