Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1895 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Wheat 45 to 50. Corn 31 to 32. Oats 14 to 16. Bye 35 Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe have gone to Ohio to visit relatives. Superintendent Warren examined 47 applicants for teachers’ licenses, lest Saturday. - =_ A son to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kessinger, north of the railroad, Monday, Sept. Ist. Mrs. Wm. B. Austin and daughter Virgie arrived home Sunday from a pleasure trip to New York. The County Commissioners are having a cement side walk built around the jail. A. F. Bowers is the contractor. Prof. Arnulpy, of Haohnemann Medical College, was down last Friday to consult with Dr. Hartsell in the case of Ludd Hopkins. Cards are out for the wedding of Miss F. Gertrude Alter and Dr. Harvey J. Kannal, to take place on the evening of Sept. 18th.

The Odd Fellows’ new building is also haying a cement side walk constructed. Ira Rinehart, the Delphi cement walk man has the contract. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cole entertained the members of the recent high school graduating class, at their home on Cullen street, last Friday evening. The rock for the basement of Forsythe’s big brick block, on the Halloran corner, is fast piling up. Henry Eiglesbach is doing the haul* Jug. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Sears and Mrs. Seib arrived home Friday evening, from their extended stay in the west. They saw Colorado pretty thoroughly, especially the mountain regions. A. H. Hopkins arrived home Friday evening, from a month’s pleasure tour through the east. He visited all points of interest on the eastern sea board, from Hampton Roads, Va., to Boston, Mass. Will Rider, lately of Mt, Ayr, has moved his children to Rensselaer, where at present, they are boarding with Mrs. Enslen. Mr. Rider is usually on the road as a commercial traveler.

Miss Blanche Alter went to Chicago, last Wednesday, and has accepted a good position in a picture copying house. Miss Mary Murray, who went with her, also has a position in the same establishment. Rensselaer Wilkes got second plaoe in a very fast race at Decatur, H)., last Thursday. He trots at Lafayette Friday, the day of the special train, from Rensselaer, at half fare rates. The town of Monon had quite a large fire, last Thursday night, originating in a building belonging to James Turpie. The loos was estimated at $30,000, pretty largely oovered by insurance. Ira E. Rinehart, late of Delphi, and a practical cement walk maker, of many years experience, is now making walks in various parts of Rensselaer, and publicly invites attention to his work. Those contemplating making oement walks can And him at the Noweis Home.

The telephone Company has just installed another switchboard and is rapidly extended the service. The number of subscribers is now 115. That the number will soon reach 150 there is little doubt. Bowen A Turman’s merry-go-round is now playing its return engagement here, being this time located across the river in Riverside Park addition. Their present stay here will extend only until Friday night, it is stated. -—■' ' Misses Jnlia and Elizabeth Smith, for many years most highly esteemed residents of Rensselaer, took tbesr departure Tuesday for Eutawab, Ky., where they expect to make their home in the future. Their house in the north grove is occupied by W. C. Babcock. Two more cement street crossings are in process of construction. One crosses Washington street, at the Makeever House, and the other crosses Cullen street, at the east end of the coart house walk. Still another will cross Cullen street, from the Makeever house to C. A. Roberts’ corner. Hiram Day went up to Chicago, one day last week, and got pay from the wholesale dealer for all of his lost cement and labor, on the Makeever House cement walk, which Day Bros, put in twice, but' failed on it both times, on account of bad cement The manufactory, upon which the loss will ultimately fall, is in Belgium. Uncle Simon Phillips went down into the southern end of Adams County, near the Ohio line, the latter part of last week, to be present at a unique event. It was the celebration of the 91st birthday, on Saturday, of John and Richard McGriff, the oldest living twins in the country, it is said, and who are cousins of (Jncle Simon. Though having reached the great age of 91 years, neither has ever worn spectacles or used a cane.

The Monon’s Chicago excursion of last Wednesday was not nearly so great a success as its managers evidently anticipated. It was so very slimly patronized that several coaches were laid off at Monon, and those that were kept on were not nearly filled. The “whaleback” trip to Milwaukee did not prove to be anything like such an attraction as might reasonably have been expected.

Gen. Jasper Packard, a former Congressman from this district, now editor of the New Albany Tribune, was in town a short time last Friday morning. His visit to this region was due to an engagement to address the Newton Co, Soldiers’ Reunion at Mt Ayr, but owing to some misunderstanding, he came a day too late, his appointment having been for Thursday. From here the General went to Fair Oaks to visit a member of his old regiment, living there.

The telephone to Remington is now in good working order, and promises to be a popular and useful institution. The fee for using it, for a five or ten minutes conversation, is 25 cents. This does not include the expense of sending for the party wanted at the Remington end of the line; nor at this end when the person wanted is not connected with the Rensselaer telephone exchange. The Remington terminus is located in Hardy Bros’ grocery store.

Frank Matey’s little roan delivery hone indulged In its regular biweekly runaway, last Saturday morning, under circumstances that looked pretty risky for Frank, for a short time. Frank drove over the place at the crossing of Washington and Cullen street, where the ground was excavated for a oement crossing, and the jolt threw Ftmhk forward, out of the wagon, and upon the thills, behind the hone; which forthwith seized the occasion, and ran away. Frank held on for a hundred feet, and then dropped, between the wheals, and escaped worse injuries than a few alight bruises.

The township schools of Marion township will open next Monday . So, also, those of Carpenter township, and the Remington schools.

Though the town “went dry” Tuesday, the weather “went wet” Tuesday night. It rained about all night, and the rainfall was immense, considerably over two inches. There is no longer any occasion to complain of lack of rain in this vicinity.

Henry Harris was thrown from a horse, Sunday evening, while driving home his cow, and quite 'badly hurt He Was thrown clear over a wire fence, and injured about the neck and shoulders. He is confined to his bed, but is doing well at present.

Kosky’s saloon is no more. The license expired Tuesday, and no application was made for a new one. The building which belongs to A. Leopold, and which adjoins the Model Store on the east will be utilized by that establishment as a clothing department. This removes the only saloon on Washington street, and it is not likely that the principal business street of the town irill ever have another saloon. The Monon will run a special train on Friday of next week, Sept. 6th, to Lafayette on account of the Tippecanoe Co. fair. It will leave Rensselaer atßrl"sA. M.,.apd returning wiU leave Lafayette at 7 p m. One fare for the round trip. This we understand, is the day that Rensselaer Wilkes will trot at Lafayette. Another special train will start from Medaryville the day before, Sept. sth at 8 a. m. One fare for round trip.

The new spire on the Catholic church, is simply a belfry. It is much less ornamental than the old one was, but as it is the intention of the trustees of the congregation to erect a new church building in a few years, and to convert the old one into a school house, the belfry will really be more appropriate than the spire. The new church, when erected will occupy part of the same half block as the present building, but be on the opposite end, and fronting on Weston street.

Marriage licenses since last reported. j Elwood M. Spriggs, { Olive Y. Schwanke. j Perry S. Griffith, ( Martha J. Lambert. j Casper L. Lilly, j Julia Day. j Edward L. Hickman, j Ellen R. Snyder. j Will J. Ladd, ( Rosa L. Paris. ( George R. Fay lor, (Ida E. Rockwell. j Charles W. Beaver, ( Dora M. Benson.

John Eger has bpgun work on his new business building, on the site lately occupied by Clarke’s jewelry store and Parcells’ barber shop. These tenants moved ont Monday and the demolition of the old building began Tuesday. Mr. Clarke has moved temporarily into C. B. Steward’s room across the street, but will move back into the new building, when completed. Mr. Parcells has permanent quarters in Leopold’s new room, north of Ellis A Murray’s store.

The Monon News says of the fire at Monon on Thursday night last, that it was of incendiary origin, but “no one is suspected.” We presume if the News had told the whole truth, it would have said that as the whole town and the News included, stood in such abject awe of the suspeoted parties, that no one thought of publicly accusing them. It is not the first, nor if we are correctly informed, even the aeoond “incendiary fire” with M no one suspected” that has occured In Monon, where one or more of the principal losers had their property insured for much more than its actual value.