Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1895 — ADITIONAL LOCALS [ARTICLE]

ADITIONAL LOCALS

2Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Friday evening. C. A. Dean, of Washington, 111, is in town this week. A cement walk is now being constructed in front of the town hall, on Van Rensselaer street. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Grischow, of Michigan City, are visiting T. F. Clark’s family. Miss Floy Nowels is sick with remittent fever. She is now beginning to improve. . ■ —- —- Arrangements are being made for a big barbecue, here, sometime between Oct 6th and 10th. Rev. F. L. Austin, of Dutton, Mich., will preach at the Church of God next Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. Lola Patton and George M oss, of West Superior, Wis., are visiting their mother, Mrs. L. A. Moss, on Cullen street. John Eger has sold two blocks in Sunnyside Addition to Mr. Tracy, of Morocco, for $1,200. N. Littlefield in-gvuatieu ><UB B”lCi Mrs. Bayard Clark, of Indianapolis, is visiting in Rensselaer this week. Mr. Clark is conducting Louisville excursion trains this week. Two young babies died in Barkley Tp., the latter part of last week. On Friday Willis Hurley’s, and on Saturday Wm, Galbraith’s. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Sigler went yesterday to West Baden Springs, where they will sojourn for a while, for the benefit of Mr. Sigler’s health. The ever popular drama, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, will be presented at the Opera House, Friday evening, by a company that comes very highly recommended. Alfred Armstrong, of Hanging Grove township, has had the good fortune to be appointed manager of the prison farm,at the Michigan City prison. He will take charge next Monday. Mrs. Boor, of Newcastle, state president of the C. W. B. M., will speak at the- Christian ehurchy Friday, on the general subject of Mission Work. She is reputed to be a fine speaker. Ground was broken for the new Presbyterian church, Tuesday, and the work of excavating is now in progress with a good force of men. The contractors, E. L. Cox & Bro., have proven themselves to hustlers, in the building contracts they ’ aave already carried through here, this season, and it is the!ir intention to rush the church through to completion, at the earliest practicable date. / t temperance peopJ e county m expressing tu, TTenr , inents without fc. ar Of favor, " township has remonstrated &gainFrank Spera sellli-g liquor at Akron, Aubbeenaubbee township has remonstrated against George King selling at Leiter's Ford, Wayne township has knocked out Lon Willard at Grass Creek, and Rochester township defeated Thomas Wright, at this place. Each of the remonstrances contain an abundance of names and more ceuld have been secured if net ded. —Rochester Republican, Monticelio Democrat: Another of our citizens, O. 11. Parker, has had an experience with An Indianapolis building association that was anything but rhtisfactcry. Mr. Parker was the owner of 10 shares on which he had ptud nine monthly payments of five dollars each, amounting to $45. Desiring to withdraw, they rendered him this statement: Amount paid in $45; Interest for equated time, 58 cents, Total $45 58. Deduct, Expense fund, $11.40; Fines, sl. Total $12.40; Check to balance $33.18. Thus it cost Mr. Parker sl2. 40 to have this association take care of $45 for him for four and one half months. A few weeks ago Dr. M. B. Alter officiated as master of ceremonies at the introduction into the world of about the biggest boy baby ever born in Jasper Co., being the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Graves, a little north of town. It weighed 14 pounds at birth, and the child’s mother being only about 17 years old. Last Tuesday, 'to equalize matters,-the doctor again officiated at the initiation of about the smallest baby in the county’s history. It weighs only 3$ pounds, and its parents are Mr. and' Mrs. Will Cooper, of Barkley.