Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1895 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Wheat 45 to 48. Corn 25 to 26. T)ats 15 to 17. By* 30. Hay $7.50 to $8 50. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Catt, in town, Thursday, Sept. 18 Addison Parkison left Tuesday on • business trip to western Kansas. Alfred Hopkins is now a student at the Northwestern College of Law, at Chicago. C. J. Roberts’ pacing mare Belle Crawford got first money at the Francesville fair last week. ‘ 9 ? J. P. Hammond is principal of the DeMotte school again, and opened school last Mouday. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Sigler returned from West Baden Springs Sunday, with Mr. Sigler’s health much benefitted. H. J. Dexter is arranging to enter the grocery business at an early day, In one of the rooms of the Odd Fellows’ building. The cement walk building in the “business district” was resumed Monday morning, by Contractor Rinehart, with a full force of men.

Ira E. Rinehart, tne cement walk maker, js now a resident of Rensseoccupy Robt. house, on south Weston street. Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Nowels and son arrived home the latter part of last week, from a pleasant trip on Lake Michigan. They were absent about eight days. • Dallas Nichols, whose address is Rensselaer, would like to learn the whereabouts of a dan pony, with a blaek strip 3, whieh he lost last week, at the Francesville fair. Walter V. Willey will go to Indianapolis, next week, to enter the Indiana Law School, at that,place. Geo. N. Dunn, of Dunnville, is also a student at the same institution. „

The Sanger Theater Company which was to have performed at the opera house last Saturday night, got broke up at Lafayette, and of course did not cOme. Miss Ollie Marlatt, daughter of Perry Marlatt, of Barkley Tp, lost a handsome gold watch, with chain, on the Francesville fair grounds, last Thursday. Her initials “O. M.” were on the case. Carl Lang, a young man living near Parr had a leg broken below the knee, last Friday, by being thrown from a horse. Dr. Berkley is treating the case and report* it doing well.

County Treasurer Gwin and family are now comfortably settled in their commodious new house in the east part of town, the removal of the family from Hanging Grove have been completed this week. John Kressler who has sold oat his milk basiness to F. Rutherford, has bought and moved into Fred Schultz’s house, in Weston’s Addition, and to which house Mr. Kressler is building an addition. Rev. T. F. Drake was in the city this week on his way home from conference. He was transferred to Rockville, the capital of Park county, a station with salary of SIOOO per annum. Bro. Drake is well pleased with his new location.—Winamac Journal.

Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth and children arrived home Satorday night from their sojourn at the seaside; and which resulted in the full restoration of their baby’s health. As great a drop in the temperature as took place last Sunday night, for the same length of time, has seldom been experienced in this region. The thermometer dropped 30 degrees or more within two or three hours. Dr. Weaver the painless dentist, of the American University, who is now by an entirely new and safe method. No needle used, no additional soreness of gums, no pay when any pain is experienced. With Dr. Horton over P. O. The Slaytons’ Jenny Lind Ladies’ Quartet, one of the best recommended high class entertainments now in the field, will appear at the Opera House next Wednesday evening, Oct 2nd, under the auspices of the Rensselaer Lecture Club. Admission 50, 35 and 25 cents.

Rev. C. W. Postill, pastor of the M. E. church at Fontanet, Yigo Co., and wife, are visicing Rensselaer friends on their way back from conference, going away today. Mr. Postill preached at Trinity M. K. church Sunday evening, very acceptably to the congregation. He is a very promising young minister. Last Thursday Drs. Lougbridge and Merry amputated Capt. Chilcote’s diseased finger, which has been causing him so much pain and sickness, since which time his condition lss improved very satisfactorily. Third finger of the left band was removed, and was taken out through the hand nearly to the wrist.

Hans C. Hansen, editor of the Hobart Advertiser, and late candidate for Congress on the prohibition ticket, has been sued for libel for a large sum, and also arrested for criminal libel, as a result of attacks made in his paper on Joseph H. Conroy, an attorney of -Hobart. The trouble grew out of Conroy’s acting On account of the Odd Fellows’ District Meeting and Dedication of Temple, at Rensselaer, Ind., Oct. 16th, the Monon Route will sell tickets on Oct. 15th and 16th, to Rensselaer and return, at oqe fare for the round trip, from all points from Chicago to Indianapolis, on the Chicago Division, and from Michigan City to Greencastle on the main line. Tickets good returning until Oct 17. *

The hot spell Which came to an abrupt end with the cold wave of last Sunday night, was undoubtedly one of the severest for September, for many years. The themometcr Stool above 90 every day, for many days, and the nights did not bring much coolness. The feature which made the heat much more oppressive than the somewhat hotter periods, earlier m the summer, was the great humidity of the atmosphere.

Remember the drawing of reserved seats for the Lecture Course, at 7:30 o’clock Friday evening, at the Opera House. Holders of tickets who can not attend the drawing in person, should arrange to have their tickets there, by a representative. Holders of tickets not present at the drawing should call at Long’s drug Btore, the next day, and get their tickets reserved then. Of course those present at the drawing have the first choice of seats.

Harry Thewlius, the young man who cut off the main tendon at its i junction with the heel, and was thereby thought to be crippled permanently, was operated upon Thursday, by Dra. Berkley and Washburn, and the chances are now thought excellent for a complete cure without any lamene3s. The severed tendon was drawn down to its proper place and “sutured*’ to the surrounding tissues, and is expected to soon be firmly reunited. The tetadon was cut off so close that part of the bone was cut off with it, and its replacement was a difficult and unusual operation. /

j Rensselaer Wilkes is entered foi j the greatest race of his life, at Lex< ington, Ky., October Bth. It ii 1 what is known as the Transylvania I Stakes, and the purse Is SB,OOO. The entiy fee is $250. Wilkes will be shipped for Lexington today. Marriage licenses since last reported. f George F. Logan, ( Mary I. Faris. ( Harvey J. Kannal, I F. Gertrude, Alter. ( Paul J. Wiemnth, \ Helena Makus. t William A. Shock, I Mary L. Florence • A very unpleasant feature of the Alter-Kannal wedding, last week, as it has come to be of late years, of all prominent weddings, was the crowd of ♦fltid#” and hoodlums who gathered wartside, and kept up a hideous pounding, yelling and belling, during almost the whole evening, and could not he dispersed, neither by the efforts ®f the member* of the family nor «f the night watchman. If a number of the ringleaders in this and similar affairs were obliged to pay a gtufl or go to jail a few days, it wbqtM have a very salutary effeot, on future occasions.

There is now a good prospect that the Indian School at Rensselaer will be continued, and not abandoned as was thought likely a while tuck. The government, while it has not reconsidered its decision to withdraw its financial support from the school, has consented that it may obtain 40 pupils from the Indian reservations; and it is therefore very probable that the school will thus be kept up, although somewhat reduced in point of attendance. It is understood that the chief financial reliance for the future support of the school will be “Mother Katherine” formerly Miss Kate Prexel, of Philadelpha.

An unusual and most interesting feature of “Odd Fellows Day,” Oct. IfcVJb when many hundreds of Odd Feflwws will be present at the District Meeting and dedication of their new building, will be a brass band oa*T«ntion, which is being arranged for, by the leader and members of tba Rensselaer Citizens’ band. Some 18 «r $0 bands are expected to be present, and as all have been furnished with copies of the same pieces of music, it is expected that they wifi all play several pieces together. It Is thought that with the several bands which come with the Odd Fellows’ delegations, and those that aeoept the invitations to attend the brass bands convention, that fully 20 bands, with 200 pieces of music, will be present. It is expected to form a permanent organization of the bands of this portion of the state, and conventions be held at some point once or twice every year.

A corn cutting and binding machine, of the laUst improved make, was given a trial, by N. Warner & Sons, the local agents, at F. W. Bedford’s place, just cast of town last Friday afternoon. The machine , is made by tf’e well known D. M. Osborne A Co., and has evidently been bronght to a high de gree»of perfection before being placed on the market. It is drawn by two horsts, and the cutting and binding apparatus is largely, the same as in a mowing or reaping machine. I‘ cuts and binds one row, 86 fast as the team is driven, and throws the bundles off to one side, out of the way ofJthe machine, when it comes around the n«.xt time. With one of ih< se machines, with one man to drive it and two to shock up the bundles, 7 or 8 acres can be harvested in a day. Another point in its advantage, is that it leaves the corn in bandies of suitable size to handle, if it is dc sired to rnn the corn through a basking machine. Quite a number were present to observe the workirg of the machine Friday, and all seemed folly convinced that it was a succr’st.