Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1895 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Wheat 50. Com 20 to4ll. Oats 14 to 15. Bye 30. Hay $7.50 to $9.00. Attorney B. Borders, of Winamac, was in town Monday and Tuesday. Lawyer Wm. Cummings, of Kent land, transacted legal business here the latter part of last week. Messrs. Alter & Bostwick have just gotout a large aud finely executed map of the town of Wheatfield. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McCoy attended the funeral of the late Enoch Binehart, at Delphi, last Friday. Laßue Brothers t began moving their furniture stock Monday into the new room just built by John Eger, east of Starr’s grocey. Miss Nellie Coen, teacher of the 7th grade in the Rensselaer schools, is sick and her room is closed, this Week. She has malarial fever.

A report was in circulation here the latter part of last Week, that a woman had attempted suicide in Remington, The report was without foundation. C. A. Dean and family arrived from Illinois last Monday. They will live in their own house on Front street, lately purchased of lek Yates. Surveyor Alter has just bought a bunch of nice lots in Columbia Addition, and it wiU- hot be surprising if he builds on them next year. A lately born infant •nn-.pf Prof Haus, the musician, has had its effected with ophthalmia, but is getting over it. The report that it was blind, was erronious.

“Old Bill Barnum,” the wheelbarrow man who wfcnt through Rensselaer a month or two since, is reported as having completed his jour* ney to Atlanta, a few days back. George T. infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Harris, of Mt. Ayr, died Wednesday niorning, Oct. 23, the cause of his death being cholera infantum. His age was 6 months the day of his death. Frank Weathers, of Colorado Springs, Colo., is in town this week, having been called home t by bis mother’s sickness. He is in the grocery business at Colorado Springs.

Allie Nichols, of Barkley Tp* plead guilty Monday, before Squire Morgan, to the charge of scrapping with Squire Frank Goff. One dollar and costs, was Squire Morgan’S decision. John Eger will at once begin operations on tearing down and rebuilding his old building, just vacated by Laßue Bros.* furniture store. When completed Mr. .Eger will move his grocery back into it...... W. D. Sanders, t,he new landlord of the Nowels house, is in town and rushing preparations for opening next Monday, Judging by BymptofflTllO far shown,.he will make a live landlord, and run a first-class hotel. The old time harness shop of the late “Icicle Charley Rhoades” is now no mdtyk The stools have been sold to a DpMotte party; the partly made up goods to the other harness shops "in town, while the ready-made goods and leather has been shipped back to the wholesale house, at Lafavette.

= The Pleasant Bidge School, C. M. Blue teacher, will give a literary entertainment and box social; next Saturday evening, Nov. 9tb| for benefit of the school library. 1 Grandmother Weathe|( has been very dangerously sick wfth lung fever for a week or more, |hd for some days her life was dispaired of, but she is now considerably fitter. Leroy Florence, of Barkley Tp., had the little finger of |is right hand amputated, lasit by Drs. Hartsell and Washburn. An abcess resulting from a bruisl, in handling wood, was the cause, a Mr. William Kreujrer and Mrs. Katie Fren, both of Rsse Lawn, were ■JI married in Rensselaer, last Saturday, by Elder J. L. Bradyl The marriage took place in the clerk’s office, at the court house. Misses Malinda and Emma Williams, of Kankakee Tp., are building a good residence on Front street, with the intention of moving to town as soon, as it is completed. Jas. Thompson is doing the work.

The climate must be colder at Storm Lake, lowa, than it is here. F. J. Sears, writing Oct. 30th, to have his indispensible Republican sent there, says the college boys were skating on the lake, that day. Capt. Erastus Peacock, Grand Prelate of Indiana Knights of Pythias, was at Knightstown last Friday,' participating in the dedication of a fine new lodge building, just completed by the Py thians of that place.

Bricklaying on the new Presbyterian church, which was suspended all of last week, owing to non arrival of cut stone, was resumed again Monday, with a good force of hands, It is likely that the bricklaying will be finished this week. Hon. D. R. Jones, of Carpenter Tp., Commissioner for the Third District, was able to attend the special session of the Commissioners, last Friday. He has just recovered from an attack of typhoid fever. His son has also had the same disease.

P. W. Clarke’s jewelry store, which has been occupying temporary quarters in C. B. Steward’s sewing machine store for some months, moved back Monday, across the kwr#t.into his new room, just built by John EgeK^'^r*s? Enoch Rinehart, an old and pTohs** inent resident of Delphi, died on Wednesday night, of last week, aged a little more than 80 years. He was the father of Wm. A. Rinehart, formerly of Rensselaer, now of Buffalo, New York. C. C. McCauley, the Monon engineer who was hurt in the wreck near Francesville some weeks ago, died at Monon, last Thursday, at the result of his injuries. He leaver a wife and five children. His age was about 47 years. J G. Liggett and family, lately of Fair Oaks, now occupy C. G. Spitler’s residence property, north of the railroad. Mrs. Liggett, lately under treatment at Logansport asylum, has recovered her mental health, but is still very weak, physically.

Sheriff Hanley and Dept. McColly slipped up on Sherman Richards, Tuesday night, over on the edge of Beaver Lake, in Newton Co., and brought him back in triumph. Sherman took a sneak out of the jail a month or two ago He is charged with criminal Three very enjoyable/ Halloween parties were given last Thursday night. One at Mrs. Mary Kannal’s, by the Senior class, of the high school; one by the Juniors, at Mr. and Mrs. H. V . Weaver’s, and the thirdly still younger people, at Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Medicus’. Eli Woo 4, of Monon, trustee of Monon Township and brother of Harvey W. of southeast Marion, has been very dangerously sick with typhoid fever, and hope for recovery was abandoned so- some days, but he is now somewhat bettog, with fair chances for getting well again.

The six large ice-houses on the Kankakee river, at the’crossing of the Monon, were burned last Thursday morning. They weie the property of Anderson & Freeman, of Chicago, and are a total loss.

Mr. James W. Douthit, prosecuting attorney of the 30th judicial circuit, and Miss Lillie B Fess were married last Sunday afternoon, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hershman, on Main street. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J, L. Irady. '■ A. F. Long, the druggist, together with his mother, left for Kerrville, Texas, last Sunday morning. Mr. Long will be absent about two weeks, while his mother will remain all win ter, with another son, living at Kerrville. Lewis arid Lemuel Stockwell, sons of Dr. Stockwell, started for Tennessee, last Saturday, in a Pullman Palace “prairie schooner,” otherwise a conveniently arranged and comfortable covered wagon. The Doctor himself contemplates moving to Tennessee with his family, early next week.

Dan Stoner’s 6 year old son was quite sick a day or two with tonsilibut is now about well. The re-portlLllthe-ha(l,diptheria was erronious. There is no dipttiemiiQwin town, and’so far as reported no contagious or infectious diseases of any kind. The typhoid fever, which has prevailed so extensively other places, has not shown itself here, at all. The Halloween “diablerie” was very mild indeed, in Rensselaer this time. A few gates carried away and a few vehicles run off a block or two was about the extent of it. A little window writing was done in the business district, but it was mostly a poor imitation of the scurrillous but somewhat witty efforts in that line of a year ago.

Bob Costello, the light weight pugilist and wrestler, is again staying at Harry Wiltshire’s. Last Saturday, at Wolcott, he tried to throw Spencer, the Wolcott wrestler, three times in a half hour, but failed to make it by about half a minute’s time/ Another similar match with the same party, is being talked of, to take place at Brook. The great pickerel of northwest Indiana was caught last Sunday afternoon, at Stackhouse’s, by Grant Hopkins. It weighed 18 pounds, and is thought to be the biggest pickerel ever pulled out of the Iroquois, by hopk and line. It is only justice to this ancient pickerel’s reputation for discretion, to state that the hooking of him was entirely an accident, the hook having caught him somewhere in the dorsal regions. To suppose that a fish of his size and undoubted age and sagacity would have voluntarily taken in the book, would be equivalent to a verdict of voluntary suicide.

Mrs. Frank Randall, of Pleasant Grove, came down Tuesday, of last week, to see her father. Mr. Eli H. Mood,township trustee, who has been ailing so long, her little son in transient caught cold that ’ caused membranous croup from which he died last Saturday, Oct. 26th. He was a very handsome precocious child, and his death came quite unexpected.—Monon News. Marriage licenses issued since last reported: ——-- _

( William Kreuger, ( Katie Fren. ( James W. Douthit, ( Lillie B. Fess. ( Cordelia A. Weaver. ( Dell Cooper, | Emma Van Dusen. j Andrew H. Tree, ( Jennie Mason. ; 1 Regular services will be held at the Church of God, as follows: Sunday school each Sunday morning at 9:30, followed by preaching service at 10:45. Preaching service each Sunday evening at 7:00. Prayer and praise meeting each Wednesday evening at 7:30. A cordial invitation is extended to all to each and every service. J. W. Burnham and W. W. Reeve, Elders. F. L. Austin, pastor.

Some 75 cows, 100 steers and con siderable other property was sold at A* McCoy’s Marlboro sale, last Saturday. Music' by the College and “Sheepskin” bands, and at noon all other business was suspended to eat and drink at Uncle Mac’s expense. One old man and his two sons bunched their hits in their attack on the grub reserve, and among them had eaten 30 buns and drank 15 cups of coffee, when the score was lost—but when last seen they were still eating.

Mrs. Burley and Mrs. Jim Comer were arrested charged with provoke, on complaint of Mesdames Jane Platt, Lewellin and Dave Marion. The trial came up Tuesday before Squire Churchill, on change of venue from Squire Morgan. It was proved that the defendants applied some epithets to the complainants, that in ordinary meaning are very opprobrious, indeed, but the Squire decided that the words used might have been meant to convey some other than their usual significance, and he acquitted the defendants.

One Owen Keefe is putting in 14 days in jail as a result of fine and costs assessed against him by Squire Morgan, on account of drunkenness. Before the hilarious period preceding his arrest, he called Lem Huston a vile name, and Huston says also drew a knife on him, and Huston ‘•lammed” him over the head with a board. For this Huston plead guilty, and the Squire fined him 11 and costs. If the facts were as Huston claims, he ought not to have plead guilty, as a trial would probably have cleared him. Keefe works on the county farm, and Huston is foreman in the farm work.

The London (Empire Entertainers completed a successful three nights’ engagement, at Ellis’ Opera House, last night. They give a varied performance, and are of a high order of excellence in their lines. The Starke County Democrat tells of a new scheme for plowing the Kankakee marsh that will interest many readers. “The Hamlet hay company will put in operation a traction engine to be used in plowing. The engine is on the principle of an ordinary traction engine, but the front wheels have tires two feet wide, while those of the rear wheels are four feet wide. These are for the double purpose of rolling the ground and making it solid ahead of the plows, and to prevent the engine* which weighs five tons, from sinking into soft ground. It will draw five plows, turning seven feet at one through. Attached behind the plows will be a large drag and heavy roller so that once over prepares the ground for seeding.”

The earthquake shock which was felt last Thursday morning, a little after 5 o’clock, and which extended over pretty nearly the whole country east of the Rocky mountains, was observed quite extensively in this vicinity. itwasevidentiynot nearly as severe here as in many places, however, for very few people who were asleep were awakened by it; and some who were awake and up, did. not notice it. People who were lying awake in their beds, or sitting still in a perfectly quiet house, were about the only ones who noticed it. While it this region of the world to experience, it was really a very slight and feeble one, as compared with those which sometimes work such dreadful desolation in other parts of the earth.

There are eighteen post-offices in Jasper County, and seven of them have the distinction of being the only offices of (h 3 name* in the United States. They are DeMotte, Tefft, Kniman, Zard, Aix, Valma, and Stouts berg, and Stoutsberg comes so near haying a duplicate, that it escapes only by the other place spell* ing the “berg” with a u instead of an e. Rensselaer has. only one double, ffeyespect to name, that being a little pßle inj RaTlk.County, Missouri. AlabarrHi has a Rensselaerville and New York has a Rensselaer Falls; with these exceptions the proud name of Rensselaer belongs to us, alone; although one of York State’s richest counties bears that name. There are five Remingtons in the country, three Wheatfields, four Fair Oaks, two Virgies, two Parrs, three Surreys, and a lot more Surrys, thirteen Pleasant Ridges, two Blackfords, seventeen Pleasant Groves, and five Collegevilles.

Last Thursday morning, at 5:12 o’clock, Mr. Royster, the night operator, was working alone in the Rensselaer depot, by the light of the depot lamps. Outside it was dark, as it now at that time of day. He is a man of more than ordinarily sound nerves, and free from superstitious ideas. Nevertheless he could not but remember that just 24 hours, to a minute, previous to that time, Ira Cripps had parted from him, tc.be found a few minutes later, a gory, headless corpse. Just as the clock marked 5:12, the time to a minute of the arrival, the morning before, of the train under the wheels of which Cripps immolated himself, and when Mr. Royster’s thoughts naturally and irresistibly revetted to the occurence of the night befofe, with so many of the circumstances of which he was so closely connected; just at that very instant the door of the iron safe rattled and shook and trembled, and it seemed to Mr. Royster that some presence was under the floor trying to raise it up. The disturbance passed away in a few seconds, and a little later Mr. Royster realize i that there had been an earthquake. But coming just at the very instant that ic did, and never having experienced one before, it was no wonder that ' some hours elapsed before his nerves resumed their wonted equanimity.

Jos. M. Clark, of Chicago, visited his brother Oft, Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. Mary Watts, of Indianapolis, is visiting her brother, J. F. Gwin aad her sister, Mrs. J. C. Porter. The three year old son of TheodOTWHSmith, in the east part of town was very low with membranous croup, at the time we went to press. A two year old son of T. Z. McMurray, [in Newton Tp., was very bad yesterday morning, with diphtheria, a.t which time the physician, Dr. Hartsell, gave it the anti-toxin treatment. The result of the treatment We have not learned on going to press. The high school boys have organized a promising foot-ball team, and hope to kick the shins cff tie Goodland boys about Nov., 16, and of neighboring teams a little. Names and positions of the players will be given next week.

The funeral of Ira Cripps was held last Thursday forenoon, at the residence of his mother, on Elm street. Revs. Austin and Brady conducted the religious exercises. The remains were taken to Osborne cemetery, Hanging Grov e township, for interment. The burial rites were conducted by a detachment of Odd Fellows, from Iroquois lodges of Rensselaer. F. L. Clark and family started out on their long trip to Alabama in their covered wagon, about two o’clock, ast Thursday afternoon. They were well fixed for comfortable traveling, their wagon being well covered, and having also a small stove in it. Besides the two horses pulling the wagon., he had three others leading behind it; and is therefore in ho danger of failure of motive power.

Erastus Peacock, the other morning, was going homeward carrying a bottle labeled “Old Pae Whiskey,” which is the finest bnnd of mountain dew manufactured in Kentucky, or, of course, any place else in the solar system. He met Postmaster Honan, showed him the bottle, with its label, and all the long latent Irish in the latter’s nature arose within him at the sight. Seizing the bottle, he rushed madly about till he found a cork-screw; then with hands trembling with eagerness he tore out the cork, raised the bottle to his lips—and found it filled with turpentine. Sad, sad, the tale, but not more sad than true!

The New Presbyterian Church, now building in Rensselaer. From drawings by the architects, Morrison <t Torrance, of Chicago. Material, pressed brick and cut stone. Church and Sunday School and Class rooms on ground floor. Parlor, kitchen, storage and furnace rooms, in basement. Chuich and Sunday school rooms separated by lifting partitions, and can be thrown into one room, when desired. Probable total cost of building, about SIO,OOO.

Main Entrance. Cullen St., Front.

Sunday School. Angelica St., Front.