Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1895 — ADDITIONAL LOCALS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

Elvin Overton will leave to-day for Lebanon to visit relatives. The county correspondence and some other local matters, will be found on an inside page, this week. Miss Mary Hoyes returned Tuesday from a njonth’a v isit in Clinton county and other points in central Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Hollingsworth left yesterday for a two weeks’ trip in the south, including a Visit to the Atlanta exposition* Brick laying on the Presbyterian ch uri h has been dshyed again, by non-receipt Of tut stone; but is now underway agaih. May and December were in a headend collision this week. Monday was balmy as May and Tuesday as bleak as December. Owing to the carelessness or neglect of the Cbicage dealers, or of the railroad, certain supplies necessary to our publication this week did not reach us on time, and hence some delay In issuing the paper.

The Daughters of Rebekab lodge here has been inceasing at a phenome-, nal .rate for quite awhile back and at their last meeting last Friday night they took in TO new members at one swoop. Thq Remington degree staff which is very proficient in that line, did the work. Geo, H. Healey, until lately with the Mo., Gazette, is now in Rensselaer for a short time, visiting Ida mother and and baby, who preceded him here, some time /ago. He is now in the town writing up and illustrating business, and exp sets, to go south in a short time. The County Sunday School Convention held here last Saturday and Sunday, was a great success. The Saturday’s sessions, in the Christian church, were well attended r while those of Sundiy at the M. E. church, were crowded. The Sunday schools outside of Rensselaer were represented by about 50. delegates, from Remington and the north end.

Intelligence wasreceived yesterday of the death, at Marvin, Kansas, last Friday, of Mrs. C>ndirilla Wilson, wife of Reuben B Wilson, of tvphoidmalarifd fever, after abon' five weeks’ sickness Mr. and Mis. Wilson w a re s old residents of Rensselaer and Jasper county and went to K-nsiiS only a few yea*s ago. The illlictedhus hand and chit Iren will have the uni versal sympathy of their many friends in this vicinity.

.T. R. of the firm of Farriss, Beck Co., of Chicago, - is in town now canvassing for a wall map of Jasper Co. It will be printed in colors. on a large scale, inches to the sect on, give owners nann s of fauns, show ail townships, towns, streams, ditches, wagon roads, eta and with separate plats of towns, colored by divisions. This firm has just completed a fine map of Cass Co., and has one of Newton Co. now in press. Such a publication will surely be a very valuable one to the patrons

The prize fight which was men' tioned last week as reported in preparation was “pulled off” Saturday night, or ra»htr Sunday morning, iu the “Wild West’s” show tent, about a mile and a half west of town, and it proved to be a transparent fake. The plaee where it was to come off was kept a secret for fear of interference of law officers, until after six o’clock Saturday evening, when the word | was passed around among the sports ' and would-be sports, with the result ! that about 100 persons each paid a dollar to see a couple of men go through die pre-arranged motions of , a mock prize fight. The principals l were Bob Costello and Jake Welsh, the Utter reputed to belong at Cin- , cinnati. They went through seven rounds, with 4 ounce gloves, and ! while most of the spectators agree that it was a very pretty exhibition of sparring skill, both took good care , not to hurt or get hurt. In the seventh round Welsh seemed to get a heavy blow on the chin, and went down on his bands and knees, and did not get np until after time was called, and the fight was given to Costello. This termination of the i J fight was exactly in accordance with 1 a “tip” that was given out to eer- | tain favored parties beforehand. The I whole thing was a fake.

The “prize fiditeis” have gone hence to catch another crop of suckers. is but little doubt but that they make a regular business < f going shout putting up f ke fights like tbat'of last ha turd ay ibght. 'lime has been a go d deal of exeitem<utiu John Wolfs neighborhood, in Miltoy Tp., on account of siekmss iii Wolfs ai d two neighboring families. Mr. Brinton’s and Mr Mr. Smith, ana lhe people were afraid of diphtheria, scarlet fever etc. and closed their school. Nme in Wolf’s family wgre reported dowD, at once, out Dr. Alter, who visited them Monday, found them all up and able to eat. Ssveial of them did have tons litis and Mrs. Wolf some stomach trouble. In the Briutoi family it is said the Remington physician, who attended, found cases o f scarleiina, which of coarse justifies some alarm in the neighborhood.