Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1896 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

heat 50. orn 20 lo 22. ats 14 to 15. v ye 30 to' 32. I ay $7.50 to $9.00. II A hurley Faris, of Benton county, gas in town Monday. ■ The Kmkakee river is high these lavs. The highest in fact for years. I Rev. J. L. Brady went to Milroy, larroll Co., Tuesday to visit his 'pther. t bounty Treasurer Gwin was down k> Indianapolis and settled with the late treasurer last Friday. iFrof. S. E. Sparling is putting in a week of his vacation in study i research in his special lines, in i Newberry Library, in Chicago. Dine G. Shryock, a man formerly much political prominence in this tion of Indiana, died last Thurs r, at Rochester, Fulton Co., at an ranced age. 1. P. Hammond, Jr.visited Reiisse- ■ friends a'fewdiys, including last day. He is now a student in the department of the state uniyersiijt Bloomington.

V le affairs of the defunct Commerjt bank of Brookston have been! IHy settled so that creditors re-! 'id 58 cents on the dollar. The use of the receivership was $2,15.—Monticello Press. Jrried. —Dec. 25, 1895, at the fthodist parsonage, by Rev. R. D. ler, of Trinity M. E. Church, Miss luadene Powley, of Jasper Co., 1., and Mr. William Burger, of f«ka, Ills. Ix-Surveyor Thrawls, acting as wejior AltePs deputy, was “up IT the latter part of last week, laying the Bradbury ranch, in ler Tp., which is being divided wnr. Geo. H. May, of Carpenter ■ and Miss Rosa Fulks, of Marion B were married last Thursday, *wv. J, L. Brady, at the residence Be bride’s brother, Geo. Fulks, in Brest part of town. was born Christmas Mie wife of Osiander Ritchey, ■tie residence of the latter’s with of townT* "i'uuog Os’' 1 Bsc in Rensselaer completed Bjnobably soon move into it. ■nkakee river near Lemon’s Bhe south edge of La Porte Bl dragged last week for Bf a man named Snyder, ■Ppeared. Snyder attempted Bp ice, since which time he Keen seen.—North Judson

thriving oity of ■has according to the ■(Republican spent over I improvements. The tterprise of Rensselaer is Ind it bids fair to be one I cities in northwestern iodland Herald. jlklarcum, of Cave City, Woodworth’s, family y till Monday. He is d is looking for a loca- , art of northwest Ind*s' ' • Brady, who has filled 46 Christian church of „ r ably and acceptably months, preached his * Tjn last Sunday, His *1 has not yet been deTA Ie will be succeeded JTindley lately, at Heb-

' r Mrs. Idattie Hood, of Fort Wayne, is visiting relatives in Rensselaer and vicinity. ministrator of the estate of the late Wesley A. Miller. Frank and Albert Alter, of Clinton Co., are visiting relatives in this place and vicinity. »" Lan McDonald, who lately moved from Pleasant Ridge to near Idayilje/ White C 6., was in loym Monday. Our former townsman, Frank Wolfe, is moving from Remington to Michigan City, according to the Remington Pfess. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Thompson arrived homeTast Thursday from their visit to the Atlanta exposition, and with which they were well pleased. The new G. A..' R. and Womens Relief Corps officers will be installed at a special meeting to be held on the evening of Wednesday, Jan. Btb. All members are invited to be present.

In the Hagen damage suit against Kentland, the judge reduced the jury’s verdict from $3,500 to $2,000. but the town wisely took an appeal to the Supreme Court. Our neighbor, The Pilot, is getting out an illustrated souvenir number, this week. We trust the financial returns will be commensurate with the great labor and expense such an edition necessitates. Gus Phillips, junior proprietor of the successful Hamilton-Phillips theater company, was in town for a short time and over Sunday. His ctmpany is playing to tine business this season. A fire in the summer kitchen of John Karsner’s house, at a late hour Saturday night, caused the fire company to be called out, but a few buckets of water put the fire out before the company arrived. W. C. Babcock and bis sister, Miss Sarah E. Reese and sister-in-law, Miss Lulu Daugherty, arrived home Friday night from a week’s visit to the Atlanta exposition, and at Chattanooga and other points of interest.

Married..—Dec. 1895, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Haas, parents of the bride Rensselaer, Ind.„ by Rev, R. D. Utter, of Trinity M. E. Church, Miss Urania M. Haas and Mr. Lewis A. Tackett, of Fair mount, Grant Co., Indiana. Iroquois Lodge I. O. O, F, elected the following officers last Thursday night. L.*L. Ponsler, N. G.; Elvin Overton; Y. G.; J. F. Antrim, Secy; Geo- W. Goff, Treasurer; J. F. Irwin, M. L. Spitler, Win. M, Hoover, trustees; 8. C. Irwin, host. At the Christian Sunday school, last Sunday, C. W. Coen was elected superintendent and Mary Leathorman and Clyde Reeves assistants. Dr. I. B. Washburn,-who has been superintendent since the Organization of the school, eight years ago, declined a re-election.

Rev. A. A. Wlllets, D. D., one of the very brightest stars in the lecture firmament, is the next attraction on the Rensselaer Lecture Club's course. His date here is Jan. 15th, not the 13th, as given on the season tickets, it having been found impracticable for him to get here that day. The days are beginning to grow longer again, but are mighty slow about it, as yet. Today will be 9 hours and 19 minutes long, which is a gain of only five mihutes from Dec. 22, the shortest day . The afternoon is 8 minutes longer than it was Dec. 22, but the forenoon is three minutes shorter, making the net gain only 5 minutes.

The town marshal of Franoesyille cards the local paper to the effect that so far he has got nothing bat “cussing” for his efforts in keeping order about the town, and that he has concluded that the people prefer to haye the streets filled with “yelling hoodlums, acting like savages,” and hereafter he will act upon that belief. It must be 'a queer town o> a queer marshal.

This is leap year now and the last one until 1904. ! December as usual showed a great fairing off in the 'buying and selling' of real-estate. • , - •-* ■ •• i- • ( . Rev. L: H. Finley, the new pastor, will preach at the Christian church next Sunday morning and evening. The Jasper county colony at the Kfeley Institute is now three in number. Two from Rensselaer and one from De Motte. At one time, a week or two ago, there were four- there from this county, for a few days. The Rose Lawn News is the latest journalistic venture in this Yicinity, which makes the sixth paper in Newton county, and another one in sight. S. W. Crooks is the editor of the Rose Lawn paper. It looks as though it bad come to stay. Our former towns-people, Frank L. Cotton and family, who for quite a number of years have resided in Omaha, Neb., are about to leave that city, for some new place of residence but which had not been determined upon at, last accounts. Next Monday, Jan. 6th. is the first day of the January the Jasper circuit court. The of new cases on the docket is unusually small, although the large number carried over from the October term makes a rather large docket. A little daughter of Mr. Chas. Odom, of Gillam, ia very sick with a iombination of scarlet fever and diphtheria, but the physician has tropes for the child’s recovery. A nephew of Mr. Odom, who has likewise been vsry siek, is convalescent Medaryville Advertiser. Horace Henkle, of Noblesville, and bis bride of a few months ago, spent the most of lest week in Remselaer visiting his father, L. W. Henkle, and other relatives and) friends. Mr. Henkle is now principal of a ward ( scbool in Noblesville, and it is a goqd position. |"

Will Rider has unexpectedly found it necessary "to move back to his farm near Mt. Ayr, on account of the moving .away- of the man in charge of it. The necessity for the return to the farm was quite a disappointment to Mr. Rider, as he had made arrangements to go into business here in the spring. O. M. Cloud, who has been temporarily acting as station agent, while Mr. Beam was at Monon, went to Lowell, Eridey, to act as a substitute there for a short time. Mr. Cloud, by the way, had just returned from his old home, Westfield, where he was called by the sudden death of his father, Squire Cloud, who died from apoplexy. Uncle John Karsner sold his house and lots, on Division street, last week to Dr. J. W. Horton, who will rebuild. tjie and rent it. Mr. and Mrs. Karsner left Monday morning for Chicago, where they expect to make their home in the future with their son W. W. Karsner. In length of residence here, they were among our oldest citizens.

The Old Men’s Dance, at the Opera House, last Wednesday night, was a grand success, and fully justified our prediction that it would be one of the pleasantest and best managed dances ever given in the town. Thff music, by Prof. Freiberg’s orchestra of Chicago, with 6 pieces, .was especially fine. The number of couples participating was 71. * The first annual report of State Treasurer Scholz, which came from the printer last week, makes ft book o t 68 pages. One of facts set out in the report is that the state is now spending more than $8,000,000 annually on its puplic schools. Last year the amount was $8,064,088.98. It expended for higher education last year, $223,922. The. report shows that the permanent plan for reducing the state debt is operating satisfactorily. Under the new law, 3 cents on every hundred dollars of taxes collected by the state it set aside for the state debt sinking fund.

George W. Kessingcr, who cut his foot so badly some months ago, witjh an ax, is still unable to get aWay from hia-iiouae on. account of it. The Republican has received from Rev. James T. Abbett, in far off Oregon a very pleasant Christmas remembrance in the shape of a handsome Christmas card covered Oregon sea moss of the most exquisite beauty delicacy. , -v A ' i Sheriff Hanley went over to Michigan City Saturday and brought back the young Polish boy who, under the name of Chas. Johnson, has Just finished a twp years’ term for stealing Henry Marsh’s horse. The boy’s real name is Albert Biel, and he hasrespeciable parents living in Chicago, and the sheriff furnished him with transportation to that place. The boy talks as though his prison term had cured him of his disposition to

be tough. j- j. * " r Mrs. Henriette C. Kentner, living on one of Mr. Giffoid’s farms, east of the Boston bridge, advertises in the Medaryville Advertiser for her lost son, who ran away from home Dec. 14. He is 14 years old, blue eyes, long sandy hair, three scars on left check from cat scratches, one under ohir. from a burn, and one on left foot, a here be Bhot himself a year ago. Anyone knowing of his whereabouts, would confer a great kindness to his anxious mother by writing to the Advertiser at Medaryville. Hebron People.—Rev. Findley’s tare well sermon 'Vas listen* d to by more people than could gain entrance to the church. It was an eloquent plea for the people to practice Christianity by livingdt in JUtgir daily life. Nearly fifty persons were added to the church during his pastoiate. His strong point is in preaching the truth, regardless of the likes and dislikes of his hearers; and even the sinner admires that kind of a minister. He is original, honest, fearless and gentlemanly, and we predict foi him a brilliant and useful future. May good health and blessings attend Rev. and his family in their new bomdSat Rensselaer.

judge and Mrs. Wiley returned asfc Thursday from their southern trip. While gone they visited Atlanta, took a trip to New Orleans, alsa south and west of that cityabout 100 miles and while gone succeeded in finding some relatives. Had a fine time of course. Mr. Wiley says, aftes seeing this mueh of the south, the great wonder to him is how the rebellion held out as long as it did. Where did they grow enough to live on ? All you can see in the way o!agriculture is a little patch of fairly fertile soil down between the hills where they have a little log house with no windows, a small patch of corn, the stalks size of bazelbrush, a little tobacco and a few slabsided, yaller spotted, long nosed hogs.— Fowler Era.

At 4:15 o’clock last Thursday morning, houses in Rensselaer were jarred and shaken so severely that many persons were awakened from sleep. A booming sound accompanied the concussion and the next day people were4«llH2g about the earthquake of early that morning. Saturday’s daily papers gave the true explanation of the phenomenon. It was the explosion of a dynamite magazine on the Chicago drainage canal, near Romeo, 111. ..No one was hurt by the explosion, but windows were broken and people thrown from their beds for miles around. The distance of the scene of the explosion from Rensselaer is about the same as to Chicago, from 70 to 75 miles in a direct line. Wesley Karsxier, who was visiting his parents here, informs us that two masked burglars entered his residence in Chicago a week ago Monday night* while he and his wife were at the theater. His brother Calvin, who is staying with him, happened home earlier than usual, and just as he was in the act oi' striking a match, the men jumped on him from behind, and knookin \ him senseless, then escaped. He wa» unconscious for several hours, but was finally restored. The; burglars seem to have struck the wrong house for Calvin remembers to have heard one of them say something about getting certain papers, There was nothing taken at all**

• Weather items for non-resident subscribers: Some sii or seven inches of snow fell Monday, and the thermometer that night bit the zero mark. L: W. Henkle Jr. went to Noblesville, Monday, in company with his brother, Horace and wife. He expects to remain in Noblesville for an indefinite period. v “Bill N.” Jones writes to have his ' paper sent to Atlanta, Go., where he is located for the yinter. He is a good deal “stuck” on that country, its mild climate, cheap lands, Ac., and evidently thinks that if any one is bound to leave old Jasper, that the country aronnd Atlanta is the place for them. Marriage licenses since last reportGeorge H. May, j Rosey Fulks. j William F. Osborne, ) Mary L; Humes, j Lewis 0. Tackett, "l Urania M. Haas, j Michael Bernicken, J Lena Whelan. ( Harry O. Tbewlius, ■ • ~ { Nevada A. Jordan. • __ The year 1896 will ba no great shakes for eclipses. There will be four of them, hut the only one visible to this part of the world will be a partial eclipse Of the moon the Bight of August 22, and not oocuring until The far end of the night. A total eclipse of the sun willl occur Aug. 9, but will be universal in every part of this country except Alaska.

', 1 ' - j 1 '• / A young German named Fred Botke had about $126 stolen Christmas night, his savings from many months of labor, from the house of a man named Charles ' Shelly, living near Rose Lawn. Botke came to Rensselaer and consulted attorneys, and had Shelly arrested, his examination being held last Saturday, before a justice in Rose Lawn. Shelly on the Gregory ranch, and seems generally well thought of in the neighborhood, although given to frequenting the saloons considerably. Botke is temporarily staying with. Sheriff Hanley. Shelly also claimed to have been robbed of $27 and other property. Prosecuting Attorney J. WDouthit went up Saturday and conducted the case against Shelly. The squire thought the evidence was insufficient and relea ?ed Shelly,

The post office of Zard in this county, is now a thing of the past, and McCoysburg it_will henceforth be. The name of the station there, heretofore Marlboro, is also to be changed to McCoysburg, and that is a good thing, too. This having a post-office bear one name and the railroad station another is a very awkward arrangement and ought not to be perpetuated by any community. There are still two double-barre, towns with double-barrel names in this county. Dunnville whose other name is Tefft; and Kniman, otherwise Hogan. And in the case last mentioned, instead of being a double barrel town for names, it is a regular gatling gun. Hogan, Kniman, Helsir, Moonshine, being only a partia list of the more or less widely used appellations of the town.

John Weinh&rt, Lafayette, boarded a Monon train leaving Chicago, Tuesday night. He was put off by Detective McQuaid, of the road, but ift Englewood ho appeared on the train again. When he saw the detective approaching him he drew a; revolver and fired cutting a gash in HoQuaid’s face. The detective grappled him and, with the assistance of Charles Jack, who wielded a hatchet, and Conductor Byers, Weinbart was deprived of his weapon. He was then released, bat later he attacked Detective MsQuaid, ♦rested his revolver from him and began shooting. A little boy was shot in the head but not dangerously wounded. His actions created a regular panic on the train. Weinhart has been in the insane asylum, and was thought to have been crazy, and is said to be a bad man when full of liquor.

A seven year old son of Hetiy Ropp, six miles north of town choked to death Monday in an attack of spasmodic croup. Deaths from this disease are of very rare occurrence, and the attending physician says it is the only death from the disease he ever saw in all his practice. L_-.. •, . 1 Harry Thewlius, the young mnn ybo cut off a heel tendon last summer, and wrs as first thought to be permanently crippled, is now as lively as anybody, as evidenced by the fuct that on New Year’s day, he took to himself a bride, in the person of Miss Nevada Jordan, the fair sixteen year old who nursed him . through his sickness. ' - “Tony the Convict” had » very large audience at the house Monday night. Frank Maloy, wli> is gifted with the histrionic talent in a marked degree, made a great hit in the leading role of Tony. Mi-a Maggie Healy, in the leading fern-tie role was also excellent and* the same could be said of Miss Walters. In fact, for an amateur company, all the parts were well carried out. R. B. Harris presented his daughters with an elegant new Conov -r Piano for Christmas, and worked the matter so shrewdly that the instrument arrived and was put up in the house ready for use before the recipients discovered what was going on. Another case of a piano for Christmas, was a Chase, given to Mrs. E. P. Hob&h by her husband, the P. M. .

Miss Mary Kruger died Saturday evening, of quick consumption, at the lome of her brother-in-law, Fred Schultz, in the east part of town. Ter age was 21 years 3 mo., 4 days. The remains were taken by train to ' rrancesville for interment in Pulaski Co., 6 miles southeast of Francasvil e. The deceased for a.any years ma !e ler home with F. J. Sears’ familyy and was an unusually amiable U d attractive girt.* A parlor concert given Saturday evening at the home of Mr. G. K. Hollingsworth in the interest of the Presbyterian church was a financial success as well as a great treat to music lovers. Ttbe music was all of a very high order And consisted of piano and violin duets by Mrs. Delos Thompson and Prof. S- H. Hay ms, of Chicago; vocal solos by Mesdames Paradis and Kannai, also by Miss Mathesson, and Mr. W. B. Austin. The program ended with two exceedingly pretty and plaintive solos on the violin by the professor.

The Fireman’s annual masquerade ball v.as held at the opera house, Tuesday night. It was attended by 50 or 60 couples of dancers and by a gallery full of spectators. Monticello and Healy orchestras furnished the music. Many beautiful and amusing costumes were shown, pecially the latter. Frank Maloy. for instance, made an incomparable 6 foot, 4 inch Trilby, with Np. 12 “Trilby feet.” Dave Warner was * shy 1G year old belle. John Bull, Brother Jonathan and President Crispo were there, but they warred not over Venezuela, but for the favor of maskers of the gentler sex, especially Maloy and Davy Warner. Bernard Maloy also made a great hit in the character of an old man.

The Republican received a telephone message yesterday trout “Never-Sweat of Marlborough “ saying that he had a black coon, weighing 30 pounds, black ftll over except the rings on his tail, which were of the same color, only more so. Some anatomical details pf the coon’s make up were also given, “not necessarily for publication but as an evidence of good faith.” It was further stated that negotiations were in progress towards'-transferring the coon to George Strickfaden, but some difficulty was found in getting Strick to go out after the oooa; and for Sever Sweat to bring it in, was out of the question, for he has holed np for the winter, along with the coon, and not intending to crawl out until sasafras roots dig easy in the spring.