Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1896 — ADDITIONAL LOCALS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

Dr Hartselt ia improving slowly, bat is not yet able to resume attention to his medical practice. Architect Morrison was down from Chicago seeing how the Presbyterian church was progressing* A well known citizen of Knimsn is reported to have taken the way toward the Keeley cure town, yesterday. . The public sale season is now in full swing and Uncle.. Simon Phillips, the ablest auctioneer in Northwest Indians, is kept busy crying them. The county commissioners yesterday, decided, to retain the services of A.G. Hardy, the beat poor farm superintendent in Indiana, for another year; and his sister as matron. Th 3 two Latta boys who raised the big row at Shelby a while back, and one of who was so nearly killed, were tried at Crown Point last week and got off-with small fines, and 30 days in jail. Rev. B. F. Ferguson was confined to his house by sickness, Tuesday and Wednesday. He was thereby disappointed of a proposed trip to White Co., where a couple of couples had seme marrying they wanted him to do for them. A very notable feature of next Monday night’s Shaun Aroon performance, will be the recitation t>> Frank Maloy, of Riley’s poem, “Jap Miller, of Martinsville, slightly transposed into “Mac McCoy, of Rensselaer.” It will be a great hit, beyond a doubt. The Monon News says the Remington Press can make as many new counties as it pleases, but can’t have a square rod of White county’s sacred territoiy to make them of. But the News need not give itself any concern on the new county question. Our esteemed Remington contemporary was just “bluffing”.a little when it sprung the new county racket. “Just talking through its hat,” figuratively speaking. The weaiher has been somewhat colder for some days past, but not sufficiently so to appreciably shorten the elongated visages of the owners of the empty ice houses around town. The only parties in the vicinity who took advantage of the good ice m December, were the St. Joseph’s college and the Indian School people. They both have in a good supply of ice of a very fair quality. The matter of the acquisition of an electric light plant by the town, is likely to be allowed to remain in statu quo, for a time. Not unlikely until another year, in fact, when the contract with the present company will be nearing its expiration. It seems also to be the general conclusion, resulting largely from the investigations of members of the board in other towns, that the plant now here is not of nearly large enough capacity for the present and immediate future needs of the town and further that, considering the present prices of new electric light machinery and appliance, the price at which the plant was offered is a good deal too high wad She Ftople’s Univsss&y recently chartered under the laws of the state of Illinois, will begin its first term of school work in a Sommer camp school on May sth, 1896, on its new location, six miles east of St. Anne, IIL, or near Hopkins Park, which joins on the west of Newton County. It will admit only one-hundred students’ and the school will be organized on the plan of an industrial republic. All students will work six hours each day, having the afternoons and evenings for study. This school is not to be endowed by the gifts of the few, but its buildings will be constructed and its industrial plant established by the labor of the very people who are to enjoy its benefits. Men of wealth have heretofore given their money to establish schools, but here is to be a school where men who are poor may give themaelvy and by their own labor construct and equip the very school where they and their children with them or after them may invite themselves to scholarly pursuits.—Kentland Enterprise. “Shaun Aroon,” an original Irish Drama, by home talent. At Opera House, Feb., 17th.