Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1896 — TOWN AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Spain and Cuba. Our first city election comes iff next Tuesday May 5 th. J. 0, Paxton, of Albany, visited in Rensst laer from Friday till Mon. day. • J. P. Honeycutt has sold the Medaryville Advertiser to “S. N. Gerber-.- '— ■. W. P. Walker is over at Delphi taking the Delphian baths for his rheumatism. Miss. Grace Vanatta was unable to teach the last three days of last wiek, on account of sickness. W. F. Smith,the creamery manager, has moved into Dr. Horton’s new house, on Division street. Mrs. Miefel, of Chicago and Mm, Lyons, ot DjtptrtrweTe ttfrgueßiß~~of; S. Healy’s family, over Sunday. Another daughter was added to the household of Mr. and J. F. Watson, of River street, Wednesday April 22ud. Work in the washing and house cleaning line wanted, by Mrs. Sheets, on Weston street, 1 block south of The Republican office. Mrs. Ann Spaulding and Mrs. Davenport of Lafayette, visited the former’s mother Mrs- C- G. Weathers, over Sunday. Rev. M. R. Paradis was dowu> at Lafayette, last Thursday,-performing the marriage ceremony for Mr. John M. Fairchild and Miss Lulu Beane. Geo. E. Murrayy fsc-tke Republicans,. and David Shields, for the Democrats, are the elections commissioners for the ensuing city election. Gen. Lew Wallace, the famous author of Ben Hur, bus been enjoying himself fishing in the Kankakee river, lately. He has a small steam launch on the river. Alf Donnelly, north of town, is planting seven acrei of onions this spring. Last year he raised 500 bushels from one acre. He is also plan ling 30 acres of potatoes. Trinity M. E. Church Quarterly meeting next Sand iv. Communion service at the close of the morning sermon. Presiding elder Wilson will preach in the cven ug. Mr. Conrad Kelluer, of Rensselaer and Miss Mary Wagner, of near Remington, were married in the Catholic church, at Remington, Tuesday forenoon, by Rev. father Birg, » Thomas Walters, an elxterlyTntizen of Rochester, Fulton Co., has been Stuck with a 14,200 yerdict ia a breach of promise tuit, by Alice Stockberger, a grass- widow, of that -burg. *- * Kii ward Bowman has returned home from his health trip to North Carolina. The weuther was bo bad during much of his stay there that the trip did him no appreciable benefit.

Opera House, May 6th. No one can ‘aff >ril to miss the lecture on Spain amt Cuba,-May 6th. The latest reports from Mrs. H. B. Murray are that she is making excellent progress towards recovery from her neent surgical operation, iu Chicago. The Sunday train, from Rensselaer to Lafayette, is no longer to be distinguished aa thfi “hospital train” as Dr. Peters has arranged to visit Rensselaer every week, for a while. A reliable party from soother part of ttie state wants to locate an important manufacturing establishment in Rensselaer. No definite information as to the prospects can yet be given. A lot of people were poisOaed and made very sick, at a wedding at Brookston, one day last week. It was thought that poison developed in pressed chicken was the cause of the trouble. Thomas J. McCoy, of Rensselaer who has a host of friends in this city, will probably be the first mayor of that place, which took off its town clothes a few days ago and put on city npp»r. 1. If Tom McCoy would not make an ideal mayor, who would ? —Dilphi Journal. Wm. Cochell, a deaf mute living at Monon was killed April 17th by a Monon freight train. He was a much respected citizen of Monon, and the principal snpport of his widowed mother. He was 41 years old. Granville Moody, of Barkley Tp., got four fine lots in Thompson’s Adthe rush, -and it is jinderatoochtbat a Anehouse on them and move to town, but how soon we are not informed. Jimmie Parker, the young son of Mrs. Isabel Parker, was very bad the latter part of last week with inflammation of the Btomach and bowels, resulting from eating ice cream while very hot from bicycle riding. He is much better now.

C. A. Roberts has ju3t moved back into his Yan Rensselaer street residence. His place corner o f Washington and Cullen streets, wi.l be occupy by Mr. White, of Wilmington, 111., father of Walter White, the livery man. —Jt is jeported that a “quari shop” is bout to be opene3~sear lEe~ depot, and the good people of that Jvicinity are naturally much disturbed by the prospect. The quart shop, as usually conducted, is a much more demoralizing institution than a regular saloon. Squire J, M. Troxell was over at TJeTpM-daa attending a re-union of gold-seekers who crossed the plains to California in the spring of 1850. Of 119 in the company only 12 are now alive, and of these 12, there were 7 at the re-union. The Northwestern High School Athletic Association will hold its first meeting at Remington fair grounds Friday, May Bth. A school exhibit is held at the same time. Twenty prizes of $1 each are offered for the winners of the various athletic events, and S4O is offered in prizes for exhibits of school work.

Let it be put on record that April of the year 1896 has been the finest month of that name within the memory of living men. We even doubt if any ever saw even a May month in this part of the country that had so much fine weather and so little that was bad, as this present month of April has given us. The house which Matt Worden is building on Van Rensselaer, southwest of the public square, takes the place of an old brick house which was one of the old land marks of our city. It was the firstubrick house in Rensselaer, and probably the first in Jasper County. It was built early in the forties by Cyrus Marsh, a plasterer. The people of Township arc talking of instituting a movement for a township ravel road system, some 21 miles in extent. The township is well fixed in some respects for building a system of gravel roads uuder the township law, as .it has more mttes of rMlfOads to* help pay the tax than any other township in the county, having about 14 miles of main line. In fact the railroads and non-resident property owners .would pay two thirds of the cost should a system of roads be voted for.

Illustrated Lecture by John L. Brandt. . , The G. A. R. Post willsattend the lecture May 6th, on Spain afid Cuba, in a body. Show your patriotism and sympathy for our suffering brothers in Cuba, by attending the lecture on Spain and CubaMiss Ell 4 Livingston, of Crown Point, is visiting S. E. Yeoman’s family at the Makeever House. Mrs. Lucinda Porter is still m about the same condition as reported a week ago. Uncle Isacc Sayler has been quite sick with lung fever, but is now getting better. I Uncle Norm Warner was Ind, ianapolis Monday and Tuesday, visiting his old * friend, Isaac Stackhouse. Alexander Peacock, who was brought from KansasA while back by his bro‘her,Erastus Peaeock, is again failing in health and is now in a critical condition Mr. John" W. Faylor and Miss. Effie M. Watson, were married Tuesday afternoon, by Rev. B. F. Ferguson, at his residence. The parties live in Union Township, near Yirgie. Harley H. Lamson and Miss May Babcock were married at the home of the bride’s father, trustee James D, ■ Babcock, Thursday evening, April 16th. The ceremony was performed by Rev. M. R. Paradis. Mr. Benjamin F. Hacker, of Rantoul, 111., and Miss Mary L. Turner, of GiDam tp., a bright'and handsome yoiing couple, were married Wed., April 29th, by Squire Jas. A. Burnham, in the Treasurer’s office, at the court house.

The Republican committee of Rensselaer has just completed a careful poll of the city and find that there are now 564 voters inside the city limits. Of these 881 are listed as Republicans. The Democratic brethren started in to make a poll but are reported to have found so many more Republicans than they expected that they gave up in disgust. Dr. Alva Mills, lately of Plainfield, this state, located in Rensselaer last week and has his office in the Stockton-Williams block, in the rooms formerly occupied by County Supt. Warren. The Doctor is a recent graduate of Indiana Medical College, of Indianapolis, and is also a graduate of Earlham College, at Richmond, Ind. Eli Yoder has sent back to Joe Harris, fromGibaotf.Misswhere the Amish colony from around M Ayr located, a knee.high stalk of corn and a potato vine with buds on' it both pulled April 23rd. From which it is evident that the season starts in much earlier in Gibson Co., Miss., ihan it does in Jasper Co. Ind-, whether it gets there in any better shape at the wind up or not. Marriage licenses since last reported. I Jacb'b Hurley j Allevia A. Jones. *. j Conrad Kellner, j Mary Wagner, j John W. Faylor, l Effie M Watson, j Benjamin F. Hacker, | Mary L. Turner. Quite the most remarkable instance of activity in unimproved real-estate jn Rensselaer history, has taken place since our last issue. Block Three in Thompson’s Addition, in the northwest part of town, was subdivided into 44 lots, each 50 by 150 feet. These were offered for sale last Saturday and by Tuesday night the last one was sold. The lots are high, well located and plenty of trees, hence the great demand for them. Many of the purchasers will biiild residences on their lots, this year. The second term of W. H. Coover as county clerk will begin next Monday. Oa and after that day, his office will be under the operation of the new fee and salary law, it being the last county office in this county to pass under its operation. All fees and charges of all kii>ds of the office will then belong to the county, and evwy 'Official act must be strictly charged for. This will include even taking the acknowledgements to pension vouchers which heretofore the clerk has made no charge for. The charge in pension cases however is only the small one of ten cents.

Tickets for “Spain and Cuba” on sale at Long’s Drug Store. Admission 35 and 25 cts. School children JJLfttmfefcAsr -- - - • ------ ■ It is quite likely that Jasper county will furnisli the republican joint-rep-resentative again this year. Newton county has four candidates for the office and is really entitled to the privilege of naming Ilia candidate for the nomination, but we understand that it cannot unite upon either of its men, at least present indications point that way, and unless this is done Jasper county will end the fight by renominating M. L. Spitler, the present incumbent.—Remington Press. The above, we are inclined to think, represents to a certain extent the feeling of some Jasper county politicians. Newton county thinks differently However, as we are entitled to the representative this year and present four excellant men to select from. At the representave convention at Rensselaer two years ago, Jasper county was divided, but there was no desire on the part of our delegates to take “away“from that county its right to represent us in the legislature. What was good politics two years ago is equally good in 1896.—Kentland Enterprise.