Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1896 — CITY AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

CITY AND COUNTRY.

Corn 22. Oata 14 to 15. Hay $8 to 19. Rye 30. Louie Wilcox is now clerking at the Makeever House. Born Supclay, June 7th. to Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Stocksick, of Milroy Tp. a son. Sunday rates on the Monon: One fare for the round trtp. Return ttcket must be used the same day. D. B. Nowels arrived home Friday evening, afteFa weeks trip through Kansas and Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Lacy Gwin, of Marshfield, Wis., are visiting the the formeFs parents Mr. and Mrs. Jesse C. Gwin. Mrs. H. B. Murray returned home from Chicago last week, and is now in better health than for a great many years. ——— .. Rev. T. F. Drake, a former pastor of the Rensselaer M. E. church, was one of the principal Memorial Day. orators at Ft. Waype. Mrs. Jennie Miller Cox has been so much benefilted by the Chicago doctor’s course of treatment, that she returned home Monday evening. Half rates over the Monon to St. Louis on account of the republican national convention June 12, 13, 14 and 15, good returning until June 21. The late very heavy rains have made matters still more discouraging for the farmers on the low lands in the central and northern portions of the county. ■a About 30 Rensselaer people went to Cedar Lake last Sunday. Some 5 or 6 of .them took their wheels and rode to Crown Point. All of them, bicyclers got more or less rained on. Miss. Anna Derschell, a Remipgton teacher, took the train here Saturday, intending after a few days in Chicago, so go to Kansas City, Mo., to spent the summer with relatives. A pitcher of ice water laid in a newspaper, with the ends of the paper twisted together to exclude the air, will remain a night in any summer room with scarcely any perceptible melting of the ice. North Judson is trying to secure a car factory. The town has to furnish a brick pudding 80 by 200 feet, to secure the factory; which looks like a mighty big bonus for a town of that size to raise. Robt. Wamsher, Sr., brought us in a sample stalk of Jasper county corn. Thursday. It measured five feet four inches in length, but Robert wouldn’t claim that he had any considerable number of stalks of the same size.—Goodland Herald. Matt Nisius, the young Jordan Tp. boy whose head was so badly hurt by his team running away, is „ now considered out of danger, and bis complete recovery only a matter of time. Fair Oaks is preparing for a big Fourth of July celebration. The offer prizes for ball games, races and other sports. Will also have fire works, bowery dance etc. Capt. R. W. Marshall, of Rensselaer, will do their orating. The members of the Odd Fellows’ Encampment got back at the members of the Rebekah lodge, Friday night, by surprising the latter with a treat of ice cream and strawberries. It was in reciprocation (or a somewhat similar surprise given the Encampment by the Rebekas, a few weeks before.

Only thirteen out of sixty-five persons who took the examination for teachers state life license of the State ’ B >ar<l Of E lucatiorr wjere Isuccessful. This would indicate that one must be> a good scholar to receive a state certificate. Geo t . Reed, a demented inmate of the county poor farm, was taken to lus home in Newton Tp.. a f-.w weeks ago, by his relatives, for a visit, and soon disappeared from there, and his whereabouts are Unknown. He is about 40 years old, and has but little rationnl intelligence. The Rensselaer telephone system, with its many important connections will henceforth be under the direct management of one of the ablest telephone men in the state. The Company having secured the permanent service of J. J. Montgomery, for general manager. He is already here and in charge of the system. Lewis Saylor, one of the old settlers of Newton Tp , has sold his fine farm of 280 acres to G. K. Hollingsworth, receiving as part payment the Allen Catt- residence property, on Division street, and ten lots in Riverside Addition. It is therefore probable that Mr. Saylor will move into town, some time in the near future. B. F. Foster, of Indianapolis> grand secretary of the I. O. O. F., who has be* n dangerously sick for some time past, is reported to be in a fair way to recovery. Air. Foster has been the grand secretary of the Grand Lodge for forty-nine years, ond the last meeting in May was the first time that he ha . been absent m the forty-nine years. It is said that “Hoosier Slide” was nearly floated away by the stream of prespiration that dropped from the army of would-be postmasters at Michigan UityUast Thursday. The hours of suspense in which the dead ly battle waxed “hot and hotter” almost prostrated the valiant patriots who long to grasp the tail feathers of the American Eagle in one hand and draw a fat salary with the other.— Goodland Herald. Our former townsman, Percy S. Taylor, now of Chicago, and who has come to be an acknowledged authority on all horse matter, since the time he came into the enjoyment of the income of his great hereditary estate in England, had an interesting two column article in the daily Inter Ocean, one day last week, describing England’s Derby Day, the greatest racing event in the world. Some very funny stories are told over the new telephone system. Yesterday a certain gentleman who had been at a certain saloon to quaff a glass of beer, called the saloonist after returning to his place of business to inquire if he had left his umbrella at the saloon. The saloonist replied: “I don’t know. I’ll see.” A moment later he stepped up to the telephone with the umbrella in his hand and called out: “Is this yours?”—Rochester Republican. When we consider the amount of money annually invested in bicycles it would seem that the people are not poor. Accord.ng to some figures published lately by the New York Herald, wheelmen spend annually for their machines, repairs and excursions not less than $200,000,000. Capital invested in bicycle manufacture is $60,000,000. The work gives employment in all its branches to 120,000 persons. There are now 4,000,000 bicyclers in the Union. The first tandem bicycle ever owned in Rensselaer was received last Thursday, by J. J. Hunt and A. R. Hopkins. It is a Fowler, and as its name indicates, is built to carry two. It weighs 48 pounds. The principal advantage the tandems have over the ordinary bike seems to be that the riders do not collectively catch quite so much wind as they would were they both on separate wheels. A flashily dressed peddler with a silk hat and a sparkler in his shirt front is traveling over the country “working” dressmakersand millinery stores. He arrives in town and remains not more than a day. He enters a dressmaking establishment and offers some silk thread for sale at a good bargain. In most instances two or three dozen spools are purchased and the canvasser departs. Soon after silk thread is needed, and to the surprise of the purchaser she finds that the spool is covered with a thin veneer of silk thread and the rest is simply spool.

A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lesh, near Pleasant Ridgd, Tuesday night, June 9th. / The County Commissioners have contracted with the Lafayette Bridge Co. for two small steel bridges m Wheatfield Tp., Another tandem bicycle was received yesterday. It is . for a lady and gentleman rider, nnd belongs to the Spitler family. The Monon has again put on its construction trains to distribute rock ballast on the main line, giving employment to a large number of men. Tne main line, as well as the Indianapolis division is rapidly reaching the highest standard. Records of the pension department show that there are now living 1,125,000 Union soldiers, who participated in the war of the rebellion. The average number of deaths for the last five years was 25,000. During the fiscal year June 30 last 27,816 Union soldiers borne upon the pension rolls died. On June 301895, 975,523 survivors of the war were drawing pensions. Horace E. James, once a Republican editor, and latter a Republican postmaster, left the party because his gigantic intellect was not duly appreciated and he joined the Pops. Now he is seeking the nomination for congress, on the Democratic ticket in the tenth district. He was always a much abused citizen and there is no hope for better things in sight.—Rochester Republican. An eastern firm has been advertising that they would sell a receipt which was sure to produce personal beauty for twenty-five cents. A young lady sent the money and got full value in ", return as follows: “Mind your mother and stay home nights.” If she regards the receipt she will become beaiftiful in soul, which after all, is the richest dower a young lady can have. An Indiana man called his servant girl “an old hen” because she lay on the sofa every day. and now she proposes through her attorney to show him eggsactly how much it costs to call a hired girl “an old hen.” The average hired girl is a bad egg when you once get her feathers ruffled and if she ever gets a hold of that old rooster’s leg she will be pretty apt to pullet. - County Superintendent Warren has just received the Medal and Diploma, awarded to the Jasper county schools, by the World’s Fair, for merit in primary work; and special mention being made of penmanship. The medal is of bronze, about three inches in diameter, with a picture ofColumbusononcside, and appropriate designs on the other, It is in a beautiful, velvet lined aluminum case. The diplom is a large steel engraving, and will be properly framed by Mr. Warren. The last number of the Lafayette Sunday Herald is largely taken up with portraits of the Purdue University graduating class of this year, some 82 in number, and also portrats of the faculty and of the editors of “Debris” the University publication. Among the graduates pictured is our young townsman, Ira Washburn, second son of Dr. I. B. Waahburn, whose oldest son is also a graduate of the same institution. Ira graduates from the school of science, his degree being B.S. He made the four years course in three years; and upon his final examination had a grade of seven “A’s,” to only on 6 “B,” which is an unusually good grade. It is his intention to enter Rush Medical college next fall. The latter halt of the month of May 1896, will be noted as a period of severe and disastrous storms. On the 15 inst, 120 persons were killed by a cyclone in Texas; on the 17, 33 by cyclones in Kentucky and Kansas; on the 18th, 44 persons by a cyclone in Nebraska; on the 21st, 10 by a cyclone in Oklahoma; on the 22d, 5 by a cyclone in Missouri; on the 24th, 40 bv a cyclone in Iowa; on the 25th, 86 by cyclones in Michigan and Oklahoma and 40 by a cloudburst at McGregor, la.; and On the 26ih, 12 by a storm at Cairo. On the 27tfa. occured the terrible cyclone through St Louis and East St Louis killing 500 or more persons and doing great damage to property, besides killing many poeple outside of St Louis.

Mrs. Vai Seib is visiting relatives at Storm Lake, lows. Between two and three inches of rain Mi during last Sunday night’s stoim. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Israel, on Rev. Paradis’ farm, north of town, Sunday, June 7th. Miss Nellie McGuire of Remington visited friends in Rensselaer Wednesday. The Newton County Republican convention was held at Brook, yesterday. j T. J. Sayler has sold his half of the Rensselaer mill to D. A. Stoner. The deal was concluded yesterday. Judge Wiley attended an Odd Felloes, reunion at Wheatfield, Tuesday night, and delivered a lecture. Calvin Karsner was married last evening in Chicago, to a lady of that place, but whose name we did not learn. Wm. B. Austin and wife attended the reception at Lafayette last night given to Gen. Benj. Harrision at the residence of James Fowler. Prof. R. M. Vanatta, principal of the Monroeville schools, is home for the summer vacation. He is engaged f< r the same position for next year. - ;•* ; . “ Rev. M. L. Comer, of Teheran, 111., was in town Tuesday. He has been visiting Jasper Co. friends and relations for two weeks, but returned home yesterday. Two and one tenth inches of rain fell in 7 hours, Sunday night, by actual and careful measurement, in the southern part of the county. The rain-fall here was no doubtfully as great. Miss. Mary Washburn sailed for New York last Saturday expecting to take a five weeks tour in England, France, Switzerland, Belgium and Germany. The Cudahy Bros ~ of Chicago, are said to be backing a new which will build a pipe line from the Indiana field to Whiting. The line, if built, is likely to cross the northeast corner of Jasper county.

Mrs. H. W. Porter, accompanied by her husband and Dr. Berkley, went to the Presbyterian hospital at Chicago, yesterday, where she will remain for several weeks, and undergo a surgical operation. Last Sunday was an important day in the Catholic church here, as a large number received their first communion. The various orders and societies marched to the church in a precession, headed by the College band. Edwin Southers. the actor and his daughter, Miss Maria, of Faust and Marguerite fame, have returned to Rensselaer, for the summer. Mrs. Southers, now at a health resort in Michigan, will join them here in a short time. Many people went from Rensselaer yesterday to attend the joint township graduating exercises, in the grove at Valtna; and many others passed through town headed in the same direction. _ It-was a great affair, and will be reported more fully next week. James Cox went to Marion Tuesday night, called by a telegram stating that his son George was in hopeless condition. He took a change for the better, however, and yesterday Mr. Cox telegraphed back that there was no occassion for anxiety. George’s operation at Ft. Wayne was mentioned last week. A Tent Brigade of the Salvation Army has arrived in Rensselaer, under Capts. Kemp and Davis, and held their opening meeting at the M. E. church, Tuesday. They have pitched their big tent on the vacant lots north of the Makeever House, and in that will hold their meetings. They intend to remain here ten days. The county commissioners had the matter of dividing Union Township into two precincts before them Monday, and had considerable tiouble making the division. Some of the residents of the township wanted a north and south division and some an east and west. As finally settled the division is into North and South precincts with voting places at Fair Oaks and Parr.

John Renicker, an intelligent farmer from up about Blackford, dropped into The Republican, office Saturday, and suggested that the county papers ought to sound the alarm for Jasper County farmers to be on the watch for that most pernicious weed, known as the wild lettuce. Mr. Renicker says it has already obtained a foothold in this county, and such is its fecundity in producing seeds, and such their facility off traveling on every wind that bUws, that unless it is eradicated at once, it will soon possess the whole county. It. is especially fatal to meadows, growing so rank as to crowd out and kill out all other vegetation. The weed is a ra?ther tall pla?t, with wide leaves that considerably resemble tame lettuce leaves, but which usually end in prickles, or spines. It is a truly villainous weed, and Mr. Renicker says, is much worse even than the Canada thistle; One good healthy plant will produce seed enough to plant 40 acres. Farmers should be on the look-out for it in their fields and in the roads in front of their fields; and road supervisors should watch for it in their roads. Mr. Renicker says that it can be seen at intervals all along the road, from his place to Rensselaer. Also that many roads and farms in the Gifford region are dangerously infected by it