Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1896 — CITY AND COUNTRY. [ARTICLE]

CITY AND COUNTRY.

Bye 25. t Hay $5. Wheat 70 to 75. Old Corn 21 to 21. New Corn 16 to 17. The Pierson brothers, of Union Tp, are building a house in Sunnyside Addition. A. F. Long, the drnggist, has been quite sick for a week, with a stomach trouble, but is now improving. A big light in the southeast, Monday night, was caused by a prairie fire some 6 or 8 miles in that direction. Mrs. Tressie Gunion and children, of Clinton Co., visited her sister Mrs. Monroe Banes a couple of days last week. Rev. B. F, Ferguson arrived home last Sunday, after a week’s absence, in northeastern Missouri, which he says is a very nice country. Fred Phillips has purchased a full stock of men’s furnishing goods, which he will open out in the room heretofore occupied by him in bis clothing to order trade. Mr. Thomas W. Turner and Miss Mary M. Ga'-oway, both of Rensselaer were married last Friday, Deo. 11th, by Squire W. H. Churchill.

Mr. J. H. Francis, of LaPorte Ind., came over on Tuesday, to visit and spend Christmas with her daughter Mrs. R. W. Marshall and family. Bert Brenner came home from the Chicago College of Pharmacy to asstst in the management of Long’s drug store during Mr. Long’s sickness. 1 Mr. C. P. Smith and daughter Miss Caddie Smith, of Ottowa, 111 , are visiting the former’s daughter and the latter’s sister, Mrs. C. E. Mills and family. A game of indoor base ball, something new and novel in the entertainment line, will be played at the opera house Christmas night- A band concert in connection. Work on the court house was re--1 sumed again yesterday after a delay of nearly a week, waiting for the arrival of the steel floor beams, which began to arrive Tuesday. E. L. Shortridge, now of Hammond, but a former Jasper County boy, has just been appointed official stenographer fer the Lake, Porter and LaPorte superior court. Rev. D. A. Tucker pastor of F. W. Baptist Church, will preach next Sunday evening from the Subject ; “Demands and. Dangers of the Times and Looking for a Remedy.” The county commissioners have ordered a barn built on the jail lot for the use of the sheriff. T. J. Joyner is agent to buy material and superintend the bnilding of the barn. Rev. B. W. Woodward and wife, the evangelists from Dutton, Mich., are having a large attendance at their nightly meetings at the Church of God, and will continue the meetings during all of this week. > Bill N. Jones cned a big sale for Eli Gingrich and Shem Yoder, oat beypnd Mt. Ayr, Tuesday, and reports that property, especially live stock, sold amazingly well. Horses as high as SBB, hogs and cows in proportion.

The Kentucky court of appeals has affirmed '.the senteoces of both Scott Jackson and Alonzo Wailing, the murderers of Pearl Bryan, and their tor an early hanging are now 1 very promising. Mr. Levi S. Renioker and Miss Emma D. Wray, both of the vicinity of Rensselaer, were married last Sunday, Dec. 13th by Rev. Abraham Miller, a clergyman of the German Baptist or Dunkard church. The twenty days old infant daughter of Ben and Ida King died last Thursday, of cholera infantum. The funeral was held Friday afternoon, at the residence in the east dart of town, by Rev. D A. Tucker. A large and very well phased audience at the Presbyierian Church, Monday evening, enjoyed greatly Mrs. Annie Ward Foster’s entertainment. An ‘'evening with Eugene Field.” Ed. Timmons, who was hurt by a fall at the new court bouse, some time ago, is now able to be out again. He had a big ftdi, and was quite badly bruised and wrenched on one arm and one leg, but no bones were broken. _ ■ .* T. J. Sayler was down at Canton, Ohio, last week, looking at the big stone crusher, but it purchase is not yet concluded. He called on President Elect McKinley during his stay in Canton and was very pleasantly received.

Our former young townsman, Robt, M. Vanatta, superintendent of the Monroeville, Ind, schools, is an expectant bridegroom. The cards for the wedding named Dec. 23rd. as the date. *Tho bride is Miss Van Buskirk, of Anderson. Jedediah Phelps Austin, the patriarch of LaPorte Co., died Dec. 4th, aged 92 year*. He was one of LaPorte County’s very earliest settlers. His wife survives him, and had he lived their diamond wedding 1 would have soon bpen celebrated. Mr'. Korah Eldridge and Mis 3 Ida Johnson, both of Barkley Tp., were last Wednesday, Dec. 9th. by Squire Jas. A. Burnham, in -the county treasurer’B office. They are a rather youthful couple the bride being only 16, and the groom 24 • Thh village of Hebron in Porter county is lh a state of uproar. The Pan Hailroad, which runs through the place, has built a high board fence across the streets on each side of the right of way. Judge Johnston of Valparaiso has begun injunetien proceedings on behalf of ihe town. Robert Michal has rented his farm in Jordan Tp., and will move to Rensselaer. He wants to send his boys to oar fine schools, and also to rest and recuperate himself, not having been in very good health for some time past. He will make a public sale on Wednesday, Ejec. 23rd. • T. P. Wright has turned over his undertaking business to the management of his son, Jennings Wright. The naw manager is a steady and reliable young man, who, in spite of his youth, has had years of experience in the undertaking line, and that he is fully competent to successfully carry on the business, we have every confidence. Marriage License since last reported. j Korah Eldridge, j Ida Johnson. J Thomas W. Turner, \ Mary M. Gasoway. j Charles W. Pullins, | Mollie Mason. j Levi S. Renicker, { Emma D- Wray * Some 55 or 60 persons enjoyed a pleasant evening party at the residence of onr new County Recorder, R. B. Porter, a few miles southeast of town, last Thursday evening. The party was gotten up by the neighbors, is a sort of farewell testimonial of esteem, on the occasion of Mr. Porter’s expected early removal to town. A paper called the East Chicago Globe is making an efiortto bring the case of Rev. Wilson to a public airing under the plea that either the Congregational church of which he has become pastor has been imposed upon or Wilson has been unjustly acoused. The conditions under whioh Wilson withdrew from the conference are a matter of record, and if the church at Spring Valley has been imposed upon, it is through its own negligence.—Monticello Herald.

The commissioners of Tippecanoe county are furnishing anti-toxin free to diphtheria patients iu that county who are unable to buy it themselves. The remedy has proved so effective that Boards are not only justified in making snch an expenditure, but the law of humanity requires it. Cities and towns are everywhere adopting curfew ordinances, and reports of their practical workings are much in their favor. The usual form requires children under 16 years of age to keep off the streets after 9. P • M., unless accompanied by parents guardians. Columbia City is one of the latest to adopt such an ordinance. Dr. B. B. Waterman will give a unique entertainment at the F. W. Baptist church, next Friday evening, Dec. 18th. It will be an account of his trip to Japan, illustrated by a large number of sciopticau or magic lantern views. A double Japanese wedding, given by twenty young people in costume will be one of the most interesting features. Admission 25 cants. Children 10 cents The Pan Handle depot at Re) nolds has been moved to the junction with the Monon and will hereafter be used as a union station by the two roads, with Ed Johnson as sole agent. Charley Kleist, on his retirement from the Monon’s service will take a trip to Southern California wnd on his return may be again employed by the Monon at another point on the road: Monticello Press.

An important deal in business district property has b3en consummated this week. Chas A. Roberts has sold his property at the corner of Washington and Cullen streets to Dr. J. W. Horton, the dentist. The pricejpaid was about $4,600 or $4,700. Mr. Roberts gave S3OOO for it two or three years ago, but ha improved it about S6OO or S7OO worth. Dr. Horton will let the property stand as it is for a year or two and will then improve it by n business building. It is a good corner, and all the time getting better, Delphi Journal:—Bob Wasson is now able to be out. It will be remembered that-Robert had his ankle crashed in a game of football in Rensselaer several weeks ago. He walks on a crutch and it will be several months before he is able to use the injured memoer. Senator Collett. of Cass County, announces that he will introduce a bill into the next legislature making it a misdemeanor to play football. If this bill becomes a law the who engage in this rough and dangerous sport will be liable to fine and imprisonment. There are a great many anxious parents throughout the length and breadth of Indiana who will heartily second Senator Collett in this matter.

The Monticello Press thinks that if Editor Crampton, of the Delphi Citizen gets the whole or a considerable part of that SIO,OOO he has sued the men that licked him for, that lots of editors will be out looking for responsible parties to thrash them, and that ere long the blandishments of, the now exalted wood subscriber will be looked upon with scorn. Bat we pat no great dependence in any such road to wealth as that. In the future as in the past, the editors who wai rich by sning the subscribers who licked them, will be as scarce as are now the subscribers who became wealthy by suing the editors who libelled them. * Neither getting licked nor getting libelled for a chance to bring a law suit will ever prove a sure road to affluence.

A lodge of the order of American Woodmen will be organized in Rensselaer tonight, it is announced. And that reminds us that Rensselaer is a great place for lodges and societies of all kinds. , In the way of secret societies we have here the Odd Fellows and their two cognate braaches, Re bekaks and the Encampment; the Masons and their Women’s branch, the Eastern Star; Knights of Pythias, Rathbone Sisters, and Uniform Rink; Grand Army of the Republic and Women’s Relief Corps; Ancient Order of United Workmen, Catholio Order of Foresters; Independent Order of Foresters; and Knights of the Maccabees. In addition to tM&e there at least two of the many patriotic women's organizations are represented here. Daughters of Liberty, and Daughters, of the American Revolution. ,

The dunkar 1 denomination is said to have a movement on foot for the purchase of a large body of land in Brown county, on which they propose to establish a settlement of their own people. C. E. Everett ts Fort Wayne is negotiating with landowners and has already secured 41,000 acres, to which 100 families will move soon. He thinks the settlement will ultimately include the whole’ territory of Brown county and when their ideas of loyal government a»e put in practise, it is claimed that neither jail nor court house will be -needed. A Pennsylvania steel drummer wagered S4OO to a cent witli a New Yorker that Pennsylvania aud New York would give McKinley 400,000 more votes than Bryan received. For every vote additional to the 400,000 the drummer was to receive 1 cent. As Pennsylvania gave 300 000 majority and New York close to 275,000 the fellow who put up the l cent had to pay the .man who risked S4OO, a cent for each of the 175,000 additional majority, or $1,750. Rev. Irl Hicks, the alleged weather prognosticator, in his circulars sent oat some weeks' ago to newspapers, askeS the editors to keep their eyes on the weather for December and see how exactly it was reeled off according to his predictions for this month. Well half of the month has passed, and in all truth the weather it has brought could not have been less like what Hicks - threatened us with, and have been any approach to winter weather at all. “The first week in December will bring some active storms, with change to very cold” says Hicks, bat it didn’t. Many fierce gales were to attend these storms, but so far there has been nary a gale. A “Vulcan” storm period was to be “central on the 9th, and renewed storms of rain and snow will traverse the country from about the 9th to the 12th.” Bat those storms also didn’t get there. And these storms that didn’t storm are followed close after by another barometer on a high and a cold wave. This “Vulcan”, above mentioned, is Hicks main dependence for weather changes. According to him it is a little red-head-ed tworby twice Mercury, and so near the sun that it can never be seen, unless at a time of the sun’s total eclipse. This Vnlcan is so much Hick’s special property that we look to see him take out a patent on it The patent would be as valuable to him probably, as are the copy-rights he takes ont on his weather predictions. The very modest Mr. Hicks says “God only can tell the value of property that has been protected, and the numter of lives that have been saved, during the last ten years, throngh the forecasts and special warnings of Mr. Hicks.” We quite agree with what Mr. Hicks says about Mr. Hicks in that particular. For if his predictions have protected any property or saved any lives, God only knows it for nobod} on earth ever heard of it.