Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1897 — Page 8

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County Correspondence

HANGING GROVE. Sam Swisher moved to Medaryville last week. William Knapp has sold out and will move to Clinton Co. this week. Joe Kendall was the guest of H. N. Kendall Sunday. Corn husking husking has begun but the corn is so dry that it is very disagreable husking. NORTH BARKLEY. Miss Mae and Kittie Callahan were in Rensselaer, Friday. George Fanson is on the sick list, Ben Clouse went to Wlieatfield Sunday. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Dodd has been seriously ill the past week. B. J. GifEord has been in this vicinity since Thursday looking after the fire which has been raging on the marsh and devouring muck for the past two weeks. Mrs. James Noland was in Medaryville Thursday obtaining medical aid. School began at North Lawn last Monday with an average attendance. Mrs. Brookman visited her sister, Mrs. Kneadler last week. There was a party at Frank Stevens last Wednesday evening. George and John Fanson lost another valuable horse Thursday.

McCOYSBURG.

"William Arnott who is teaching at Stoutsburg spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives and friends at this place, Bruce White is doing well-work for Mr. McCoy. Mr. Lee, Mr. Robinson and others visited our Institute last Saturday. Robt. Drake received a car-load of sewer last Saturday, Cooler weather since the recent showers Mrs. Reed Banta is very dangerously siok of typhoid fever. She has been in an unconscious state of mind for two days. Dr. Clayton is the attending physician. He reports a very dangerous case of diphtheria in *

Mr. Gilmore’s family, also a couple more in Lee. Caster, and Sweeney just completed a wellfor Jno, Phillips. They worked hut a day and a half and found water in abundance at a depth of 27 feet. Scott Robinson left for Blackford Wednesday morning to work with a sawmill. Lloyd Burns is on the sick list.

WHEATFIELD.

Henry Whitaker, of Hammond, was in town a few days last week. John Graves transacted business in Kentland last Thursday. B. J. Gifford, of Kankakee, was in town last Thursday. A lot of the bot s from this place ■a.t.t.pnderl a K. of P. blow Out at DeMotte last Friday night, they report a ffrand time. A little child of Charley Yon, living near Center school house, died with diphtheria Saturday morning. Simon Fendig went to Rensselaer Sunday. Jud Hayden, of Lowell, was through this part of the country last week trying to buy draft horses for the eastern market. Mrs, S. H. Petrie and children are visiting relatives at Lowell this week. John Graves drove to Rensselaer Sunday. Mrs. Sarah Holsworth who has been spending the summer in Nebraska returned home last Friday. John Whitaker was in Rensselaer Monday. * J Miss Lenna Whitaker is reported quite sick. A nice shower of rain visited this locality Monday afternoon. Everybody was smiling. A deaf and dumb jeweler with his wife and -child are stopping at the Eagle Hotel. He claims to be an expert at the business, he is also quite an oddity for while being deaf and dumb he belongs to three or four secret societies.

Tennessee Centennial and Inter national Exposition, May Ist to Oct. 31st, 1897, at Nashville, Tenn. Fare for the round trip from Rensselaer only $lO. Tickets on sale daily. W. H. Beam, Agt. I have the Studebaker wagon for sale in all styles. G. A. Roberts. Mrs. Lecklider has just returned from the city with a full line of fall and winter millinery. Call and get lowest rock-botton prices. Cut prices, Dakota hats 39 cents at Mrs. Leckliders’. Dont fail to examine prices at Leckliders. Lamp flues 4 and 6 cents at C. A. Leckliders. Miss Lucy Marlatt desires work in the short-hand and typewriting lines, and general office work. Residence at the Cotton house. Cowboy hats, only 49 cents, at Mrs. Lecklider’s.

100 piece English semi-porcelin dinner sets, $4.75 at C A. Leckliders’ for four Aveeks only. Competition not in it. Notice the low prices on granite ware at C. A. Lecklider's, Competition not in it. Mrs. M. E, Lecklider will hold her Millinery opening, beginning Oct., 18 and continuing until Oct. 23. Special inducements in prices on opening week.

2 q-t. coffee and teapots 8 cents at C. A. Lecklider. See the cheapest small tinwarein the city, at C. A. Lecklider’s. Also best grnniteAvare, at rock-bot-tom prices. Neav Millinery. Latest Fall styles. Cubas in all colors. Dakotas, to suit any cowboy, however particular, and W alking hats in every variety and style. Hundreds of them at Mrs. L. M. Imes. Ladies. Call et Mrs. Austin Hopkins’ Corset Parlors and be fitted. More than a dozen styles to select from. Correct measure taken and corsets made to order. Residence 2 doors south of Co. Clerk’s office. dwtf.

You will sqe the prettiest hats ever shown at M. & A. Meyer's Millinery Opening Oct. 14 15 and 16. The ladies of Rensselaer and vicinity are invited to call at Mrs. Hershman's millinery rooms, near the depot, before, purchasing their fall and winter millinery. She has well selected stock, and a trimmer ready and able to please all. She has thoroughly studied all the new styles, and is able to make any kind of hat wanted. Now is about the time that you should get your flues cleaned before putting up your stoves and avoid fires. Any one wishing work done see Harry Wiltshire the “chimney sweep.'’

J. P. Hammond will write your fire or life Insurance, as cheap as the cheapest. Give him a call. Office with JamesH Chapman. s4w farm or town property, call on James 11. Chapman. He lias unusual faciltie? for placing loans promptly. Abstracts prepared carefully and promptly. Office over Ellis & Murray’s store. Ferguson & Wilson have plenty of money to make alltlie ioans required in Jasper county. We will give applicant choice from private funds or eastern funds. Don’t forget to call and get our terms. For a first class buggy or carriage give C. A. Roberts your order. All work is warranted and prices to suit thetimes. Cancer positively and permanently cured. No cure—no pay. Address Dr. A, W. Armocost, Brookston, Ind. J. P. Hammond has secured the Agency for a first class ,Buggy Co. and if you want a buggy or carriage, it will pay you to see him before ordering, as he will positively save you money. Work warranted to be just as represented. Office with James A. Chapman. s4w

For all kinds of sewing machines, repairing and supplies, call on E. F. Gibson, at Antrim & Dean’s hardware store. Telephone No. 14. wtf. Mrs. Lottie George has moved into Mr. Day’s house recently vacated by Mr. Will Mossier, east of the court house, where she is prepared to take any number of boarders. Good rooms and first class table are guaranteed. Trancients §l. a day. $3.50 per week. Boys you that want a nice buggy for your best girl call and see C. A. Roberts. “Those jobs are butes.’ Mrs. Austin Hopkins Dress Corse! Parlors. Mackintosh dress skirts and capes. Girls’ Macintosh circulars, made of Macintosh serge blue and black, plaid lined. Residence 2 doors south of Co. Clerks office. East side of Court Housesquare. dwtf.

Dakota hats, best grade, only G 9 cents, at Lecklider's. Cheaper grade, 49 cents. Onions for Sale. * Finest of onions, at 50 cents per bushel, 1£ miles north of Rensselaer, dw2. Alf Donnelly. m ♦ Wood Saws Wood With His Wood Saw. Remember Dick Wood is again on deck with his steam wood saw and ready to call at any place in town to saw a cord or more. Price for sawing only 40 cents a cord. If you don’t see Wood to saw Wood telephone your order to the Republican office, telephone 18. Half Hates on the Monon Until further notice the Monon will sell excursion tickets on Sundays at one fare for the round trip to all points where the one way rate does not. exceed $3.50 and is not less than 25 cents. Tickets good returning to starting point until daylight on the followino 1 morning. W. H. Beam, agt. Cattle For Sale. For sale 36 steer calves, 11 heifers and cows, 2 two year old steers. Wm. Shirer, Kniman, Ind. For Trade A new, first class, 1897, model bicycle fully guaranteed, to trade for wood, or good buggy horse. Call at Republican office for name of party. Paid For That Twine? Have you paid for that binder twine at N. Warner & Sons’, which was to have been paid for the first of September? If not, it is time you for you may want to buy some more on the same terms next year. wtf.

NO. .5. An Ordinance to provide for the construction, maintenance and operation of a system of Water Works in the City of Rensselaer, and State of Indiana. The Common Council of the City of Rensselaer do ordain as follows: Section I.—That Horace E. Hortou, of Chicago. 111., Is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, maintain and operate a system of water works in the city of Rensselaer. for the pm pose of supplying said city and its vicinity with wholesome water, for domestic and sanitary purposes and in sufficient quantities for the extinction of fires and domestic. commercial and manufacturing purposes RIGHT OF WAY. Section' 2.—That sanl Horton shall have avenues, public, squares and public places of said city for the purpose of placing, maintaining and operating mains. pipes and other fixtures. including fire hydrants, during the time said Horton shall maintain and operate such water works; and while constructing the same upon the terms and cond.tiona hereinafter mentioned. WATER SUPPLY. Section 3 —The water to be supplied by said Horton shall be taken from an artesian well or wells. MANNER OF CONSTRUCTION. Section 4.—During the progress of the work said Horton shall not unnecessarily obstruct any street, alley or avenne, or public ground of said city, and in laying pipes and conduits, he shall repair and make good all gas, electric light, sewer, or other pipes previously laid, sidewalk and street crossing that shall be disturbed in such construction or repiir. and shall hold the city harmless from any damages that may arise therefrom, and shall so place said pipes as not to interfere with the system of sewerage adopted by the city. Said Horton shall complete each part of the work when commenced as speedily as practicable. The said Horton shall rest >re said streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks and crosswalks and public grouuds to as good condi ion as practicable, and In the erection, construction and operation of said woi ks in any street, avenue, alley or public ground and in removing pavements and sidewalks and in mak ng necessary excavations for repairs, said Horton shall suitably guard amt protect the same so as to prevent injury to persons and to public and private property by rea-ou thereof. Lights shall be kept at with ends of all excavations at night.

CAPACITY OF WORKS. Section s.—The said Works shall consist of aud be constructed as per plans and shecitications attached hereto and made a part of tills ordinance. INTERMEDIATE HYDRANTS. Section 6.—ls the City of Rensselaer shall at any time in the future elect to place intermediate fire hydrants on the original pipe system, such hydrants shall be furnish, d and placed by the 9aid Horton at the expense of the city, and the city shall bear the necessary expense of keeping them in order Dut shall pay no rent therefor. TEST OF WORKS. Section 7.—Upon the completion of said works, the said Horton shall notify the said city, and said city shall thereupon proceed to test the powers and capacity of said works. When said works shall throw water with the aid of their pumping machinery, from four separate hydrants, located in the business portion of said city, at one and the same time, through one hundred feet of two and one-half (2!4) inch rubber hose, and one (1) inch ring nozzle to a height of seventy 170) feet, In still air and all other tests as provided In specifications; then the rental for lire service hereinafter stipulated, shall begin and said city hereby agrees upon said test being performed to accept the said water works system, and to furnish said Horton a certificate in duplicate to that effect. Said Horton shall commence the construction of said water works within ten days after the passage of this ordinance, aud shall complete the same by January 16th after that date. Should said Horton be restrained from proceeding hereunder by legal process, or the validity of this ordinance be questioned in any proceedings in court, an additional allowance of time shall be made hereunder equivalent to the time such proceedings are pending.

— —— • FIRE SERVICED Section B.— The said Horton shall constant ly, day aud night, during the term of this contract, and the continuance of the franchise hereby granted, except in cases of unavoidable accident, keep all hydrants supplied with water, and upon receiving fire alarm shall at oi.ee furnish sufficient pressure for Are service and maintain the same as long as necessary, and shall keep said hydrants In good order aud efficiency for said purpose. The Chief of the Fire Department of said City, and in case of Ills absence, the officer in charge thereof. or the City Marshal, shall inspect said hydrants from time to time, and if upon such inspection any ot said hydrants shall be found to be out of working order, he shall forthwith notify the agent of said Horton in writing, specifying the hydrant or hydrants out of working order, and said Horton shall repair tile same. free w ate it. Section 9.—The said city of Rensselaer, shall have the right to uso, free of-chargeat all times, providing th’e hydrant rentals are paid as per section 12, without notice, water from hydrants for extinguishing fires, and the use of one stream at a time through a fire nozzle for Hushing gutters and sewers at any time it may be necessary for sanitary purposes, upon giving notice to the persons in charge of water works. Said City shall also have free of charge water for tlie public sc .ools and offices occupied for city purposes, and for two public watering places for domestic animals. rules and rates. Section 10, —The said Horton shall not charge to the consumer during the continuance of the franchise granted by this ordinance exceeding the following rates, wnlch shkll be collected semi-annually in advance, on the first days of May and Novemb r in each year. The said Horton shall have tlie right, at will. io supply consumers at meter rates, Instead of assessed rates* and meter rates m»v be collected quarterly/TUe obtaining the use of water and the discontinuance thereof, and the rates charged therefor shall be to all consumers alike without distinction for a like use as to manner, purpose of uso, aud quantity used, excepiing that for non payment of water rates when due, or the non-compliance by consumers with the rules and regulations said Horton may refuse to supply water or may cut oif the supply of j water, to such consumers until payment Is i made, or other compliance had wit h said rules ! and regulations. Including the payment of any reasonable penalty or damage provided so therein. | Connections ' etween the mains and consumers shall be made by said Horton at the expense of the consumer, and tlie lowest annual ratetoanyonecon-umerin aiiy one case shallbe three (£3.00) dollars. The cost to private consumers for the use of water shall not be in excess of the following annual rates, payable quarterly In advance: . Banks, with one self-closing faucet ,$ 6 00 Banks, with hose connection 8 00 Bakeries, dally average of each barrel of Hour, per barrel 5.00 Residences occupied by one family, four rooms or less 6.00 Residences, five rooms 7.00 Residences, six rooms 8.00 Residences, each additional room 75 Restaurants, 'special. Stables, one horse, including carriage 1 washing 3.00 Stables, each additional horse and cow. . 2.00 Stables, livery, boarding or sale six horses or less, including carriage washing .. . 12.00 Stables, each additional stall 1.00 Sprinkling of lawns, fifty feet frontage. i ner season, with like lrontof street ... 6.60 Urinals, private, with self-closing fix- t tures 4.00 Urinals for stores and offices .. . 4.00 Urinals for saloons aud restaurants, with self-closing fixtures 6.00 Urinals, public, with self-ciostng fixtures 8.00 Water closet, private 4.00 Water closet, self closing, stores, banks, and offices 5.00 Water closets, restaurants, saloons, etc., i w ith self-closing fixtures 6.00 Water closet, public ... 8.00 All persons not satisfied with the schedule can have the privilege of putting In a water meter at their own expense, and the said water company sha 1 have the same privilege.

meter rates Per Hay of 24 hours. 10 to 301 gallons, per IfOO gallons 30 300 to 1000 gallons, per 1000 gallons 25 1000 to 6000 gallons, per IOOu gallons 20 60(i0 to 14000 gallons, per 1000 gallons 15 14000 to 20000 gal ous, per 1000 gallons 13 20000 to 25000 gallons, per 1000 gallons 12 Above 25000 gallons, per 1000 gallons.... 10 SEASON KATES. Fountains flowing not exceeding three hours per day. during the season from the first of May to to the first of November: One sixteenth inch orifice §BOO Fountains, one-eighth Inch jet 10 00 Hose for sprinkling streets including sprinkling and washing side« nlks ana 1 outside buildings, per lineal foot, bus- ! ness hou-es, per season of six months.. .15 I Same as foregotng, private houses per front foot io Hose for sprinkling lawns, 50. frontage .. 5.00 IP se for sprinkling lawns, each foot front foot in excess of 60 feet .05 Hose when used as fountain, at fountain rates. Rates for all other purposes that may be applied for not named In the foregoing schedule of maximum rates, will be fixed by estimation or meter at the option of said Horton. DERATION OF FRANCHISE. Sec. 11. In consideration of the benefits which will be derived by said city and Its inhabitants from the construction and operation of said waterworks, and the further consideration of the water supply hereby secured for public use. and as an inducement to the said Horton, to enter upon the construction and operation of said waterworks, the franchise, license and authority, and all the rights and privileges hereby and herein granted and conferred, shall remain in full force aud effect, commencing with the acceptance of this ordinance andending thirl yfive years thereafter. Sec. 12. In consideration of the furnishing and other purposes enumerated in the preceding sections, and in further consideration of the several mutual covenenats in this ordinance contained, the said City of Rensselaer agrees to pay said Horton as and for rental and water supply a semi-annual hydrant rental payable on the 20th day of June and the 20th day of December in each and every year, of eighteen (*18,00) dollars for each of said hydrants located upon the pipe system approximately, as shown upon said map. and eighteen ($18.00) dollars for each six months payable as aforesaid, for each additional hydrant put in and maintained by the said Horton pursuant to the orders of said city as herein provided The said hydrant rental shall begin on the completion and acceptance of said works, and the said first payment shall be for such part of a month as shall intervene between the completion and acceptance of said works, and the last day of the month, in which such acceptance shall he made. And in the event that said Horton or assigns shall convey said waterworks system by mortgage or trust deed to secure any Indebtedness. The payments of hydrant rental herein agreed to be paid shall be made to the mortgagee or trustee named.

tax to pay rental. Sec. 13. The City of nensselaer shall annually during the said 'term hereinbefore mentioned, levy and collect a tax sufficient to pay said hydrant rental accruing during said year, and said tax, when collected, shall be kept separate and known as “The Hydrant Fund,” and shall be held inviolate for and is hereby irrevocably pledged and appropriated for the payment of said hydrant, rental in the manner herein provided. Provision to meet the requirements of this section shall be made in the annual appropriation bill. OPTION to purchase. Sec. 14. The City of Rensselaer shall have the right to purchase the system of waterworks erected under the provisions of this ordinance at any time within six months after the completion thereof, or at the end of any one year thereafter at such price as shall be agreed upon between the said city and the owners of said system, and in the event such an agreement cannot be made, an appraisal shall be had In which each of the parties interested shall select an appraiser who shall not be residents of the state of Indiana, and if the two so chosen shall fail to agree upon the valuation of said system of waterworks, the two so chosen shall select a third, and the decision of the said Board of Appraisers as heretofore constituted or a majority of them shall he a conclusive finding as to the value of said system, and the City of Rensselaer shall thereupon, and within sixty days after being notified of the price so fixed by said appraisers, take and pay for the waterworks system, upon the basis so fixed, and in case the city shall at any time elect to purchase under the terms of this section, it shall take the same subject to any mortgage indebtedness, which shall then be a lieu upon the system and shall only pay tfro owners of the system the value thereof after deducting the entire amount of mortgage indebtedness. ACCEPTANCE AND BOND. Sec. 15. The said Horton shall, within thirty clays after the passage of this ordinance, file with the City Clerk es the City of Rensselaer, a written acceptance of this ordinance, duly acknowledged before some officer authorized to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and within a like period shall file a bond In the penal sum of five thousand dollars, with surety subject to tlie approval of the Common Council of said city, aud conditioned for tlie faithful' performance of all the stipulations of this ordinance for tlie construction of said waterworks, and upon the filing of said acceptance and bond, this ordinance shall be in full force and effect, and shall be considered a contract between the City and the said Horton, and as an accepted grant of the f ranchise to build and maintain said waterworks upon the terms and conditions herein provided; said bond to be released when said works are accepted, intehpketat.'on. Sec. 16. Whenever tlie City of Rensselaer shall be named or understood in this ordinance, the same shall be held and construed to intend the City of Rensselaer, its successor or successors.and that whenever tlie said Horton shall be named or understood in this ordinance, the same shall be held and construed to intend tlie said Horton, his representatives, associates or assigns. Sec. 17. Whereas an emergency exists this ordinance shall be in force from and after its passage. Rensselaer, Ind., October 2, 1897. I, Schuyler C. Irwin, Clerk of the City of Rensselaer, Indiana, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true and complete copy of Special Ordinance No. 15. except the specifications there.n referred to. which said specifications are on file and open for public inspection In my office. I further certify that said ordinance was duly adopted, ordained and established by a unanimous vote of the Common Council of said City at a regular meeting held at the council chamberon the 27th day of September, 1997, as appears from the original ordinance on file and on record in my office. In witness whereof, f have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City this 2nd day of October. 1997. [Seal] Schuyler C. Irwin. Oct. 8-4(1 city clerk.

SPECIAL ORDINANCE HUMBER 14, An Ordinance, authorizing Horace E. Horton to Construct, Maintain and Operate an Electric Light System in the City of Rensselaer, Indiana. The Common Council of the City of Rensselaer do ordain as follows: Sf.ction i. That Horace E. Horton, of the City of Chicago, Illinois, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, maintain and operate an electric light system in the City of Rensselaer, for the purpose of supplying the said city and its inhabitants with light, heat and,, power for public and private uses, and for that purpose to use the streets, alleys, public grounds and bridges of said city within its present or future corporate limits, for the puqiosc of erecting and repairing poles, lines, and all other structures and, devices for the service of electric light, heat and power. Sec. 2. The said Horton shall furnish electricity to the citizens of Rensselaer, who may desire to use electricity for light, heat or power, at not exceeding the following rates, namely, on meter plan, twenty cents per iooo watts, or one cent per sixteen candle lamp per hour, twenty-five per cent to be added to the above price lor lamps or motors in halls and churches which are used only occasionally, of 6o cents per light per month for busines or thirty-five cents per month for residence lights. Sec. 3. In consideration of the benefits to be derived by said city. and its inhabitants from the construction an<F operation of said electric light system, the franchise hereby granted shall remain in full force and effect

for the period of thirty-five years from and after the passage of this ordinance. Sec. 4. The City of Rensselaer reserves the right to acquire by purchase and become the solfe owner of the said electric light plant, including all machinery, poles, wires, buildings, lamps and all Other property thereto pertaining, including all rights under this franchise within ninety days from the passage, approval and publication of this ordinance, or at the end of any period of one year there- ' after, by giving at least six months’ official notice thereof to said Horton, or his assigns, before the expiration of such period, and by paying therefor the value of said property as agreed upon by said parties. In case of disagreement to be ascertained by appraisement as follows: The said city shall select some one competent person and the said Horton or his assigns shall select a third and none of the parties selected shall be either residents or property holders in the City of Rensselaer, or interested directly or indirectly in the franchise herein granted. And the three men so selected shall appraise the value of said property and franchise at its true cash value, which appraisement shall be binding upon both parties as to the value thereof and the said city shall have the right to purchase and become the absolute owner of said works at such appraisement value, subject to the foregoing conditions and upon payment thereof' shall take immediate possession. —-Sec. 5. —The said Horton may malia and enforce as part of the conditions upon which he will supply lights, heat or power all needful rules and regulations not inconsistent with the law or the provisions of this ordinance. Sec. 6. Within thirty days after the passage of this ordinance, the said Horton shall file with the City Clerk an acceptance hereof. Sec. 7. Whenever the Cfity of Rensselaer shall be named or understood in this ordinance, the sajne shall be held and construed to intend the City of Rensselaer, its successor, or successors, and whenever the said Horton shall be named or understood in this ordinance, the same shall be held and construed to intend and include the said Horton, his representatives or assigns. Sec. 8. Whereas, an emergency exists, this ordinance shall be in force from, and after its passage. Rensselaer, Ind., October 2, 1897. I, Schuyler C. Irwin, Clerk of said City of Rensselaer, Indiana, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true and complete copy of the Special Ordinance No. 14. as adopted, ordained, and established by the Common Council of said city at a regular meeting held at the council chamber on the 28th day of September, 1897, as appears from the original ordinance on file and on record in my office. Witness my hand and the seal of said city, this 2nd day of October, 1897. [seal.] Schuyler C. Irwin, City Clerk.

Survey Notice. Notice is hereby given to John Alyea and all others Interested in Section 30 Town 33 north range 6 west that I own the se aof the s e 14 of land section also lots 5 and 7 of the same and that I will proceed with the Surveyor of Jasper County on the 21 day of October 1897 to make a survey of said section or so much thereof as will be necessary to locate and establish the lines and corners of my land according to law. Nelson Morbis. Jno. E. Alter, Surveyor.

Sewer Assessment. CULLEN STREET. Notice Is hereby given that on tlie 11th day of October 1897, at 7:30 r. m. in the Council Chamber in said City, before the Committeo on Sewers, a hearing will be had on the final estimate as submitted by the City Civil Enftneer to tlie Common Council on the 13th ay of September. 1897. of the cost of constructing a sewer on Cullen Street from the norther ly side of Grace Street to the Southerly side of Rutson Street in the City of Rensselaer, Indiana. pursuant to r esolution and at the same time and place said Committee will consider said final estimate. ■ —r All interested parties are notified to he present and make objection thereto, if any they By order of the Common Council. Schuyler C. Irwin, City Clerk.

Notice of Appointment. Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed, by the clerk of the Jasper circuit court, administratrix of tlio estate of James F. AVatson, deceased, late of Jasper County, Indiana. Said ( state is supposed to be solvent. Kate R. Watson, Administratrix. C. E. Mills. Attyfor Adm’x. Sep. 24 Cct 1-8. Appointment of Administrator. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed, by the clerk of the Jasper circuit court, administrator of the estate of James Keener, deceased. late of Jasper County, Indiana. Said estate i 3 supposed to be solvent. GeoroeW Casey, Administrator, Marshall & Davis, Attvs. for Admr. Sep. 24 Oct. 1-8. Notice of Fiual Settlement of Estate. Notice is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of Nancy Smith deceased, to appear In the Jasper Circuit Court, held at Rensselaer Indiana, on the 20th day DTOctober 1897 and show cause if any, why the Final Settlement Accounts with the estate of said decedent should not be approved; and said lioirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and receive their distributive shares. 8 Witness, The Clerk of said Court, this 20th day of September, 1597. AV. 11. Coover, Clerk Jasper Circuit Court. G. W. Burk, Executor.

Notice of Final Settlement of Estate. Notice Is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of william IJ. Gwin deceased, to appear in Jasper Circuit Court, held at Rensselaer, Indiana, on the 22nd day of October 1897, and show cause If any, why the llnal settlement accounts with the estate of said decedent should not be approved; and said heirs are notified to then and there make proof of heirship, and received their distributive sbAroSi Witness, tho clerk of said Court, this 4th day of October 1897. wm. ;*r. coover. Clerk Jasper Circuit Court. Elizabeth A. Gwin, Administratrix. Appointment of Administrator. notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed Executor of the last Will and Testament of Shadrack F. Brown, deC6AB6d • Said estate is supposed to be solvent. WILLIAM A. BBOW.V, Kxecutorof the last Will and Testament of Sbaarack F. Brown deceased. Rensselaer, Ind., October 14, 1867. Oct. 15-22-29. Buy Lime, Hair, Plaster Paris sand, gravel and cement side walks of Rinehart. wtf.