Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1899 — Page 2

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NEW UNDERTAKING. In Horton’s building. 1 dooi west of the M&ksever House, with a complete and first-class tuck of Funeral - Furnishings. I respectfully solicit a share of the public's patronage and guarantee satisfaction In every respect. A. B- COWGILL Calls promptly responded to day or night. Residence at the Makeover House. Telephone 107 PUBLIC SALE. CLYNE. The Auctioneer. Having located at "ontlceiio. I solicit ’•out patronage Have mads and am now booked for some of tile largest at- ck sales in the country. I GUARANTEE SATISFACTION ON MY PART OR NO PAY. I*ll make you rnoo y on small as well as large sales. Terms reasonable. Write for dates before advert si g V. D. CLYNE, Auctioneer. monti bi.lo. Indiana. Office with Conner & Carr. Ground floor ' RUUIDJp. file .Only Direct Liiie to IQauitou aid Colorado Spriggs. ?■ ■ ■ * fe. ALSO BEST LINE TO D INVER. ACKNOWLEDGED BY ALL TO HAVE THE BEST DINING CAB BBBVICE. NEWEST XBAINS BETWEEN CHICAGO, aifetL ibrary 3 moking Cars

'Notice cf Plnm Street Sewer Assessment. Notice is hereby Riven, that on 29th day of December, 1899 at seven o’clock p. m. in the Counoil room of tbe city hall of Rensselaer, Indiana, before tbe Common Council a hearing will be had on tbe final estimate as submitted by the City Civil Engineerer to the Common Counoil on the 11th day of December, 1899 of the benefit which should be assessed to the several lots benefited for the construction of tb£ Plnm street sewer, pursuant to Speoial Ordinance No 39, 1899 and at the same time and place said committee will consider said estimate. All interested persons are notified to be present and make objection thereto if any they have, for at that time the Council will fix the amount of the benefit which each lot owner will pay on account of the construction of the said sewer. This notice is given on an order of the Council made and entered of record December 11, 1899. Schuyler C. Irwin, City Clerk.

Wanted. Wide-a-awake people who can appreciate a good thing at sight, that haye mortgaged farms to trade for clear property and cash. Send for list. I submit below a few clear properies that owners will trade for farms and pay cash differences or assume $15,000 brick business property and cash. $15,000 residence, $4,000 stock of goods and cash. 50 acres improved farms in Beaver Co. Penn. 46 acres improve farm in MoHenry Co. 111., 30 miles from Chicago. 110 acres improved in Jasper Co. 111. 62 acres improved in Crawford, Co. 111. 107 acres highly improved in Porter Co. Ind. Fine residenoe in Fowler, Ind., and cash. Fine steel livery barn new in Chiohicago suburb. 80 acres including town plat, store and residence building grain scales. Owner will trade for clear property. Good mill and creamey combined, will trade for any clear property of equalv value. I solicit your patronage. Respt. G. F. Meyer. Kniman, Ind., Jasper Co.

I. 0. 0. F. Notice. Notice is hereby given chat at a regular meeting of Iroquois Lodge No, 140 I. O. 0- F, to be held at the Lodge Hall at 7 o’clock p, m. on Thursday December 28th. 1899 an electlou or officers will be held at which twi Trustees for said Lodge will be electee for term of ;one and three years respective or until their succesors are elected ana qualified. Witness our hands and the seal of rarai *r\said Lodge this 7th. day of December 1 )a, d. 1899. O. K.TrnERN, G, Attest Schuylbr O, IRWIN Secy, w2w

Application for Liquor License. Notice Is hereby given to the citizens of the town of Fair Oaks and of Union Township, in Jasper County. Indiana, that the undersigned Charles A. Gu. dy, a male Inhabitant of the state of Indiana, over the age of twenty-one years, of good moral character, and a man not in the habit of becoming Intoxicated, and has been a continuous resident or said town and township for over ninety days last past and who is In respect to all legal qualifications and requirements a fit an-’ proper person to be Intrusted with the sale of lntoxieatlug liqours and who Is and will be the actual owner and proprietor of said bnsines -, if license be granted him; Wil apply to the B >ard of Commissioners of said Ja per cou ty, Indiana, at their January Term, 1900, said term commencing on Monday. January Ist, 1900, for a license to sell and barter, spirituous, vinous and malt and all other Intoxicating liquors, in a less quantity than a quart a< a time with the p tvilege of allowing and ermttt eg the same to be drank on the premises, where sold and barter ed. Said applicant will also. at he same time and place ask the Board to grant him the firvilege of establishing and conducting a unch counter and furniKhiu - mnals and edibles. all kinds of soft d> Inks, and tobacco, and a<>d cigars. In the same room, and In connection with said retail liquor business. The precise location of the promises where in said apnlioant desires t conduct said re ail liq or and lunch bu-lness. is the norheasterly room In the lower storv of a one and one-half story frame building situated on lot six (6) in block one (1) In said town of Fair Oaks, the said room particularly located and described as follows, to-wit; Commencing at the northeasterly corner of said lot six (6) the. ce in a westerly direction parallel with Second (2) street, Twenty (20; feet thence In a southerly direction parallel with Hendrli-ks s reet. eighteen (18) feet thence In an easterl direction parallel With First (Ist) street, twenty (2n) fe*t thence in a northerly dl e -tlon p ra lei with Kent street eighteen (18) feet to said i olot wf commencement. The said room fronts on .aid Kent street, has two window and one door fruntti-g on said Kent street, and is seventeen (17) feet by nineteen (19) feet ln<-lde m asnremei.t, said room Is joined on the southerly side *by a room nine (9) feet by nineteen (19) fe t iu-ide measure ment, with one connecting door, on the westerly side of said room there is one room eight (8) feet by eleven (11) feet and tour (4) inches Inside measure with no connecting door from said bar room, and part of a room eleven (Hi feet and four (4) inches by nineteen (19) feet and three (S> inches Inside measurements, loins on the westerly side w;th one connecting door from said bar room. The north side of said bar mom is the out ide wall of said building, having no windows r do m therein, tbeother rooms of the building are used and occupied for storage and living rooms. Th,.i said deserib- d bar ro< m is snuarate from any other 'business of any kin I. and has no devices for amusement or mu>dc of any kind, or character, and there are no partitions therein. The said bar room can be securely closed and looked and admission thereto prevented. and le so arranged with glass windows that the whole of said room may be viewed from the sidewalk and street in front of the same. Said lioenss will be ashed tar a period of one wear fro* April Bth, uoo; at blob time the license now held by said applicant for said premises will expire. CHARLES A. GUNDY.

DR. JACQUES DESSLER The Optical Specialist. My thorough experience in the profession and with the help of the the latest improved instruments gives me the hope that f shall be able to give my patients full satisfaction and oan promise with respond, bility that every oase will be treated with speoial care. EXAMINATIONS FREE. NOTICE—I call your attention to the fact that eyes oan be examined with the same accuracy at night as at day time. *DR. JACQUES DESSLER, Optical Specialist Office in Arcade Bl’k, over Leopold’s store, send us OWE DOLLAR, _ Cut till. ad. out and oeud to u, with SI.OO, uad wo will Mid JO. thl. KBW (W WMhH IMPROVED PARLOR GEM ORGAN, bj freight C. O. D., .object to Cl.mi.l--tlon. Von cm examine it ut jour nearest freight depot, and you And It exactly aa represented, tie greatest nine you erer saw !■ and far better than organs adiertlaed by others at more money, pay the freight agent OUR PRICE 535.50, lew the SIOO deposit, or *84.50 sad naßlg' freight charges, THE PARLOR OEM toaaa of the meet DURABLE | tUgt AND SWEETEST TONED Instruments e.er made. From the illustration It 9S|9 sho an. Which is engraved direct from a photograph you can form i fe ' some idea of its beautiful appearance. Made from solid quarter sawed oak or walnut aa dealred, perforated key slip, full panel body, gt AH»iHWMBB«inmLiiJHKK»gifcS beautiful marquetry dealgn panels and many other handsome decorations M and ornaments, making it the TERT LATEST STYLE. THE PARLOR 1 GEM is 6 feet high, *2 Inches long, 23 Inches wide and weighs 350 il {■ / , Kunds. Contains 6 octaves, 11 stops, as follows : Diapason, Principal, Q lclana, Meiodla, Celesta, Cremona, Baas Coupler, Treble Coupler, Diapason Forte and Vox Humana; 2 Oetaso Couplers, 1 Tone Swell, . , 1 Grand Organ SwelL, 4 Bela of Orchestral Toned Reeonatory Pipe Quality Reeds, 1 Set of 87 Pure Sweet Belodla Reeds, 1 Set of *7 MHB Charmingly Brilliant Celeste Reeds, 1 Set of 2* Rich Bellow Smooth H Diapason Reeds, 1 Set of Pleating Soft Melodious Principal Reed,. THE PARLOR CEM action consists of the JM Celebrated Newell Reeds, which are only used in the highest grade instruments: fitted with Hammond Couplers and Vox Humana, also best Dolge felts, leathers, etc., bellows | ; t- t , ™*W 91 of t.,e best rubber cloth, 3-ply bellows stock and finest SS mi valves. THE PARLOR CEM is furnished with a 10x14 beveled plate French mirror, nickel plated fIWBHwIHOTTjfILVCTfiP* W rMBHtfsEtP pedal frames, and every modern improvement. We L^H furnish free a handsome organ stool and the beat organ inatruetion hook published. ff] 1 issue a written binding 25-year guarantee, by tbe * terms and conditions of which if any part gives out we ipeipfVrepair it free of charge. Try it one month and we will MM refund your money if you are notperfcctly satisfied. 600 of these organs will be sold at $35.50. ORDER ■MtHclfe AT ONCE. DON’T DELAY. MUgglll OUR RELIABILITY IS ESTABLISHED ",7°" dealt with us ask your neighborabout us, write I NIWMCTXOS I mSHsEi the publisher ol this paper or Metropolitan ,ti' I ORGAN HBHl£HßiyaHllP|l National Bank, or Corn Nat. Bank, of Chicago; "•taSSSP* IB or Herman Exchange Bank, New York ;or any .. J ->~ry^f railroad or express company in Chicago. We — ■■ 111 ■ Sv:; base n rapltal of ewer *700,000.00, occupy entire ''iSgasamipga^ u _j = aHeja = jaßßEgß3og3L^9» > ‘ one of the largest business blocks in Chicago, silnnsiggg- "■ , • - dand employ nearly 2.000 people in our own ->!,,, T,' r,7=rr-n, v building. WB Sill ORGANS AT (22.00 and up; , mwlu « 01 lm ' 1 . ■ f PIANOS, *115.00 a.d up; also everything in musical instruments at lowest wholesale prices. Write for free special organ, piano and musical Instrument catalogue. Address, (Bean, Beehiik A Co. are thor—*hty reliable.—Kdlio , BEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. One.;. Fulton. Oesplaines and Wajrman Sts., CHICAGO, ILL.

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I / Look \ l Here!/ 3 Cooking and 12 Heating Stoves at cost. Galv.- wash Boilers, No. 8 85c Tin wash Boilers, No. 8 65c Men’s Overshoes, 1 buckle $1 25 Machine loaded, smokeless 12 ga shells 50c Hunting Caps. Leggings. Hunting Coats and all kinds of hunting material always on hand* Receiving new guns almost every week. If you want something to kill quail in the brush at close range come and see what I have got. -\ . • Hand loaded Shells a Specialty. Black or Smokeless Powder- Any kind I you want. Mens work Coats sl.lO to $1.50., Rensselaer Bargain Store. C- E- HERSHMAN.