Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1901 — Page 8

The Great Annual Summer Clearance will Continue Through August, 1901, at the - BARGAIN STORE*Greater reductions than in our Groat July Salo. The price cutter has been all through our stock of summer goods and everything has suffered The prices of some have been cut in two in the middle, some have had one*third loped off and some one-fourth. Of course we loose money but it pays to loose money when by loosing it we make more customers and please those we already have. This sale commences Aug Ist and the goods will not last long at these sacrificing prices- Here are only a few kinds and prices for the shrewd buyer for summer and fall goods- ■ ,

Clothing Sacrifice. Many at and off marked price to make room for a complete new stock to arrive this month. ; A special great pantaloon sale. ——————— Shirt Waist Sacrifice. All 50c and 76c ladies’ shirt waists, good style well made, all sizes, choice n0w...... ... 35c All 75c and $ 1.00 shirt waists, choice now only 50 c We continue to throw in the trimmings with wool dress goods. Great Bargains in Queensware, Lamps, Glassware. Hardware, Granitewaie, Tinware. Wire, NaiJs, Wire Fencing, Washing Machines, Chums, Olotnes Wringers, etc

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MT. AYR AND WEST JASPER. Prof. Baughman left Tuesday for Lafayette where he has a short engagement with a band. Chas. Hemphill of Rensselaer was in town Tuesday. T. E. WiHey was in Rensselaer 'Tuesday. "Chester Roberts of north of Kentland fell from a wagon loaded with oats Monday and was kicked by a horse, after which the wheel passed over his head killing him almost instantly, he was about 13 years old, son of Jas. Roberts and a nephew of Mrs. Nichols of this place. A. J. Freeland of West Jasper was over and got his coal for threshing Tuesday. Quite a number of our people attend the band concerts at Rensselaer.

NORTH BARKLEY.

Miss Eva Griggs of Chicago is visiting Mrs. Chess Caster this week.

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Master O. M. Callahan who has been visiting his sister at Chicago returned home Sunday. Miss Hettie Stevens of Kankakee 111., is visiting her sister Mrs. Harry Gifford this week. Thurman Smith who has been threshing at Winamac returned home Monday. Miss Nettie Jordan has gone to the Pan American exposition where she expects to stay about a months Miss Day Jordan has gone to Gibson City, 111., to visit her grandmother Mrs. Jordan. Be careful the next time you kiss your girl good-bye "‘Art” and be sure the old man isn’t watching you. Mrs. T. M. Callahan and Miss Maggie Callahan visited Mrs. Tilman Watson of Pleasant Grove Friday.

WEST CARPENTER.

Threshing in full blast, with a fair crop of oats. Prices good. Corn suffering for want cf rain. There is more new building going up this seeson than ever before. Wonder if the Republican administration has anything to do with it? Both of Lewis Alter’s girls are in the telephone exchange now. Miss

Wash Dress Goods Sacrifice Not many left and in a few more days we will not have a yard to carry over at these prices. All 28 cts, 35 cts and 45 cts yd goods, your choice now per yard 0n1y... .♦ JS C All 18 cts to 25 cts yd choice now per yd 10c All 4 ct and set calico now per yd • -3% and 4i c Special Grocery Sale. Prices subject to market changes. ■ Two car loads of Flour, 300 barrels received this week, 1 car load of Stoneware received last week and 1 carjoad of salt will be received next week. Town Talk Flour % bbl 85 c Old Gold flour, equal to any, % bbl 90 c Washburn Crosby Gold Medal flour, % bbl. SI.OO 18 lbs granulated sugar for 1.00 Crocks in all sizes and styles. 1 gal white crocks worth 1 o c gal only 5c gal 1 gal white porcelain lined crocks worth i2|cgal only 7c ga Bto 12 gal white jars worth 10c gal only »6c ga Swifts fancy sugar cured Clover brand smoked bacon 1 ijc lb Swifts dry salt bacon 9 c lb Swifts fancy pickled pork 9 c lb All 10 ct cuts tobacco, per cut 8 c

Bessie in DeMotte, and Minnie at Rensselaer. Carpenter tp. should do like Chicago annex everything around, as land is getting very scarce here judging by the prices paid, $66 to SIOO per acre. Miss Abbie Gray returned home Saturday evening, after several weeks visit in Benton county. A surprise social met her at her parent’s home, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gray. Nearly 100 of the neighbors and friends were there to eat ice cream and cake and enjoy games until a late hour. While Ephriam Sayer’s threshing machine was threshing for J. Kelly in south edge of Jordan tp., last Thursday fire caught in the straw and entirely destroyed the stacker and injuring the separator to some extent. Only a small amount of straw and no grain was burned. Private letters from James L. Alter the veteran traveler, state that he is now in Oregon headed for Califor. nia. Expects to call on Rev. J. T. Abbott, at Ashland, Oregon, and other Jasperites. He thinks a person has seen but little of the beauties and granduer of nature in the U. S. who has not seen the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mts. Wallace’s shows are billed for Goodland. When the same show was here before it carried away the honor (?) of having more skin games than anything ever seen here, and they were run publicly inside of the tents so they were a part of the show itself. If the press would call the public attention to these facts ahead of the show, it would soon reform these thieving gangs and make the traveling shows a much more honest set,

FAIR OAKS.

Frank Smith, of Elwood, Ind,, visited his sister Mrs. N. A. McKay, over Sunday. Mrs. Nettie Linton and daughter Opal, of McCoysburg, were the guests of Mrs. Cottingham over Sun. day. Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Spry and children, of Momence, 111., were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kight a couple of days this week. Mrs. Mundon and Mrs. Emory Cox were at Rose Lawn last‘Monday to see Mrs. O’May, who is reported quite sick. Albert Knopinski was at Kanka* kee, 111., last Monday on business. Mrs. R. O. Graves, of Morocco,

is visiting her sister, Mrs. N. Littlefield and other relatives and friends in town. Don’t forget the excursion to Chicago next Sunday Aug. 11th, Only 75 cents round trip. Mrs. A. J. Nelson, of Brookston, is visiting her daughters, Mrs. Cottingham and Mrs. Richey and other relatives this week. Miss Verne Goldsberry of Hammond, was the guest of relatives and friends in town last Sunday. Mrs. I. Kight and Mrs. Wm. Spry, visited Mrs. J. R. Kight, at Rensseselaer last Monday. Mrs. P. W. Nelson and Frances Brady were the guests of Mrs. Ross Borne, at Shelby, Sunday evening. Roy McKean, of Chicago is visiting Dr. Proudley and daughter, Alice, this week. The ice cream social held at the lawn of Littlefield and Erwin last Saturday night was well attended and successful. The- net proceeds $11.40 to be used to buy new seats for the Christian church. Mrs. Winslow and daughter, Sylvia, spent Saturday with friends at Mt. Ayr. Wm. Burns is quite sick with flux at the home of James Blake. Dr. Proudley is attending him. Chas. Vanarsdal is able to get up town after a two weeks’ spell of sickness caused from being overcome by the heat. R. H. Dodge is confined to his house with rheumatism.

Notice of Presenting Petition For Highway. Notice is hereby given that a petition will be S resented to the Board of Commissioners of xe county of Jasper, and state of Indiana at the September term 1901 of said Board asking for the location of a new public highway in Gillam and Barklev townships in said county and state on the following route, to-wit: Commencing at the northwest corner of section 25, township 80 north, range 6 west, thence east on the north line of section 25 to intersect the north bank of a certain dredge ditch, thence easterly on said north bank of said dredge ditch across sections 80, 29, 20 and 21, and the southwest quarter of section 22, all in same town and range to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of said section 22, thence south to the south line of said section, thence east to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 27, the latter description being in township 30 north, range 5 WOHt. 4 Said proposed highway will pass along, upon and over the lands of the following named persons: Benjamin J. Gifford, John N. Baker. Hu Ida J. Baker, Sarah E. Hendrickson, Emily M. Long, Mary R. Richmond, Jesse A. Baker, Lydia P. Baker, and William F. Baker, heirs of John Baker, deceased, John N. Baker, Gran ville Moody, Evaline Hess, Josephine Kupke, Fred Kupke, Julia K. Huntington, daughter and only heir of Daniel D. Pratt, deceased, Martha E. McDaniel, Moses Tuteur and William H. Robinson, Barkley Township and Gil lam township. Said petition prays for a highway 50 feet wide and towit 5 miles long.

r Shoe Sacrifice Sale. , Shoes at 50 cents on the $ to close] out. Hundreds of cases of new goods are beginning to come in now. .We are marking and storeing them on the 3rd floor to await the room of clearing out our shelves for the new goods. Great Bargains in Underwear. Hats Cans. Hosiery. Ribbons. Men’s Shirts, Neckwear. Carpets. Trunks, Valices, Umbrrila- Lace Curtains, Rugs. Portiers, etc. etc Ladies’ Suits, Jackets, Capes, Wrappers, Skirts, etc, at prices that will pay you to investigate for fall wear.

MBIT KOriCE. THE STATE OF INDIANA,) Jasper County, j In the Jasper Circuit Court September Term 1901, John E. Erwin, ) Complaint VS > No. 6157, .Julia B. Erwin, ) Now comes the plaintiff by Foltz. Kurrle & Spitler his attorneys and files his complaint for divorce herein, together with an affidavit that the defendant Julia B. Erwin is not a resident of the state of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendant, that unless ’he be and appear on the noth day of September 1901 the same being the 19th day of the next term of the Jasper circuit court to be bolden on the second Monday of September A. D. 1901, at the court house in the city of Rensselaer, in said county and state, and answer or demur to said compla nt. the same will be heard and [determined in her absence. In witness whereof, I hereunto set /jssiAtl m y hand and affix the seal of said IJCourt. at Rensselaer, Indiana, this >» '^ / 6th day of August A. D, 1901. John F. Major, Clerk. Foltz. Spitler A Kurrie,'Atty’s for Plaintiff. 9-16 23.

uit n. THE STATE OF INDIANA [ Jasper County- I ♦ In the Jasper Cour. September Term 1901. William H. Randle 1 vs >Complaint No. 6156 John O. Barkley et al ' Now comes the Plaintiff by Hanlev A Hunt his attorneys and files his complaint herein, toirether with an affidavit that the defendants John 0. Barkley, Margaret S. Barkley. Belle Barkley, Mary Jane Barkley, John Barkley George (Barkley, Mary Barkley. Margaret M, Hovey. George R Barkley. Earnest Hall, Philip Hall, Robert M. Barkley. Mary Jane Sbewey, Henry Barkley, Emery Barkley, May Walters and all of the unknown heirs devisees and legatees; and ail of the unknown heirs devisees and legatees, of the unknown heirs devisees and legatees es each of the above named defendants are not residents of the state of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendants, that unless they be and appear on 30th day of September 1901. the same being the 19th day of said term of the Jasper Circuit Court to be holden on the second Monday of September, a. p. 1901, [at the Court House in the City of Rensselaer, in said county and state, and answer or (demur to said complaint, the same will [be heard and determined in their absence. * In witness whereof. I hereunto set my hand and>ffix the I J seal of said court, at Rensselaer, Ii diana, this Sth day of August 1901. John F. Major. Aug 9-16-23. Clerk.

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Notice to Contractors. - • IMPROVEMENT OF RIVER STREET. NOTICE is hereby given, that at a regular meeting of the Common Council of the City of Rensselaer. Indiana, to be held at the Council Chamber at 8 o'clock p. m. on the 26th day of August, 1901, sealed bids will be received for the improvement of River street from Washington street to a point 125 feet south of Kannal avenue, by grading same and the construction thereon of a macadam roadway thirty (80) feet in width with concrete curbs. v All of said work to be done in accordance with a resolution adopted by said Council on the 22nd day of July, 1901, and the plans and specifications on file in my office. Bidders shall file with their bids, the receipt of the City Treasurer for the sum of $500.00, deposited as a guaranty that such bidder, if successful, will enter into a contract in accordance with his bid. By order of the Common Council. BCHUYLER C. IRWIN, City Clerk Notice to Contractors. IMPROMMMENT OF FOREST AND MERRIT STREETS. NOTICE is hereby given, that at a regular meeting of the Common Council of the City of Refisselaer, Indiana, to be held at the Council Chamber at 8 o'clock p. m. on the 26th Day of August 1901, sealed bids will be received for the improvement of that part of Forest Street which lies between the north line of Oak Street and six feet north of the center line of Merritt Street and that part of Merritt Street which lies between a point six feet east of the center line of Forest Street and the west line of the street or road known as the "Gravel Road” by grading the same and the construction thereon of a macadam roadway, twelve feet in width. All of said work shall be done in accordance with a resolution adopted by the Common Council on the 22nd day of July, 1901, and the specifications therefor on file in my office. Bidders shall file with their bids, the receipt of the City Treasurer fbr the sum of SSOO, deposited as a guarantee that such bidder, if successful, will enter into a contract, in accordance with his bid. By order of the Common Council. SCHUYLER 0. IRWIN, City Clerk. Notice to Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that I will receive sealed bids for a new School House to be erected on the south line of Section 1, Township 80, Range 6 west, Barkley Township, Jasper county, Indiana, up to 10 o’clock a. m. of TUESDAY, AUGUST 18,1901, Sealed bids to be mailed or handed to me on or before said designated date. Said bids to be opened at my office at 10 a. m. Tuesday, Aug. 18,1901. Plans and specification for said building are now on file al my office and at the office of the County Superintendent of Schools, Rena-, selaer, Indiana. Trustee reserves the right to reject any and all bldn. ELIAS ARNOLD, Trustee Barkley tp. P. O. Rensselaer. Ind. R. D.