Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1906 — Page 2

tENSSELAEt REPUBLICAN Office in The Republican Building corner of Washington and Weatoi streets, Rensselaer, Indiana. Issued every TUESDAY AND FRIDAY BY GEORGE E. MARSHALL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. MARSHALL * HEALEY,. - PUBLISHERS. -

Stows to Travel by Autos.

Barnum & Bailey’s ‘‘Greatest Show on Earth” has sounded the doom of the picturesque six, eight and ten horse circus driver and of the gorgeously coiuparisoned ami plumed steed of the parade The organization will tour the country in mammoth automobiles, beginning next year, it was announced by “Tody” Hamilton in New York a few days ago. With the news of radical depai ture from all custom tradition comes information of the dissolution of the so-called circus trust and the resumption of the oldtime hespitality. For many years the expense ofrailroad transport ation has been a source of growing alarm to tne circus proprietor. Railroads do not want the job of hauling the big three section organization. The work delays passenger traffic and the danger of ac .cidents involving tremendous damage is great. Mr. Bailey appreciated the urgency before his death last spring, and had settled Upon the automobile as the solution.

October Frosts Damaged Corn.

Prof. Christie, seed corn expert of Purdue, is telling the farmers of the state that the early October jrubL has done untold damage to the seed corn crop of Indiana Teste of hundreds of samples of of corn submitted to Prof. Christie has proven that much ot the seed corn is bad. He says it therefore behooves the farmers to exercise the greatest. care in the selection of seed corn for next year's planting.

Stubbs Leads All.

Joseph H. Stubbs, Republican candidate for statistician, leads the other Republican candidates in plurality, accoading to the official tabulation just completed by the secretary of state. Stubbs’plurality is 32,106. Cotton has the smallest plurality, 30,692. The proposed constitutional amendment failed because not enough votes were cast, owing to a lack of interest. The total number was 51,118, of which39,o6l were in favor and 12,128 against. On the head of thd ticket the different parties received the follow ing vote: Democratic, 263,526; Republican, 294,351; Prohibition, 20,785; Peoples. 972; socialist, 9,824; Socialist labor, 1,586.

For Rent —Farm. Inquire of T. W. Grant. Finest of selected turkeys, geese, ducks and chickens, at Moody & Roth's for Thanksgiving. The early orders are sure of being filled. Mrs. Goff has decided to continue her Bazaar thro the Holidays. Having just returned from Chicago with a fine line of goods and new ideas of Xmas novelises. She is again at the service oi her customers

meaning and Dyeing, T am now prepared to do all kinds -of cleaning and dyeing, making a specialty Of indies’ and gentlemen’s clothing. All work is guaranteed by me and I will see that every gar ment entrusted to me is pro;>erly cared for. The following prices prevail: DYEING. Suits (2.76 Coats 1.25 Pants .«■ 1.00 V 50 Overcoats, t 1.50 to 2.00 .BOOUIUBD OK DRY CLEANING. Suits 11.75 Coats 1.00 Pants .50 V este . .>0 Overcoats, 11.50 to 2.00 ladies’ Suits, skirts, waists, capes, cloaks, etc., any kind of cloth, dry cleaned or dyed prices; and the very best workmanship. - JOHN WEBNER, Tailor. Over Fendig’s drug store.

.7-7~.T~~ —-———v ■ ——-gr.'.. '.-- Amillinery ‘Clearing SaleWe have determined, to-—7-sell all our stock. of Fall. . Millmeryinordertomake room for our New Spring goods, and we realize that we must make extraordin price to sell the goods within the time contemplated. JFfnovgmbzr 26 Dec Bth being plume day • all plumes, tips and feathers going at great —■ reductions. -——_— _ miss mary meyer.

CLARA A. PETERS Doctor of Optics, Bachelor Master of Ophthalmology Office with Mrs. Goff. Eyes Examined Free. Spectacles Scientifically Fitted.

ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.

THURSDAY. Simon Leopold, manager of the Murray Company branch store at Wheatfield returned there this morning after a short visit here. Judge T.F. Palmer, of Monti cello, has gone back to the I.w practice, having formed a partner ship with B. F. Carr, of that placeIt will.be a Strong firm. The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows decided yesterday to erect a new grand lodge building at Indianapolis. It will be 14 stories high and cost about $400,000. Conney Kellner took his sakon furniture and out of his former saloon today and stored them in C. C. Starr’s warehouse, in the rear of the Starr building. Cooney thereby save $7 a month in rent, which is worth looking after.

Harrison A. Warren has been over from Peru, this state, for a couple of days and has completed the purchase from Mrs. Galbraith of the former Tom Chestnut ten acre place, just northwest of town. He expects to move back here next spring and again make this place his permanent home. The five days’ rain ended with a big fall in temperature, tho not nearly §o bid as might have been expected. The fall was from 61 degrees yesterday afternoon to 28 j degrees this morning, or 33 degrees, in little more than 12 hours. To-! day has been bright, calm and; sunny, and good enough November weather for anyone.-

Louie Leopold, of Wolcott, was here today, for a-short visit. He reports that Monday night his wile was relieved of het arm purse as she was leaving the Dearborn depot. She did not know just when or how it was taken but probably some one cut the straps, in the crowd at the depot gates. She had ♦ 10 or 115 in the purse.

J. W. Mann has returned from Sheridan where he went to attend t*ie funeral of his mother, Mrs. Sarah McCullough, whose death occurred last Saturday and her funeral Tuesday. She had -been married a second time and at her death was the widow of Samuel McCullough, a former resident of Gillam township, this county. Her age was 82 years. George Ade, the famous Indiana author and playwright, is to write

a new series of articles which will appear in the Indianapolis Sunday Star. Mr. Ade styles his new series “Oid Tales Retold.” He will retell some of the famous incidents of history by drawing upon his Jgreat vocabulary of sjang words and give them a setting of today. The first story is that of Pocahontas and 1 Capt. John Smith.

Mr. Ade tells “why the savage Americans wanted to soak the visiting Englishman,’’ and gives “a wise guess at what really started the rough house and why the beautiful maiden stood for the toppy foieigner who was toasting her native land.” Tt will spnoor in the Star next Sunday. The Delphi Herald claims twin boys were born in Carroll county Tuesday which weighed IS pounds. Presumably that was their com bined weight, but the Herald does not make it quite clear but that they tipped the scale at that much apiece. However that would be a little too big a story even for the Herald's football editor to perpe- ; trate.

Wednesday afternoon’s big wind ■ demolished John Zimmer’s wind | mill, on the Madison Makeever i farm and damaged several others. I It al-o blew down large numbers of | telephone poles out in the country, where it had a full sweep. An extra big sign board on the north side of town, belonging to the Rhoades hardwaie store, was also torn up by the roots and scattered around the adjacent landscape.

Dr. Aarou Wood has been very low all week from an attack of appendicitis. The doctor was taken down Saturday night after office hours and in a snort time his case developed the severest and most dangerous symptoms and the attending physicians worked all I night before affording any relief. I Since then he has gained slightly ' and as soon as his strength will permit he will be taken to a Chica go hospital and an operation per formed, but at present he is too low I to stand the trip.—Brook Reporter. 1 George Hopkins and son Vernon ’ with their respective wives, are moving back here from Wabash, where they went to work in the Barcus factory. They had as many adventures incoming from Wabash as ordinarily might be expected in a 1,000 mile journey. The first was a big tree blown down and across

the railroad track which delayed them eight hours and caused them to fai 1 to connect with the Monon at Delphi, necessitating their stay in that town over night; and then Vernon’s present famous trick dog, Doc, was taken sick and the two men folks had to stay with him, the women folks coming on and arriving on the milk train this morning. They will occupy Mr. Hopkins’ own residence in the east part of town. Poor health on George’s part causes their return here. *

Everything to drees the feet right at G. E. Murray Co. i You ought to see the swell line of overcoats and cravenetts we have in stock from (5.00 to (25.00. If you step into our store we will be gtad to show"you what we have iu the line. DUVALL & LUNDY.

A Millionaire Concert Company.

With a prince, a count and fifty millionaires in its company of 300, the Weiner Maennergesung Ver ein o’s Vienna is coining to the United States in May and will sing before President Roosevelt at the White House. This musical organization i« world-famous. Last year it sang before King Edward; and London audiences went wild over the music that came from the millionairethroats, whose pwn er s’-aggre-gate wealth is believed to be in the neighborhood of $300,000,000. A pretty feature of the organization's policy lines in the fact that while it gives public concerts, all the proceeds are turned over to charity. Bi nee it organization in 1843 the choir has given to hospitals alone

the sum of more than $250,000 The Maennergesung Verein will be the guests of the Washington Saen gerbund on the occasion of its visit here. Among the members are Prince Schvenberg and Count Mensdorg, both immensely wealthy and high in court circles. In addition there are fully forty-eight others whose individual fortunes range from $16,000,000 down to sl,000,000. The organization is the most unique of its kind in the world.

Cut this out and take it to B. F. Eendig’s drug store and get a free sample of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. For biliousness and constipation they are u - equaled. They improve the ap petite, strengthen the digestion and regulate the liver and bowels. Young Apple Trees for Sale. 50,000 apple trees, two and three years old and 46 varieties, price ranging from 8 to 15cents each, and nothing under 6 feet high. A o r»nv'n».<>l I’ «-> A *»BA’wif' stock, and correct prices on every thing. . Halleck Nursery Co., Fair Oaks, Ind For Rent—Nov. 15 —Residence in west part of city, ft rooms. Well improved. Fruit, garden, poultry lot. barm Gus Yeoman, R. D. No. 3 Rensselaer, Ind. Our boys and childrens stock is complete, we have a full line oi knickbocker suits and plain two piece suits, ovei coats from 3 years to 15 years in ail prices. We dou't give any foot balls away with them but we give you the price that you can well affuid to buy a foot ball afterwards. DUVALL & LUNDY.

A better line of Holliday goods than ever before at Jessens. Buy foot wear of G. E. Murray Co. Try those fancy Jonathan eating apples at John Eger’s. Advance showing Christmas things, at Jessens. Lost —White Wyandotte rooster. Please return to Mrs. Jerome Harmon. Lidies solid gold signet ring with initials engraved $1.50 up at Jessens’.

Here Is Your Chance. Monticello, Remington, Rensselaer and other city residences to trade for farms and merchandise. A number of farms to trade for city residences. Good newandimproved farms for sl4 per acre up. You should investigate. Flagg Agency, Journal B’ld’g. Rensselaer, Ind.

New Skating Rjnk. To Open Thursday Evening, November 22 nd. In /£. of P- Building, Ground Floor. Ladies may skate both afternoon and evening. Gentlemen every evening. . Being under local ownership, the best treat* ment will be accorded to all patrons.- * _ You are cordially invited to come on Opening Night p True Woodworth, Prop.

flu State Bink of Rensselaer Corner of Washington and Van Renr «elaer Streets. Director >= ‘ ~ John Eger, President. Delos Thompson, Cashier Lucius Strong Granville M ody . Warren Robinson. Does a general banking business Loans Money on all kinds of arwoved security; buys notes, pays i-merest ondeposits pays taxes for customs and others Chit Bank will be glad to Extend €oer Vaoor to Its Customers Consistent with Sate Banknq Principles. —_zz rTzzzzzzzzzdTl* haao .*2 i-

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