Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1882 — THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS [ARTICLE]

THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS

While the papers of Rensselaer have been fully awake to the advantages acd Jresorcas which are being developed by the recent construction or a railroad through the town and county, they seem to have entirely overlooked one of its pecular and most valuable attractions. It is a fact, not generally known abroad, that Rensselaer boasts the possession of valuable mineral springs* That these springs have not been generally known to the public and Utilized, and is to be attributed to Rensselaer’s hitherto isolated condition, having remained for a long time trithout the adyahtages of railroad’;

travel. Their location is in the im- j mediate vicinity of the town, extending along the banks of the Iroquois a j distance of nearly a mile, and are indicated on the map of Indiana as the “White Sulphur Springs." The waters of these springs are nerer failing, are of an exceedingly by clem: and voliie nature, and may be used freely during the hottest period of the season without the least ap prehension of daDger or unpleasant sensation. Their temperature is about 50 dag. They vary somewhat in their nature, some being moderately im pregoated with iron. Their medical qualities have been fully and carefully tested by persons under the care of Hkillful and scieuti fle physicians, and have been found to compare favorably with the springs of Saratoga and othe M '•••lehr ited watering ? laces. Now, that ReDaselaer is favored with railroad facilities and provided with large and commodious hotel-* the best o? management, It seems proper that these valuable springs should be brought into notice tha fc they may be resorted to by invalids in this aud neighboring States. With a moderate expenditure of money, they may he made very attractive not only for their health disusing qualities, but on account of the invegoring climate, and charming seen ery, which the locality affords. Tbs Burrounding prarie is undulating and dotted over with beautiful grovos > giving to the landscape a picturesque appearance. For sportsmen it has a peculiar attractiou grous, aud other wild fowl being abundant. J. M.

Hon. Samuel Jacobs, Mayor of the city of Logansport, is announced by tne Pharos ns a Democratic candidate for the nomination for Congress in this district. He is the first to announce himself for that office and it is not probable that he will have many competitors. The lace is by no means a hopeless one. The Re’ publican politicians regard the district as reliably Republican, but the groundsweil that is coming to pass this fall in the matter of electing Congressman will wipe out the difference in party strength and elect a Demscrat to take the place now occupied by Mr. DeMotte. A good ac. tive man who will enter the campaign with a determination to win will overcome the majority against him Of Mr. Jacobs the Pharos has the following to say: “Mr. Jacobs possesses qualifications that fit him for the po sition to which he aspires. He likewise hasthe faculty of making friends of those with whom he comes in con taot. Bearing the sobriquet of “Old Integrity.” in 1877, he defeated for Mayor Dr. J. B. Shultz, who at that time, was the most popular Republican in Cass county. In 1879, he was reelected by an increased majority, and in 1881, was elected for the third time. As chief executive of the city he has shown himself to be an economist—a characteristic so much needed among Congressmen. As a Congressman he would favor tariff reform and oppose monopolies. As a public speaker he is forcible, and commands the attention of his hearers. He would make a popular campaigner. He is cer tainly popular among the working Democrats of the city and country and since, from all that we learn, Cass county will present :he name of no otner candidate for the place, he should receive the support of the Cass delgation in the coming convention.”

The Peru Republican thus speaks. Rev. Mordecail Painter, of Amboy, is chaplain of th 9 Northern Penitentiary, He furnishes a good deal of nice fresh butter from his farm for consumption at the prison. As he hadn’t very much baggage of the usual kind to carry on the train between his home and the prison he took the fresh butter in hie trunk, which didn’t hurt the butter at all duringjthe cold weather. But the reckless baggage slingers managed to burst the trunk and expose the product of the dairy, and then the exacting managers of that soulless coporation, the railroad company, had the cheek to object to that method of shipping butter. Why was it any business of the railroad? Every passenger is entitled to carry 100 pounds of D&ggage free and what is the difference whether it is butter or breeches ?

An exchange gives the following excellent advice, which might be followed more closely in Rensselaer without any serious detriment to the place,“Every citizen should constitue himself a committee of one to extend aid and courtesy to those who come among us in search of location or as casual visitors. Especially should those who intend starting in some needed branch of business receive attention and encouragement. Oft’ times the man who at first hesitates will cast his lot with a town whose citizens give him a cordial reception* fjt it makes him feel that he will be welcome, and with many this feeling is needed to remove the almost univers sal repugnance toward starting In a strange town.”

Maybury, Pullman & Co’s train of twenty cars containing their menagerie and circus, was run into by a freight train one mile east of Jackson Michigan, about noon, Wednesday es last week, and totally demolished. The entire freight train and cirous train are both total wrecks. The track is covered with the circus debris. One elephant and one camel was killed. A clergyman who had juet married a couple felt indignant when the bride-groom gave him a fee of only a half dollar, sm'led grimly and said; “Never mind. You’ll have to pay a lawyer SIOO for undoing what I have done.