Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1874 — Page 2

The Republican. RENSSELAER, Friday, Nov. 13,1874.

Scooped h the word. The Republicans will hold their regular deotiou in *IQ. Mis Laura Ream is a candidate far State Librarian. Massachusetts has dected a Democratic Governor. The first one in 35 yean. Hon. David Turpie is mentioned as the probable Speaker of the next Indiana House of Representatives. ■■■a—— in i The Lafayette Cbttrier has one consolation left—-‘the Republican party is rid of Ben Butkr.” It has been truthfully stated that the Democrats held elections in most of the States on Tuesday of last week. The Legislature will meet on the first Thursday in January. A United States Senator, to succeed Hon. D. D. Pratt, will be elected on the second Tuesday of the session. Says the Madison Courier .* Last year a single distillery, within a hundred miles of Madison, paid to the United States, as taxes, an amount of money greater than that raised by the reunited Presbyterian Church for home missions. At a recent meeting of a society in Brooklyn, organized for the suppression of obscene literature, a report was made which shows that over nineteen tons of this literature has been captured since the first of January, and that at one time six and a half tons of stereotype plates were destroyed. The fact was established that there were 4,500 dealers in this business, throughout the United States.

It is authoratively stated that the Demacrata of Tennessee, since their recent accession to power, have expended about six millions of the public money, for which the State has nothing to show.— It is also stated that the thieves were not “carpet-baggers” from the North, but native orthodox Southern Democrats—gentlemen of the true blood —the superior race, and belonging to the party of retrenchment and reform. The Indianapolis Journal of the 9th instant, coincides with the views of the Kkpublican of the issue of October 23. Read the following from the Journal:— “All that is necessary to restore the Republican party to power is that it should cut loose from the dead weights which have encumbered it, boldly denounce the men and the measures that have weakened it, call new men to the front, compel! office-holders and office seekers to take back seats and become once more as it formerly was—a party of the people and for the people.” A ccording to a previous notice a numof the citizens of Rensselaer and vicinity met in the court house, last Tuesday, at 2 o’clock p. no., to devise a plan for raisin g 575,000 in aid of the proposed Chicago k South Atlantic Railroad. Dr. James Ritchey was chosen Chairman of the meeting. President Haymond was present and addressed the meeting, thoroughly explaining the situation. On motion it was decided to raise the required amount by subscription, and on failure to raise the money in that manner, to vote a tax. The Company will not require the money until the cars are running to Rensselaer, and if the road should not be built by the first of January, 1876, the notes given will be null and void. As we understand the matter there is no possible chance whatever for the people to be gulled as have have heretofore been done. If the road is not built through Rensselaer the money stays in your pockets. All we are called upon to do Is to give written promises to the amount of $75,000, in order to secure this grand trank line through our midst. Every person who will be likely tp donate will be called upon in a short time; and it behooves you, fellow-citizens, who live along the line of this road, to give liberally to this enterprise.

The Chicago Inter Qceaa pronounces the following eslogium upon the Democratic rejoicings: “The Democratic goose it very high just now. The contemplation of a Democratic octogenarian who rubs his bony hands, smirks the grin of second childhood, and mumbles through his toothless gums fresh maledictions against the ‘niggers' and all who stand by them, is not without its enjoyment even to a chagrined and defeated Republican. How the old chaps come out to sun themselves in these days! How pleasantly they delude themselves with the belief that they did it 1 Then there is another chss of Democrats, whose joy finds cxpression in loud oaths and in frequent potations of gin and beer. These are mostly young men, with weak intellects and red eyes, wfeo go about howling in

the real old-fashioned way for the ‘Democrats.’ Truly these are red-letter days for them. We want to congratulate these Jacksonian men and women that the great danger they have feared so long is happily passed. No more need Democratic girls shed tears at the prospect of 1 having to marry ‘niggers.’ No more need the anxious Ohio Democrat lie awake nights fearing that the colored man will outstrip him in the race of life. Thurman is Senator. ‘Rise up’ William Allen is Governor, and the State is Democratic by 20,000 majority! And Nasby 1 What of him f Is he entirely overcome by the victory ? Is he still celebrating the glorious triumph in company with Pogram and Isaacker Gavitt? Ah! grand martyrs in a noble cause I Your fainting spirits are revived. In the dim vista are possible signs es postoffices, and among them is that at Confedrit X Roads, the home of Petroleum, the mother of Democracy in its purity. Then shout yourselves hoarse, good friends. The world goes backward for a time. The locomotive is hitched to the wrong end, and the car of progress is on the back track. Enjoy yourselves by a contemplation of old scenes while you may, for soon the brakes will be put on, steam will be reversed, and the train will head the other way !

In view of the fact that a large number of people in Jasper county desired a paper which should better represent their political views than any paper at the time published in the county, and that the education and intelligence of a community depend largely upon its newspaper patronage, we have established the Jasper Republican, at the county seat, to endeavor, as far as possible, to supply the demand and the need. Republican in politics, and conducting the paper in the interest of Republican principles, we need and desire the assistance of all the members of that party, to the extent of their ability, to make the paper paying, both to the publisher the subscribers. To do this we need, at our present low terms of subscription, a large list of subscribers. We hope that our friends in the different parts of the county wiil do what they can to furnish us with items of local interest and individually exert themselves to extend the circulation of our paper.— We know the times are hard and have put the price of subscription at a price to correspond. The Republicans in this county are sufficiently numerous, intelligent and well-to-do, to have a county paper that shall be conducted so as to represent them. We propose to give our readers truths, political as well as otherwise, believing it to be a duty of newspapers to present facts as they exist, for the edification and enlightenment of the public, generally and individually—a duty for which they are employed and paid by their customers, we cannot believe that an intelligent people will allow those who endeavor to faithfully perform that duty, to lack for encouragement and support. While the “hosts of sin are pressing hard” to reward and uphold those who betray their trust and defraud their customers, trying to delude and mislead them, the friends of truth and right should not, and,' we trust, will not be backward in showing their faith by their works. We have no pick at individuals for a consciencious, honest belief. But we believe in the principles laid down, carried out, and to be carried out by the Republican party —they have been good in the past and are just as good now—and we shall advocate them and oppose whatever opposes them. We again ask of Republicans, friends of temperance and of progress to give us their hearty and cordial support.

The Chicago & South Atlantie Railroad.

An excursion was made over the contemplated route of this road on last Saturday, by President Haymond, accompanied by Gov. Magoffin, of Kentucky, John W. Musson, of N. Y., Robert Rae, Lyman Bridges and Rev. W. T. Stewart, of Chicago. The Chicago Tribune contains quite an interesting account of their observations taken along the line, from which we learn that the road is constructing at both ends. From Charleston 78 miles are under contract at a cost of $1,890,280. The cost of masonry, grading and bridging, from Spartanburg to Ashville, is $967,545. From Chet wood to Carey sville, 80 miles, 9 have been graded. From Wolf Creek to Ashville, 45 miles, 24 have been graded and bridged. From Chicago, the right of way has been obtained from Archer avenue and Thirteenth street, having a river front of more than 1 mile. Through Lake township the road is ready for tie* and iron. The contract has been let to Davis A Co., of Chicago, for bridging, grading, and ties, from Englewood to Dy er. Two hundred men ar* on this portion of the work, and it will be finished as soon as the weather permits. As soon as the right of way can be obtained to come up Wabash avenue with Pullman can, work will be commenced at Englewood. The contract for the road from Dyer to the Kankakee River, via Lowell, has been let, and 20 miles arc now ready for iron. Clifford A Sous, late contractors of the Baltimore A Ohio Rond,''have taken the contract to Monticello, and 85 miles are to be ready for the iron th is winter. A good portion of the read from Monticello to Delphi b under

way and partly completed. Bridges ever the Wabash and Tippecanoe Bivera have to be built on this section. This gives a continuous fee es road from Chicago for i&tence ofltfmita to Delphi, Ind. Ono-half of thio is completed, making three cast era* and three western connections. The road is almost wholly out of debt, having only to pay sueh bilb as accrue each week. No bonds have been issued, and none will be, to any greater extent than >IO,OOO a mile in Illinois and Indiana. Bonds are not to be n egotiat ed at less than 90 cents on the dollar, payable in gold with exchange on Lir erpool. Every effort will bo made to build, this road without bonding it. The Bev. W. 8. Stewart acknowledged that the experiences of the day had been to him a series of very pleasant surprises, especially the magnificent agricultural country through which they had paaaed, the thrift of the farmers, and the village of Lowell, a promising town of 600 inhabitants.— He was also delighted with Cedar Lake, which was destined to become a popular summer resort. The amount of work that had been done on the road was beyond his expectations, and increased his faith in the speedy completion of the enterprise. Mr. Robert Rae had not much to add. He would state, however, that the improvements appeared to be of the most substantial character. Twenty miles of scientific grading und durable bridges, through a rich agricultural district, with straight lines and flight grade, gave promise that that portion of the road would be fruitfill and productive. It was very gratifying that what had been done was paid for, and the rood was entirely out of debt. President Haymond was explaining how the harbors on the seaboard would be utilized by the people of the South and West by means of this link when the express train was announced, and the excursionists started on the return trip, reaching the city in safety shortly before 9 o’clock.— Delphi Journal. The Chicago Tribune made its appearance last Monday, under the sole management of Joseph Madill, as a Republican journal.— From Mr. Medill’s salutatory we extract the following: “My predecessor has pursued a course which he believed to be the path of duty with a courage which challenged the respect of those who condemned and supported his views, with an ability which extorted their admiration, and he leaves his editorial chair after having achieved a national reputation. The readers of the Tribune will naturally desire to be informed at the outset of the probable tone of the conduct of the Tribuue under the change of management. A full explanation cannot be given on the instant. Men's opinions and actions are more or less influenced and controlled by the circumstances which surround them, and always by unforeseen causes, but this much may now be safely promised:— The Tribune hereafter will be, as it formerly was when under my direction, an independent Republican journal. It will bo the organ of no man however high, no clique or ring however influential, or faction however fanatical or demonstrative. While giving to the Republican party and its principles a hearty and generous support, it will criticise the actions and records of the Republican leaders as freely and fearlessly as in the days of yore, but it has seemed to me unwise for a great representative journal, for the purpose of correcting some alleged abuses of the administration, to desert its party organization and turn its guns oh its old friends or help into power and place' the leaders of the organization whose political record and whose official conduct show that they are not sincere in their professions of desire for administrative purification.”

Real Estate Transfers.

The following transfers of real estate have been filed with Recorder Wood during the week ending November 12, 1874: John W. Barlow to Richard Pile for SB6O, s hf nw 18, 28, 6, and e hf se, sw se, and ne ne 20, 28, s—-24S acres. M. L. Spitler et. al. to Alfred Thompson for $75, lots 6 and 7, block 4, south add. to town of Rensselaer. George E. Vermette to Elisha Bullock for SI,OOO, nw nw 9, 27, B—Bo acres. Nancy Jane Goff to George W. Jenkins for $l5O, s hf se sw 21, 80, 6—20 acres. Henry Dickinson to Abigail Dunmore for S4OO, e hf n hf ne 20, 81, 5—40 acres. Simon P. Thompson to A. McCoy & Thompson for $934, nw ne 4, 28, 7 —64 acres. Isaac D. Dunn to Elizabeth J. Miller for $1,750, n hf nw 27, and so sw 22, 82, 5 120 acres. William H. Bradford to Hugh King for $4,480, nw 82, 27, 7—160 acres. Alfred McCoy to Thomas Thompson for SB,OOO, pt sw nw 80, 29, 6—4 acres. Thomas Thompson to Mary Jane McCoy, the same. Sheriff Jasper county to Alfred Thompson for SBBS, a fractional lot in Rensselaer. Henry Weston to Marion L. Spitler for SSOO, pt sw qr 19, 29, 6—5 acres. Alfred Thompson, Trustee, to Marion L. Spitler for SSOO, . the same. Archibald Purcupile to E. T. Harding et. al. for $475, lots 5 and 6, block 8, town of Rensselaer. Thomas Antrim to Robert G. Garrison for S2OO, nw nw 14, 81, 7—Bo acres. Abigal Jordan to Ellen R. Littlefield for $75, lot 9, block 4', Chambers and Morgan’s add. to Remington. The Indiana A Illinois Central Railway have conveyed all their land* in Jasper county to John R. Elder, and is now for sale. Altogether there about 11,316 acres. Rebecca Baker to Charles C. Starr for $l,lOO, part of lot 8, block 4, town of Rensselaer. J. D. & D. C. Hopkins to Joseptine A. Woodaorth for S7O, a fractional lot in Rensselaer. Henry Weston to Willis J. Wright for S2OO, lot 7, block 46, Weston’s second add. to Rensselaer. Alfred Thompson, Trustee, to Willis J. Wright for S2OO, the same. Henry Poisel to Thomas McCullough for SBSO, e pt se ne 11, So, 5—22 acres. Rhoda Lakin to Frank M. Lakin for $1,600, mso 8, ae ne and pt ne ne 29, 80, 6, and aw nw 11,80, 7—122 acres. E. L. Clark to Alexander J. Kent for $437, e hf nw 6, 80, 7—87 acres.

Republicans pawed through the opposition thrvsdring in whine last Tuesday, and were well winnowed. Look out for the finest of wheat at the November harvest in 1876.—JKeA. Cfty

Seraps.

A man in Linn county, Oregon, has a span es fast trotting elks. New Zealand imposes a tax of >5 on each and every bachelor. Bsnstor Morton wore out his last pair of pants to small advantage.— CourierJournal. The Dodge gold mine at Lisbon, N. H., produced the other dhy. a nugget of gold valued at >4OO. • New version of Barns, by the medical student: (with a local application) “If a body snatch a body.” You look as if you were beside yourself, as the wag said to a fellow who stood by the side of an ass. Five of Boston’s banks have each a capital of >2,000,000. Her strongest bank has a capital of >8,000,000. Mme. Thiers, who is over seventy years of age, wears jaunty litte hats that would be youthful for women of thirty. The steam-propelled street cars in Salt Lake City are working to the perfect satisfaction of Mormons and Gentiles. Lumbermen's wages for the winter are unusually low in Minnesota; >ls a month being the offering wages at Stillwater. Redwing, Minnesota, has a Ross affair, only it is supposed the child -thief is the divorced mother of the child, whose name is Ralph Taber. The recumbent figure of Bunyan, which his admirers placed above his grave, is crumbling away. Three parts of the nose have disappeared. The birth of the Duchess of Edinburgh’s baby increases the number es Queen Victoria’s grandchildren to twenty-six, of whom twenty -three are living. A Missouri man swears he won’t pay taxes on his farm, and he has erected a fort, supplied it with arms and provisions and the tax collector keeps out of rifle shot. Sixty butchers are sueing the corporation of Montreal, Canada, jointly, for damages amounting in the aggregate to >IO,OOO, arising out of the private stall dispute. The wife of Mr. Sipple, president of a grammar school in Philadelphia, has disappeared, and they don’t know whether she is a past or present part o’ Sipple.—lndianapolis Herald. •

PITTSBURG, CINCINNATI & St. LOUIS RAILWAY. CONDENSED TIME CARD. & SWT3 M 3 DI VIS IO N. MAY «st, 1874, GOIN&WEST. No. 6 No. IO Pittsburgh, a, m, 9,25 a. m. Columbus, 9,30 “ 5,25 p, m. Urbana, ..15T,05 p, m. 7,58 “ Piqua, 1,12 “ 9,06 “ Bradford Junction,.l,4o “ 9,85 “ Union City, ...2,55 “ 10.50 “ Ridgeville, 8,80 “ 11,27 “ Hartford, 4.27 “ 1: ,27 a,m Marion ..5,20 “ 1,16 “ Bunker Hill, ..6,28 ♦* 2,21 “ Logansport, —7,10 “ 8,00 “ Reynolds, ... “ 9,02 “ State Line,.......... p,m. 10,40 •* GOING EAST No. 5. No. *7 State Line, -6,55 p,m, Reynolds ..8,45 “ Logansport, . 6,40 a,m. 8,30 p,m. Bunker Hill, ....7,25 “ 4,10 « Marion, 8,35 “ 2,50 “ Hartford, 9,80 •* 6,08 “ Ridgeville, ...10.23 “ 7,04 *• Union City, —10,57 “ 7,40 “ Bradford Junction,ll,so “ 8,85 “ Piqua, L 12,88 p. m. 9,06 “ Urbana 1,43 “ 40,01 « Columbus, .....8,40 “ 11,40 “ Pittsburgh, -.12,01 a,m, 6,55 a,m. No. 10 leaves Bradford Daily, except Sunday, and will arrive in State Line daily, except Monday, and in Chicago at 8.00 A.M. daily. All other trains run daily, except Sunday. Nos. 5,6, and 7 have no Chicago connections. ■ ak >■- - - W. L. O’BRIEN, General Passenger & Ticket Agent. TRAINS PASS REMINGTON TO-WIT : Going West. Going East. Mail AEx9:45 A M Mail AExBOO P M Accom’tion 8 20 P M Aceom’tiom 603 A M Accom’tion 800 P M Accom’tion 840 A M ROBERT PARKER. Agent.

Wilcox's SEWING MACHINE MOTOR FOR MANUFACTURERS ABD HOUSEHOLD USE. Considered by Physicians and others a* TH* Ladies Friend! It can be readily attached to any make of Sewing Machine. It soakos 1009 revolutions per minute without the slighter, assistance from the operator except to regulate the speed and to start it. It will run one hour at full speed without renewal of power, which can be renewed by a six year old child. Price sls 00, sent C. O. D. provided one third of the price accompany the order, which is only a necessary precaution to secure us against loh. The Machine may be returned and the money reminded prvsided it will not perform all we claim for it Agents Wanted in every County in this State with whom liberal arrangements will be made and exclusive rights sold. Correspondents should be particular Io write their address plain and foil. BENSON ft MU KRAY, Prep’s., 2 Iron Block, Indianapolis, Indiana. [»B,4w]

THE OLD LIIE IMS STORE! HARDING & WILLEY, Would say that they are ready at all times to wait on their customers. They keep Constantly on hand a good and fresh supply of Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, . And Dye Stuffs. THEY KEEP A GOOD SUPPLY OF SCHOOL BOOKS, PAPER, ENVELOPS, PENCILS, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY &c. ALSO, ALL THE POPULAR PATENT MEDICINES OF THE DAY. Physicians Prescriptions CAREFULLY prepared. We are ready at all times to see our FRIENDS.

We Mean Buisness for the Year 18741 WE wish to call your attention to our Stock of Saddlery. We have the largest and most complete Stock of Saddlery Ware ever kept in this county, consisting of SADDLES OF ALL THE LATtST IMPROVEMENTS. Long and Short Tug Harness, Horse and Mule Collars, Swetny Collars made on purpose for horses having lumps on the sides of their necks. Flow and Stage Hames for Horses, Short Hames on purpose for Mules and Small Horses, — TRACE CHAINS, SALTER CHAINS, TEAM, WAGON AND BUGGY WHIPS, &c., Ac., &c. Together with a Large Stock of Oak tanned leather and Saddlery Hardware Of all kinds, all of which WE will Sell Lower than any other Shop in this or adjoining Counties, Grangers or any Other Men for CASH, We have been over EIGHTEEN YEARS in the COUNTY, and sold over 860 sets of light and heavy Harness in the last TWO YEARS. It is our intention to make this eur permanent home; and wish to deal fairly with our customers, that we may always have their trade. WE WARRANT OUR WORK TO WEAR WELL, AND NOT TO RIP OR GIVE WAY WITH FAIR USAGE WE also have for sale the Singer Sewing Machine and fixings. Also, Home, Grover A Baker and Common Sense needles, and Machine Oils. Respectfully Yours, Wm. H. A C. RHOADES, Manufacturers, Rensselaer, Ind.

1 SOLEMH FACT! No Matter Who the other Manis, BUT, WILLEY & SIGLER, THANKFUL for p-<st favors, and content with the Reward of Merit, Can be found at their old Stand in the Post-Office BUILDING, with the LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF DRY GOODS, BOOTS A SHOES. READY MADE CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, GROERIES. VAwnrEH NOTION'S, £c>, &c>, dc. Tn fact Every thing that can be found in a well Selected stock of GssssAi MraCHAMdisb. Ever offered to the Public in this Market. All of which they do SELL the LARGEST AMOUNT for the LE AST MONEY of any firm iuTOWN. Don't pass Them by in search of something new. Square Dealing is their Motto. CALL AND SEE THEIR GOODS BEFORE BUYING.

NO. 1008. • New Good* at the Pionkxr Stobx of KJ. SEARS & CO., DEALERS IN STAPLE # FANCY . Drv Goods, Boots & Shoes, Groceries, Clothing, &c. AU Goods Cheap For CASH. Call and be Satisfied of the FACT. Rensselaer, - - Ind. HOPKINS’ CORNER! 11 m STRICT attention to business A have not a fortune yet; nor have 1 “Busted” yet. To avoid the “Bust” I only buy what GOODS My money will pay for at the time of purchase. FIVE PER CENT, PROFIT. I PV rents. Pay no Clerks, and what is better for all parties, BELL FOR CASH DR ITS EQUIVALENT. Ludd Hopkins.

Smi Display'oi -W DRY GOODS, AT THE OLD RELIABLE CHEAP CASH STORE, IN THE STONE BUILDING. Has Just received for the coming eeeeow a fall Hne of ALPACAS, BLACK MOHAIRS, BLACK CASSIMEREB. BROWN A BLACK MUSLIMS, TABLE LINEN, TOWELS An.J Alro, a fall line of Ready Made Clothing, and Boots and Shoes; A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF WINTER SHAWLS, AND LADIES FURNISHING GOODS. Call and Examlno Stock Before ollfGtiwsrR. FENDIG. nl ImHeadquarters, in Rensselaer, FOR, BUILDERS’ HARDWARE MECHANICS TOOLS, CUTLERY, TINWARE, STOVES, NAILS, &c., &c., Ac., at tho “LIBERAL CORNER.” Our stock will be found to embrace almost every conceivable article in the Hardware line. We also have a TIN SHOP in connection with our establishment, and are prepared to do all kinds es CUSTOM WORK and REPAIRING on SHORT NOTICE. On Front street, north of “Liberal Corner,” we have a WAGON db CARRIA GE Manufactory and Black* smith Shop, Strict Attention Paid to Custom Works Wagons & Carriages Made to Order. WE guarantee all goods AS represented, and to give entire satisfaction. REMEMBER THE PLACE, and GIVE US A Call. Norman Warner. Storgß F. Daugherty's,

LATCH-STRIN6 IS ALWATI OUT, And he would be glad at all times to see his old frijnds and patrons and vrvry body else who want Cnxar Gnocnixs and FA MILT SUPPLIER, At Hu Nxw Rooms Next Door to the City Bakery. Beside* a foil line of Staple Groceries, b* keeps constantly on hand a good line of Queensware. Glassware, Spices and Flavoring Extracts, Cntsups and Pepper Sauce, Baking Powder, Canned Fruits, Storch, Indigo, Stove Blacking, Ground Chmaaum and Matches, etc., etc., etc. Besides, the best quality of Tobacco and Cigars,*Nuts, Candies and Plain and'Fancy Confectioneries, All at astonishingly low PRICES. All kinds of Produce wanted, for which will be paid, the highest MARKET PRICE. Do I¥ot Fail To dive Him A Call. Btnr DAILY HACK LIMB AND Livery Stable, RENSSELAER, INDIANA. • e ■■■- United States Mail Hacks run daily, except Sundays, between Rensselaer and Francesville. Making connections at the latter place with trains on the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad, acd conveying passengers and freight each way. Extra teams sent at any time on application.— Goods or money shipped by express to any part of the United States. TeaxxiSy With or without drivers, furnished on application. Stock boarded by the day or week.% Office and stable on Front street, above Washington, Rensselaer, Indiana. J.W. Duvall.