Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1874 — LION NEWS! [ARTICLE]

LION NEWS!

Go to BEDFORD’S for Jewelry, Watch-Gucrls, Chains and Keys. Doc. Oram has gone to Remington to set type on the Guard. The average mind of P.ochester is excited over a red velocipede. Jasper county was favored with a light sprinkle of snow Monday morning. By giving note a credit of six months Will be given on all dental operations amounting to ten dollars. In a C. Kelley. Storey, the editor-in-chief of the Chicago Timet, was married December 3d, to a beautiful and accomplished lady of Chicago. Don’t fail to call on Dr. Kelley at his new gallery, up stairs in the Hemphill brick, opposite the post office. Bro. Keiser, of the Winamac Republican. wants a 15 to 17-year-old bey to learn the printing trade. He says none but those who purpose learning the business need apply. Will the exchanges please let up on Reiser’s “dog”? It was ground into ‘ sassagemeat” years ago, and why not let the “dead and tho beautiful rest.” A paper lias this advertisement: “Two sisters want washing.” We fear that millions of brothers are in the same predicament. The Logansport Star says: “During the month of November the little town of Remington, on the F., C. & St. L. road, has shipped 316 car loads of grain.” The dancing school is in a flourishing condition, with a membership of some twenty odd persons, several of whom say it is a cheap place to go for fun. The Kcntland Gazette came out in a sevencolumn quarto form last week. The Gazette is one of the lire connty papers that comes to this office as an exchange. A little boy, weighing eleven pounds—a coal heaver—recently made his appearance at the residence of Mr. John Burger, in Remington. We had the pleasure of shaking the hand of Bro. Winegard n, of the Remington Guard, last Monday. He reports the burg lively, and job work on the increase. See the card of Mark Vcrmette, barber, in card column, and when you desire a nice clean shave give him a call. Shop in Kansas City Hotel office. A dead man can drift down stream but it t-ikes a live man to pull up against it.* That is the time that tries a man’s soul—when the tide is against him. Persons desiring sale bills or other job printing done will please remember that the Republican office is situated np stairs over the postoffice. Go to BEDFORD’S for your Holiday Goods. A large stock just received. We understand that a theatrical troupe contemplate visiting this place during the holidays. Doubtless they would receive a liberal patronage from Rensselaer and vicinity should they conclude to visit us. Dr. Kelley’s dental rooms are complete. For relief from toothache and good dental work in every branch, call on him. Rooms in photograph gallery, in Hemphill’s brick, up stairs opposite postoffice. The nicest holiday present imaginable to send to an absent friend would be a year’s subscription to the Republican, which contains more local reading than any other paper in the county, and can be had cheaper by fifty cents per year than either of the other three county p ipers. We will send the Republican from now until January 1, 1876, for $1.50. The ladies are particularly referred to the reading of the millinery advertisement of Mrs. Hemphill, who has lately moved into her new brick, with a new stock of goods.— At her establishment may be found all the latest designs in the millinery line, and she is just the person to suit the wants of all in that direction.

The lion in Benton county was killed thfe other day by hearing of May’s patent Wind Engine. Price SBS. Sold by T. J. CRANE, Newtown, Fountain Co., Ind. Rev. R. L. Adams, pastor of the Presbyterian church, and Rev. Mr. Lambert, pastor of the M. E. Church, have made arrangements whereby our citizens may be favored by two sermons each Sunday, by one or the other of them. Mr. Lambert will preach two Sundays in succession and Mr. Adams will preach the third Sunday. The members of each congregation are earnestly requested to other as well as their own. They expect, by a united effort, to accomplish much good in Rensselaer this winter. We hope their labors may be crowned with abundant success. The following will, no doubt, be folly appreciated by a few of the readers of the Republican: “Young man, you feelusuperiority to the whole human race, as you stand at the altar with your fair young bride. You would nut change places with the President. Yet a few short years, a few whiskings of broom-handles, an ultimately stoppage or two of wafted flat-irons, and your weary body will rest under the svyay. ing willow, while some young gallant will bring your late afflicted partner to the cemetery on ealm Sabbath evenings aftd whisper love in her ear, as together they strew peanut shells over, your grave. ‘Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?’ ”

The editor of the Toledo Democrat has * demoralizing name-Alfred B. Jazes. ■ • Go to the RAILROAD STORE for fine Toilet Soaps. v \ Hoit to save money—buy your millinery at Mrs. Halstead’s. * The weather for the past week has been mild and pleasant. Go to A. Leopold’s and see those nice seal and mink furs for ladies, at three to eight dollars per set. An insane man from Keener township, this county, was at the Kansas Cfity Hotel Wednesday. Cause of insanity unknown. Beaver cloakings, with a variety of new and stylish trimmings for the same, at Mrs. Halstead’*. Mr. John Tharp, of Leon, lowa, one among the early settlers of Jasper county, is now visiting his many friends in this place. ~ A dance will be given in Spitler’s Hall on Christmas and New Year’s nights.— Supper will be served at tbe Kansas City Hotel. Mr. John Querry made glad the heart of the printer, last Monday, by placing in our hanls $1.50 for the Republican, to be sent to Mr. Dennis Hilton, Medaryville, for one year. Rev. R. L. Adams delivered excellent sermons at the Presbyterian church, in this place, last Sunday morning and evening.— They were such as could only have the greatest influence for good. Union township, Marshal county, has a lady 21 years old, 31 inches high, and weighs about 30 pounds. She traveled with a circus last season, and is now at borne to spend the winter. Family Favorite. —Tho Weed Sewing M .chine makes a beautiful lock stitch on both fine and heavy work without the changes required by other machines. These machines can he purchased of G. W. Cl.fton, Rensselaer, Ind. See the card of Shindler & Roberts, blacksmiths, in another column, and when you want a horse shod, or anything else in their lino, remember they can do a neat and first-class job. They are successors to Norman Warner. Buffalo Bill is again locked up for being on a tare. As usual he came up with his face cut and bleeding. —Logansport Star. Surely don’t mean that young dentist who lately moved from Remington te Fowler, do you? December 14th—next Monday—is the final day decided on by the Millerites.— To-day and tomorrow let the delinquent subscribers to ihe Republican make a “rush*’ on us. It may be your last opportunity, you know. Go to BEDFORD’S to get your Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired. Rev. S. E. Rogers, pastor of the Free Will Baptist church at this place, called on us Wednesday and informed us that he had made arrangements for services os follows: Every Sabbath at 7\ o’clock p m., and every other Sabbath at 10} o’clock a. m.— The public are cordially invited to attend. Is Logansport going into the war business? We noticed some time ago, by the Star, that they had an organization of men fully armed and equipped for the battle, called the “Logan Greys”; and now they are talking of getting up an artillery company. What meaneth all this commotion? Cui bonol Last Saturday evening, a man walking along Washington street with his skin about as full of boer as it could hold, addressed this soliloquy to his hat, which had fallen off into the mud: “If I pick you up I fall; ii I fall you will not pick me up—then I leave you;” and he staggered proudly away. Josh Billings says: “The live man is like a little pig; he iz weaned young and begins to root early. He iz the peppereass ov creation, the allspice ov the world. One live man in a village iz like a case ov iteh in a districk school; he sets everybody to scratching at onst.

A couple of gentlemen, of Benton county, recently killed four hundred rabbits Inside of two hours, with clubs.— Ex. Now, let th’ese two gentlemen, whoever they may be, commence on the lion, as they probably had enough practice on rabbits to enable them to use up the “what-is-it’’ in short metre. We desire to call attention to the advertisement of the-Indianapolis Journal Company in this issue. The Journal ia a flretclass Republican newspaper, and contains a large and varied amount of general news and useful information; and the happiness of no family can be complete without the Journal and the Republican. We’re open to proposals for sleigh-rides. Good looking young ladies take notice.— Plymouth Mail and Magnet. ’ , There it is agaia. Just confirms what the Republican said last week about Hie editor of the M. and M. waiting for some fair damsel to propose. Rensselaer belles will please take notice and profit thereby. “Kankakee Crane,’’ a correspondent to the Valparaiso Vidette from Keutts Station, says: “We notice every week Hollanders going to Jasper county to bay land. They have quite a settlement about twelve miles from the bridge. They only hny forty to eighfy acres, and are making good farmers.” Jasper county is settling up fast. In a few years her vast prairies will all be under a state of cultivation. To those who desire to buy cheap homes we advise to come soon, before the choicest lands are all taken up.

•OT, kp, been ISM Eukaka. that the low, wet places in Jasper county are being drained, and tks lands, which, tea years ago were worth nothing, are bow producing abundant crops. We can truly say to those looking for desirable homes, come to Jasper county and be happy. Go to BEDFORD’S for Bill and Letter Paper. ; /' The reputation of Mr, A. Leopold is now well established ia all parts of the country as that of an honest, accommodating and enterprising business mam. At his establishment the Lest goods solffkt low 1 prices by men who do not overstate ih* quality of their goods fbr the purpose of making sales. He lias just purchased a new lot of goods which, for quality, quantity and cost dwarf any ever offered in this part of Indiand is surpassed by few houses in the State. Call and satisfy yourselves that what we say is true. Norman Warner has just received a lot of new furniture to which he desires to cal} the attention of the public. He will sell his furniture at the lowest pash prices without fear or favor. Give him a call when in need of anything in his line. His reputation as a business man is such that it is useless to enlarge upon it here, but give him. a trial. An observing person climbed into the Court House tower at Fowler recently to see if Remington people were church goers.— Rensselaer Republican. And after seeing the entire population ‘turn out’ to church wasn’t their curiosity fully satisfied? —Remington Record. It might have been but for the appearance of the Benton county “baste,” which so excited the individual that he leaped from the tower and has nefvet been seen since, Mr. A. Leopold has now the largest and best selected stock of staple and fancy dry goods, notions, clothing, gents furnishing goods, boots and shoes, groceries, etc.*, ever m any store this side of Chicago. He sells the very best of goods, at the very lowest prices, as hundreds of his customers will testify. His stock was bought at lower rates than such goods can he bought by others and for that reason can sell for less money than anybody else. Call and see for yourselves and learn bow low the prices are. Go to the RAILROAD STORE for Best and Cheapest Undershuts and Drawers. Tbe following is given as a description of the girl of the period: “She is finished in her manners, though her education’s poor. She has polished off the former by a long expensive tour; while the latter, under •Madame’ of the foreign-sounding name, was so stylishly conducted no one had the heart to blame Sinee-ehe left the classic temple, with its stock of foreign lore, sbo has never seen the volumes on the shelf behind the door; but she reads the daily papers, when she finds a moment’s time, for the personals and weddings have an interest sublime. — She is gifted with endurance that an Amazon might prize, and can dance from night to morning, when the stars have left the skies. She is fond of foreign phrases, culled from Spanish or German, and everything is ‘splendid,’ from a ribbon to a sermon,”