Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1875 — Poisonous Syrups. [ARTICLE]

Poisonous Syrups.

Petrol ium V. Ntaby sold bis interest In the Toledo Blade for $153,000, and has gone to California. ; * It is reported that the scboyj buds of Itodutna leads that of any other State by $2,000,000. Hie lloosier State against the world. St. Louis is going tv''tpro another banging jqd the 28tb ; of May. Wm. Morgan will sustain or rather be sustained in the leading part. f The Decorah (Iowa) Register tells of a couple of men, living near that place, who traded wives the other day—the wives consenting to the transfer. ■ I ■■ hi The New York Tribune has a good deal of sense condensed in this paragraph: “The Democratic party of lowa is going to be reorganized again. It goes through that operation every year, but there does not seem to be much of a change in the vote afterward.” The municipal election of Logansport was held on Tuesday last Logansport has been an old Democratic city. The Democrats, last Tuesday, elected two Councilman, while the Independents, by a coalition with the Republicans, elected seven Couneilmen, Mayor, Clerk and and Marshal.

The heavy fill between the Wabash River and the canal, at Delphi, was commenced last week by the contractor, J. H. Quiches, who will push his job to completion with as little delay as possible. This new contract includes the grading from Delphi to the Clinton County line, a distance of about teo miles. — Monticello Herald. lathe Hudson County Court in New Jersey on Friday last, Frederick Klenner, convicted of stealing the funds of the Hoboken Savings Bank while cashier, was brought up for sentence. Previous to the sentence he was arraigned on eleven indictments for forgery, to which he plead not guilty. Judge Hoffman then sentenced him to various terms of imprisonment, making in all eighty-four years. From the Logansport Star we learn that the city of Indianapolis has gone Republican. The Democrats carried the city, two years tgo, for the first time in many years. They also carried it last spring. But two years of Democratic misrule have fully satisfied the people, and now they change the order of things by the election of the full Bepublican ticket, notwithstanding the recent importation of hundreds of Democratic scalawags under the thin pretext of street cleaning and the purification of Pogue’s run. The Logansport Star, an independent daily, says: “We know that the readers of the Star and all the people of Indiana, will rejoice to learn that our distinguished fellow citizen, Hon. D. D. Pratt, has been tendered and has accepted the position of Commissioner of Internal Revenue. This is the most important position under the Secretary of the Treasury This appointment reflects credit upon the President, as the knoan honest and integrity of Mr. Pratt is a guaranty that no corruption will be allowed in his department.

The Cincinnati Commercial , publishes advices as to the condition of the fruit and wheat crops from sixty-one counties in Ohio and forty-one in Indiana. In Ohio, peaches will be a complete failure ; apples are but slightly injured. In regard to other fruit,- ■one reports a good crop, twelve report a half a crop, and forty-eight report no crop at all.— As to wheat, twenty-four report the crop uninjured, twenty-two give half crop, and twelve no crop. In Indiana, thirteen report the wheat crop uninjured, eight about half a crop, nine no crop at all. Of fruit, three report a crop, seven a half crop, and twentyone no crop. In response to a letter of inquiry by the Auditor of Jasper county, as to whether county treasurers are entitled to the same fees for the collection of second installment of taxes of 1874 that has become delinquent on transfer to duplicate of 1874, last November, that he is allowed on delinquencies collected on the delinquent list, the Attorney General replies as follows: “Whenever old taxes are transferred to new duplicates, they all become current taxes, and the fees allowed at the April settlement are upon all the taxes collected upon the new duplicate, according to the schedule of fees for first collections on the current duplicate. Consequently the fees for the delinquent second installment on the duplicate are not the same as the fees on the delinquency of the first installment. This is in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court in regard to ourrent taxes.” — MonticeUo

Pi-of. G. E. Bailey of the State University of Nebraska, has been chemically analyzing samples of the cheap syrups which are being sold Tfr the citizens ol that State. Very many of the samples he analyzed were made by the “Sulphuric acid process.” They an made without a single drop of the cane juice in themVery many of the syrups sold by the retail grocers an made of a warm mixture of starch and water, poured slowly into a boiling solution of 1 per cent, sulphuric acid and .the whole boiled, then the acid is neutralized by chalk. Whflb the sediment has settled, the liquid is boiled down to a syrup- The starch used is generally old of an unclean or refuse kind. " v ( .. - ? Numerous establishments are constantly manufacturing these poisonous sweets and the syrups made by them often have the finest appearance of any in the market. Some of the cheap sugars are adulterated with the sweet waste Jiquor of these bogus syrup manufactories. Prof. Bailey claims that these vicious syrups produce sore throat, inflamatiou of the stomach, heart-burn, Ac. Take a good article of New Orleans sugar, dissolve it in pure water, boil it down and make your own molasses by the gallon as needed for family use. It is mora costly, but more healthy than these manufactured by the sulphuric acid process.

Dr. Haymood returned from Indianapolis on last Saturday, where he had been spending several days, working up the interests of the Chicago and South Atlantic R. R. He reports that everything looks encouraging in that quarter. The right of way into the city is secured, and the details are being arranged as rapidly as possible. Proper agents have been appointed to operate in the furtherance of the President’s plans, both in the city and the counties north of it. Negotiations arc also pending for the privilege of running into Union Depot, which will be successful. But little difficulty is expected in obtaining the right of way from the city limits northward, as the route upon which the road will run, will be nearly due north from the east end of the city to Wellington, .at the crossing of White River.— Thence north for about twenty miles the right of way has already been guaranteed. From the present appearances it will not belong till all parts of the line between Indianapolis and Chicago will be thoroughly the local aid expeeted raised. — Monticello Herald.