Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1875 — Six and One-Fourth Cent Prints. [ARTICLE]

Six and One-Fourth Cent Prints.

Watering place resort—th J town pump. There are 468 persons in the Michigan City prison. —: ■ Yesterday was th® centennial of the battle of Bunker Hill. Mr. D. H. Patton, of Remington, was in town on Friday last. “Deacon” Downing, ofßemington, spent last Sunday in.Bewselaer. Lovers will be pleased to learn that August will have two moons. ? William Phillips, of the new harness shop, started for Texas last Friday. On Wednesday the Commissioners refused to grant ajiquor license to Leopold Tuieur. A Sunday school picnic is talked of, to be held about the first of next month. Hurrah for Jasper I Still she has no licensed saloons, and not likely to have soon. We understand that the work of laying iron commenced at Lowell last Monday. Remember the meeting at the Court House to-mofrow evening, and attend without fail. Mr James Pefly, of Remington, gave the Rspublican office a brief call on Wednesday. Mr. C. H. Price, of Carpenter township, walked the streets of Rensselaer last Saturday. Young ladies promenade the streets of Winamac in a beastly state of ' intoxication. i, i. , ■ ■ . The Remington itemizer, “Spitz,” failed to come to time this week; be is off on a drunk. Mr. Ansen Woodwdrth’s new dwelling, across the river on River street, is nearly completed. M. A. J. Kitt and Mr. A. B. Clark, of th® Remington Record, passed last Sunday in Rensselaer. The Commissioners of Jasper county refused to grant a liquor li erne to Jared H. Fountain on Tuesday . Don't go into plaees of business and bort people with long talks and senseless harangues. Hire a hall. Two of Rensselaer's fair damsels had s regular hair-pulling tussle, last Friday afternoon. Naughty girts I

Preaching at the Baptist Church next Sunday at 10} A. M., -by Rev. D. J. Houston. Subject, “Temperance.” We hear it reported that there are over three hundred men at work on tho grading between here and Kankakee river. Saturday last, a “polar wave” floated over Jasper county. Linea dusters disappeared, and overcoats werebrougbt to the front. Zimmerman has taken his longneeded rest, and now desires you to send in your orders to which ho will give prompt attention. Lowell Star: “Work is going on between here and Dyer, and it will be but a few days till the bed will be ready for iron. Mr. H. H. Cherry, of Remington, was in town the three last days of last week on business connected with the office of assessor. “To remove dandruff—go to Arizona and interview the Apaches.” But most people would prefer not to remove so da’ndruff. Squirrels are so abundant in Bartholomew county that the fanners are poisoning them to keep them from from digging up the corn.

We understand that several free fights occurred during the first part of the week, but we were unable to learn fnll particulars. Headquarters of the C. & S. A. R. R. in Rensselaer, will be found in the front room of Mrs. Hemphill’s brick building, up stairs. Only three liquor licenses were applied for iu Jasper county— Lowell Star. And neither of the applicants succeeded in getting a license.. George Walter Johnson, Printer, Artist, and General Advertiser. Special attention given to Card Printing and advertising cheap sh-ving. Give him a call. A Ligonier man went fishing, and sent a message to town for cigars, minows and whisky. He drank the whisky, baited his hook with the cigar and tried to smoke a minnow. Persons arranging to leave town during the “heated term” can have the Rkpublican mailed, to them to any address, and changed as as oft«n as they may desire, at the rate es $1.50 per annum. Married. —At the residence of the bride’s father in Newton township, Jasper county, on Wednesday, June 9, 1875, by Rev. 8. E. Rogers, Mr. Abram J. Freeland and Miss Josephine Bayler. Don’t advertise; it. gives people abroad a knowledge of your town, and they come and settle in it; it'will grow, and other business men will be induced to come in and thus increase your competiti oners. Union local: At the meeting of the board oftown trustees, last Monday night, M. F. Chilcote, Alfred Thompson and Joshua Healey were appointed school trustees. All are good men for their several stations. On Tuesday the Commissioners set aside the application for license to sell liquor, of Timothy O’Connor, Remington, on the grounds that the premises on which he desired to sell were not precisely described. The harness shop formerly run by Mr. William Phillips will still continue to exist under the supervision of Mr. Simon Phillips.. Bridles, -saddles, harness, &c, will be sold as cheap as ever, See change of card.

Bov. W. r. Shockey (Universal? st) commenced a series of sermons in the Church of God !«<® evening. «std we underevening, from the time of commencement, Thg Re»<mrt*er brass hand has~ reorganized, and expects to practice six evenings each week until the Fourth. Parties desiring to secure the services of the Resselaer band on celebration day will be required to bid high. —...,*»*■■ Th® Aldine for June (No. 18 of the current the publication which has yet appeared, appealing throughout to thp most refined and Lowell Star Local; Ties are now being delivered in Michigan City for the C. & B A. R..E. company, ready for shipment, which will be in a few days. A large bill for Abridging material was ordered in Chicago, Thursday, by the company. Monticello Herald local: Grading for the new railroad on this side of the river is progressing finely, the greater portion of the work between the river and town has been accomplished and inside of another week will be finished and ready for the ties. Concerning the railroad, the Delphi Jowral says: “The contract has been awarded from Delphi to the Clinton county line, and a large force will soon be at work. They hope to have the cars runntog between Chicago and Indianapolis this ftyll. On last Saturday night some of the bo-hoys got a little too much buck beer ahead attended the variety show, and very nearly succeed in r aising a ‘ ‘dutch muss.’ ’ By the timely interference of several persons, however, there was no blood spilled. D. B. Miller has been, appointed to the office of surveyor of Jasper county vice C. P. Mayhew, who resigned. Mr. Miller has had considerable experience in the surveying line; and no doubt will All the position in a worthy and satisfactory manner. Harding & Willey have erecte-1 a new awning in front of their brick building, and A. Leopold has put up a hitching rack in front of his building. It is a curious fact that a railroad will awaken a spirit of general improvement. ‘Rah for the railroad!

Examine my Wool and Cotton Cassimercs, Jeans, &c., also 6} cent Prints, before you buy. Don’t eace where else you price the same quality. BUDD HOPKINS. We give in this weeks issue the premium list of the Jasper County Fair, to be held Sep. 15, 16,17 ani 18, 1875, at Rensselaer. We are placed under obligations to the Union for the use of the ready set type. Will return the compliment at first opportunity. Rev. H. B. Miller requests us to announce that a Sunday school concert will be held at the Howard school house, situated about four miles east of Rensselaer, on Sunday, June 20,1875. Short speeches and music are to be the main features in the exercises. 4 splendid rain gladdened the dry ground here and hereabouts on Monday and Tuesday morning, and the way old mother earth drank in the wet was a sight worth witnessing. Every growing thing now looks fresh and green, and the birds are warbling their gratitude in joyous notes. Mr. James H. Snoddy has been appointed County Superintendant of Public Instruction of Jasper county by the Board of Commissioners of said county. Mr. Snoddy has filled that position in this county for the last two years, and, although it may bo hard to please every one, he has given pretty general satisfaction. Tho Indianapolis Journal of the 11th instant says: The incorporators of the Chicago & South Atlantic Railroad Company held a meeting yesterday and elected officers os fellows: President, W. 0. Foley; vicepresident, J. Cavindish Robinson, of Chicago ; treasurer, John 11. Piercy; secretary, WiU A. PeUe, Jr. If the people of Rensselaer want to build up the town end increase its proportions and business operations, they must pull together as one man, laying aside every personal feeling, and unite with these who have an interest in the welfare of the town and its business, and work together for the common good of all citizens. Miss Lucy Daugherty is teaching school in district No. 5, Jordan township, at the Blake school house. She reports for the month ending May 29th, an enrollment of 20 pupils, and an average daily attendAnce of 14. Mary Long, Lottie Long, Ettie Long, Sarah Erwin and Milo Tuttle were perfeel in attendance, punctuality, deportment and study.

The praiseworthy manner in which Prosecuting Attorney Thompson and Hon. R. S. Dwiggins defended the cause of temperance, in Commissioners’ Court, jn Tuesday, should not and will not be soon forgotten. The temperance people of Jasper counnty fully appreciate their ability and gentlemanly conduct in defense of the good cause. m < - ■■■■ The following is a report of school No. 9, James school house, Marion (ownship, for the month ending June 11th, 1875 : No. of pupils enrolled, 14; average daily attendance, 12J. Lizzie James was perfect in attendance, punctuality, deportment and study. Luisa Doty and Frankie Adams were perfect in punctuality, deportment and study. Famnib F. Millsb. Our friend Mr. John Querry. of Gillam township, was in town Wednesday, and brought us a new yearly subscriber for the Republican, also, the cash in advance. If we had a number of such friends as Mr. Q. we would soon have as large a circulation as any other paper in Northern Indiana. He seldom, if ever, comes to town without bringing us from one to five now subscribers.

- AH ciMzens Court House in at for «“ purpose of making preliminary meats for celebrating our National Holiday. Let everybody turn out to this preliminary meeting. We suggest that there be a grand reunion of all the old settlers and old men of the county. It would certainly do eve rybody good io see, the old pioneers of . the county, and all our gray-haired sires, who must soon pass away, assembled on the day of celebration. It should and no doubt will be ft patriotic meeting. Committees should immediately be appointed th each township, and they .ifcon# meetjwi make the ‘ proper arrangements. Each individual t&ould talk this matter up.- Let us have a glorious celebration ; one that will rekindle in the. breasts of our population the patriotic fires which animated Washington, Jefferson, and all the other heroes of the Revolution.Dora Bloom’s Chicago Combination gave two exhibitions in Rensselaer—one bn Saturday night and one on Monday night. They had a very good audience each evening. The exhibitions were good of the kind. The “Talking, Hand,” by Prof. Ed. Morley, was a nice piece of ventriloquism, and Judd .White’s jig dancing was very fair. Mr. Parsons plays the role of a down east yankee in an excellent style, while Dora Bloom dances like a fairy. On the whole, the performance was worth every cent of the admission Tee. " '■

Several of the temperance men of Remington were in town t- on Tuesday for the purpose of preventing, if possible, Messrs. O’Connor and Fountain getting license to retail intoxicating liquera in the town of Remington. ’ ’ ' Honor to ths Veterans. —Honor also to the inventors whose genius have emancipated the race of women from the drudgery of the needle. Honor above all to a firm whieh, like the Wilson Sewing-Machine Compnany, distributes its machine? broadcast throughout the land at prices that even the poor and humble can afford to pay. A first-class machine for fifty dollars! This is the proclamation of the Wilson Sewing Machine Company to the people.’ Machines will be delivered at any Railroad Station in this county, free of transportation charges, if ordered through the Company’s Branch House at 197 State St., Chicago, 111. They send an elegant catalogue and chromo circular free on application. This Company want a few more good agents.