Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1876 — Page 2

M i [ one bemmacit will not com m tnu.b | fttraey to publish one as i> <lo<- t WMwmwMtoi any mn'e person can I nndt-rMisn-d this prqwmi’tofi, nn<l Iwill readily oonoeda iu truthful KW-M. It M I fact, equtbiished 1,1 I' my mind beyond areaaonnblc <luubi I latar eljjldocn months of patient | «rnn”ruva fl ?o Kenmeiaer. There Mm wot more than palronlgc etjontrh I; t® rapport one amnll paper decently |g||l view of thia fact Mr. Jntnca nnd 1, after mature deliberat ion, decided ' a « EXsjXO iWlra Kw IWI ™ Vll *MK " * ( To the republican party of Jnspcr ooaaty I fed wider no obligations mrlHrtever, having fuifllled my part k of oar mutual contract for the flint k year, whilst the party did not conijdy with their promise*. Thia is a statement my subscription book will tally verify, and any person I having curiosity on the subject may freely examine the witnesfl. I ■’Wottld add, however, that in mnkfriSf thia consolidation 1 have not in the least particular compromised I my political sentiments; but I still remain true par’y. To those who assisted inc in mv k..r «t .dw-Hy I feel very gratcfiil, and return heartfelt thanks. I siecerly hope all of the patrons of Tn» rtiptMLWAjr will give their hearty rapport to the now enter j prise, and help as make it a success To advertisers it furnisher the

•ombined circulation of both papers for ifttle more than the cost of one. It i. de,tg"e.l to procure a new job press, new styles of type, and additioaal machinery at an early day to equip an office that will be able to do any kind vs work in the jobprinting department at nenlly, <jheaply, and expeditiously as any office in the Slate. Ttys new paper will be mailed to the subscribers of Tim Refuulkan - ratii the expiration of the time for whieh theyMWbscrlbed and have paid. Those tt’iio have paid for both papers will have their account* properly credited with the rabaeri ption; or, if IU- <.»!ra copv will be ■ these expla“TDnrowi m»y Ife satisfactory to nil concerned, and wishing health and prosperity to every reader, i; I am, most respectfully, &o. t ■ Cusa M. Josnreux.

A NARROW GUAGE RAILROAD.

Work up a narrow-guftgo mil I road. If ever lias rail, foad connection with llt<- outside world, It will only bo when those who arc directly interested take bold and build, it themselves. Nar-row-gauge roads only cost about •6,000j.er mile to grade, tie, bridge, iron Uhd equip with rolling stock and depot Landings. They are operated and kept in repair at fur JtoM Mf’prn-'* th&n roads built on the pn vailing plnn, and art prov lug satisfactory for moving rod-.--carry fa# wherever iittrolSedU. If this nubJ» properly managed, a road | may be speedily lailt, at small coat, that will afford ua a conven. itrnt vhdoct for our export*, imports and travel. It would be a paying speculation and money in pocket to every property owner in Rensselaer and ha vicinity to give onec fburth of the present value of his | Soeatsaione or business to an enter- - prise of thia character. Let us all join together in a grand community partnership, unitftour means and i energies, and build a railroad ns a Bmonumeut to our own enterprise "this centennial year. The best point to build to is probably Reynaids, because there would bo obuwod oonnwtious east, west, north and south; but we might g» ; ,to Rewingten, Wolcott, Bradford, or FrfttfiWle for less cost, ami obtain mors assistance with fewer •dv nut ages. Consider the sugges Ileal* In it, let us to work on the wWwIMW* ■ *u« oßt delay. J&F -v '

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Centennial Correspondence.

WxsfiiKCtoM D. C. Jan. 22, 187 C. t*4Ww eff'MK’. ha ffa* W I’pin'e Col'fflaUan liorajnStrw fci » mi,,on. *» Al evfog tluU, leaving the vwlue M brojj* of maun - lain the Aib-ghfuu--. «<> tin I Uk city a lonely plao*. 11m p Mianl gleaner fa life's harvest can, however, gsrhrrin •Matti of know kdge. The lx nk-worm, looking at tn« mere ] Hiatt of truth, knows not tho driight that nimble foef 1 , wi llt.g hands tad <U*earning »icrasabrin to the min t by cjtiiscl uiili ll.a'.cinujjf rat tire tti bi.le gnoff-1 y t • CctAcnnid wonders nidip-gn-t and ctor-cd the Delaware ut Trennn. The roe wn« fleming ami w» thought of thnt Christmas high whew IVmuiugtvU ctuua-1 eight tn Ila a ab.ive and struck a Mow fir A >,srfos« Liberty Then It was that it-pe revived and the nation sprung tuaruta u* if they bipl beard a voice frutn >lnat. , « 1 lie capture of the Ilcsslans at Trmton cliuugcd ths Whole tone of the Tlie spell of victory |cr--lmd no longer on the royal banner. The battle of Trcntoft showed what a people could do when driven to dlspair.

We passed ths Jersey flair, merely !sd time to bail Newark and were rooti crossing the ferry -th New Yodt. We hi did al die fort of Courtland street We walked ander the strost thllway. We paid a dlmo fur on otnaibtiM drive up Broadwny to the Firth Avenue -our o*cursioiihoa<li|iiiirt<:rs. ‘Dmulwsy is sli I ihc multi aireet of tho city. Street curs arc not thefc permitted, in tho darknesi the headlight on the ontnibursc' ds they J< sided nboutmiide mo think of hilling stnrt, tigiitsing byga, and torchlightprosetotiiinS. Tlie.Eiftk Avenue Hotel h well ordered tin!rather bigli-Uno • for an overage Hoosier. Wc who are uScd to three uiouh pct day and dinner nt noon caperienced nn aching void ere the dinner cal’ nt I sp. m We nia, however, gelling med to Jhe change, and «mr appetites are splend idl. ’At S p. tn. wo start for Booth a lo roc the .‘‘bakesperian plsy pt Julius Cnessr. Jk y, paid !f2.<'o euch for tickets and entered the ilienira ju«t ns Hen y Weaver wis AHjing as t asi n : ••Begthie! Run to your &C. Siitlke i! to ray we did not go. The words of the plnycrs followed the text c!o cly. Recurs one and llisse and the lot. ter pa.-t of scene two in act three were omitted. Air. Lawrence Burrell played the p rt ofCos-ius, “with n han nod hungry look.” splendid y. Mr F. Ci Bangs Antony seemed the silver tongued detimgogue ns ho said : '‘Make h rfng .about Uie corpse of Caezar nd 10l me show youliim that made the will.” The whole play aptly illustrated the prophesy ofU»swlu» in the aci-nes ut the pude-tiil inacritied, V. ”N.' Poihpeio Magno, “flare many ages hence sh.el this onr lofty aecne be acted Ver. Instates tiuborn and ucoenjs yet unknown.’ Ami tl!,c reply of Brutus: “How many times aliull Caezar bleed in ’spurt ? Tlmi now nt Pompey's basis lies aluug no worthier than the dimt.” All our schuul boy nttempts to act Brutus, Antony and Ca-sins seemed tu sink into nothingness when o uupared with the work of the o trained nrtists. This phi) m-v«r was su well prcscntel on this continent, nnd nunc of u* need ever c*|>ect to see a truer picture ut JMiske-'peme's ideal., Uu the foll.iwingeyoaing, as a coiitzast in Unit line wuattend <1 the “Grand Date's t hoot re.— Aerc the admission was ten cents, and Hie playing wmi in n basement near tho five (now sU) point*, for ths turttwomoni of tho street Aral h. Ibe “grand contortionist’' rplnng tnntiTiJiTT.a I Io his feet with • ease and lit rally'.walked off oft, bk ear. The boys seemed to vnjoy the play and wo wero h sen red that tho great Ajexis founded tho imrtilnilon. But enough of stage acting and w<- iiiust return to the point-

Un «Mt«.-MiAy Moniiwx I’orttr Wikrav 1 -t li-u 4-aw. Io tfUtenM, We Virttsd tilt prince. The Boor U 4liOb/-'.!7'> fret, wi three stories are used m side rooms.— Lookir y f>om th« thmuftwr through tfai csuiril itrena at tho movements oi fifteen hundred clerks, it seemed a miuiuturocomwerclitl world, lie nest called on friend W. 11. Btadfurd ut his' house. He is a practical rminwho is eon|ein with his future, mid a clear observed of nflairk.— From thetico tVAihaiied un old schoolmate, J. «. McDivitl,at7U Jiassua. llelaaltbo head of the Inw-bnok homie of JtfcDivitt, Campbel 4 Co. Fifteen years have failed to efliico bur almost fmtcronal friendship. We md'sed ptlnls as we used to when kn<t logctlicriu class, school und-r,oom nuuus in the days when poverty pinohed' us cki ely. He is a benedict with four hopeful children mid 1 biichelor with no one to love, &c. The trio went to W all und Bond streeis utid felt of the financial pulse. The bulls <.nd heart nt tho exchange wm-o us noisy ns the tower House of Congros.— Tlieu visiting the Equitable Life, the finest bu iuess building-on Brtiadwiiy, wo went from base lo turret, calling on Beecher's counsel, and among other clever gentlemen, remember gratefully the kindness of Luther ftr Marsh, Of the well known law firm us Mur h & Wallis. Ho' showed us a model Rew Turk law mfloe. The amtual refit’ ■ nly s».sdQ. This would, however, greatly lessen 1 lie profit balance of most lit osier , tiukyetii, Be p>»tse»H'tiniiy Uh uroh. tfe ■wsßlthieet corporation <>u theisland. - A a y of the 'JU year h asm given by this Church are o&plrlsg. it will Suoi sssume control ofthvaAl fuiui right in the heart of the elty. it is 3p. m. end we ret urn fur dintier. In the evening the llensseluer boys visited Cential Park nnd the museum There is a project under way to enclose ew one hundred acres with a stone wnll surmounted by iron pickets, and in the suiumvr lime, permit tipi wild animals to roujn at largo. This will be a stnrtHng fenture and add greatly to this very attractive park. The museum of natural history is almost complete. Skilhd taxidermists h ive prepared Hi? sluffwi skins of the bensts and bird? of the world, and they are classified and named so that lovers of the curious in natural history can find no better plaoe to

study. We than visited Windsor Cutie on 47th street, coravr of 6th avenue, the most complete and fluost hotel in the city. The proprietor very fcMly showed us the entire house. Thence we jawed the entire length of tho shy to the Buttery and Castle Gurdon. A policeman showed n» tho places ofiuterest: the port-holes whence the early sell less were wont to shoot grape and canister ui defcmMi ofihethenvTOago; the iron door over A century old and which will be sent to the Centennial Exposition : the place where Jenny Lind, the Swedish voealist. lnSeptember, 1850, and tickets u, her concert sold as high us2o>); and Where now a motley crow us foreign emigrants get tltolr firstexperience of America. The reh W great opposition to the auuiucr of this garden aud-the 'tux per cavils upon the endgrants is avoided bj* fiirign vessels. They land passengers at otherpoinls. .

opened, »t>d strictly speaking the pUc♦heuld W called Six points. The street ntr«et rivvn over U drunkenness, infamy Mtri smwdew >» called .That name M The poi M^ a atri^£2*’il Sabert/ if I called™™ housee and benr gar-

dens''-L> see the -depravity <if liuiu*n nature.'' Allen the wickedest mnu has reformed, but it seem* in place of the one, esven ethers tn ore iniquitous rrs there In--Itirtoa<. ‘ ‘ 1 will now say good-hye torthla swelliag say* of commerce. Those who first laid out the village neyer dreamed of,its destiny.— t'liiial slreot was the MtfppoMd northern limit und-wai then a canal front East lo North river. Our brief visit— retell ng ,In her splendor, the defect* nnnoilcod—only i plensunt impresHioni are left en the mind. I noticed, however, the wotds “to let” quite often, and a century hence the nation’s Metropolis may be elsewhere. On the road to Riuliin tun we caught glimpses of old ocean's arms. We crossed •he Husqnehnnna nt Havre de Grace and it was night ere we rauched the monumental city. At op. in. on Tliuraday we found ourselves nt WiHard's, booked for room 275 on I bo upper floor. Thiirsdny morning we called on the President -t the Mhitu House. He looked meek and submissive as the Hoosiers each took Ilin hand saying “Mr. President,” nnd pns-td on through the jostling crowd.1 sow no signs of to idyism. “Mrs. President i- cross-eyed anti not pretty in figure. I think she is a good woman, as alio had h kind word for the cliihlEi-n nnd no linughl- [ Inczs In her apperance. Lt. Fred Grant is Ip uppear-neo "a chip from the old block,” and has a very handsome wife. The excursionists bad an opportunity lo nee the White House nnd cenrervatoyy, and we wero nietdy treated. Wo went Hifbugli lim Treasury building. Wo called on J. C. New who signa tho greenbacks. 1 went to the Revenue department and found Haniol D Pratt in nppiiient ecstasy, talking to his tunny Hoosier friends.

We then cellel on Secretary Bristow and found niyeclf-iti the presence of one of natur, a uoblcmen. From the Treasury we passed nloug Fenns) ivattiu avenue across Hie wnco rolling Tibef_to. the UlHM’pl(The Tiber is nuw apart of the city.' It .“wms, once spoken of with as tiHK-b gusto as its prototype at Rome ) bitting in the gallery nt tho roar of the Speaker’s desk, on our right was the Demcralie majority. We bad a diagram mid *1 ent an hour or so studying the faces in lib? arena. H. J. Cox nnd W. 8. Holman jit together. Tho f. finer )ia» a fox-like twinkle of the eye, and yet one can see good humoi cropping 6ut nt the corner! of his mouth. Die latter is a veteran politition, clear quill nnd well polishot. He tries to be conspicuously honest, oil the principal one thinks <lint “honesty in the best policy.” Ho nnd William Lnwrei.co of Ohio are called the grout objectors. Tho II h. J. T. Knott lias dark hair mid light mustache, nnd isnn odd looking chap to be nt tho head of the Judiciary Coimiiittce.— Ban.lL .Hill. u laU tad .atxuigliL...aad_i?.. reully the central figure on lliat side. On the let, with the Republicans wits to be seen our Dr. Haymond and Frank Lauders, who wero botli aen'. to Congress on account perhaps, of their distinguished services on behalf of the I. D. AC. R. R. With these worthies Bro. Chileote and 1 lunched. Blaine lias silvery hair und liis face shows him to tic a man of tulent— By tho politeness of Hou J. L. Evms we wero udmltted to the fluor,und called on some of the members. Thence visited the e'enate, und heard Dawe's eulogy on the bite Vied l‘resi lent Wilsort. hi the Supreme Court room some one was talking to the full bench. The Chief Justice is the yaungesHooktng member of the c -urt.--Now climbing the stairs wo looked nt the beiutii'ul canvass showing titc arts, science, agriculture, commerce, discovery in their myihologic.il scuse. This nil surmounted by WuslniHon bL-»siiigll |o 1,1 r,t ‘on thfer •States of On the we v ewed thwrity plat—its ave-■Bih-s nnd st rente, rtd ifixt-d the beauty of Then took st rent earn to Georgetown, walked over the btidge once au aqucJuet to the “eld dominion,” tombed her sacred noil nnd returned to Willard's for dinner at 6 p. m. Now comes the grand reception so untruthfully, yet gfnpliioully destribed by “Junot" in his stupid nnd malicious dispatch to the Chicago Times. it wuß an Indiana "flair, nnd “Junot" (not a Jew) who looked ut it as we would at tho'midday sun with n smoked gbiss, wa« horrified. It may have been a minor helookad through. Ho nuiy htivo been, hrtnseli, a drunken, dem! bent nnd thu- to him, none so sober.— Hoosiers m e not afraid to laugh und cat hem-tily. Die man who has hud no leisure to visit the Hesperian fields of industry nnd see tlie grnnnry of the world, may well cluiui “to miiko up in stylo what h-lacks in sense." This sil-atill Chinaman of former dnys considers manual labor ns nauseous, nnd all not of the guy Capitol's elite, as outside Imrl-nrimis. Bis inspirations smack of tha bar-keeper's glass and his observations me as he says true mirror of his own mind. Die Hoosi'-rs may not t.dk glibly ns tho | mated butterfly peering from his bandbox, bnt from tiie day*—«f Mw»es and Aaron to our own, th use whoo not talk govern the world mij make use of the men who do. The Pennsylvania milrond will by means fvtr -fsetes -kfcswkwvjflV’Mtyraij! advertised, und not one of the excursionists will be nt all hurt by the abuse of theig,icl;e<l IVor.d, and echoed by "Junot’s hued Times. _

The meeting was in all things pleasant And orderly. The oc axion wnxjone of wholesome good cheer such ns the l|oo*icrs, innrod to a life of duty well performed and honor well deserved, could appreciate. Indiana's sons fill many places pf trust and honor in the government and fill them will. No guildel moth of fashion sipping the honey dew of first-class society need sneer at those whoso hands show familiar-1 ity with labor The 800 iers did and cun work, laugh, eat and shake hands without any sickly affectation. The'metnbcre of the excursion all b havod well, pod it is. only a few silly -pumpkins trying to flourish on squash vines—that raise a false hue and cry. Their ciiticismsnre marked by a wonderful flow of words, and paucity of ideas; mere word pictures upon a groundwork of fiction. The speeches at the reception were all in gwd taste and appropriate., . This morning finds us on the way to Mount Vernon on board the steamer Arrow. On the right w-c pass the aSwnnl, and on the left Forts Foote and Washington, and land nt the'Vernon oxtuti'. There is no one living in the Washington mansion.— The Women’s Associat on have the -cimo <if the grounds. The tomb is on the side-hill and contains two ntarbld snreoj hajj enclosing tho remains of George and Martha

WMhingVm. ... u Durifig the war pickets of both armies met in f.i< ndship here, ami no onctufilerted «>y property. Themantuiin •» being rofitte<i by the <>: igitial States with the old , furniture which wav sold b v John A. Wash itiglon. The house i« still a Substantial •trueltire. builtof brick, and the out-look nplhe ri l er reveals a landscape of beauty. The brick barn still stands, and we looked upon the trees planted by George in his boyltoed. The parly nearly all brought away some momenlo of that sacreJ place.— The trip yr*» «n enjoyable <)M‘ ami efided oui alggt-'eeing. ’ . ♦ Jn conclusion, octiiiiK’nd mo to the Hoosier! !■* tnembeia of the Independent Order of good follows. 1 am gruteful to you. friend Johnson, and having In my feeble way written you wh»t occured te me to he of interest accept my excuse. I bavenow bean to Congress twice, and if insured of as pleasant atrip, book nft W» third term.

JASPER COUNTY reminiscenses.

Compiled and Written by C. W. Clifton. , . t mom asotn twmira There was an i*oerr>‘ot rtdle®t>n{ nuido in the Aral chapter of thia article from Ibis fuel.—flba. Indiana were removed by the guverament in HjSfl—but as 1 have since learned from parties who were at a town on. the route of the removal—a large num’tr of them biAlt, tbo swamps and hills in the north of the territory. The government agents could not find them and they Were left behind. A large number of those who Wero removed ran off und C ime back lo the dearly love| land of their fathers.-r-Oovcrnmentagento again began to gather them up ; amt, !n iMft, M d in 183 H tbe last of them were removed. We mentioned the curious burial of the two chieftains. Bull and Turkey Foot. On further evaminatien I find that tho peculiar prac'ice nf building a pen and butying the corpac In a titling postbre ««•'not uni ver•al, but that a atilt more peculiar method was followed by Indians in the burial of inf. nts and small cMldron, which wns as follow*: A log was cut off of a proper length,‘about one-third of the log was split oft. Die larger part was then hollowed out sufficiently to contain th? the corpse, wh ch wns then deposited in tho cavity.— The portion split off was then repi iced.— Hickory andl willow withes were used to secure the nov d coffin and its lid together.— It wns then deposited tn—not the ground as you suppose—but secured in the forks of a tree, whore it remained until it decoyed with age. Home old gentlemen still living in thu cuunty recollect seeing these noiel coffins, or remains of them, with ths bones lying under the tree.

As an instance of Indian cookery, an old" gentleman related to me that when visiting the county for the purpose of locating lands they took supper in on Jndtap lodge, the cooking bcinK'dpnc by an antiquated squaw assisted by a dusky belle, (lorn meal was mixed with witter mid baked on a smooth lioard before the fire. Venisun was broiled before the rttme fire, Cuffee bolted and ’cnSßErrlu Blew rd. While the Biller were cooking the supposition of tho guests was that it would be “a sour mess,’’ Indians using no sugar; but when the frugal n-pastJwHs set bes re the guests a large dish of the nicest honey Was aided. With this the cranberries w ere sweetened, and nothing was wanting bat salt, of which there was none. B*.irnelt,.the chief of the Pottawattamie*, wis a college graduate, a very intelligent gentleman, but not of pure Indian Mood. OAMK. There were, in particular, at the time of the earliest settlements, an abundance of doer. Herd-t of from twenty to an hundred reamed over tho teeritory, m>l only in the timber lands, but over Hie prairies.— Titc herds wore soon broken up by the rifle of the white settler. An occasional boar wamlettM.l liiruug.U._Lha ccuuty ns Uto ao--1840. I’ftutlitr wero aUu known. Wild ent w--re more common -Mr. Sparling killed ono noir his father’s farm, south of town, since 1845. It was a very large specimen, us large as his dogs, and it wns only after a severe fight, nnd after being twice shot with a rifle, that thennimnl was dispatched. Elk were once common, but’had almost if not entirely disappeared at the time of the first scttleinefrt in 1831. Fur bearing animals were much more common. The rncc ion, mink nnd muak-rnt wore very nunicrou '. O ter were frequently mot with «nd an occasional one is still to be found in Newton county. The beaVer have entirely disappeared, though their ohl dams M.till remain ns monuments of their occupancy and strange engineering skill, Habi'it by the thousand, squirrel not so numerous,but several varieties, chiefly the fox-squirrel. The flying, ground, and atriped squirrels are also very numerous. Ffhs other fourleg ;ed denizens of tho county are distributed according to numbers in about the followingorder: Waif, skunlg, opossum.ba Ig-

er, gopher, weasel, gronnd-hog, fox and lynx. The latter are not natives, but visit us quite frequency from the colder regions of the North. Of the wolves there wqre formerly three varieties, vlx.: Profne, gray or timber, and black. Thu latter have now entirely disappearod. Of feathered game we hove all that is found in any portion of the West. Though wild turkey uro now seldom found, the stately sand-hill crane, wild goost, brant, duck, grouse ar prairie chicken, pheasant, quad, plover and xni|e are found, as a hunter would say, in gloiioiis abundanco. The county is not d as •* resort, for Hastcrn hunters ;ind game denier*. This is a special, resort of the t,rfamed prairie ehbekrii, though every year they are being-thFnned out by the sportsmen. They have theiMrtmnrin the curly history of the country. At the Ume of the White man’s first coining they were almost as plentiful as black birds, ns tajue ns quails, and like them, could bo driven into traps prepared for them. A Mr. King, who camo early to th is county in search of land, never having heard cither the bowl of tho wolf or the peculiarly mornful crow of the prairie chicken, first camo upon the prairie enet of Hanging Grove, 1 deone evening. Unexpectedly, Ins cars were saluted by un unknown and peculiar cry. Wolves of course, thought he, and as others immediately took up the refrain, he thought prudence th e better part of valor, «d immediately a* the horrjble dinTfibreMcj, broke iftto a run toward a light just visible two or more miles in advance. This light was at-the house of Mr. Thomas Peregrine. Fear endowed hitn with wonderful speed, and in a short time ho dashed against the door, flinging it openand fulling headlong, senseloss and exuui-tud, at full length- on the floor. The family thought it a rather rude introduction for an entire -stranger, nnd were much startled. When they had succeeded in restoring him to consciousness, he explained that ho had been “chased by fltoWes for five miles.” The family could not understand'his strange behavior nor his tale, as they hnd hoard no wolves.— Next morning, however, it was made plain. On stepping out, the first sound that saluted his ears was the peculiar cry of the prairie chicken from which he had fled ths night before, and his first exclamation was:— “There they are now I” Mr. Donahoo, an early settler, started to visit Giilam tpwnship when there were but one sr two white jj>en living in the county. Filling the inevitable bottle with “cobsolatiou” and mounting his steed, he left tho Wabash.and later in the day, the last sign of civilisation far south on the gnwd prairie.— Late in the day when be wns nearing the timber lands north of Wolcott,' he saw be must reach tho shelter of tho woods nnd camp. It was late in the autumn.— Nights were cool and frosty and the bottta was empty aud Deoahoo full. Suddenly, from out the boundless sea of grass that strstched to either hand, broke a solitary, an unknown, aud to him a fearful sound. It was of course immediately responded to front another quarter. To "his frightened ears it was “Old Don-a-hoo 1” “Old Don-a-hoq-00. Ho said he thought the “Devil and all hie angels wore after Donahoo,’’— He waisobiwd ai dhce, and putting xpuni lo his horse ho was soon beneath tho shelter of the frienilly woods, and bad left the sound of fearful omen »♦ Fish wer.i quite abuiidnntln tho Troquoie and in Beaver lake. The finest pike and salmon were easily speared. One of the largest, if not the largest pike ever caught in the Iroquois, was speared at the rapids by Mrs. Joseph Yeotnan. She WW it lying near thejshore, and had no trouble In spearing and retting it without even wetting her feet. It weighed twenty-five pound after It w*s dressed. The Indians, bssidesspeariag them, wouW stand in the water with a pecutUr .hoped board and MMhey passed,

with adex?” ms scoop would them on I the bank After nufficiml number worn i secured they were dressed sod dried on kilno* erected by for that pmrposc. 1 * oxaxaxxAtJiiM. | Wo have said ibet Newton county wee i attached to Jtmper for civil purpose*. It wna also attached to White county for Ju- ; dicial purjoko*. During tlte winter of 1838 J and '49 a petition was Hint to <he Legislature praying for the consolidation of J*s- ■ per and Newton counties. Th- petMHon was I granted and the governor was mfthorbed I to appoint three conimleMorfent to locate 0 new county-eeat for the big county. Three points coinjieted for (he location. On the Iroquois below Brook; in Barkley township, and the town of Newton on the rap Ha. Wo have seen that the latter place was eucceasful. The county as consolidated was called J super. Ha the winter U. 1839 and ’4O the citizens of the southern part of the county prayed fora division from the north- Although only a year consol'dnted, the obi taping Legislature granted their petition nnd Benton was struck off from the south, In 1840 a new county was struck off front the west side of Jasper nnd called Newtop,' with Kent, since changed to Adriance, and later to Kentland, as the county-seal.— Kentland io a flourishing town in the southwest corner of the county. The continuance of the eounty-seat there la by no' means a fixed fact. Several times have ths citizens north of thedroquois almost succeeded in effecting a removal to some more central nnd convenient point. So confident were they of succeeding nt one time, that a court house wns built at a place near tho center of the county called Beaver City. The question of again dividing Jasper count#, cutting off the south end, and with a liberal slice from White, constructing a new county with the town of Remington ns the county-seat, has more than once been agitated, end, in time, it may become a fixed fact. (TO BB COXTIWUED.)

A Newspaper Epitaph.

Lightly they’ll talk of the paper that's gone, And o’er Its cold ashes upbraid it; But little ft ricks of the fools or their song— For delinquent subscribers have slayed it.

“Hannas" Was Hungry.

•‘What will you have?” asked a waiter of one of the Indiana editors, nt the dinner in Philadelphia, as he linntlctl him a bill of fare. -And the Hoosier with a wide mouth leaned back itlHiis chair, wiped his forehead thoughtfully with a napkin, and ejaculated sternly: ‘‘Gimme all. ville Ledger. When tho editorial excursionists visited Mount Vernon, it is said that one Hoosier editor was discovered weeping at a small lee-house. And when they tried to comfort him he said that “no patriotic American could stand beside the tomb of George Washington without weeping-” Remington Record.

VICK’S Flower and Vegetable Seeds are the best the world produces. They are planted by ft million people iti America, and the result is, beautiful Flowers and splendid Vegetables. A Priced Catalogue sent free to all who enclose the postage—a 2 cent stamp. VICK’S Flower and Vegetable Garden is tne most beautiful work of the kind iu tbe world- It cuutaiuH tmarly IWI pages, hundreds of fine illustrations, snd four Chroni Plat,, of Flowers, bsnmift.il/ drawn' i-ltf co'cred p’orijatnre. Ppc j # ets. in pay r cevern; f* ienU iSeueS In • rgantclelb. Xl ; J-——-: ■ Vick’s Floral Guida This is a benuttfwl Qs rtorly J««xrill- - illustrated, and catnrinlng nn el*gan t colored Frontispiece with the first number. Price only 25 cts. for the year. The first No. for 1876 just issued. Address J AMEN VICK, liocliestcr. N. T.

J. REED’S HOOSIER HAY SLIDE One of the Greatest Labor-Saving Machines yjit Invented for the Hay-Field, mi o _ ran-, Z . ZU- dnlm : eEL

xjhewp- „ , Pmctical. Durable, Efficient. Two men and one span of horsts can haul and stuck more hay with the Hornier Hay Slide in one day, than live men and two span of horsss cun in the same time with any other appliance. Easy to load, and unloads itself. / Price, 14-feol Slide, $7 ; IG-faol, SB. A.J.REED, Pleasaut Grove, Jasper County, Ind. Agxnts:— F. W. Bedford, Renetelaer, Ind.. Hubbard & McFarland, Francetfllle, Ind 44 AGENTS WANTED.—Territory cheep and on reasonable terms. Pateated late— April 6, 1875. Most Extraordinary. The attention of readers in tailed to the extraordinary Inducements offend to all persons who will subscribe for the Wkult Indiana State Jocxmal with thi Rbnmki.axli Union . Both papers will be famished at the veiy low price of $3.50 per jear—postage paid—and each subscriber wll receive an entirely new township and Motional map of the State of Indiana, 35x48 talies in size, engraved and printed especially for the ludinapolis Journal. The map alone retail* at $2.50. No such desirable offer was ever before made to the people of th* State. The Journal his been greatly Implored since the recent change of management, and is now one of the beet newspaper* psbllahed fit ih* West. A specimen copy of the map may be seen rrt this office. Agent* and canvasser* wauled iu every township lathis and adjoining counties. , ; to 23 (» ' - •XALZ* n CLOCKS, WITGMIS, - Jewdry, Spectacles,Not ions, &c. ’"lttpairlng done and promptly* AU work warranted. AMfsnorm ride of Washington street, sec oad Vw RtnMehwr, Rendsotaer, 744,

D%h and Bunayoy DR.J.hTIOUGIIRIDOE. PHYSICIAN A"ND BURGEON. Washington street, below Austin’s hotel. DR. moses n. alter, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office in Uardiug A WI Bev’s drag store. DR. fl. Y. MARTIN. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office opposite the poetoffice, above the •tone store. MF. OHILCOTE. ■ • ATTORNEY, AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office on Washington street, opposite tbe Court House square. —h'7V. j, Simok P. Tnoxrsow, David J. Tnowpsotr, 1 Attorney at law*. Notary Public. P AW AND REAL ESTA IE OFFICE. J THOMPSON A BRO. Our Simon P. Thompson attends all courts of the 30th Circuit. *• *• owtooras. zimxi nwicoias. O S. fcg. DW (COINS, At. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Practice in alt the courte’of Jasper, Newton, Be ato a and Pulaski oannties ; also In tbs Supreme and Federal courts. Make c ollectious a specialty.

Ilf ARTIN A HEALEY. 111. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Win. H. Martin, Kentland, Joshua Healey, Rensn-laer. Will practice in the courts of Jasper and adjoining counties. Office Washington street above Front, Rensselaer, Ind. ] RA W. YEOMAN A ATTORNEY AT LAW, Notary Public, aud Real Estate and Colleclien Agent. Office in the Court House. A McCOY & THOMPSON, • BANKERS. Buy and cell domestic exchange, make collections on all available points, pay Interest on specified time deposits, etc. Office hours from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. PXCHANGE BANkTr'eMINGTON. J. K. SHAW & CO. Loan money, ditcouiH notes, buy and sell exchange, and negotiate loans hi sums of $9,000, $3,000 or $5,000 for 5 years, at 10 per cent interest, ou real estate security. J ZIMMERMAN, ~~ • FASHIONABLE TAILOR. Garments made io latest styles. Cutting a specially, and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop opposite court house,' north side of Washton street, near Cufien. J W. NORRIS’ HARNESS shop. Ilurhrss aud saddles kept iu stock and made to order. Wash Ing to u street. All work warranted. 7-24 SAMP. ERWIN, BLACKSMITH. . ■ . . New brick shop, Front street, above the old saw mill, Aloe, Iu connection, a VI7OOD SHOP v v wheru all kinds of wood work repairing will be done tp order. Prices below coinpeillioir.

SHINDLER & ROBERTS, BLACKSMITHS. At Warner’s old stand on Front street. Horseshoeing, machine repairing, carriage ironing, etc., done neatly and cheaply. Grant a downing, BLACKSMITHS. Shop on Front streef, next door above the stage office, at Ruvali & Goff’s old staud. Patronage solicited. j* .<* .jsswuay, jHi' —. : i >J 1 'Spy Front stiwC abave Washington. Alttrtnde dbaait . Purtleolar attention Io shoeing horses, ironing and repairing wagons, &c. AUSTIN’S HOTEL. J. AUSTIN, PROPRIETOR. Tills house is centrally located iu the business part of town. New house, new furniture, good tables, experienced landlord Is recommended to the traveling public.

Hopkins house.. R.J HOPKINS, PROPRIETOR. Excellent table, convenient location, careful attention to wants of guest*, and experienced management are Its reemmendation* to popular favor. REMINGTON HOTEL. esau hart.proprietor. Refilled end neatly furnished. No prins spared to render guest* comfortable, Restaurant. S. HEMPHILL Keep*,* choice assortment of Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Crackers, Nuts, Confectionery, Fruit, Qy*lerv, &c« Best btatide of Tobacco and Cigars in tho market. Warm meals served at nil hour*. Washington street, north side, between Feudig’s store aud » ■ -..4 y ' ; ..... f NSUR OCE.£IT b f tKS" JL importance of Fire Insurance, you will Insure your property ir»the Hartford, the oldest fire iueurafice company in America , organized In 1810. Jasper county represented by Ira W. Yxoman, Agent, Rensselaer. Frank w. babcock, REAL ESTATE BROKER, Notary Public, Collection and Insurance Agent, buys and sells real estate on his own account and on commission; prepares abstract* of title; pays taxes; examines land* and furnishes correct description thereof; writes deeds, mortgages, and contracts; foreclozes mortgages; makes collections-, negotiates loans; and transacts a general real estate business. Keeps a team to show lands ou sale- Office next door to McCoy &. Thompson's bauk. "

Michigan mutual life INSURANCE COMPANY of Detroit, Michigan, represented by W. H. Sh»w, Remington, Ind , eb4 the old A MERJCAN FIRE INSURANCE CO., Aof Chicago. Mr. Shaw buys and sells rasl estate, attends promptly to tbe collection of claims at reasonable rWes. Office iu tho banking house of J- K. Slbw &. Co. - '' , - s. ' Livery stable and hack line. J.W. Duvall, Livery Keeper, Front street, abeve Washington, is papered to furnish horses, carriages aud ieaprt for any WHF of the country, eilherwUh w without drivers. Daily mall hedt conysjS passengers and express goodn to »pd from F rancMviile. Freight wagons on the roid dailyd0 L p?r A wnL Interest, on real sslnfe security, A>r long time, aud in . amount* to null *ppMc ds- N® Insurance required. Apply to, or ddresn by mail, givinf location, value, full dricription, R. S.BwwgwbCo * XrtoiHe Lorn A^ t Rensaelaer, Jmper CourtV« Indiana. John Mills*, 1 Thos. Borootrs, Bwrveyor. / Notary Public. Miller & BORbUGns, DEALERS IN REAL ESTATE, ""OBk* eollbeUoM,jp*y taxes, rent farms, bay and sell ml eMfr*. fandnh abstract* of title. H*ve alarge fttd select lot of land on hand for aele »t low/pricea snd eaay terra*. Office on WunMnJo* street, in Spillet-’s brick building, opp?iite the Court House. J x r, /

TO LOAN At Nine Per Cent. Interest, On Real Estate Security, On Long Time, AMOUNTS TO SUIT APPLICANTS. No Inrurauce Required. » Apply 10, or address by mail, givirtg location, value, and full description of property. R. 8. A Z. Dwigginw, ATTORNEYS AND LOAN AGENTS, Rensselaer, Ind. 43-ts

PITTSBURG, CINCINNATI ft St. LOUIS RAILWAY. CONDENSED TIME CARD. MOTBW & ETATS USJI \ DIVISION. ~ NOVEMBER 21, 1875, GOING WEST. No. 6 No. IO Pittsburgh 1,55 a, m, 8,30 a.m. Columbus, 10,05 “ 8,50 p, nr Urbana, 12,02 p, m. 6,84 “ .. Piqua,. 1,09 “ 6,33 '• Bradford Junction, 1,85 “ 7,00 “ Union City, 2,48 " 10.40 <» Ridgeville, 8,25 “ 11,17 '• Hartford,. 4.24 “ - 12,16 n,m Marion, 5,15 »• 1,08 “ Bunker Hill, 6,19 •• 2,15 “ Logansport, 7,00 “ 2,55 “ Reynolds, 9,18. •• 9,31 '• State Line, 10,10 “ 11,10 “ GOING EAST. No. 5. No. 1 State Line, 5,65 a,m, Reynolds, 7,30 “ Logansport. 9,00 n,m. 3,2Qf>,m. Bunkef Hill, 9,40 “ 4,id “ Marion,, 10,45 •• 515 “ Hartford, 11,85 ■' 6,04 “ Ridgeville, - 12,35 p. m. 7,00 •• Union City, 1.15 •• 7,32 “ Bradford Junction, 2,10 “ 8,30 “ Piqua, 2,52 “ 8,56 11 Urbana, 4,01 “ 9,52 •• ColumbuSj 6,00 “ 11,80 “ Pittsburgh 2,20a,tn, 6,45 a,m. No. 10 leaves Bradford Doily, except Sunday, nnd will arrive in State Line daily, except Monday. All other trains run daily, except Sunday. RICHMOND & CHICAGO DtV. GOING NORffl. No. 8. No. 10 Cincinnati 8,00 a. m. 7,00 p. m. Richmond. 11.05 “ 10,00 •• Hagerstown 11,48 “ 10,47 “ New Cutie. ]2Jjop.m. 11,20 “ Anderson 1,35 “ 12,25 a. n» Kokomo 3,15 “ 2,10 “ Logansport. 4,20 ■' 3,05 “ Crown Point 7,5.5 •• 6,05 “ Chicago 9,20 “ 7/0 GOING SOUTH. No. 1. No. 8Chicago 8,20 p. m. 8,35 n. m. OrownPoint 10,05 10,25 , Logansport 12,40 a. m‘ 1,15 p. tn. KpkocM- 1,40 “ 2,85 « 8,29 “ 4,22 “ New Civile 4,38 “ ' 5,20 “ JHgtertrtown 5,07 “ .5,52 “ Richmond .5.55 “ 6.85 •• Cincinnati 8,35 “ !',40 “ No. 10 loaves Richmond daily. No. 1" will leave Chicago daily." All other Trains run daily, except Sunday. ; W. L O’BRIEN, General Passenger ft Ticket Agent. D. W. CALDWELL, General Manager' J. HILL, Sup’t, Columbus, 0. Logansport, Ind.

CHICAGO ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC Railroad. THE DIRECT ROUTE FOR Joliet, Morris, La Salle, Peru, Henry, Lacon, Peoria, Geneseo, Moline, Rock Island, Davenport, Muscatine, Washington, lowa City, Grinnel, Newton, Des Moines. Council Bluffs and Omaha Without Change ofCars. . "Where it joins with the Union Pacific Railway to Denver, Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Banfraneheo, and all points ---•■wwv-. •.zrt»nwJ7. to4r , a w*..™«ee>MOi—« • R wmlhiHiiii >n-».. ■ - ■ a-.. -•• -A..-* Trains leave daily as follows: Omaha, Leavenworth and Atcison express [Sundays excepted] 10:00 a. nx Peru accommodation, [Sundays ecepted] 5:00 p.m. Omaha Express [Saturdays excepted.] 10:00 p.m. KANSAS LINE. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Co. have opened their Southwestern Division between LEAVENWORTH, ATCHISON & CHICAGO \ Connecting at Leavenworth with Kansas Pacific and Missouri Pacific Railroads and Atchison, with Atchison, Topeka uud Santa " Fe, Central Branch Union Pacific and Atchison and Nebraska Railroads, for-all points in Kansas, Indian Territory, Colorado and New Mexico. This company have built a full complement of Palace Drawing Room and Sleeping Cara which for external beauty and interior arrangements for the comfort, convenience and luxury of passengers, are unexcelled, if equaled, by any other cars of the kind in the world. ? " Through tickets for sale al all General Offices in the States and Canada. A. M. SMITH, HUGH RIDDLE, Gen’l Pass. Ag’t. Gen’l Bup't. 19yl Notice to Hunters and Sportsmen. ", , irl Jl State of Indiana, Jasper County, ss: All persons are hereby notified that bunting and shooting upon any of the lauds belonging loeither of the undersigned is strictly forbidden. Any person found trapping, hunting or shooting on any of the lands owned, occupied or controlled by either of the undersigned will be promptly prosecuted for trespass. Dated and signed by us this Ist day of August, 18i5. „ .. . . I. J. Porter. James' Weleh. Thos. R. Daugherty, A. Shepard, Wm. H. Daugherty, J F. Pillars, B. F. Shields, H.fSßtriU*. L. L. Daugherty, W. C. Coiner, Joseph Williams, C. J. Brown, J. M. Waseca, A. F: QriswoW, D, J. Huston, S. Omeara, James D. Babcock, Frank W. Babcock, W. 0. Pierce, Joseph H. Willey, John B. Meinbreok, F. W. Bedford, Abel Mentser.’JackwnEhegley, W. H. McDonald. 49t£