Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1880 — SMALL TALK. [ARTICLE]

SMALL TALK.

—Mm, M. It. Spitier to ill with quinsy. - —Remember the Republican Olnb meeting, Saturday evening. —The best quality of stationery is kept for sale at the post offioe at low rates. —Tbs saloons in this plaee receive their principal patronage by way of the back door. —Don’t forget to take dinner with the Presbyterian ladies, at the church, next Saturday. —Will somebody plasm ask the editor of the Democratic Bsutiael If he lias heard from Maine? —A daughter was bori to Mr. and Mrs- 8. H. Duvall. last Sunday •veiling, and all are doing well. —Our faithful eorrespendent, “Iroquois,” has dished up an interesting batch of news for this issue. —Horace E. James built a fifteendollar hen house this week for the habitation of bis Leghorn chickens.

—lra Morlan aud his sister Alice returned last Thursday from a twomonths visit among friends in Illinois. —Mr. Will Price is assisting his brother Charles in she County Clerk’s office during the present term of court. —Deeds, mortgages, leases, and the various blanks in use by justices of the peace and constables, are sold at the post office. —We want to employ some one at Remington to write up the “doings” of that jtown and township for the Republican each week. —The protracted meeting at the M. E. church is still in progress. Several have joined on probation and one by letter. The public is invited to attend —Among the visltlhg attorneys in attendance upou the circuit court this week are Messrs. Streight, of Fowler, Ira W. Yeoman, ofGoodland, and David L. Bishop, of Kentl&nd. —Charley Maybew has traded his farm at Pleasant Ridge, four milss east, for H. V. Childeris stock of hardware and tinware, and will move to Rensselaer. —School teachers who desire to make presents toftheir pupils will find nothing neater or more appropriate than the Reward of Merit cards at the poetofflee. They are pretty and inexpensive. —Every Republican in this town and township should be present at the organization of the Republican Club, at Starr’s Hall, Saturday evening. Don’t wait for a personal ihvitation, .but come right up and assist in the good work. ' —ls you want to spend an hour or two socially, and at the same time assist a good cause, take dinner or supper with the Presbyterian ladies next Saturday. They .will be expecting you and of course it is not gallant to disappoint the fair sex. —Daniel B. Miller has contracted to draft a map of Jasper county and the town of Rensselaer, which when our sanctum is completed, will decorate its walls. Mr. Miller is an experienced civil engineer, has waded about all the marshes and traversed ’he high lands of this and some of the adjoining counties and therefore well qualified to mark out divisions and describe boundaries.

—The following are the name? of the parties who are expected to take charge of the dinner and supper to be. served by the ladies of the Presbyterian church on Saturday of this w<M?k: Ella Osborne, Rilla Cotton, Emma Rhoades, Clara Coen, Carrie Funstou, Annie McEwen, Delphia Hopkins, Belle Alters, Wm. Warren, Ed Tharp, Linnius Martin, Chas. Coen, G. W. Allen, Ralph Spencer, Frank Imes. —At one of Dr. Dewey’s phrenological lectures, given at Starr’s Hall,last week, a vote was taken by which two books were to be presented, one each, to the handsomest young lady and gentieman In the audlance. Miss Nellie Spltler and Dr. Owens, contrary to their wishes, were the successful candidates. Perhaps neither lays claim to any great perfection of the features, but the voters may have supported them on the principle that “pretty is who pretty does.” —Major Wra. Murphy, who, with Dr. Ira C. Kelley, went to the gold fields of New Mexico, a year ago, returned Monday night for a short visit to Jasper cottnty. He is well pleased with the Southwest and will move his family there to make their permanent home. He brings with him specimens of native gold of the formation known as "scale,” from placer mines that are very fine and pure. He reports Dr. Kelley prospering, and says he will never return to the States for permanent residence, but will soon seud for his family to join him. —Hon. Wm.K. Parkison, president of the Jasper County>Agrlcultural Society, and Horace E. James, secretary, attended the State and delegate boards of agriculture, at Indianapolis, last week; the first-named gentleman as the regular delegate of the Jasper County Society. They report an Interesting session of two days, during which valuable papers were read and discussions held upon the topics relating to the agricultural interests of Indiana, which will be published in the annual public reports of that body. All of the members of the State board whose terms expired with that meeting were re-elected for another term of two years.

—A young man named Joe. Goose, residing some six miles northeast of this place, was kicked on the stomach, last Friday evening, by a vicious horse. He went into the stable to attend to the horses and falling to speak to them this one instinctively fired his hooft at the Supposed intruder. Besides the kick the young man was considerably bruised by falling against the partition or wall of the building. He was taken to the house apparently fatally injured. Dr. Bitters was called and in a short time the patient and hia friends entertained high hopes of a speedy recovery. If the horse had aimed a little lower he certainly would have cooked Joseph’s Goose.

" —The Iraquola river has been on a high for three weeks. —Show this issue of the RrrußUcaw to your neighbors and ask them to subscribe. —We will send the Republican to subscribers from the first day of February until after the Presidential election (ten months) for one dollar. -*-The stockholders of the Jasper County Agricultural Soeiety will hold their annual meetiug at the court house, at one o’clock p. m., Saturday of this week. A full attendance is desired. . —W. J. Wright, the pioneer tyidertaker, lias a new advertisement in an other column. Resides the usual assortment of plain and ornamental coffins be now keeps a supply of burial robes. Ac. —Judge Hammond accompanied his daughter, Lulu, to Notre Dame, last Saturday, and remained over Sabbath. Miss Lulu expects to complete her education at that Doted temple of learning. —One more unfortunate is reported. A poor girl “who loved not wisely but too well,” and is now shedding bitter tears of repentance. The pleasures of sin are very brief. Retributiou follows like an avalanche-

—The proprietor of the government saloon, known as the I )Red Hell,” was indicted last week for selling intoxicating drinks In a less quantity than a quart. The result of the trial will be given in our next. —Willey Abides, the proprietors of the Opeia House building, have erected against the front of their store a handsome “Trade Palace” slgu which adds largely to the metropolitan appearance of Washington street. —tn placeof the usual January “blizzards” that swoop down upon us from the North we have been permitted to bask in the golden sunlight and enjoy the gentle zephyrs of tbs South. Verily she Lord has tempered the winds to his shorn lambs. The ladies of the Presbyterian i church will serve dinner from 12 M. 5t03 P. M., Saturday, Jan. 17th. Supper from sto 8 o’clock. Meals 25 cts. Per couple 40. Families 20 cts. each. Oysters extra. -’Proceeds to go toward paying the church debt. —A pair of young lovers occasionally occupy a conspicuous fence-corner in the eastern part of town when the weather permits. A sharp rail laid across the corner forms their tete-a-tete and here in fond embrace they coo and woo'until the night is well advanced. —A. postal card from Keener postoffice contains the following: “Strange things occur in Keener. Mr. George Deßoer received a pair of bob-sleighs from a Christmas tree, and an other party received a log truck. Mr. De Boer gives his friend thanks for kinduess, and will pay back in the future.” —We are informed that the 1., D. A C. railway, so fur during this month has carried an average of 131 through and way passengers daily, making nealy three car loads. If this continues (and we have every reason to believe it will), it is hoped that one train will 300 n be devoted exclusively to tbp nafse n per traffic. —The Sabbath-school at thcWatson school-house, four miles southeast of Rensselaer, is one of tjie most successful religious organi/.at 1< ns in county. The attendance is good and the work is heartily engaged in by the good people generally in tHat neighborlmod. Average attendance last year, 50; teachers, 7; scripture versos read. 510,000. Mr. C. -M. Watson is superintendent aud R. B. Porter secretary.

• —We publish by requst another call fora Greenback meeting. Except in this county our fiat brethren generally throught the State have deserted that political craft like rats from a sinking ship. Those in this section will yet learn wisdom by experience aud consent to let good enough alone. The rank aud file of that.party begin to observe that their leaders who can talk the most learnedly about the finances and the general management of the government, are themselves bankrupts and incapable of successfully marketing a crop of potatoes. —This-county is "quite fully” represented at the State lunatic asylum, and two more—Sarah E. Page, of Newton township, and Jas; W. McGuire, of Kankakee township, have been adjudged insane and will be taken there this week by Sheriff Robinson. What is the cause of all this? Who will answer? Some say it is because the water is so thin and the people are compelled to buy their whisky and beer by the quart; others say it originated with the Greenback erase; and still others that —well, never mind the other reason. We don’t want to tell stories out of school about our State Senator. —The terrible condition of Wellington street during the past few wtjeks ought to be sufficient to make every citizen determine thatsomething shall be done next season to effectually prevent a recurrence of this sea of mud. We are informed that said street has been filled up in times past with stone and slate hauled in from the river, aud that beneath this morter bed is a reasonably solid foundation. This being true the present coating of filth and mud is but an accumulation that should have been removed last season while the streets were dry. It is hoped that "when the spring time come?, gentle Annie,” all the surface matter will be carted off and its place supplied with something more solid and endurable. About that time also the gutters should be bouldered so that they can by kept clean at all seasons of the year and the water afforded an opportunity to run off us fast as it falls. These much-needed improvements will not only remove much of our country-village appearance but add greatly to the comfort and health of the place.

—The Republican goes to press regularly every Thursday morning at half past eight o'clock. Advertisements most be handed in before four o'clock on Wednesday. —Frank W. Rabcnek has been appointed agent of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford, and this week received bis commission and complete outfit for a recording agency. Heretofore at this plaee the company had on% a survey and soliciting agency. —But one application for divorce has been made at tlie present term of court. Mrs-Anua V. MeCully.of Remington. desires to he released from the matrimonial noose existing between liereelf and Charles R. McCully; who to serving a term of six years at Michigan City under charge of as assault with intent to kill. —So far the ladies In the matrimonial market seetni ugly have not taken advantage of thetr leap-year privileges. County Clerk Price has licensed but three couples this year to be united as man and wife. These are they: Wm. J. Kelly anil Rosa D. Cunningham ; Charles Snickenberger aud Lucinda Jane Cariuder; Nehemiah Hopkins and Margaret J. Adair. —Jerry Owens, the young man who has languished in durance vile for some time under charge of having purchased a watcii at the jewelry store in tills place, on credit, through false pretenceo, was tried before the Jasper Circuit Court last week and acquitted on the presumption that possibly the dealers urged the sale fully as much as the puschaser his ability to pay. The executive committee of the Blue Ribbon Temperance Society will report at,the meeting to-mor-row evening in favor of a Grand Temperance Entertainment, to be given the last of this month, at the Opera House, for the purposeof raising funds to purchase an orgnn for the use of the Society. Messrs. Willey A Sigler have kindly tendered the committee the use of the hnflse free of charge. —Dr. Dewey, who lectured here last week got on his “tin ear” because the corporation authorities requested him to pay show license. He claimed,.his was simply a lecture for the benefit of the people. They asserted that Lis portraits, skelitons, manikin, Ac., were a show, that he charged a an admission at the door, and the only object he had in view was in securing the people’s money. He paid. A man who has cleared thirty thousand dollars feeling biimbs ought not to stand on trifles.

—An official call will, be made soon for a county Republican mass convention, to be held at the court house in Rensselaer, on Saturday, Feb. 14th, for the pur|>ose of choosing a county central committee, fixing a day for holding the county nominating convention, Ac. In preparation of this we take it upon ourself to'suggest, that on the Saturday precediug (Feb. 7th), the Republicans in the several out townships hold mass township conventions for the purpose of organizing and mustering the forces, selecting a township comulittee, electing their county committeeman and a general ’putting on of harness for the coming political campaign. We believe that all nominations should he made by the people and they should not permit a designing few to run a political “machine” for them. The masses should have a voice in selecting all nominees fiom a country constable to the chief majestrateof the Nation, and it will be so unless the “out township” men commence early and do their duty. This Is a “government of the people for the people,” and the people are alone at fault if their affairs are not properly and successfully managed.