Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1880 — DRESS MAKING. [ARTICLE]

DRESS MAKING.

Mrs. John Pureupite has secured the services of an expert Dress Maker and is now prepared to do work in the most fashionable and approved manner. ' The ladies of Rensselaer and vicinity are respectfully invited tc call. A perfect fit is warranted in every dress made. Rooms over Imes's Drug Store. ' We also want to eiupioy a lady apprentice.

—Two for 5 cento at the poet office. —We have a “boom” on sheriff sales this week. Mr. L. B. Warner will remove his family to the rooms over his store after the same are vacated by Mr. Alfred Thompson ant} family. —Fleming Phillips, Esq., one of Jasper coanty’s ‘‘old reliables,” made us a pleasant call one day last week, aad renewed his subscription to the Re- , PUBLICAN. —Father Lewis preached last Sabbath morning and evening at the M. E. church. The attendance was very good at both eer vices and judging from the attention given, his auditors were well entertained. Rev. Mr. Wood was at Bradford, conducting the quarterly meeting services at that place. —One Democrat has remarked that we are a Bitterfs) partisan and unnecessarily sever on those who are not of the same political faith. We entertain tio i>ersoual feeling against.our neighbors and friends because they differ with ns politically, but as a party and the principles they suppor they must prepare to receive stalwart blows cr “stand from under.” —The Supreme Court of Marion County has declared that the act of the legislature prohibiting the taxing of property to the value of five hundred dollars, belonging to widows and unmarried women, to be unconstitutional. Attorney General Woolen has expressed the same opinion. The “girls” of Jasper county owning taxable property will please step up to County Treasurer Adam’s office and liquidate their accounts. ' —Mr. \V. L. Snodgrass, of Otterbein, Indiana, sent us a dollar bill and a half dollar in silver, one day last week, in a letter, to renew his subscription to the Republican. It came through all safe, but it Otterbein forwarded a few weeks earlier to prevent the paper beiug discontinued. Those who send money by letter to us had better enclose a one dollar bill, which will pay for eight months, or a two dollar bill for sixteen mouths. With the present mail system small sums of money can be sent in a letter with all safety, and we will agree to be responsible for the loss of all moneys thus forwarded to us on subscription. —Messrs. G- A. Moorehouse, contractor, A. 8. Bisscll, A. Adams, and A. Wood, workmen on Judge Hammond’s house, now about completed, in rcmbrance of the friendly relations existing between tiicm and him, gave the Judge a pleasunt surprise, ou Monday evening of last week, by presenting him with an elegant Bet of triple ink-stands and a neat statuette of the Goddess of Justice, which were gratefully and lhankfully received and will be kept as momentoes of the esteemed donors. These gentlemen have petformed their work to the entire satisfaction of Judge Hammond and to the praise of all who have seen It. —We found the following lying on the editor's table: “The Blue Ribbon Choir have determined to present to the people the programme which they have been preparing, at Willey A Sigler’s new Opera House, on the evening of Saturday, February 7th. This Is promised to the public as a full evening’s entertainment and willconsist of the thrilling five-act drama, entitled ‘‘The Poor of New York,” with songs ami other entertaiuing exercises before the play and between acts. The proceeds of the entertainment will be devoted to the purchase of an organ for the use of the Blue Ribbon Society. This is a worthy object and every one should turn out and patronize them, thus helping along a good cause, and at the same tirne<nll are promised their money’s worth of entertainment.” —By request we publish a report of the proceedings of the Greenback meeting held at the court house, last Saturday afternoon. We occupied a rear seat and made some notes, but the business transacted was so remarkably flat and. spiritless that for the

credit of our erring brethren we withhold criticisms. This state of affairs existed not because the men- there assembled were not intelligent, for they were, asd doubtless well versed in Party politics, hut because they were simply shaming and had no Jhith in what they, were doing. We know nothing about the facts, because near-, ly every person present was a stranger us, but the conclusion we arrived at was that each of them heretofore, or at present, are impressed with the Idea that they deserve to be called to serve “the dear people” in office, and because they huve not been so recognized and honored they feei like making their influence felt in another direction. Onq would presume from what they said (not from what they did or how they did it) that the salvation of the government depends upon the wisdom and activity of the Greenback party, and that Jasper county is the hub around which that miraculous organization must revolve. This

meeting was called as a mass convention, but the greatest number present at one time was twenty, only thirteen of vftiom were Greenbackere. Eleven of that number (so we-are informed) were formerly Republicans and three were Democrats. We cannot close this brier review without calling attention to the mangled condition of the resolutions adopted as a platform of principles. They are aa incomprehensible as eternity, as rational as the Mormon bible, and as conflicting as the Kilkenny cats. The third resolution calls for the payment of the National debt "according to the original contract,” which was in coin. This is in direct conflict with the plans and specifications upon which the founders or the Greenback craze sought to erect a new National party. They declared that the “ bloated bond-boldere must accept greenbacks,” but now that the greenbaeks are at par with gold and are acceptable for all debts, our Jasper county managers of the Nation’s finance want to overload the bondholders with precious metals.

—Tiro cents at the”post office. —Bedford’s hardware store will be removed to the building lately occupied by Kannal’s ding store. f ", —We are compelled to omit the educational department this week for want of time to put it In type. —Emmet Kannal has* removed his drag-store to hta new building. The pablle is respectfully Invited to call—Mr. J. T. Abbott, the recorder elect of Jasper county, has returned from Infiianapolis to prepare to enter upon, the duties of his office. —W. E. Moore, Esq-, <»T Hanging Grove township, returned a few days ago from so exended visit with his children and friends in Kansas. —Mr. L- B. Warner, the proprietor of the Narrow Gauge Clothing Store, has removed his stock of goods to the room formerly occupied by Willey & Sigler. See card in another column—M. O. Cisael was at Chicago, last week and purchased a supply of new material for his job office. Mrs. Cisrel and the baby returned Saturday from a protracted visit among friends in Miami county. • —Mr. J. H. Peacock, proprietor of the Peacock House, became the happy father of a infant son, Monday forenoon. The peacock Is a Republican bird, and so long as the offspring are of the male persuasion, Jasper county is sure to retaiu a reliable Republican majority. —E. H. Tharp, president of the Jasper County Temperance Uuion, handed us a programme of the regular monthly meeting to be held at the Presbyterian church next Monday evening, for publication, but we have not the time 'to put it in type. The meeting promises to be unusually entertaining and worthy of a liberal attendance. —We are not disposed to complain of the railroad, its officials or employes,but It Is certainly a great bore to the business men of this place to have the mails constantly [delayed. Daily papers are not received until thirty hours after they are printed. A slow mule will serve the people better as a mailcarrier unless the time of the trains is changed. —The Hopkins House was supplied with n mammoth new cookstove a few days ago which weighs 1040 pounds, and is about four feet square. Twelve pies can be baked in the lower oven at oue time, and the reservoir holds about a barrel of water. This leads us to remark that the Hopkins House is not excelled in the quality aud quantity of provisions furnished its customers. Every meal is a feast and none are “turned empty away.” —The protracted meeting at the M. E. church closed Tuesday evening. Rev. W’ood has been preaching some sledge-hammer sermons but so far the adamantine hearts of sinners remain unmoved. For some cause religion is at a discount in Rensselaer, and yet the morality of the place will compare favorably with any other county seat in Indiana. This, we are led to believe arises through Ui3 doubts that many entertain of the divinity of Christ, the divine authenticity of the scriptures and the immortality of the soul. Some people can't be good except through fear of punishment and to that class should be pictured the torments of perdition every day in the year. —There is one thing which we desire tosuggest to the town council, and that, is that they rent u room at the expense of the corporation to be used by the members of the Rensselaer Cornet Band as a band room, in which to keep their instruments', safely and in which they can meet to practice. A good hand has become a public necessity and the public ought to help to support it. We believe this suggestion will be seconded by nearly every voter in town, and if some one will act, the object will be accomplished and the baud encouraged to increase its musical ability and usefulhess. The same room could be used by the members of the board as a council chamber, and thus made to do double duty for the same rent.