Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1881 — GLEANINGS. [ARTICLE]

GLEANINGS.

The States which were regarded as doubtful at last week’s election turn out to he Republican by good majorities. With the exception of State Treasurer, New York elected the whole Republican ticket by majorities ranging from 8,000 to 12,000, and Wisconsin is Republ - : can by fully 10,000. A crank named Welles wrote Jay Gould an anonymous letter the other day, signing himself “A i Victim,” in which he set forth that ! Gould was the grreatest rascal on earth, and he had been commissioned by God to take Gould’s life, which he would surely do within * one week. Detectives were set at work on the case, who soon discovered the source from which the letter came, and Welles is languishing in jail. The legislature of 1881 made some sweeping and wholesome i changes with regard to the rights of married women. It abolished all the legal disabilities of married women to make contracts. In the language of the statute “she may take, acquire and hold property, leal and personal, by conveyance, gift, devise or descent, or by purchase, and the same, together with all the rents, issues, incomes and profits thereof, shall be and remain her own separate property, and under her own control, the same as if she were umnarried.” This is hard on heiress-hunters.

In ihe case of the United States against Charles J. Guiteau, foi the murder of James A. Garfield, which was commenced in the Criminal Court of the District of Columbia, Monday, five jurors were chosen in the usual way. Before the panel was called, Mr. Robinson counsel for the defense, asked for a continuance, which the prisoner and his brother-in-law, Scovillcjobjecte l to, and Judge Cox refused. The assassin, was very obstreperous, and, probably, with a view 4 of inducing the court to believe in his insanity, acted in a crazy manner, and va-i with difficulty kept /[met. The sittings of the court are to be held from 9 a. m. to 3 p. M., daily.

Tp.f Coal Road.—The very unfavorable character of the weather last Friday evening necessarily prevented a railroad meeting at that time; but on Monday afternoon, at the invitation of Mr. Dwiggins, a number of the business men, and prominent citizens met at the Citizen’s Bank to discuss the pros, ects of securing the road, and to tako such action thereto as might be thought proper. Thofee {>resent were unanimous in the determination to bring the road here if it can be done by any reasonable means. On motion by Mr. Chilcote the chairman, Mr. Dwiggins, was directed to appoint a committee to confer with Mr. Crawfond and ascertain upon what terms, the road can be secured; and also to canvass the town for the purjiose of obtaining some expression from the citizens as to what they were willing to do in the premises. The committed consisted of the following persons: John Mnkeever, S. P. Thompson, A. Leopold. E. C. Nowels and F. J. Sears.

Later. —Mr. Crawford unexpectedly came to Rensselaer Tuesday evening and was met by the above mentioned committee, and some others; and although nothing was definitly concluded, yet, on the whole, the result of the conference was encouraging as Mr. Crawford stated that he was not bjund by any obligation to take the road elsewhere, and would be glad to come to Rensselaer if lie could get such inducements that he could afford to do so. On v ednesday Mr. Crawford went to Rose Lawn, and from there to Salem and back to town over the line the road will follow if it corner to Rensselaer. This morning Mr. CrawforcTauthorized D. B. Miller to organize a surveying party and to run a line from this place to the point where the road is to cross the Iroquois. Rensselaer will get the road if our people will do their duty; and we have no doubt they will.

Parties living in the northern ends of Newton and Jasper counties will find it to their advantage j o call on us before purchasing their I Fall goods, as Mr. Keller, our Chi- ! cago buyer, has charge of the buy- ! ing for five houses, which enables him to buy in large quantities, thereby securing the lowest figures, , which accounts for our selling 1 goods lower than other dealers. Highest price for all kinds of pro-; duce. Give us a call.

KELLER,

Craig & Co., Rose Lawn, Ind.

In accordance with the President’s proclamation, to observe Thursday, Nov. 24, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, there will be appropriate religious services in the M. E. church at 10:30 o’clock a. m., the Rev. Philip McDade, pastor of the Baptist church, delivering the sermon. In the evening there will be services at the Baptist church, conducted by the Rev. George Havens, assisted by the resident ministers. Everybody cordially invited. Fendig has “any —— Quantity”, of Ready-Made Clothing which he sells at prices that cannot be un-der-sold:

BY IRO-QUOIS.

Our public schools are progressing well so far this year. “Buck” Duvall went to Remington to rent a room for a billiard hall. But he didn’t. A. Leopold and Eli Heidelberger are starting a branch store at Bradford. Wm. Wibert and his brother have started a blacksmith shop at Salem, Newton county. Henry Eiglesbach will return to Jasper from White county. He hftfi rented the Peacock farm. The temperance meeting was quite well attended last Saturday night and the order was good. Mr. Kennedy has built a small house east of the depot. It looks lonely so far out upon the prairie. Clark Smith has an heir who will probably not permit his name to die. His little daughter is very sick. . . The petitions of those who prayed for rain last summer must have traveled very slowly, as.the answer has just arrived. “Do they miss me at home?” Oh, no, not if you play poker all summer and let your wife chop wood in the winter.

Wesley Karsner is learning the "printin’ bizness.” Honest industry and sobriety will receive their reward, Wesley. Th£ denizens who went up to Beaver Lake and the Kankakee last week, report plenty of hunting but they did not get much game. The Q. A. M. Club raised SIBO without any trouble to defray the expenses. The churches might take a lesson in financiering from it. Louis Fleener has purchased some lots of Joe Clax-k, in Thompson’s addition, on which he has built a house for his parents. Good young man. The Rev. Philip McDad6*s opening sermon at the Baptist Church, last Sabbath, was well received and the attendance was fair. The Baptist people propose opening a Sun-day-school in the near future. We hear that Mr. Harboldt has contracted for the building of two new houses in Rensselaer. One for John Makeever, north of Judge Hammond’s, and one for John Zimmerman, near his former house.

The town has ordered the hitch-ing-*’iek in front of the court house square put outside of the gutter to prevent damage to the tile. The drain ought to have been put Cut in the street ten feet from the edge of the side-walk and down deeper than it was. J. H. Wood, of Winaruac, was here lust week and sold his old business stand, with the lot, 25x100 feet, to Ralph Fendig. He also sold the balance of his lot 32x100 feet, with the small office building, to N. Warner. He received two thousand dollars for all. Cheap enough. We hope the committee appointed to confer with Mr. Crawford will just pay him what he demands o bring the coal* road to Rensselaer. They can afford to do so. e are like Artemus Ward was during the war : Willing to sacrifice all of our wife’s able-bodied relations to put down the rebellion. There is to be a new dancing club. . A disagreement among the members of the “Quit At Midnight” is the origin. The Q.-A.-M.’s would not admit certain persons the seceders wanted in, hence two clubs. The name, “Take A Nip,” has been njentioned as a very suggestive appellation for the hew organiz ition. We are glad “Grape Island” read the communication on anatomy and physiology in The Republican, and criticized it. It is manifest he reads the best paper published in the county ; that he has studied bones ; that he thinks for himself, •and that he is not afraid to say he thinks. A man who is a thorough reader of a good newspaper a few years will be intelligent and companionable. As educators, the newspapers are ahead of our colleges and schools. If sehool-teach-ers would set apart one hour each week for the exercise of news reading, it vou d be time well spent.