Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1881 — Jordan Township Items [ARTICLE]

Jordan Township Items

Keif<-r, being an Ohio man, of course got away with the Sjieakerfilrip. There is no reason to fear that he will not make a good one.^ Vice President Davis will* make no changes in the organization of the senate. The committees, and minor officers will remain the same as at the last session. The Continental Redivims. The following letter was handed us for publication : New York, Nov. 2fi, 1881. Jared Benjamin, Esq., Rensselaer, Ind. I Dear Sir: —In reply to your favor of Nov. 21st, the company authorizes me to give you and yonr friends the assurance that it is in earnest in its purpose Ixi build, equip and operate the entire line of its road in accordance with the surveys ' adopted. Whatever delays have occurred were caused by defects in its chain of title, which have now been removed, /ind it is not likely that anything will now happen to interfere with the vige rous prosecution of the work. < We have commenced in the harbor of New York ; also in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and at other points along the line, and will begin at other place* as soon as the right of way is secured and other arrangements are perfected. Very Respectfully, i Wm. Thoupe, Bee. lie is the same identical Arthur removed from tlie Custom House by Hayes and Sherman for corrupt und dishonest practices. —Democratic Sentinel. We do‘not, bv any means wish to be un lerstood as asserting that tli * Sentinel knows the falsity of the above statement, ns, indeed, lie is a rash man who makes the Sentinel the subject of the verb know in almost any contingency; but wo d% pay that the great majority of th * people of this country, including even the most of the democratic editors, know that there ss not one word of truth in the a.-ser'iou that Arthur was removed from the custom house on r. eount - oi any corruption or disl nu-dy. Mr. Arthur had been appointed to the office of collector by Gen. Grant, and held the position at tlir'i time of llajes’ accession to the presidency. For various reasons the chief of which, probably, being the ravages of the presidential maggot in John Sherman s brain, the administration demanded a radical change in the methods of conducting the affairs of the cu.ot .m house, and distributing it ; patronage— such, changes, in fact, as virtually took ali power from the colic tor, and reduced hi " to I lie position of a mere agent for the t ••»n«mission of the orders of the Secretary of the Treasury. Mi, Arthur, a high spirited, self respecting man would not consent to the Changes, and was removed; but those who removed him never did and never could charge him with a single corrupt or dishonest act. There never was a more unjustifiable slander uttered against any American public man than the one contained in the above quoted lines. 1

“Jordan am a hard road to travel.” Whether this originated in rhyme or prose, and by whom, may be irrevelent questions, but of one thing we are assured, i. e., the statement is verified by the condition of our roads at this time. Jordan flourishes in the mud, rain or shine. Corn gathering progresses towards completion, and some fine cribs of corn are being garnered ; among the many we notice fine la’-ge cribs on neighbors E. R. Burr, Lyman RaynrMnd and Wm. Washburn’s farms, thfese gentlemen being prominent among our best farmers. In the east end of Jordan we noticed two line, large cribs of ’ corn on our German friend's farm, Lorenzo Hildebrand. We regret to state that Mr. Benj. C. McCoy is preparing to move to Howard county. He and his family are highly respected in our community and we regret parting with them. , The bridge near J. V. Dutton’s, over Carpenter creek, is in a dilapidated condition and the public notified by written notices posted up by Father Dutton, that the bridge is unsafe for further use. Tne above facts v. ill lie presented for the consideration of the Board of County Commissioners the present week. Our schools are in full blast. Miss Nettie Bruce teaches at No. 1, Egypt; Miss Alice Irwin ( Bright Eyes, so-called after the noted Indian lady of the Poncas). No. 2, or Ritchey school house ; Mrs. Anna L. McCoy Lnmson at No. 3, or Lamsou’s ; Miss Ida Coons at No. 4 or Raymond ; Miss Ruby Bruce at No. oor Union; Mr. Charles Homer at No. 6 or Bullis ; Miss Frankie Adams at No., 7 or .Nevprfail; Mr. Abraham McElfresh at No. 8 or Blake. Institute will be held at Egypt school "house on the third Saturday of this month. All are invited to attend as an interesting time is anticipated. Our friend M. G. Lewis, the old, tried and true, is teaching school at Black Oak, in White county. Explanation—his* services are more highly remunerated there than they

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Buy your Christmas Presents at C C.'Starr & Co.’s. Dickon’s complete works in fifteen volumes, at Tharp’s. A Full Line of Ladies Dress Goods, of the very latest styles at Fendig’s, No more chin scraping done on Sundays, sayeth jocular Jim the lather slapper. Prize chewing gum at M. O. Cissel’e, A beautiful prize with every box. Only a nickel. It’s a boy instead of a girl, as we stated last week, that has come to brighten the household of Mr. and Mrs. John Eger. C. P. Mayhew and family wilf start for California, next w<*>k, to visit Mr. M.’s father. They will return in the spring. Mrs. E. <p. Bassock, of Bridgeliort, Conn., and Mrs. Amos White, of Lafayette, are visiting the families of Ludd Hopkins and C. C. Starr. Married.— l3y the Rev. A. Tny1< r, in the Meadow Lake church, Dec. 4th, 1881, Mr. Charles W. Magruder. and Miss Georgia I. Duryea. > Wm. B. Austin has money belonging to private parties to loan in any sum, ofc approved personal or mortgage at a low rate interest. Our old friend, and fellow typo, M. (). Cissel, Ims opened out as a 'merchant, and solid man of business. Read his “locals”,and give him a share of your patronage. - C. C. Stan; & Co. are on hand again with larger stock of Holiday Goods tluili was ever brought to town before, and at such prices that everybody can atfond to buy presents. Themes in the pulpit of the Presbyterian church next Sabbath : In the morning*,. “The Siu of Ingratitude ;” at night, “Heaven bound travelers must come down to the narrow-gauge of the Gospel.