Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1882 — Page 1

RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

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FHE REPUBLICAN. I"*:KVERY THUJ«U>A . MORNING I' . ■ MAIStyALL &. OVERACKER, I " f FDOUSHKKN AND PROPRIETORS ■Office—ln Makeevers Building, north side ■iblic Square. I Terms of Subscription. ■« year 11 50 ■t months 75 ■ree montiis. 50 I The Offidal Paper of Jasper County.

prEescToie’z - ~ .JU DICI A I ■rcnit Judg|. j «.-u.Edwin (*. Hammond BtmecutiugjjHtorney< .... David L. Bishofp. KTemis of Court—FirOt -Monday in January; ■?></ in Marek; First Monday in Juno; Monday in October. I COUNTY OFFICERS Berk ... .. Charles H. Price. ■eriff John W. Powell. ■ulitor Ezra C. N’owels ■easure.r Moses B. alter ■corder JamesT. Abbfti ■rveyor Louis s. Alter/ ■permtendent Public Schools . I). B.'NOvi k/ . S Ist District. Isaac D. Dunn, 2d District. George W. Bvkk 3d District .E. E. Rockwood. Court —First Mondays in March, ■sane, September and December. ■ CORPORATION OFFICERS: ■irshal Charles Platt. Krk Jas. Morgan. ■ensnrer ijk-- Charles C. Stakh. 11st Ward John It. Vanatta. 2d Ward 15. E. FEBGUSoN.. 3d Ward... .Charles Mayhew IthWard. I. B. Washburn Sth Ward J. H. Willey

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■rofessional cards B PHYSICIANS. ■R. I. B. WASHBURN, ■’HYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ■ Rtsiifleelaer, Indiana. special attention to Diseasesof Women ■’ Children and Chronic Diseases. ■emeni her calls are promptly attended wh engaged. Ka C. KELLEY ■ DENTIST. M RKNSSMLAER. INDTAWA. Mr. Kelley has had thirtv years’ experience in ■ practice of Dentistry, and refers to his numer- ■ patrons as to the quality of work turned »ut. ■ uses no “Granite Teeth” nor any spurious and ■thless material. Special attention given to ■ preservation of the natural teeth ai l the ■ural and useful adjustment ol artincii i teeth, ■operations warranted, and prices tecorrespond ■1 quality of work. Oilice over Imes & Meyer’

ATTORNEYS. on P. Thompson, David J. Thompson ittomey at Law. Xotary Fubtie. HOMPSON & BRO.. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Rensselaer. Ind. Ictice in all tue courts. We pay particular I attention to paying taxes, selling and Jeasing lands. 1. L. SPlTLEireollector and Abstractor Fordecai f. chilcote, f ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rensselaer, Ini, lends to a’t business in the profession with fomptncssiuid dispatch. OBice in second story of the building. L DWIGGINft. ZIMRI DWIOGINB R. 8. & Z. DWIGGIN3, ImjUNEYS AT LAW, Rensselaer, Ind. We Ziinri Parris arftl Wm. w. Lon with us in the, practice, and will in the fuI give special attention to collecting ana.pracI in County Cotninis-sioiiers’ and Justice Courts. fPractict under new Dlrching Law, a specialty. Farper w. snider, • I ATTORNEY AT LAW, I Remington, Ind-. Mk in Mie courts of Jasper, Newton and I Beu ton co an ties. BE NEW MAKEEVOR IIOUMt, RENSSEI lacr, Indiana. Just opened; new and Id furnished: cool and plcnsant rooms; ■ un surpaasad. jGood. Sample Rooms on ■Boor* Free Bus to and from Depot. | M-.BUBKE, £ rojjrietor.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1882.

John Burk is building a house' in Leopold’s addition. Born.—On Monday, May Ist, 1882, to Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Clark, a son. The circus bill boards have been converted into side-walks on Washington and Cullen streets. John F. Burroughs, has secured a clerkship iu some land-office in Dakota, and talks of go ng out this spring. Mr. R. S. Dwiggins has been confined to the house with an affection of the throat since his return from the east. C. 0. St irr has purchased John Eger’s interest in the grocery store, and wi'l hereafter go it alone, so far as partnership is concerned.

J. T. Abbett and wife are off for a month’s visit among friends and relations in (Jarroil and Marion cotuities. 'Squire Wood is recorder in his absence. Perhaps vulgarity is wit, we do do not think so; but we know certain professed wags who would exhibit no so called wit to relieve their jokes from vulgarity. The old railroa 1 water tank has disappeared. It was one of themost novel structures of modern times , being a dry goods box set up on a pen of railroad .ties’. Misrepresentations are not always the best missiles to be thrown at, opponents in elections, as our Democratic friends should begin to comprehend by this time. ♦, Frosts continue almost nightly. If they don’t let up, there will be a scarcity of fruit in this section this season. Already many varieties have been seriously damaged.

The Remington News has been changed in form from a blanket sheet to a quarto and much improved. Few small towns can boast of a better local paper than the News. • We have recently learned of the death of Viola Wilcox Copper, of consumption, at her home in Wisconsin. Sue is well known to the school teachers of this county. She has many friends and relations in this part of the country. A refrigerator up the river, it is reported, was transformed into a hot-bed last Sabbath; Such performances as are reported by those who profess to know, are too disgusting to contemplate. Hereafter,, a stop shod cP be put to these things. W. B. Price is back' from Dakota. He has found a location in St. Lawrence, a new town just springing into existence, where he has made arrangents to start a livery stable, and is making arrange, ments to ship horses and carriages from Remington to that place next week.

Died.—Mr. Eli Yeoman died Thursdafkff last week, from congestion of the lungs after a long and painful illness. Mr. Yeoman was an old and respected ctiizen of Jasper county, and his loss will be deeply mourned by a large circle of friends. The funeral took place at the Christain. church Saturday, and was conducted by Elder D. T. Halstead.

AW - Messrs. R. L. P. Massey, F. H. McCollough and Wm. Querry were over from Gillam, Monday. John P. Carr, a White county granger, was in town last week. They say he is afflicted with the congressional bee .in his ears. Dr. 4fltrim, Keener’s candidate for Recorder, was m town several times last week. The Dr. is looming upas a candidate, and he is a strong and good mau. Geo. H. Brown has moved into town, and occupies the house recently purchased of W. J. Imes. Mr. Imes and family have moved into the rooms recently, occupied by John Eger, over Warner’s hardware store.

We have received a communication from some anonymous correspondent some place in the eastern part of the cqpnty which we shall be compelled to refuse to publish. We have repeatedly given notice that we would not publish a communication of any kind without knowing the author's name, no matter what the nature of the correspondence is. And we will not. The Circus.—Mabury. Pullman & Hamilton’s circus gave an exhibition here Lst Thursday. The menagerie was decidedly thin there being the poorest show of wild beasts we have ever»eeen under tent. The circus performances were up to the* average perhaps, except that the performers were not remarkably modest,* and many a blush shone red upon the faces of lovely women and brave men

who had gathered in the tent to see the wonderful exhibition of—the almost naked performers. The fellow who rode the tight rope aroused considerable curiosity among the ladies. Some thought he must be protected by rubber pads, others that his body did not touch the rope, and many other theories as to how he could keep from mutilating his anterior parts were indulged’in. We will venture no opinion on the matter. All in all, the circus was a fraud, and it will take sometime we imagine f.,r some of our people to recover themselves sufficiently from the shocks they received to be induced to attend another exhibition of the kind.

Temperance Programme. —The meeting of the Rensselaer Blue Ribbon Temperance Union will be held at the Court House Saturday evening, May, sth 1882. The following is the programme of exercises: • 1 Song by choir. 2 1 rayer by Bev. George Havens. A 3 Reading scriptures by Vice President, Miss Amanda Osborne. 4 Song by choir. 5 Reading minutes of previous meeting by secretary. 6 Miss Auretta Hoyt,of Indianapolis, secretary of the State Ce ntral Temperance Committee will address the meeting, Her subject will be the prohibitory constitutional amendment passed by the last Indiana legislature; its relation to the political parties, and the work necessary to insure its permanent success. 7 Song by choir. 8 Benediction by Rev. B. F. Furgnson. Come and hear the noted speaker. We are further authorized to announce that Miss Hoyt will speak at Center school house, in Barkley towdship, at 104 o’clock a. m. on Sunday May 6th. Alfred Thompson, Pres’A 1

GREAT CHANGE!

“Out of Darkness into Light.” Thus has A. Leopold Iflnd e a Hove, and Light it may well be Calleu I As a Description es His New and Magnificent Arcade Building will Testify. When ever any enterprise of a public or pffva e charater is inaugurated, it is the duty as it should be the pleasure of a representative newspaper to give it particular Thus it is our pleasant task to go with our readers through the new and palatial trade emporium of Mr. A. Leopold, which was opened to the public on Saturday, April 29, 1882. The building is in dimensions, 24x90 feet inside, two stones high. The front, on Washington street, consists of glass and iron, the main windows, being of plate glass, 6xlo feet, and are connected with the doors by glass at an angle of about 40 degrees. These glasses are all perfectly clear and faultless. The front is painted a drab color and is striped in blue, and the iron col umns adorned with gold bronze. The walk is laid with tile brick and the ascent to the doors is made by two easy steps. On entering, to the left, your eyes are attracted by the gorgeous display of ladies’ furnishing and dress goods, consisting of every conceivable article of fancy and furnishing goods in rich show cases and on beautifully panelled shelves, and silks, cashmeres, moire ant pies,, etc.,ad of which are purchased for cash and will consequently be sold at very low rates. Beyond the dress goods, on the same side, will be found the boot and shoe department, may be seen as fine a stock in this line as was ever brought to the city. To your left as you enter the store, is the gents’ furnishing department, and is very complete in its character. The shelving cn this side is groaning beneath its load of clothing, where you can find anything you want from a business suit to the most elegant dress suit at prices that will astonish you. The counters are of beautiful design, and velvet cushioned and elegant easy stools are to be found where tbe customer or visitor can luxuriate in ease In the rear end of the room is a dais upon which is seen a rich sofa aud. elegant ebony-cased mirror which are calculated to administer to the comfort and convenience of customers and salesmen. There is also a handsome piece of latticework which encloses the business office, which is supplied with a rich desk and all necessary appliances. The room is supplied- with costly chandeliers which make night as light as day. The upper story is reached by a beautiful and novel stair-case of Mr. Leopold’s oWn design, which should be seen to be appreciated. On reaching the second floor you are surprised to find yourself in a magnificently furnished hall 24x90 feet, which Mr. Leopold uses for a carpet room, where youi attention is attracted by the immense display of carpetings, consisting of Brussels, tapestry, ingrains, etc., in endless variety of patterns. The total cost of the- building is about SIO,OOO. Mr. Leopold is certainly entitled to much credit and he should receive the thanks of our people for furnishing them with such palatial quarters for purchasing goods, and the addition of this nev metropolitan establishment is of inestimable value to our growing city, and> we are glad to note that he contemplates erecting another large brick building ou the north-west corner of Washington and Vanßensselaer streets. Mr. Leopold is an enterprising man and justly deserves the success ' has crowned his labors-

In Memoriam.

Samuel McCullough died April 29th, 1882, at his home in Gillam' township, Jasper county, in the* seventieth year of hia&age. He was born* in Virginia on the 20th 1 day of September, 1812. While quite young he moved with his parents to Adams county, Ohio. At the age of sixteen he went to Rush county, Indiana, making his home with Thomas Querry, now a resident of Gillam township, until 1837, when he married and moved to Hamilton county, and in 1842,. he moved with his little family tn Jasper county, where he resided at the time of his death. Brother McCullough united with* the M. E. Church in the year 1843, and ever since has lived a consistent and exemplary Christian ; hischildren do not remember of him failing to have family prayer in* thirty-nine years. His hands wereever open to the wants of the suffering, and he Was ever ready to* assist in the Master's vineyard. For the past few years his health has been failing, but his hope ii> Christ remained unshaken. His last Illness was very short and his death unexpected. He labored on the farm Monday, was’ taken sick that night, grew worse l until Saturday morning, when, at* the rising of the sun, his soul departed to meet its Savior. The night before his while Buttering terrible pein (his disease was' lung fever and heart' affection) he would repeat portions' of Scripture and his mind seem to dwell on “that bright land above.?’ We deeply feel the loss of our* brother, for to know him was to love him. His widowed wife and the whole family have our tenderest sympathies. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. L. D. Thompson, assisted by the RevGeorge Guild, and were very large-

R. L. P. MASSEY.

ly attended.

Mr. F. I*. B-mner, of MeduuHe, P». (> writes: “• fel a new-born creature. Transformed fr -n a crabby dfnprpHin anduervouH sutTerero a robust!, strong, healthy’ man, it all seems like a dream, yet, Brown’s* iron Bitters dir it. I feel very kindly' •toward everybody, especially to the itivetutors of s- good a' medicine.”

Public Park.

The school trustees are arrange ing to build a new and handsome* building between Front and VanRensselaer streets, northerly of Susan street. To the north of and cornering with this lot, is a beautiful plot of ground- 300 by 307 feet which Gen. John C. Van Rens--selaer has offered through us, to* donate to the town of Rensselaer,, to be used as a public walkings park and pic-nic ground on certainconditions easy of compliance. The conditions are;; , Ist. That a street' be* graded! and improved from. Cullen to VanRensselaer street. This is needed to provide easy actress-to the school premises, and to beautify the uqr--roundings. 2nd. That the donated' ground l be at once fenced and planted ini trees. This would' be a necessity,, and would provide a> beautiful and. pleasant retreat for the denizensof the town. A public play-grbund is one of tha most graceful revisions that an incorporated town can make for the attraction of visitors and the enjoyment of its own residents. A subscription* should be started at once, and our town council urged by fx‘titiou to accept the proffer of the liberal miuded' donor and prepare to dedicate for public use “Van Rensselaer Lark”.. The time for the people to act is at hand and delay is failure- We await public action, as Mr., VanRensseloers’ agents.

THOMPSON & BRO.

Public Meeting.

The citizens of Jasper county who feel interested in removing, the mill-dams and other obstructions iu the Iroquois, river are requested >to meet at tlje court house' iu Rensselaer, on Saturday, May 13th, A. D. 1882, at 1 o’clock; P. M. to take action.

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MANY CITIZENS.