Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1882 — Kannal's Donation. [ARTICLE]

Kannal's Donation.

D. J. Thompson boards at the Makeover House. Dr. Kelley has passed through quite a serious seige of sickness, but is able to get down to his office once more. We are glad to learn that Mr. B. S. DwigginPj'vh has been confined to the hous'A for some weeks with a fever, is once more able to be out. ■■ il » —ii i The Hon. A. J. Kent, the founder of Ken tland and the wealthiest man in Newton county, died Sunday morning, after a long and painful sickness. * A number of our liberal hearted citizens chipped in and made up a purse of some $75, which they presented to Mr. Shand as a partial recompense for the loss of his horse.

Mr. Frank S. Bedell, former proprietor of the Crown Point Begister, and now government inspector in the employ of the postoffice department, was in town Monday, and favored us with a pleasant call. Mr. Bedell is at present occupied in examining the official bonds of the various postmasters in his district. A short search convinced him that the Bensselaer bond was all right. c The body, and presumably the soul if he had it with him,at the time,of oneJThomas L.Sapp,a rather youthful transgressor, who mixes his kindred clay in John Kohler’s brick-yard, was, on complaint of Kohler, aforesaid, on Tuesday morning brought before his considerable honor ’Squire Wood, charged, in the due and direful, phraseology of the law, with having wickedly and feloniously,with malice afore-thought, and a set of light fingers, stolen, “collared” “cribbed”, carried away and concealed, goods and chatties of great value, to-wit: One revolver the property of one William Smith, a person so far as we are informed not heretofore “aforesaid”. W. W. Watson and Frank W. Babcock conducted the prosecution,and MF. Chilcote, and James W. Douihit appeared for the prisoner. Thomas gave bail in the sum of SSO for his appearance before the circuit court, and himself, his friends, and, presumably, the revolver, “weut off” together.

Temperance Programme.— The regular meeting of th e Rensselaer Blue Ribbon Temperance Uiii on will be held at the Court House Saturday evening, May, 13 ih 1882. The following is the programme of exercises: 1 . Song by choir. 2 Prayer by Rev. B. F, Ferguson: 3 Reading scripture by Mrs. R. 8. Dwiggius. 4 Song by choir. 5 Reading minutes of previous meeting by secretary. 9 Opopmg remarks by Sylvester Haley. 7 Song by choir. / 8 Declamation by Georgie Healey. 9 Song by choir. 10 Remarks by Wm. Beck. 11 Song by choir. 12 .Ten minutes Recess. 13 Song by Emma Eger, Alics Kinney, Ora- Duvall and Eliza Tuteur. 14 Declamation 0. H, Pried. 15 Song by choir. 16 Declamation, Rena Peacock. 17 Song by choir. 18 Closing remarks by Cyrus J. Brown. 19 Song by choir. 20 Benediction by,Rev. Philip McDade. . Alfred Thompson, Pjres’t. l . Noble J* YoßK;sSe6’y^’y.

_ There are twenty-three announcements for county officers in Benton county. £ The Republican primary election will be held on Thursday dune IsW 1882. And don't you forget it. «*• Mrs. Kirk and her daughter Miss Eliza, have gone to South Chicago for an extended visit t friends fit that place. The old Austin House is at last vacated.. Wile Duvall its late tenant has removed to Mrs. Priscilla Hopkins’ house on Front street. ■ •It is currently re orted that E. H. Tharp has sold his stock of drugs to Bun Learning. It is understood that Mr. Tharp will remove to Indianapolis. Escaped lynching.— Young Sapp, as soon as he was released on bail, was hurried out of town by his friends to avoid being torn in pieces by the mob—of lawyers. C. P. Mayhew and family, took the evening train Tuesday for Bed Bluffs, California, where they expect henceforth to make their home. Mr. Mayhew will engage in mecantile business, and will also invest in the sheep raising business. Mr. Mayhew has been a good citizen and carries with him the respect and best wishes of our entire community.

Bad Runaway.— Mr. Archibald Sliand, a tenant on one of the Monett farms, near town, lost a fine horse Monday evening. IJe left his team near the court house fence but the> began fighting and soon broke loose. They fhen ran southwest until near the orphan asylum, where thep ran into a very deep mud hole, and being thrown down one fell upon the other and the under one was soon drowned. Miss. Auretta M. rfoyt, Secretary of the State Temperance Grand Council, lectured in the court house Saturday evening, and again on Sunday evening. The room was crowded on both occasions. Miss Hoyt is a very enthusiastic worker in the temperance cause, and is perhaps, doing more than any other person in the state to organize the temperance forces for the approaching fight for the prohibition amendment. In fact it is as a work er and an organizer, rather than as a lecturer, that Miss Hoyt is doing eflective work for the temperance cause. As a public speaker sne is not an unqualified success Her manner of delivery is fairly good, but her lecture was somewhat diffuse and incoherent, and “quite too distinctly”tedious. She devotes a great deal of attention to the glorifiication of the state temperance council, and especially its accomplished secretary, which may be strict justice but is hardly good taste. Ske abused the existing political parties with a great deal of freedom, and some show of impartiality. But the'lady evidently does not fully appreciate the proverbial danger of jumping a,t conclusions, and man} of her assertions in regard to political subjects had about as slight A basis of tact, as her statements that Warren is a Democratic county,that Representative Gilman is from Jasper county, that no saloon lice ns 3 can be obtained! in this county, and that the Rensselaer Min iterance organization, is* branch of thaChristainu Temperance (Union, n.

] A postmaster is required to give notioe by letter( returning a paper does not answer the law) when a | subscriber does not take his paper ; out of the offioe, and state the reason for its not being taken, and a neglect to do so makes the postmaster responsible to to the publisher for the payment. wt • Any person who takes a paper from the pestoi ice, whether directed to his name or another, or whether he has subscribed or not, is responsible for the pay. If a person orders his paper discontinued, he must pay all arrearages, or the publisher may continue to send it payment is made, end collect the whole amount, whether it be taken from the office or not. There can be no legal discontinuance jantil the payment is made. If the subscriber orders his paper to be stopped at a certain time, and the publisher continues to send it, the subscriber is bound to pay for it if he takes it out of the office. The law proceeds upon the ground that a man must pay for what lie uses. The courts have decided that refusing to take newspapers and periodicals from the postoffice, or removing and leaving them uncalled for, it prinia facio evidence of intentional fraud.

The long looked for drawing in Kannal’s gift enterprise took place last Friday evening. The opera house was packed until standing room even commanded n premium. The Republican man arrived late, and as the audience was so muc < absorbed in wjmt was taking place in fron*, that “ey did not notice his entrance, and rise, enmasse and entreat, him to be seated, he thought it est 4 o exercise a little of 1 * pro e: *‘onal “cheek” and there! f) slippi a in behind the scenes, win he had an opportunity to learn that the music of a band, however excellently it may be rendered, loses nothing by being slightly diluted by distance. The drawing was entirely m the hands of the audience, and the method upon which it was conducted was rather cumbersome and tedious, but “fair and square” beyond the possibility of suspicion. C. H. Price was chosen to presirleand F. W. Babcock, T. J. McCoy, and R. B. Patton appoin - ed te’lers. The tickets were placed inside a large wheel, and one little girl, turned the wheel while another drew out the tickets. In accordance with the system agreed upon every 25th ticket drawn out was to take a prize, until the whole fifteen were taken, beginning with the least valuable, tinder those conditions Madame Fortune got in her work about as follows: Joe Sharp and Elden Hopkins, each received s box of cigars; Al. BisFenden took the toilet set; Blanche Loughridge, the dressing case; Mrs. Joe Sharp the Alburn; John Saylor, Shakespeare; Miss Josie Morgan, Hawthorn; the shot gun “went off” toThos. Daugherty; and John Paxton drew the suit of clothes; Tom McCoy got away with the jewelery; Allen Catt with the silver watch; E. D. Rhodes with the sewing machine. Ticket 516 drew the gold watch, the 7 lucky holder being Arthur Swaim, a juvenile from IlnioM township. At the prese l l Writing tickets 7141, which drew the lamp, and 8038 which drew the clock, have not been presented.