Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1882 — F. and A. M. Election Notice. [ARTICLE]

F. and A. M. Election Notice.

The summer broke off short. It departed like a thief between two days. Old man Winterbotham test the election of Major Calkins to Congress in the 13th district. The “cold stern” man naturally covets another’s seat. Why don’t our democratic brethoron of the press fling to the loyal winds that love it well the illustrious name of Indiana’s new favorite son, Thomas J. Wood, as their presidential candidate for 1&84? The Sentinel sayd that The Republican has called Dr. the recorder elect, “Old Mossbach,’ 1 Will the Sentinel be kind enough to cite the passage where the term Mossback was ever used in connection with Dr- Antrim’s name, by The Republican. The new Commissioners court tneets next Monday. Messrs. Waymire and Prevo then assuming the duties of their offices for the first time. Among other important matters to come before the Board this term will be the question of the acceptance of the jail building.

And now the lean and hungry editor maketh the doleful jest about the fat, the luxurious, the stall-fed, the bell wether gobbler, which the opulent and appreciative country subscriber sold in the market for the best price attainable, and Dib not, in the greatness of his heart, present to ye editor, aforesaid. We are not G. Washington but still are incapable of untruth/ We don’t like tutkey 1 <■ The talk about the proposed amendments being invalid on account of the neglect of the engrossing clerks to enter them upon the legislative journals in the manner required by law, seems to have about died out. The amendments are probaly all right so far as they have gone. The well established rule of juris-prudence that the intention of the law-makers is the law will apply, we should think, as Well in the case of the proposed amendments, as with any other act of Legislature, and the intention of the law-makers in4his case is too plain to be misunderstood. ’ Printers are just as thankful for the few little blessings they re-, ceive as other people are for greater and more abundant favors, and in order that we might devote as much of Thanksgiving day as possible to the purpose for which it has been set aside, we issue our paper somewhat earlier than usual this week. We have thus been obliged to omit considerable Valuable matter , especially our correspondence, including very interesting letter from Washington/ which will appear next week.

'J’hat estimable citizen S. H. D avail, better known as “Buckshot called Upon us last week with the valuable atul interesting information that the little paragraph in the last week’s Refublican m regard to the new bank back of. his biliiar ’room was a(—)(—) lie and if correction was not made forthwith the editorial room of The Republican was likely to be transferred to the chilling dampness of a dun|pon deep ami darx. Now Buck-

shot, with your permission, we will apply to you the same language that eminent statesman, J. N» Moore, oi Lowell, applied to Dr. M axwe H bf Remington, and say, “with dew differense to your Moral and Financial Standing” we think you “shot youx wad’* a little prematurely that time. We did not say that you had any connection with the new bank whatever. W e neither said you were president, cashier, receiving teller, Bor even a director. And your positive, and very much embellished, statement that no kind of a little game ( —) (—) had been going on in your room for the last three months, ( —) ( —) ( —), while a source of some surprise) is at least not contradictory of anything The Republican has ever said. Wrestling Match.—Raudqjph Wright and young Milton Makeover had a wrestling match in Porter’s nay barn Monday afternoon, at S2O. a side. Those who saw the match say that the contestants are both nervy boys with no foolishness about them. Makeever took the two first throws and won the match. The last African war.—One Joseph Hoffman, a colored brother, and a hand on the construction train, got drunk enough for an average white man last Thursday and kicked up a tremendous racket out at the rail-road depot. He was knocked down by the station agent, but without any apparent good effect, as he afterwards knocked in pieces the door between the waiting room and the agents room in Ins efforts to wreak his wrath on W ren. A number of men about the depot finally succeeded in getting hold of the obstreperous moke and reducing him to quiet. A warrant was issued for his arrest, but so far as heard from it had not yet been served.

The Chicaao and Indianapolis Air-Line. —The last rail was laid on the above road last week, and last Thursday evening the directors car, being the first through car froxi Chicago to Indianapolis, entered the Uuion depot in the latter city. The road-bed is pronounced to be in excellent shape for so new a road, and a largt force of men will be put to work at one to surface up, and gravel the frack. It is understood that the timo on which regular trains will be put on the road, will be decided upon this week. •

The Transit of VENus.-The most remarkable astronomical event of the year is the transit of the planet Venus, or, in other words, its passage , across the face of the sun. The money which has been appropriated for the proper observation of this event, b y the different nations of the earth, will reach into the millions. If the weather is favorable the transit will be visible over the whole of the United States. It takes place Wednesday, Dec., 6th, and begins at about the same minute of absolute time over the whole country, being about 8:55 A. M. Washington time, and about 8:15 Kensselaer time. At that time the observer, with a piece of smoked glass in his eye, will see the planet, in the appearance of a small black dot, appear on the eastern, or lower, edge of the sun. It will pass intirely across the sun, the time if its passage being about six hours.

Notice Ik hereby given that the annua) election of Officers for Prairie Lodge, No. 125, F & A. M. will be held at the mill of said Lodge, in Rensselaer; Indiana, on Monday Evening, December 18th, A. D. 1882, A. L. 5382. The Worshipful Master,Soinior W a-den and Juni .r \\ unlna will be Tiustccsof ehid Lod'-c. CH MFI LS 11, PRICE, W.M. Id ARION 1., St'l 11.1 Hh»’v.