Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1883 — Page 4

THE REPUBLICAN. Thursday. February 22.1883. KATES OF ADVERTISING. l*roiesg>ctvsu cam*, $5 per annum lor 6 lines «r less : so cts. lor each additional line. Local notices. 10 cents per line lor first insertion ■f. cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Special rates for choice places in the paper, and for advertisements wider than one column. Bids of regular advertisers payable ouarterly; ijusient to be paid in advance .).*« Phintiko.—Alarge assortment of type and toiler material for poster, vaaipldet, circular and Kinursd work. Prices ’&*.

LaPorte county is about to build a ne*r court house, to cost $90.000.00. The Rochester Sentinel reports a chronic wife-beater in that town and thinks the institution of a whipping post would be the proper thing for such wretches. To which we cry amen. The sudden sharp freeze last Friday while being very disagreeable, was at the same time a benefit inasmuch as it checked at cnce the further rising of the water in the already flooded streams. Out of town readers of the Republican who failed to get their papers on time last week can attribute the delay to the damaged condition of the mail carrying They were put into the post-office at Rensselaer at the time, or a little earlier if anything. The Schools closed. The measles and scarl&t fever scare so much diminished the attendance at the public schools last week that the trustees thought it advisable to order a vacation of at least one week. In order that the Spring term may be finished as early in the year as usual, there will be no vacation between the Spring and Winter teims.

The High Water.— On Thursday of last week the Iroquois rose fast all day and the ice began to break up and move downward at an early hour. An immense gorge was formed below the mill which extended nearly to the bridge. At the bridge itself the moving ice masses constantly threatened to form a gorgo which would undoubtedly have been destructive to that ornamental structure. The citizens of the West side, however, who did not enjoy the prospect of being cut off from the center of civilization by a bridgeless river, iallied to the rescue and with the help of a small but ardent band of volunteers from the East side, under the gene Val command of David J. Thompson, Esq., and by the constant use of pikes and picks and prodding poles a gorge was prevented and the bridge saved. On Friday the water was higher even than on the day before, but not nearly so much ice moving. At one time the sidewalks at the west end of the bridge were covered with water on both sides of the street. The water at that time so nearly touched the road way of the bridgo that had any considerable amount of ice been moving its destruction would have been inevitable. At about live o’clock the gorge below the mill broke nway and for a short time the water rapidly subsided; as much as a foot within five minutes. Some old settlers say that al* though they havo seen higher wat. os 1 in Rensselaer, owing to ice-gor-ges, they never saw a greater body of water moving in the river than on Friday afternoon. Throughout the country travel was generally suspended by the swollen streams. Carpenter’s creek was reported to have been higher than at anytime for sixteen years. The “.Big origh” was outside -of dll reasonable bounds. Mr. S. H. Duvall, the mail carrier on the Morocco route carried out the .mail on Friday as usual but was unable o return with his horse at all. but

succeeded in crossing on foot on the ice Sunday. The high water at Louisville, and the damaged bridge across Monon creek, caused an almostcomplete suspension of the mail service upon the L. N-A. & C. R, R. for an entire week, from Feb. 12th to the 19th. An occasional through sack from Chicago comprising about all the mail received during that period. On Monday, of this week, the mail became regular again, and the quantity distributed at the Rensselaer post office was immense. The Southern mails for a whole week previous came, by way of Chicago, upon the morning train. Subscribers for the Indianapolis Daily Journal received at that time six of the paper. The mail from the South, in the evening, was larger even than that of the morning. Seven large sacks coming in at that time.

Some weeks since the statement was made that the great disasters which had already taken place since the beginning of the present year exceeded in number and fatality all that had happened during any intire year previous since 1874. Since that statement was made, has occured the unexampled deshuction occasioned by the floods along the Ohio and its tributary streams, and the dreadful accident at the coal mine near Braidwood, in Will Co., Illinois, where the accumulation of water on the surface caused a caving, and flooding of the mine and the loss of over seventy lives. A year of disasters truly.

Rev. Mr. Taylor, of Rensselaer, Ind., a Presbyterian home tnitaionary, in company with Rey. Mr. Work, called at the Tribune headquarters, last Monday. If there is an unbelieving community that needs the services of Mr. Taylor more than the village from which he hails we pity their Ingersull condition. ‘‘Rochester Tribune.” The Rochester Tribune above quoted, is edited by Major Bitters of blessed memory once editor of the Rensselaer Republican. Major evidently thinks ill of the people of Rensselaer, and does not take into consideration the great improvement effected in the moral tone of tliis community—after his departure.

The “lengthened sweetness long drawn out,” still continues in the courtroom at Lafayette. Judge and jurors seem to have become accustomed to the diluvium, and; saving perhaps some occasional qualms of the stomach, appear to be enjoying their usual health. The turkey buzzards are already said to be hovering over the building attracted by the carrion odors, and should the trial last until hot weather; as it now threatens to do, there is danger that it will breed a pestilence. Died: —Sunday, Feb., 18, 1883 at her residence in Rensselaer, Mrs. Minerva J. Kirk, of lung fever after a short illness. The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon from the IVL E. Church, the Rev. J. J. Claypool officiating. A number oi Rensselaer people have heard the Swedish Lady Quartette and they all, without exception, pronounce their entertainment to be of a very high order of merit, first-class, in fact, in every particular. Rerdell, one of the Star Route conspirators, lias withdrawn his plea , of not guilty and entered one of guilty instead, and turned state’s evidence against his feilow co aspirators. It looks very much as if Brady, Dorsey and the rest were really quite likely to receive their just deserts at last. iw»rtiiwwy.»in— m 1 ■*— Braid wood. v ill Co., Ilk, the scene of the terrible cord mine disaster of ’last Friday, is not more than (16 .riles from Rensselaer, in a direct line.

Church Matters.

Owing to the sickness of Mr. Cleypool, the sermon at the M. E. church; Sunday morning, was delivered by the Rev. Geo. Havens. N 6 services were held in the evening. Last Saturday afternoon was the regular time for holding the monthly business meeting of the Free Will Baptist church. Owing to high water,'bad weather, and the sickness of his brother, the Rev. B. F. Ferguson discontinued his protracted meeting at Badger’s Grove, in White county. Bad weather and iU health eonbined compelled The Rev. J. J. Claypool to abandon the protracted meeting at the Sayler school house. The regular weekly evening prayer meetings at the different churches take place as follows: Tuesday evening, at the Free Will Baptist church, Wednesday evening at the Baptist; Thursday evening at the M. Er. Church. Tke Rev. Philip Me Dade closed the protracted meeting at the Baptist Church on Wednesday evening of last week, some days earlier than was intended, on account of the prevalence of contagious diseases in the town.

Obituary.

Died, Friday, Feb., 16, 1883, at the residence of his wife’s father, the Hon. G. H. Brown, in Rensselaer, of pulmonary consumption, in the 27th year of his age John G. Kerr. Mr. Kerr was married to Miss Isabelle Brown on the 25th of September last. The day following lie started with his bride for California intending to visit relatives of the latter at Red Bluffs, Oroville and other points, and to spend the honey-moon among the Wonders of the Golden state. At Red Bluffs the dread disease from which he died, and which had probaly long been doing its fatal and insidious work, first made its presence known by an attack of hemorrhage of the lungs. He was removed to Oroville where he lay for some time at the point of death but finally rallied sufficiently to undertake the. journey homeward. He reached Rensselaer some two weeks before his death. During the journey and for a day or two after his arrival his condition appeared to be very encouraging. But the improvement was. fitful and delusive, as is characteristic of the disease, arid his decline was, in the main, constant and rapid until the end. The funeral took place Saturday from the Christian church and was conducted by Elder D. T. Halstead. The remains were buried in Weston Cemetery.

Found Dead. —On Thursday last the county coronor Mr. F. J. Sears received a telegram from Remington saving that a dead body had been found on the street there and requesting him to come at once to hold an inquest. The dispatch was not received until noon and had been four hours on the way. Mr. Sears started across the country for lie rain gton arriving there about three o’clock and found that an investigation as to the cause and circumstances of the death had been going on for several hours. The dead man’s name was Thomas Watson, his occupation a laborer. He was found early Thursday morning lying upon his back, dead, but a short distance from his house. The evidence at the inquest showed that the deceased had been drinking considerably the night before, although actual intoxication was not proven. The last seen of him alive was about ten o’clock Wednesday evening when he left one of the saloons to go, as was supposed, to his home. The position and condition of his body when found the following morning would seem to indicate, clearly enough, that the deceased had slipped and fallen backward upon the ice and striking the back of Ilia head so heavily ns to cause temporary unconsciousness, and feo violent an attack bf vomiting, as to produce strangulation and death. The verd ct of the coroner’s jury was in accordance with the facts as above set forth. Watson leaves a wife and several children. He was a brother of E. H. Watson, of Rensselaer.

Florida* Oranges, _ Valencia Oranges, Messina Lemons, Choice Fruit received this week be Horace E James, who respectfully invites yourself and friends to call and trade with him fi)oar!)otmb Canbg ' (a pure article) FOR BAD COLDS, ' PURE SUGAR STICK CANDY, Rock Candy, Gum Drops, Fine French Creams, FRESH CARAMELS Grannie London Butter Mel TAFFY, KTS3E 3.M ?3 .1 lALEverything nice. Everythin * neat. Everything pure. Everything reasonable. HORACE! S. JAKIBS Why Don’t You Try HORACE E. JAMES ’ Best 5-Center CIGARS! These goods are made to order, expressly for my trade, from good mixed stoek._ partly rea Havana tobacco, without any Jlawrmo whateverl and aro warranted equal in I® thl rr^von .three-for-a-quarter cigars of the cities. If you enjoy a pure, clean tobacco smoke, Without Drugs or Flavoring, “Horace E. James’ Best 5-Center’- will give “Sp's,“s“S“"S » «.«, HioßasUer, the Pick and several other brands of choice 5-cent. Cigars in stock. Should you want something a little tonier, l ean set out as good 3-for-a-quar-ter or 10-cent-straight Cigars as can. be bought anywhere in the Uuitec. States. _

ADVANCE, HONEY BEE, STAR, SILVER COIN, SOLACE, MULBERRY, SPRING AND DURHAM, CHEWING TOBACCOS; ScaS of Woa’tli Carolina, SSlackweJS’s ©sirSiassi, Koofisaer SStarhasa, • fttolciera Star, Tax Payers, Melrose, Smoking Tobaccos, And a line of Tobacco*Boxes, Tobacco Pouches, Matches, Pocket Match Safes, and Clioice Cigai*s» arc sold cheap enough by ■ HORACE E. iisi«. DEALERS IN GROCERIES. If you want goods that are strictly pure, full weight, and prices as low as the market will permit, go to Bedford & Warner, When to get vegetables at your regular place of trading, and really need potatoes, cabbage, onions, etc., the place to go is Bedford & WaracFs. Of is it nails,.hinges, screws, or any kind of Hardware, Tin-ware or W ooden-ware, the place to find them is £Jee!fi>a*d &, Waraser’s. Or perhaps you need a new plow, barrow, scraper, or some kind of Farm machinery? If so go at once to Bedford & Warner's. They also sell IHSricl- 6 z Tile. . which they will he pleased to j supply you with, and guarantee ’ all their goods to be •I ust as Represented*

NON-RESID ENT; fi^TICE. QFATE OF INDIANA} Q Q J Jasper County, » O O* . In the Jasper cirenit Court, March Term 1885. ■ Fannie Hathaway. ) Cause No. 3,029 Tt / Hv ary A. Hathaway. ) Attachment. it appearing by affidavit this day filed in the office or the Clerk*}! tbe Jasper Cirenit Court, that tbeabove«amed defendant is a non-resi-dent *f the State of Indiana, and that he Is a ■ necessary party to the above entitled action, the object of wliieh is to enforce a contract, ami collect a demand, by proceedings in attachment. Notice of the pendant y of such action i* therefore given to said defendant, and that the same will stand for trial on the 2d day of April. 1883, It being the ISth Judicial day of the March Term. 1883, of said Court, to be begun and held at the Court House in Kensselaor, Indiana, on Monday, March l»th, 1883. Witness my hand and official ( SEAL] seal, this 3d day of February, CHARLES 11. PRICE, Clerk Jasper Circuit Court. Thompson & Bro. Ally's lor Plt’ft. Feb. 8-J5-22. NOTICE OF INSOLVENCY. NOTICE is hercbv given that the estate of William 11. Marlatt, deceased, iate of Jasper County, Indiana.nas been ordered by the Jasper Circuit tJourt to be settled as insolvent. Notice is therefore hereby given the creditors of said decedent to tile their claims against said Estate for allowance. VVimess my hand and the seal [ SEAL j of said Court, this 2d day of February, 1883 CIIADLES H. PRICE. Clerk, Jasper Circuit Court. Tin! Stai-tj Black Smith Shop L. 0. G-RANT, Proprietor.

The Proprietor would announce that he ia prepared to do all kinds of Blacksmithing In Good, Workman-like style, and at reasonable prices. Farmers, and all others needing work ia my line, are respectfully invited to give me call. Horse Shoeing A Specialty. I am, also, Agent for the celebrated “Mock” W salons which may be seen at my shop on VnnKensselaer Street, South of McCoy & Thompson’s Bank. All work and wagons "W arranted ; XV-11-tf. I ~ totetot-(First-door east of Postofiice.) Rensselaer, - Indiana. FRESH BEEF,PORK, VEAL, MUTTON E3s.vtEa.g-e, IBclcgrzia,, etc., old in quantities to suit purchasers, at the lowest rices. The very'best'of stock slaughtered. Give e a nail. Highest Cash Price paid for Fat Cattle. JSI. S. WOODS.

PIONEER MEAT MARKET, (First Door West Jewelry Store.) Rensselaer, - - Indiana J. J. lEI&ILESE3ACS3, Prop’r. BUFF, Fork, Veal, Mutton, Sausftuye, Bologna, etc., sold ia quantities to suit purchasers at the lowest prices. None but the best stock . slaughtered. Everybody is invited - citU. ' I'fce Highest Price Paid for Sc'a.t Cailic. 12-«. J. .1. EIGLESBAG IFiFEi!! C. D. NOWELS, DEALER IN —— HARD V SOFT - Office near Btulroad Depot RENSSELAER INI) '' ; 1 ■ 1 ' ' ,ife io sweep uifrby, jm> and d*r U L’y’ ‘before you die, aoniotiling mighfcy an •liJJlj 1 21, u,c *? A . vo behind to conmier titnCiJSff 0 w week in your own towu. ssout lit free. No risk Everything new. Cap ital not required. We will furnish vou everythin?- Mauv are niaLiny fortunes, Ladies make as much up men. and boys and jfirls mßke grentpay. header, if you want business at , which you can make «reat pav nil the time, write for prt iculars to 11. Hai.lkt & Co- Portand,l£aiun» - : J