Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1883 — Page 4

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Our exchanges are unanimously enthusiastic in their commendations of Judge Hammond upon the occasion of his elevation to the L supreme bench. Governor Porter could not have made a more popular selection if lie had tried for forty years-. The Great Bridge between New York and Brooklyn is formally opened to the public today. It is the largest, the longest, the costliest and the noblest structure of the kind ever erected by the skill of men. TO-DAY the great bridge between New York and Brooklyn will be formally opened to the use of the public, the great Ilailroad Exposition will be inaugurated in Chicago, ahd the water let out of the mill-pond at Rensselaer. Uli'-ja-WBCTBi There will hereafter be a distinction with a good deal of a difference between the Iroquois river, and the boys who fish in it on Sundays: Both river and boys will go where they please on that day, but the river will not be dammed, while the chances are that the boys will. The “cold spell” of Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, of this week again knocks the oldest inhabitant “galley west.” Few of them can recall such cold weather for the time of year. On Monday a heavy show storm prevailed over the state of Ohio, and in Eastern Indiana. Tuesday night, there was a tremendous frost in the vicinity of Rensselaer.

Memorial Day.

Rensselaer Post, No. 84, G. A. It., under orders from the 'National and Department Head Quarters, will have charge of Memorial ceremonies on the 80th inst., and invite the co-operation of all 4 Benevolent Societies, Sundayschools, Soldiers and Citizens. 'COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS: Frank W. Babcock, G. J. Dexter. J. M. Clark. FLORAL COMMITTEE,’ Mrs. J. H. Loughridge, Chairwoman, Madames J udge Hammond G. J. Dexter, I. J. Sears, T. J. McCoy, It. Feijdig. F. \V. Babcock, C. G. Sears, J. M. * Clark, C. P. Mitchell, E. C. Nowels, J. T. Abbett, M. L. Spider, J. M. Hopkins, E. P. Honan, B. F. Ferguson, J. F. Hardman, F. B. Learning. Misses Lizzie Smith, Lola Moss, Melle Wright, Amanda Osborne, Della Honkins, Mattie McCoy, Anna McEwen, Ella Rhoades, Clara peeve, Hattie Hopkins, Belle Alter, Tilly Fendig, Edith Miller, Nora Hopkins, Belle Powell, Ada Hopkins, Gertie Robinson, Sarah Tuteur, Mary Washburn, Rosa Eaker, and Carrie Eger. plan of organization: 1, p. m. Sunday schools, Secret Societies and G. A. R., meet at their respective halls. 1;30. At ringing of Court House bell, different organizations will march to court square and take places assigned by Commander. 1:45. Column will march via. Washington, Front, Jackson and Washington Streets to Weston Cemetery, where the following ceremonies Will be performed, under the auspices of the G. A. R. after the column has changed front by inveision through open order: PROGRAMME.’ 1— Opening ceremony by Commander, 2 Solig by Presbyterian Sunday school. :>—Quotations from Holy Writ by Officers of the Post. Memorial Tributes I Officers o! Post 4 and J- and Dirge by Band J Decorating Com, G—Son/ by Baptist Sunday school. (s—“Snlute the Dead” Guard of Honor; 7 Song. America, by M. E. S. S. 8— Benediction by Chaplain. —Reform R nka and return to c;urt square. * * All Business Houses ore requested to close from ] o’clock till close of ceremonies.

Ten Days in Dakota.

BY FRANK W. BABCOCK.

HUM. Thin |g the present terminus of the main line of the C. and N. W. By. It is on the Bast bank 6f the Missouri river,7Bl miles, by rail, from Chicago. The town was laid out in 1880, and now claims 1000 inhabitants. There are, probably, 700 or 800. The business K' of the town is at the foot of the , on the first bottom, which seldom overflows, and extends back from the river about 1000 feet; thence the surface rises in a series of terraces or “benches’’ of varying height and depth, to an altitude of 500 to 600 feet above the river, the first Dench is about 10 feet higher than the bottom, and but a narrow shelf where we crossed it; the next is 30 feet higher, and about 150 feet in depth. Hereon stands the Congregational church building, and the public school auilding. The third “bench” rises 40 faet above the second, and is a beautiful plateau, with an occasional ravine, stretching up and down the course of the river, with a gentle ascent toward the summit; for about 80 rods in width, thence by a steeper grade rises and breaks up into irregular hills, peaks and knobs, with ravines, deep gulches, sinks and chasms between. Tne landscape, viewed from the river landing, is pleasingly picturesque.

A VIHW FROM THE HEIGHTS s grand and awe-inspiring. Standing on the summit of the highest point, six hundred feet higher than the river, and two miles from the little town, its buildings “seemed but tiny speck's below.” Opposite is Fort Pierre, at the foot of the sombre hills west of the river, which rise in solemn grandeur and with more abruptness than those on which we stand. The sparse growth of cactus and the straggling tufts of sage and buffalo glass on their upper parts is lost in the distance, so that the crown and upper third seem entirely barren, and present only a dark frowning surface. Their middle and lower portions are covered with the greyish-light-brown buffalo grass of last year, while about the foot of the hills cattle are grazing on the green sward jnst putting into new life. To the right and left a haze of-blue smoke hovering above the tor bid waters, marks the tortuous path of this gjeat stream, wbioh has been robbed of its paternal glory as “Father of Waters” and given instead the significant sobriquet of “Big Muddy.” To the north and east, some miles distant, the rugged hills graduate into the less broken and, generally speaking, gently undulating plains of Hughes and Sully counties, thence far beyond the reach of eye or ordinary telescope, stretches this treeless, boundless sea of prairie, in which thousands are daily planting their shacks to try their fortunes in an untried land. As we stood here, emigrants with wagons and outfitting supplies, just off the cars, tugged slowly up the hills and,through the passes, to new homes in the “wonder-land.” Some of these, Ve learned by intervewing them, had been on their claims last year, some had selected on actual view this spring and others had never seen or been near their prospective homes. Much of the land is yet unsurveyed, but the resistless tide of emigration waits not for Uncle Sam to measure off his land, far on, beyond the lines run and stakes set by his surveyors, they pitch their tents, and set up their shanties. Some, in clubs or colonies, employ a surveyor, and, starting from the nearest Government survey stakes, run for many miles to get beyond the squatters, and locate their lines so that they hopo to be about right when the auihorized survey is made.

Our ascent of the hills was immediately after breakfast. Having fatigued our eyes upon the grand views, indulged in some meditations while resting our limbs, and learned all we could from interviewing emigrants, we returned to the modernized IDtSAL FRONTIER TOWN. *• More than 2000 acres are already platted into town lots, with uo sign of a halt. There are 3 hotels and one more building; 4 “Banks' 1 ’ aud another building; 5 general stores, 8 groceries, and hardware, Bor 10 confeotionarys, and miscellaneous small stocks, including millinery, Harness etc., ono church and 8 saloons, one school building, and 42 “attorneys” and “Real Estate Agents.” There are no agricultural lands within live miles and but little withiu 20 miles. It is truly “on the border.” Immediately west is the great Sioux reservation, covering that portion of Dakota west of the Missouri and south of . the Cheyenne rivet. The Missouri cannot be relied on, as a channel of commerce. Her little steamers have been ten days getting from Pierre to Yankton, a trip they ought to make in two days. These delays-are unusual, of course, but; American commerce will not trust to such slow and uncertain channels. This place and Blunt are two of the principal points at which emigrants leave the rail and procure supplies for locating in Hughes and Sully counties, and the western part of Faulk. And until other lines ot railroad are built, Pierre must be one of the trading points for the settlers who remain ib the sec* tion just mentioned. Aside from this, the only commercial importance of i ieiru is as AH OUTFITTING POST for the Black hills country. It is the base of sttpp’ics for the N. W. Transportation Co., which ruus a stago line (daily) and a wagon freight train, Horn Pierre to Dead Wood. This corporation uses about 2000 horses and mules, 10,000 oxen and a numoer of men T; eir freight is handled by machinery. Tired Ur their great broad-tired.

wagon, efcfch containing two tons of freight, are fattened together, and to the first one Id yoke of Oxen are hitched. £en of these sections form a train, under the care of a conductor, with a cook forth*train and driver or “801 l whacker** for each section* I had for companions of travel here a brilliant young lawyer of Michigan and a shrewd careful Vermonter of mature years, also of the legal profession. In the day we spent here, our intercourse was mostly, with the Bankers, Lawyers and Beal Estate Agents. They were all very corteous and manifested a patient willingness to enlighten our minds about the country, and especially the superior advantages of Pierre from their point of view. I believe each one of them would willingly have sold us any number of lots in his addition that we could have found the cash to pay for. We were attentive auditors and their arguments were listened to with well concealed amusement. ‘‘Booming” here is reduced to a system. It reminded me of Egglestons “Rise and fall of Metropolisville” and I came away from Pierre feeling like I has lived at least one day in romance. A wealthy corporation is largely interested in town lots here, having sold but one addition of 40 acres they have laid out 600 acres more and propose to spand SIOO,OOO if necessary, in buildings etc., to accomplish sales of their lots. No doubts are expressed here about the Capitol/being located at this point. W* LEFT THEM SOMETHING. on every hand and in various ways we were offered opportunities to invest. One of the smoothest ot them said to my Yankee friend: “You will not go way \rithout leaving us something?” “I think! shall pay my hotel bilk” quickly answered the Green Mountain man. So he and tho Wolverine paid their hotel bills, and not to be out done by my friends or mean with Pierre, I left them my good will, and permission to lay out ail their land in town lots. THE JIM RIVER VALEEV. Returning from Pierre, Sunday morning, we passed along a portion of the boundary of the Winnebago reservation on Medicine creek, where we saw a few lazy Indians, lounging along the banks of the creek, grazing their poneys on dead buffalo grass. Since much of my travel was in the night, the inquiry will naturally arise: “How can you speak from actual view of a country passed in the night time?” The answer is that my travel was so planned that

I SAW IT ALL IN DAYLIGHT.

The country I passed over in the night going out, was traversed in daylight on my return. The only exception to this is a natrow belt in Minnesota, covering about three hour’s ride of which Tracy is about the center. Leaving the main line three miles west of Huron, tho “Ordwav Branch” or “Dakota Central Division” .runs up the Jim River Valley to Columbia, almost due north, and nearly 100 miles by rail from Huron. But a few miles north from the main line I noted a marked change in the topography and general natural aspect, and also in artificial appearances. Wo were now in a beautifully undulating belt, nearly free from the stony ridges, which abounded in the region we had just left, and very much resembling the better rolling prairies of Jasper, Benton and Newton counties. The soil, however, is not so dark, and there is more of a sandy tendency*. Here wo saw many comfortable cottages, some one and a half story, with ocasionally a more pretentious two-story farm house. The greater portion of the lands was not only “settled” but actually inhabited, and on every hand we saw busy farmers with teams* afield. The aspect was thrifty and cheerful, especially so in contrast with the stony ridges, alkali flats, barren knobs ana little squatter “shacks” we had been among for the past three days. Ido not mean to con vey the idea that all the lands in the regioii mentioned as abounding in stony ridges is bad or stony, and that all of tho habitations are mere “shacks.” Much of it is line looking prairie, and on many claims are indications of an intention on the part of the occupants to remain and make farms and homes. But the per cent, of waste lands i 3 large, and for some miles east and along most of the line west from Huron, the little BXIO shed roof “shacks” or shanties is the rule, and better improvements the exception, and a very stnall portion of the land has ever been plowed. Of course it should be noted that the majority of these claims were located in 1881*and 1882, and many of them this spring. pCne object of this digression accomplished, wo return to our northern route. With some variations and exceptions to the good, the general better natural conditions and artificial additions extchd as far up the “Valley’ as I went. All the desirable lands are taken for a distance of 20 to 25 miles on either side of the rail road. This latter fact I learned from every land agent I met, and “their naqte is legion,” for inquiry was made at nearly, every station. At Hitchcock, now Altoona, in this lovely belt, I found our late townsmen 0. 11. Price, Esq., and Dr O. C. Link, with their families. Mr. l’rice is doing a good business in his Real Estate and loan office, and the Dr. is practicing liis profession and carrying on farming on nis claim,, hard by the town, Mrs. Link looked cosy and happy in her farm cot- | tsge. Mrs. l’rice had just arrived, and 1 they had not yet resumed housekeeping. I Here I also met several other persons from Rensselaer, and also a Mrs. Taylor, of Minnesota, a daughter of oui* old time friend and veteran dispenser of justice, | Judge Test. J Tn« more important town 9 between

m ~ - Huron and Columbia are Bedfield, Aberdeen and Ordway. From the stations along tirfs line of road, we found emigrants pushing out into the unsurveyed f«.n«fa of Faulk, Edmunds and McPherson, uid some even going into Potter and Walworth counties. " v (Continued next w&k.) A : I— <■ ■■ Head Quarters, Rensselaer Post, 84, Dept. Ind. G. A. R. Rensselaer, May 23rd, 1883. . Gen. Order No. 1. I—The attention of Comrades is called to Gon. Order No. 10, National Head Quarters, and No. 12 Department Head Quarters. In obedience to which orders Wednesday, May 30th, 1883, will be observed as Memorial Day. All comrades of the Post are" exr?ctedto report at Post Hall at o’clock p. m. H—The programme arranged by the committee of this** post, and published in the Rensselaer newspapers, is adopted, and will be carried out in F. C. & L., and all ex-soldiers are cordially invited to participate in the services. By Order of J. A. Burnham, M. F. Chilcote, Adjutant. Commmander.

His Honor Judge Ward.

Gov. Porter, on Monday afternoon, put an epd to the fconstest over the vacant judgeship in the tliirthieth judicial circuit by appointing The Hon. Peter H. Ward of Kentland to the position. Mr. Ward is well known throughout the circuit as a good lawyer, and a man of the strictest integrity. His appointment will give as general satisfaction to the attorneys of the the circuit, and to the people generally as any that could have been made.

HEMPHILL & HONAN’S FOR YOUR MILLINERY NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. NOTICE is hereby given to all persons interested iu the Estate of John Southard. Sr., late of J as per conn tv Indiana, deceased, that I have this day tiled with the Clerk of the Cironit Court mv final report in sa.d Estate,and that the same will come up for healing and Anal disposition, Monday, June 11th, A, D. 1883, the same being the 7th Judicial day of the June Term, A. I). 1883, of the Jasper Circuit Court. HARPER. W. SNYDER. Administrator of the Estate of John Southard, dec’d. Mordecai F. Chilcote , A tt'yfor Admstr. May-10-17-21. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE* MENT OF ESTATE. NOTICE is hereby given to the creditors, heirs and legatees of St. John Wilson, Deceased, to appear iu the Jasper Circuit Court, held at Rensselaer, Indiana, on the Sixth day of June, 1883. and show cause, if any, why the FINAL SETTLEMENT ACCOUNTS with tne estate of saiddecedent should not be approved; and said heirs are notified to then ami there make proof of heirship, and receive their distributive shares. —V WITNESS, The Clerk of said Court, I *t \ this 7th day or May, 1883. I REAL \ CHARLES H. PRICE, Clerk K Jasper Circuit Court. By James A. Burnham, Deputy. May-10-17-24.

am i-vumi SEASON ABIE Specialities: Corn Planters, “Union,” “Western,” “Geo. W. Brown,” “Farmer’s Friend. Eajiirtk M-rmrs, SEED CORN, per bu. SI.OO. RUSSIAN WHITE OATS—pure seed, per bu. SI.OO FRESH WHITE LIME, for white-washing. 100 Cords of wood which we will sell in quantities to suit the purchaser. FIELD & GARDEN SEEDS, fresh stock, just received. Bedford & Warner.

Wanted—A pair of young sand-hill cranes, for which a fair price will be paid. D. J. Thompson Rensselaer, Ind>

Sheriff's Sale. BY virtue of » certified copy of a decree, to me directed, from the Clerk of the Jasper Circuit Court, in a cense wherein John (4. Bisher, guardian of Mary M. Gillum, is plaintiff, and Miles Bisher, Lovinaßisher, William 8. Stevens, Stevens and Charles A.Wliittlesey are defendants, requiring me to make the sum of Ten hundred and eighty-four dollars ($1084) together with interest and costs, 1 will expose at public sale, for cash in hand, oti Saturday the 9th day of June* 1883, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m> and 4 o’clock p. m., of said day, 1 at tbß door of the Court House in the town of Rensselaer, Jasper county, Indiana, the rents and profits, for a tetm not exceeding seven years, the following described Real Estate, to-wit. One-hmidred (100) acres off of the sonth side of the south-west quarter (R of Section Twenty-three(23) Township Thirty (30) North, Range Five (5) West, Jasper county Indiana. And should such rents and profits not not sell for a sufficient snm to discharge said decree, interest and costs, I will, (at the same time and place, expose at public stile, the fee simple of said Real Estate, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient ,to discharge said decree, interest and costs. Said sale will be made with relief, and without any benefit from the redemption laws, and in. accordance with the order of court in said decree. JOHN W. POWELL, Sheriff Jasper County. Thompson <£■ Bro., A tty's for Plaintiff May-10-17-24-31, Pr.fee $12.50. NOTICE To CONTRACTORS. ,♦* • J In pursuance of an order made by the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiaua, at their Regular March session, 1883. Notice is hereby given, tha£t tho Board of Commissioners of Jasper county. Indiana, will receive sealed bids, until one o’clock p. m., on the Gtli day of June, 1883, for the erection of two wooden bridges, of single spari, (one over Carpenter’s creek, near the residence of J. A. Lamborn, and one over Curtis Creek, near the residence of Joseph Yeoman, botk in Jasper county, Indiana,) according to plans and specifications on tile in the Auditor’s office No bid will be entertained unless accompanied by a bond, signed by at* least two freehold sureties, in a penalty of at least one-third the amount bid; guaranteeing the faithful performance and execution of the work so bid for, in case the same is awarded to such bidder; and that he will promptly pay all debts incur* eU by him in the prosecution of such work, including labor, material famished, and boarding laborers thereon; and to suffer no unsound material to be used in the construction thereof; nor in anyway suffer any part ot the work to be slighted. All work and material to be subject to the approval of the agent or agents of the Board, to be hereafter appointed. The Board reserving the right to reject any or all bids. Witness my hand and the seal ( SEAL j of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana, this 30th day of april, 1883. EZRA C. NOWELS, Auditor Jasper county, To CONTRACTORS. In pursuance of an order made by the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana, at their special March session, 1883. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana, will receive senlcd bids until one o’ciock p. m., of the third day of the regular June Term, 188 S, being tne 6th day of June, 1383, for the erection of a wooden Pile bridge, across the Iroquois river at Lamson’s bridge, in Newton au<l Jordan townships. Jasper countv, Indiana, according to plans amlspeciflcation* on hie in the Auditor’s office. No bid will be entertained unless accompanied by a bond, payable to the State of lndiata, and signed by at least two froe-hold sureties, in the penal sum of live hundred dollars, guaranteeing the the; faithful performance and execution of the work so bid for. in case the same is awarded to such bidder; ami that lie will promptly pay all debts incurred by him in the prosecution of such work, including labor, material furnished, and lor boarding laborers thereon ; and to suffer no unsound material to be used in the construction thereof, norin any way suffer the work to be slighted. All work and material to be subject to the approval of the agent of the Board, to be hereafter appointed. The Board reserving the right to reject any or all bids. Witness m.y ' and ahd the seal ( SEAL ) of the Board of gommissionops of '-CTYSJi/ Jasper county, this 30th day of April, 1888. EZBA C. NOWELS, Auditor Jasper county notice: To CONTRACTORS. In* pursuance of an order made by the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana, at their regular March Term, 1883, Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, In lann, will receive sealed bids until one o’clock p. m„ on the Gtli day of June. 1888. For tiie construction of stone abutments for the Lamborn bridge, near J. A. Lamborn’s residence, in Carpenter township; and for the Yeoman bridge, near Joseph Yeoman’sresidence, In Nqwton township, Jasper county, Indiana, according to plans and specifications on lilc in the Auditor's office. No bid will be entertained unless accoin-' pauied by a bond, payable to the State of Indiana, and signed by at least two free-hod sureties, in a penalty of at least one-thircl the amount bid. Guaranteeing the faithfull performance, nnd execution o! the work so bid for, in case the same is awarded to such bidder v and that lie will promptly pay all debts incurred, by lilm in the prosecution of such work, including labor, material furnished, and boarding laborers thereon, All work and material to ho subject te tbe approval of the agent or agents of the hoard, to be hereafter appointed. The Board reserving the right to reject anv or all bids. Witness my hand and the' seal ( SEAL j of the Bo'fcrd of Commissioners of Jasper eOuftty, Ind’ana, this 80th day of April, 1883. EZRA C. NOWELS, 1 Auditor Jasper county Indiuhß