Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1883 — We Knew he Would. [ARTICLE]

We Knew he Would.

The new Standard Time has % been adopted by both thp jeweler of the town and ought t 6 "be by I churches, schools aud everybody. Thp editorial force of the tenth district has received a notable 1 accession. Tliq|Bon. M. L. DeMotte, ex- congressman, lias assumed control of the politics of the new Porter county paper, The Valparaiso Eepublicau. Mr. DeMotte wjll fill the position with credit to himself and advantage to the Republican party, we have no doubt.

Bro. Carr, by his confession, appears to have been greatly previous in claiming, as he did in the Tribune of two weeks ago, that Oxford was sure of the C. <fc G. S. car shops, as in his issue of last week he informs the people of his town that the amount necessary to secure the shops had not been subscribed, by a very large majority; and we think he might have added, wasn’t likely to be. wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrnm ______—__i_.. We publish in another place a communication in regard to the recent attempt to destroy with dynamtie the Cooper mill dam, on the Monon. The writer of the article is an efficient civil engineer, well qualified to speak understandingly upon the effects of the clam upon the surrounding country. From the tone of his letter it is but fair to suppose that he is thoroughly familiar with the topographical features of thaf vicinity, and also with many pf the circumstances which surround the attempted destruction of the property. From the statements of the article it would seem that Crum bo is a man much more “sinned againgt than sinning.” And that the parties injured by the clam have not exhausted all peccable means to secure tbs removal of tbs (lam, as has been asserted-

Publio opinion iu this vicinity generally condemns tlie lynching of Netting, as wholly uncalled for and unjustifiable. He was guilty by his own confession and would, in all probability, have been sentenced to death and executed by the properly constituted authorities, had the law been allowed to take its ’course. Had he undergone a trial and been acquitted or received a sentence other than of • ~mt' iiirnwwiiTiiryi - - - (leatli, there would uave been much less disposition to condemn his lynching. About the only mitigating circumstance connected with this lawless execution, is the fact that those engaged in it were the immediate friends and relatives of the murdered girl. If they went upon Ihis errand of vengeance for the purpose, as seems probable, of carrying, out the express withes of those whose household had been desolated by Netting’s cursed deed, then their ac tion though illtimed, and unwise, was at least not unnatural. If we pappose" that Cephas Atkinson wished that the fearful evil that Nelling had done to him and his should be avenged in the manner and form it was, we ask, how many of the men who read these lines, had they been among those who had known and loved that innocent victim of desperate wickedness, and known too, and fully realized, as only neighbors and friends can iealize, the awful measure of horror and grief which has fallen upon Atkinson’s household, would themselves have been a bit to conquer their indignation and their sympathies enough to Imve refused their assistahce, in this act of vengeance, had.it been gi 1

Tire following item is going the rounds of our exchanges, from Dan to Beersheba:. Warren Wright, a braksman on the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Road, was injured by a bridge at Rensselaer, Ind., (or which a jury awarded him SIO,OOO damages. 1 1 It is all correct enough except that the injury occurecl at Putnamville, a place more than 100 miles from Pieusselaer.

From “Scratch Shots" in IndjiniwiiioUs Nows. “Is the supreme court catching up with its docket?” was 'asked gat the office of the clerk. “Yes, and rapidly.” “How far were they behind when the commission was appointed?'’ “About eighteen months.” “How far are they now behind?" “Only about six months. Judge Black, of the commission, said the other day, that by the time the present term ot the commission expired, a year from tiext spring, the court would be up oven with its docket.” “What sort of a judge is Judge Hammond, appointed by the governor, making?” was asked of a lawyer with business a bout the court. “One of the best on the bench."

Mrs. Eva Kirscli, nee Nicliol son, the ‘teacher of the primary department of the Rensselaer schools, has, in her time, aeheived a wide reputation as an elocutionist and dramatic reader, having given innumerable public performances, and won scores of favorable opinions from the press and from leading teachers. She has also had a long and successful experience as a. professional teacher of elocution. Failing health we are informed, has been the cause of her leaving a profession which seemed to promise her so successful a career, Mrs. Kirsch is a member of the Ladies Literary Society, and will give a rdfeitation at their Anniversary Entertainment, next Wednesday evening. As a specimen of the many favorable notices Mrs. Kirsch has received from the press we subjoin the following from the Chicago lnter-Oceap ot July 24,1881: ' One of the finest entertainments of the season was given Tuesday evening, under the auspices of Lady Washington Chapter, No. 28, O. E. S., at their hall. No. 22U South Halstead street. One of the leading features were the recitations by Mrs. Eva Kirsch. While her manner is simple and natural, she is undoubtedly mistress of her profession.