Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1884 — Page 4

■ - ■' THE REPUBLICAN Thursday, January, 31 1884. oFZZ.-Wortis-nE'-Protessx.naicard*.3s )H:r annum tor C lines er ess : W ets.lor raeh additional line. -. Ureal notices, 10 cents VOrllne for first insertion fronts perttne for each itnteeqniMn insertionSpecial rates for ciwloe places ini lie paper, and for advertisements witter than one column. nsite of regular nd veHi'shts payable quarterly ransient to fie phlit ip advance 4<>b I'Hisi•fw.—Aiargeasst'Ttment of type ant' other material for poster, vaniplilet, circular ano kindrod wor)c. Prices’.ow.

Call for County Convention.

■The Republicans and all other voters of Jasper county, without regard to past polit cnl diilrcnces or previous paity affiliations, who will co-operate with the R epublican ~ Party in "sunport of itsnoin i nees. are request.d to meet, in mass convention, at ‘,he Court House, in 'Rensselaer, on Saturday, Febi nary ICth, 188-1, at one o’clock p, in., for the'.puvpcse of transaetingdlm following business:' First —Re-organization of the county central committee, and town and precinct committees, for the campaign of 1884. Second—The appointment of delegates to the congressional district convention, at Logansport, to be held Thursday, April 10, 1884. Third—The appointment of delegates to the two State convention.at Indianapolis, to be held Thursday, April 17, and Thursday, June 119, 1884, respectively. , Fourth—The appointment (if deemed expedient) of delegates to a convention to nominate a candidate for Congress, and of delegates to the judicial and joint represents, tire district conventions. By order of the County Centra! Committee. TTSV."Bc.m ock, M. F. Chiluote, Secy. Chairman.

The Republicans of Benton county are called to meet in mass convention, at Fo trier, on Saturday, the 23rd, of February. . A big row over the management ■'of the post-office has broken out at Lafayette and a government agent is making an investigation. We aio confident that Mr. Lingle will come out on top in the fight, and show that the management of the tiffice has been all straight. There is not a city outside of the realms of Hades more disgracefully governed than Lafayette. The last infamy reported from that little democratic hell is the arrest* there, in a vile gambling den, of Dr. S. S. Washburn, •i member of the city’ council. Twomass conventions are called to meet in Rensselaer on Satur-_ day, Feb., 10th. The Republicans’ and the Greenbackers’. The republicans will meet in the court house, but the gieenback call does not designate their place of meeting. No very spacious hall will be required, we presume. An interesting and rather extensive pen picture of . the Hon. 'W H. Calk ins wi 11 be found i n the columns of the Republican Extra this week. Mr. Calkins is not only one of the very ■foremost men in Congress to-day, but he possesses a special interest for Jasper county readers, in that this county one. formed part of the congressional district represented by him, and he is, consequently, well known tc many of our readers. laawwsMiiaaMHaxMaßaHDSSaEHaai To be prepared for war is not only; tho surest way of securing peace, but it is the ONLY way by which this country can be exempt- * ed from the (bullying and insults of such nations as Germany, Russia, and France, and from immeasurable shame and loss in case of a foreign war. Our sea-board fortifications and cannons ought to be, in every particular, fully equal to those of any other nation; and our navy, while it need not be so strong, numerically, as those ol some other nations, should have several vessels fuily able to cope with the best afloat. Let our navy, our forts, our torpedoes and wur big guns be kept in good shape, if it costs fifiy-millioiis a jjear..

The ‘‘January Thaw’” wks long in coming, but “old business” w hen it gpt here. ; The movement to erect a grand soldier’s monument at Indianapolis, by popular subscription, is being heartily responded to throughout the state; and the prospect is good that ample funds will soon be raised to erect a monument which will be a credit to the state and do lilting honor to Indiana’s brave soldiers. . The time was when the Delinquent List paid to its publishers as much as 8300 or S4OO each year. It isno w worth barely orc fourth of that sura, and, besides -that, it requires a vast amount of difficult and exact labor, upon the part of the printers, to preparuTfr for publication. It will therefore be seen that the list is not, by any means, the “big thing’ for. the newspapers, which a great many people imagine it to be» Printers usually earn what they get as well as almost anybody else, and especially is that the case with what they get out of the Delinquent Liat.

Next Saturday, February 2nd., is Ground Hog’s Day, when the the ground hog will crawl out of iiis hole and if he is still thick enough to cast a shadow’, withoutstanding twice in the same place, he will again retire from public ■ view and live upon the interest ol j his accumulated fat for yet anoth-1 er six weeks. When The Great American Hog rises in his native majesty, ami with one mighty root of his omnipotent snoot breaks down all the barriers the European despotisms have erected against him, then we shall celebrate the Ground into the Ground Hog’s, Day; and Germany and France, awed by the gloom of his portent ions shadow, will crawl back into their holes, and take their medicine of American ham fat, without more squealing.

Here is a little paragraph which -originated, wehnow not where, but which fits the case as well in Jasper county as any place else: , Do the metropolitan papers give you any home news? Nothing. Do they contain notices of your schools, meetings, churches, improvements and hundreds of other local matters of interest which our paper furnishes without pay? No. Do they ever say a word calculated to draw attention to your county and, its thriving towns and aid in their ..progress and enterprise ?. Not a word. And yet some men take such contracted views of the matter that unless they get as many square inches of reading matter in their home paper, they think they are not getting the worth of their - j money. They remind us of what is said to be the Chinamen’s practice in buying boots. To take 0 the big- ’ '"gest pair in 'Tfie box, irrespective < 111, because, tlieythusgGtthe most leather for their money.

We have again' had the great misfortune to provoke the wrarh of our splenetic brother of the Benton Be vie w. Our offense co nsista m the occasional friendly part we have taken to add interest to the jealous quarrel between Oxford and Fowler, carried on by the rustling Carr upon the one side, and the slower coaches of the Era and Review upon the other. We have “hollered” for both sides with a good deal of impartiality, for although the odds are two to one against John we blieved that his superior viin made him fully a match for both the others. Although we are deeply grieved to think that the Review has not taken our “wounds of a friend” in the trulj T Christian spirit which we had anticipated, we will ventureto remark tjiat we do not at all apprehend, to use the Review’s own peculiar style of Orthography, .that its displeasure will be - serious a burden to bear as to prove an “inseperable obsticle” to the further publication of tnis paper. *

The republicans of Newton Co. will hold their mass convention at Mount .Airy, this year, Friday, February 2Jid, is the date appointed. and France have caught the American Hog under thier gates, but he will make ~such..a din in thier ears with.his squealing that they will soon be glad enough-to let him through. It now appears that Mr. Rayne, whom rhe democrats of Ohio lately elected to the U. 8. Senate, has not and never had any interest in the Standard Oil Company. This new- will b?. very comforting to our Republican friends, who have lately lost so' much sleep on that account. . ' _

We clip the above paragraph from the Benton Review, but as the same thing, word for word, appears,' without credit, in the Democratic f'entinel, we persume that it emanates from the Literary 7 Bureau, which largely controls the. politics of the democratic press of the stale.- While it may Be true-that Mr.. Payne himself is tiol a stock holder in -the Standard Oil Company, (although the contrary opinion is almost universal r his son Oliver, who personally attended the business ol’buying votes enough toseenre the senatorship, is one of the very foremost men in that great monojxdy and president of the Ohio Branch of it. The Standard- Oil Company’s money elected Mr- Payne and half of the respectable democratic papers of the country admit that it did.

Tire January Term.

. -The term of the circuitcourt which closed last Saturday Was remarkable in several respects: No grand jury was called. A greater number of -eases—were--iq»oa -the do(;kct tl ian alary previous term for jears, or perhaps ever before. (if all the cases disposed Of during the term only one was tried by a jury, all thp others being tried by the court. Among the more interesting oases disposed of may be mentioned ‘.he following: Dr. 0. C. Link vs The Western Union Telegraph company.. Judge-; merit for plaintiff for 125 and costs. F. W. Babcock for. plaintiff end Slien of Lafayette and Frazfer cf Fowler for defendant. This case has been already mentioned. Owing to failure of the company to deliver a message the Doctor made an unnecessary trip out to Dakota la.-1 winter. He expected to macerate the .bones of some imaginary jumpers, hut being disappointed, by the non existence of the jumpers,, (which fact h« would have learned without leaving homo had his message bee n deliveredy h e brought su it against the company, with results as already stated. Lucius and Elias Strong received a verdict of $.250 against the L-, N. A. & C. for stock killed on tho railroad An appeal will be taken to the supreme court. The motion for a new trial, in the case of Warren Wright vs. the L. N. w A. AC. was taken finder advisement by the court and will not be decided until the next term. - The tvS'pefl i property owners, on Van WtfeW~were7eontihu§W _ untn~’tEe~neSU term. The of Elijah Hunter vs. tho C. & G. S. railway, for damages for overflowed lands, was transferred to the U, S. circuit court. J. W. Powell. Sheriff, obtained a verdict against the county of $lO5, fur jailer's fees. Sargent vs.’Town of Oxford, an old Benton county case, for damages for injuries sustained by falling on a defective sidewalk. was dismissed, at coSt of plaintiff', from failure to prosecute. , Alfred Thompson and G. 11. Brown were appointed jury commissioners, to serve until October.

Rail-road Notes.

Colonel Bennett H. Yeung says he did not resign the presidency of the L. N. A. A because of differences, with these under him, hut because a majority of the directors thought it best to have the ? president reside in New York. The president's car, “Monon”, of the Louisviile, New Albany & Chicago road, was Friday sent to New York to bring J. E. Roosevelt, the new presi-d-'nt, west. This week he will give the property a good looking over.in company with General Manager Soath? aid.

A Candidate for State Auditor.

The Republican has good authority for saying that Mr. Critr A# Cox, of New Albany, at present a conductor on the L. N.-jA & C. road, and well and favorably known to many residents of J asper [county, is a candidate for the republican nomination for state auditor. EvClybody who is at all acquainted with Mr. Cox, knows him to be a very genial and pleasant gentleman, and all who know him well are willing to voitdr that lie is an honorable, high minded man, of un blemished personal character During the war he served for a time as a private soldier in the 35th Ohio infantry and the rest of iho time as a seaman on the U._ S. war steamer Peosta. He'is now, and always has been, an unwavering republican. He has followed the, business of rail-reading, in state, for nearly sixteen years, in various capacities, and is very popular with his brethren, the railroad employes of the state. “Railroad boys”, by which we mean the employes of the rail••■ds, ns distinguished from the officers, have a very strong fraternal feeling among themselves and .should Mr. Cox be nominated, would, we are convinced, give him an enthusiastic support, irrespective of theinjioliticid opinions. The idea of Mr. Cox’s candidacy strikes us very favorably. find should he obtain the nomination we shall make a drew application of the of the slang phrase “Bully for Cox,” with a good deal of pleasure._ -=. I____'

Vital Statistics.

Tho following is a synopsis of the quarterly report of the County Health officer, for the quarter ending Dec., 31, 1883: MARRIAGES RETORTED. October 10, November 1, December 1, Total IS. births. October, Males' 17, Females 13, November, “ 13, “ 8, • December, “ 7, “ 9, BIRTHS IN TOWNS AND TOWNSHIPS. R; nsselaer 5, ItomingLon 7, Carpenter: 7, Marion 15, Jordan 5, Kankakee (i, Wheatfield 3, Keener 4, Walker 1, Gillam 4, Hanging Groye 1, Barkley 5,. Union 1, Newton 2, Milroy 1. DEATHS. October Males 8, Females 6: November “ 2, *• 4: December “ 1, “ Total 20. DEATHS IN TOWNS AND TOWNSHIPS. Rensselaer 2, Remington 3, Marion townskip 3, Carpenter 2. Kankakee 6, Walker L Hanging Grove 1. Barkley 2. .CAVSE OF DEATH, AS SHOWN BY PHYSICIAN’S REPORTS. Cne each of Asthenio, Apoplexy, BrigfiHs; Disease, Bronchitis, Cerebro Spinal fever, Cancer of stomach, Pneumonia, Typho-malarial fever, and Interception, Meningitis,' Wound §of knee: Congestion of Lungs 2, Old Age 2, Still Born 3.

I. B. WASHBURN, M. D.

Whether the ch ampion mean man of the county is to be found in Remington or in Rensselaer we know not; but heaven knows that, there are men in both places too ifqrynim ■ In Rensselaer, tor instance, some unm it i gated whelp, during Benny Morgan’s last sickness, stole from his shop an account book, for no other purpose, evidently, than to avoid the payment of an account which Benny had against him. In Remington the boss low-down-er, aftei having imposed upon the guileless and godly old grocer, J. O. B. Me Ddugal, to the extent of “getting into him” for his winter’s groceries, with not the remotest intention of ever paying for the same, finally put the finishing touch upon the climax of his baseness by cajoling the old man into lending the lazy brute the money to buy his winter’s coal with.

The Baptist Meetings.

The protracted meetings of the F. VV. Baptist church closed Tuesday evening. They have continued for sixteen days, during which time thirteen new members have been added to the church. During the meetings the pastor, the Rev. M. C. Miner has received efficient assistance from the Rev. Peter Hinds, and in a greater or less; degree, from the Revs. B. F. Ferguson, Geo. Havens and W. H. Sayler. If the roads do not break up entirely Mr. Miner will begin a protracted meeting at his Badger’s Grove, appointment, Friday night. N

Groceries, , . - - —l ■ ti - • 2. ’ -■ ■' ■ _ ” AT C. C. Starr’s. .largest Stock, lowest Prices, Greatest Variety, Of this class of goods ever before offered in Rensselaer. Maj oli©> and Kalomeda wares, Faocy Stand Stamps mad. Hanging Ismps 25 toß® per cent discaunt from regular pnees. It T hAk A LfTLvd.liTThClty.WTv '■ K*/<)'♦ ».>♦ c lot <5 ♦'aAflT.iLoiiil’&A.G 6l OliTibf i f .Gaih ♦ ’<s A A izt O Roasted Coffee, and •Strictly:. Pure, G round - from our own Steam Coflee and Spiee

atten-tioiu’ Farmers & EniMers. —: - Having taken the old stand of Lam son, in the Nowels block Rensselaer, Indiana, and put in a large stock of 85E338 DOBS /V MCJETM OtMH KKVS FOTBS ZX UMEkMh ram\/\< tXsaJiy Consisting of Hard and Soft coal burners, Wood heaters .and Cooking stoves; Carpenter’s supplies, Nails of all kinds always in stock, in small or large quantities; Edge tools, Butts, Screws, Bolts, Strap hinges, Hand and wcod saws, Files, Pocket and Table cutlery;, Silver Plated ware, Shot, Powder, Shells, Gun capsand Revolvers, Hay and Corn knives, Spades, Shovels, Hoes, Forks, Potato—diggers, Pumps and pump supplies. Tinware in eve.iy style and shape. Especial attention given to Tin ROOFING, SPOUTINCG &c By the old reliable Tinner, Peter Rhoades. We are selling The Best Farm Wagon on wheels, in the State, for the money: -The Buchanan AV agon «for We-are the agents■for'thefGrul<le®«BaFb best barbed wire made. Being the original patent, all other manufacturers of barbed wire pay royalty to the above, and have to make it back some way. Farmers can tell how after testing the two wires together. Call and see as we will guarantee - PRICES AS LOW AS ANY IN .NORTHERN INDIANA, It is no trouble to show our goods, but is a real pleasure to do so, whether you buy or not. We hope by strict attention to business, and honest dealing, to merit a share of public patronage. Respectfully, " N. V.CLEAVER.

-Health Officer.

Medtai Hsiios: ftTATE OF INDI A NA, ( / cv County of Jasper. ) David'SvCJiftOn j James N. Clifton I Thomas M. Clifton J Samuel 3. Clifton I Daniel 1,. Marlattand I Bettie E. Marhitt. I Are each hereby notified that E'izabeth It Clifton lias filed her petition in the Uocuit Court •in ant!'lor snid Jaspereountv. agaiwt them anil efther parties, wherein she demands partition of certain Reitl Estate therein described • Said petition will stand for trial on the second day of the regular March Term, ISsl of said Court ’ .‘“■’“L, \ Jan. 19:1884. CHARLES IT. PRJt'E. Clerk eperCirc Ct Court. -■ A. - ;4 ' PATENTS MUNN 4 CO., of the gciKNTinc American, continue to list I‘S Solicitors for Patents, Caveats, Triple Marks, Copyrights, for the United States, Canada, England. France, Germany, etc. Hand Book about Patents sent free. Thirty-seven years* experience. Patent obtained thrmurn MUNN A CO. are noticed In tho SciicNTirtC'AMisKlCAN.rtho largest, best, and most Vldely ciroulated scientific paper. B,'UO a year. Weekly. Splendid engravlnirs and Interesting tnion n sent free. Address MU bN A COT. Si lINTITIO >m«i»qan Offlce, Ml Broadway, New York.

Sheriff’s Sate BY, VIRTUE OF,A certified cofy of a Decree, to hie directed from the Clerk of the Jasper Circuit Court, in a cause Wherein Braziller F. Ferguson wasplnintiff, and Frank Hengesbftch* Fitz W. Bedford afttl Alfred Thompson, were defendiints,re<j uireing me to make the sum of Seventy-live Dollars and Six cents [s7s,Cß] together with interest r.ftu Costs, I will expose at public sale on Saturday, February 2, 1884. between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m., and 4 o'clock p. m.,of said day, at the door oi the Court House, in the town of Rensselaer. Jasper County, Indiana, tne rents and protits, for a term not exceeding seven years, the following described Real Estate, to-wit: . ■> The South East Quarter [ Kfj of Section Twenty Nine [2BllllTownship Twenty Ntuojiiwl .Range Six [fi] West, Jasper county, Indiana. And should such reuts ami proiits not sell fora sufficient sum to discharge said decree, interest and costs, I will, at the sum e time and place.'.expose to sale thn fee simple of said kcal Kstete. or so much thereof as shall be suftieienc to discharge said decree, interest and costs. . - SSid sale will bb made without any relief from valuation or. appraisement laws and in accordance with the order of court in said JOIE: Sheriff. JZ. _s'. Clalc'jtt. and JJitggiM.AttiFJor J'U-Jan-10-17-24-81 . -