Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1886 — Page 5

THE REPUBLICAN. Makeever House. Rensselaer, Ind. and pleasant rooihs. Tables supplied with the best the market affords. Good Sample Rooms on first floor. Free Bus to and from Depot. i PHILIP BLUE, XV-35-ts. Proprietor. FIOISTEER MEAT MARKET, Rensselaer, - - Indiana J. J. EIGERBBACII, Prop’r. BEEF, Pork,..Veal, Mutton, Sausaujre, Bo higna, etc., sold in quantities to stilt pur sUftsersat ilie lowest prices. None bntthe nasi stoct slaughtered. Everybody is invited all. . Tlse Highest Price Paid for wood Fat Cattle. .... J. J. EIGLESBACH. c. wittts, GUN and LOCKSMITH Shopon River bank, south of Schuo.l House Rensselaer, Indiana. Alfkinds cf Iron mid Wood turning, And fine work in Irons Steel and Brass, on short notice, and at reasonable rates. Give men call. W. BISSENDEN & SONS, HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTERS, GRAINERS, KALSOMINERS, and C-A-TT.-JX-XQ-S ELaJSTTSRS, • 'Shop opposite Halloran’s Livery Stable.) RENSSEiSrtR, - - Indiana. 2isS?Decaratiug, Fainting and Paper Hanging a Specialty. 17-35-ts. Champaign That every Republican in the county, and as many Democrats as desire it, may have A tn<tKOitoifl.v Rei.iabi.i: Repi hlican pane) thirigg the coming campaign that wiil be of great interest, local and general, we will furnish the Itedaer Republican From this date to Jan. Ist, 1887, for piity This is a very liberal oiler and should he EMBRACEDAT ONCE. immSfi MANUFACTURERS DEALERS XXT ’ A harness, sadbees, CO LIARS. WHIPS, .TRVXKS V iLKES, BLANKETS, ROSSES, CARRIAGE TRIM* MIX’GS, HARNESS OIL, etf OwtueNtlc and New York Singer Sewing Machines AT THEIR .....HARNESS SHOP. OUTH SIDE OF WASHINGTON oTR-El ■“■ttmswfcm’r--—rrW-dkHiRHI* ■ -f-- - —l- ——. ? ■ The Gem IVwi’sery. Grower? and Dealers'tn General Nursery Stock, and J’rofa ;aroiis of tiie May Queen St ra av b eru y, G o lden Gem Rasi’bhrry and Alaska 81.1 EBERRY ... • , ' • -r ' — ~ . • • Or it Specialties:' Lucretia Dew.t)ff per dozen. Alaska Blueberry, 75 ets. per dozen Thornless Prolific Raspberry, 81.1)0 .per dozen. f’S.CO per 100-G;-rn Raspberry, SI.OO per dozen May Queen .Strawberry;.' 81.00 ~tcr -ttozH.— -«-• ~■- The n? ney in all cases must accompany th® .rder. Address, ■ 11. C. '& F. M. Hatten & Co. > - New f’lirnsterOliio. July i:i-:bn A Escape* ■Mra Mary A. Dailey, of Tunkhannock, Pa.. was aiilicted for six years with Asthma and Bronelntis, during which time the best physicians could give no-r lief. Iler life was despaired pf. untal in Li?t October she procured a Bottle of Dr K-ktg’-s New Discovery, when immediate rebel wasTeltranrDHy continuing its use for a short time she was-coißpleiely cured, gaining in flesh 40;'bs. in » few months. Frl’C Trial,Bottles at F. B. Moyer's Di tig -S. ore. Large Si ze sl. 46-4 L To; Purely a Tfiislake. The Domestic Sewing Machine Connmiiy HAVE changed their agency, and"C. B. Steward is, and has been, the ow3y recognized Hg'.-iit of the “l)OMEsTl£lin Rei.sseltier. Other parties have tried, it is true, to get the agency, and have advertised themselves as such; but I wish the people to know that Lam the Sole anil .Only agent of the “Domestic’’ Sewing Machine in Jasper county. U. B. Steward.

Raised Ten Per Cent

The fol lowing official communicatiqn was received by Auditor Robinson, last Saturday: “Office of Auditor of State, Indianapolis, July 30,1886. To Auditor of Jasper county. ■ Dear Sir: It is ordered, by the State Board of Equalization that the total value of lands, embracing the improvements' thereon, in your county, as returned by Vou to the Auditor of State shall be increased 10 per cent. J. J. Bingham, Secretary State Board of Equalization. The effect of this order by the state board will be to add $153,740 to the total amount of taxable property in the .county.

Answered According to his Folly.

Democratic Sentinel. It don’t make the least difference whether the editor of The Message lives or dies, etc.—Horace E. James. O, yes it does! It makes a big difference. It is a burning shame that in this “land of the free, and home of the brave,” such heartrending and soul-bursting cries should find utterance. Perish the thought that a fellow-citizen—a distinguished fellow-citizen —one whose noble physique has wabbled over the guano-spread and saltstrewn highways of Turk Island; whose mighty intellect and penetrating eyes have caused the natives to bow at his feet. And here we demand of Uapt. M. F. Chilcote, chairman of the Republican county committee, Hon. Henry A. Barkley, chairman of the Democratic county committee, William E. Moore, Esq., chairman of the National Labor Greenback county committee, and all other good citizens, that they give our “stricken” neighbor such assurances of safety as will set at rest all his fears, relieve him of the necessity for carrying a walking stick, and cause his heart to sing for joy. .No, Horace —never say “die.”

A SATEMENT.

The law compels us acting as as ..“Th e Board of Commissioners of the County of Jasper” in a corporate capacity to levy a, poll and advalorem tax, sufficient to meet all ‘ county expenses.- Sections 5745 and 6269 R. S. 1881. Last yeat the rate waS eightyfive cents on each one hundred dollars. This year the rate is seventy-five cents,',a reduction of nearly one T eighth in rate. Nocounty poll tax is levied. Last year our lands and improvements" were assessed at an average at 85.07 per acre, on which the coun 7 ty tax averaged 4 and 85 ,oi e hundredths cents per acre. This year our lands and improvements are appraised at 84 32 per acre and the tax is 3 and 24 one hundredths cents per ■ acre. The tax on the same real property is thus decreased. 33 per cent, which, in our judgment, is as much a^rwoyddneitaiidy meet al 1 emergencies. We also desire to say, that as a Court and Corporation, we decide all matters that come before us, as nearly as we can, according to the law and facts. For the wisdom of our decisions we assume all responsibility, and the County Auditor, who acts simply as our clerk, is in no sense accountable for our action as a court or cotporntjoiL The manner in which the Messaije . has .referred to some of our Judicial and Corporate proceedings peems to require this statement in order that the people whose servants we are, may not be loiaied as to matters touching County taxes, receipts and expenditures. We have no objection to any piublication of (ill H’c foils as to valuation,” levy and probable amount to be raised as well as the probable call revenue. This cohld do no harm, while.a partial statement might. We have favored a gradual decrease of the rate, even with, a decreased valuation, still keeping our orders at fair and our contracts on a basis. We think this is right. A. C. Prevo, I Com. of JasGl, P. Tabok, 1 per County. 8. Brown, a former resident of Gillam tp., died suddenly in Medaryville, last Saturday, ot hemorrhage of the lungs. He had forJnffdy been a Mefhodist minister and latel- g telegraph operator, bn! ’poor health had driven iiiiu from each’vocation- Arne remains were buried in Independence cemetery, in Gillam township. ?. I Food for the brain and nervi-s -that will invigorate the body without intux- ' icating, is what we need in these days of rush and worry. Parker’s Tonic restores the vital energies, soothes the nerves, and brings good fac-alth quicke • than any thing you Aug.

County Correspondence.

GITLAM ITEMS. Mr. James Rodgers is visiting his parents and sisters. On last Saturday night an icecream supper was givefi to the young folks of the neighbdrhood by Messrs. Jos. Maddox, ElliS Reddenbo and Wm Querly, at winch there were about fifty in attendance. A hail storm passed through Gillam last week which completely cut some of the farmers corn to ribbons. Hailstones were picked up that were f ully as large as a guinea hen’s egg. As an accidental effect of the storm, two mowing machines were broken to pieces by running horses, but fortunately no person was injured. Orgetobix. 2ARKLEY ITEMS. Harvesting all over. Mr. J. Cowden has gone to Ohio to visit friends, and relatives. Sunday School at the Barkley church every Sunday and don’t forget to come. A new conveyance in Nubbin Ridge purchased in Rensselaer by Mr. Switzer. Several of Barkley’s young folks are thinking of attending the basket meeting at Brushwood next Sunday. Thrashing in full blast. Wheat is very good making from 20 to 25 bushels per acre. Oats generally average about 50 bushels. A good rain would be of great help to the corn and also the roads. Mrs. Sarah Steele has returned from a six months visit in, lowa, bringing with her a niece who will make Barkley a week’s visit and and before her return home will visit relatives living in Carroll county. KANKAKEE TOWNSHIP. IT. Paulson’s new house looks well since it was painted. Miss, Addie Sands has returned home from visiting her sister at Hammond, Ind. J. Vandecar just finished making his timothy hay: Robert Hall received a notice that his pension claim was allowed at the nite of $2 per month. . The contractors on C. & I. C. R. R. are grading. Men and teams., in demand. ‘ J. C. DuiihTY&iidence looks very, lonely since Johnny arid wife are attending normal. E. Jensen, the Dnhnville blacksmith, has plenty of work. He attends promptly to business. We understand that H. Floor has engaged in the poultry business and has a beautiful fiock of Plymouth rocks. jJavidA. Colons <fc Co- started: out threshing last Monday. They; do good work and give general; We understand that Messrs. S. J. Bently and J. N. White are going. to run a supply store i.n.Wheatfield for the benefit of the.railroad men. We wish them \ • 1 •

Frat Broke.

The Town Board, at its regular monthly meeting last Monday evening, allowed claims amounting to about S7OO in the aggregate, or enough, when cashed to leave next tonothing jn tho treasury.. Among, the amounts were >200.06 for -gravel purchased of the railroad company, SIOO to bt Michaels, of Bogansport, for concrete pi r)e for the Harrison street sewer; $107.50 to Thompson & Bro for supreme court fees, and other legal services, sl7 to F. W. Babcock for legal services, and a large number of smaller sums, for work on streets &C. $36.45 to the railroad company for freight on sewer pipes Ac. '" —: — , i 7 ——- It was decided to gravel Front street, between Washington and Susan streets. The office of the Board and their place of meeting will hereafter be in thebuilding now occupied as an ’office by F. W. Babcock and the towip-cierk, C. C. Warner. ~T 6 should be explained - that ■th-e fund from which the above allowances ere paid is the surplus brought over from last yea)-, rmd that the town treasury will soon ' be itusli again from the proceeds ' of this years taxes. ■ The legalises &c. above ’men ; tibned grew out of the litigation | resulting from tire action of a for--1 mer board in iiarrowing Van Rens I Felaer slreet, some years ago.

Geology of Jasper.

EditPk Republican : * i- ■< A tew words of mine may be of interest anfl service to your readers of Rensselaer. I shall address them not in the language of science but in the word? of common life. Abstract sciences, however fertilizing to the mind, have but little interest to the general reader; And yet Jefferson Davis has told his countrymen, if countrymen he has. one truth. It is this: That every intelligent man should know something about the features, botanical and geological, of his own town or' county. Every business man of intelligence must know something about the resources of his town as determined by thcSe features. It s obvious to every observer that this section of Indiana has not long beed reclaimed from the water. Your streams are young. The Iroquois has not age enough to have sculptured a valley. It reminds me a little of the Piatte. which from Denver to Plattsmouth. on the Missouri, (wriggles along on the surface and has cut neither valley nor canyon. The Iroqueis has made itself as the “Makemself” ditch is now making itself* in Rensselaer. The rocks exposed on its banks dip at a slight angle. They have risen from the bed of an ocean but the movement was not violent. They were once a coral reef. “Life in rare and beautiful forms” was sporting here on the shallow bed of a tropical sea. The wrecks of that old life made your limestone. It is of the geologic age called “Devonian.” It belongs to the subdivision called “Hamilton.” This Hamilton limestone is olit'erous. It is the oil horizon ih Canada. In Rensselaer it is saturated with rock oil. Every well which pierces it is oily. But no well in Rensselaer which terminates in this limestone can yield oil or gas in paying quantity. An oil rock, to be productive, must not crop, it must be covered by shale. A system of sand stone, called in Indiana the “knob stone” crops to the south and east of Rensselaer. It is the lowest member of the carboniferous system and is equivalent to the “Berea grit” which is the source of oil and gas iu eastern Ohio. Here it is barren. It. caps the limestone. It is an outlier of the coal system. It is the youngest rock in the county. The Rensselaer limestoneAs the oldest gh the surface. . A well was bored in Terre Haute to a depth of 1600 feet. At that depth the drill pierced the Hamilton limestone which forms the surface rock at Rensselaer. .The well yields about.twen'y th c barrels of oil per day. 1 find that thesui±dce shoM’ ofoilhere Bas induced n’en to bore but they stepped too soon. No oil or gas can be found here, in paying quantity, above that systeifl of blue limestone, called Jhe “Trenton. ” This lies more than a thousand feet below the surface of Jasper county It is the oil rock of Lima and gas rock of Findlay, Two of the conditions required for oil .or gas are present in Rensselaer. First is the presence below of olifei uus strata; second is the “OVgri'&ich strata of shale;-—A= third condition is required. An antiufliuaLaxis or’ folding of the strata. Such an' axis is ufit clearly revealed in Eens'clacr. I'lre structure may bo present but flic -rock exjibsuhes' are hardly sutii '.. nt to show i r .

K. K.

Log;i;i.-';><iit JoiinC'.l. The Journal Is pleased to note t'ie lavor with which the suggestion of the name ot Charles F. Grillin, of Crown Point, for the Republican nomination for Secretary of S'gite, is feceiv.'d l'irougliout tli’ Tenth. Congressional .D’sVrh-t,’and'indeed in' other districts o: tins, pan of t:.c state. H s name was hmught forwa rd in this connection only a few days ago, but the suggestion has been taken up and favorably eoininenTiepublican pr-p'rr in northern Indiana. Cass county Wilt not go to the State Conventio n with :my candidate of her own. She wi’.-l ask nothing fur any of I our people but she is willing to join baiufs with _ the olin.-r cmmlie-s in the liistriul, and press the claims of Mr. Griffin. C.tn-oh county i ndui.sed him at their reCent conveP.tioinHe is a young man, but it is not a crime hx Indiana to be <i young man, He has for several years been recognized as oneol the most successful attorneys iu '.northern Indiana, a young man of clean methods and of spotless character, and these, coupled, with brain and j energy, and unswerving Rep-.ibiicanism, i liaye-bToiigiit ifiui tootire attention o’ FfSe party in this district. No one need ' apologize tor presenting his name to i the convention, and after the conven- ' tion, if he be nonririat&J, no cue need apologize tor Imn over the slate. Ho will step forwardl and speak fothiniEelf. • Charles F. Griflin’s friends are confident his nomination would make the state ticket strong itrNorlhern Indiana, especially, and thpj7will push his name with an enthuoasro tbat will win,

W. D. GUÑING.

Charles F. Griffio

GOOD NEWS! Several good reasons whyl will sell you goods at prices which are in proportion to the prices at which you ate selling your produce ; * I Sell Strictly for Clash! My expenses are much smaller than my , competitors; I hire no clerks, doing my own work; have np drayage to pay; therefore I can, and will, sell you , GROCERIES as cheap as .they can be bought any where in town Don’t believe thia till you have given me a call. Store close to Depot T W. KING. 18-2G-tf. Rensselaer, Indiana. I keep constantly on sale a full and complete stock of Lath, Sash Lumber Doors Shingles, Windows Having pttt'chased my stock fpr cash, I can and WILL offer superior inducements to cash buyers. Give me a call before buying else where' R P. BENJAMIN. 16-36 If. THF OLD RELIABLE Brick and Tile Factory, About three-fourths of a mile west ot Rensselaer, is the place to procure the best made, the best burned Brick and }|T" the best prices to suit purchasers. Tile of all sizes and Common and Pressed Brick constantly on hand. Call and examine my manufactures before purchasing. LIVERY&'FEED _ sfABLE. J. W. POWELL., Proprietor. " " ■■ ■■■'' . ' 1 " '"V Halloran’s old stand. Teams furnished at all hours, ■ ’day or night, at reasonable prices. Feeding a specialty. solicited •' Rensselaer, - - - - - - Indiana. “ -,r j i'"". . . _ . E - - - " BOBEBT H. YEOMAN —SELLS—.A jft _ _ t ' D” Empire 1-larvesting JVlacliines, Twine &c. workmanlike manner, and at the lowest possiiije rates. __ WAGONS AND IJVGGIES and all other'work usually done in that lioe-. WAGONS AND BUGGIES Made to order, abd of the Rest material and workman ship Shop on Front Street, south of Citizens’ , Rensselaer, Ind’ 17-27-lL _ , - - . .. - ’ —— ——.—, —l— •*•* ~ -—•— ——— • ■ ‘ ~ " ' ' I '."T • UE® 1 The undersigned haw nuw plete stock of Mg U’3 B Ml Including Yellow Pine and poplar: from the South, which we propose tc sell to our patrons It Bottom Prices. Our facilities for obtaining our stock from first hands, enables us to offer Specil Bargains as an inducement for patronage. And to all who will come and sea us, wo promise Square Dealing and Best Prices. . Come, Set us, and save money. Respectfully, COIL.BOJEI.3xf «fc CrV