Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1888 — Page 4

THE REPUBLICAN Thursday, Mabch, 1,1888. S«tM Of Pnues<MU«icaFQii.*s per annum tor 6 lines er an :»e era. k»r each additional line. Lot;*! notices, 10 ceataporMnetor first insertion ■ cent* per line for each insertion. Special rates tor choice places i n the paper,and j or advertisements wider titan one column • •hllsoJ regular advertisers payahlt quarterly ; ansient to lie paid in advance ■> JOBI-HINTINU.— Alargcassortnientoftypi an'l •ther material for poster.ca.uphlet .circular and tindred work. Price s', ow, • |

county officers (Merk ... Sheriff ' Samvel E. Yeoman. Aniiior"* Gkougi:-M. Robinson. Trcasnrer” ■■■■■■■■ ' "■ w asiwkn. Recorder . .... Thoma# Antrim. -gurvevor’.’. .lambs < . Tn haws Coroner j.~. ... . ..... Pun.iK, Bu f. iiupcroUendCiil Ftrtrtte-Set**<*i - . -F. W * «tt rx /Ki District A*' < . Pkkvo, Commissioners ?2<l District .J. I U a'>s. <&1 District. .<>. I>. IAI,«K. Com.iittfmMrC Court—f’irit Mondoyt <» March Jfunt. Sti-tix.ittrarulboceo'l'tr.-- _—. JUDICIAL Circuit Jndffc >.rrir« If. U Ar.n. Prosecuting Attorney K. ''.Marshall. TertM <y. January; Third Monday ’« -IfurcA,- in Jultr; Third Mond st; in Cciobtr. > . COf.PORA.TION OFIICEKS: Marshal ..V>'.m. 11. Wood. Clerk .’ Chas. Warner treasurer - ■ ■<-’• <■’ ntaku r Ist Ward. R. F. Bxrjamin |'ld Ward ....... .< has. F. M hen Oouncllmen < S<l Warn ,Fl> D. Kkoajirs. I AthWard "M. t>REBNT IK-LU IMhWard ALIKEP IHOMISON. JASPER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION Jesse Gwin. Trustee. Hanging Grove tp. Tamcsß. Gin1d.Tru5tM'............. Gillaui Ip.. FrcdS. Mclscr. Trustee.. . ” Riker tp. John L. Niclu ls. Trustee Barkley tp. Kizer A. Griswold. Trustee.. Mari.m tp. Hank Welsh, Trustee....... Jordan Ip. Jackson Freeland.Trustee—__~-Xvwi<->ii tp - M. F.Schwanke, Trustee*Keener tp. .tames N. White. Trustee.... k-anlfitKee tp. 1.. I-, smror. Trustee . .V hent: e<o tp. Oscar M Vickery. Trustee Carper ter tp. W.i«iui>glon Scott. Trustee. V.ilip’. tp. Stephen T. Comer,Trustee,. 1 !, i<m tp W. 11. Cooler .Ren?i!>Slnih Dr. I ,B. Washburn..”.w.w.":..-.■ .Keii.whi. r Frank J. Warren. tourny Supt.

The Republican district-conven-tion for the 10th congressional district, to select one delegate and one alternate, to the national convention, will be held at Delphi, on the 19th of April. The‘basis of representation will be u:o <; 8gate for each 200 votes, and one for each fraction of 100 and over, cast for Lieutenant Governor Robertson. This gives Jasper county' thirteen delegates. Judge Harlan, of the U. S. Su-. preme court, rendered his decision Tuesday afternoon in the case of Cay and Bernhi dipt, the convicted tally-sheet conspirators. The decision was against the convicted men and the writ, of error asked for was refused. Their only hope now to escape the penitentiary is in an application for awrtf-rrf habeas corpus, for which application has been made to J udge Gresham. Their chances for that are probably very slight The Lafayette Call eagerly avails itself of the opportunity to embellish its columns by republishing Prof. Wilkinson’s platform introduces it by the following envious paragraph ♦ Prof. Wilkinson, the crank who afflicted our city for several months two years ago, has turned up again. The Professor has given up the ilea of running fpr the Presidv iitial nomination, and is out of politics. but has a “platform,” which is printed in the. Rensselaer RepubLICAN. ■•/ - 1 - 7 How often! alas how often!* ai'e the inspired and prophetic ratiocinations of the philanthropic and philosophical sons of introspective genius thus reviled by...an unfeeling and unappreciative world.

The attempt of the President and his party to hide free trade scheme under the mask., of the surplus, is a shallow and dishonest pretext. This government still owes, and pays interestrupon, a debt of a thousand million dollars. If the surplus is such a dreadful portent of evil and if the ous Burden of Taxation” is grinding out the lives of the people to the extent the Democratic demagogues and unbalanced theorists claim, why not reduce the surplus by paying the debt, and, at the same time, reduce the necessity for taxation by thus cutting off the future interest on what is thus paid ? It is true that no part of the debt is now due and its holders are not now obliged to accept payment, but there are plenty of bonds that can be purchased bn the open market, and the small premium at which they are held ought not be much of an obstacle to a President and Cabinet whose daya are made a terror and

whose nights an incubus, by their truly democratic horror of a snr r plus. The one excuse given by the Administration for not applying the surplus to this commonsense and business-like purpose, is that the present Secretary ot the Treasury has some doubt whether he has the.power to thus purchase bonds for redemption, yet a former, and much wiser and more experienced, Secretary says there is no doubt about Ilia having the power, at all; Lut even; if there Ajterc reasonable grounds for such doubt, there is iio question'" but that Congress, if earnestly requested by the President, would readily pass u bill granting the desired liuUioiity, in clear and explicit terms. Bui the real truth of the matter is, the administration doos not want to pay the Th bl with the ,surplus. They want the surplus right where it is, as a scarecrow to help force a reduction of the protective tariff.

A HOPELESS. HOLE.

Is What the Fl ate Geologist TbhxftN. I _ Below are given a few extracts from a letter from the State Geoli ogist, in regard to the prospects of (the Rensselaer gas well,‘we quote: 1 “You are now about ‘IOO feet in Trentou rock,” j 250 feet would be more nearly exact] :ind there has never been any gas found in this etate, nor any oilier state, at a depth of 800 feet, or more, below the top of the Trenton rock. In all. the paying gas-wells of this state and Ohio the gas has been found at a depth of less than 100 feet below the top of the Trenton. I think, therefore, that there is no probability of your securing gas in your present well by-going deeper, and my advice to you is to abandon it,"and if your -Company desires to prospaci further, select another locality and bore another well.” “I think, however, that you are not likely to secure large flows of gas in jasper county, although you may secure wells that will pay, but I do not-think you wid find oil in jriying quantities.'' “The Auburn people got a good gas well, at a depth of 1936 feet 5 below the surface, but they got the ; gas immediately at the top of the Trenton rock.” U "Gas has never yet been- son nd iin this state, nor any other, below Trenton rock- The Trenton rock ■ * * *• * is probab'y 600 feet thick, or more, at Rensselaer, and you L are ** * probably about half-way through.” Each of out readers is, of course, at liberty to draw his own conclusions as to the reliability of ' these assertions of the State Geo.l----j ogist, and also as to the value of the opinions expressed and advice offered. As for us we have no • doubt, whatever, that he speaks ‘ whereof he has knowledge and that ih'is opinions and r.'lvice arc entire- ! ly trustworthy.

The Biters Were Bitten.

One of the slickest tricks I er r saw wts rprlor.- eJ In a Denver faro-room. TI» Xoya had boon-hitting this bank heavy, ami, although it was in the night, the hank was several thousand dollars loser. Da e Meets was running the game, ami finally took the deal himself. Half an hour bad passed, when-6 eof the players asked for a < igar. Dave sa d to the stranger,’..in the most natural way imaginable: ... .’} -■ , “ Fry one of these. It is a brand I ■amoke-myseHy’’ and he began fumbling in a lower drawer, his head being below the taide. The “lookout? at this moment turned his head to address a remark to a ’bystander, ami the box was left unprotected. In that brief spare of time a small fortune was lest, 'The stranger wiio had asked for the cigar reached over, and, shoving the top card, disclosed the queen of hearts, and then replaced it before the dealer resumed., his position. Handing over 'the cigar, Dave made a motion to shove the top eard. but half a do en voices called to him to hold up. Of course, he waited, and 'a look of surprise passed over his face as every one began to copper the queen, and inside of five niinutes every cent in the room—£4 2,000 —was coppered on that queen. Finally everyone was ready, and amid a silence in which I thought I h< ard. the thumping of one man's heart, Dave shoved the top card, disclosing that selfsame queen of hearts, and everybody breathed easier Uutil another push and the queen of diamonds . lay bare. There were a number of groans and one oath or two, but the. KAA who wanted a cigar had disappeared, and the bank took in half of all beta made in a silence forced by the eonscioußn&-» that the biters had been biiten.— fin hhiuton Cii.i\ ■ . The peculiar combination of Hibbard’s Rheumatic Syrup enables it to do What no otlier remedy has ever accomplished, aun it is daily s«rwjl>os.e whoj ears ago had givec -up- all hopes of being cared. 1

The Building & Loan Association.

jfow Fully Organized and Soon Ready for IltixlneHH. The organization of the Rensselaer Building, Loan and Savings Association, was completed last Monday, at the meeting at the court house, articles of association andliy-laws adopted and a board of directors elected. The main points in the articles and by-laws will be briefly stated: The full name of the association is given above. It is “The Reiissejaor, Building, Loan and Savings Association. -Its capital stock is $500,000, divided into live series of 8100,060 each; and each series divifti d into SOOshares of S2OO each. I'lit* payments are one dollar per month on each share, and an entrance fee of 25 cents per share and a, yearly assessment of 50 cents per share, to pay running (•X[>tn:-cs. ; The accumulated funds will be loaned every month, to the stockholder offering the highest premium, or discount. Interest is six percent, per annum. Provision is also made for loaning any funds not bid for by stockholders. The association.is managed by nine directors, elected by the stoekhohlcrs, and by a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, elected by -the directors. An attorney is also to be employed by the directors. All the officers servo without pay except the secretafy vrho is paid Vol) per year and the attorney whose compensation is to be nrranged -by the (lirecb-rs. The nine dlTectors npw elected will decide by lot which three will serve one year, which three two years and which three three years. Thus hereafter three new directors will be elected every year and serve three years. The terms of all officers Except directors are one year. In the election of directors ancPin all other matters, each stockholder lias one vote and no more, irrespective of the number of shares held by him. Stockholders can withdraw any or all of their stock, on giving three mouths'notiee, and are paid back all they have paid in on installments. If the withdrawal is not hiade until afterPhe first year, they will also get six per cent, .interest on rill tlrey have paid in.

A system of'fines and penalties are provided in case shareholders fail to pay inst diments dr dues, and for borrowers who fail to pay the interest oil their loans. :—Am }'le I >rov ii :nis 1 • s:ls e £or r> 1 - tering or amending the by-laws, when--vet experience... shows the necessity for so doing. The first' board of directors, chosen Monday evening, are A. Parki ODj, L'avid Noweis, J. If. S. Ellis, E. IVRhoades, B. P. Fvigrtsoig Biram Day, Jcku Eg.-r and Vai Selb. An excellent board. They will meet to-day to elect the other officers and take other steps necessary to get the Association in running order.

Announcement of Candidates

TOWNSHIP -TRUSTEE. We are author'/.'d to ;um ounce the "TtrrniW of Henry Grow a can-iidate for theeffireof Trustee of Marion township; subject to the deei.sion of the Republican township convention. We are authorized to announce th it Stewart C. Hammond is a candidate for..the. uillce of Trustee .of Marlon town"shTp. Subject to the decision of the Republican nomimating convention- _ Aman .whohas practiced me Heine for 40years ought so know salt from suJ gar; read what he says: . Toledo, ()’Jan. 10. 1837. Messrs. F. J. Cinner& Genlle- ], —— _ I men: —I have been in the general prsc1 lice of medicine-for most 40 Years, and i - i would say that in qll my pra and experience. have never seen a preparation "that I could prescribe wi!.hms much confidence of success as I can Hall’S Catarrh'Cure, manufactured by you. Have prescribed it a great many times and its effjets is wonderful, and would say in conclusion that I have yet to find j a case of Catarrh that it would not cure if they would take according to directions. . Yours Truly. L. L. Gorsuch, M. £). Office, 215 Summit St. We will give §IOO for any case of Catarrh that can notrrdae cured with l-A Hall’s Catarrh Cure! Taken internally F. J. Cheney & Co. Prpps. Toledo 01 feTrSold by Druggests, 75 cts.

Promise to Pay.

Why are you moving during such Lad weather?” was asked of a wellknown citizen. “Well, you see my landlord insisted, that I was promising to pay too much rent. He said that he could rent the I house for much less than I had promised I to pay. This was quite a high compli- ; ment to me, but it has put me to some | inconvenience.”—Texas Siftings* There are 153,000 physicians in this

Powder-Making.

The oldestPAnicrican firm manufacturing gun pywder has been in existence nearly ninety years, during which time its name has not changed. Its founders were Frenchmen. It is not a partnership nor a corporation—simply a family. It is worth prob .bly $30,000,000; The sons are educated to various occupations or professions in which they will be of use to the company. At the age of twenty-one they -are taken into the business, but niust sign an agreement binding them never to ask h d vision of the. proceeds or estate. During their lives they are given all the money they require, and at their death the widows are handsomely pen sioned until they remarry. Some of the young men become civil engineers, • some chemists, some lawyers. A famous American admiral was of this family. An .employe is rarely discharged, except for ilagrant ificompetence, and at his death his widow is pensioned, and lp s children, if intelligent and capable, brought ui> to follow in’their father’s footsteps. For years this family or community held complete control of the powder market and succeeded in crushing every new powder maUtifa'-turer. Once during the late war' they professed that their mills were inadequate to their orders, and made what’ appeared to be a very fair contract with a rival manufacturer, by which he agreed to furnish them within a stipulated time a large amount of powder, which they, in turn, were to sell to the Goveruinbnt. Immediately upon the signing of the contract the powerful firm bought up every pound of saltpeter in the United States,.and contracted for all that could be shipped from Europe for months to come, so that their victim could oniv procure this essential material through the fiim witlrwhieh he had bound himself by contract. Ruin stared him in the face, but the company released him from the contract upon his assenting to certain concessions, very advantageous to them. A New York company now makes more powder than this company, btit the latter is still the wealthiest in America. Its mills are in Delaware. In the manufacture of powder Pennsylvania stands firs\ New York second, and Ohio third. —New York Sun.

Canals in India.

The India canals are - distinctive feature of the country. They are splendidly built, being intended principally for irrigation, although- having locks, so as to make navigation possible. The largest and most important one is the Ganges Canal, which cost the Government £2,000,0'30. It isabout 300 miles long, runs out of the Ganges and proceeds into the Ganges again. When the subject of building it was.agitated, the interesting natives vowed .they would never for an instant tolerate it, tapping as it did the sacred river of the Hindoos. Then when the work was actually begun they changed their taetics and gravely declared that water would, not- remain in or ftotV through the canal. When the fallacy of this position was-shown, they receded from it and contented themselves with solemnly asserting that, no native would ever avail himself of the improvement. It is now dn_julL-Qpera-FjeujYmwev’eiv-—’ Rabbits have been born with one eaf and stags with one horn; the rattlesnake has but one lung; both eyes of the flounder and halibut are on the same side; the claws of the lobster difi'er, and the valves of the oyster are unequal, yet all the animals and their organs are perfectly symmetrical in the embryo state.

ffll j This man believes in blanketing his horse, <<□) Im zUxAwK. This man don’t think a Horse Blanket does any good. Isn’t it plain that $1.50 to $3.50 spent for one o&the following 51 Horse Blankets would have paid? %5/a Five Mile. Mile. 54 Little Giant. Wr f B° ss Stable, f|A \ S A F. Kersey. /«A \ s/a. Electric. W -X s/a No. 306. There are many other styles. .If these don’t suit you, ask to see them. /tspwNG blanket is made Like fiG. 2. . Hg-i zjSßh , Fig. 2 ShowsWmv Bumkxtc Z®sMF&;lhwjWh“ Vi Suu. r oo Hot Mar Wu. iNKMkETsVfai.Wu)< mu. N«T woowiVfcspf»i£inYcf Wtaa TMiwads. T«'\£*o«IfyaiVtentStrength lock fir this They all have thw 5/A Trade Mark Label Hwed on the inside of each blanket > [Cojayrtstod sit;.]

I®sSW ; K SSL < 'Y®b -M IBBWB mot One that is of sufiicient importance for everybody to read abetth —We .. iugve£i. Just A IsitOe &est Over of our winter stock and we must get rid of it. In order to do so we have SLASHED PRIGES RIGHT AND LEFT And have ceased to pay any regard to cost. Suits & Overcoats We will sell for next to nothing. We do not want to carry anything over to next season. We must SWEEP OUT -s- EVERYTHIN® It is the greatest dollar chance ever heard of and demands a very early -: call. This great sale lasts for a few days only. Then we prepare for our Great Spring Stoek. It will soon be here and we must have room for it. Come and help us to clear out. WILLEY & SIGLER, Rensselaer, Ind. . Ls I keep coEistaafly os sale a complete stock cf all kinds eg" LUMBER. LATH,"Y S SSETGLSS, g Stone, Egg, B g SASH DOORS. AND fh| PITTSBURG AND j| ilwnroows,, Block Ooel. llaving purchased my stock for I can and WILL oiler superioi inducements to cash buyers. Give me a call before buying elsewhere. B F.BEBKMIW.. 16-36 ts. 7 ■ LO tVißfcfi The undersigned have now a complete stock of LUMEHR, LATH MB!/ | Including Yellow Fine and Poplar, from the south, which we propose to sell to our patrons 1 It Bottom PricoSr Our facilities for obtaining our stoch from first hands, enables us to offer Special Bargains as an inducement for patronage# And to all who will come and see us ? we promise square dealing and Best Brices- Game, see us and save money. Respectfully COLBOR.™ - «fc Co, -— s *—’ ~' ~ ‘ “V . Y.: A -..v -J.

-Medicine SAT WHEATFIELD. At the post office building, in the town of Wheatfield, a full supof the best and most reliable patent medicines, are always on sale. The following is a partial list: Dr. D. Javoe’s Medicines. Dr. J. C. Aver's Medicines V. S. Medicine Co’s. Medicines. Dr. J. H. McLean’s Medicines. A. J, White's Medicines. Lyman Brown's Medicines, B. A. Sills’ Medicines. C. ffAWalkor’s Medicines. ——Dr. Gen. Sold by S. D. CLARK, Wheatfield, Ind

Sot Ice of Prices of Liquors. The undersigned gives notice to the public that he will sell beer, wines and liquors, at his saloon, at the following prices: Beer 2 bottles 25 cents. - “ 2 glasses 5 “ Best W hiskey, per qt. 80 cents. “ « “ pt. 40 “ » “ “|pt. 20 “ ' “ glass 5 “ Large quantities sold at |wholesale rates. 1 have several hundred dollars worth of fine whiskey in bond and wish to dispose Jjof j the same, at the above prices. Call and examine stock. M. 0. Halloran