Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1894 — Page 4

THE .REPUBLICAN Thursday, January 4, 189-1. ISffUKD B V KBY THURSDAY BY geo. s. F JBIJPHEB AND PROPBIBTOB. _ - OFFICE Tn Republican building, on or tier of Washington and Weetou streets. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year $1.50 Six Mont hs : Three Months 56 Official Paper of Jasper County.

Republican Organization.

The Republicans of Jasper county and all who wish to cooperate with them are requested to meet in their townships on SATURDAY JAN. 6, 1894, at 2 o’clock P. M. for the transaction of the following business: Ist The election of a precinct committee in each precinct of each township, the members of which shall elect one of their number to be a member of the county central committee. 2nd. The election of one delegate for each precinct to the District convention to be held at Logansport, Thursday Jan. 18th, 1894, for the election of a member of the State committee. The places of meeting in the several townships, unless otherwise designated by the existing township committees, shall be as follows:

Barkley township, Center School House. Marion township, the Court House. Carpenter township, Exchange HaH. "Walker township, the Hogan school house. In all other townships, the respective voting places of such townships. The central committee selected as above provided, will meet oh Saturday, Jan. 13th 1894, at 1 o’clock sharp, at the court house in Rensselaer, for organization, in accordance with the call of the State Central Committee, by the election of a chairman, vice-chair-man, secretary and treasurer. M. F. Chilcote, Ch. Jasper Co. Rep. Cent. Com.

WALKER TOWNSHIP REPUBLICANS The Republicans, of Walker tp., and all others that wish to cooperate with them are requested to meet at the Hogan school house Saturday, Jan., 6th, at 2 P. M. as per call, for the purpose of organization of the township Republican Committee and the election of a delegate to the Logansport convention. €. V. Jones, John O’Conner. Secy. Chairman.

Wheatfield Township. The Republicans of Wheatfield township will hold their organizing convention in Graves’ hall, in Wheatfield, on Saturday, Jan. 6, at 2p. m. As per above County Call John Graves, Township Chm. Keener Township Call. The Republicans and all others who wish better times are requested to meet at the DeMotte school house on Saturday, January 6, 1894, at 2 P. M., as per call, for the purpose of organization of the township republican committee and the election of a delegate to the Logansport convention. j D. E. Fairchild. The Republican party has lost strength in rfecent years from failure to push the young men into the party work. Give them a big show in the organizing conventions next Saturday. Next Saturday afternoon the Republicans of Indiana will reorganize their forces for the great Struggle to redeem the state from Gerrymander iniquity; and the nation from the abject misery of free-trade depression. Every Republican in Jasper county should do his share, by attending the township conventions on that day.

When a naah is out of work, and the family in the house cold and hungry, the call to "stand true to the platform” of his party that has worked all the mischief, is not as impressive as it was in 1892, when he marched with a rooster in his hat and plenty of change in his pocket. i

The M iller Brother’s Cutlery Company, of Meridian, Conn., post this notice on their door; "The Wilson bill, as reported, reduces the duty on pocket cutlery about 60 per. cent If it becomes a law, it will become necessary to reduce l 'wages from 40 to 50 per cent. If we start up after January Ist we will reduce wages not less than 25 per cent, and if the bill finally passes in its present form, further reductions may be expected?"—

The following from Samuel J. Tilden’s letter of acceptance is good reading for democrats just now:

Uncertainty is the prolific parent of mischief in all business. Never were its evils more felt than now. Men do nothing because they are unable to make any calculations on which they can safely rely. They undertake nothing, because they fear a loss in everything they would attempt. They stop and wait. The merchant dares not buy for the future consumption of his costumers. The manufacturer dares not make fabrics which may not refund his outlay. He shuts his factory and discharges his workmen. Capitalists can not lend on security they consider safe, and their funds lie almost without interest. Men of enterprise who have credit or securities to pledge will not borrow. Consumption has fallen below the natural limits of a reasonable economy. The public mind will no longer accept shams. It has suffered enough from illusions. An insin- v cere policy increases distrust. An unstable policy increases uncertainty. The people need to know that the government is moving in the direction of ultimate safety and prosperity, and that it is doing so through prudent, safe and conservative methods, which will be sure to inflict no new sacrifice on the business of the country. Then the inspiration of new hope and well founded confidence will hasten the restoring processes of nature, and prosperity will begin to return.

CALL ON GOWDY AND SEEDS.

The Republican state committe has established permanent headquarters at No. 17, on the fourth floor of the remedied Journal building in Indianapolis. Chairman Gowdy and Secretary Seeds cordially invite all Republicans to call When at the capital. They say: If the people are started to reading good Republican newspapers during these long winter evenings, when they have plenty of time to think, the next campaign will be won before it is begun.

REPUBLICAN DISTRICT CONVENTIONS.

The Republicans of the Tenth Congressional District will meet in delegate convention at Logansport, Thursday, January 18, 1894, at the court house at 1:30 p.m., for the purpose of electing a? member of the state central committee. The basis of representation will be one delegate and one alternate delegate for every one hundred votes and for each additional fifty or fractional one hundred votes over fifty cast for first elector on Republican ticket in 1892. The several counties will be entitled to representation as follows: Carroll 22 Cass 35 Fu1t0n...... r.;. 21 Jasper ... ,]4 Lake 30 Newton 12 Porter 22 Pulaski . ~....r; 10 White 18 Charley Harley, Chairman Tenth Congressional District

To Electric Light Patrons. Persons using electric lights in residences will please notice that by their contract they agree to turn out lights at 10 o’clock. Those desiring to burn lamps all night, will hereafter be charged accordingly. A. H. Hopkins, Manager.

WHO THEY ARE.

The Democrats who are behind the tariff bill are Southerners. Nice fellows to wreck and ruin the industries of the north. Here are the names and addresses of the Ways and Means committee: ■Chairman Wilson, Charleston, West Virginia, population, 2287. Benton McMillin, Carthage, Tennessee, population, 478. Henry G. Turner, Quitman, Ga., population, 1,86 b. CHfton B. Breckenridge, Pine Bluffs, Arkansas, population less than 1,000. Alexander B. Montgomery, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, population 2,260. There- are no manufactories located in any of these towns, and yet all the manufacturing indue trie? of the United States must lieidle, while these men, who know nothing about manufactories, argue over what they eo not understand.—Delphi Journal.

A NATIONAL APPEAL.

The American Protective Tariff League in special and extraordinary session on December 16 th, responding to the earnest request of wage owners, unanimously agreed that it was necessary to call upon the press of the United States to urge every patriotic citizen to assist in defeating the proposed Wilson Free Trade Tariff, which is now before Congress. If this measure becomes a law, the demand for labor in all productive employments in this country will be decreased. This will reduce the wages and earnings of every man, woman or child among us; permanently lower the standard of living in this country; and, reduce the purchasing power of our wage earners who constitute the great consuming force in this land. Every person, rich or poor, high or low, old or young, who is not in favor of lower wages and less comfort in life, should at once write a postal card to the Congressman from his or her district, protesting against the passage of this bill and demanding that the McKinley Tariff be left unchanged. Write a postal card' to-"day, • and urge every friend of yours to do the same. Perhaps your effort will defeat Free Trade and save Protection.

Have They Got Hydrophobia?

Intelligence was received Saturday, of a strange and fatal disease that was prevailing among the cattle Of Frank Hays, of Barkley tp. He had then lost three cows with it in quick succession, and two more were sick. When first taken the cows refuse to eat for a day or two and then go wildly crazy, and die, apparently from exhaustion, in a few hours.' “They will run at anything, fiom a hen up,” is what an observer said who saw some of the cows in the Crazy stage of their disease.

Some two weeks or so before the cows began to be sick Mr. Hays’ dog, which had previously been very mild in behavior, attacked the cows of his own motion, and was known to have bitten one or two of those that afterwards died. Mr. Hays undertook to whip the dog, and it bit him on the hand. The dog then disappeared and has never been seen since.

'AH these circumstances certainly point very strongly to the conclusion that the dog had hydrophobia, and transmitted it to the cows. And it may be added further that Dr. J. H. Honan, the veterinary surgeon, who was in town Saturday, after hearing the case, pronounced the symptoms like those of hydrophobia. Naturally Mr. Hays’ friends are very apprehensive as tp what may be the result of the bite he received.

Not the Right Sort of Keeley Cure. Goodland Herald. Evangelist Keeley, who conducted a series of meetings here last winter, seems to be in a bad row of stumps. At Rensselaer he was slapped in the face by a woman, at the close of one of his meetings, in which he had used some offensive language; Wednesday at Wabash he was severely whipped by a citizen, who took offense at his personal allusions during a sermon. Keeley’s system ii not calculated to do the cause of the Lord much good.

Full Seventy Thousand $ $

EXPENDED ON BUILDINGS IN RENSSELAER IN 18W Thirty-six New Residences Have Been Built. According to our long established custom, we have prepared a summary of the year’s improvements in Rensselaer. The beginning of the year 1893, presented the most active building “boom” in the history of the town. The panic cut the boom off in the exuberance of its youth, but not until enough buildings had been completed or begun, to make the year a better one than the average, in resptet to improvements. Briefly mentioned the principal improvements were as follows: BUSINESS BUILDINGS; Sayler & Co., a 100 barrel roller process flouring mill, on Front street, W. R. Nowels & Son, a new 75 barrel roller processs flouring mill, and grain elevator remodeled.... $6,000 Frank Osborne, planing mill and wood-workings shops, on Vine street, Gillette & Hochstettler, iron foundry, Vine street SI,OOO Warner & Shead, store building on Van Rensselaer street. .... $920 A Leopold’, business rooms on Van Rensselaer street. S6OO RESIDENCES. F., M. Parker, two story house, north of Coen’s grove z $2,500 Wallace Robinson two story house on north Weston street ...... $2400

Mark H. Hemphill, two story house, comer Division and Susan streets $2,200 Ben]. Harns, two story house, Front street $2,400 Dr. J. W. Horton, two story house, corner Division and Cordelia streets $1,600 Frank Foltz, house on Work street... $1,500 Hiram Day, house on Cullen street W. A. Huff, house' corner Cullen and Harrison streets <sl3oo J. P. Hardman, house corner Weston and Rutson streets ...... $1,600 J. P. Hammond, house on Cullen street SI2OO S. C. Hammond, house on Cullen street..- SI2OO Geo. Hollister, house on Weston street ....... SI,OOO John Makeever, house on Cullen street. SI,OOO Conrad Hildebrand, house on Front street SI,OOO J. H. Perkins, house" in Leopold’s Addition $1,400

D. M. Yeoman, house in Weston’s Addition .. $1,600 Jos. Kight, house in Weston’s Addition $llOO Fred Schultz, house in Weston’s Addition ..... S7OO Lewis Thornton, house in Weston’s Addition SBOO James Thompson, house and barn in Newton’s Addition SI6OO Mrs. Nettie Hoover, rebuilding house in Newton’s Addition.. SI2OO H. T. Thornton, house in Thompson’s Addition. $1,200 George Pumphry, house in Thompson’s Addition SIOOO Johr. Irwin, house in Thompson’s Addition • S6OO

John Brenner, house in Magee A Benjamin’s Addition $2,000 Mrs. Mattie Bowman, house in Magee & Benjamin’s Addition. S6OO C. C. Brown, house in Magee & Benjamin’s Addition S3OO Wm. McElfresh, house in Leopolds’ Addition.... 1500 N. S. Jenkins, house in Leopold’s Addition 400 H. J. Bartoo, house in Peacoeh’s subdivision . 900 Henry Grow, house north of the depot .... 600 Reete Hopkins, house north of depot.., 900

Geo. Putts, house in Leopold’s Addition 600 M. L. Warren, house in Benjamin’s Addition ~...... 850 Frank Minicus, house in Leopold’s Addition 750 Thomas Chesnut, house in Owen’s subdivision 1,000 In addition to the above, many persons improved their property by enlarging or embellishing their houses, or business places, building barns, Ac. The following parties expending sums of from SIOO to SSOO. N. 8. Bates, Geo. Strickfaden, J. J. Eiglesbach, F. French, A. C. Bushey, A. Thompson, H. Harris, W. H. Rhoades, T. J. Sayier, Wm. Kessinger, Geo. McCarthy, Geo. E. Murray. By these and some few others, at least $5,000 was thus expended. The .above figures are nearly all

■ «W STORE! nr— —mnr , ot, . NSW FIRM u/ NSW GOODS, ' I New BUILDING > The Undersigned Have formed a partnership -and opened buisness in the new iron building on Van Rensseluer street, south of McCoy’s bank building. They have a full and wholly fresh line of StapleANfiFancy Groceries, WHICH THEY WILL SELL AS CHEAPLY AS FIRST CLASS GOODS CAN BE SOLD FOR. Give us a trial, WARNER A SHEAD. —— •- —■ : .. ■——7-»-•

from the owners of the buildings, or from carpenters who built them. In a few cases however, where neither owners nor builders were seen, the sums are estimates, and some of them perhaps will need revision.

REMINGTON ITEMS.

James Parks moved into his new house, Tuesday. Mr. Phelps has been much worse again, this Week. Geo. Griffin went to Chicago Saturday, for a short visit with his son Fred.

Miss Alice Patton went to Bloomington Tuesday morning, to attend school. Clyde Cooyer has been very sick with quinzy during his visit here but is nearly well. Mr. Beasley, the photographer,, has been quite sick for several days, but is better now.

Mr. Cooper returned home Tuesday of last week. He is now much better and able to sit up. Uncle Sammy Babb fell off a sidewalk Thursday, and was laid up for several days with a sprained toe, in consequence. Miss Belle Lally entertained a select company of her young friends on Monday evening after the Christmas exercises. Miss Dollie May will accompany Miss Essa Roberts on her return to Evanston where she will attend s chool the remainder of the vear, The I. 0. 0. F. made some Very

useful Christmas presents. They gave each cne of the widows of their de ceased members twenty dollars. The Endeavors and Epworth League held a union sunrise prayer meeting at the Presbyterian church, Monday morning. It was led by John McKee. Mrs. Wm. Shaw was called away by the serious iUness of lier sister, Mrs. Palmer. Mrs. Jessie Solomon will keep house for her father, during the absence of her mother. The family of Geo. NorwdOd

seems to be especially afflicted. On Christmas day his wife and father died within atf hour of each other, and last Wednesday he lost his daughter Mary, a young girl of sixteen, whose death Was caused by lung fever. The many friends of Mrs. May Hardy were deeply pained and shocked to hear of her sudden death

on Christmas afternoon. She was apparently in her usual health, whdfi she was taken very 111, and died after only a few hours sickness. She was a woman whose many lovable qualities made her a large circle of friends, and she will be sadly missed by them.' The funeral services under the auspices of the Daughters of Rebekah, was held in the Presbyterian churfch. It was one of the largest funerals ever held in this section, the church being

packed to overflowing. The religious services were conducted by Rev. McKee, assisted by Elder Carson . A large delegation from the Rensselfter lodges attended the services. The floral offerings were numerous, and beautiful. An immense floral lyre being one of the most oonspicious. She leaves a husband and two children to mourn her loss.

Seed Corn For Sale. Seed corn for sale. White, early and very productive. Saved especially for seed. Fletcher Monnett. “ NOTICE. The undersigned will not feed Teams after Jan. Ist, 1894, for less; than 50 cents. Hay teams, 25 cents.' Single horses 15 cents. J. F. Iliff., Robert Randl®. 3tp. Conbad Hildebrand.

Notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of the-stockholders of the Rensselaer Separated Butter Company, at the Court House, in Rensselaer, Ind 1 , on Saturday, Jan. 13,1894, atone o’clock p. m., for the purpose of electing five directors for the ensuing year and transacting any other business which may come before the meeting. Attest: A. McCoy, Pres. Jas. F. Irwin, Secretary.

School Report. South Lawn, Barkley tp., for month ending Dec. 29/ ’9B. Number enrolled, males 7, females 8. Number present, Emily, Lorena and Pearl Bull, Hale Grant, May Wright, Robt. and Ross McDonald, Floyd Robinson, Anna Tanner, and Beth Yeoman. Deportment above 95, Emily, Lorena,Qand Pearl Bull, Belle Crail, Hale Grant, EverettJGreenles, Robert, Ross and Mary McDonald, Anna Tanner, May Wright, and Beth Yeoman. ' C. E. Jenkins.

They’ll Deliver Your Groceries* Remember that Warner A Shead, he Van Rensselaer street grocery and hardware firm, are now' running a delivery wagon, and will deliver goods free to any part of the city, on short notice.

Thirteen-stop, full walnut case or gun, $35. C. B. Steward. WarL'er AShead, at the new grocery ai&re, would like a share of your ; trade. They will treat you right Call <onC. B Steward, agent for lots in Cc tambia Addition; 140 lots at prices- fi ’°m to $l3O. The unde rsigned has pur chased of Thos. Burns the new livery stable, on Vanßensw laer Btrect , west of the public square- an< t proposes to conduct the same h ’ a manner to give the amplest satisfy io , n all I*trons. Nothing but d rig® <> ut Prices very rear*. ’ na ble. Give me atrial. L 'obt. Randle. Ten different maftea of Seeing W*” chines, At Steward’s*-