Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1894 — Page 5

The Rensselaer Republican ' ■ - - PROFESSIONAL CARDS •y v PHYSIC I All », '■ • • • TTT W.HARTSELL, M. D„ —-goaEDPATHIC- ” and. Surgeon, *ENBBKLA* B. INDIANA Chronic Diseases a Specialty Office East Washington Street. 8-Jan-84. Residence, Makeever House. TYR. I. B. WASHBUBN, PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, Rensselaer, Indiana. Special attention given to the treatment of D senses of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat and Disease ot Women. Tests eyes for glases, rp b. JONES, Physician and Surgeon, MEDARYVILLE - INDIANA. Calls prrmptly attended. Office one door east of Streiglit’s store. Residence Thorson property. -■ .

BANKS. S’. J.Bfaks, Val. Bete, J. F. Hardman, resident. Cashier. As’t Cashier CITIZENS’ STATE BAWK ' Rensselaer Ind. CAPITAL $30,000. Surplns and undivided profits SBSOOO. Does a general hanking business. Interest, allowed on special deposits. This Is the only State Bank In Jasper County that is examined quarterly by Auditor of State. Your business solicited. Collections will receive prompt attention. , A. JncCov. T, J. 3b Coy .E, L, Hollingsworth. 'T**?l ie s. Vice I'res. Cashier. A.HEcCoy&Co’s.Bank BF,KSBF.I.AEB, INDIANA. Poes a gfperal banking loaned for short time at current rates. We cake a Specialty of LO-A-ITS, at the lowest rates and on most favorable terms. Rensselaer Bank, (Located in Nowels Building. H. O. HARRIS. P-T- HAMMS President. Vice President, J.C. HARRIS, Cashier. Money loaned in sums to suit borrower. Exchange bought and sold on all banking points Collection made and promptly remitted. Deposits received. Interests bearing certificates of deposits issued. LAWYERS. W. S«A RSHALL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Practices in Jasper, Newton and adjoining counties. Especial attention given to settle ment of Decedent’s Estates, Collections, Conveyances, Justices’ Cases, Etc. Etc Etc, Office Over Ohici go Bargain Store. Rensselaer, - - , Indiana. * 3IMON P. Thompson, ~nnJ. Thompson Attorney at Law. Notary Public. Thompson a rbo., ATTORNEYS AT LAW Rensselaer, Ind, Practice In all tne courts. We pay particular attention to paying taxes, selling and ' leasing lands. H. L. SPITLKR Collector and Abstractor JJORDECAI F. CHIIiCOTE, ATTORNEY 7 AT LAW, Rensselaer, Ind. Attends to all business in the profession with promptness and dispatch. Office in second a tor y of the Makeever building.

William B. ArsTiN. Abthuh H. Hopkins Geo.. K. Hollingsworth. AUSTIN & CO. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Rensselaer - - - - Ind. jgyoflle.o second floor of Leopold’s Block, turner Washington an:' Tan Rensselaer stree Practice it all the courts, and purchase. sell and leate real eslsic. Atty’sforL. N. A.® C. Bw.To. B. i s s. Ai-K» latlcn and Rensse laer Water, Light & Power Co. QHRRLEBE. MILLB. ATTCENEY AT SL-A/W Rensselaer, Indiana. Pensions, Collections and Beal Estate. Abstracts carefully prepared, Titles Examined W Farm Loans negotiated at lowest rates Office up stair* over Citiiens Bank. JAMES W. DOUTHIT ATTORNEY AT LAW, - - INDIANA. AA" Office in Rensselaer Bank. jk V 41. MIHOBI.I. ANKOTTB. JAMES A. BURNHAM, « U* s. PENSIOfTaTTORNEY AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Thoroughly equipped anil abreast of the time. Expert in Pension matters. Office with Comity T returner, Court House. Bept. Ist, IS9O. J. L Ileliuick, Notary Pubic ?M Real Estate Agent Lands ot all descriptions (or sale oi ease. WHEATFIELI), IND. JOHN GRAVES, * - WHEATFIELD, INDIANA AUCTIONEER, Bales attended in any part of Jasper and adjolnlng counties, also Beal Estate Agent and Justice of the Peace. Collections promptly attended to, Large amounts ot farms and town property for sale. Add—l ... WHXATriXLD.IKB

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ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

The foundry ib now making some The town board bss arranged to make two or three crossings with them, and if found satisfactory, asd not too expensive, they will probably be used on all the principal crossings of Washington street. Estey organs and pianos, and Estey ACamp organs and pianos, on exhibition at C. B. Steward’s.

Uncle Wesley Henkle and bis son, L. W. Henkle Jr.*, left yesterday afternoon, for Garrison, Colo., where one of Mr. Henkle’s sons is already located, and where the one just mentioned also expects to make his residence. Uncle Wesley himself will re ma nif he finds it agreeable. May good luck go with the kind and genial old gentleman. A meeting to organize the opposition to the Iroquois ditch was held at the Center school house, Union tp., Tuesday night. Particulars of the meeting have not been received but it was no doubt a very large and very earnest one, for the feeling against the ditch, as projected and assessed, is very strong in Union, and “in Union there is strength.” But the fesling m Union tp., is no exception to the general rule. “There is a kick coming” from all along the line. The people along the Pinkamink are especially hostile, while those in Marion and Newton townships are no bttter pleased. Even a large majority of the petitioners, we are reliably informed, are thoroughly dissatisfied and anxious to find a place to let go. Bill Green, brother of the late unlamented Amer Green, is reported dying in the Michigan City prison. Bill was sent up for life for killing Enos Brumbaugh at a picnic at Young America, July 16, 1881. He escaped after the murder, but he and his brother Amer were captured in Texas in 1887. The lynching of Amer Green for the killing of Luella Mabbett will be well remembered h ere, especially as the full story of the running down and arrest of the brothers, by Buck Stanley, of Logansport, was told here once, in a public lecture, by Mr. Stanley himself. Also the, story of the lynching of Amer, not the least interesting feature of the tale, being the incident of how that clever young hustler, Charley Landis, got out an extra edition of j his paper, ahead pf everybody else,' and selling them in all neighboring towns,, and thus making JBOQ clear money, out of the one issue.

OUR CAMPAIGN OFFER.

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Wakarusa Ditch Dismissed.

The final step in the Wakarusa Ditch matter, so far as the County Commissioners are concerned, was taken last Friday. An order finally dismissing the whole proceedings was entered, and the costs ordered collected from the petitioners. The amount of these costs is $3,053.17. The petitioners are about 30 in number. An appeal of the whole matter to the circuit court has been taken by the petitioners.* The Wakrusa ditch up to the time it was first instituted, was the largest single ditching enterprise ever under taken in the state.

Doctoring the Poor.

The County Commissioners awarded the contracts for medical attendance for the poor, for the ensuing year, at their special session, last Friday and Saturday. The various townships and the prices paid, were awarded as follows. Dr. W. W. Hartsell, Marion tp., and Poor Farm. si)s “ Hanging Grove.... 25 K Jordan 30 “ Milroy 35 “ Newton 25 Dr. Stockwell, Barkley 28 Dr. C. V. Jones, Walker 40 j “ Union 45 Dr. Martin Vaughn, Wheatfield.. 40 “ Keener.... 30 “ Kankakee 20 Dr. H. Landon, Carpenter 75 DUS. H. G. &J. Jones, Gillam... 25 Total for county.... SSOB

Farms For Hale. Farms of all sizes for sale or exchange. Chas. H. Gnu>. 27-10 Medaryville, Ind. '• JSSw -xv=Wj..la..-Al-WS'?

IROQUOIS DITCH.

Mb. Editor: —Those owning land tributory to the Iroquois above the foot of the rapids are summoned for April 30th, 1894. It is incumbent on each land holder to give the matter the best thought he can. The viewers' repdit is on file and the Board of Commissioners meet to determine:— 1. Whether due notice has been given. 2. To ascertain whether the apportionlment is fair and just. Any person who receives notice may file exceptions to the apportionment of benefits or damages by setting forth his grievances in writing and filing a bond conditioned to pay costs if the exceptions are overruled. This right is common, the petitioners and others, stand exactly on an equality, in this regard. The statute authorizes benefits to be assessed for proposed direct drainage and the value of a more convenient outlet. This outlet has been adju ged sufficient and this judgement is our protection.

The route of the drains was determined before the viewers commenced the investigations necessary to make the report now up for hearing. As I understand the report the viewers apportioned to each one whose land is traversed by the ditch a portion for construction on such land. That portion of the work below the mouth of Lateral 26 is estimated separately. I would like to see this improvement made on a just and a fair basis. The ditches should have such a grade of bottom, slope of sides, smoothness of water perimeter, depth and capacity as will make it permanent and effective. They should be made at the least possible expense and that expanse-as-fairly adjusted as is practicable. This work can only be done by a public proceeding. Ditching under public law naturally awakens in our imnds theories of justice that will tax the other fellow and leave us out. [“Confession is good for the soul.”} Who among us but would be willing to deal with benefits so that to another that hath shall be given ? Some of us owning lands in the regions remote from the common outlet have almost pursuaded ourselves that we have a right to spill our surplus waters upon a lower surface and that such right “none dare to dispute. ” Courts and legislatures living in the hill countries where every rill, rivulet, stream, brook and river runs like a torrent make laws to the effect that water has a right to run. This rule where the current is swift may work little hardship for the additional capacity will come by attrition. A swamp lying as ours esn not be redeemed on the line of such a water maxim. Confiscation would not excavate the capacity needed in the lower part of an artilical channel in a level country. | The courts and legislatures of this State lay down a rule which we all ought to try to understand and- apply eat h fairly to his own environment before warming up to fighting heat and getting involved in a law suit.

I quote the exact language of our supreme court in Lipes V. Hand 104 Ind. 503.507. “Whatever gives more value to the parcel of land is a special benefit * * * * Suppose * * * * the person assessed owns a tract of land situated on a knoll and well drained in every part but that on all sides of it are * * * * ponds rendering access difficult, and isolating from highways. The drainage of the ponds would benefit the land owner although it might not carry any water at all from his land and such benefit would be a special one. Where a land owner obtains an outlet for the lateral ditches constructed for the drainage of his lands * * * he re ceives a special benefit. There may be a benefit to a tract of land although its drainage facilities may not be increased.” Under the existing condition of affairs we can lead our ditches into worthless lower swamps and ponds without appreciable injury but as soon as the lower swamps are to be drained we no longer have such right and to secure such right is a special benefit. “The main channel below lateral 26 is estimated to cost

SSOOOO, and the viewers think my lands situated above should pay SIOOO of this fifty and the only question is whether my special benefits are too high. The word benefits means increase of market value. The same influence as to drainage or the right of outlet per acie varies according to the market value of the land before and after. The quality, and its nearness to market are to be considered. The lands near the channel draining directly should pay dollars while those more remote pay cents. Those lands which are rich ; and fat and capable of becoming worth seventy-five dollars per acre should pay five times as much‘'as those in like situation which can not be made to be worth more than fifteen dollars per acre. A greater fall in any lateral carries more silt into the new channel and the lands tributary to the lateral whether made or to be made should contribute to keep the main channel open and in good repair. These benefits like boils are more agreeable on some one else. While the owners of the marshes

upon which the surplus water from my lands is now discharged are in the notion of draining and admit a benefit of ten dollars per acre I must concede that T should pay something “as my share toward the one common object. The viewers and the Board are tribunals under the law to investigate and report and it seems to me we ought to confine our attention to the land, its relation to the improvement, its present value, what it would be worth if the improvement was completed and that difference is the measure of each unes just cuntributior. It may not be practicable to do exact justice but I for the present as m the past will stand firm for the improvement of my home, my tqwn, my township and county and for a fair adjudgement, of the expenses thereof looking to all the elements of benefit touching an increase of market value.” Would it not be better to coolly talk this whole matter over between ourselvesTh a spirit of fairness and try our best to cheapen the work by having it let at the lowest possible price. In case of gross injustice let one more fortunate assume a part of the less fortunate and help the Board to make a just decision as cheaply and quickly as practicable. -• . Simon P. Thompson. April 16, 1894.

WILL EXPIRE JUNE 1ST.

The Republican’s arrangement with the Inter Ocean by which it has been able to offer both papers one year at the remarkably low price of $1.75, or a free copy of the Inter Ocean for a $3 payment on The Republican, will positively expire June, 1, 1894.* All who want the benefit of of the Inter Ocean with the Republican on these terms should take notice and send in their orders before that date. The campaign just opening will make the Inter Ocean doubly interesting and desirable. It ought to be in the hands of every voter, and now is the time to secure it with the Republican at the lowest possible outlay. Republicans can do the party good service by calling attention to this offer and urging their friends who are not taking either paper to take advantage of it between now and June Ist. And for a special campaign offer, we will send the Inter Ocean for one year, and The Republican for six months, both for $1 00, which is the regular price of the Inter Ocean alone. This last offer is intended“mainly for new subscribers but will be extended to present subscribers, who are not in To those in arrears the $1.75 rate for both papers one year is the best our contract with the Inter Ocean will permit us to offer. The young people’s supplement in the Inter Ocean with fine colored pictures, every week, is worth the whole price of subscription, to any family having children. „ Call on C. B Steward, agent for lots in Columbia Addition; 140 lots at prices from $25 to $l3O.

Patronize the Home Nursery.

F. A. Woodin, the well known and reliable nursery-man, of the neigh boring town of Goodland, has appointed John Callow as his local agent. Give him your orders for anything wanted in the nursery line —fruit and shade trees, shrubs, flowers, Ac. When needing any insurance upon farm property call upon Wils Porter. He is agent for this section for the Continental Insurance Company, for all kinds of farm property, buildings, tools, live-stock, grain, hay etc. Insures against damage by fire, lightning, tornadoes, wind storms, <fec. Give him a trial.

Morris English Worm Powder A specific remedy (or worms; guar ratted to cure the worst case e( wormsknown, or money refunded. Knocks pin woims in • horses eyory time. Equally good (or all kinds of worms in btrstß. sheep and dogs. Price 50 cts. at Meyers drug store, or post paid bjmail. The Wells Medicine*Go.. LaFayette Ind.

Cure lor Headache. As a remedy for all forms of headrche Electric Bitters has proved to be the very best. It effects a permanent cure and the mo3t dreaded habitual sick headaches }ield to its influence. We urge all who are afflicted to procure a bottle and give this remedy a trial. In cases of ha itual constipation Electric Bitters cures by giving the needed tone to the bowels and lew cases loDg resist the use of this medicine. Try it once Large bottles only titty cents at F. B. Meyers’ drug store. Lite and Learu. It is estimated that ther-» are two million • hict-e s hatched in the Unitod States eve y year, but not more than one naif of these reach the size for mar ket. Cholera, Gapes. Pip, etc. kill mil io’s every year. All these iise te • are quickly cmed by the use of We Is’ Hoosie Poultry Powder. Price 25c. bold by F. B. Meyer.

SEASON OF 1894. 4RALSTON m * ■ RENSSELAER- 1 CU3. BEOVOf,^K^epe&| LA GRAND. Black French Draft Stallion. Will make the season of 1894 at Rensselaer* $7 to insure standing colter C. BROWN, Owner and Keeper. SHINE. Cleveland Bay Stallion. Will make the season of 1894 as follows: Mondays and Tuesdays at Mt. Ayr. Fridays and Saturdays at Rensselaer. C. C. BROWN, Owner and Keeper. Map! Benjamins Addition. /• THE -——- * : Townofßensselaer

This is by Car the most beautiful suburb ever laid out to the Town Rensselaer, High and dry; fine shade and a spring branch ■ ruuning through the center of plat Just fc Plan to Mate au Elegant Home 1 , - • . i ' ' ; —A number of lots already sold and more spoken for.— r . i * -■ - ■ ’■■■ : A Prices Reasonable. oES&VSS LOTS NOW WHILE YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CHOICE, ’ Call on R. P. BENJAMIN or CHAS. 8. MAGEE for prices aafl terms. t Mol GEE & BEAfJ&MIAf* ■ - PROPRIETORS N” WarnerSzT Son& The leading Hardware, Stoves,Tin- , .A# .ware and Farm Implement Men \ '. in Jasper county. They handle '* ’ Big Ini in Sulky Plow®

Daisy Spring Tooth, HARROWS. j v ' - » _ i —: - 1 3 .. " Bement Palace Sieves and Ranged Early Bird Cook, 1 The very best all-round kitchen store fj|(| sold in the county. * v - ... ... ~ ‘ ~ ■ Austin, Tomlinson and Webster’s Fine Farm WagOlli£>, •""*7 ’ '■ V '■ J ■ -V • ALL KINDS OF ... A<7 £353 Shelf and Builder’s HardwaitL *