Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1894 — Page 5

% The Eensselaer Republican PROFESSIONAL CARDS PH7BIOI4FI W. aARTbSIL, if. D., HOMEOPATHIC E’ia.-ys'.cia.aa. WttM Siargreoso, IgMSSItIiAKa. ...,'.. .C7r.1.............1ndiana Chronic Diseases a Specially Office East Waahlnsrton -Street. 8- J an-84. Residence, Makcever House. £. B. WASHBURN, PHYSICIAN asd SURGEON, ' Rensselaer, Indiana. Syerll ail-'iillor given-!'- the treatmentof D aeast-3 of the Eye, Ear, None and Throat and Disease of Wou.en, Teste eyes for glases, B. JOKES, Physician and Surgeon! MEDARIVILLE - INDIANA rails jin tofitly attended. Office one door east of SUeigkt’s store. Residence Thoraon property. BANKS. E.J. Beaks, Vai„ Ssnr, J. E. Hardman, resident. Cashier. As’CCashler CfTfSTATE BAHK Rensselaer Ind. CAPITAL, *30,000, Suridns and undivided profits SBEOOO. Hoes a general banking business. Interest, allowed on special deposits. This Is the only State Bark InJas, er County that is examined quarterly by Auditor of State. Your Business solicited. Collections will receive prompt attention. A.. jucCoy. T, J. M<-Cev. K. h. Hollingsworth, lies. Vice'Prcs. Cashier. A.McCoy&Co’s.Bank KF.NBBBI.AkR, INDIANA. Does a general banking loaned for short time at current rates. We nake a of LOAN'S, at the lowest rates and on most favorable terms. Rensselaer Bank, (IrfM-ated in Nowelß Bnlidtr.g. H. O. HARRIS. E.T. HARRIS President. Vice President, J.C. HARRIS, Cashier. Money loaned in mine to suit borrower, Exchange bought and sold on all banking points Collcctionmp.de and promptly remitted. Deposits received. Interests bearing certificates of deposits issued.

LA WYERS. W. MARSHALL, A TTORNEY AT LAW, Practices in Jasper, Newton and adjoining counties, t'spee.ial attention fiver to settle ment ot Decedent’s Katates. Collections, Convtvfinccp. Justices’ Oases, Etc Kte trie. Off ee Over Cliici go Bargain Store. Rensselaer, - - Indiana. Sihov P. Thompson, , f id J. Thompson A tterney at law. Notary Pubiio. Thompson & rro., ATTORNEYS AT LAW Rensselaer, Ind. Practice in all tne courts. We pay particular attention to paying taxes, selling and leasing lands, M. L. SPITLKB Collector and Abstractor JJORDECAI F. CHTLCOTE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rensselaer, Ind, Attends to all business in the profession with promptness and dispatch. Office In second story of the Mak sever building. William b. Austin. abthtb B Hopkins Geo.. K. Hoxlinoswobth. AUSTIN & 00. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Rensselaer - Ind y»~iiii'ce second Hoot of Leopold’s Block corner Washington an. Van Rensselaer strce Practice in all the courts, and purchase, sell and 'estc real ettate. Ally’s for L. N. A. & C. Lv.Co.B 1 A S. Amciation and Rensse laer Water, Light & Power Co. QHARLEB E. MILLB. Al , AT LuSk.’W Rensselaer, Indiana. * Pensions, Collections ar d Beal Estate. Abstracts carefully prepared, Titles Examined JBT Farm Loans negotiated at lowest rates Office up ataire over Citisena Bank. JAMES W. DOUTHIT ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rxnsbkl in Indiana. .WOffloe In Rensselaer Bank. aV-48.

MISOISIjJ . ANWOTJB. JAMES A. BURNHAM, t u. S- PENSION - ATTORNEY AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Thoroughly equipped and abreast of tho time. Expert In Pension matters. Office with County Treasurer, Court House. Sept, let, 1890. J. L. llelmlck, Notary Pubic and Real Estate Agent Lands of all descriptions for sale or ease. WHEATFIELD, IND. JOHN GRAVES, WHEATFIELD, INDIANA AUCTIONEER, Bale* attended in any part of Jasper and adjoining oountiea, also Real Estate Agent and Justice of the Peace. OoUeetloas promptly attended'to, Laryr dßtoaata of sanes aad tows property for sale. s4Mmm ... Wnumtu,lH

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ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

Miss Mamie Williams is home again from her piotracted stay in the East. During which time she attended the Boston Conservatory of Music, for six months, and visited friends tiie rest of the time. We are in receipt of samples of spring and summer clothing from the Globe Tailoring Co. Guarantee perfect satisfaction at Fendigs Fair J. W. Powell, our former townsman, was removed last Saturday, from his position in the government printing office, at Washington. —We are not informed as to his future intentions, but as he has built a residence in Washington, he naturally will be averse to leaving there if he finds it practical to remain. Ten different makes of Sewing ma chines, At Steward’s. Clothins. just received, prices positively lowest. Fendigs Fair. Mr. Babcock, who was delegate to the Republican senatorial convention last from Union tp., denies, very positively, that it was he who voted with the Carpenter tp., delegates for Mr. Phares, the Benton county candidate. Mr. Babcock is a man of good standing, and his denial can be accepted without question. As we stated last week, it was the general impression here that Mr. Babcock gave the fifth vote for Mr. Phares, we are now satisfied however, that Mr. Babcock is generally exonerated from the charge. Estey organs and pianos, and Estey ACfcmp organs and pianos, on exhibition at C. B. Steward’s. We buy for “spot cash” and save all discounts. We sell for “spot cash” and get no bad debts. We have the lowest rents and lo clerk hire. Therefore we sell as cheap as the cheapest. Alter & Yates, Staple and fancy grocers^

N. Warner & Sons received a carload of fiae farm wagons, last Saturday, and it was an encouraging sign that half of them had lines of three inches or more in width, and we only wish that the proportionate demand for broad tires was still greater. In fact, knowing as people now do, the good effects of broad tires on roads, and the bad effects of narrow ones, it is pretty nearly a crime for a man to buy a narrow tire wagon; and their use in the vicinity of Rensselaer will henceforth be more injurious than ever, now that we are to have gravel roads. But reform in width of tires should not be confined to heavy wagons. The one seat buggy with a three quarter inch, or the two seat with an inch tire, is just as big. a sinner for its size against good roads, as the heavy wagon with its inch and a half tire. B. F. FERGUSON is now pre pared to make Farm Loans at 6 1-2 per cent, interest per annum. Commission as low as any one else. He does his own abstracting and can save you money there. Be sure and call. We can make your loans quickly, because—we make it a specialty.

OBITUARY.

MRS MAUD GRUBB. Maud Benjamin, daughter of Chas. R. and C. Letitia Benjamin, was born near Rensselaer, Ind., Nov. 28, 1870. In the winter of 1887, at the age of 17, she united with the Methodist Episcopal church, the Rev. T. F. Drake, pastor. On the 3rd day of February, 1892, she wbs married to Jesse S. Grubb, of Rensselaer. After some she and her husband settled in Marion, Ind., happy, and hopeful of many days. A few weeks ago she was brought home to her mother’s, and to the friends of her childhood, where, after two short years of married life, she peacefully and resignedly passed away, May 12, 1894, aged 23 years, 5 months and 16 days. The cause of her death was consumption. She leaves a husband in bereavement and a little daughter too young to realize the loss she has sustained. Nor can we forget the widowed mother of the deceased, Mrs. Letitia Benjamin, now bereft of all her family except oue youthful son. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon, at the M. E. church* and was very largely attended. The religious services were conducted by Rev. R. D. Utter. Interment in Weston cemetery.

Thirteen-stop, full walnut case or gan, $35. C. B. Steward. Farms For Sale. v Farms of all sizes for sale or exchange. Chas. H. Guild. 27-10 Medaryville, Ind.

The Fannie Hills Operatic Company struck town Saturday, but they gave not any performance. Manager 1 Eger sized them up as a pretty tough show, and would not let them have The Opera Houses The circumstance | that especially aroused bis objections | was that they brought with them a j lot of little hand-bills, or “gutter--snipes,” the last part of which rear as follows: NOTE. “Tell your wife you are going to the lodge. Brir.g your wig with you. We can supply you with a girl to hold it on. JEnough said. Don’t let a brick housefalTon you to make you tumble. We are sure to please you. ’ ’ Finding that Mr. Eger objected to this part of their hand-bill, they tore it off before distributing them, but that did not remove his convictions that it ivas not a proper show and he persisted in his refusal. The fact that Duncan Clark, of “Female Minstrels” notoriety, turned up as their acting manager did not help them any in Mr. Eger’s opinion. That he did right in refusing to let them show, is pretty nearly the universal opinion. Duncan Clark made a pretty big kick over the matter, threatened a law suit, circulated a petition among our citizens asking Mr. Eger to consent to the performance, and even sent one of his fairest wig-hold-ers to try her powers of persuasion upon him. Mr. Eger did not prove to be as susceptible to the power of female charms as his Adonis-like personal appearance would indicate, and even her efforts failed to move him. The petition aforesaid was signed by large numbers of leading citizens, including many who wear their own hair and have no need of a wig holder. We did not succeed in procuring a copy of the petition in time for publication this week, and must defer that pleasure until another week. Then look out for a more urgent demand for help in holding on the “wigs” of the signers, than would have occured at the performance had it taken place. How their scanty locks will bespatter their own hearth stones! Ha! Ha! Ha!

The New Money Orders.

Postmaster Honan is in receipt of a sample form of the new money order which goes into use July Ist. together with a full explanation of the new plan of issuing orders. The new form is much more artistic in design than the old oue and more convenient in shape. The amount will be designated, as in express money orders, by tearing off certain figures ou the margin. The fees will be reduced to the following schedule: For $2 50 or less, 3 cents; $2.50 to $5, 5 cents; $5 to $lO, 8 cents; $lO to S2O, 10 cents; S2O to S3O, 12 cents; S3O to S4O, 15 cents; S4O to SSO, 18 cents; SSO to S6O, 20 cents; S6O to $75, 25 cents; $75 to SIOO, 30 cents. The postal note, which gives no security to the sender, will be abolished. The nm order i B absolutely safe and promises to be very popular.

Dr. Washburn i Views On the Liquor Habit.

In an article in tbeWinamac Journal, Dr. I. B. Washburn, of this place, discusses some phases of the drink habit at considerable length. The Doctor takes a sensible as well as ascient be view of the matter, as the following extracts will snow: Alcohol is a poison and its main effect is upon the bruin centers. It a man drinks for the fan of it or because some one asks him when he does not need it, that is a vice. If he drinks in order to brace up his courage so he can whip some man or do an evil deed that is a crime and should be punished. If a 'man drinks because he has inherited or contracted an appetite for liquors, that is a disease, and the individual should be placed in a hospital and treated for the same. Moralists, in my opinion, take the wrong view of the matter; I confess tha f , years ago, I thought “a man could drink or he could leave it ■alone,” but after a more thorough study of the matter, I believe the moral and a majority of the medical world are. wrong. The man who becomes a dipsomaniac is as much diseased as one who is insane or has consumption or cancer, and he should be placed in a hospital and treated. The state should provide for him as she does for the insane and bliqfl. Seventyfive per cent, of them can be cured. The tax upon the sale should be doubled and one half the amount should be used to maintain the hospitals for inebriates.

The Big Ditch is Dismissed.

BUT THE END IS NOT FET IN SIGHT The County Commissioners resumed their hearing of the Iroquois Ditch matter, last Wednesday. Taking up the matter where they had left it off, a large number of wilnesses were examined upon the ■ '.IF ' # ' • points of the cost and estimated benefits of the ditcb. Large numbers of lapd owners, representing all localities affected by the ditch, were examined. Owners, of large tracls and of small; of wet lands and of drv. They all told the same tale. Their land would not be bene fitted as much as it was assessed. In view of all this evidence the commissioners reached :he conclusion that the only logical as well as the only fair and just way to settle the matter was lo dismiss the whole proceeding. They accordingly had entered of record an order reciting that having found, on full investigation, that the estimated cost of the work would exceed the benefits, they dismissed the ditch, anti ordered the costs, of ail kinds taxed up to the petitioners. There is little liklihood that the matter will end here, however, and it may be that years of costly and expensive litigation will result before the matter is fully decided. An appeal to the circuit court from the order dismissing the ditch has been taken by Messrs. S. P. Thompson, Granville Moody, Wallace, Warren and Ad Robinson.

As a necessary result of this appeal, several other appeals to the same Court, have been taken. Previous to the decision to dismiss the whole ditch, a large number of persons had asked to have laterals lopped off. Other parties had asked to to have extensive changes made in the main ditch. Still others, being petitioners, had asked to have their names taken from the petition and to be relieved of further liability for costs. All these smaller requests were overruled, and as there is a chance that -the circuit court will reverse the order dismissing the ditch, these minor appeals are taken, to save the rights of the appellants; in order that if the higher courts finally decide to establish the ditch these requests for changes and the dropping of laterals, may again be brought up.' That the Commissioners acted for the best interest of the vast majority of affected parties in dismissing the ditch is the almost universal opinion.

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—‘ 1 ' • , ' i mrnm SEASON OF 1894. J • • ' V? Btah&lngcolt L 4 GRAND. Black French Draft Stailion. Will make the season of 1894 at Rensselaer. $7 to insure standing colt- * C. C. HI:OWN, Owner and Keeper. _ : ________ SHINE, ClCYcHaiui Bay Mallimi, Will make the season of 1894 as lollowt: Mondays and Tuesdays at Mt. Ayr. Fridays and Saturdays at Rensselaer. $5 to insure sucking colt. C. C. HIIOWN, Owner and Keeper. Ii! Benjamin’s Adi. V .. r' —= -TO THE - - ; : - .A • ; : . : .. -- Townofßensselaer

\ xliie is by far the most beautiful suburb ever laid out to the Tows Rensselaer, High and dry; fine shade and a spring branoh running through the center of plat j Just lie Place to Male an Hpt Home! ——A number of lots already so 1 ' and more spoken for.- ' k ■ h • • 4 • t ’ a Prices Reasonable. 0 S ' LOTS NOW WHILE YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CHOICE, f g* -' - - ' --..! S* ■ ~" r ~ i Call on R> P. RENJAMIN or OH AS. S. MAQEE for prioes n| \ terms. g., MAGEE & EEMMMW, ■ - ' ( -vfe- —v„ —: PBora^ioM N. Warner & SonA . - , ■ 'A. * The leading Hardware, Stoves,Tin- . .A* ware and Farm Implement Mea f in Jasper county. They handle -■* * . » . Big Injin Sulky Plows Mt? ■" j'- 1 - gr- - / ■■■■- ■"■■[!» | ' * Daisy Spring ToothHARROWS, if * x.' Bernard Palace Stoves and Ranged Harly Bird Cook, The very best ail-round kitchen stow 'fw|j| sold ia the county. J • Austin, Tomlinson and Webster’s FillO FaiTO. WagOllfiL- * *• ■ f . „ ... , ... —— . > ■* - ...j. >- sy-- ALL KINDS OF ' ■ " ' -- Shelf and Builder’s Hardware^