Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1896 — Page 7

A Swell time in Coonville

Probably as «mque and. amqsing a reception as was ever held in Rensselaer was given l by Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McCoy hospitable west side home It was a colored ball, -a cake walk and a coon social. Sig Moratti’s orchestra of Chicago was engaged for the evening and we*e there with airs appropriate for the occasion. Being leap year the colored “galls,” called on their “honeys” with hacks and conveyed them to the McCoy Mansion. Big black Tom with diamonds as big as hen eggs together with his wife who was “dressed to kill” were there to

The entire first floor was devoted to dancing, the punch bowl occupied its plaee in a recess of the hall to refresh the weary. The second floor was utilized for gentlemen’s reception rooms and banquet hall. The third floor was entirely devoted to .the ladies. The guests assembled, the band played on, and the grand march led by Malinda Cinda Robinson and Beau Brummel Hopkins. To a witness it was a, grand sight. Every style of the African race was represented. There was Judge Junius Hopkins with white plug hats, specs, and powdered wig, Hironymus Pop Fendig, Deacon Carl Warner, Little Al%bama Coon Meyer, Jim-Jam Jehosphat Hunt represented plug

hat gentry. Come-Seven-Leven Wilson and Binky Dink Berkley were typical dudes. M aster Taylor McCoy and Rex Warner represented two little pickaninny gals right from Mammy’s cradle., The ladies fairly outdid themselves. Aunt Ophelia Warner was the picture of a Suwanee river Mammy, toissy Mills was the foxiest chile in the march. Aunt Jemima Ellis and Sweet Cordelia Powell looked at their best. Miss Nina Spitler lost a ruffle but her interest lagged not. Lula Lalla McCoy and Trilba Wright appeared in crimson hue, and did honors at the table. Then followed the cake walk conducted according to old plantation rules and won by the leaders of the grand March, Lunch was served at 12. Rasmus Hardy from down on Carpenter’s Creek, brought over some good songs and poured them forth. Dancing and Singing was kept up until 3 A. M. wheD all were driven to their homes to engage in the scrubbing act and become white people once more. ; ■ ■ ■v / '

Our Clubbing Offers. Our clubbing arrangements with both the ' Chicago . Weekly Inter Ocean and the New York Weekly Tribune have been renewed for 1896. The Republican and Inter Ocean both one year for $1.85. The Republican and New York Tribune, both one year, for $1.75. All three papers $2.10. These rates are open to all, old subscribers as well as new. Notice to Taxpay era. Monday April 20th 1896, being the third Monday in April, is the last " day for the payment or- the April installment -the taxes of 1895 4 .' All taxes not paid on or before the above day. Will iccu’* the penalty of 10 per cent. Those having taxes to pay are requested to call early and avoid-the delay of the last few days of tax-pay-ing time. Jesse C. Gwin, Treasurer of Jasper County •

Ts you are going to make garden, 1 or farm, or dig ditches This will interest you ~, ■ Y Steel Bow Raxes, best socts. Mailable Rakes . 2 scts. Long Handled Shovel. ......-.. 6octs. Forked Spade .65cts. 4 Best Hoes ......... socts. 3 others down to 2 sets. 2b inch tiling spade ;....... .... V. SF, ■v j . ■ ■ ■ , -mu Come and examine this stuff. It may benefit your pocket-book. ; ■' PRANK nAUXV^-

What Republican Success Means.

JPeople become members of one or the other of the political parties of the country from choice of the principles advocated by the party. The platform 1 of the party of their choosing, contains some cardinal idea or policy that meets their views of the policy of government, and they ally themselves with it in accordance with this especial idea. The long existence of the\republican party shows that the principles enunciated by it are in consonance with the people’s ideas in political progtess, or it would not have been continued in power. Protection and reciprocity are the cardinal ideas of the party at tha> present time, and will be the rallying cry of the coming campaign. The representative man of protection to labor and American industries now leads all the reßt as the probable standard bearer of the republican party at the national republican convention which convenes at St. Louis the 16th of June. Coupled with the grand idea of protection, the idea of reciprocity, as enunciated by the brainy Jas. Gs. Blaine, is rapidily being understood, by our people, and where it

is so understood, becomes a part of their political creed. The principle of reciprocity is where another country has some article we want and we may have one they may want, to allow tariff to be taken off or materially lessened, to the building up of foreign trade, but where ko special benefits secure to this country, the great idea of a protective tariff is to be main-* 4 tained. It is for this lack cff foresight in the passage of the Wilson tariff law, that the country is now nearly §300,000,000 in debt si nee the present administration went into power,-and itT will continue .to involve the country deeper in debt as long as the suicidal, policy' of the present democratic administration is continued. With the restoration of the protective tariff the government will receive enough revenue to meet all the legislative expenses of government, economically administered, and have a round balance each quarter in the treasury to meet the constantly maturing interest obligations of the government, that at present can only be provided for by the issuance of new. or long time bonds. These specific ideas, which are thoroughly American, will be clearly arid succinctly set forth in the coming platform of the republican party, which, if led by wisely chosen men to champion them in the coming campaign, as it now appears that they may be, the people will flock to the support of the republican party and its principles, as they have never done before, and victory will crown our efforts in the coming election, and the country will enter upon a new era of prosperity and industrial progress.

Hollingsworth <fc Hopkins have recently completed arrangtments by which they can meet any competition in the farm loan business. They also male la specialty of collections and abstracting. Give them a call. Office upstairs id Leopold’s Block. Tile For Sale. - Tile of all sizes, from 4 inches up. Enquire at our office over Ellis & Murray*s store. Burget <fe Penn.

Our Heathen Chinee in Jail.

Patrons of Sam Lee, the Chinese washee man’s laundry, will find Sam’s | place of business dn " Front Sttcc t closed just at present, for he is doing time in the county jail, 6n a very inadequate sentence, for a vicious assault with a knife, committed last Wednesday, April Ist, on Herman Churchill, a young man, son of Squire W. H. Churchill. It seems that young' Chuickiil and Jack floyes, a well known young farmer of Bwkley tp., dropped into Sam’s -place- Wedresday “afternoon, out of curiosity to see a Chinaman’s

w abli-house They scon went .out, and separat< d and some considerable time afterwards, -the Chinaman saw Churchill on the opposite side of the street, and ran aeross and accused Churchill, very much to his surprise, with haviDg stolen two handkerchiefs, during his visit of perhaps an hour before. Sam took hold of Herman’s sleeve and insisted on his going back to the laundry with him. Herman walked across to the laundry door, with the Chinaman still holding him by the sleeve; but jthen the latter reached out to open the door, Herman saw a big, ugly looking knife up the Chinaman’s sleeve, and not liking the prospect of an interview alone with an ugly tempered and very angry Chinaman, armed with a big knife, he made a sudden break that released him from Sam’s hold, and then started diagonaliy across the street, on a dead run, towards George Smith’s blacksmith shop, with A6£ Chinamaa in close pursuit. Churchill ran mto Smith’s shop, and picked up a hammer to defend himseif, but before he could use it to ary advantage the Chinaman had closed in on him and gave him two or three pretty Jmd cuts on the hand. Other paities 'WtfO Wife in the shop at the time say that from the ferocious actions of the Chinaman, they thought he meant to carve 3 r oung Churchill all up. Sam Lee was arrested, on affidavit eharging simply assault and battery, and on Thursday plead guilty in the circuit court, and in spite of the vicious character of his attack on young Churchill, the want of provocation, and the deadly character of the weapon used, Judge Wiley let him off with the ridiculously inadequate penalty of a S2O fine and 10 days in jail. Young Churchill was present at the trial, and in a sort of way, allowed to tell the story of the assault, but no other witnesses were called, although several men were in the blacksmith shop at the time.

Will City Government Cost More?

Quite a good many voters hold the opinion that the extra cost of a city government will more than offset the advantages to be derived from it, in other ways. But whether a city government materially increases taxes, will depend almost entirely, it seems to us, on the kind of men elected to those city offices. Necessarily, it need not be very much more expensive . Except a mayor and one more city “father,” there need be no more officers than now, and the salaries need be no higher. The mayor’s salary need be no higher than that of the aldermen. And as all fees and certain of the fines collected in his court, or in the court of the justice who acts for him, have to be turned into the city treasury, it is, likely ibat his office would nearly or quite pay its own salary. In this connection, however, we wish to correct a mistake made last week. In asserting that all finis collected by the mayor were turned into the city treasury, we , were misinformed. Only fines assessed for violating town ordinances can be so turned over, and these of,course will amount to very little. The fines for violation ©f the penal laws of the state have to go to the school fund, the same as any other court. But in the matter of saloon license, the right of charging SIOO more per year, under a city charter, is positive. This privilege, if taken adventage of, as it doubtless would be, would alone probably add enough to the city revenue to offset the added cost of a city government.

For SALE.-rMy residence property on Milroy street, good, bonse, good well, plenty of friut, one acre of land, for further information, call at the premises, or enquire at Thjc Rkpublioak office.— —-- 4tp‘ A. I. Willis.

the modeu~] °*° 9 3° days pTHE MODEL?! a-mossler i = =Special Sales at= - w- a- mossier Manager. 1 i 5 ' Manager. S Right now ** This month Is the time to buy your Spring: goods- The Model—the leader of low prices is rierht to the front with all the newest novelties for - \ Spring. E Attend Our —a April special sales*™ And we will save you money.

Dress Goods . .for April Sale. 46 inch all wool Henrietta. All colors worth $1 — April price 69c. 36 inch all colors Henrietta worth 35c —April price 2 ic. - •; -'V ; ■■■ '' . ■; '■■■ A - -- jL—:. — Black Dress Goods —- '. ... We carry a complete line. 46 all wool Black Henrietta worth sl.l5 — April price 72c. A complete line of dress goods in Patterns, no 2 alike from 48c to $2.25 a yard. Silks —• ( I Remnants of silk 19c, 25c, 35c, worth double but April prices must sell them. Silks for Shirt Waist---a beautiful line. Shivel silk worth 65c—-April price 44c. Embroidery Selling It will be lively April month in the Embroidery department. Wish we had three times as much room for them. Embroidery from ic to $1.25 a yard. We have cut prices in two and don’t fail to buy embroidery during out April sale. • —— Ladies Shirts Waists 48c, 69c, 75c, $1 and si.2 5. Call and see them

People are not interested In what goods cost you. Its what they cFn buy them at That’s it, ex- \ actly. Our sale of boy’s and young Men’s.... I -—-cLOTHiira- 1 l u We have twice as many boys’ and youths’ suits as we need. Sd* we will put i a price on them that will make them move, and move fast too. Lot No. i for sio —There’s not a suit in this lot worth legs than sl2, and 1 many worth i 5, 16.50 and 1 8 dollars. Fabrics, Cheviots, Serges, Blue, Black, i Tan and Fine Clay Worsteds all go at ten dollars. Lot No 2 for $8 —Not one in-this lot worth less than $lO, and several of them 12 and 13 dollars—all go for eight dollars. Lot No. 3 for ss— None worth less than 7 and 8 dollars, and you will find some that sold for $lO in this five dollar sale. Of course This Hearts a Loss,To Us, But you will be the gainer, Boys’suits, sizes 4to 12, knee pants suits none worth less than 3 dollars; some more. You can come and take your pick and choice of any of our boys’ suits, knee pants, for 4 dollars. ..None reserved—all our fine Clay Worsteds, Tricos, English Serges, worth 6, 7 and 8 dollars. Deep Cut in Prices all Along the Line-

The Law is Strict.

The flrst enumeration under the new law of persons of school age in the state will be taken between April 10th and 30th. The enumerator takes an oath that he will make an accurate enumeration, and tjiis oath becomes of township trustee. v The enumerator is required to list the names of parents, guardians heads of families or persons having charge of the child or children- The full name, age and sex of the child must be listed, and the parent or gaurdian is required to sign the certificate after it has been filled out and set out a place of residence, including the and number in the city.

* ADVERTISED LETTERS. Mn. Lucy Marshal, Miss Nellie King,..: Mr Edward Green, Mr. Bert Thomas, H. Graham, Alex Sharp.

Domestics Lawrence L L muslin 4c. Bleached muslin (good) sc. Apron check Gingham 4^c. Light calico, (good) 3c. =Good Dark Dress Calico Red, Fancy, only 4c. 9 spool Clark Clark, O. N. T. 25c. Clark’s Basting Cotton 2c. Pins per paper, ic. Carpets and Curtains —Where we have the largest and most complete line of carpets, curtains rugs, draperies ever shown before in Rensselaer. Shoes — Baby shoes from 25c up. si.so Ladies Kid Shoes sl. $ i*. 75 Ladies Kid Shoes $1.25. $3 and $4 Ladies’ Kid Shoes $2.48. A full line of Men’s Bicycle Shoes. $2 men’s Bal or Congress shoes $1.38. $3 men’s Bal or Congress shoes $2.2.5. Sole agents for Hathaway, £outh & Harrington men’s fine shoes. A tumbler in Lace April month’s The Model will sell 12 yard Torchan Lace 10c. 14c a yard instead 25c for Point De Venise and Point • Delreland Lace, 4to 7 in. wide. Laces at April sale prices.

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