Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1879 — REMINGTON MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON MATTERS.

‘•Our President or blood,” is the campaign cry of the Confederate Bourbons \for 1880. V\, Gen. Ben. Harrison dedined his ap-)-ointment as a member of the Mississippi Lessee Commission. 'rSlumped” is tho title the New York gives to the backdown of the confederate brigadiers in congress. Secretary Sherman is to open the campaigii'for the repnblicans in Ohio. This wilf insure them a good send off. - I?very lover of his country indorses tint'President's vetoes. Diauniouists and * thol friends of the shot gun policy object to ihem. flcnatof WintcrbothaiO Would like to be j:*»veruor of Indiana, aad to that end is circulating around over the state feelingftbe pulse of the people. But the people could not touch 'that botfurm with a t*enty-foot pole. « Zach. Chandler's arraignment of the democratic party has cammed more wriggling and squirming among the leading liglits of that party than President Hayes’ vote’s Whenever Zach. stirs up the anin uls they.set up a tremendous bowlH 4, _ The 4th of July this year wo» prodii'4i\'d of more than the usual number of j accidents. Several persons were killed and many injured by an accident to ij steamboat loaded with excursionists in Massachusetts. A number of deaths occprred in various parts' of the country careless use of firearms, and thcjiiuinfecqus minor casualties complete thepay’s wdvk. Altogether it will be a day! long to be remembered. Tlie Sentinel is the name of a new republics t» puper at Rensselaer and it is well conducted.—[Laporte Argus. • »’hat in the name of common sense is lhe matter with you, Wadsworth? T*n Sentinel is the name of the old coppefl icad democratic states rigbts-ghect at Hersselacr, and Thk Standard is the new republican paper. It cau’t be possible that you commenced celebrating on the Mrd, the. day of your publication. Bis.* aDd explain, ‘-‘Wad," why this is fhuiiiy. - - ‘'lie Indianapolis Journal, of the 11th instiut, published a list of names of gendemen- who have been mentioned in connection with the nomination fop governor on the republican ticket. Thtjv are as follows: Secretary R. W. Tfiimpeon, Hon. G. S. Orth, Hon. Williaii Heilman, Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Geij. Ben. Harrison, Hon. M.'C. Hunter, bieij. Thotaaa M. Browne, Ron. A. G. Porter, Judge W, Q. Gresham, Judge James S. Frazier, Hon. John M. Butler, Sen. Asbury Steele, Hon. Joshua H. Me [ett, Col. Will Cumback, Hon. Jesse J. frown, Hon. James T. Evans, Hon. 4. H.‘ Baker, Hon. W. H. Calkins, Hob. Lon Sexton, Hon. Simeon StansiftrJjudjrefl&Bert 3. Taylor, Hon. D. P. Bulpwin, and many others. Either of thejgcut'etaea named would make as gnoff a governor as the present incumbent, ami j arc all far better qualified for the posit ion.-

fftavsctaer', small town in the prairie country of Jasper-county, ia-trying the experiment of supporting three coiraty papers. The-latest candidate lor public favor is The Standard, a sit column folio, republican :* pislitiat; Eyery town intist have hs exjteriences of .that kind. None are refiling 16 accept- the word of tire hundreds that have tried and failed. No town amounts to intich that has not had one or more newsdie on its hands and Rensselaer may be more prosperous after one of the three papers now there Vpeters out” fvhich is a’ consequence as certain as death.[Rochester Sentinel. The Sentinel shoots-too much at random and’consequently misses the mark. It evidently knows little about Rensselaer awl', the “prairie country of Jasper eoirßty” and much less of its citizens. Instead of being a stpall town, as the Sentinel claims, Rensselaer is a busy, tyisilmg, thriving little city of .1,200 or inhabitants, situated iu the midst ot' as jßno an- agricultural and stockraising region as there is in ludiana. The 'beautiful groves, the numeroussprings of living wetCr; the artteian well, the Iroquois river whose waters abound with fine specimens x>fthe"“fi«ny tribe,” the pbundanee of wild-game of aH kinds and many ether attractions all contribute to-n take it a desirable resort so pleasure seekers and spoilsmen.' Its citizens are tout, courteous, industrious, iatcUigent, . cha: kable, and are always- ready and willing to encourage any and every enterp 'ise that will tend to build cp the t*wi| and’ country around, elevate theinor*ls of WKmty and promote the cause of *t< tnperance.- They support their three coudtj papers with good grace, believing ti/at through the pres»only can the object for which -they am laboring be accomplished. starts out ! with the most flattering prospects, meeting with tar batter success tbam was an ticipated. Its subscription list is- grow\pe rapidly, and its circulation will sow emigre favorably with that of any other

paper published in the county. This, together wkfc its liberal advertising patronage, insures The Standash one of the permanent institutions of the eonnty. The Sentinel was also in error tts to the size of The Standard. It is a seven column folio instead of “a six column.” as Bro. Bitters stated. We eannot help but think these errors are of the head, not the heart, and that the editor of that truly spicy paper, the Sentinel, will make the necessary amends.

[Trora our special eorrespondent.] This end of the ctMttlf was blessed the beginning of the week with such a rain as was never known since Noah started out on his yachting expedition. The Windows of heaven were not merely opened, but taken entirely out and the flood gates raised; 0. W. Church’s new residence is nearly completed and presents quite an imposing appearance. Some of our flour merchants got on a tear this week and for a few hours that ar. tide was running down as low as 85 cents for quarter barrel sacks. As usual at such times it was not the poor who received the benefit, but those who always have money to buy what they want. R. R. Pettit is rusticating i* the iltfif of Kansas visiting his daughter. He expects to be gone a month yet. The Presbyterian church hah been newly papered and lb« seals repainted. It is thought now a possibility to sit in one of those scats ami g<n up again without taking ,the seat along. Such has not been the case for. the last four o? five yearn. The editors of the GoodlamT Saturday Herald and the Remington Reporter have inaugurated a slight unpleasantness between themselves, and the outlook to- the umtinted promisee that in a short time the whole country round about the tVo towns wiN be flooded with gore, provided the parties meet. Those who know theuq however, thick it will be a taurus fight. ‘ Jimmy Dudd, the famous apostle of temperance, is lecturing in Remington -this week to crowded houses. This 'iT a good field for him to exercise his oratorical powers in, and it is to be ioped he will make his mark. Future devt lopemeats are anxiously looked for. , Mrs. A. Nourse, living one-half mHe west of Tupsday night, after several weeks of illness, suffering from cancer in the stomach. Funeral services were held at the Christian ehiirch, Thursday, at

1 o’clock p. m.

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