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

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

Offi.c«xa. ■t,. —— , ». Auditor, Henry A. Berkley. Treasurer, Henry I- Adnms. Recorder, Harvey Bheriff, Oeorge M. Retiir.soc. Clerk, Chari ex H. Price. Surveyor, Latvft Alter. .. . , School Superintendent. D. B- Nowela. CoiamiMioners, let district. leaac D. ; Punn; 2nd distric*., William K. Parkison; Brd district. William B. Price. Ts-TniAlp OAcexs. 1 , Trustees, Hanging Grove township, David Gray; GilUm, Tb*e. H. Robinson; Walker, George Siahlbaura; Barkley. 8. R. Nichols; "•Marion, William 3. Coei»; tfordan, Elliott K. Burr, Newum, Hugh E. Coen; Keener, W. H. Tyler; Kankakee, Edward T. Biggs: Whenttfeld, William Rich; Carpenter, James 8. Irwin; Milroy, Washington Scott; Union, Malachi P. Comer. *.>, • Justices, Hanging Grove township, Turner A. Knox; Gillam, jam AR. Guild and Miles Bisher; Wa\ker» Joel F. Spriggs and Lorenzo Tinkham; Barkley, Ellas Marion and J. W. McCksary; Marion, Eldridge T. Harding, Augustus H. Wood and David James; Jordan, George Seijziitger and Btephen Hamblin; Newton, (John Warren; Keener, Daniel E. Fairchild and Ham D. Fairchild; Kankakee, William Jones; Wbealfield, James Spencer, Mtlfofj James Booher; Union, John Alter and Claris McOelly. * Tcwn Officer*. Marshal, William Powers. Clerk, Truitt P. Wright. Councilmen, Ist district, Charles C. Starr; 2nd district, Merviu O. Cissel; 3rd district, Henry V. Childers; 4th district, Simon rhillipe; sth district, Samuel Scott. School Trustees, Abraham Leopold, president; Simon P. Thompson, treasurer; Mordecai F. Cfiiicote, secretary. ■ ■*• Gcixxtm. \ • Cireult Court, Hd«l. K«lwin P. Hammond, judge; Frank W. Bate >ck, prosecutor. Is, Monday Ip. January, 3rd Monday in Maruht Ist Monday iti June, 3rd Monday irt October, Commissioners’. Court, l»t Monday in March, June, September and December. Olxurciies. Methodist Kpiscopnl Church, Rev. W. G. Vessels, Pastor. Services every alternate Sab hath at 10:30 o’clock a. m., and in the evening of same Sabbath School at . 9:30 o'clock a. m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening. Baptist Church, no Pastor. Presbyterian Church, no Pastor. Sabbath School nt 2:30 o’clock p. ni. Christian Church, Elder I). Habteil, Pastor, i Services every Sabbath morning and Sabbath School nt UStO i o’clockja. in. Free'Will Baptist Church, Rev Baniderdon, Paator. Services at the Daugherty school house every alternate Sabbath mi . llH ; 50 o'* l**ck a. m., or 3 o’tOeck p. in. Sabbath School at 9:81) o’clock a. m. Societies. Prairie Lodge No. 125 F. £ A. M. meets jst aiul 3rd SaiiWday evenings of each mouth in NoweL' Mali. Officers: W. 51., H. W. Wood; Ax-., Louis Kern. ; Iroquois laaigc No. 143 I. O. O. F. ineetr l*very Tueslay ii' iiin* in Bedfori’a ILill. Officer*: N. ti., 11. I. Adams; Sec , C. I’. Starr. * lienwclacT Lodge No. Hi K. of P. meets every Thursday evening in Befpord'a Hall. Officer*: C. N. 9. Reeve: K. of 11. & 8., Frank B. Meyer.! v

. —Lowell, Lake county, has a shooting club. Read the items from Carpenter township. L \ —See Emmet Kannal's new advertisement. - , j —The. days are growing perceptibly shorter. —Festival in Starr’s Hail belt FHday evening. , 1 * Never pick the teeth nor clean the nails in company. —G. W. Hasci.ll, Esq., of Remington, was in town Sunday. ' ‘ —Fine Llama lace sacques for $2.50 each at F. J. Sears & Co.’s. j —New potatoes were sold on the streets Monday for 40 cents a bushel. —“Gates’ ” interesting budget of Remington new*should be read by all. * —A strictly pure neats foot oil at Kannal’s drug storf for 25 cents per quart. —Choice toilet soap, three cakes for 25 cents, at Emmet Kannal’s drug store. —A oekr stock of violins and violin strings just received at Kannal’B drug store, i —Llama lice shawls worth , SSO can be bought at F*. J. Sears & Co.’s fbr sls. —Fifty worth from $3 to $8 each, for sale.for only $2 each, at A. Leopold’s. —Seven hundred persons left Indisnapo?iis, Tuesday, on an excursion to -Niagara Falls. —Thcpcholee “Little Opera’’ cigar seems to take tbe lend. For’sale only at Emmet Kannal’s, —Oneihnndrcd vesta, worth from $2 to $3.50 each, for sale*for $1.50 each, at A. Leopold’s. —EldeS J, 11. Cissel, of Laporte,- paid Rensselaer, his boyhood home, a, brief visit this wfiek. —A«k Buck for one of these fine “Bur ltnda” cigars, for -ale only at Kannal’s drug store. —A rare eha.ee!- Ton can buy a fine lace shawl, Sears A Co.’s.\ —Call at W. S. Ovwiij’s and sen lie orguin ette, the most wonderful musical instrument fiver invented. —Emmet Kiinnnl sells 1 more “riiite lead and oil for $lO than any other dealer in Jasper county. •* —Bankrupt sale of Dee Shawls for less than half their value. Call and sse them at F. J. Sears Co.’s. M'us .Lilia McArthur and sTtec spent a few days this week visiting numerous friend* in this plnee. j -Some of the Michigan City (excursiongot stuck in the s.anu and did not return home until Saturday. —O. C. Dickey has secured a j osition Jn n blacksmith shop at Morocco; He departed for his new home Tuesday. >

—Solid silver case. stem-winding, Elgin wstrbes, for from sl2 to sls, at W. S. Orwia’s. Call and see them. —Try Doctor 'K annals , ‘‘hose’ ’ tosth powder. It will make your teeth white and nice. Only 25 cents per box. Head County Treasurer Adams’ notice to delinquent tux -payers, Alsewjiere in these columns. He mentis business. —James Malay’s new running mar d, “Classmate,” carried off Ihe first prixo at the Monticello races, last week —The contract for the buildi ig of ff. Jf. fmts’ brick residence tons Keen let -to .Mir. Ira 8. Kingsbury, of Monticdl.^). —The new court-house at (frown Point will soon be ready for occupancy, and then the county officers will be happy. —tMrs. (I. S. Kendall and Mrs J 1. Purcupile, of .Monticello, were tbi t* guests of Mr. Mrs. A. Purcuprle, a ft w days this week. k—Don’t forget that yon CHn buy more paper and envelopes for 25 cents at Emmet Kanual’a drug store than at any other house in towH. —Remington Reporter: A ne>'greenback club Ims been organized at the Flake school house, in Jordan township, with 40members enrolled. —Boys, save your nickels and take your sweethearts to the O. E. S."festival in Starr’s Hall next Friday evening. You will never regret ir. —Letter-heads, ncte-heAds, envelopes, business cards, calling and visiting cards, neatly, cheaply and promptly executed aL this office: - > —A tremendous rainfall" Pedurrcd here Monday and Monday night, wthich, it ig did considerable dami;ge to the wheat crop. ■ ■ , f —Twenty five visiting curds! with na:.ie and address neatly printed* on them, for. ten cents, at this office. Gall and leave your order. —ls you will use Doctor Xannal’s vegetable blood and liver pills according to directions yon need not huve ague. They are a sure preventive —O. E. S. signifies an excellent entertainment on next Friday evening in Starr's Hall. Admission only 10 centa.* Don't fail to attend. —The mercury in the thermometer, crawled up to 100° in the shade on Thursday, much to the delight of ipe cream and' lemonade venders. — Bankrupt Sale.—F. J. Sdars & Co. have just received a large consignment of lace shawls and sacques which mjust be sold for cash 1 to realize. —Three hundred pairs pants, worth from $2 to $3 a pair, for sale for $1.7( a pair, at A. Leopold’s. The above bargains are offered in order to give room for a $20,000 stock. *-*• —A barn belonging to George Jenkins, in Barkiey township, whs struck by lightning, Sunday evening ladt, and burned to the ground. About all the property in the barn was saved. Loss estimated at S2OO. Xn insurance.

■ ■ V • w • I .. —A little hoy of George Jenkins, of Barkley township, /ell down a flight of stairs, Tuesday .evening last, and broke his arm. He is now doing well. —Old newspapers for sale at this office fqr ten cents a dozen, or six for a nickel. These papers are unmutilated and contain a. great variety of choioe reading. —ls you want the best machine oil in use for 35 cents per gallon call at Emmet Kannal’s. He is the only man in town who gives big bargains in machine oil. —“Oh, it’s awful hot!” exclaimed Charley S as the perspiration Flo wed down both cheeks at the concert last night, and the proposition was considered in order by all present. —J. Muldea living near Tyler’s school house, has for sale, or exchange for cattle, one new side-spring buggy, one half spring wagon and spring seat, and one farm wagon as good as new. . * 8-5\ i —The Crown Point Star reports that three suicides habe occurred in Dyer within six weeks, and suggests that the coroner take up his abode there in order to be on hand in the future. —Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, aged mother of George Brown, of Hanging Grove township, died rather suddenly op Thursday of last week. Her age was years, 25 years of which ehe had spent in Jasper county. —Delinquent tax-payers will please take notiee. I will start the collectors soon.. Raiiroad tax must be settled. Calfl at my office and see me. I will give no further notice. Henry 1. Adams, 4-2. Trees. Jasper Co., lnd. —The temperance meeting which was advertised for last Monday evening was postponed one week on account of the weather. It will come off’ without fail next Monday evening. Seo programme in another column. t —Miss Libbie A’ alien took advantage of the excursion rates on the railroads Inst week and visited her sister, Mrs. Charles Jouvenat, at Crown Point. She returned, Wednesday, accompanied by het little nephew, Louis Jouvenat. —Business men have no idea what n help it is tedhem to advertise in a good, live local newspaper unless they have (ried it. If Dot already an.plverliser in its columns try The Standard, which bids fair tc soon become the best advertising thedium in Jasper county. —The Jasper County Nortaal School will open next Monday. With Professors J. H. Snoddy anil G. W. Allen and our very efficient County Superintendent Nowels to conduct the exercises we may look for the most interesting session of the Normal ever held in the couutv. —CaH at W, B. Orwin’s and Charley Sears will show you the wonder of the nicer teenth century, the orguinette. It will play polkas, waltzes, schottisctlcs, gallops, quadrilles, etc. It can he used for danciug and thus save the expense of a tiddler. The price is within the reach of nil.

—Died, on Tuesday, the Btli instant, of consumption, Susannah, wife of J. E. Lamsou, aged Deceased was a kind and affectionate mother, a faithful and devoted wife, and was loved and respected by ail who knew her. The burial took place Wednesday and was largely attended. —Our enterprising lumber and grain merchant, Mr. F. L. Colton, has contracted for the erection of a large grain elevator near the depot in this place, to be finished in sixty days. Mr. Cotton is of the kind of busiuess men that help to build up a town. W ish we had muuy more like him in Rensselaer. —Joseph Willit will apply to the board of commissioners of Jasper county,- at their .September session, A. D. 1879, for a license to sell intoxicating liquor in Remington in less quantity than a quart at a time, with the privilege of permitting the same to be drank on the premises. See notice in another column. —Barney l'atton, of Remington, one of the best natural fellows in all Hoosierdom, calbvßo see ns last Saturday. He reports dull times in the once bustling little city of Remington. There is something in Barney’s conversation and dernoanor that leads us to suspect he may become a citizen of the thriving county seat of Jasper ere long. —An ordinance to prohibit disturbance of the peace, disorderly conduct and other misdemeanors in Rensselaer was passed by the board of town trustees at their regular meeting Tuesday evening last. It contains a.u emergency clause and is therefore in lull ■jiorce and effect. Tho ordinance appears elsewhere in these columns. It may be found interesting reading to some. —Mr. C. D. Stackhouse showed us a fine specimen of the celebrated “Gawson” wheat, Thursday, which was grown by him. It is actually the finest wheat grown anywhere. The heads ore very heavy and the grain is large and plump. Mr. S. grew six acres of this excellent variety this season. Mr. H. V. Chiiders is agent foY the sale of the seed. Buy some and try it. —The Fourth Indiana Stale Camp Meeting will be held on the grounds of the Kosciusko County Agricultural Society at Warsaw, commencing Friday, August Ist, 1879. and continuing ten days. Rev. G. B. Foote, D. D., of the M. E. Church of New York, Bishop J. Weaver, D. D., of the U. B. Church, W’m. Tavler, the great California street - preacher, and other distinguished divines are expected to be present. • : —The following cat story is taken from l )>® Logansport Journal: Mr. Alf. Kelley, of this office, is the proud owner of a remarkable JSake«e cat. A few nights ago her kitten fell into the cellar, and “Malty,” failing to rescue it herself, proceeded to the sleeping apartment of Mr. K., aroused him froth his slumbers, refusing to take for an answer to her call, and led him to the relief of her kitten. Yesterday one of Mr K.’s canary birds escaped from its cage, and “Malty/* noticing the fact, instead of making the bird her “meat,” hunted up Mr. K., attracted his attention and escorted him to the capture and restoration to ita cage of the escaped canary. Mr. K. thinks “Malty” has more sense than any cat he ever saw or heard of. »

—We have it. from good authority that Mr. Charted P. Hopkins will poon commence the publication of ah independent newspaper at Morocco, Newton county. —Mrs. Howard, on Van Rensselaer street, can accommodate two or three more regular or day boarders. - . Good tables, clean beds and low rates are her recommendations to public favor. —The concert at ths court-house last night by the Presbyterian Sunday Schaol, under the direction of Mrs. E. ,P. Hammoqd, was a complete success. .The attendance was not so large as the performances merited, but those who were therq received more thap the worth of their money. The entertainment wrs indeed an interesting one and reflects much credit upon both the management and the little folks.. Proceeds will be apjdied as a payment upon 'he Sunday School organ. —The citizens of the first ward havfe been considerably agitated for some lime past over the strange and mysterious noises that have proceeded from a certain barn in that vicinity.; All kiuds of rumors and idle speculations have been afloat os to the cause of the cqrious demonstrations, but the terrified citizens cculd come to no satisfactory conclusion. Some argued that the barn was haunted, that one of Prof. Starr's spirits had escaped from its confines aud sought refuge therein, but others who did not believe in ghosts and ghost stories were of the opinion that 'he sounds proceeded from a human being, an escaped lunatic, perhaps. Investigation, however, unraveled the mystery. A rising young attorney of this place, thirsting for fame, wafe rehearsing “The Deathbed of Benedict Arnold” preparatory to reciting the same at temperance Thceting. ‘‘.Merely this and nothing more'’ ’

. vl —At the faceting o'* the directors of the Jasper County Agricultural Society held in tho court-house last Saturday, it was found that the capital stock had not yet all been subscribed, and therefore the board deemed it. iucxpedient to arrange for a fair before the shnres of stock were all taken. To put the society on a solid business basis it is necessary that the one hundred shares of capital stock of $25 each be subscribed and paid for. This the society hoped would be done at the meeting Saturday, but the failure of citizens who are directly interested in the matter to take hold and help to make the enterprise a success, has thrown a damper over those who were disposed to lend aid and assistance to the good \Vork. However, another effort will be made to secure the amount of subscription that .is lacking, and to this end it bohooves the friends of the Cause who have been so, reluctant and careless, to come forward at once and subscribe the amount necessary to put the society on its feetr' W. J. Imes was appointed by the board to solicit subscriptions to the oapilal stock. —Several sever® raiu storms have visited this and adjoining counties during the past week, doing great damage to crops and property. Tua region which seems to have suffered most is that lying along the Wabash river. So heavy were t,he stores that large quantities of wheat were washed out of the .valley into the river and carried off. It is stale':? also that the corn crop I?'as sustained serious, damage in ‘<htu locality, especially that the button's aid oh tho low lands. The damage to railroads is almost incalculable. Bridges and their approaches were in many places washed away, seriously interfering with the running of trains. The Wabash Valley road suffered the loss of two bridges or culverts between Lafayette and Logansport and had. .to, join its trains arouud via the New Albany and Panhandle roads until the culverts could be replaced,. The 1.. D. & C. folks lost theii; n«W bridge across the Wabash at Pittsburg, and consequently will be delayed several weeks in the running of trains to Delphi. This will be a serious loss to the company, both of time and money, and great disappointment to the friends of the road. So near, and yet so far, the completion of the line to Delphi has been anxiously looked forward to by all parties concerned, and this unexpected delay is very much regretted. In this immediate locality the wheat is damaged to some extent, and so also the corn, but a few days more like yesterday and day before will set everything all right again.