Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1879 — OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. [ARTICLE]

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

Govuaty Offlcexa. Auditor, Henry A. Berkley. Treewrrer, Henry I. Adams. Recorder. Il»rvcj W. Wood. Sheriff, George M. Robinson, *. Clerk,. Charles ti. Price. Surveyor, Lewis Alter. School Superintendent, D B. Nowels, , Commissioners, Ist district, lt\se D. Dunn; 2nd district. WiilUm K. Psrkisou; Brd district, William B. Price. Tow ixalilp Officers. —- t Trustees, Hanging Grove township, David dnj; Gillsm, Thos. H. Robinson; Walker, George Stahlbsum; Barkley, 8. R. Nichols; Marion, William 8. Coen; Jordan, Elliott R. Burr. Newton, Hugh E. Coen; Keener, W i H. Tyler; Kankakee, Edward T. Biggs: Wheattield, William Rich; Carpenter, James 8. IrwmVMUroy, Washington Scott; Union, , Maia-’ i P. Comer. • Jnstices, Hauging Grove township, Turner A. Knox: Gillsm, James R. Guild and Miles BUher; Walker, Joel ¥. Spriggs and Loren to Tinkh&m; Barkley, Ellas Marion and J. W. McClcary; Marion, Eldridge T. Hat ding, f Augustus H. Wood and David Janies; Jordan, George Seiixinger and Stephen Hamblin; Newton, John Warren; Keener, Daniel E. Fairchild and Elam D. Fairchild; Kankakee, William W. Jones; Wheatfield, James Spencer; Milroy, James Boober; Union, John Alter and Clark McCollj. Tow xx Officers. Marshal, William Powers. tJlerk, Truitt P. Wright. Councilmen, Ist district, Charles C. Starr; 2nd district, Mervin O. Ciasel; 3rd district, Henry V. Childers; 4th district, Simon Phillips; mpdistrict, Samuel Scott. School trustees, Abraham Leopold, president; Simdii P, Thompson, treasurer; Morsecretary. Oovxxts. Circuit Court, Hon. Edwin P. Hammond. Judge; Frank Babcock, prosecutor. Is, .Monday in January, 3rd Monday in Marclit Ist Monday in June, 3rd Monday in October, Cointni-sioners' Court, Ist Monday in March, June, September and December. a , 03a.txrcls.es. Methodist Episcopal'Church, Rev. W. G. • Vessels, Pastor. Services every alternate Sabbath at 10:30 o’clock a. m., and m the evening or same day. Sabbath School at 9:30 o’clock a. m. Prayer meeting every Wt-dnes lay evening. Jhrptrst Chnrch no Pastor. Presbyterian Church, no Pastor. Sabbath School at 2:30 o’clock p. m. 1 Christian Church, Elder D. H.-tLtcid, Pastor. Services every Sabbath morning and evening. Sabb.uh—Schocl at 9:30 o'clock a- in. , Free Will Baptist Clijirch, Rev. Sanderson, 4’astor. Services at the D.iugli-, etty school Louse every alternntc Sabbath Hi dO:30 >»\loek a. in., or 3 o'clock p. in. , Sabbath School at 9:30 o’clock a. m. * ■■ 1 Societies. Prairie Lodge No. 123 F. & A. M. meets Ist and 3rd Saturday evenings- of each mouth in XvweU’ Hall. Offlo-rt: W. M., H. W. Wood; Sec., Louis Kern. Ircquois No. 143 I. O. O, F. meets every Tups'ay evening in Bedford's Hall. tHS*-ers: N. l!., U. 1. Alums; Sec , C. C. Starr. ' . * j Rensselaer 1.0-lgc No. 82 K. of P. meets every Thursday evetr.ng iu Bedford's Hall.' UJicers: l.‘. C., N. W. Reeve: K. ot R. &. S., Frank 'll. Mayer. -

—Have you signed the pledge? —A Sunday school picnic is talked of. —Mr. A. S. La Hue now occupies his new dwelling. —Advertise your new fall goods in Tnt< Stasdaed. —Ask your neighbor to subscribe for Thjs Staxlubd. * —Teachers’ examination at the school house to-day. —The successful business man is the one who advertises. i—Dawson Smith, Esq., of Fowler, was in town, Thursday. —Valparaiso claunrlbe champion pedestrian of .the state. —J. W.' Duvall and Louis Bass visited Lafayette this week. —Miss Bertha Xytsur, we are serry to learn, is seriously ijjS —Now is a good >ime for merchants to commence advertising ,-r-W. S. Lingle, of the Lafayette Courier, was iu town, Thursday. —George Catt was visiting Rensselaer friends part of this week, ' —Another gentle shower of rain visited these parts Monday night. = —Mrs. L. Tuteur returned from a visit to Lafayette, Thursday evening. —Mr. M. li. Stiitler and family are visiting relatives m Newton county. —The Remington Camp Meeting begins ofte week from next Wednesday. —J. T.- Earl, a Brookston M. D., was in Rena-elaer the first of the week. —Miss Ella Evans, of Westville, visited her Rensselaer friends (his week. Mias Dora Ward, of Kentland, wrs the guest of .Miss Lulu Hammodd this week. Fifty coats, worth from $3 to $8 each, for sale for only $2 each, at A. Leopold’s.

—Mr*. Michael ScbneSder, of Cleveland, 0., is visiting relatives in Jasper county. —A splendid variety of calling and visits iog cards at this office, j Call and see them. —The weather of the past week or len days ho 3 been very favorable for harvesting. —Dr. W. L. Harnnr returned, Saturday evening last, from u business trip to Frankfort. • 1 . 1 ’ Several cases of diptheria appeared in Krancesvill*, last week, me of which proved fatal. —(Jail at TitE Standard office for envelopes— a large stock, olf best quality, on hand. * —About forty ten cite its and pupil* are in attendance upon the Narni.il, and more ore expected. ; I ‘ ■■ —An exchange siiceringly remarks tlmt one girl in the kitchcu is worth two at the frout gate. ! - ‘ —Cnc hundred vests; worth from $2 to lid.oj each, for bale for 4 1.00 each, at A. Leopold's. , * Mr. Hart, Jthc gcnt-lcmsnly clerk of the Narrow Gauge store, is visiting’ friends iu Canton, IH. * j • # —-_Mr. W. S. Oriviu L- a widower for a few eftys. His family arc visiting ft tends iu Logausport. —Subscribe for, Tins [Standard. Only $1 a year, six mouths for 60 cents, three months for 26 cents. '' Hiram Lucas, of ISrookston, rccentlj fell heir to •'i?-,000, a legacy ie/t hiui by a rich uncle iu New York. —The Brookston- Reporter says ’ the best recipe for a: bee sting is soft soap applied to the stung part immediately.”

—Rev. T. E. Webb, of Remington, preached a very acceptable sermon iu the M. E. church Sunday evening. —Preliminary steps Ih-.tvo .been takes to secure the admission of Jobu B. Hurley to the hospital for insane persons. —James F. Irwin, of Carpenter township, called at The Standard office, Monday. reports everything lovely in southern Jasper. ,' —Genetal Manager Yeoman, of the 1., D. 4C. ft. R., and wife, spent Sabbath last in Rensselaer, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. McCoy. —Twenty five visiting cards, with name and address neatly printed on them, for ten cents, at this office. Call and leave ■your order. — A party of ladies and gentlemen came (Tver from Remington, Thursday evening, to attend the temperance revival in progress at this place. —Green corn and cucumbers, with the usual attendant, cholera morbus, bring broad smites to the countenances of physicians now days. - —The work of excavating for the cellars of the new brick business rooms of George Kannal and Willey k gigler is being vigorously prosecuted. —A new lumber yard is being established in this place by ftev. ft. F. Ferguson and a Mr. Jordan, of Francetsville. We wish the gentlemen success. —F. L. Cotton,is doing an extensive grain business. He has this week shipped several carloads of new wheat. Price paid from 86 to SO cents pe r bushdl. —Old newspapers fak sale at this office for ten cents a dozen, tor six for a nickel. These papers are unmutilated and contain a great variety of choice reading. —A basket meeting wiil be held at Blue Grass school house on the second Sunday in August next. Services conducted by Rev.' W. G. Vessels and others. Everybody Invited. Mrs. Howard, on Van Rensselaer street, can accommodate two or three more regular or day boarders. Good tables, clean bods and low rates are her recommendations to public favor. —Mr. D. C. Wood returned* from Rensselaer Tuesday night. He reports several costly residences going up in that place, among them an elegant one for His Honor, Judge Hammond.—[Winomac Journal.

’ —Eyed Webber has had a splendid “lip” for his 4*l flat” since the advent of that Mght-poun J boy at his house. —Letter-heads, note-heads, envelopes, business cards, calling and visiting cards neatly,, cheaply and promptly executed at this office. —Mr. Joneph Price, of Barkley towhabip, has again been adjudged insane and was this week taken by Sheriff Robinson to the insane hospital at Indianapolis. —Normal pupils will find scratch books, note, letter and fools cap writing papers, envelopes, pens, lead pencils, inks, etc., of good quality, cheap, at the poet office. —Three hundred pair* pants, worth from $2 to (3 a pair, for sale f r $1.76 a pair, at A. Leopold’s. The above bargains are offered in order to give room for a $20,000 stock. —Bro. McEwen, of the Sentinel, is baching it now, which accounts for the forlorn expression of his coantemince since Wednesday. His family is in Uonticelld visiting friends. —At the suggestion of the town marshal the citisens have had the obnoxious weeds along the streets ifnd sidewalks mown down, thereby adding materially, to the appearance of the town. —Mr. Kirk Dunning, a young and talented artist of Detroit, is visiting his -friends Mr. and Mrs. H. R. \V. Smith, at the residence of Mr. Wm. F. Paxton, ini Newton township. —A quiet wedding took place ih Rensselaer, Thursday evening. The contracting parties were Mr, Alexander H. Witman And Miss Lucy Reigle, of Remington. Justice Ijarding tied the knot. —The 1., D. & C. R. R. Co. commenced running regular trains to Pittsburg last Monday. ‘ Train leaves here as usual at lf:15 a. m., and arrives at 7:15 p. m. instead of 6:1-5 as heretofore. —Mr. Thos. E. Willey and family, of Long’s Point, Ark., arc visiting relatives and friends in Jasper county. Tom mode it convenient to come North and remain during the yellow fever scare. —The evenings are growing longer, a fact that will-carry joy to the heart of many a young man. A gain of five minutes each Sunday evening is a bonanza to a young >man who- dreams of love.—[Huntington' Herald-* " - v —A bWnd man was preying upon the sympathies of Rensselaer people, Thursday. He sells ‘‘The Blind Man’s Appeal” for whatever sum the citizens arc disposed to give, and thus earns au honest living for himself and family. —Mr. Joshua Ponsler, one of the host farmer-in tho land, Recently threshed out two and 6ne-ha!f acres of wheat which yielded an even hundred bushels of grain, au average of forty bushels to the acre. Not so bad, that. —Regular trains now run to Pittsburg on the 1., & C. R’y, the mail train passing this place southward at 2:30 p. m. and returning arrives here at 6 p. m. Arrangements will soqn bo made to connect with Wabash trains;—[.Monticello Herald.

—Marshal Powers arrested a party of boys, Thursday, for bathidf within the corporate liinits of the town in violation of section 3of ordinance>Noi 52. They were taken before Justice Harding and each fined cl, which tVas paid in norjjk on me streets. —We are fiained to announce the death of Mrs. Xlalachi P. Comer, which occurred at her home in Union toflfkship on Friday of last week, after a illness. She was universally and her loss will be deeply regretted by |ll who knew her. • | —Orwin, the jeweler, has several new pieces of music for the orgninette, aud the melodious strains that areldatly wafted upon the July zephyrs to thb >ears of the musid-loving portion of the community is enough to soothe the breast of thtmost daring savage. ; \ —Business men have hej idea whnt a help it is to them to advertise in a good,\lrve local newspaper unless they have If not already an advertiser in its coSumni try The Standard, which bids fair to soon become the best advertising medium in Jasper county. " \ —ln another, column will bo found an interesting article from the Cimarron (N. M.) News and Press concerning the discovery of gold near Elizabethtown by Dr. Ira C. Kelley, formerly of llbnsselaer. The Doctor has probably struck a bonanza out there, and we are glad of it. . —The residence of Mr. Wtu. Murray, one mile south of town, was burned to the ground yesterday morning, including part of his furniture and clothing, Loss about $800; no insurance. The fire is supposed to have originated from a defective flue. —[Goodland Saturday Herald.

, —Bro. Thomas, of the Winamac Democrat, recently pounded a couple es tramps for invading his premises aud gearing his family. That’s right. If the law will not take these fellows in hand, let individuals give them their just deserts. If a few more were treated in that way they would not be so numerous. —Mr. E. H. Tharp, who has for some time past been in the employ of Walter A. Wood & Co., of reaping and mowing machine fame, with headquarters in Chicago, visited his mother and friends in this place the past week. He has secured a position in Indianapolis, place he started yesterday. .- —Dr. 8. W. Ritchey, one of the sturdy farmers of Jasper county-, and a fervent advocate of the greenback cause, gave The Standard office a friendly call, Wednesday. The Doctor is one es those liberalminded, whole-souled gentlemen, with whom it does a person good to converse. Call often. Doctor, and stay longer. —The board of town trustees met, Monday evening, pursuant to announcement, for the purpose of hearing complaints of, and appeals from, the assessment toll, an«f*to equalise taxes. But ih«re being no ohe present .with any grievances to offer tie* board concluded everybody was satisfied, and adjourned to meet in regular session'll h the first Monday evening in August.

—The undersigned desires to trade his town property for a good farm. Will pay the-difference in cash. His property is desirably located and well improved. If he can meet with no chance to trade, he will pay all cash for %. good farm at reasonable figures. Parlies desiring to sell or trade will do well to consult him. W. G. SmootT —We were in error last week in stating that Mr. E. L. Clark had sold his stock of hardware to Goodland parties. He disposed of only a surplus part of it with the intention of laying in such goods as he needs to complete his stock. When his new goods airive he will have one of the best equipped hardware stores in Northern Indiana. Before purchasing call and examine his stock and learn prices. It will be to your advantage to do so. —Mike Mulchahay, of Jordan township, came to town Monday evening, and as the boys say, “got on it a little.’’ He was arrested, Tuesday, by Marshal Powers, upon a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and was lined and costed $6 by Justice Harding, which he without a murmur. To his credit be it said that lie attended the temperance revival in the evening, was converted by Jimmy Dunn, End donned the blue ribbon. —Through some carelessness at the postoffice our communication from “Gates” this week was thrown in with the Sentinel’s mail, and without noticing the address- Bro. opened it and set it up for his paper, thinking it was intended for him. Upon the appearance of the Sentinel we noticed, to our surprise,’ our anxiously looked for Remington correspondence, and investi* gation revealed the facts before stated. Such a blunder is very annoying and we hope the like may not occur agxiu soon.