Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1879 — TO CORRESPONDENTS. [ARTICLE]

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All intended for publication ia Th a Standard should be mailed ' ia acaMa Io reitk this office Wednesdays ia order to insure insertion the same week. Correspondence ii solicited from every . township in Jswper county, upon all matters of local importance, vic., marriages, births, deaths, accident*, removals, improvements, crops, etc., etc. No peins will be spared to make this 'an interesting feature of the paper, and it is the wjih of the publisher that some person in each towflship will take the trouble to write up the news of his township and send it ia for publication, and thus assist id making Ths Stabdabd the beet local newspaper ia the county. A POSTAL CABO 001BK8F0XDBVCB COLUMN will be opened to the patrons of this paper and everybody else who will be kind enough |o furnish us with briet items of local news. We extend the invitation to everybody to send in the news of their respective neigh* boriiood written oa a postal card for publication in this column. We desire to make this an interesting feature of the paper and hope out friends Will respond cheerfully to the invitation. Who will be first?

—Advertise your new fall goods in Tas „ —Ask your neighbor to subscribe for Tub SraOABDw Mrs. W. Q. Smoot is seriously afflicted with erysipelas. —County Treasurer Adams visited friends in Miami county, this week: —Wall paper, cheap, for the next thirty days, at Kennel's drug sfore. —Our friend, Al. Catt, is suffering from a severe attack of the shingles. , , —Th os. J. McCJoy shipped a lot of cattle to Buffalo, N. Y-i, last Saturday. —Harry Murray, of Barkley township, returned from Kansas, last week. •0 • « —Mr. John Hess, a prominent attorney of Kentland, was in town this week. —Thanks to Mrs. M. L. Spitler fur a generous supply of garden vegetables. *- Mrs. D. B. Miller returned, Thursday evening, from a visit to Rochester. —The board of town trustees meet in regular session Monday evening next. —Mrs. Latnson and daughter Annie are visiting friends in Montgomery county. 4—Miss Eva Clift and Miss Kate Pettit, Bemiugt-m belles, were in town Sunday. —Fifty coats, worth from $3 to-$8 each, for .sale for only $2 each, at A. Leopold’s. —A splendid variety of calling and visiting cards at this office. Uall and see them. —Call at Tub Standard office for envelopes—a large stock, of best quality, on hand. —Charley Starr, the popular grocer, is this week visiting bis sister at Decatur, Illinois. —A. J. McCoy, of Rensselaer, is in the city.—[Delphi Journal. Who ia < “A. J. McCoy’*? , —A project is on foot tn build a railroad frvm Valparaiso,’through Crown Point, to Joliet, 111. —One hundred rests, worth from $2 to $® 50 each, for sale for $1.50 eaClf; at A. Leopold's. —A number of Remington people were it) attendance at the temperance meetings, this week.

—Mr.and Mrs. Janies S. Wigmore will ielri'i'ate their Tifteenih wedding anniveri sary, to-morrow. —Mr. James H. Ball and a Mr. Griffin of Crown Point, were in town, Tuesday, on railroad business. —Bro. McEwen, of the Sentinel, spent Sabbath last with friends in the sensational town of Monticello. V—The Narrow Gauge hauled bushels of wheat out of Monticello, last Monday. —[-Delphi Journal. r —Lack Smith, General Passenger and Freight Agent of the 1., D. & C. R. R.’, was in Delphi, Monday. n —Subscribe for The Staxbard. Only $1 • year, six months for 50 cents, three months for 25 cents. —A new military cdmpany, to be known as the Benton County Guards, has been organized at Fowler. —President McCoy, of the 1., D. & C. R. R., visited Delphi, the first of the week, in the interest of his road. , —* number of our citizens excurted , to Delphi, Wednesday anil Thursday, to Witness Jbe races at that place. —Temperance meeting at the Presbyterian church next Monday evening. See programme in another column. • •—A goodly number of persons from this j place and vicinity attended the rtlces at Delphi, Wednesday and Thursday. —Dr. J. H. Loughridge has bden elected a trustee of the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons at Indianapolis. . —Nellie and Clara Coen, daughters of Mr. Wnx. Con, of Rensselaer, are visiting at Mr. Goo. Coen’s.—[Monticello Herald. —The Itth annual Fair of the Starke County Agricultural Society will be held at Knox' od the 18tt, 19th and 20th of September. >. , —Now is the time to secure* bargains in ■ wall paper, and Emmet Kannal’s drug store is the place. Go and make your selections' ». at once. - five visaing cards, with name and address neatly printed on them, for' ten cents, at this office. Call and leave your order. . ; —Walter and Bruce Milroy, wEo have been attending college at Hanover, are with friends in this city.—[Delphi Journal. Walter and Bruce were' once Rensselaer boys. 1 . , —Mrs. Howard, oh Van Rensselaer street, can accommodate two or three more regular or day boarders. Good tables, clean bods and low rates are her recommendations to jAiblk fitvori ‘ -

—Temperance pledget and blue ribbon have been in demand since Jimmy Dunn inaugurated the campaign against King Alcohol. —Mrs. E. L. Clark accompanied Bev. Thoo. Vanacoy and wife to the Battle Ground eamp meeting, last Saturday. She returned Monday. —lt is a notorious fact th at Emmet Kannai krepsthe best 5-eent cigars to be found in Rensselaer. If you don’t believe it, investigate. —Letter-heads, note-heads, envelopes, business cards,* calling and. visiting cards neatly, cheaply and promptly executed at this office. * —lch. Yates fell from a scsffold yesterday while doing some plastering at home, receiving a black eye, and sustaining other light injuries. —The regular meeting of Evening Star Chapter, Order Eastern Star, will bo held next Wednesday evening. A still attendance is desired. I ’ —“Jack” Hart, the pleasant and genial clerk at the Narrow Gauge Clothing Store, returned, Thursday night, from a visit to friends in Illinois. —A fire among some rubbish in the rear of the Liberal Corner building was discovered, Tuesday, season to prevent a disastrous conflagration. There will be an excursion from Rensselaer to the Battle Ground camp meeting, to-morrow. Fare for round trip, sl. Train leaves at 7 o’clock a. m. —Mr. J. M. Wasson and Mr. 8. P. Thompson, two of the tried and true republicans of old Jasper, gave Thk Standard office a pleasant eall, yesterday. 1

—Old newspapers for sale at this office for ten cents a dozen, or six for a nickel. These papers are unmutilated and contain a great variety of choice reading. —-Mirs Ella Evans, of Westville, gave us a pleasant Call, one day this week. She is in attendance upon the Jasper County Normal, now in session in this place. —Mr. Caleb A. Hopkins was the victim of a runaway, one day this week. Ng damage done further than a bad scare and a good shaking up of the occupants. —The Winamac Democrat completed its 22<1 year last week. The Democrat is one of our most valued exchanges, and well worthy of the liberal patronage it receives. —Three hundred pairs pants, worth from $2 to $3 a pair, for sale foi $1.75 a pair, at A. Leopold’s. The above bargains are offered in order to give room for a $20,000 stock. . —Emmet Kannal will, for the next thirty days, offer his entire slock of wnll paper at less than cost in order to close out. If you would secure a bargain in that line, call before it is too —Jerry Karsner, a laborer,employed on the Makeevep Dock wheeling brick, was precipitated from the second to the ground floor, Monday, receiving severe, but not fat.l, internal injuries. —Married, on Saturday, July 26th, by Justice Wood, Mr. Ainos Pippenger and Miss Minerva Coghiil, all of Jasper County. The ceremonies were performed in the rocordcr’s office. No cards. —Marriage licenses were issued on Siturday last to the following parties: George L. Morgan and Mary J. Morris: Amos Pippenger and Minerva Coghill; William F. Powers and Elizabeth A. Cissel. —A petition sos ttf€ removal of Mr. Callanan, the new postmaster at Ambia, Benton county, has been sent to Washington He is objected to on the ground of having too many children. Strange objection that. —Frank Weathers, a lad about sixteen years of ag l , fell, Monday, from the second story of Judge Hammond’s residence now in course us .erection, breaking both his arms and otherwise seriously injuring him. His recovery will be slow. Business men have no idea what a help it is to them to advertise in a good, live local newspaper unless <hey have tried it. If not already an advertiser in its columns try Thb Standard, which bids fair to soon become the best advertising medium in Jasper county. ' •

—lt is generally conceded that Providence has done his duty this year, so far as the crops are concerned, but yet there are some men who will squeal because wheat is not worth two dollars per bushel. • Some people are never satisfied; they always grumble. —[Valparaiso Messenger. —On Monday, County Clerk Price filed an infurmation against Con-table Kaessner, of Newton township, for running- his fist against Will Lameon’s nose, in violation of section two of ordinance number fifty-two. He was taken before Justice Harding, who fined him $1 for the misdemeanor. —The, Delphi Journal man found a lady’s switch and a few hair pinsftife other morning, and is now switching around to find the lady. It has suspicions of foul play, dresms of murder, and all that. It may only have been a little hair pulling scrape, Bro. Cox. Never get* excited over small matters. —Contractor Longshore started to Valparaiso, Saturday evening’ last, whither he was summoned to be present at the bedside of his eon who was lying dangerously ill. He went through* overland, accompanied by tfr. Hiser, the liveryman. They returned Wednesday, and report the boy some better, but still in a critical —The commissioners have ordered an election to be held in Burlington township, Monday, September Ist, in* the matter oi fating aid in the sum of SIO,OOO to the 1., D. A C. Narrow Gauge. The friends of the road are sanguine of success in voting the aid. Let it be done to the* end that Delphi and Burlington may be more sociable and neighborly.—[Delphi Journal. —Mr. 8. M. Hayes and son,- of Bremen, Marshall county, were in town, Thursday, prospecting for a location. Mr. Hayes was pastor of the M. E. Church at' this place just twenty-one .years ago. His son is a disciple of Blackstone, and'has a strong notion of locating in Rensselaer. They both express themselves tat being wfill pleased with the to<n, and are of the opinion that if will make a place of no little importance.

W. McEwen and daughters Annie agd Frankie returned, hat evening, front their visit to Monticello, accompanied by Mine Julia Davie, of Bangor, Michigan. —Contractor Wood etoad in the way of * falling brick at the Makeover building, one day this week, and consequently carries a eear on tie top of hie heed. He win “look a leedle oud” hereafter. ■ »„.-»♦ —Will Harding returned from the wilds of Arkansas last evening, looking aa natural as ever, with the exception of a few stray hairs that adorn his upper lip. “Yellow Jack** did.not perpetrate any outrages upon him, but he sgys he had a close call and made a ‘•hair breadth** escape. —The total valuation of railroad property in Jasper.county for taxable purposes, as Meeneed by th estate board of equalisation, is $102,288. The aaseeeed valuation ppr mile of the Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago railroad, is as follows: Main track, $1,750; side track, $600; rolling stock, $250. —D. A. of Delphi, "the young gentleman who recently shoved the quill for the Brookston Reporter, was in Rensselaer over Suitdajr. During his stay he attended Jimmy Dunn’s temperance meetings and fell a victim to the convincing arguments of the great revivalist and reformer. He wants “ho more benzine in his*n.”

—A double wedding occurred in Rensselaer, last Sunday. The parties to the pleasant affair were Mr. George L. Morgan and Mrs. Mary J. Morris, Mr. William F. Powers and Mrs. Elizabeth A. Cissel, Elder D. T; Halstead officiating. Thb Standard extends congratulations to the happy couples, and wishes them joy, health, wealth and long life. —Mr. Alton Grant met with a severe and painful accident yesterday while assisting in threshing at the poor farm. He wns engaged in cutting bands from wheat with a sickle when he accidently struck his hand with the edge of the instrument inflicting a terrible gash. He was brought to town and had the gash sewed up by Drs. Mose and Loughridge, and is now doing as well as could be expected. —The editor of the Monticello Democrat, in a letter to his paper last week, wrote thus of the ladies of the east: “The laddies, are homely, dressy, and anxious—for husbands. They will not work, unless it be their feet down the pavement.** That is very unkind of you Hoover, to speak thus sneeringly of your own relation, and we venture the assertion that next time you go down there you will meet with a cool reception. —Mr. H. R. W. Smith, of the Cincinnati Enquirer, and Mr. Kirk Dunning, a very fine artist of Detroit, honored The Standard office with a call, Thursday. The latter gentleman showed us samples of work he had just completed phich are indeed tnarvels of beauty and perfection, and tf’ouid reflect credit upon the most skillful arti«t. They are now on exhibition at Imre' drug store, and must be seen to be appreciate!.

—Business on the nnrrow gauge has been brisk since the new wheat crop commenced moving. Shipments of grain eastward from Pittsburg tire forwarded at much lower rates by the narrow gauge than by lite more direct route over the Wabash road. Competing lines of railroad are a great benefit, not to shippers, but to producers and the public in general. It cannot be denied that the 1., D. & C. has already proved of great advantage to this locality, in that it has been means? of bringing down rates of transportation.—[Monticdllo .Herald. —Some beautiful specimens of the combined skill of the photographer and the painter are on exhibition at W*. J. lines’ drug store. They are the work of Mr. Kirk Dunning, of Detroit, who is tarrying for a few days in this vicinity. These pictures are entirely different from any ever before produced here, never blister or crack, and are absouletly fadeless and indestructible. Mr. Dunning will remain a few days longer and will take orders for pictures or teach the nrt of making them at a reasonable prise. Orders may be left with Frank Meyer, at Imes* drug store. —The Monticello Herald springs to the front with the following rat story. ‘’Three large' sized rats visited the rear premikes of the Failing House, ope day last week in qu&t of food. Finding a large biscuit in the center of the yard they endeavored to carry it to their secluded retreat under the barn, but tfielr efforts were futile, until finally they hit upon a method of transportation that proved successful One of the rats laid down on its back, while the other two loaded the biscuit on its prostrate form and hauled if away by the rat’s tail. This might be called a rat.tail adventure, but eye witnes. ses will very the truthfulness of the statement.” *

—Jimmy Dunn closed his temperance Isbors in this place, Thursday night, and went to Monticello yesterday, where he proposes to’ inaugurate a temperance crusade. His labors here have resulted in a power of good to the cause and to the community as well. He whS with us just tea nights, during which time 621 persons signed the pledge and dawned the blue ribbon.- There never was such a deep feeling manifested for the cause as there is now. The citizens'are' thoroughly aroused to a sense of their duty and are determined to prosecute the war against intemperance to the bitter end. A notice of the permanent organization of a society called The Uhristian Temperance Union will be found elsewhere in these columns. t —H. I. F. Wasika was taken suddenly and' severely ill on last Wednesday night. At first be supposed it was simply an attack of cholera' morbus; but as he kept growing worse and suffering intense pain, he had Dr. A. M. Vincent called in who administered some strong medicine to relieve the patient from His severe pain which lie was suffering. The result of the treatment was the ejecting' of a tape worm from the pAtienl’s stumach measuring 125 feet in length. Mr. Wasika Says he had frequent attacks us a similar character, ’and that they date back to a time when he was about twelve years of age; but he had never been able to acoount for their cause until now. Mr. Wasika, though weak, is again able to attend to business and says he never felt so well in bis life.—[Valparaiso Messenger.

—The fink span of the Wabash bridge wag safely swung yesterday. There .pMha to be no dou bl but that the trains will run into Delphi by the Ist of September.— [Delphi Journal. Then we are all coming over, Bro, Cox, with our wives and children, our neighbors and our neighbors’, Wives and children, big and little, fnt find lean, to partake of that roasted ox. Put the big pot in the little one, oi the in the big one, or both, for we are ooming, woaie, and expect to get one good, square meal. —6n Saturday last “buck” Duvall and Marion Sea, both of thia county, traded horses, as “Buck*’ claimed, and shortly afterward See. denied having any intention of trading, and demanded his horse, which was in “Buck’s** possession. The latter refused to give it up and See swam otft the necessary writ to replevin the animal, but before it could be served “Buck” had taken the hone away, so that the officers .could aot serve the writ. On Monday > following See filed With Prosecutor Babcock an affidavit alleging that ‘‘Buck’’ had robbed him of his anitnal. A trial resulted in binding the latter over to court to answer *to the charge of robbery. Afterwards She fouhd the disputed horse and took possession of it. The replevin suit was tried on Wednesday and Thursday by a jury which returned a verdict giving possession of the animal to the defendant, Duvall.

—Just take a fair glance at Thk Standard this week and see if you don’t oorne io the conclusion that it is the best local newspaper published in Jasper county. You certainly will admit, that it contains more choice reading matter. The number before you contains twenty-two columps of local, general and miscellaneous matter, which cannot fail to interest all, both young and old. Read it yourself and when you are done with it hand it to your neighbor and try to get him to subscribe. We are not so fortunate as some of our cotemporaries who furnish their readers with a column of educational matter, and who offer premiums in gold, and Jersey Red pigs, as inducements to persons who will help to increase their circulation. We have neither of these commodities to ofter. We are poor in purse, and have to rely wholly upon the merits of our paper and the patronage of a generous public. , —The organization of the Christian Temperance Union was perfected Monday night. The following officers were elected: President, Charles H. Price; vice-presidents, Sylvester Haley and Samson Erwin; corresponding secretary, Mrs. R.. 8. Dwiggins; recording secretary, William E. Sears; treasurer, Dr. I. B. Washburn. An executive committee was chosen consisting of the following persons: F. J. Sears, Judge E. P. Hammond, Hpn. R. S. Dwiggins, Mrs. Alfred Thompson, Ira W. Yeoman, J. P. Warner, and Miss Candace Boroughs. With such a corps of officers we may look for a lively campaign agiinst the terrible evil of intemperance. We are pleased to add that the everlasting grit and eternal vigilance of Jimmy Dunn and the temperance people of Rensselaer have compelled the monster to loosen his grip upon this community, and a few more days of labor like the ones just passed will witness MKdownfall and a complete triumph of the cause of temperance and reform. Let the good work go ou until the evil is thoroughly eradicated from our midst'.