Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1879 — Societies. [ARTICLE]

Societies.

Prairie Lodge No. 125 F. & A. M. meets Ist and 3rd Saturday evenings of each month in. Nowela’ Hall. Officers: W. M., H. W. Wood; Sec., Louis Kern. Iroquois Lodge No. 143 I. O. O. F. meets ev>Ty Tuesday evening in Bedfori’s Hall. Officers: N. G., H. 1. Adams; Set, O.'C. Btarr. Rensselaer Lodge No. 82 K. of P. meets every Thursday evening in Bedford’s Hall. Officers: C.. C-, N. W. Reeve: K. of R. & 8., Frank B. Meyer. Erening Star Chapter, Order Eastern tneets on the Ist and ‘3d Wednesday evenings of each month, in Masonic Hall. Officers: W. M„ Mrs. A. Purcupilo; Sec.* L. B. Warner.

—Old Settlers’ Reunion to-day. —Bid you get a chunk of the tatted calf? —The Morocco Fair begins iiext Tuesday. —Wilborn Day, Esq., is visiting children in Kansns. —Real the “Extraordinary Offer" in another column. —Judge Hammond is holding court at Fowler this week. —W. 8. Orwin’s family are visiting friends ill Southern Indiana. —The beet bed spring in America is sold by F. J. Scar*, agent. —Mahlon F. Antrim, of Keener township, intends going to Kansas soon. —Tbs Btahdabd from bow until January Ist, 1880, for twenty-five cents; —Two oasee of prints, hahdkome patterns, just received at F. J. Sears A Co.’s. —Several Renseelaerians took in the! Lafayette Fair and BarnUm thia week. •—Arrangements are being made fir a pigeon shoot at the fair next month.' | —An immenso stock of merchant tailor goods, Just received, at T. M; Jones’. —F. J. Bears k Co. fcre receiving thsir fall stock of goods. Call and see them. —S. P. Thompson was called very Suddenly to Kentland to-day on legal business. —Now is the time to subscribe for The Stakdako. Fottr months for twenty-dive cents. —Photographer Sharp took ft negative of the fatted calf Tuesday before its dcp&rtuie for Delphi. —Men’s and boys’ fashionable tailoring, cheap, at T. M. Jonas’. Call and see his new stock. —Platt McDonald, foroiefly editor of the Plymouth Democrat, was in town the first of the week. —Get what jou need in the jewelry line now for Orwin is going away and will bell goods cheap. —Hen. Frpd. Hooker shed the light ofiihis genial countenance upon The Stand.ibd office yesterday. —The gfenial countenance of Thus. R. Donnelly, of Remington, was seen On Cur Streets Thursday. —An old woman writing to her son cut west tells him to beware of bilious saloons and bowel alleys. —Miss Emma fcedit, a Monticello belief is visiting the families of Dr. I. B. Washburn and J. W. McEwen. —Married, Sunday, August 31st, Slnfen Dobbins and Ada A. Ilartman, Justice A. H. Wood, officiating. —Our venerable friend, Jonathan Peacock, Esq., has thanks for recent files of Nadpville (Tenn.) papers.

—Commissioner Price, of Carpenter township, honored The Standard office with ; a call Tuesday evening. -Twenty-five cents will pdy for Standard to January Ist, 1880. Call |n and subscribe at once. —William B. Austin will start to Craw, ''{ordsville iionday to etitet upon his fourth yV«r in Wabash College. —A rush of job work has delayed T»R Standard a few hours this week. It will be out on time hereafter. —The tlobbiest goods for mer.’s and boy!’ wear yet introduced can be found at the tailor shop of T. M. Jones. —Two trains are now running d*i*ily, except Sunday, fever the 1., D. & C. R’y, between this [dupe and Delphi. —OMin will, for the next thirty sell all goods in bis line at cost. Call at once ance and secure a bargain. —The first transfer of freight from th| Wabash to thro 1., D. & C. railway was mud# last Saturday.—[Delphi Journal. —Comtnissiorfers Dunn and Price honored, Thk Standard office with a call Thursday; evening. Call again, gentlemen. —ls you want a nobby dress suit or common business suit Jones, the tailor, canj accommodate you on short notice. — The Standard, the best local newspaper published in Jasper oeunty, four months for twenty-five cents. Subscribe now/ • —Jeetf. Millikan is performing the duties of conductor until Conductor Jones recovers sufficiently to take charge of his train. —The railroad tax was voted in Burlington township last Monday by 180 to 20. Good for Burlington.—[Delphi Journal. —Felix R. Donnelfy, of Remington, ia in town to attend the meeting to-day of the pioneers of Jasper and Newton counties. —The Rensselaer Musical Association will meet at the Presbyterian Church next Tuesday evening. A foil attendance is desired. —“Progress,” our spicy correspondent at Goodlaad, comes to the front again this week With another budget of interesting news.

—A copious shower replenished the wells •ad cisterns in this vicinity, Monday, and dampened the ardor of the dusty streets and reads. —The honorable board of ConUty Commissioners adjourned from Wednesday until yesterday on account of the railroad celebration. —Subscribe now! The Stahdard will be sent to any address in the county from now until January Ist, 1880, fbr twentyfive cents. . —The Blue Ribbon meeting last night was a success. The next meeting will be held at the court house next Friday evening* Come out, everybody. —The Indiana Conference of the Church of God, which Was held in this place Inst week, closed Sunday evening. The session wuf one of unusual interest, —As an artistic cutter and fitter, Jones, the tailor, can’t be beat. Call and see his new and elegant stock of merchant tailor supplies. It is simply immense. —Prosecutor Babcock, Hon. R. 8. Dwiggins and Mr. 8. P. Thompson were looking after the interests of clients in the Benton circuit court at Fowler ibis week.

“Pa” Thompson, of Rensselaer, was in town the first of this week. Simon bears the title of “Dad” with much dignity and is just as genial as ever.—[Kentland Ga- , —A 50-cent box of Liebig’s Ague Pills will cure you of the chills, neuralgia, biliousness, indigestion, the liver, stomach, blood had general debility. Sold by all druggists. 12-4t. —Pat. Lally, one of the jolliest of Remington’s business men, gave THE STANDARD office a bell Wednesday. Pat. is a whole crowd within himself, and we are always glad to meet him.

—Rev. Thomas Vanscoy, formerly pastor of the M. E. Church at this place, and his estimable lady visited their numerous Rensselaer friends the latter part of last and first of this week. —Basket meeting at the Hoover school house to-morrow.. Rev. B. F. Ferguson and Rev; Mr. Saunderson of the Free Will Baptist denomination, will conduct the services; Everybody invited. —The Rensselaer Schools were granted a recess from Wednesday evening until Monday in order that teachers and pupils might have an opportunity to attend the railroad celebration at Delphi. —We have received from the secretary of the Cass County Agricultural Association a complimentary pass to their Seventh Annual Fair to be held at Logansport September 23d to 27th inclusive. —Dr. Bushnell, secretary of the I., D. & C. R’y Co., predicts that trains will be running into Chicago and Indianapolis over the narrow gauge route within the next eighteen moths.—[Monticello Herald. —Indications lead us to think that the Eighth Annual Fair of the Jasper County Agricultural Society, which is to be held at this place October 7th to 10th. 1879, wi1l be the best ever he in the county. —The largest and most complete stock of dry goods that has ever been brought to Rensselaer will be received at F. J. Sears & Co.’s during this month. They will be sold low for cash. Remember that. —Receipt is acknowledged of a complimentary ticket to the Eighth Annual Fair of the Fulton County Agricultural and Mechanical Society to be held at Rochester, Indians, September 24th to &7th, 1879. —The bee is an arrant coward. He always turns his back .to the foe.—[Boston Transcript. A mule does the same thing; but a man daren’t stand at his back and tell him he is a coward.—[Oil City Derrick. —Walter S. Bowen, of Anderson, Ind., general agent for Bowen’s perfect grain and grass seed cleaner, called at Tat Standard office Tuesday. He is in the county for a few days’ visit with friends and relatives.

—Mr. and Mrs. P. J„ Sears desire to express through the columns of The Standard their heartfelt thanks to the little band that favored them with such a delightful serenade the other evening. They are requested to call again. —Rev. W. G. Vessels preached his final sermon for the present conference year last Sabbath evening. He, in company with Rev. Thos. Vanscoy, started Tuesday to South Bend to attend the annual meeting of the Northwest Indiana Conference which is now in session. —A. Leopold has received his immense stock of fall and winter dry goods, clothing, boots, shoes, hats, caps, fancy goods, notions, etc., and is now waging a relentless war against high prices. Call and examine his magnificent stock and learn prices before making purchases. —ln the matter of the application of Joseph Willett for license to sell liquor in the town of Remington in less quantities than a quart at a time, with the privilege of permitting the same to be drank on the premises, the commissioners on Wednesday day refused to grant license. Mr. J. S. Wigmore and family have again taken up their abode in Monticello. While we regret to lose such good citizens, we will unite with their host of friends here in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Wigmore their full share of the comforts and blessings of life wherever their lot may be cast. —Prudence is the exercise of that peculiar faculty which always strives to see the result before it acts. With the experience of half a lifetime as a retailer of merchandise, unshackled with expenses, Ludd Hopkins still insists that to buy prudently, deal honestly, and establish a reputation, goods must be bought and sold for cash. —Judge Frasier, of Warsaw, informed us that the ditch law under which so many ditches have been established, a year ago, has been repealed. That being the case our county commissioners had better be careful and not allow any more ditches to be established under the law of 1877, as that law is played out. The only one in force no# is that of 1879.—[Knox Ledger.

—On account of the continued ill health of my Anoily I have concluded to leave Een'ftsehier, and fbr the neat thirty days ill sill watches and jewelry at a sacrifice. jsl6 watches for $12.50. Persons who have left watched With hie for repairs will please call and get them. *ff any who have purchased goods of me are not satisfied and krill call I will render satisfaction according to guarantees. W. 8. Oewik. I —Gene rad Grant, the Eero of so many jpattMd, was overheard whispering to the Khan of Tartary: “My dear sir, if you Want to get dear of malaria, all kinds of ehißs and* fever, neuralgia and do much general debility amongst your subjects, send to W.- J. lines, Rensselaer, Ind., and get Liebig’s Ague Cure, in liquid or piils,' and the time will Come when your nation will pall yoU blessed.”’ 1 —Jimmy Patton, who for a number of months was a student of Blackstone in the law office of R. 8. & Z. Dwiggins, and Whose friends here can be counted by tfcfc hundred. Writes to the editor of this paper from Kentland, under date of Sept. 3rd, as follows: “I want The Standard; can’t get 4°ng without it any longer. * * lam Well pleased with the two or three numbers I-have seen, and congratulate you on having the best paper in the counties of Jasper and Newton. *' In a postscript he sends “respects A all friended'

—Jones, the tailor, baa just opened the largest, finest, best and cheapest stock of cloths for mea’s and hoys’ clothing ever brought to the county; Gall and see it. —Orwin, the jeweler, has on lined n nice line of jewelry, watches, docks and ill kinds of musical merchandise which he will sell cheap, as he is going a#ay in thirty days. , —Send Tax Stahdabd to your absent friends thsi they may keep posted on all tk2 news of Jasper county. It will be appretnated by them more than nil the letters you could write. —Boys, don’t be deceived. A girl who wiil taik of the "limbs” of n table will, after marriage, chase you all around the ragged ramparts of a two-acre lot with a rolling pin, and • rdghlar kerosene conflagration in both eyes —[Wheeling Leader. —Mr. D. H. Yeoman informs ns thkt quite a severe hailstorm visited his section of country Monday, doing considerable damage to the oorn crop, the stalks of many fields being stripped as bare as fish poles. Chickens were reported killed, and everything in the track of the storm was injured more or less by the severe pelting of the hailstones, some of whioh are said to have been as large ss a common sixed hickory nut. The exact extent of the Storm is nbt learned.

—A somewhat serious accldeht occurred on the narrow gauge last Saturday. As the train was backing into Pittsburg one of the cars jumped the track on the trestle work. In an instant the engineer reversed the lever and stopped the train. Unfortunately Conductor Jones, who happened to be on the ill-fated car, was thrown oft and bad his arm broken, which, together with other injuries received, will probably disable him for several weeks. Lack Smith, who had taken passage in the baggage car, was dumped out of the car door, receiving a Sprained ankle in the fall. The passengers escaped with a few slight bruises and a good shaking up.; Damage to the car light. —Rev. 8. A. Chaplin, editor of Ul« Restitution, Plymouth, Ind., one of the finest scholars and writers of this country, says: We are not in favor cf dosing much with medicine in sickness. We trust much to the curative powers of nature and more to the blessing of God. We were, however, induced by Mr. Pershing, to try Liebig’s Fever and Ague Pills, and found them decidedly beneficial in our late attack of ffever. Prom their composition, as described by Mr. Pershing, we believe them to be perfectly safe. We would recommend the trial of this remedy to any t>f our friends who are suffering from any of the malarious diseases of the season find climate. Sold by druggists generally. 12-4 t. —A committee consisting of Col. Yeoman, Isaac Jackson, Cbns. Gros, Geo. Guilliford, C. M. Knight and C. Angel, jr., came over from Delphi Monday evening to receive the fatted calf presented by Messrs. McCoy; Thompson, and the Parkisons, for the celebration at (hat city on the 4lh instant. On Tuesday- morning a special train, consisting of the engine and a stock car, was sent after the animal which was in waiting at the Thompson pasture, a few miles from town. His Majesty was brought to town and put on exhibition near the public square. After being viewed by the committee above named and hundreds of our own citizens he was escorted to the depot and sent by special train to Delphi, where he was pift in shape for the barbecue. —At the regular meeting of the board of trustees of the town of Rensselaer, Monday evening September Ist, the following bills were allowed: F. J. Sears, $9.53; W. W. Reeve, $9; W. F. Powers, marshal, s2l. Petition of bußiness men on Washington street praying for the passage of an ordinance requiring the weekly cleaning of Washington street from Front street to Van Rensselaer, and the alley south of Washington street, was received, and the clerk was ordered to draft an ordinance in accordance with the prayer of petitioners. The invitation of the Maytfr of Delphi to attend the formal opening of the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago railroad from Renssdlaer to Delphi at the latter city on the 4th ihst.-, was received aud accepted, and the clerk was directed to make formal ackriowledement of the invitation.

—Last Wednesday morning some sf the temperance people of Remington glided across the country te Rensselaer to use their influence Sgainat Joseph Willet in preventing him from obtaining a county liquor license. In the mean time a warrant Was issued for his arrest and placed in the hands of Constable Haver. The charge against him was for unlawful whishy selling some weeks ago. Willet could not be found in Rensselaer; he did not make his appearance before the commissioners, and no one feeling disposed to swear that said Joseph Willet was a male citizen over twenty-one years of ago, the commissioners soon dismissed the subject by refusing to grant him a license. Willet was overtaken* by Constable Haver between Rensselaer and Remington, arrested and brought here, placed under bonds to await his trial, which takes place to-day.— [Remington Reporter. —Last Tuesday morning whfle the engina Alf. McCoy waa taking water at tha Monticello tank, the water gage (a glass tube 8 inches long and one in diameter) busted with a loud pistol like report, filling the cab full of steam in an instant. There were two men on the engine, and the Democrat reporter was standing on the steps. At ths first sound he let all holts go, falling to the groung in a puddle of mud and water. The’ man on the right seat slid out of the cab’ (without taking- tima to use the steps) and around the tender where he squatted long enough to collect his scattered senses. The one on the left made one mighty hap olearfng everything and started after Geo. Friday, who had been standing by the tender, but was now going heroes lots at a tdo-forty gut, yelling murder at every step. By this timp the fireman Dad shot off the steam showing that there Was no danger. George and the other fugitive then became bold and came buck to see What caused the noise, claiming that they were to run a race and thought that was the signal to start and had acted accordingly. This was explanation enough all agreed, and the engine started on to Bradford.—[Monticello Democrat.