Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1879 — A Cure For Croup. [ARTICLE]

A Cure For Croup.

There are many varieties of croup, up uj its most dangerous.form according to some, Called diphtheria, when the whole body becomes infected with the disease, and death generally ensues. Dr. Teste, a physician 4f standing, reiterates that he never failed to cure croup by means of bromium since he first employed it twelve years ago. The remedy is simple; the oee-hundredth part •f pur* bromium disepked in distilled water. Take every hour, and oflaner if necessary, at the commencement of the dictate two or three drops of the soludon in a teaspoon fill of sugared water.—[Ex.

—Old papers for sale at The Standard office. —Tbe two-eent postal card will soon b# pat in circulation. —How is tbe time to pay your second installment of taxes. the fair yesterday. —Mr. Stanton Lester and family have returned from Kansas. —AI. J. Kilt, of the Goodland Herald, was in town last Bnndsy. —Harper W. Snyder, of Remington, attended the fair yesterday. —The band was out on a serenading expedition Wednesday night. —The new hotel, Messrs. Kirtley & Son, proprietors, is now open for business. —Calling and visiting cards, large new stock just received at The Standard office. —"Bav Chief," a Goodland horse, won first money in the trotting race yesterday. —The hotels were all crowded and running over with visitors to the fair this week. —Cal* Parks and family, of Newton township, are visiting relatives in Illinois. —Not so many public sales this fall as usual. Another indication us good'times. —Dr. Maxwell raised about 2,000 pounds of grapes this season—[Remington Reporter. —Platform dancing was one of the attractions for the young folks at the fair this week.

—Mrs. Griswold, of Valparaiso, visited her paternal parent, J. W. Duvall, this week. —A young menagerie in the shape of a cage of wolves was on exhibition at the fair this week. —Jamps B. Scott, of the Delphi Journal, gave The Standard office a friendly call yesterday. —Mr. Crampton, of the Delphi Times, gave Thk Standard office a pleasant call Wednesday. , —Get what 3011 need in the jewelry line now Tor Or win is going away and will sell goods cheap. —The running mce yesterday was won by Jim Maloy’s famous running mare, "Classmate." • —August weather is what the inhabitants of this part'of the moral heritage are enjoying just now. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson, of Whitehall, Mich., visited friends in Jasper county, this week. —Henry Downing and family, of Goodland,- attended the fair at this place yesterday nnd day before. —Ho, ho! Everything cheap at W. S. Orwin’s. Call and see for yourselves, if you don’t believe it. —Twenty-five handsome calling cards, with name neatly printed, for ten cents, at The Standard office. —Major Bitiers and family arrived in town Tuesday. The Major assumes control of the Union next wee*. —D. C. McKellips, of Laporte county, ha<l a cow and eighteen hogs killed by lightning a few days ago. —Rrad the poultry department of Thk Standard. It will be found interesting to every reader of the paper. * 1 Not dead yet! Business is lively at W. S; Oiwin-’K He is bound ‘to sell. Give him a call before he leaves. —Corn ripened very fait this season. The prospects are that a large aa.unnt will he cribbed the coming week. T r —The Rensselaer seho.ds took a recess this week in order to give tekehers an-l pupils an opportunity to attend the fair. Mrs. J. M. Hopkins is prepared to do stamping for ladies’ needle work. All work warranted. Call and see her patterns. —Mr. John Makeever, Esq., will please accept our thanks for a bucketful of magnificent apples of the "Northern Spy” variety. ’ . —Mr. James Peffley, of Reminerton, called at The Standard office Wednesday. He was in town for the purpose of attending the fair. —We are glad to learn that our good natured Sheriff Robinson has, by the dSath of an aunt, falleu heir to a valuable estate in Missouri. —Married, at the clerk’s office, on Thursday, the 9th instant, by Justice Wood, Wm, S. Townsend and Elnora Garrison, - all of Jasper county. —Palm. Wright ia said to be the “crack" shot of Jasper county. He ragged off first money at the shooting tournament this week, and did it easy. —Married, at the residence of, and by Justice Wood, on Friday, the 10th instant, Gordon Hendrickson and Mary M. Keene, all of Jasper county. —Tom Donnelly and PaL Lally, of Remington, Were in town Tuesday, the former to visit the fair and the latter to "take in’’ the excursion to Chicago. —An old lady named Brandon was struck by engine while crossing tbe track of the Wabash railway at Delphi, Wednesday evening, and Instantly killed. —Married, at the M. K. parsonage, on the evening of the 6th inst., by Rev. A. W. Wood, Mr. George Hopkins and Miss Sarah E. Marion, all of Jasper county.

—Elder Hope B, Miller, Moral Instructor of the Northern Prison, was in town this week, straightening up his business affairs. He returned to his post of duty to-day. —Leave your sewing machines at K. L. Clark’s hardware store and have them cleaned, repaired and readjusted by a practical mechanic. A Superior class of needle* and best quality oil at same place. 13-3 t. —Penmanship! 30 lessons for $3, material furnished. Ornamental Penmanship, only $4 for 30 lessons. Lessons on Friday and Saturday evening, beginning October 17th, 1879. Terms, in advance. Call on or address, I. R. Pierce, Rensselaer, Ind.

—I. L. and K. P. Waakbara, of Star (Sty Pulaski County, are attending the fair 'and visiting their brother, Dr. Washbera. —Rev. Mr. Alford, of Goodland, In annoanced to preach in the Watooa school house to-night and to-morrow (Sunday) morning, at the usual hoar. —Sharp and Donnelly have removed their gallery to the room over tbe narrow gauge clothing store, where they will ho prepared to wait on customers during the foir and after. —A con pie of gentlemen from Hi. Louis are erecting a barn near the depot and putting a steam hay press therein, and will soon be ready to commence baling and shipping bay. —The finest stock of visiting and ealling cards over opened in Rensselaer may be found at Thb Standard office. Over twenty different designs. Call and leave your order. —D. Q. Bernet, living 4} miles north of town, killed a yellow rattlesnake, Tuesday, which measured 8 fret from tip to tip, 4} inches in circumference, and had 24 rattles. Who’s next? —Mr. Bamuel Croscup, of Lafayette, became so pleased with our county while visiting bis brother-in-law, Mr. Hoi. Clark, of this place, that he has sold his farm and will move here yet tLis fall. —The man who ia always learning and never makes any use of wbat he does know, is a drone to society. The man who makes use of what he knows for a good purpose becomes a public benefactor. —[Knox Ledger.

—Mr. J. H. Wood and family, of Winamac, are visiting Rensselaer friends and attending the fair this week. Mr. Wood says his firm -has been buying a thousand bushels of wheat per day for some time past. —A little seventeen-montlis-old child of Tommy Lamson’s fell against a chair the other day, breaking its collar bone. Dr. Loughridge rendered the necessary surgical aid and [he little one is reported to be doing finely. —The merchant who advertises is the one enjoys the largest trade every time. A man who has goods to sell and don’t let people know it through the columns of his county paper will always complain of a dull trade and hard times. —Wanted, to. buy or trade for small farm of 80 to 120 acres, in Jasper county. Good location desired. Will not object to small incumbrance. Will pay part cash. Call on or address Wright & Reeve, real estate brok. era. Rensselaer, Indiana. • —There are in Remington 315 children between the ages of 6 and 21 years, of which number only 215 avail themselves of the public school privileges. The remaining 100, the Reporter save, spend their time loafing about the streets. —Uncle Johnny Barkley, of Newton county, Mo., an old time resident of Jasper county, dropped down rather unexpectedly on his old friends this week. He heard of the fair to be held here and came all the way from Missouri to attend it. -—A j’oung man of Newton township would be much obliged if any one knowing young ladies matrimonially inclined would leave word at this office. Young ladies, send in your names and addresses. Don’t let this golden opportune pass. —Persons indebted to the firm of Shindler and Roberts will call at my office at once and adjust; thereby saving further costs and trouble, as all accounts remaining unsettled ou the 15th day of Oct., 1879, will be placed in judgments. Elza I. Phillips. —Rev. Thos. Vanscoy, formerly pastor of tbe M. E. Church at this place, has been elected Professor of Greek in Willamette University, Salem, Oregon. In a private letter to Recorder Wood he states that he will visit Rensselaer before his.departure for his new field of labor. —Wes. Duvall, 1 of Rensselaer, was in town yesterday, and circulated a rather bad story about a prominent citizen of the nar-row-gauge town. We received the particulars, but will postpone the explanation.— [Goodland Herald. Wes. oughtn’t to tell tell tales out of school. —Any person hitching a hone or team to a shade tree in any town or city in this state is liable to a fine of five dollan. This is a state law now m foroe, and persons who have been in the habit of hitching horses to shade trees in this place will do well to govern themselves accordingly. —Mr. Chas. Jouvenat’s son, aged about 12 years, was run over by an omnibus on Friday at noon, and had one of his legs considerably bruised. Dr. Bliss attended the boy and ascertained that no bones were broken. The boy was not able to attend the fair in the afternoon but is not serious* ly hurt—[Crown Point Cosmos. —The narrow gauge train ran into a freight train on the N. A. road at the crossing in Bradford, Tuesday evening, throwing two cars of the latter train from the track, and causing a delay of about two hours to the narrow gauge train. The passengers on the narrow gauge were considerably jolted up, but no serious damage was done.

—ißev. Mr. Wood, pastor of the M. E. Church at this place, and s lady, desire to express through the columns of ThK Stajudabd their sincere thanks to the friends who so kindly remembered them by generous donations of various articles of value on Saturday evening, the 4th instant. A pleasant time is reported by all who were fortunate enough to be there. —E. L. Clark and Dr. M. B. Alter, while out on a pleasure drive the first of the week, met with a pleasant (7) little escapade which resulted in considerable kicking on the part of the horses, some ground and lofty tumbling on tbe part of the drivers, and some breakage on the part of tbe buggy. No one hart, and both parties are too old to have their growth stopped by bright. —A few land sharks took in Rensselaer last Saturday and Monday, or at least attempted to take in and away from the owners two or three nie* farms by entering them, tbe same never haring been legally entered. But a watchful county official happily cbockmated them. The owners saved their forms while the sharks turned their backs on Rensselaer, badly disgusted.