Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1879 — LET GO! LET GO! [ARTICLE]

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—Oats are Mid to be jointing. —Circuit oourt convenes Monde/. —Corn is growisg on the cob in the fields. —Old papers for tele at The Standard —f«l to mips are surprised at their own growth. ... -.. —Corn, oats, beaus and taken a new growth. Capi. C. A. Edmonds returned to Milwaukie, Tuesday. + —Hasel ante soli in this place last week for $1 per bosh el. —A heavy rainfall visited this section of country Bunday night. -—The Monti cello paper mill furnishes employment for fertv hands. —David J. Thompson returned last eventag from e visit to friends in Ohio. —Mr. Bimon Phillips and a brother from Xenia, Ind., are visiting friends in Illinois. —Farmers are improving their time gathering end cribbing the immense corn crop. —P. H Lally. Sam. Bowman and Dave Bates, of R-ruington, were in town Friday. —Calling and visiting cards, large new etoek just received at Tan Standard office. —A drizzly rain set in Thursday night, followed by clear and coaler Weather yesterday. —Get what 3on need in the jewelry line Bow for Orwin is going away and will sell goods cheap. —Splendid qnality of low and eligible lots for business are cheap in Reusselaer and ita vicinity. —Five carloads of grain came over on the nan»w gauge, Monday, from Rensselaer.— [Delphi Journal. —There is plenty of work for Retaselaer mechanics, end of course they, are correspondingly happy. —Mr. Craft, formerly editor of the Delphi Sun, honored Thr Standard office with B pall Wednesday. —Ho, ho! Everything cheap at W. 8.. Orwin’s. OaR ind see for yourselves, if you don’t believe it. —Will Price, of Carpenter township, made a itirrinz speech at the temperance meeting last evening. —Twenty-five handsome calling cards, with name neatlv printed, for ten cents, at Thr Stas da so office. —Strawberries are in bloom. A plant brought to this office has on it three buds, one bloom and a berry. —Scarlet fever and diphtheria of malignant type is reported at several points in the neighboring country. —The young ladies of Monticellohave organised a society sos the promotion of celibacy. Males are excluded. Not dead ypt! Business is lively at W. S. Oi win’s. He is bound to sell. Give him a call before be leaves. —Loo! ie C. Grant is haring a blacksmith shop fitted for. his use on Van Rensselaer street, west of the court house.; —Mr. John Birters and wife and Mrs. F. Ernsperger, of Rochester,- attended the funeral of Freddie Bitters, yesterday. Mrs. J- t M. Hopkins is prepared tn do stamping for la lies’ needle work. All work warranted. Cal! and see her patterns. —We are safe iu saying that as hot a spell of weather of equal length, at th's time of year, was never known in this latitude. —S. r. Thompson and J. F. Boroughs, Rensselaer attorneys, fivorod the Herald with a call Tuesday.—[Monticello Herald. —The contract hasheeu let for the building of a warehouse, store aud postoffiee at Yeoman station, between Monticello and Delphi. • —A new brewery Is to he built .nl Cr-.wu Point of s*one and hric's, which.' when completed, will cost in the neighborhood of $5,000. ' —Assistant postmaster, A-’W. Cole, is enjoying a solid week’s vacation. Gond-nal-nrau Lin. Martin shuffies the pipers while lie is absent. —Allen Catt’s two-story frame dwelling house, corner of Division an 1 Ruison street*, is not ’east among the improvements now in progress. Mr. Frank L. Cotton hv« sold a half interest iq his lomber vard a'd grain elevator to Mr. Alfred McCoy. We wish the new firm success. —The leg'ess calf on exhibition at the Rensselaer fair this week is a Newton County production. It was born near Morocco. —[Goodlaod Herald. 1 —Ad. Seward, the “boss” harness maker j of Pilot Grove, Newton county, has thanks for a “boss fly brush of bis own manufacture. It is a beauty. —The poles are set ready to receive the telegraph wire that is to bring Rensselaer into instantaneous communication with the Whole civilized world. —Farmers haring hay to sell will learn something to their advantage by calling upon Hon. I. D. Dunn, before disposing of the same. His press will be in operation shortly. —The finest stock of visiting and calling cards aver opened in Rensselaer may be found at Thr Standard office. Over twenty different designs. CalL'Tnd leave * your order. —Borry,bnt we didn’t get to use our complimentary to the Rensselaer fair. Quite a number from this place attended, and report the fair a complete success.-*-[Goodland Herald. Mr. Ridenenour, a representative of the Indianapolis Journal, peeped at the fair one day lasi week. He authorized F. W. Babcock to act as agent for one of the best daily papers in America. —Wheat in Jasper county is looking rem*rkably well, and should nothing happen to blight the prospect there will be on abundant yield. There was a larger acreage ■own this season than there was last. A telegraph line Is being put up along the Narrow Gauge running into Rensselaer, and flashes of lightning and peals of thunder will soon be seen and heard from that enterprising little city.—[Remington Reporter. —Dr. Spencer and tJncle Johnny Lear, of • Monticello, were in town Monday. They are stalwart republicans, and favor the nomination of Hon. Chas. Kahlo, of Logansport, to represent the Tenth diatricrin congress. —Dr. Maxwell, of Remington, was in town Tuesday. Jimmy Spencer, of the same place, was in town Wednesday. They belong to the respectable fraternity of exeditors, which has several members in Jasper eoanty. —Ten-mile* of grarffi road built westward to tap the Beaver Prairie region of Newton county will do more to increase the traie es Rensselaer and the narrow gauge railroad than any other enterprise that can be suggested, „ bu 7 01 trade for small farm «HO to 120 acres, in Jasper county. Good I location desired. W,ll not object to small ! incumbrance. Will pay part cash. Call on or address * right A Reeve, real estate brok. era, Rensselaer, Indiana. The contemplate-i branch of the New 7 " ,l1 connect with the C. L. at St. Ann, instead of via Kentland, as •tated in list weeks Herald. But its connection any where is n<* an assured fact bv Bay means.—[Goodland Herald. J

of warm weather will cause wheat to grow too rank —cause it to joint and make it favorabte for attacks of the fly. Bat then the season is ripening the late corn, and one crop at a time is enoogh to look after. —Major Bitten, late editor es the Spy, started with his femily and h*u?ehold effeett/or his new home at Rensselaer on Monday, They leave many warm friends at this place who wish them success in the new field in which they have gone to labor.— [Rochester Sentinel. —George Grauel, at the little shop ’round the corner, took the premium on fine dppibla harness at the fair last week. George is one of the best harness makers in the state, and \he awarding committee paid him a deserved compliment in acoording him the premium on fine work. —Elder N. F. Ravlin, of Chicago, will preach at the Christian Church in this place, Sunday. October 26: h, at 10:30 a. ro. He will continue his meetings over the following Sunday, preaching each evening during the week. Mr. Ravlin is an able and eloquent talker. Let all hear him. —The Secretary reports the receipts of the county fair at something rising of $2,000. Enough to pay the premiums in full, all expenses incurred for holding the fair, and leave a small surplus in the treasury. Therefore, he says the fair was a success, considering from a financial point of view. —Strayed or stolen from the pasture of the undersigned, just east of Rensselaer, two three-year-old steers; one a dark red, rather chunky build; the other a light red, with heavy horns; both branded with the letter “T” on the left horn. A liberal reward will be paid for tbeir recovery. Jacob Kiulesbach. —The sad misfortune which has so suddenly and unexpectedly overtaken Major Bitters and family in the death of their little boy, it is hoped,-will be sufficient excuse for the non-appearance of their paper this week. It* will be issued regularly hereafter, no preventing providence.

—Sfieriff Robinson has decided not to resign liis position here to take Charge of the estate which he received notice had been left him by a deceased aunt in Missouri. He has, however, employed Capt. Edmunds to look after the matter and agrees to give him a snug little “sllce’ r of the fortune for his services. —County Commissioner I. D. Dunn will establish a hay press at Rens-el&er His machinery is now on the ground. This is number twp. Mr. Vosc, of Fravtcesville, will manage it. Two hay presses and -a grain elevator are among the new business improvements made in Ren-selxrr this year. It looks as though bu-tness was beginning to boom here. —Live stock, horses of all classes, apples and vegetables ma le an excellent exhibition at the fair lust week. The app!es and vegetables were as fine productions as any shown at the state fair this year, and the yearling Jersey bull, exhibited by Messrs. I’erkins & Son, Goodland, carried off the sweepstakes premium for that class and age at the state fair. , —Friends of the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago road are much encouraged, visits to towns on the proposed between Delphi and Indianapolis show a willingness on the part of The citizens to aid the" enterprise. Several townships hsve already voted financial aid to the project ari l other townships in Hamilton county hold 'elections next week. —| Indianapolis Journal. R'-nss -l icr contains 1,20 ) inhabitants, -lßsir>-e story brick hotel, two established banking houses iu operation and a third to •■e opened, thru - newspapers, a fine opera h u-e in process of erection, a first-class grade-1 public school, four church edifices, dry goods stores, groeery stores, clothing stores, drug stores, filled trots flour ;o ceding -ri-ir.deed prosperity of. the permanent kini invisible on every, hand. It is one of the most desirable towns in the state for business locations.

—Barney Patton, of Remington, keeps the rn.i l lint bet .ve.?u tli it tiwn wn ; K-ins-e-Uer. Barney is proprietor of one of the best regulated livery stables in Northern Indiana, and bas it stocked with the best of teams and rigs. Persoss desiring to take * trip across the the country from Remington to Rensselaer will tiiid Barney always ready and willi ig to bring them Over as speedily and cotnf >rt»ibly as the road* nnd weather wi l permit, fnarges always reasonable. Give him a ca’l. —The directors of the Jasper County Agricultural Society urea s°t of happy men. The Society does not owe one dollar; the receipts of their fair lust week will pay every premium in full- no scaling—all the expenses of grounds and improvements will die paid off promptly on presentation and adjustment of claims—and there will be money left iu the treasury. This is a splendid condition for a new organization to find itself iti at the conclusion of its first fair.^—That mysterious mark on the countenance of many, causing a .look of melancholy and dejection of spirits, that slow' and feeble step, and downcast look, that general debility anJ loss of appetite, can all be enred with the use of Liebig’s Fever and Ague Cure. We could furnish you with the testimony of hundreds of, druggists and thousands of individuals, who know of the wonderful effects of this medicine; cures seemingly miraculous. Try it and know for thyself. Sold by W. J. Imes, druggist. —Dr. Bruce of Chicago, who was billed for Remington on the 2nd instant, put in an appearance at the stated time. Dr. B. is very fine looking and gentlemanly appearing, and as a patent doctor fe probablv much above the average; but the people of Remington and vicinity have nibbled at this kind of bait and got picked up on a pin book so often that they have learned not to countenance any swindle of this kind, and the doctor was compelled to leave completely whitewashed.—[Remington Reporter. ,

—Little Freddie, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Major Bitters, died Thursday rooming, of diphtheria, after a brief illness. Freddie was an exceedingly bright and intelligent little tellow—the pride of the family—and his affectionate disposition and winning ways won for him the love of all with whom he came ic contact. The funeral was held from the house yesterday afternoon, Rev. Mr. Wood conducting the services. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved ones in this their time of sore affliction. May they feel that their loss is Freddie’s gain, and that Ood doeth all things well. ar&aw Republican : Our democratic exchanges are anxious to know what the republicans can find in the Maine election to crow over. As near as we can get at it it is an increase in the vote of 12,670. That’s worth crowing over. Mrs. Moses Tuteur and Miss Berths Tutenr, of Rensselaer, were visiting in this place over Sabbath, and we may add that we understand that the latter will become a resident of Kenttand in doe time, when Cupid shall have finished the work so auspiciously begun.—[Kentland Qaxette. A couple of cars of the narrow gauge train bound north, ls««t evening, jumped the track, about three miles south of Bradford, doing oonsiderrble damage to the cars, and making it necessary to come into town with only the engine and one or two box cars. There were only two or three passengers on the train. No one hurt.

Tom Swing, Dan Voorheea And a fellow called Sira, A voinble, voluminous And vocabulous trio, * WaHtoovincing and nieo, Contacted a croaking campaign io Ohio. They raised a groat din, Called ob Til fen for tin, Did this terrible, turbulent And trnccnlont trio; They yelled like the devil, They spouted like tin— And were sat on By the sensible folk of Ohio. Read the supplement furnished with this issue. Don Garris is exprrns messenger on the 1., D. & C. R. R. Cooney Clerk Price makes an efficient president of the temperance meetings. The board of county commissioners will convene in special session Monday to make settlement with the township trustees. Mr. Cal. Spencer, of White county, and Messrs. Lewis L. and Daniel Daugherty, of this county, all horny fisted sons of toil, gave The Standard office a pleasant call yesterday.

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