Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1879 — GO AND SEE GRANT. [ARTICLE]

GO AND SEE GRANT.

A grand reception will be given General Grant at Chicago, Wednesday, November 12th, under the auspices of the Army of the Tennessee apd all ex-veter-ans, which will be the largest and grandest affair of the kind ever yet undertaken. The citisens of (Chicago have agreed to make it a holiday, and will close all business houses and turn out en masse to do honor to the great chieftain. The grand v parade will move promptly at 3 o’clock p. m., with 80,000 men in line, infantry, cavalry, artillery, citizens, Army of the Tennessee, Union Veterans, Grand Army of the Republic, 200 bands of music, secret societies, trade unions and orders, and governors of states. At night the city will, be illuminated by, the electric light aod the most brilliant display of fireworks ever seen. In order to give the citixens of Jasper county an opportunity to ses the ex-presideut and witness the grand display, the L, D. & C., L., N. A. & 0. and B. & O. railroads will run an excursion train over their roads which will leave Rensselaer at noon on Tuesday, the 11th instant, arriving in Chicago at 7 o’clock in the evening. Round trip tickets, good for return passage until November 17th inclusive, $3.00. Let everybody who can, avail .themselves of these low rates, and. go and sec the renowned expresident. It will probably be your last

chance to see the great chieftain, to whom almost every nation has paid homage- - —Grant in Chicago next Wednesday. —Tenchers’ Institute in Hanging Grove township to-day, —D. A. Fawcett is non driving the quill for the Flora Record. ' \ t —Halloween was duly observed by some of the fair damsels of Rensselaer. —Samuel Rothrock, of Monticello, is clerking for John I. I’urcupile & Co, —The Blue Ribbon temperance meeting will be behl at the Court House to-night. —Mr. D. B. Miller and wife returned, Monday evening, from a visit to Valparaiso. —Daniel Moran and W. H. Pierce, Remv ington attorneys, attended court here this week. —Hon. McCue and W. S. Lingle, of Lafayette, were attending court in this place this* week. —The new paper mill company ot Monlicello advertises for fifty men, and offers $1.50 per day. —B. C. Scott, of Crawfordsville, now occupies the position of express messenger on the narrow gauge. —Town Marshal Powers has made extensive additions to his dwelling on the south side of the river. —A new post office called Keener has been established in Keener township, with George Boer as postmaster. —Doc. Payne, the gentlemanly tonsorial artist of Remington, gave Thk Standard office a friendlv call yesterday. -The Marion Township Teachers’ Institute will be held at Bowling Green school house on the third Saturday of this month. —Look out for a new stock of overcoatings and fthicy suitings at T. M. Jones’ next week. Large stock on the way. Mr. U. Z. Wiley and Mr. Dawsou Smith, Fowler.attorneys,-were in attendance at the Jasper circuit court on Monday last. —Mrs. J. M. Hopkins is prepared to do stamping for ladies’ needle work. All work warranted. Call and see her patterns. —Elder N. F. Chicago, is drilling a class in elocution, at this place. The. class numbers about thirty-five persons. —Cards are out announcing the marriage, on the lftth instant, of Mr. Louis Wildberg, of Kentland, and Miss Bertha Tuteur, of this' place. —A pound party for the benefit of Rev. A. W. Wood and wife was held at the M. E. parsonage Tuesday eveniug. A good time is reported. —Dr. I. B. Washburn has removed bis office to the room two doors below the Stone Building, where he may be found during office hours. —Mr. Ira W. Yeoman, of Goodland, attended court in this place yesterday and day before. Of coarse he gave The Standard office a call. —Excursion from Rensselaer to Chicago next Tuesday, to the Grant reception. Fare for round trip only $3.00.' Read notice of the grand affair in this column. —County Auditor Nowels entered upon his official duties last Monday. He starts in as though he meant business, and we have no doubt be will make an efficient officer.

—Any man with an ordinary amount of brains, can, in time, get to be a very good type-setter. So says a galoot from Remington. who has barely talent enough, to run a wheel-barrow. —The vegetable man of the Monticello Herald bas a production at his office in the shape of a radish weighing twenty-fiito pounds and measuring thirty-bight inches in circumference. • * ♦ —Married, November 2d, 1879, at the residence of Mr. Samuel Ball, by Rev. D. J. Huston, Mr. Francis M. Winkley and Mias Emma J. Ball, both of Monon township, White county. —Miss “Madge” Osborn returned Saturday evening, from Whitehall, Michigan, where she hsd been for several days, watching at the bedside of her sister Mamie, who ia now slowly recovering. —Marriage licenses were issued during the week past to the following parties: Henry B. Murray and Vilettie B. Fielder, Joseph I. Adams and Susan M. E. Castor; Henry B. Steele and Cassie A. Hurley.

Will bring his wife home the ink of out week. . —Considerable time has been occupied is the Jasper circuit court, this week, by a change of'venue case from Beaten county. —Married, November 6th, 1879, at tba residence of the bride’s parents, by Rev. D. J. Huston, Joseph I. Adams and Busan M. E. Castor, all of Jasper county. —The “Holland Hughes’’ engine jumped the track, sear Pittsburg, Thursday night, in consequence of ‘which the train did not reach this place till about midnight. —“Gates,” our sprightly car respondent at Remington, gave os a brief call Tuesday. He reports farmers in southern Jasper all busy “shockin'’ corn, and locals “fearfully and wonderfully skeerce.”

. —“The miraculous gifts of the Bpirit—their purpose and perpetuity," will be the subject Sunday next, morning atd evening, at the Christian Church, by Elder D. T. Halstead. The public cordially invited. —Mr. W, 8. Orwin bade hia Rensselaer friends good-bye, last Tuesday, and departed for Rushville, his future home. Mr. Orwin is a gentleman in every sense of the word, and will make friendß wherever he goes. —Died, of membranous croup, on Wednesday, the sth Instant, Cora May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Williams, aged three years. Funeral held from tbo house on Thursday, Rev. Mr. Wood conducting the services. —For Sale. —Part northwest of 25, 27, 7, 3 acres. The above tract is situated in Remington, Jasper county, Indiana, and is a very desirable property. For particulars call on or address Geo. W. Johnson, Rensselaer, Indiana. —Wanted, to buy oi 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. —The members of the Rensselaer bar, together with a number of visiting attorneys, gave a literary entertainment in Starr’s Hall, Wednesday evening, which was indeed a rare treat for all who were fortunate enough to be present. —New goods at Mrs. Rothrock’s millinery room. All the latest styles, from “a love of a bonnet” down to infants’ caps. Prices low, and satisfaction guaranteed. Stamping, for ladies’ ornamental needle work, done on short notice, and at reasonable rates.

—The narrow gauge troius, for some unaccountable reason, are not run on schedule time. Especially is this the case with the afternoon trains. It will be a great convenience to the traveling public when telegraphic communication is established along the road.—[Monticello Herald. ‘Squaw winter” is what tbej call it, and it came last Saturday nigbt in the shape of a snow storm, the first of the season. The ground wa& covered Sunday morning to the depth oflhree inches with the “beautiful” which remained until Tuesday. “Indian Bummer’’ will be next in order. —Z t Dwiggins, of the Citizens’ Bank, went to Chicago, this week, to purchase a new bank safe It is rnderstood that the banking firm of R. S. & Z. Dwiggins will soon open a branch bank at Oxford. They are both energetic, enterprising business men. and make a success ot everything they undertake. —Cotton & McCoys is the firm name of the extensive lumber and coal dealers at this place, instead of Cotton, McCoy & Son, as was published, in these columns last week. When iu need of anything in their line give Messrs. Cotton & McCoys a call. They are paying the highest market price for grain and hogs. —William Hays, who was tried in the Jasper circuit court, this week, upon a charge of trespassing, was found guilty and fined S4O. On failure to produce the required amount he was committed to jail. His residence will be in Monticello for Awhile. Sheriff Robinson accompanied him to his new quarters yesterday. —Married, at the residence of the bride’s father, in Barkley township, by Justice Marion, November stb, Mr. Henry B. Murray and Miss Vilettie B. Fielder, all of Jasper county. Harry bas made a wise choice, and The Standard congratulates him upon his new departure. May the happy couple live long to enjoy the blessings ot wedded life.

—‘‘A Broken Home” is the title of the drama to be rendered by the Rensselaer Dramatic Club at Starr’s Hall, uext Thursday evening. This is one of the first temperance plays of the day, and draws large audiences wherever it is performed. Let everybody turn out. It is well worth twice the price of admission. Remember the time. —A grand meteoric display is announced for the night of the 13th instant, which Prof. Tice says will eclipse all former exhibitions of this nature. Doors open promptly at one o’clock in the morning, performance commencing shortly thereafter. Admission to the entertainment free to all who will take the pains to get up at that hour to witness it. No postponement on account of the weather. —On Thursday evening, November IBth, the Rensselaer Dramatic Club will present to the public “The Miller of Derwent Water” and the thrilling temperance drama entitled “A Broken Hume, or Three Glasses a Day/’ These plays partake of both the sublime and the ridiculous, and are pronounced first class by all who have witnessed the rendition of them. Programme and full particulars will be published in due lime. —At the temperance meeting held in th* Presbyterian church Monday evening, Ed. Brooks, a roustabout lecturer, entertained the audienoe a few minutes with an interesting account of his “rise and fall,” etc., etc. He also delivered a temperance lecture in the court house, Tuesday evening, to a fair sized audience. Sd. has evidently been a “brick” in his time, bathe has reformed and is now working for the reformation of bis fallen follows.

—Por „i ire. TTnimTitf 1879, letters and portal cards to the number miscellaneous matter to the number of 1,686, making n total of 2,794 pieoes, were mailed at the port* office in Rensselaer, Indiana. —Judge James A. Carnahan, a prominent attorney of LaFayette, and Grand Vice Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias of Indiana, paid Rensselaer Lodge No. 82 K. of P., an official visit on last Th ursday night, and was given a Mhrty welcome by the brave Knights of ‘this place. During the evening he assisted in conferring the three several grades of rank, and the boys ail attest that he is one of the most proficient workers in Pythianism ia the state.

—Susan B Anthony delivered her lecture upon the subject “Woman wants bread, not the ballot,” in Starr’s Rail, last evening, to a respectable sized atffflence composed of the more respectable class of citizens of Rensselaer and vicinity. She handled her subject in an able manner, and it ia not unlikely she convinced a few of Her bearers, especially those of her own sex, that women should be granted the privileges of the ballot. Miss Anthony is a pleasing speaker, and has evidently given her subject much study, but whether she and her eo-laborert ever accomplish the work thoy have undertaken remains an uncertainty in the minds of a majority of the people. It will be a great task to educate the voters of this country up to that poiut, but it may eventually be accomplished.