Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1869 — Page 2

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Railroads and Taxation.

ft rare*. 11 nlcln : < Irnfllir and labored comment on my article *1 ‘-Tatlug ilia People far Railroads.” < 'YwhtaH lliat iMkaa «am»d ywfMy In iWif rvcetvo their portion of ii« H|«illr til tint havioj «o in boh lux to |*V in f-.nlMrqaevor of prwprrtv being valued along tire e«iAaiTq*M.d null*o*l Iniioh Mgte-r ll.au It now is. I ask, Is not tho Gillum and tisrI«atar man’s property vufoad loghci lo d*v than tin. man's along this projamd rail rood linat and i»hy? lfoz»o*c ihcy l>y tln-lr ntyn I ulrnirlsp, without Ilia aid uT an jjil.fttprlrtilon from tho cou iiy have procn red iHo WeitHtla of railroad*. And hare you nut lio. li enjoying all of the bcaofHs real and imaginary by nr I sitti i of yoor laxrs which you claim will luuiwto them if Urny will submit to ha taxed Is baikl you a road and Increase )tiUr |.ro|>erty fa yalna ta a<iupl .Ibciivf— Strange lawk! Can’t you make a hotter argument for yaar client, Tux? Bat you assume in this and other articles which appear la the editorial, tint as tlia taxable property of the oooniy iaunnoM, the rok per «eat. wlllkscroaoe, which l. think b wotaarraakpeduah for thapnmf. I will »«»- tore the aJKtion that the taxable proparty «f tbit coaaty (wanly years ago wan not ralo.xi at nspto titan una-feurlh ol what it now i»; IHelctSre. hocknlluc to yoar reasoning, the rale per cent, would be only one-tourth what it than aw, bat i think Uk facta ia the case 1 wM show that instead of the rate per cent, decreasing, it baa iacrraecd, and the reoeuu is that tba aapanacs and contingencies of run wtag a coaaty keep puco, or rall.tr in advance, nf the Ikrsue of properly and population; therefore, alt that you promise the tax-pay-er* try way es reduction of taxes on account of tire Imfreaae of wealth and pepobition, they Maybe Weil assured, wifi not be realised. Bat yah ray “Instead of incrossiag Hie bortliawßof liwgpoar they would be lightened, hreaaae, if be lire* at a rc mote distauce, hi* lues win be iasoaaod.” Tliis part' of , your argument 1 tliink l have already suflieicully end satkfhntoriaUy answered abort). Hut you continue, “if living eloso to the road, because he would get better prices Tor his prodace and would pay less for his groceries, iluthu.g, etc. which 1 udmlt, hut not to such an extent as you proioiae; but on tho other hand, his rents will brgreatly inerevsodlooked of getting two-thirds of the crap, ns lie now doe*, be will get ouiy out-half, and is the place of home, fool an pasters free, lie will hare to i*r from two to four dollars per Month far house and fuel, utul lor posture for each cow or Uerue i.ul less Uiau one (foliar u ■noutii,and accordiug to your own adinissious tlie little tract of land he is striving to procure fvr a home for himself und firtirily will he Increased in price from fifty to one hundred per cent., than placing it thnt milch ' further oat of his reach. Throe, with the iocraeer of last*, will far outbalance all tho eziiggaruled bewfiu which you promise this etasa of tak-payais. Allow me ia this eounoolisn to notice an oppest which yoa woke in a former article to tbr poor Blau firing In his kg cabin on his forty or eighty acres of land, etc., to role for tho tax and tinrchy sphjecl every cow, horss, pig, farniturr, provisions, and in fact every ill flat of taxable personal and real to an additional lory, and what for? You say In order ta ranch the rich speculator and make him da eemetbtnr for thn contemplated railroad. Now, according to yoor own argument, the rhd! speculator s taad will be greatly ini rnssi if in ralue, and the tide of immigration will torn Ibis way, sad the pepulatioa, you ms, will be doubled in lees than two years, which, as a matter of course, will give Ills rich apeealatora much belter market for ids In ads than be now lias, und, if your ex|iectatie as aro realized, this das* of farmer* will bo ItrmnMd iu aud coufintd to his forty or eighty acres, will be deprived of range for his dock ■Bd many oilier advantages. I ask who woald be benefited ia this case? according to your own showing It Is the rich specalater. Ah, gentlemen, the 'hard-working yeomanry of Jasper hare too much sound pruc<Hnl seme to be gulled with such sophistry! I iu y won’t vate it. I am decid«dly iu for a railroad if it caa be had npou n proper basis. Let those who will ho boueiitai coulribute all tiioy aro able, aud lhaae who wish take stock, hut in tho name of right aud humanity do not tax lII* musclr* iMII bones of the poor and those who are not ; bfeuehlcd to raise forty-two thousand dollars to Im turned over to a rheis'corporation witbon t ever receiving a farthing In return. i_* - U_ r - -Ipgyp-^;. Whatever might JitiVc beyit the length of Uk* article reviewed by our friend, or wliatevor hurLl have liecn Die lit Dor extutuded on it, lias nothing to do with the uicriLsof the subject iu ■limruittiiou, neither has tlie gnuniiLit-if-al coed ruction of the coujuuiuU-a-tion imlilhdictl above and %>lh are luaied, willioul judliation for Ute fmimr, or other remark on the latter than that we are not rcsjioiiaihte for It. liy the enterprise of the Ofllaui or Carpenter man, or BjmMWdy else, the Sew Albany ;unl Sttlom nUlroad was built through Pulaski and Mark eountieaaitd the .Logao.sjH.rt, Peoria and Kuriington ructcd;icro.s > the southern portion of Jasper without the aid or public donations from Ihe county. From bolh roads we have derived benefits though living at a remote distance. From the latter road more than from ttie former, bwause it llasses within the county limits and brought penuanenf wealtlt to the value or l>er mile for its nine miles or aliout SttiyiOO in the aggregate. It is such faptsas tlieso that make roads desiralile, and no better logic or argument need be adduecil for our client Tax. It makes no difference wl**lhcr n road is built by public or private vntorprlse, five mtvaiitagcti nne fito «anie l*oth to individuals and to eomtiiunities; and there is no living iimuieicr wlio wIW K-riously say that ait iitvetdnvetit of iM*2,uo6 of pntdie money ; to neetirelhirty-three miles pemut-. Jieut property worth ut leant irilo/itki is not a good on*.

Our friend tieukes Uiat Ute rate jut cent, of Uxatfoa tkcvreiweH, iu prvjMirltertion an pßiperty ami population mereasra aud elialletißtH eunqiarigon of tlie present ratea with Utoee tume.H.*etl twenty years apn. Of oourwc we have im* means of making the coiutiai - fnon, even if the rtforiis of Uifil periotPlKivJii" heeu Luriatl; but xtuytiudy who will take tbe pains tocgainine, willnutl thaltltoa&sessniont niM«M log ooiinty mrptmti during was oik- iltdlur aud Utirfy cunts oh the hundreddvMars valualiotirU ith An angregafoof priqierty vahtuil at H&, Whilu Dim >W Willi $2, 000,1K*! worth of junpeny Iho aKSCSSnicn! fofr ihe Kfipje purpoHua is only fin,y Xept* on fine htufokod tlolUgH,:, liut our friend ansFC™ Uin\BuTf cottcliif.iVel v ’S’Jforelit 1 «ajH» “the eonlingseiiefok and exiieiiseH of tntihJriK a emtnlv keep jWtN* of rttihef in adATWicie of ttie in(‘rease of nWfoeiiy and population;” and Diis does not virgaken Die-pbint wo 'attempted ;w make two weeks filhee. for If pofnde nepjl scltool Im.iiho*, re«KU>, liridoue and Dlhdr Imprevuk tUpll 7 tll t?icY laxctl to pay for lliCDi. ¥f yotir itelgliJjOF should ivll yon that It would lie no btenufif to ‘hlmfo ififlw’rttteoPt'WO(housitijd doltan* because his family ekptittliM would inctease, you would think, at least, if you did not make the expression, that same economy afterwaids which

WM pncllml Is'fore would show n large ueenmltlaliotl of capital. IloweVer, a milroiul or oilier enterprise that iiKtrpusett tlie tmautil of wealtlt In n county must he a great advantage, even if U«t taxes are nut depivn*-tUetrt-ry that liiotc inollgySw l>y. raha-d hi procure the conveniences we nets! every day, iail are compelled for luck of. meuiis to do without. Just for an illttslration take Hie iUuwof wagon roads. There Is not live eotisee.utlve miles of gissl wagon n*ud in Ja*|N'r county. Now supjKmc. property is itierrnsett in theeounty by the uulf.Tliig of the pro|KJsed Tiidiaiiit|H.|i*,.lh.ll>liit*U<l Cltieago railroad ten jkt (Vul, and the present rate of taxuUon isa»*Mti»MMsl, wiii litoro not be more money to apply for the Itcttcring of <ntr made? and vronhl not that direetty Ifttneflt nil in the county? The joint made l*y ns In relation lo compelling the niieealutnr help in the ontorttj'ise Is this: Heretofore, the jMRtr malt tlvinfthis log Valdn and struggllng to put. his property under iwiylujr cultivation improved ids wealthy neighbor's property by his ditches and fetuvs without receiving rceij.nHjd iK'iiellt.s from;tlmt neighbor; novH he lias an opertunlty to make Dint neighbor's projicrty assist in paying for lm(irovfuueuto of mutual benefit. Of course It Will rgisc tlie value of the spceitlulor’a land. It Is otic of tlie prominent iMiiuUof our argument Hint the proposed road Will benefit all who own projmtiy in tlie chanty. But this tiling exlemls ftirtlior. To-day notlss* than one-third of all tlie rcid estate ill the county is owned by nonresidents. And wliilc inucli of it is assessed at the uomina! average of two utd one-half dollars an Acre, it can . not l>e bought hy actual settlers for less than live or even fifteen dollars, prices that completely keep it beyond tlie reach of men lin king markets for their surplus. lSuihl a thoroughfare that will bring Chicago markets to the doors of our grain-raisers and two ol*joots will bo accomplished—the taxes will l»craised on the sjieeulutor’s laud hi that lie will hu glad to sell for reasonable prices, and the poor man will reocivc more for ills surplus and pay less for tho groceries und ekithlkguseu in his family thus saving enough to buy as much land usjio needs, WJtilo on tliis subject of relative »1vuntago or injury to the poor man let us make one or two ealculaiioiiH demonstrating with figures, “Jlsjuk” tells us in ease a railroad is built the renter “instead of getting two-thirrls of tlie crojis m- lie now docs, will got only onc-lialf, and in pltug) of house, fuel and pasture free, he will have to pay two to four dollars per month for house uml fuel and for pasture tor each cow or liorse not leas than one dollar a month.” Whether tiiis state of aifairs exists or not in tlie vicinity of ltemiuglon, or in Gillum or Kankakee townsiiijw we do not know, hut sujipoac if they do there must-be some way by which the rent-er-recovers the difference as all those farms are eagerly sought after. But for the figures. Without a railroad a renter has two*thirds of the corn crop. He cultivates thirty acres and raises twelve hundred bushels, two-thirds of which is his share, and sells it for forty cent* a bushel, or 5320. With a railroad hu raises the name yield, but only gets for his share 000 instead of 000 bushels, now does he loose? Let us see. Corn is to-day worth only forty cents In ltensselaer and one load would glut the market; iu Chicago it is quoted at seventy-one andseveuty-two cents, call It seventy cents and he would havwfor his 000 bushels $420, or a gain of #IOO in this item alone. Now let us sec a little about the cows.— Without a railroad “tlie hard-work-ing yeomanry” have their cows pastured for nothing. If he has an economical family two cows will furnish them in butter aud a surplus of not less titan thirty pounds a ntonlh which they sell in Itensselaer at twenty cents, in trade, per jhhuhl, or $0; and no market whatever for tiis surplus milk. With a railroad it costs him two dollars a month to pasture two cows, white tie gets twenty-live cents, in cash, per jiound, or $7 60 equivalent to ll early s3l n trade,hcstrics having a ready market for all Ute milk lie will sell. Bui is not our friend’s opposition based priucipuHy upon tlie fear of being “hemmed in” utul “deprived of range for his stock?” If so, and he is a *‘]ioor ntaii livi ngirr his log cabin on his forty or eighty acres of land,” it renly seems to us that lie stands very much in ids own light, as demonstrated above. If on the otlierhand lie has his capital Invested in cattle now being fattened on lands lie does not own and on wltieh he pays no tax, his reasoning however plausalde to TiTs own mini! will have but little effect with the masses. What is tlie argument? Divestfedbf verbiage it is that eattle ranges are more desirable than settlonjents; grassy wildernesses titan cultivated fields; call 1C J annuls, than Schools and churches; bull-pens than machine shops ami factories. The argument is that it is better to populate a country with beeves than to settle it with men and women; that calves are to be prefered to children. Tlie Calmue Tartar objeetaio railroads across lits native stcpjs'slocalise it frightens his milch mSres from their ranges.— The wandering Arab would oppose railroads because they cross the pastures of liis Hot*ks and herds. Tlie western Indian objects to railroads because tlie iron liorse drives tlie bnftalo ami antelope from the plains. “He will be deprived of range for his stock!” But-hc wil! have his property increased ijt value; lie will have better wagon roads; lie will have better markets; ilia schools and churches will lie brought nearer to his door; neighbors will come in and settle around hint, and ail his surroundings will be made better every way. “He will lie deprived of range for bis stock?” Is this the urgumen t which is to’eonvince “the liard-working yeomanry of Jasjs?r county” tluit It is not to their advantage to have railroads in tlie comity? It IH the argument of tlie nomad against settlements, towns and cities. It is the argument of tlie savage against civilization. It is prompted by g sublime selflslmess tliat would be wilting a thousand Gelds bo laid waste and a thousand ]ioor fiuililies driven out, that one herd of cattle might fatten. It is aristocracy against the interest of the masses.

Oiw wordol advioe we will add. It is this; If any of our friends have si desire to buy any particular pieey/if JAud in Jasper at present prices, now is the time lo do it, for we feel coiliilletit that if Ute building of Die Indianapolis, Delphi and Cliicago road resLs with the i>eople. of Jasjx.’r couuty. it is certain Lo be built. For tlie people of tliis county are as intelligent ainl observing as any in Uic SUiU 1 - .Tiiey liave lawn long w ithout tlie advantage* railroads always lirfiig and they arc keenly alive io procure ihcni. Tiny see the weajlh brought hy railroad* to alsicr counties ami they i are not afraid of tiie addiiional tax to secure it, rigidly believing the more wealth one lias Urc better able he Is to pay hia tax*-. ...: ! . Andrew Joliiimiu is in Washington, seanffiiog for documents to esdfct ol In. administration, **

J p W Kankakee City and Logansport R. R, Oil hint Thursday our town was vlhited by Mr. Mdtrew vs Knnkakye City, and ri. A. Hail of Jafimspift, for I Ilf ptirjHise of (ci'ißK what Mir eiiixcß* would do to.yrarf biiilJhiv a railroirl from KiuinikfACity to la>ghUMfViit. An iinjurnnpto nMNtijnibuf Die clllzeiiH of Bcnsnc.lacr wan held in Ihe evening , wllitjl was organiwd hy electing Thomas Jtdroiiglist ‘liairinuli, and H. P. Tbf*m pwm Hecrt-lary. Tlie nieellng was addressed by MeGrew and Hull, their object and tlie avautages of the road. Thu following re: nluljou was passed. “ItKPOT.VKP, That this meeting appoint a committee of five, whose liusiness it ahull be to correspond with jiartb-s favoraldo to, lie construction of the I,ogaus|H>rt and Kankakee Kailroad, ami who may at any lime call a meeting of f hecitiwusof tile county toiidvanee tlie interests of the saute.” Tlie following is Die committee at* l*iiided: Col. K. I’, linmmoiid, \V. J, Laltiie, It. liwiggins, I. M. Hlackliouse and Dr. James ltjtcjiey. 'flic feeling of tiiose wlio atlcndoil the meeting was slropgly in favor of Ihe proposed node, or any other that would give them a ilireet comuiiuiicatiou with (Jliie.'igo, but were unwilling to do auytliing Hint would in Die least impair their ability to aid in the construction of Die Indianapolis, Delphi aud Chicago Kuiiruad. Another change has been made in l’residcnt Grant’s cabinet. On last Thursday Adolph E. Boric, Secretary of the Navy, tendered his resignation, and it was accepted.— Mr. Geo. M. liobesou, Attorney General pf New Jersey, was appointed to Lite vacancy and sworn in the same day. Mr. Boric gave as his reason for resigning'that his health was failing fthd his private business demanded all his attention. Tlie largcHt N|mn of wooden bridge In tho United Styoa is bciugbnilt over Eel river by Hie Vincennes railroad. Tim bride* 4« a Iluwo irii: anti Ibc spau is to bo 220 feet.— Kuritanyr. If it is not put up better than the one over the Iroquois river at Rensselaer it will require tlirce or four abdominal trusses to support it before it lias stood a year.

Tin* farmers lire already cutting llicir wheat in Marion eounty. Cuneressniua Dcwcew, of North Carolina, lins ji rose li tod a blnc.k boar—native of tliat Slato—to llio New York Central Park. Rev. Dr. Iluslinoll e ills Iho woman snltrago reform “on attmngt lo make trnni|>cla out of fluteu, and auiiflowors out of violets.” Tin* Common Council of Delphi, donntod 125,1KK), to aid In the conslruclion of ihe Indianapolis, Peljdii & Chicago Railroad. (Icuoral Alvin P. Dovey, United Stales minister lo Peru, is at his homo in Mt Vernon. I'osoy county, Indiana, on a six mouths’ leave. Ben Pitman, tho celebrated phonographic reporter, is at Jackson, Mississippi, reporting the Yergcr trial for tiio United States Government. The New York papers contain account* of Ihe sailing of a force of eight hundred men under command of Col. Ryan, to join the insurgents. The wife of Mr. Sjmrgoou, the great London preacher, a woman of earnest and lovable Christian character, is now suffering with an incurable disease that must aoon terminate iu death.

Tlie Mouticcllo Herald says that in Union Township in tlmt comity there will not probably Im a vote against llio tax of 2 per cent lo aid lii lb,- cbii*Triiclion of (ho Indianapolis, Uelplii it Chicago Railroad. Mr. liecclicr, who lucomed $21,1100 this year, had lo lot h teller lie three weeks in nu Indiana poet office in 1841, because lie could' not raise, and would not borrow, (lie 25 cents then needed to pay the postage. ■ • ... Jacob 8. Casad who was arrested for Hie murder or Huikhalter at Norway iu White county, aud committed' lo jitil by Juslico Turner, was taken before Judge Test on n writ of Habeas Corpus, und released on $20,000 bail. Tbe vote In Cincinnati, on last Saturday, on issuing bonds to tlie amount of $10,000,000 lo aid iu building a railroad from Cincinnati to Chattanooga, resulted: 15,438 for the project mid only 1,500 against it, fG : ; Mr, James, Milleritc, of New Albany, Ind., lias fixed July 10 us tlie end of nil tilings earlbly. Ilis ghastly iteration Ims mado quite a panic iu the vicinity, and has iod to to tho foreclosure of several mortgages, aud to two repentances. A parly ol prominent business men of Chicago will in a few days leave tliat city on a visit to San Francisco and intermediate points, for thn purpose of facilitating commercial intercourse between their city mid the various- poiuts on the Pacific Railroad. Tiie Laportc Union and Herald, of last Satday, contains the call of General Gleason and others for a reunion of Iho memfors of the gal'aiil Eighty-seventh Regiment Indiana Infantry, to be holden at Luporte ou the anniversary of the battle ofChiciunuuga. Jones, Juukin ft. Co., of Chicago, have jnst isJtied a work of great value to Farmers, Professional uud Business Men, entitled Laws of Business for ult the States in (be Union, by Prof. Parsons, of|llarvard University'ihe writer is acknowledged authority on l*iw, and is the author of several Standard !,aw Hook. Sou advertisement iu another culuuiu.

MARKETS.

New York, June 29,1869. Gold loosed at 137}. • Chicago, Jvttfo fio. iJeeves- $3.73, $4, $5.2-5, $6.50, $7, © $7.75. Hogs—s7.7s, $8.50 (w $9.35. Wool—2B, 3-5, o-S 13, 50 aud 55 cents, at —— CtxoiN’XATf, June 28. Deeves—s4.oo, $5.25, (m 40.76. l liFgs—sß.oo to $9.75.

EDWIN r. ItfMMflNh Tiiuo.v i. SJTTLKR ha nnoNiifc sfitler, 1 ATTORNEYS AT IjA\V, , Rensselaer, Indiana. Office iu the Court Douse. 1-1-lytf K. 8. nwicnix*. 8. r. TBOJtrsox. DWIGVINS A: THIIMFSON, ATToIINItiVS AT LAW, Notartea Public, Kent (Mule and laanrancc Amenta, Rensselaer, Indiana. Oflic* in MeUoy s Bank Building, up-stairs. • • l-1.-ly-Wm.L,»eCMNELL. 1 . ATTOUNEY AT LAW, AKn / Pnblic, Ronsutacr, Indiana, r- f (IDlec ia Larne'» btone HuiLiiinx, up-niatra. j 1-1,-ljf- . Dr. Jvtl. lAIJCHKIME, INDIANA. ! «*a Wfophington street. 4-U-ly. Ur. v. A. MOSS. ~rrr“ On i( E*—On v \V*shiugtoli ktrpet, opposiie Old unf;L>i|ix Stme.'* II 1

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Red Rattlesnake pet s 198 Block Sampson 33 Fatal Marksman lOTtlnely.lke •3d Cogle-Kyed Zeke Ll(DSquatty Dick 37 Big UiSe Nick HI Hafdskull the Aveng 3K Bold Scalp Hunter er 39 Tory Spy IJ* Turkey Noot 4jj Prairie Jake M* Hawk-eye the Hunter 41 Wealth and Beauty IN Madman of Die Oconto 42 Rover ol the Forest lIS Have Bunker 43 Giant of the Woods lIU Blazing Arrow 44 Crazy Trapper 117 Hickory Jack 45 Lion. Hearted HuntrrllH Twin Trappers 4d Old Jim ol the wuodslte Hiding Tom 47 Mad Mike 129 Bloody Wolf W While Headed HunterlSl Long Headed Mike 49 Big-Hearted Joe 122 Thunder Cloud '*> Scout of Long Islaitdl23 Harold of the Hilla 51 Sitvcrheels the Dcla 194 Texai Joe ware 12S Creole Forger—by 52 Black Hill, the Trap- Capt Mayne Keid per 118 Ned Star of the Sent 53 Red Men of the iuolee Woods 127 Bullet Head 34 Grim Dick the One 128 Hunter Zeb Eyed Robber 129 Scout of the Nclota 55 Indian 4tueen’» He- 139 Forcit Hunter* veuge 131 Mad Bctoey 54’, Old Scout of Ihe Cavei32 Indian Stratagem 37 Big Snake, the Huroni:t3 Pale-Pace Indian 58 Mexican Joe, the 131 White Savage Snake f 'banner 135 Witch of the swamp 59 Steady Hand lire Sharp 136 Old Paul shooting limiter 137 Hunter's Secret 60 Gipsy Jack 138 Rival Captains 61 S.qnrlut Warrior 139 Little Fool flapper 02 Scout of Tippecanoe Nu Wild Ride 63 Kchjndcrhanncs 141 Roving Dick Huntor 64 Biideof Wolf Glen W 2 Fighting Nat 65 Buffalo Jack, the 143 Runler ol Ike Black -a-jgSJrappci: __ Hills 1*45 Scout of the Rio Grande 67 Diwinrr Back woodsman 6* Clumsy Foot Oil Stranger's Grave 70 Mad Nancy, the Fenian Fortune Teller 71 Long Rifle Hunter These books are for sale hy all newsdealer*, and ore scut pun! paid on receipt or price—Ten Cents each, GEORGS MUNKOE. P. O. HOSM6S7. 118 William St., N T. I 2*.Kliii. , NEW EMPIRE SEWING MACHINE LOCK STITCH. RECEIVED THE FIRST PRIZE —y '' rn* Great Fair of the American Institute, In New York, Oct. 26,1867, AND Illrll|KKT I’KRMII’M FOR Best Manufacturing Machine AT PARIS EXPOSITION, JULY, 1867. WHY JS IT THE BEST* It Runs Over Seams All Right. -V IT WIM. TAKK FIFTY STITCHES TO THE INCH FIN ER THAN ANY OTHER MACHINE. IT WILL PBW Heavier and Thicker Ooods TUAN ANY OTHER MACHINE. IT L'SKS ANY A EVERY KIND OF THREAD. IT SEWS STARCHED GOODS AS.WELL AS UNSTARCHED. It Sort the Mutt Deliculf, Thin, Soft Fabric,. u ilhuut drawing. It Scuu a Hia3 Scam as‘Well at any other. Agent* Wanted. Liberal discount given. Umpire Sewing Machine Company, 28-t llowery, New 'Vorlx. EVERY MACHINE UAUUANTED, l-29-3iii GREAT DISTRIBUTION^ Hy Tire metrlpolllan «*iia«joinpany. Caih (sift* to (lie umoim (of $2-30,000. Every Xickct Draws a Prize. 5 Cush Gifts, each SIO,OOO 10 « “ “ 5,000 ao <• •« •* 1,000 <lO «« •• » 500 200 •• « •• 100 300 * 50 60 Elegant Rosewood I'uinot each S3OO to $760 75 ’• •’ Mclodeoat ’’ 76 to 100 350 Sewing Machines " 00 to 17 5 600 Cold Watches “ 75 so 300 Cash Prize, 83ver Ware, eto., )ai nnn onn all valued at S* 1 ’ A chance to draw any of the above Prizes for 25 cl*. Tickets describing Prizes art scaled in linvelops mid well mixed. On receipt of 25eta. a Seated Ticket Us drawn without choice and sept by mail to any address— Tlie Prize named upon it wilibedelivered to tho ticket-holder upon payment of One Dollar. Prizes are immediately seat to any address by express or retnrn mail. Yqu will know wind your Prize is before YOU pay for it Any Prise exchanged for another of same value. No Dlauks. Our patrons can depend oil lair dealing, llKi>.renckk. —We select tlie following from many who have lately drawn Valuable frizes and kindly permitted us 10. publish (hern: S„ T. Wilkins, Buffalo, $5,000; Miss Aunic Monroe, Chicago', Pisuo, $650; John D. Mnort, Lonisvllk, $1,000; Miss Emma Wulwortii, Milwaukee, Piano, $500; Rev K. A Day. New Orletfnk, SSOO, We publish no lianies without,permission. fh-rvfovs or tiik Pbkss: —“Tire firm Is reliable and deserve their success.”—- Weekly Tribune, Oct. 8. “We know them to be a fair dealing firm.”—V. Y. Herald, Oct. 28. “A Irieud of ours drew a *SOO prize, which wa* promptly received.” —Daily Rems, Dbc. 3 Send for circular. Liberal inducement to Agents. Satisfaction guaranteed. Eveiy package of Seated Kwvrtopes contains ox* i.'xsn cirr. Six Ticket* for $1; 13 for $2; 35 for $5; 110 for sls, AU ietlara should he addressed to - HABPBB, WILSON 8t 00,, 173 Broadway. N. V. I-2D-3mos.

I BUSINESS CARDS. Ur. I«« KKI.I.KI, (Mfir t and rgpTence oil Mfrt»flljslrc«&ffl|niyite * Mill * i'll lfniNKrlA«r t on Tuesday, tbc 13th day o f July, 1369, Ami every six week* Die nailer. 1-33 NEW IIAKIYE9B SHOP* On Fiunt Street, opposite VViu nrr’n Blacksmith Shop. 'HAKNKSSKN, SAIHH.KH, IiKMLKH. Ac., cnimlAiilly ou hand. Repairing dune. Modulate price*. I’aliunage solicited i-sw-Cw. iiNOcii ji. pettit. IRrt. CA THKIt V K laiJcle, Mil .1 .INEIt A DRESSMAKER, Kamwlatr, Indiana. ICooiiin in Shanghai huiMiir: Goods all new, of Ihi latest lashfcoii* anil at reasunshle prices, Bpecial altei.lion given to Cutting. Fitim;: and Makliik dll work warranted. CalPainl exanflno .lock. l-li7-3in vrut'HIIOIIMid Itltu,, U N DEH T A K EU.S, KFMSSFI.A Mi, IMP., ilj)i^ M .Ire noo prepared to 1)11 ail order* lor »»I mmf* Coffin* of every style. Order, Irft at M. Kgi't’, Klmp, ot the HariUrare Store, will he proniptly attended to, at the lowest poa.lble rale,. ill/ r * (K9Sa WIM..IS J. WHIUIIT, Til, OI.D UNDERTAKER, Haa Coffins or all sizes on hand and Is prepared to Jill ail orders tor any style, i'Uiu or Fancy, at rcduccn prices. 1-17-If ■I Diivau.’k BUACKSMIT’H SHOP 1h in operation one door above Express Office, KKSSKK.f.AKK. All kinds of bluckfimilliiiig done to ordersajthjki. rum »ic, ■ rrs a(.I, KINO* or COUNTRY PRODUCE. Such asßutter, Eggs, Featliors,l’oultry, lings, II ides, Old Iron, Copper, Ac,mid pays Cusli. AT It. F. tiODUAKU’S, Rensselaer, Indiana. Patronage respectfully solicited. 1-fC-tf. D.tll.Y HACK LINK AVD LIVERY STAHL E. Hacks run daily (Suudnyi excepted) between Ur usaolaer auri Untilfolrtl, ou the 0 Ac L R R.and between Rensselaer uud Remington on HioT L Ar. I>, It 11. „ Horses aud Carriages to let at rensomib rates. J W. Ac S.O. Duvall. ALFRED M'cor. . ALFRED TItOMI’SON A. nc(!OV& THOMPSON, BANKERS. RENSSELAER. INDIANA, Rny ami sell Drill ami DciitiVfttlc Kxchatigc make Collections on all available points, pay Interest oh specified time deposited, and transact all huaiuetns in their line with dispatch. JJTT’Ofttce hours, from 9 a. in. to -i p. in no 54 ly. SPECIAL NOTICES. to covsi m'rlnjs. Til K Advexlucr, Jia.v i na been, restored to health inVffW week*, by a very simple remetly, after having suffered several ycars| with a very severe lung affection, and that dread disease, Consumption—is anxious to make known to his fellow sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire it, he w ill send a copy of the prescription used (free ol charge), with the directions fur preparing and using the same, which they will find a sure Clrk roit Conbumi'tiok, Asthma. Bronchitis, etc The object of the rdverliserin sending the Pre«erlption is to benefit the afflicted, and spread information which he conceives to be invaluable; and he hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, as it wili cost them nothing, and may prove a blessing. Parties wishing the prescription, will please address Kir.KffWAKDA. WILSON, 1-35 ly Williamsburg, Kings County, New York, ERRORS OF YOUTH* AGKNTLKMAN who suffered for years from Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, and all tlie effects of youthful indiscretion, will, lor the sake of suffering humanity, send free to all who need it, the.rectrpt and directions Mr making the firnple remedy by which he was cured Suffer*’* wishing to profit by the advertiser’s experience, can do so by addressing, in perfect confidence, JOHN ILOGDKX, 1-35-ty No. 42 Cedar street. New York. M EWADVERTISEMENTs!" AGENJSYANTED ■» HowiirnSTcurried do.- Ita . pririn. nK.rfr • -t.ffir-r-r«-and lthe,r duties /Well ilCrfmCTCni. Mto«l Engravings.'lt ookl-dli all fltfieF.boSki—BSSf.to your inter.. I«,-and apply noon i jag . CAafliiLhirtt.UUJ.^^ C. AULTMAN & CoaT “SWEEPSTAKES.” THE ONLY GENUINE “ SWEEPSTAKES ” THRESHING MACHINE. 0. Aultman k Co., I Hjvry 11. Tayior, Manufacturers, I Geu’l Western Ag’t, Canton, Ohio. | Chicago, 111. Two Styles of Horse Powers. TUTNE-TENTHB of all the Threshing Machines in uso in this country belong to tho "Endless Apron” class, i. 0., they have tho arrangement of tho " Endless Apron” or " Canvas Grain Carrier,” " bearers” and “ pickers” in common. Machines of this style, having the same general form aud somewhat similar appoarance, are made in nearly a hundred different factories, large aqd small. Yet machines from these different factories differ as much in real qualities at do • different makes of wagons , c loth, leather , cutlery , watches or engines. Hence the importance of caro on tluaport of tlie farmer and the threshermau in making their selections. Some are practically cheaper at a thousand than others at throe hundred dollars, yot there is not more than a hundred dollars difference between the priest of the but and the poorest. v f C. Aulfcman & Go.*# M Bweepstakos” « the aecroditod head and front of this great class, ami its superior strength, durability, simplicity, ease of draft, style oj finish, and capacity for throshlug and cleaning grain aro acknowledged. It has been for eighteen years a favorite, and for several year* without a peer. It has lad the van of improvement and revolutionised the etyle and quality of work i bestowed upon threshing machines. It is more widely known and esteem* *d tlmn any other. The names of "0. Aultman A Go.” and “ Swmpstaies” are household words from Maine to California. j Our circulars contain the names of over five thousand five hundred men in the North- • west alone who have purchased it aud used It—an evidence of its standard character which should not be overlooked. The greet reputation achieved by this favorite machine haa led several unscrupulous manufacturers, aud numerous agents, to attach the name “ Struraixus," in one way and another, to their machines and advertisements to mislead and deceive. To avoid deception, look for the card “C. AuLTMAM Jt CO, Matnrfacturcrt, OAHTOU, Ohio,” in gilt lettors, conspicuously, on both sides of the tnachlne. If you want to buy a spurious Sweep, stakes, because you can get It for -poor pay,” or on - long time,” do it with your eyas open. That is the way they get rid of inferior maAines. The genuine "Sweepstakes” contains many valuable peculiarities of construction as veil as Patented Improvements not to be found in any other machine whatever. It la the acknowledged Leader of the great “Endless Apron” or “Canvas Grain Carter” branch of the threshing machine family, which has for man than thirty yean threshed and deanhd the grain at the country. More SWEEPSTAKES are being built for this year than ever before. Improvements hath been added, and its acknowledged position at the tend of its class will bo fully maintained in the fnpppjf in the past. *. .j ' JOR .SARD liY , Stackhouse A firo., AGENTS, l-37-2m- RENSSELAER, IND

t. 1 AUSTIN’S -^tiOTIiL. JOHN HjilffiVlN Having Isaesd the house lately occupied by C. W. Mentis, would .es^c^u llgfn 1 r*Vm- u %-9Fs c ii that he 1. pr«fli«4 to all ntf* may callonhtfo. B Htssfoleo kept In coWetlnn with Yhe hoaee where the aloe It of travellers will be properly tendW by good and careful HoeiUre. Ipwwl7. 100,000 IBS. i WOOL WANTED! Highest market prieo paid in CASH for VV OOE, or will excliaugo Columbus Factory •JlidNN ILANNED, KATINKTTN, BLANkETI, I'OVKHI.KTK, V Alt IN a, *«.,*«, Wo liitye jiibt receive,! a new and well asorted stock of all kinds of SAi/r, UHUfIKUIKS, DICY VOOBN, CLOTHING, jldnibf.k. , NUINGLEN, LATH, All., AC. Cull uud got prices before you sell your Wool. McCollum, Turner & Hamlin, Monticello, Ind. Juno i, 1869. - 36 FOR SALLWOO ACRES! A valunble property ut and adjoining Rensselaer, consisting of the MIDE SQUARE north, being the whole of section 19, exclusive OF WESTON'S ADDITION to the town of Rensselaer. The south lino of section 19 nearly TOUCHfcS THE OLD TOWN PLAT! Also. EIGHTY ACRES, being the east half of tlie north-cast quarter of section 3U, and so iiuich of tho west half as isuot included in tho s id plat OF RENSSEI.AER, Also, unsold lots in ••Weston’s Addition ” HENRY WESTON. l-31-6mos. 172 Broadway, Ksw York. DWIOOIHB A THOMPSOW, Agents Rensselaer, Indiana. LOCKWOOD & RRO., BEMINOTON, INS , Hj DRLKM IN GROCERIES, PROVISIONS AND READY-MADE CLOTHING; ALSO, ALL KINDS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, REAPERS, MOWERS, THRESII EUR, AC'., All are respectfully invited to call snd exstock before pniehatingelsewhere. l-31-6nios. TUB tiKKAT Bingari Bitters, A*SAVE BMM»n PI HIIIKH, ASPLF.NDIBTtINII', A I’LK tS lVr HI VKHtGi:. A CERT AIN CURE * «n Preventive of Diseases The KfNGtKt BITTERN are compounded Iroui a iinscription of the celebrated kgyptian ph|.iciah. Pa. Cnsem,, who. after year, of trial aud experiment, discovered the Etuynriui fleet— the must remarkable priHluxtion. th* earth. perhaps, Jiae ever yielded—-certainly Ue meet el lective In the cure ol diseaec. It, in combinalioH with the other vsHnahlc properties of which the' XINOAKI HiTTKKH is coinpoeeil, will care Hysiiepeio, l'erer null Agar, Itililoiaw Fever, Cliulic. Culds, Rrone’bitlH, fonaetsaptiwa In its first singe, Flttlnleary, Nerrons lfebllllv, Female 4>nipln(tii», Kht'amaflMin, Uyscntery, Afeelo nnel L'hronle IMnrrktrn, libolern Jtsr--I*mm, < liolrrm, ’l'y pliolti; uad Ty phas Fever, •litre) Imlll, Ills- ■ cnees ol tho • Kidneys, II ft bit seal Costive*n cs s , dec. In the I’Ravks rtou and Ccaa of the aboee di«cases, it lias never been known to fail, as thou* and, of out most prominent ettlzeue throughout all parts of the country, will testily. Let the emitted send for circular containing . testimonials and certificates of those who have been cured after their cases have bceu pronounced hopeless by our best physicians. PKINCIFAL DEPOT, F. RAHTER & CO., No. CS.IV. FrontsU Philadelphia. ItKCOMMENDEp UY Ex. Gov. David It. Dorter, of Hfniisyltaiiia. Hon.Notiert J, FisliCC, NM Hon. Edward Mct’herson, Hon. Jcwl B, Danner, “ - ■’• Hon. Wnt. McSliefry, •• and othen. ' Send for Circulars. l?lly’ ' A GREAT REMEDY For the TURK of THROAT AND LUNG DISEASES. I)ii. WISHAItT’S PINE THEE TAR CORDIAL If is the vital principle of the Pin* Tree, obtained by a peculiar process in the distillation of the tar. by u hich it* highest medical properties arc retained. It vs the only safe-guard aud reliable remedy which has ever been prepared from the Juice of th* Pine Tree. It tuvigoratea the digestive organs and rcatorea the appetite. It strengthens the debilitated system. It purtfleaand enyiclies the blood, and expels from the system the corruption which scrolula breeds on the lungs. It dissolves the mucus or phlegm which stops the sir-passages ol the lungs. Its besting principle acts upon tb* irritated surface of the Jungs and throat, penetrating to tlie diseased part, relieving pain and subduing niflamallon. U is the result of years of study and experiment and it is offered to the afflicted, with the positive assurance of its power to cure the following dlseases, if tlie patient has not too long delayed a resort to the means of cure Consumption of the Lungs, Cough, Sore Throat and Breast, Rionchitis, Liver Complaint, Blind and Bleeding Pile*, Asthma, Whooping Cough. Diptherla, dte., Ac. t > ' We ara often asked why are not other remedies in the market for Consumption, Coughs, Colds, and other Pulmonary affections equal to Dr 1.. 4 Wlsliarl’s Pine Tree Cordial. We answer—--Ist. It cures, not.by stopping cough, but by loosening and assisting nature tu throw off the unhealthy matter collected about the throat and Branchial tubes, causing irritation and cough. Sd. Moat Throat and Lung Remedies are composed ol anodynes, a hldh altar tb* cough for awhile, hut by their constringing effects, the fibers become hardened, and the unhealthy fluids coagulate aud aro retpined in the system, caus ing disease beyond the control of our most emi uciil physicians. . :*d. The Pino Tree Tar Cordial, with its assistani.:. aro preferable, tocause they remove tho cause or irritation of the mucous membrsue aud bronchial tuhes, assist tt)h lungs to act and throw off the unhealthy secretions, and purily the blood thus scientifically making the cum perfect. Of, iVahart ha. uu file ut hi* ofiict kuMth tJ* ami thvutnmlt df Cer tificate*, from Men ami U umen of unyuettionabU character who »« * ohee hopefeith/ strew up to tlie, hut through the Ptmie&nce of lioit were complete!, resG. red tn health by the Pm* Tree I'ur Cemehat a Phi si ciau in attendance who can bff coatnlted In per. suit, or bj mail, tr**af ck.rg*„Priet of Pine Tfea Tkf cordial *1.5fl per Bottle, ffn per dtw. Srnl by Express on receipt of price . Address. “1,. 4 C. Wisbart, M . D., ho. 333 Scitk 3d. Street, Phil xdclphU, Pa. |-3t) Smos.

, HATjtfifi The Third fiaturday is Rack Komtk. The law requires thst applicants hava a cartifi. eale of good saossl chatar;M|. Irvra the Trustee ol the Township in u hlrh they reside. gkohgk m. jpintdoil, . l«.ly fttkool Kxtnnner of Jaspef Conniy THE WORLD RENOWNED SINGER SEW!M NAEIIINEI I it'll iiKcnt, for tliiHHjilcntHit lUHi'hiiia a and would reiiucßt ttfl those nootHnr macliint3B, (oVali nt my rcHidcncc ami h<e Home of its work. I challenge comparison. KKb kkkknckh; Mrs. I. M. Htackhoime. Mrs. Thos. Horouglis. Mrs. Hctli. <!ox, Mr. John B. iSiuinglo, and othcrH. All kinds of machine twist antlfolorw of threads, Hrooks 500 yds. U cord tlircad, best In the World, for sale. WM. H. It HO Ali KB. Bept. 11, 1868. 1-38-ts. Rsperlnlly (iosigiioti for tlie ttne of the Medirnl Vrofettinn unit tlie Family, poaoessioe lliono intrinsic mptliciiml properties which belong to ac Old nnri Purr Gin. IndisponsiiMo to Feiiiulra. (loorl foj Kid»rp Complaint*. A tlolicioiis Tonic; Put up ill o.isrs, containiiijr ouo dozen tiottlvs each, mid sold by all ilfiicglsls, grocers, Ac. A.M. IfiuiiiiigiT &. Co., cntnlilislied 1778, No. 15 Heaver Street, Now York. 1-27-ly. Wo, tho Druggists of Roussolimr, call tbe atlaniioii of our customom to the letters publislied below of tlin wonderful efficacy of Dr. Robuck’H Htoirmcii Billers, Dr. Roback’s Scnndiniiriuii Blood Purifier mid Dr. Robnck'a Srnndinuvinn Btood Pills. We have boon selling these medicines long enough to know that lliev nre all they are recommended to be, tint! that the certifinifen of cures published nre true. (Signed,) D. 1. JACKSON, W. THOMPSON. HARDING & ALTER. Why Is it that Dr. Roback’s Stomach Bitters increase in sale every year ? Because They aro the best combination ever made. Why ~~ Do the Druggists recommend Dr. Roback’s Bitters to their customers? Because After years of experience and trial they have been proven to be a sure cure for Dyspepsia and Indigestion. Why ~ Is it that Physicians use and recommend Dr. Roback’s Sugar-coated Blood Pills? ■ ■ —■ Because They-know tho ingredients of which they are made. WhT Are Dr. Roback’s Blood Purifier and Blood Pills the best remedies taken together for the cure -of all diseases of the blood ? Because The Blood Purifier is the only article in the market 'which contains the celebrated costly Drugs imported expressly from Sweden for its manufacture, and the Pills contain the active principle of Podophyllum (Mandrake Root.) and is a substitutefor Mercury. Why Are Dr., C. W. Rofowk’s Stomach Bitters, Blood Purifier and Blood Pills the three greatest remedies the world has ever known 7 t : ", f Because After eleven years’ experience and trial the sales have increased each and every year, and thousands of lets ters (unsolicited) of the re--1 markable cures they have performed hear witness. Read the wuuvii. Local Column of curec by medicines* i.29-iy. .