Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1873 — Page 2

THE RENSSELAER UNION. Thursday, May Ist, 1873-

Hon. Jasper P at- ka nl’s attention is rbspectiiilly called to the interesting resolutions adopted by Patrons of Husbandry, at recent meetings in this and Porter counties, which are published in soother Column. _ j, Hon. R. S. 1) wiggins returned fYbin New York City Monday evening and reports that it is impossible ‘for the Continental railroad company to procure money to complete their enterprise so long as the present extraordinary stringency • continues. The projects of the company are anything but flattering for an early resumption of work. It has a largo indebted ness ■which it is-not prepared to pay and the officers do not bold out any encouragement Join its liquids turn* .. . Hr. C. D. Delaney, of Buffalo, N. \who is at present visiting relatives in llnn.-Cacr, dropped into our office a few minutes last, evening.—lie spent the winter pastin New Orleans and reports a deplorable condition of affairs grO\ying out of the political imbroglio in Louisiana. Business Is stagnant, hundreds of vacant houses are “to let” >u the large towns, and people hi o in a state ol intense excitement that is liable to violent outbreaks at any moment. Both the --and, Ke 1 i ogg_parti sai,s-opmd-y- ■ i aJiiit to have tu-Fn'giiiTPv oT~gro¥s~ frauds in the elections last fail, but as yet they can agree upon no terms of <:onn>roiiiise. Mr. Delaney thinks that the only practicable s'olution of the snarl is to have a ;-jma,_t!fectirTO-ri r.l eiod- nrtder-TlrtFsTtF P ervision of d isilitirri'fitiil piersons appointed by thy. Federal Govern-, meat for that purpose.

One Reason for High Taxes.

Wc desire to say to t he editorsof the JiRNSSEL.\i;irt'M, >? that we regrcFTo' learn that they have Republican officers in Jasper county who are thieves ami leek less and ox travail t men, and that I bey: have been Instrumental in making “taxes lifelifcr in 1 Jasper county• where. there* -has lint been a Deinoeratiet’eniuiissioner in sixteen years.” NVe regret exceedingly to hear this of itepubliean eonnty officers, and as the only remedy, we suggest that the l Nto.v, and ail tile Republicans of Jasper county go to work at-the next election anti elect Democrats in their stead. Try that plan as an experiment for two or four years, and if, in that time, the county has not been transferred to Illinois, stolen bodily, and sold to the highest bidder, and'if there are one hundred men left With means lo buy. the necessaries of life, and if the Union lias not died of .starvation and takes, and if the 7 schools are not all closed, and if the! oilier usual results of electing Democratic officers have not followed, we advise that they be continued in Office. And bv all means see that t hey strictly enforce tiie new Assessment Daw.—Anderson Herald. from the Herald's flagitious misrepresentation of our comments upon Ligh taxes, weare led lo think still less than pver oi its editor as a politician. We said nothing by v, liich Mr. John O. Hardesty or anyone else could reasonably infer that “Republican officers in Jasper county are thieves, and reckless and extravagant men”—nothing whatever of that sort did we intimate, as lie is sharp emAgh to know; but we did say, and again repeat,, that “taxes are high in Jasper county where there has not been a Democratic commissioner in sixteen years, and tile only reason - we can find for it is that Republican officers have somewhere lacked sound judgment in the management of public finances.” Those Republican officers,however, were not commissioners of Jasper county, for the same complaint is hoard more or less all over the State —in Madison, in in Marion—everywliere; but they were men who had been elected to look after the interests of the State, hence the universal effects of their mismanagement.

L nlcss tin: Republican party can find candidates for the legislature who are too honest to raise their own pay three-fifths at one swoop, in evasion of the State constitution, and at a time too when their pay is adequate for the services rendered; and unless they can find men for the legislature Vho have business judgment enough when they enact that properly in the State shall be listed at from two to four —times its former value——at a time when the State is reported out of debt and no •public improvements arc in process of construction—to make a corresponding decrease m the levy; unless they can find men of more honesty and better judgment than a majority ot the last aad previous legislatures, the people will find that they must either repudiate such nominations, or pay higher taxes eyen than they now pay. What with Credit Mobilier revelations, and Corfgressional and Legislative pay grabbers, it would seem to be almost time to succeed Republican and Democratic members of Congress and State legislatures with capable and houc«t men.

PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.

j ; life Patrons of Husbandry claim l a tftal membership of 350,000 in \ tho Northern States, about Half of! wliom have united with the order ! within the past year. At U uion School House, in Tip- j pecanoc county, on the 22d instant, ! Deputy 0. W. LTtfton organized ; Wabash Grange witli a member-1 ship of 13. Master, Solomon Slay- j bncki Secretary, A. C. Ilainov; | postoffice address, Lafayette, Ind. ; On the 23i1, near Otterbien, Beptou county, Pond Grove Grange wa3 organized by Deputy C. \\ r . Clifton, with a membership of 28. Master, J. 11. Ice; Secretary, S. W. Ilaigli; postoffiee address, Otter-. Hieii, Denton county, Ind. On the 10th instant, at a meeting of the Patrons of Husbandry in j Porter county, tit which delegates] from thirteen Granges participated, j the following action was had : Resolved, That we demand of our representative in Congress, Jasper Packard, t hat lie refund the $5,000 so unjustly taken from the people’s treasury, which we believe lie knew to be ‘ unjust and contrary to the wishes of a large majority of his constituents. . Resolved, That we demand of him to publicly pledge himself to use his influence in the next Congress to rcduce those salaries, or resign his seat ami let the people place a man there who Will act justly and according to the wishes of the people whom he proposes to serve. The farmers-’-movementlowa is assuming formidable proporlionsU Unlike that in Illinois is secret, the Granges of the Patrons ot Husbandly, which takes the place of the Fanners’ Clubs, being secret organizations. A correspondent of the Chicago Triiivne writes as follows concerning them: “It is five years since the first Grange was organized in Jasper county. The order lias since grown to gigantic proportions. There arc said to be no less than 1,200 Granges, in the State, with an aggregate adult membership of nearly 100,000. — The number of minor organizations is f ast increasing, and those in existence are growing rapidly. There is scarcely a towiislupintlie State without its subordinate Grange.— In six months there will be scarcely 10,000 farmers in lowa who do not belong to the Patrons of Husbandry. of the sentiment Upon which the order is predicated has been gradual, but steady and irresistible. The aggregate 'vote 'of lon a at the last general election was somethingover 200,000. The Grangers can already poll nearly half that number of votes, and, before many months, they will be .able to poll three-fourths the entire vote of the .Commonwealth.” On my tour through White, Tippecanoe, Warren and. Benton counties, 1 found the people wide awake and* organizing rapidly, especially in White, Tippecanoe and Benton. All seem to realize that the Gfangc is their only means of offense and defense against the monopolies and many unjust oppressions that farmers have heretofore suffered. A noticeable lind hopeful omen for the future was found in the fact that the heretofore leading men of both parties and the assemblages I had the honor of addressing were unanimous in their condemnation of our recreant representatives, and expressed almost universally a determination to support only men of acknowledged upright, principles without regard to party. I was also pleased to see that although the Order in Tippecanoe and Benton is weak compared with our county, yet the merchants, with but few exceptions, are proving themselves the friends of the farmer by offering them triple at greatly reduced rates. In Benton county there are now some twelve Granges. They are as yet witha*g o Central Association, though 1 was informed by Bro. Cowgill, of the Oxford Tribune , that a meeting would be held the 10th of May for the purpose of perfecting an organization similar to ours.

J. C. C. A.

The Jasper county Central Association of the Patrons of Husbandry. met pursuant to adjournment and was called to order by the Vice President at 1 o’clock P. M., April 26th. Bio. Griswold, of Union, vras appointed G. K. pro tem. — The minutes of the proceeding meeting were read and approved, then followed the roll call by Granges, showing masters and delegates present from the following organizations: Mt. Pleasant, Union, Marion, Jordan, Bawling Green, Prairie Lea, Hanging Grove, Star, Center, Farmers, Carpenter, Blue Grass, Miiroy, North Fan-view, Curtis Creek and Culp, the last named applying for membership and being admitted- the present meeting. • Report of special committee waS called for and presented iiiy Bro. C. M. Watson, chairman, Report accepted and committee dis-

charged. Based upon their report the following order was issued: Ordered that all Patrons trading at their place tak« bills of sale of j all purchases made and present the ! same to the next Association through, the delegates of tllo several Granges. A resolution was offered and : adopted ordering secretaries of all i Granges to take certain action relI ative to the tax voted in aid of the ! Continental Railway and report i result of -said action at flic next session in May. The' following regohitfena--re-ceived the hearty support of the entire. Associatioiff """~ r Resolved, That we Hail with pleasure and a vote of thanks, the recent decision of the United States Supreme court that ‘‘the railroads can bo controlled and regulated by the State.— Its use be defined, and its tolls aiid rates for transportation may be limI ited.” | Resolved, That the last excuse of t our representatives having been swept j away, we demand of ththft early and prompt action looking ta relief from the unjust high freights and passenger tariff of railroad monopolies. After considerable debate and expression of popular feeling the following resolutions were adopted by the delegates assembled with the.understanding that they were not mcrcly an ex*f>vcssion of feeling., but that we severally abide by them to the letter:

Resolved, That we endorse the action of (lie Remington Central Association as far as pertains to the action of our representatives, and further, that we hereby pledge ourselves, collectively and individisally, to tin* supporf of our representatives and congressmen, irrespective of party, whose jiast record indicates them as working for the interests of the agriculturist and producer and against all that wrongs or oppresses them, and further ■pledge ourselves never to support for any office in tire gift of the people those who have-acted otherwise. Resolved, That we commend the action of Speaker Blaine and Senators Morton and Pratt, apd Representative Coburn in tlieir opposition to the back pay or treasury grab and condemn the action of our own recreant representative, Jasper Packard; and finally, in order that we may hereafter act understandingly in the premises, be it further Resolved, That our secretary obtain an official list- of our Senators, Congressmen and Representatives who voted for or shamefully, dodged the vote on the back pay in congress and an increase of salary (already sufficiently remunerative) in our own •State and enroll them in what shall be termed the Blue Book and upon demand of any Grango or Fanncrs ’ club, furnish a certified list of the same, and hereafter enroll therein the names of all who prove recreant to the trust reposed in them. It was peremptorily demanded by the Association tliat the following clause be inserted to follow the first resolution: “And..further demand that hereafter candidales pledge themselves to a repeal of. the present high salary bill.” Ordered that a vote on the lead- ] ing mowing machin'es of the day be taken in the several Granges ' ° i and the report lorwarded to the Association. Complaint being laid before the "Association, that" certain nai tiei l were striving to benefit by the low , prices obtained by members of the order, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: Whereas, Complaints having been made to members of this Association that certain members were purchasing implements for parties not Patrons, be it Resolved, That such members be' instructed to purchase only for members of this Association or Patrons in good standing in their Grange. Resolved, That hereafter it shall be against the rules of this society or Association to purchase for any one except he or she he a member of the order in good standing. , Article V,, membership, was the subject of a lively discussion and it was recommended that ulffisflal care be taken that none attain 1 to membership in the order who are not unquestionably clligible. • Article Vl.'was also thoroughly discussed and a motion based upon it after two votes were taken was ordered tabled until the next meeting. Report was made that a letter from the President of the National Agricultural Congress states that the Association will .only be entitled to oue delegate-and it was ordered that C. W. Clifton be retained as our representative. After the transaction of other necessary business the Association adjourned to meet the last Saturday of May, 1573, at the Court House in Rensselaer, Indiana. After adjournment an informal meeting was instructed by the deputies present in the final test and secret workings of the order. David Nowels, Y. P., C. W. Clifton, Pres, pro tern. Cor. Seffy.

C. W. CLIFTON.

The Congressional Question.

It mav seem a little like forcing the season to discuss the question as' to who will be the nominee at our next Congressional Convention to represent this district in Congress, when that Convention is fully a year in the future, but-reeent events have taken such a course that tfie question will be discussed in the newspapers of the district, as it already is being in private circles. Nor is the interest taken in this subject confined tn fliia /liolri/d alone, or tills State atone! The feeling is general outside of the State that Mr. Goifax should beseiit toCongress

We have before us letters from several ; States, some of them as far south at) ; Marylandnnd as far east ns M'assa- : ebusetts, asking if it will be done and | urging in the strongest terlns that it I shall be. In the Baltimore American of Monday last We find tips' following on the saute .subject: “Mr. Colfax lias retired to private life with the full confidence of that vast constituency which honored him with (he second place in the National Government—a confidence which has not been weakened by the assaults which have been made upyn' liis integrity. At the time when-the fiercest storms beat upon his good name we expressed our opinion that the home community which first sent him to the Congress that elevated him to the dignity of its presiding officer would only record the verdict of the nation if they should- reply to his accusers by returning him as their representative at Congress. ” After referring to the strong desire so run him/which is endorsed by several Democratic papers in the State, the American further says: “Mr. Colfax is one of those men whom we cannot spare from public life. An intelligent, conscientious and diligent application to public affairs entities him to a position that lie should accept for the sake of the country. -And there is the other consideration that it would bo the most crushing reply to the slanders which have heaped upon him. lie owes it to himself to hold out his hand to this vindication which is offered him. We earnestly hope that he will permit himself to he returned by his district by tin* largest majority it has ever given.” While appreciating this deserved compliment of Mr. Fulton's to our distinguished fellow citizen., we know it is the latter’s earnest desire that our district shall be represented by other than himself. Mr. Colfax stated very frankly his plans for the future in his reception speech here last month. — After the twenty years lie had given to public life and public Unties * lie saiff Tie'liadfflefpninheTrtQ enjbydShsi-" ness and social life hereafter with the "friends lie valued so highly in Tils old home. He is already giving his personal attention more than heretofore To liis investments in several of our manufacturing companies; and having faith in the continued growfli and prosperous future of South Bend, he expects to make small investments in others, even if these investments should subject him to more contemptible attacks by reporters of hostile papers. Kverv one who lias talked with him knows he enjoys his release from public life too much to think of being a candidate for any office; and having onee more become an American sovereisru instead of a public servant, lie has replied uniformly to all, that enjoying this position so much lie cannot afford to resign it. — South Bend Tribune.

The New Railroad Law.

An act supplemental to “An. act to authorize aid to the construction of railroads- liy connties and-town3hips taking stock in and making donations to railroad companies,” approved May 12th, 1869. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, j That no tax shall be placed upon the ; duplicate of any county for the pur--1 pose of taking stock or making donaI tioiis to railroad companies by any i county or-township, pursuant to the ! provisions of an Act entitled “An Act | to authorize aid to tiio construction of ■ railroads by counties and townships taking stock in and making donations , to railroad companies,” approved May | 12th, ISGO, until Snell railroad shall | have been permanently located in the j county or township making the dona- ; tion-or-taking the stock. ! Section 2. In all cases where stock , lias been taken, or donations made by 1 any county or township for the purpose of aiding in the construction of any railroad pursuant to the above entitled Act, and the special tax authorized thereby has been placed upon the duplicate of the proper county for collection, the Auditor and Treas- ! urer of such county shall suspend the collection of such tax, but the same shall be carried forward on the duplicate without being returned delinquent, until such railroad is permanently located in said county or township, and lias expended an amount of money in the actual construction of sanl ru,ilmad in said county or township to the amount of money to be donated to, or stock to be taken in said railroad company by said county or township; and if said railroad company Shallnot within three years after said tax lias been placed upon the duplicate of the proper county for collection, have expended in the act,jial construction of said railroad, in said county or township, an amount of money equal to the amount of money to be dohated to, or stock to be taken in said railroad company by said county or township, the Board of Commissioners may, in their discretion, make an mulcr annulling and Cancelling sueli subscriptions of stock, or donations of money, upon the applieation of twenty-five free-holders of the county through which said railroad shall pass, upon said freeholders having given thirty days public notice immediately preceding the term of the Commissioners’ Court at which said application is to be made, of their intention to make such application; Provided further, that whenever it is shown to the satisfaction of the Board of Commissioners, that the amount of work done by any railroad company in any county or township taking stock jny or donating to, such railroad company, is equal to the stock.takeu or donation made, it shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners to order said tax to be collected at once, as though the same had never been suspended. •Section 3. Whereas, an emergency exists for the immediate taking effect of this Act, the same shall be in force from and after its passage. Approved January 30tli, 1573.

“The Salary Steal”--A Plea for Charity.

To Me Editor of the Laportr Herald: It was either Henry Ward Beecher or Mrs. Wpodhull who said we should not be hasty in condemning a man who sells his vote. That’s- a charitable suggestion and I like it. Few of us have a chance to make five thousand dollars out of a single ballot, and in the absence of such opportunity we should not be too positive what we would do. So thinks your anonymous correspondent, whose case proves that a man may be out of congress aud yet bis intellect have the "back action” movement. Everyone has his own "standpoint,” and of course, sees things in ia particular attitude, and by this means all sides are viewed. But the masses are apt to take &’ superfidal view. This.congressional robbery strfiek the commonsense of the common people as being utterly without excuse, and they had tii email hood to eay so. But wlpttio

they know about it, removed as they are from temptation and unacquainted with the subtleties of congressional lore? It remains for an anonymous correspondent—nevertheless, a man for whom you can vouch—to dig down to the centre o"f political wisdom where he can compete with no allowance for parallax, the true position of these congressional stars, not, thank Heaven, ‘‘fixed stars.” I stand corrected. The salary steal was right; “whatever is, is right”—tiiat covers it. Of course stealing is wrong in the abstract, or in concrete when done by the really needy—dn fact, it isn’t respectable; but when sanctioned ollicially, it is too sacred for criticism ! No doubt any one of these grabbists would have spurned the imputation tHat he could do such a thing had it been suggested when he was clamoring for olttce, and perhaps asked in pious indignation, “Is thy servant a dog that he should do this thing 9” Ho was in a different atmosphere then.-r He had “scented the battle from afar,” but not the spoils. In order to carry on a political campaign with spirit, there must be virtuous indignation; wickedness in high places must be combatted; n;eu of “great moral ideas” must be put into power. Once there the “average congressman” is found to have lost all squeamish notions about “political corruption” and can sing with complacency—“The fear of terror at our side, A smiling angel seems.” I repeat then, we ought to he charitable. Distance lends enchantment to the view, and between enchantment and cold facts, there is a wide difference. Who knows what a carnage of slaughtered principles may have taken place in the breast of each of these congressmen (especially Butler !) before they surrendered to the great (?) temptation? Who knows what a balancing between principle and interest may have troubled the conscience (!) of the great Jasper before he went under? Why, the “extra pay” would enable these men to go to Florida, to Europe, and but for that fawning sycophancy which can never stand straiglit in the presence of a full purse, i t would enable them to go into instant and everlasting contempt.— And yet they are honorable men—“So are they all, all honorable men” —Shakspeare. “The powers that be, are ordained of God.”—Bible. Then we ought to be charitable and bear in mind that any man can afford to be a gentlemen when there is premium on

rascality.

There are 240 seal)) of Indians in Indiana. Logansport claims to have a population of 12,000. Average Mishawakers sit up all niglit wrestling with checkers. Mcdaryvillc boasts a 410 pound woman who has a BJG pound husband. Bass, salmon and other first elass fish are abundant this spring in the Tippecanoe river at Monticello. The sum collected in St. Joseph county for taxes week before last was $22,555.41. A New Albany mother says her spirit baby draws nightly nourishment from her breasts. An Elkhart man was recently yshucked off from 40 feet of tapo worm, and rather enjoyed the operation.

The Register estimates that one family in four residing in South Betid kindle their fires with kerosene. The Catholic priests at Laportc are said to he favoring the strict enforcement of the temperance law in that county. Michigan City fishermen report the weekly catches of fish .average 1,200- to I,SOO pounds, which is reckoned as unusually poor. The spring rains are reported to have damaged the Wabash & Erie Canal between Delphi and Lafayette to the extent of SIO,OOO. The enumeration of school children in South Bend just completed shows the number to be 2,765; ad increase of 165 since last fall. The Rochester Union Spy says of a rival editor that he “was born in batter-cake timc, and they put bitF ter in his head instead of brains. 1 ’ It is still hishonable at Laporte for respectable parents to leave their infant offspring scattered about on other people’s door steps. Up at Valparaiso they compel respectable butpooryoung men who get drunk and can’t pay their fines to work the streets iq a chain gang. The Huey chair manufacturing company at South Bend, of which lion. Schuyler Colfax is Vice President, recently declared a stock dividend of 7| per cent. Dr. John A. Ilenricks, Liberal candidate for Congress from, this district last fall; has been elected a member of the board of school trustees of South Bend. “Lack of water” caused another of those frequent boiler explosions at Indianapolis last Monday, by which three or four thousand dollars damages werg done and seven or eight people injured more or less severely. —— f —.

On Saturday, May 17th, the people of Walnut and Green townships, Marshall county, will vote on a proposition to levy a tsx of two per centum in said townships in aid of the Chicago & Atlantic •Railroad. The aggregate sum proposed to be raised by this vote will be $13,551.

There are 14)2 real estate lirips in tlic city of Indianapolis ns reported by the Real Estate, O'aaette. Among them we see the name of Mr. Nathaniel W. Fitzgerald, formerly ft teacher in' our town schools, who is highly complemented for his “prudence and keen foresight” in real estate in attars, Mr. Donnelly, whose marringo to the daughter of Aaron ltogors, of Valparaiso, some time since, made such a stir in that “burg,” litis lilt'd a bill for a divorce. The grounds of such action are charged lo ’be abandonment, cruel treatment, and refusal to cohabit. The Doctor lias dismissed his libel suit •ogaiupt Mr. Gurney of the VitJelfeT— Liiporte Heraid.

BUSINESS CARDS. Examination of Teachers. Public; examination of applicants for liccn-e to teach in the public schools of Jasper county, Indiana, will bo held at the Bchdo) House in liebsseiaer, on the hist Saturilay in each month, commencing at a o'clock, a. in. JAMES A BURNHAM, Examiner. - Physician and Surgeon, GRENSSELABR, INDIANA. Office in Shanghai B alding, Front Room, Over VV. J, lines’ Orocery Store. y - ; : MOIRES 11. A rrt.it, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Keiisselaer, Indiana. Office ia Harding & Reeve's Drug Store. J. n. LOUGIIRIDGE. It. V. MARTIN. ■, LOIbHRIIMiEAMAR'I'IV, - PIIYSI CIA NS A XI) S UR GE ON A : 1 ' ••'- -/e-r-r*- —- _-r~ Rensselaer, Indiana. REINSTATEMENT DESTKOYHB RECORDS. Meetings of the' Co.mmiiß oner to restore and reinstate Lest or Destroyed Records ore held jit the Court House in Henssc'.U'r, illd., -the third Saturdays in February, Aprit, June, August, October and Hereciher. JAMES A. BURNHAM, Commissioner. , - M. F. C 1111.520113,..... Attorney and Counselor at Law. Office opposite Court. {louse Square,, on : Washington Street, Biensiscltiei’, Jr-gtSF County, Indiana. 6 2t>-)y TEDS. J, SFITLSR, OFFICE IN CO CUT Especial attention given to Real Estate and Fire Insurance tmsinesa. i ■■ , 3IBION P. THO '!!X PO O 3NT, ATTORNEY AT LA W, Pros. A tty »oth circuit. Will iract-Jco ia the Cuux t-s of Pu-tajw;L JAsjper, Ncwtoa ami—liviiton eoantiea, 'JTSSOiVB J»SO A' A BSISO.’S LAW AND its AL ESTATE OFFICE, Rensselaer, Indiana. ALFIIUI) M'C'OY. Ar.KiIKD THOMPSON A. nicCOV A THOMPSON, B ANKE RS. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Buy and sell Rein and DomeHtic Exchang itiaLe Collections on all available points, pay Interest on specified time tlepxisitus, ami transact all business in their line with dispatch. hours, from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m no 54 ly .

R. P. L.

juuiuav, I SHOP Is in operation one door above '‘^ aa6aaira “ s the Express Officb, K KNNSKLA K If All kinds of blacksmithing done to order J. W KKiIHT, thk or.D IJNDEIt T A K ER , Has Coffins of all sizes on haiiil and is prepared to fill all orders for any style, Plain or Fancy, at reduceu prices 1-17-ts DAILY HACK LINF. f AND MVERY ST A 1} I. E. flacks run dflily (Sundays excepted) between Rcnsaelacr and Bradford, on the O & L R R. Iforseß and Carriages to let lit reasonable ; rates. - J W. Duvall. HANDY MAN. The undersigned will do all kinds or odd jobs, such as digging,.walling and cleaning wells, cisterns and cellars makng garden s nailing lath and shingles, making fences, Ac 6-4-i.y JAMES W. TORTER. •New Blacksmith Shop. The public is notified that I have bought the Blacksmith Shop southwest side of Front street, near the old saw mill, and repaired it to receive customers. WOOD SHOP In connection where wagon making and repairing will he done by skillful mechanics. Patrons os Husbandry and other cash customers will find it to their advantage to give me their patronage. SAMSON ERWIN. AUSTIN HOUSE, JOHN M. AUSTIN, PROPHIETOR S. E. cor. Washington and Front sis., REXSSEEAER, ... LYDIAKA. Special attention to the accomodation of travellers.. Good atabje,a attached. 4-21 GET THE BEST. i The most Simple, Durable and Reliable Sewing Machine fur Family Use ir the HOME SHUTTLE. Stitch alike on both sides. -This Machine' has beten thoroughly tested in hundreds of 'families and in no case has it failed to give entire satisfaction. Its simplici ty of construction, and strength, make it a favorite with all who have tried'it. See th? agent and get 0n,., J. S. HOPKINS, p!2 A gent. Rensselaer, Lid. 1

CENTRAL MOTEL, •Cor, Van lieriss' her and AVaihh/g/on Sts,, ffforiwA. jggillousp !i.i m been thoroughly renovated and furnished thimighout sTi.fi n^wTumiturc. Commodious stabler attrrchcit. T’HOS. BOiIOUOHS, PnonitiETou. Downing & Little, HOUSE, SIGN & ORNAMENTAL —-A Nil—PAPER H I NGJ-ERS! IMITATE WOOB OR MARBLE. .?.D-.\ll orders promptly attended to. OEO.UG.R KpniNSOfJ, OLIVER r. noiitssov ROBINSON BROTHERS,' Joiners k Bislldcrs Rensselaer, Indiana, Are tee. iy -'he . or.Ha'N for ii.dld i ng, altering, or repairing Houses, Barns, Stables, ■Sc., and tv ill do nil kinds of work pertaining to the Joiner's tr id : We have bought tho Old Bffw-M'Hbp'ropetty' - with its water privilege, planing mill and circular saw . Call and see ms. • Esttanitea Itirnished wlicn dcaired r 5-27-3 mo JOHN P. WARNER, HOUSE aafc3SFs2» JSXGA-iKr fiiiTifcfq now ptepaied to do all kinds of work per taining to his trade promptly and neatly— Special attention given to GRAINING X NI) «I£NAMt:N'B'.U, PAINTING' Shop i;ireag-or A'ormin Warner’s Wntro n anit-j;l.u'ksr.;ito Hhops, Frcut street, ivemae--1 a or; foil i a mi, .where ho will lie pleased to rcct ive orders sot work ; -; . A 5-22-;!mo. JOl IN P.WAUNKU. THE PARKER COIL. - UU, StAM. fflßtnnOUL>l, ’ - PARKER BROV WEST MERIDEN,CT. ! • X_ ls/£. STOW, Dealer in, and repairer of, Watches, Clocks ■ and Jewelry, in 0. C.STA IS It'S Grocery, eortier Washington and Front 4S;feteis,,lUß«lß r 3cri Puffciimge . soli citeil. Charges res a malile. All work warranted. . : 'Ti-’l Main Jab Minting SUCH Posteß's, Bills, LETTER-HEADS, BLANKS, Circulars, Envelopes; &c. dowj: to oriDun. AT RSASOSV2ABLE PRICES. •IA.fBB'IS & BII'MB.BFV, ItensMfliier, Indinmv BEST THING IN THE WEST, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe E. B, ZLi.ADJI3!SB! THREE MILLION ACRES tn- nmi trrrrr -IW/#y, the Finest Portion of Knususi

Eleven years’ Credit. Seven per cent. Interest 221 percent, reduction to settlers who improve. A FREE PASS TO LAND BUYERS! THE FACTS about this (Jraut are—l.ow Prices, Long Credit, and a Rebate, to self lew of nearly cue-fourth; a Rich Soil and Splendid Climate; short and mild Winters; early planting.and no wintering of Stock; plenty of Rain fa TWiTj.usv lit flic right season; Coal; Stone and Brick on (he line; Ohckp Rates-on Ltfijibcr, Coal,Ac.'; no lands owned by Speculators; Homestead and Pre-emptions now abundant; aitat.elass Railroad on the line of a great Through Route-. Products will pay fog Land and Improvements /( is the Best Ofiportmiity erer Offered do the Public, tluoush the recent Ponjleliou, of the ltoad. ' For Circulars and general information, address' 1 A. K: 7 ’() I V..i I. /.V —“7 Manager Land Dep’t, THO 3. J. BPIIJ,KB, TUPEKA. K A.V A gent. H<n ii.hr.r. In,ini,to. V ,