Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1873 — Page 2

THE RENSSELAER UNION. '* " r ■?■■■; -tt— Thursday, May Bth, 1878.

We arc indebted to Gen. R. 11. Wili*oy, Indian Agefit in Washington Tcmtory» for late flies of the Puget Sound Daily Courier. From small-pox, without hospitals; canals, without water; ami city officers without qualifications; good 'people, deliver us!—Logansport Jotirnal. And still ho stays right there at Logansjrort where they have all llioso afflictions dad many more that he does not care to tell about. We noticed a young man sleeping sweetly in church on last Bundav evening, wlio, ibi Innately, omitted tiie nasal solo usually given by sound sleepers.T-Isrookston Reporter. That is the manner Bro. Ingritn adopts to' tell the public that lie attended church on that Sabbath evening. An anoifymous scribbler, who insults the intelligence of his neighbors by claiming to be “an ' average Remhigtqh ian’ 1 ' invites one of the editors of The Renssei.aer Union to “please sing the doxology.” All hands will join with pleasure at his funeral. The'Rensselaer tin ion calls ns its ‘‘bitterly partizan Democratic friend.” That’s unkind. We are the most non-partisan Democratic editor in the Htate. We want Democrat ie as well as Repuidicaii rogues banished from power.— Valparaiso Messenger. Then do not try to manufacture sympathy for political rogues when people condemn their acts in public meetings.

lion. John Peter C lover Shanks, Member of Congress from this State, proposes to bnil.l himself one of the handsomest private residences in Jay county. It is needless to add that the lion. J. P. C. S. voted for the salary gran, drew it from the treasury and now proposes to put it where it will do him the most good. So far twenty-seven Congressmen and Senators have refunded their share of the “salary grab” to the amount of $lll,OOO. Notwithstanding the gentle hint given o.ur Jasper Packard by the farmers ot Porter county, lie has not yet lost his grip on the swag and is not likely to, as he is anxious to expend a portion of it traveling in Europe during the coming summer. The Chicago Tribune having charged Senator Pratt, of this State, with having used his share of the “salary grab” to buy him a new house in Log an sport, the Senator writes the following to that paper:—“You do me wrong in your issue of yesterday. I never drew a dollar of the $5,000 back pay but simply took, what whs coming to me as compensation under the old - law, turning the balance into the treasury ($4,120.00). All this you could have learned, had you 'taken pains, ot the Secretary of the Senate, or Gen. Spinner.’’ And now. after all the fun we had electing a town Marshal, com.es the South Bend Tribune and shows that our “best working” legislature, who increased their pay from $5 to $8 a day and put an emergency clause to all laws, passed a law which reads as follows: “That the Town Trustees shall, at their first regular meeting held alter their election, elect a Town Marshal, who shall lioid his office one year, and until his successor iseleettd and qualiprovided, such Trustees >ruay at v any time, for good cause, remove Fueli Marshal, and appoint a Marshal to fill the vacancy.” ' • We are this week in receipt of a letter from John C. Cushman, Esq., - secretary of the Plymouth, Kankakee tfc Pacific railroad company, stating that that company “expect to be in funds soon to pay off floating debt and finish the road.”— When this road is completed it will -open to enterprise indre -'than One hundred and fifty square miles of iron ore deposit in Jasper *> county. In the Geological lit port of Indiana for 1872, this deposit is thus noticed: These ores are collected in a soluble state by the waters of sloughs and ponds, in the center or lower part of V which they are found in comparatively pure layers, deposited as the waters are evaporated in “dry seasons. The .beds are generally from one to two and a half feet below the surface of the ground, and from five to six inches thick (with a repeated thickness, in some places, of two and a half feet j. In 1870, Mr L. Glazebrook dug ami 'shipped from Ban Pierre station,”on vthe Louisville, New Albany & Chicago R. R., 600 tonaof ore, part being from Jasper county and part from Starke county- Other parties dug and shipped from the same point 500 to 800 tons. The price obtained was $3 a ton, delivered on the cars, which paid well for digging, and less than three miles hauling to the railroad.— The ore is pure and makes by admixture with the rich ores of Lake Superior, a very desirable quality of metal, and with reasonable freights, large quantities of the ore would be in demand. The area of the bog ores of iron is large and the quality good.— Means of transportation is ali that is requlred to develop large income from this nfcw profitless treasure. -, J

South llcnd is extending licv city limits. The Banner reports a case of small pox in fugouier. A sash, door and blind factory is talked of at Wmaniac. The' Topic i-ays speculation is rampant in Francosvillc. Ken timid is afflicted with mumps and pigeon shooting matches. Patrons of Husbandry have commenced' organizing Granges in Brown county. The receipts of the Fort Wayne pension agency arc said to b,odn the neighborhood oi $7,000. e Journal is, “Are car shops at Logausp’ort a hopeless impossibility‘s” The school fund of Indiana is ■bc-$2 I poo. larger~4han that, of Uny other State in the Union. Valparaiso papers say that the pin factory at that place will employ 76 hands —-men, ‘ boys and gil'Js. ! Owing to the unsafe condition of the Benton county Court House, circuit court is being held .in a private hall. Thy new Presbyterian house of 'worship to be croctfd at. Monticello this summer will cost $12,000, when completed. A number of horses are reported sick in. Porter county with a disease similar to the epidemic which' affect e d tl rctrr last winter. Terentiy paid $4 0,000 for lortV acres of ground on which to erect a nail factory and other iron works. Mrs. Clarissa 4 ** W. Thomas, has a patchwork quilt containing 13,780 pieces. Tiiisfis the biggest quilt oil record—-3,700 pieces ahead. Who call beat it?—Oxford Tribune.

Some traveled gentleman says that the Editorial Association of Indiana is composed of the finest looking men he ever saw convened in one body. The South Bend papers claim a bachelor citizen who charges ladies one kiss a mile for riding with him. He is a gay old buss manager and has a large patronage. The Pulaski county agricultural society (not the Francosville organization) recently purchased 20 acres for a fair ground, near Winamac. The price paid was S3O an acre. Burglars recently entered a store at Morgantown, drugged the proprietor and clerks sleeping there with chloroform, and abstracted about $3,000 cash from the safe. The Valparaiso District Conference of the M. E. Church will be held at Crown Point on the 24th day of June, next. The session will probably occupy three days. Six liquor firms have brought suit in tlie Noble county circuit court against the town of Ligonier, to recover $1,GG2.50, and ten per cent, interest thereon, paid as corporation license. A son of Mr. Dempsey Johnson, living near Morocco, died week ago last Tuesday from the effects of a kick in the head received .while feeding colts. lie was about seventeen years old. A woman of Beaver township, Pulaski county, recently struck believing husband over the head with a spittoon, and ho immediately struck out fqr an angel that hasn’t such strieking-ways. The Journal says there are two or three places in Loganspo'rt “where bald heads are nicely sodded.” There are said'to besevCral more where thirsty stomachs , obtain like refreshments. The counties of Carroll. Iluntiugton aiid Cass 'have refused to make appropriations of $5,000 each, asked for canal improvements, and the prospect is good for the big ditch to go dry this summer.

“Resolved, That the signs of the times indicate the fall of the Republic,” is the subject for discussion before a Brookston debating society. In case the affirmative wins, wonder what they will do about it? Plymouth, Indiana, has decided to assfime city airs. An election was held there week before last to ascertain how the people felt about it, which resulted in 244 yeas to 86 nays. Rather a small poll'to commence a city with. A linen factory, with machinery costing $25,060 and furnishing employment for seventy-five to two hundred hands, is soon l to be in operation at Loganspert, for the manufacture of bagging, toweling, carpets, twine, tfec. J

The legal department of the j Plymouth Democrat, edited by M. A. G. Packard, calls the grand jury us Woodford county, Illinois, “A scCof asses, or .purchased knaves,” because they failed to find an indictment against Mrs. Workman. The Monticello Herald laughs to scorn' 1 ’ the buffalo fish recently caught at this [dace, which weighed 10 pounds and 10 ounces,-and says that if we want to learn something about big fish from personal observation we should visit the Tippecanoe. Mr. Daniel Sigler, of recently recovered SI,OOO from the P., C. $ St. L. railroad company for injuries received last fall while a passenger. Mrs. Hildreth, of the same place, recovered $3,000 on account of (he death'of her husband caused by the same accident.

The 54th anniversary of American Odd Fellowship was celebrated at Greencastle on the 26th of last month, in a highly creditable manner. Past Grand Representative Schuyler Colfflx delivered an address for the.occasion to an audience of not less than 2,000 peopleRepresentatives were present from the various lodges within a circuit of fifty to eighty miles. llev. Dr. Eleaz.cr Thomas, who was slain by the Modocs, at the time of the murder of Gen. Canby, was about fifty years of age, and a prominent member of the M. E. church of California. He was elected in 182 G editor of the Calitinrnia Christian 'Advocate, 'and performed the duties so well that he was re-elected editor in 16G0, ahTT again in 1804. lie was also a delegate to the general conference in 18G0. In 1868 he was elected an assistant agent of ti e New Fork book concern, to reside in San Francisco;' and serveffinrthis posi--tion about four years. His name appears on the .minutes for 1872 as presiding elder of the Petaluma district, California conlerence. — Lnporte Herald. Hpii. Washington C. DePauw, of New Albany, runs three banks, an insurance company, the largest plate glass factory in the country, one cottoji factory, one woolen factory, is connected with twelve or fifteen boards of directors, embracing banks, railroads, etc., still he finds time to superintend a Sunday school, attend all the meetings of the church to which he is a member, holds a. holy meeting once a week, and recently said in a religious meeting at Cincinnati “I am a happy man—happy in my business, happy in iny family, happy in the honorable service of my -Savior, happy all the time.” Why should not the general average of p. wealthy and successful business man be a happy one?

The Ligonier Banner advises its subscribers who live within the county' where it is published, not to pay postage under the law which; goes into operation in July, for more than six months “as Congress will, doubtless, at an early day, restore the old law so far as the free circulation «f papers within tliQ county where they are published is concerned.” Heretofore subscribers living within the county where papers were published were not required to pay postage on them although they were received from a post office outside of the county', but, by an act passed last winter, postage must be paid on everything, that passes through the mails on and after July' Ist, 1873. The postage on weekly papers is twenty cents a year, or five cents for three months, which may be paid at the mailing or the receiving office, at the, option of the subscriber. The Crawfordsville Journal talks of the salary grab in this wise:— “The press, the pulpit and the political rostrum have all, with singular unanimity, denounced the late salary grab as an act of thieving. No man has had the hardihood to attempt to publicly palliate it ‘iu tlie least degree. But, in the private circle, we now and then hear an individual say, ‘well, if I had been a member of Congress, I would have taken the $5,000.’ We have no means of knowing ho\V many men there are in the country who would have availed themselves of the fruits of this robbery' if they had been in a position to do so, but if we knew, we could tell ex- [ ..aptly how many there are whom | the fear of punishment alone prevents from stealing. The man who announces his readiness to put his hand in the public treasury and abstract $5,000 to which ,he has no' right, warns the people to keep their hands on their pocket books -j while in his presence. He advisesj all the world that nothing but the penitentiary deters him jCrom be- i comingp.a highway robber. We use plaro language, but we do it because we don’t want our remarks on the subject misconstrued.*’

The Eureka Tragedy.

’ The action of the grand jury in not finding a bill against Mrs, Workman is pretty' severely commented unon. A juryman informs us that the evidence submitted to them was exceedingly' unsatisfactory, and so far from fastening the guilt-on the suspected woman, seemed to clear her. For example, it was proved that when she went out that evening she wore a black alpaca dress. Mrs. Hedges’ clothes were torn in several places, showing that there must have been a violent struggle; but the dress of Mrs. Workman was not injured in the least. In, regard to the bloody dress found in her house, that, when pr oduced, proved to be an old dress-skirt which she used to wear over her drees. There were stains upon it, but it was shown that four days previous to the murder, she had worn it while killing-chickens. When it was considerOffthat site is a frail,, delicate woman, antUMrs, Hedges was robust, active, and stVong; that the weaker person showed no signs of the conflict, except a black eye, while the stronger one exhibited all the marks of a violent struggle —the grand jury felt, that an indictment would only subject the county to unnecessary expense, and result in nothing. In' ad dir i on, it was proven that an ill-looking fellow had been hanging around the place; that tracks were found leading from the spot where the fatal affray took place to the railroad; that the same fellow x\yis seen next day in Washington, and Iris appearance was so; suspicious that word was sent to Eureka that lie was there, and it was asked if he should not be arrested. The Coroner’s jury, with that magnificent imbecility which all their proceedings, took no notice of this information. They were instituting an inquiry into the morals of Brother Workman, and had no time to be hunting outside evidence. The fellow left Washington, and that elite was forever .lost. ’Fills is the only satisfactory explanation of the missing $l3O which the murdered woman should have had in her: pocket. When the grand jury came to canvass the question of an indictment, only two out of the twentyfour were in favor of it. and they determined not, to put the county to the expense of a trial for nothing; After they came to this conclusion, they adjourned, and went to the j ail. Several members of the jury' spoke to Mrs. Workman, blit she made them no reply, and maintained the silence which she has kept from the beginning. lire.. Workman was at the trial, and took copious notes. He remained two days after the grand jury had been discharged, and made copious extracts and copies of all the documents. He is stated to have said that, if there was any money to be made out of this thing, lie was going to make it, and flint, when he put what he knew with what tlie public-already k'nejv, lie would have a Very respectable book (in size lie doubtless meant). If is his intention to publish a full history of tlie affair and canvass the country for it. There was a rumor that the prosecution were about to have Mrs. Workman rearrested, but it lacks confirmation.— El Puso ( III.) Journal.

Church Property.

The aggregate value of church .propfertyji). this country, exempted from taxation, is computed at over three hundred and thirty millions of dollars. The government is sustained by taxes levied upon all classes of citizens without reference to particular religious beliefs. A tax is the price paid by the individual for the security to life and protection to property afforded by, the government. Manufacturing associations, rail way companies, insurance corporations, pay taxes for the same purpose —protection. But church property pays no tax; it bears none of the burdens of government; it returns no equivalent for the guardianship which it asks and receives in like manner and degree as other property which is laid under tribute. In all ecclesiastical controversies requiring the intervention of law for their adjudication, the courts of the land are opened at the expense of the general public. In theory, the Republic designs' to regard all classes of and property with equal favor; in practice, in this instance, w r e see how it fosters in the name of religion a gigantic moneyed monopoly. We make no war upon theahureh —her head is hoary with the centuries— but there is not, as we tliink, good reason nor sound philosophy in awarding her property an immunity not accorded other species of property. The idea of exemption comes down tons from the Middle Ages, when the church and' state were united, and the newer and better Christianity and civilization of modern limes has not yet outgrown it. When will they have done so?— Anderson Herald. ‘ Owing to “low barometers and very wet rains” the recent session of the Presbytery of Logansport, atvVjalparaiso, was not very largely attended. There were fifteen ministers present out of twenty-two, and sixteen ruling elders representing as many churches, whereas there are thirty-eight churches in the Presbytery. Most of the churches are weak and need help from the hoard of missions, and fifteen of them are now without p astors. The leading churches a»6

those of Logansport, first and second, Mouticello, South Bend, Laporto and Valparaiso. The churches of Salem, Hebron and Tassinong were united in one pastoral charge, and the home committee was authorized to ask for S3OO to aid in sustaining their work in that field. The church “ of Wheeler was, placed under the care of the pastor of the church of Valparaiso. The labors of the years past have resulted in hut few conversions, but there was no sign of discouragement. In benevolent contributions, that is, to the boards ol the church, the church of Laporte stands highest; Valparaiso is next on the list. In proportion to membership, the church of Michigan City does more than any other. Valparaiso gave last year to foreign missions, $244; to all other boards, $176. 14. Beer, minister, and J. A. Thornton, ruling elder, were chosen commissioners to the general assembly, which is to meet at Baltimore, May 15. Rochester was chosen as the place for the next stated meeting, and October 14, at 2 o’clock P. M., the time. —Laporte Herald. - _—

The Political World.

The future of political parties is just now the subjoot of considerable tine writing on the part of political jobbers who arc aiming to control politieal action for their own aggrandizement. We overheard a conversation not long since between two men, one of them once a United States Senator, and the other one now a member of Congress, and of different politics, in which both agreed that their only difficulty in forecasting the future was to judge of tlxe magnitude of the movement of the people against railroad monopolies. Both of them admitted that no political party at present would dare to resist the movement, but both thought that by another year questions of policy, such as tariff’questions and bank questions, would.divide the now solid phalanx of farmers, and make it more easy for the politicians to control the move•‘merit. In the present condition of affairs, the whole people are with the farmers in their demand for justice the farmers be wise enough to finish one war before they inaugurate another? If they are they Will find in a very short time that all political- parties will stand forth, eacli claiming to outdo the other in the interest of labor; but if they leave the work so well begun to enter upon some other work not so clearly demanded, they will find out too late their mistake. — Let their motto lie “onejob ata time.” When we have got the railroads to obey the law it will be time enough to commence at other points, upon which there will be a division of sentiment among the people of this country.—Valparaiso Videtto.

A call has been issued for a national convention of producers, and consumers to meet in New York effy on the j 6th of May next. Its object is toj consider what can he done to reduce i the' cost, of transportation by rail and ] water between the west and the seaboard. The senate committee on : transportation propose to he present j and take counsel of the people; TheI “little cloud-no bigger than a man’s i band,” of protest against railway ex- ! tortion, which appeared in Illinois and quickly spread over the entire northwest, promises speedily to engross the attention of the whole people and expand into a national cpiestion of supreme importance. There is an ugly logical conclusion to the transportation- question which begins to dawn upon the minds of the men of the east., namely: that if all the value of the farmers’ products is absorbed by the railways there will be no demand for the manufactures of the east in the west, because there will be nothing with which to pay for them. The relations of all branches of .tirade are so intimate that one great industry canhot be destroyed without dragging down all others. It has become a question of self-preservation to the east, and the men of that section, accordingly, spring to the rescue.—Plymouth Democrat.

On Friday noon last a distressing accident occurred at the residence of Henry Balkama, five and a half miles southwest of Brookston, in this county, which resulted in the death of a lad eleven, years old nafned Fred. Boolt, a step son of Mr, Balkama, who was fatally shot by his -brother William, a young man of twenty years. The bojs were in the garden when they saw a hawk light near them. The eider went into the house for a shot gun, and when he returned the little boy went around to frighten the hawk. As it Hew he fired, but unfortunately the load entered Fred’s body, from the effects of which he died in fifteen minutes. One shot entered his temple, three or four his shoulder, and some into his intestines. —Brookston Reporter. It is evident, that Democrats are fearful that Mr. Colfax will be the Republican candidate for Congress from this district, and arc trying tq. head him off. We are willing to put Mr. Colfax against the best man they eau get to run against him, for any office in the gift of the people. With Mr. Colfax for our candidate we are certain to have a good candidate, ami one who is deservedly popular with the people.—Valparaiso Vidette. -* ®, ," r -’ • 0 A portion of ground about 70 feet in length, traversed by the Peninsular Railway, fifteen miles west of this point, sank several feet below the former level, recently. The railroad company has filled the cavity with trees and gravel; and are now of the opinion that the inclination of that spot of earth to go through to China has been securely cheeked.—South Bead Register.

Charley Dunham is the owner of a beautiful cockatoo, once the pet of tile Empress Chariotta. He bought it In Chicago from a Mexican who claimed to have been especially entrusted with its keeping by the exEnipress. It’s a beautiful bird.— Valparaiso Messenger. ’ J Patrick Clifford and Florence Donahue each sold ground for a harrow pit to the I’ennsylania Company to furnish gravel and sand for the double track at the rate of S3OO per acre for The surface dug over, the land tcf remain tin* property of the present owners. We should like to sell the surface of several farms at that rate and would throw in the fee simple, rather than, haggle about it. —Valparaiso Vidette.

BUSINESS CARDS. Examination of Teachers. Public examination of applicants for license to teach in the public schools of Jasper county., Indiana, will be held at the School House in Rensselaer, on the last Saturday in each month, commencing at 9 o’clock, a. m. JAMES A. BURNHAM, Examiner. G. A. ( MO»g, Physician and Surgeon, RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Office in Shanghai Building, Front Room, Over W. J. lines’ Grocery. Store, MOSES B. ALTEIt f ~ PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, lCcnssclaer, ludianit. Office in Harding & Reeve’s Drug Store. J. 11. LOUGIIRIDGK. 11. T. MARTIN. 13RIDGE & MARTIN, PII YSI CIA NS AND S DR GE ONS Rensselaer, Indiana. ' REINSTAT F.MKNT ::: IrtaTROTER RECORDS. Meetings of Du- ('onnniht oner to restore end leim-tate I.cst or Destroyed Records are held at the Court House in Rensselaer, Ind„ the third Saturdays in Fi bruary, April, June, August , October and December. JAMES A. BURNHAM, Commissioner. * - -TW. F. QUIXOTE, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Office opposite Court House Square, on Washington Street, EEcusselaer, Jasper County, Indiana. - ' 5 25-ly TKQS. J. SFXTLER, OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE. Especial attention given to Real Estate and Fire Insurance business.

BU3IOJJ P. THOMPSON’, ATTORNEY AT LAW, i . t Pros. A tty. noth circuit. Will nraotlce in the Courts of Pulaski, Jasper, Newton and Benton counties. THOMPSON ,V lIRO.’S LAW AND RBA.L ESTATE OFFICE, Rensselaer, lntlin.ua. ALFRED M’COY. V Al.rr.El> THOMPSON A. NIcC’OY A XIIOMPSOS, BANKERS. Rensselaer, Indiana. Buy and sell Coin and Domestic Excliaiig make Collections on all’available points, pay Interest on specified time deposited, and transact all business in their line with dispatch . JO=»Oftice hourß,from 9 a. m.to4 p, m no 54 lvDUVAIJ/S BLACKSMITH SHOP Is in operation one door above csab - —aß *'“the Express Office, KENSSKLAKR All kinds of blacksrnithing done toorder J. WKIGIIT, TIIK OJ <D UNDER T AKER, Has Coffins of all sizes on hand and is prepared to fill all orders for any style, Plain or Fancy, at reduceu prices 1-17-ts DAILY HACK LIND AND • LIVERY STABLE. Hacksrun daily (Sundays excepted) between Rtnsaelaer and Bradford, on the C &. L RR. - Horses and Carriages to let at reasonable rates, J W. Duvall. HANDY MAN. The undersigned will do all kinds of odd jobs, such as digging, walling and cleaningwells, cisterns and cellars makng garden s nailing lath and shingles, making'fences, Ac 5-4 ly JAMES W. PORTER. New Blacksmith Shop. . The public is notified that I have bought the Blacksmith Shop snuthweat gide of Front street, near the old saw mill, and repaired it to receive customers. WOOD SHOP lo connection where wagon making and repairing will be done by skillful mechanics. Patrons of Husbandry and other cash customers will find it to their advantage to give me their patronage. SAMSON ERWIN. AUSTIN HOUSE, JOHN M. AUSTIN, PROPRIETOR S. E. cor. Washington and Front sts., RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Special attention to the. accomodatiorrof travellers. Good stables attached. 4-21 GET THE BEST. The most Simple, Durable and Reliable Sewing Machijg for Family Use is the HOME SHTJTTXiB. Stitch alike on both sides. This Machine has been thoroughly tested in, hundreds of families and in no case has it failed, to give entire satisfaction. Its cheapness, simplicity of construction, and strength,«make#it a favorite with all who have tried; It. th/ agent and gat one. J. 8. HOPKINS, 4.42 ’ Agent, Rensselaer, Ind.

central hotel, Car. Vanßenmlatfand Washington Sts., UENSSELAEK, INDIAN A,, This House has been th Jonghly renovated and furnishfed throughorft with new furniture. Commodious stables attached. THOS. IIOROUOHB.BnoPRiETOK. Downing St Little, HOUSE, SIGN & ORNAMENTAL .'fMiTtifcli, AND PAPER HA.NG-ERS! IMITATE WOOD OR MARBLE. All orders promptly attended to. r GEORGE It 0 BIN SON, OLIVER P. ROBINSON, ROBINSON BROTHERS; Joiners & Builders Rensselaer, Indiana, Are ready to make contracts for building, -altering, or repairing Houses, Barns, Stables, Ac., and will do all kinds of work pertaining to the Joiner’s trade- We have bought the Old Saw Mill property with its water privilege, planing mill and circular saw. Call and sec us. Estimates furnished when desired. • 5-27-3 mo JOHN P. WARNER, HOUSE ATNTI3 SIGKT Is now prepared to do all kinds of work pertaining to his trade promptly and neatly.— Special attention given to GRAINING

OKNAITIENTAL PAINTING. Shop in rear of Norman Warner’s Wagon and Blacksmith Shops, Front-Street, Rensselaer, Indiana, where he will be pleased to receive orders for work . 5-22-Gmo JOHN P. WARNER. THEPARKERCUH. PARKER BRO’S v WEST MERIDEN,CT. '< , * I. l.r. BTO'J, . Dealer in, and repairer of, Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, in C. 0. STARR’S Grocery, corner Washington and Front Streets, Rin<selaer. Patronage solicited. Charges reasonable. All work warranted. 25-2 Plain Job Printing SUCH AS Posters, Sale Bills, LETTER-HIADS, BLANKS, Circulars, Envelopes, &c. SONS TO ORDER, at Reasonable prices. JAMES & lIEALEY, Rensselaer, Indiarm BEST THING IN THE WEST, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. E LANDS! THREE MILLION ACRES Situated th and near the Arkaneas Valley, the Finest Portion of Kansas! Eleven years’ Credit. Beven p*r cent. Interest 22 i per cent, reduction to settlers who improve. A FREE PASS TO LAND BUYERS! THE FACTS about this Grant are—Low Prices Long Credit, and a Rebate to settlerii of nearly oaeWourth; a Rich Soil and Bplemlid Climate; short and mild Winters; early planting,and no wintering of Stock; plenty of Rainfall, and just at the right season; Coal. Stone and Brick on the line; Cheap Rates on Lumber, Coal, Ac.; no lands owned by Speculators; Homesteiid and Pre-emptions now abundant; a ltrst-class Railroad on the line of a great Through Route;Producta will pay for Land and Improvements It ts the Best Opportunity ever Offered to the Public, thiough the recent Completion of ‘ire Road. . ~ ,~ T Vor Circulars and general information, stdd t ess A. E. TOUZALIN, Manager Land Dep’t THO 3. J. SPITLKR, TOPEKA. KAN Agent, Rensselaer, Indiana.