Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1873 — Who are the Nebraskians? [ARTICLE]

Who are the Nebraskians?

The Valparaiso Vidtttc pithily observes “when you hear a inan say that the world owes him a living, don’t leave anything laying around loose.” The Rochester Union Spy says that during the month of May 4,200 cross' ties Mere gotten out on the line of the Continental railroad In Fulton county. From and after the Ist day of July, next, subscribers who receive |. the Union at any postoffice will be required to prepay postage thereon quarterly in advance, at the rate of twenty cents a year. It is thought there is not a man | in Jasper county cd moral character sufficient to obtain license to sell' “intoxicating' liquors in 1-s's quantity than a quart at a time with the privilege of allowing the same to lie drank on the premises.” Don’t think that even a clergyman could meet the requirements of law in this respect to the satisfaction of the board of commissioners. We understand that Messrs. William Pa rkisori ,~S am uel' M c Cnfiough and Jared Benjamin, commissioners of Jasper county, refuse to accept the additional pay for their official services, provided by the last legislature, upon the ground that they were elected, with the understanding upon their part and upon the part of the people, that they would serve for $4 per. day, and that it would be a violation of an implied contract to accept more j than that amount. We suggest that either of the three as a successor to the present representa-. tive in Congress from this district - would prove more acceptable to the voters thereof from the fact that they combine the merits of greater executive ability with infinitely more honesty. Dr. G. R. Reynolds, who is medical director on the editorial staff of the Plymouth Democrat, says, ‘‘Drinking a large quantity of cold water at a single draught, when the system is heated of more or less exhausted from labor; is, to say the least, very indiscreet, and .is productive of fatal results.”— Undoubtedly, but what the X'eal Dow is a fellow to do about it while the present temperance law is in force? The doctors tell ns that, drinking cold water when we aretired or warm “is very indiscreet and is productive of fatal results,” while the law compels us to pay $5 for drinking any other refreshing beverage. This is a terrible dilemma from which s poor man has little chance to escape. It is either death or dollars. After an absence of four wrecks from home and passing over a route of travel which included the cities and towns of Indianapolis, Lafayette, Iventlaiut, Monticeiio, Logansport, Winamac, Crown Point, Indiana; Chicago and Sheldon, Illinois, and Milwaukee and Racine, Wisconsin, together with intervening towpsq 6ur observations lead us to conclude that Jasper county people are as well advanced with their season’s work as people in other localities of the emmjry visited, while their prospects average better than most. The season at Milwaukee is at least two weeks Chicago and in Lake, Porter, Stark and a portion of Pulaski counties, they,-seem to be fully ten days behind us with their work. There was great excitement at Battle Ground to-day growing out of the arrest of George Snyder, a well known cattle dealer and a man of sonuo property, on the charge of murder. The Sheriff of Jasper county was charged with the arrest, and stimulated by,a reward of $250, arrived at the Battle Ground last evening intent on the capture. Snyder, it seems, was not at home, and the Sheriff concluded to wait until morning. Meanwhile a wide-awake Constable of Tippecanoe township got out the documents and piads the arrest on liis owu account. The Sheriff was much chagrined, and a little anxious about the $250, demanded the custody of the prisoner. The Constable declined, .Sheriff lost his balance and drew a pistol. Constable didn’t scare worth a cent, but thought it best to discourage carelessness in the use of fire-arms, so he had the Sheriff arrested on the spot. — This was the situation when our informant left the scene this afternoon. —Lafayette Courier, The man’s name was not George Snyder; he is hbt a cafctle dealer;, the sheriff of Jasper county «as not charged with his 'arrest; there was no reward offered for him; it was not concluded to wait until morning; the constable of Ti}q>ecanoc township did not procure the documents for arrest; but with the exception oi these and a few other inaccuracies the C'oincrV item is /■ttrrflrtl • nr—^ —=-—.——.-A*—— 4rVl »WVt / ~ ‘

McjtfcaS '"cTmhtfy news:' paper published at Mataniorns lias reeihtiy obtained celebrity by S 3 gyrations on it-s b it auricular ■appendage over General MoKenzio’s recent exploit among the Kickapoo bandits of Mexico. This little champion of Mexican civilization liiinks it is ryal mean of the United States to* prelect its citizens against Mexican marauders.because it happens to be a stronger power than Mexico, and threatens sonic vaguedire retaliation if we. ever do so any more;: While at Indianapolis four or five weeks ag) we met Mr. N. \Y. Fitzgerald, -Mr. “John Chambers', Mr. L. Kawles, .Air. J. T. Mclv.m, and Mr. A J.; Chambers. Tornior-otihwfiis of Jasper county, ::!i of whom were w elk aml re{ >ort ed' bnfti ne ss th r 1 v j tig. They are a’d dealing in Teal e late, and .are said to have made quite s nog li ttie ibiTtitH's. Mr. Fit-zgera hi and Mr. John C hambers are each building s.>,(•■&&residences for their ; families. The former gentleman is reported to have cleared s">Cr,ooo in two years, besides the current expenses of a family of four persons, and SIOO per day, we were told, was not unfrequt ntly paid the.firm of wh ieh he is Lead lbr coJ.aniiT.siQu£l alone onjke sales of r-eatVsfate left with them by other parties. The Chambers firm is said to have cleared 1 30,000 in one transaction. —.. ■ - -r. ■,, ... -Mishawaka i> to have ft new hotel that will cost Plymouth urchins are enjoying an attack 'of whooping cough. Lapoite papers claim a popiila- . lion of ten thousand lbz that city. j Tiie debt of- St. Joseph r <unify is only about- $4,000 in bonds, held liy one man. _The Herald says that the Tonn<l- - for a new depot, at M-Hith-ello will be .eon: i n one ed. in a short time. Sonic ot the patriotic people of Mishawaka stole the flags from the soldiers’ graves on Decoration Day. The treasurer of Porter county advertises that he is p.re.i a red tore-' deem county orders upon presentation.

The Lafayette Courier says that | an aerolite was recently found in an ex e avati on on K ossa th sir eel i n that city. Ira Fuller, ot Kentland, is the champion bugger of X" e w ton county. He catches an average of 9404 Color ados.-per diem. A nursery of'ten thousand evergreens has been pi girted Ibr ornamenting the' Purdue University groKtnis at Lafayette. Three hundred dollars is what the city of Piyinoath - wants i'ox.allovving a man to make an honest- living by silling intoxicating liquors. ' ■ The railroad depot at Lnporte is a cheerful place for iiifeiicitously married females, —-only six men have been killed there si'iCc 1 last October. lion. Schuyler Colfax was recently made the recipient ot the chair which lie occupied while Speaker of the House of Representatives. A snoop lias furnished the grand jury of Fulton county with the . names of seventy-eight <>l Id-. neighbors who have, been guilty of violating the.fish statute. The premium list of'.the While county fair will be ready for distribution about the first of Juiv. — What tunc will, the premium .LLst-of.'-the Jasper county fair be ready? A man near Winamac caught a ■ 05' pound buffalo fish in jjm Tippeea-; nee river, and now Ivt i - r of the j Republican every bud' to “go ' away with their little 20 pounders.”-.] The Grand Temple of Honor of the State of Indiana met. at Inui- - anopolis on. -Twesdnyv— By- un-anir-inous vote, the- Cfusddtr was selected as tiie official organ of the order. Jacob Garrett, of Indianapolis, and Parker-A. Byers of-LaFayetle, two- billiard; worthies, are making arrangements to gull tire public with another of their put up games for the State championship. j Gov. Hendricks' and Lieut. Gov. - Sexton are. to deliver addresses at; the laying of the corm-r.-lone of j the nc-w college building of the State University at Bloomington, i which will be on the 2d of July. The synod of tiie Reformed German- church convened at Indianapolis last Monday. Rev. 11. Rente-; neck, of Sheboygan, Wis., was I elected editor of the -jEvangelist, al . chafch pftper, nt. ■Glevejami, Ohio. Mr. Joseph Widener’s little son, aged about four years, was killed : by a kick from a. horse at Rochester last week. He and two other little chaps were" chasing loose horses about the cdhnnons, and got too near their heels. Mrs. William Carter of Rochester, while -engaged in the blissful] occupation of skinning catfislri last week, was wounded in the hand by the animal’s sharp spines. j Erysipelas supervened and her life ! is now despaired of. It is now re- j ported that since this event not less than a hundred loving husbands at that place have fished ali night in j Lake-Maniton in order to furnish! their spouses with an excuse for a J like accident.

't he new harbor improvements ftt Michigan City will consist of the extension of the west pi'CT 500 fie'CTT The contract has been let, to Gcn’l LedTTe] of Chicago, and the job is to be completed by December Ist, next. — Loporte Herald. The Itcmirtgtdn Journal says that Prosecutor S. Ik Thou ij i solfmi a lees every case “stick” that he has anything to do with, when there is any law or evidence in‘the case nt nll. Tlnfmpsou is a worker, and is the right man for the place. — lljhaniac Republican. ■ Mudge Glllett recently ml- d tiiat where divorce was a j >;> Red tor with only service by publication in. a newspaper,-'that the divorce .would bir granted conditionally' to take effect in two years, arid ti-U the defendant could appear at any time within tiie said two years, and have said -divorce opened up as a: matier o f right and deieuddn-simh aetion. Valp ara is o 1 ideltc , ' Day before yesterday a couple of lads were clever enough to fight in ftihl” view of the Spy otlicc, X& u-rc-we had evc 1 ry" opportunvly of " obtaining a complete report of the conflict. The antagonists represented the mutual wrongs and prejudices of eighteen centuries —one being a Hebrew and tlie other a Gent riel The former happened. to, be the biggest, and the Christian champion got scooped. —Rochester Union Spy. Court is in session and all rc-si-Ttenf attorneys r.ro busy as- becSV—-. J ll dgl- llammoiul is. an the bc-ncli and is dispritelmrg Imsmess rapidly, and so far as we can learn,, is. iron liked by hot only flu- bar, but by all wlio have business—in' his court. 8. P. Thompson, the Prosecuting Attorney, is at his post, looking after 'violators of th ciaw, j and if he fails-10-find them it will be no fault of his.— Kchlljiid Gazette. Oakes Ames only left $2,000 to his married daughter, but a bonus of $20,000 is to be paid for evpry grand child., Tho-family ought to have a fair income. Their -inotto should be “By industry we thrive.” In view of the fact that it haft become' quite “unfashionable” in Ala.ssaeJiuset is to ad<l to the mative population, this wholesome pro vis- 1 ion in Air. Ames' will does. Honor to the departed man, while at the Homo time it serves as a rebuke to the pernicious sentiment which prevails so largely, relative to such matters throughout the length and breadth of that commonwealth. — Liy order Banner, . , - ■ . On ’STcdnesday pighT a terrible calamity occurred to the family . pf. Joseph Dalrymple, near Elkhart.— A young son of.Mr, Dalryippje set lire to the straw tick ot his bed \fhile retiring, and the father “went to liis rescue, followed, by the mother, and a sister about 19 years' old. Air. D. seized the burning tick and rushed down stairs with it, leaving his family behind. Everything combustible was set on fire by the flaming bed, shutting off the egress of mother, daughter and son, and. before any assistance could be rendered they perished in the flames, which the house. The' lire was caused by:a tallow candle that the boy took when be went to bed.— South Bend Tribune.

BY PROF. J. D. BUTLER, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

One-seventh of onr United States, population is of foreign birth, namely : five anti a half millions, among thirty ! eight and a half; in exact ligures, | 5,507,546, among 38,558,371. I The foreigli element is much largest! ! at the North, hut ks distribution is | almost identieal in the newer and • older States, on ' the Atlantic and on ! the Missouri. Tims the foreign per-,--.eej4tag&-i-H.hotli---Mcts.snoussefts-, —theoldest State, and in Nebraska, the youngest, is in both States, well-nigh the same, namely; one fourth. In the former, 353,120-in a total of 1,457, 351; in the latter, 30-.74S in a total of 122,993. Yet the quality of foreigners West is, no doubt, better than East, Those who have least of pluck or purse, linger along the Atlantic as ! drudges, or even paupers or worse I Hut those better off go West, become ! land-lords and lords of the land. The ' first German Govenor was elected in j a State on the Mississippi. Of the 30,748 foreign borrt Nebraskii ans those orignuting in the British Empire are the most numerous, being | J 2/371. Next, and almost as numer- ! ous, is the Teutonic element, amounti ing to 12,026. The Scandinavians are ! almost 4,000, and. the Selavonians | lialf as many . Of the' Nebraskiaus I then, three-fourths are native Amer- | icons, while of the remainder twofifths are of British origin- The ; English jtereeiitage 'is larger in Ne- ! braska than any other State except three. These figures prove that the settlers in the United States will form one homogen'ious people, and that English speaking and holding mainly to English institutions. As they were in the begining, so they are now, and ever shall be, in saeeula saeeulorum! Still, among the | 42-,3h4 home-steaders and the 13,447 j: pre-emptors who, before the close of : 1872 had filed tiieir claims to land in | Lincoln land otliee the names betoken I very various nationalities. So do : those of the 2,325 purchasers who had j bought 294,625 acres of the Burlington i & Missouri Itiver Raiload on ten yearscredit at six per cent, interest. A new impulse has just been, given to railroad" sales, because on those made since 1872, nothing of the principal is payable until the end of the fourth year, and then only one seventh annually. ■ , .. • —*■