Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1874 — INDIANA GOSSIP. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA GOSSIP.

The incidental expenses of Congress siio\v that each member has eighty pounds of toilet soap per session.— ! The soap must l>eof singularly infer!* I orquality.-Louisville Courier Journal. 1 Or Congressmen do many dirty ; jobs. In the two townships of Lake county which voted upon the proposition of a tax ih aid of the ■ Chicago & South Atlantic Railroad project, lasi Saturday, the result was “for the tax” by a large majority. At the Independent Convention at Indianapolis on the 12th instant to nominate candidates to fill va- J cancics resulting from declinations or nonacceptance of gentlemen nominated on the 10th of dune, the following ticket was made: For Secretary of State—S, Bowles, of Fountain county. For Auditor of State —T. S. Trnscott, of Posey county. For Attorney General—Win. Peelle, of Wayne county. For Superintendent of Public Instruction—-Andrew 11. Graham, of Bartholomew county. The Independents ot Allen county held their convention last Saturday, and nominated D. 11. Tapp for State Senator, W. 11. Kelsey and T. M. Andrews for Representatives, W. 11. Withers for Criminal Judge, J. I>. lltlligass for Prosecutor, and a full county ticket. Seven of the j nominees have been identified wfch : the Kepublican party, and five 'have been Democrats. The ticket is ' said to be a good one, and has-fair J lutions were adopted denouncing J th&dhiauner in which candidates for . 'i t office are forced upon the people i by wily politicians, and deciar- j ing that in local and State elections the best men ought to be chosen j by the people, regardless of party: affiliations, and in defiance trfjsivirc- ! pullers. Indianapolis people arc very much shocked over the recently published statement ol Dr. A. C. Stanton that Miss Hates was one ; of Henry Ward Beecher's early j conquests. Her triends say that j she was only sixteen or seventeen ! years of age at the time her pastori moved from there, and not old j enough to be susceptible <if the blandishments of the tender pus-1 sion. Fortunately Miss Bates, who eifjoyed for >nany years an ei; \ ia- '[ ble reputation lor her charities, died j : ulew.months before the simoon of this horrid scandal desolated the j land of some of its fairest, staleli- 1 est Christian characters. It is "a | foul beast who like Harriet Beecher j Stowe would dig up the green turfi of.graves and tear away the cere- \ merits of tile dead to pollute the j moral atmosphere with such me- | phitic exhalations. Upon the subject of pastoral ; visits, a discussion of which has j been precipitated in religious pa- ; tiers by the Tilton-Beechcr eon- ■ t roy ersy, the Nc w Y ork OfSerrerf well known as a btitt, oftfiodox ' i journal ofstraightest respectability, . says: All judicious pastors discourage j familiarity on the part oCtbeir peopie, | especially those of the female deiiomi- ' nation. For this way lies the danger. A silly woman, pious perhaps, but very soft aud shallow, hears the stir- I liug words of her eloquent pastor, is ; loused, warmed, soothed, exalted,--! she thinks edified—and straightway she believes him to be tire man to do ' tier good. Sdie goes to his study to: tell him so- how much enjoyment! she finds in liis words . or she writes him a letter, and pours out her little soul full of twaddle about lier gratff j tude for what her dear pastor has done, for her; how siie “is lifted up” hy his instructions; how she loves him as a friend given to be her guide and com- \ fort, and so on, and so on, more and worse, running into a mawkish sentimentality, a sickening man-w.jrship, disgusting to every sensible jierson, but very" nectar to a vain, AvorhUy 1 preacher, who seeks only to make his J hearers “teel good.” • Hon. Milton B. llopkins, Super-j intendent of Public Instruction, diedbit Kokoiuo last Sunday night, aged 02 years. In 1840 Mr. Hopkins assisted in the first Fourth of July Celebration in Jasper county, by preaching in the afternoon to an audience that had asscmbebl in :♦ giovc which then coveted the gioimd where McCoy & Thompson's bunk, Dr, Moss’ office and Kaunal's drug stole now stand At that time he was preachjug blithe Christian denomination. llis political views were Democratic, though during the war lie did-not hold fellowship with his party, and declined a nomination on the State ticket tendered hy them. Since tile war he was twice elected hy the Democracy to the office he occupied at the time of his death He was an active politician, and had lie lived would have. been a pi eminent caudidate for the Dein.o----c rat it utdiiinatiou for Go\\uioi.

It is gratifying to learn that Bro. ! John B. Stoll, of the Ligbnier Banner, is not sore oVer.his defeat for the Democratic nomination for State Auditor. This inieTlige«t young German politician seems to have become calloused to ingratitude, and man's proverbial inhumanity to man seems to have no, effect upon his ol’l bruised ambition. Cast down, but not discouraged; smitten, but not resentful; repeatedly betrayed, but beautifully oblivious to personal indignity: what picture can be more charming to party managers! And lmw many partizan editors there, are in the land, toiling like slaves year after year through successive campaigns, battling for the triumph of and success of parties, only to be kicked, scourged, trampled, insulted and ridiculed in the end. Parties are a delusion, political professions are too frequently ephemeral, and the promises of politicians arc but Dead Sea apples; no d t hat ed itor wh o isdeccivedtiy them more than once, is not wise. Mr. A. 17. Grant, of Carroll county, and aspirant for the Republican nomination for Congress, was in the city last Monday, and called at the Argus office; We gently whisper to our readers-that Grant is an unpopular name just how, and we think this young man secretly intends to withdraw in favor of Calkins. lie is a pink blonde. —LaporteArgus. The Argus is a Democratic paper, and its predictions as to what Grant would do, was fully realized at the convention, for Grant and the entire Carfoll county delegation, save one man, did exactly what the Argus said they would do. * Mr. Grant has cooked his goose, so far as this district is concerned, by indulging in ways that are dark and tricks that are vain. A fear of party division at home was ail that ever forced half of his own delegation to submit to bis candidacy. We have it from the mouths of his own delegates.—Kentland Gazette. A fear of division at home forced them to submit! Isn’t that a noble sentiment for American freemen, i and an enlightened newspaper to 1 advance ? Fear of a callow, red- 1 headed urchin, compelled the , Republican party ot’ a county in the State of Indiana to bow to a distasteful, incompetent man's ambition. What a humiliating exhibition of weakness!- —- What a disgraceful confession of a lack of principle! Shame to the Republicans of Carroll county ! Dr. Win. S. Ilayuiond, of Whitecounty, was nominated for Congress by the Democracy of this j District, at Haportc last Thursday- : llis nomination was by acclamation. It is claimed that lie will be endorsed by the Independents, but! they may hs\ o reckoned -wit hout' their host. There are Indepoml- j cuts in this region who prefer a . candidate of their own choosing j —a inan who is ill sympathy with their views, and who, if elected, , would at leasCtry to represent them j fairly. Personally Ilayuiond and j Calkins may be good nien—tine J genll eincu in the private -wa Iks erf: life—but neither is a representative ; of the laboring classes, nor can either understand them, or have sympathy with their burdens, labors , aud oppressions. It makes little I difference which ol the old patty! organizations has control ol the j "govern incut' abuut.,llie-logidalion ; I that will be in tBo interest of wealth, of corporations, of ring», ! of cliques, ol clashes, and against; the interests of the great -mass of! 1 whoring people. Butbparties have ; been in powyr long enough Improve ‘ that money has a potent itifiitenee with eaeh in shaping legislation. There is nu hope of relief to the toiling millions from either. The j i , j galling fellers \n hielt bind them in . hopeless poverty, will never be loosened until boili parties arcM overturned. Holiest men must j come out from among the corrupt : organizations called. Kepublican and Democratic, and unite-together for the common good. The signs j indicate that the American people j are on tlie brink of a great revolution, which may be sanguinary, or bloodless, as the people are foolish or wise. • .. ~~ ."7 ~~ ~"-T __ > Major William 11. Calkins, the; Republican caudidate for Congress : from this District, was bushwhack- ! ing around the country school houses in Jasper county, during the' first part of the present week.-- i Being in Kiniseiuer yesterday, lie: honored'Tut UnioX—(he is a regular subsciibei ) with "a visit, aud j shed o\ et all hands and jjie coni,- j ! puny piescnt a large anTunnt ol : that “personal magnetism ’ which his home organ enumerates among tlie chief articles of his slock in trade, so to speak. Major Calkins has a great deal of sympathy lor laboring people of all classes- this campaign; and he is -exceedingly affable towards everybody, shaking bauds and conversing familiarly with all, like au old acquaintance, or u life insurance agent with mon-r-v to lo.au i*t ten per cent. niton. ?,•

payable Semi .annually in advance, ! secured by mortgage on unincumbered real estate at half its np- , praised .value, with live per cent, commission to .agent-.for procuring the .loan. He is a fatlu-r pretty boy, somewhat overgrown perhaps, with a delicate light hazel intis- i taelte, and oil the little finger ot his-gesticulating hand wears a tolerabbz loud seal ring. If elected to Congress there is no dqubt but that lie might make a sensation among tlie female lobbyists. Wo rather liked lusj frank statement that the last two nominations of --General Packard were ilau lulently procured, as it coincides- so well With tlie facts. The Major is not. at all sanguine of his election, notwithstanding two years ago his party had nearly 1,500 majority in the district. Since he discovered that Senator Morton was mistaken about there being only two parties in tlie field, bis confidence in key notes is not so implicit as formerly.

~ Men sure s-WFeHeTiFg take n t o reopen the Wabash & Kr.ie can til as far south as Lafayette. Howard county will hold its Failoil the 15th, 10th, 17th, 18th and 10th days- of September. Fowler, Benton county, is to have ! a 810,000 M. K. Church—which - will flatter the Lord’s vanity. The Independents of the Lafay- | etle district have nominated lion. Archibald Jobikson for Congress. The marshes m Lake county were never before known to be so dry, says the Crown Point Hejister. Tlie Indiana Association of Shorthorn Breeders, ineeUfin special ses- j : sion in IndianapH^,November nth. j Fulton c'ounty is excited over ’ the report of an attempted highway t robbery recently made near Bodies- j I ter. The State Temperance Conven- ! tion will meet in the First Baptist Church at Indianapolis, September 2d, at two o’clock r. .. .. Work on the Chicago & South ; Atlantic railroad near Lowell, Lake county, lias been suspended for want of means to carry it along. A petition has been circulating i iti Lake county.for an Independent | Convention. Of course the proj oecuing is denounced by both of the old parties. Mr. Jasper Davidson,_of Gibson county, threshed 4So bushels of j wheat It (.in LIA acres ot ground, ■ bj,-ing an averngg of about 121 bushel? au acre. ■■. . 1 Goslien has decided that it wants , stand pipe waterworks similar to those at South Bend, and instructed the Common Council, to procure U* " s t ’ -Fa. . --. them at an expense of 85,000. (»li yes! tth yes! The Independents of Clay county nominated a full eounty ticket at Center Pointyj fast {Saturday, although “there is but two political parties” in the State. - i *..?>'.■ - . : -1 The Independents, have cotnmetiecd stirring tip tlie monkeys in Laporte-etrunty,. n civv nmctr~to the chagrin of local politicians, who swear there is tin room for a tliiVd party between tlietw odiltmbecilcs. Parke eounty ludcpcnJents met iii cun veil lion at Koekvi lie. .Monday, and nominated J-. S. Boyd lor State : Senator, John C, Reddick, for Representative, John li. Miller for Joint Representative, and a full county , ticket. Klkhart county is troubled with an Independent party, which held a .convention last Saturday, and nominated Albert psborii for Represeuttitive, George F. Barney for Joint Representative, and. a lit 11 county ticket. i Allen county offers a sjwcial pre- 1 liiium of a handsome National flag, costing 825, to the Grange within the limits -of that county, that makes the largest number of entries at the Northern Indiana Fair lor, 1874. In leasing the refreshment stands at the Indianapolis Fair ground this season, the State Board of Agriculture have in every case ill- : sorted a clause prohibiting (be sale | of intoxicating liquors, oil tlie ! 1 grounds. Many fanners in Porter county, • and—some- tn Impm te, have to li.ittl water tor their stock?"* Why do not farmers dig wells Cor stock water? H would-be cheaper and better in the long run, besides very much enhancing the value of their farms. ! judge Cason was renominated for congress by the Republicans of the Ninth (Lafayette,) district, on the fifth ballot, lie received BIA ]) votes to Slip- for Hon Michael I>. 1 White, *of Crawfords?iHe. • Miv Cuboir’- tlce lion m very duubtlul.

O'p] “residctits’’ of White county hold their annual meeting this year at Monti6ello H on the 27th instant. Leander C. Pray, with two friends, recently pursued a fellow into Michigan and made Hi in come down with 885 fin- goods lie had obtained of Pray, under false pretenses. Mr. Pray formerly lived in Jasper county, but now resides in South Bend. Laporte people have got into a little controversy over their public Library. Gen. Urr, who donated one-half of the Library fund, denouiiees tlie board of directors as a “pack of thieves,” and the mischief is to pay generally. A special effort is.being made to locate a Presbyterian Female College at- Indianapolis, 'which, it successful, will result in breaking up the schools ot this class located at Logansport and Greencastle, and uniting them in the new project, making it a college of high order; Near AValton, Cass county, Sunday, a man named Arfochcr, 'be'e'dmiiig ine_cnsfd at his daiighter picked up a poker and threw it at her, — She dodged the missile, however, which struck another daughter, two years old, penetrated her head five inches and killed her instantly.— He was arrested. A severe storm passed over Michigan City on the 12th instant. August Code’s house was struck by lightning and two children instantly killed. Tlie Catholic church was damaged, a portion of the roof being torn off. George Walker’s brick building wuS unroofed and several children hurt by tlie falling material. —Mr s. Tay 1 o i- ’s re ski oil cc was uin-aofod.—The .colored clnirehwas moved from its foundation.— Several barns were destroyed, and a number, of ne-.v bouses blown down. Doctor Miller’s house was struck by lightning and burned down, together with the barn and other out-buildings. It was the most destructive storm that has visited the city for years.