Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1874 — Page 5

THE RENSSELAER UNION. Thursday, NovamW 19, 1874.

Ball fttage aJtthe-oM Pioneer store. Call : at the Pioneer store for late etyles of goods. Quail were never before known to be so plenty in this region. Children’s worsted’sacks and ladies’ underwear at thePwrweer store. Walnut, ash and cheap furniture at N. Warner’s new furniture store. Don’t buy furniture or stoves until .you have seen the stock at Warner’s. hosiery are made specialties at the Pioneer Store of T. J. ■Sears & Co. Eight voters beat Norm. Warner for coroner, but all the dealers in the State can’t beat him selling furniture cheap. A pair of gloves were recently found and left at 1 this office, which the owner may recover by describing and paying for this notice. Bevr Charles E. Lambert, of Evanston,!!!., is expected to preach in the Methodist Episcopal church at this place next Sunday (22d inst.) The best cigars in this town that we know of are at W. S. Bedford’s. Win also has an excellent assortment of notions, cutlery and -stationery. For cash you can buy all classes of goods low at the old Pioneer store. It will pay you to look around if you pay cash. F. J. Beaks & Co. Messrs. Minnikus & Kohler have supplied most of the brick used for the buildings that have been built in Rensselaer this season. Their kilns are about three miles south of town. Mr. Olmstead and his corps of engineers, who are surveying the line of the Chicago & Bouth Atlantic railroad through this county, arrived at the head of Washington street to-day at noon. Will Sears owns the finest team of matched carriage horses in Jasper •county —at least they bore off the premiums at the Rensselaer and Frances” ville Fairs this fall—and he is as iproud of them as a father is of his •first»born son. "Sleepy Mack” the -Sorrel Ihorse-that won Mie purses at our last iwo cou-uQ-/ as the ‘"Lynch horse, ” was recently sold ' to a gentleman in Porter county for one thousand dollars. Youngman when you bringDueksy Jane to town call at Norman Warner’s and let her see the stoves, tinware and elegant parlor, chamber and dining-room furniture. Our word for it she will say "ask pa” before you get home with her. We acknowledge a pleasant visit during the past week from Brother Winegarden, of theßeminglon Guard. He reports business good in that town, and his personal encouragement flattering. This is well, for he publishes ; an interesting local paper. It is estimated that not less than a (thousand tons of hay have been burnt A>y wild fires in Jasper county this ! Jail; indeed we hear of individuals <who have lost thirty, forty and fifty .tons each, and the Republican says that Mr. Jacob Sells in Walker township (had one hundred and fifty tons .destroyed. The Catholics of Lafayette have .commenced building a $40,000 orphan Asylum, which, upon completion, is io receive the inmates of St. Joseph Asylum at this place; and the latter will then be converted into an educational institution, it is reported, under the management of the Roman Catholicclergy of this diocease. Mr. Daniel Duvall attended the Odd Fellows Grand Lodge at Indianapolis this week, as representative of Iroquois Lodge No. 143. Among the special business of the session was the dedication of the new Grand Lodge hall, the ceremony of which was conducted by Past Grand Representative Schuyler Colfax. Dr. Kelley has moved his photograph gallery into his new quarters in Mrs. Hemphill’s new brick building opposite ot the postoffice. The room be occupies was constructed expressly for him, and is as neat as a parlor. He will be ready to welcome visitors and take pictures, day after tomorrow (Saturday). Cail on him. The Jasper County Ditching Association, whose summer labors Judge Gillett decided were irregular, have .commenced a new survey of the territory wherein they propose to operate, and are circulating for signatures a petition to the- board of county commissioners to appoint appraisers to assess the benefits and damages that will accrue to lands by Uie proposed work Of the company. About thirty thousand dollars has been subscribed to have -the Chicago A South Atlantic railroau built lo Rensselaer, and the canvassing for subscriptions is only fairly commenced yet. beventy-flve thousand dollars is required of the people here, and It can be raised without much difficulty. If the road is built (and there seems to be no doubt that it will he) it* will certainly come to Rensselaer. That proposition is safe to bet on..

Brother Charles M. Johnson, of the Republican, was married last Bunday to a daughter of Johnson Mlsener, Esq., of Remington, and is now visiting acquaintances in the central part of the State. We congratulate the happy couple and wish them all the blessings of life. This morning tzlie Honorable Board of Trustees of the town of Rensselaer passed an ordinance granting the right of wa/ and permission for the Chicago & South Atlantic railroad company to lay their track through Weston or Division street, as the company may elect. This will bring the track on the second or third street east of the public square. Mr. Charles Rhoades is constructing a brick barn on his beautiful little farm halt a mile east of town. It is, we believe, the first brick barn in the county. Its size is 18x30 feet on the ground. Messrs- Hengisbach & Rhamb furnished the brick from their kiln, east of the Iroquois river on the Hanging Grove road, and Mr. Joseph Herbst superintended the masonry. In another place in these columns official notice is published by Lewis Davisson, trustee of Barkley township, Wm: S. Coen, trustee of Marion township, and George W. Burk, supervisor ot road district number 8 of Marion township, that the bridge over the Iroquois river near Mr. C. D. Stackhouse’s farm is in a dangerous condition for crossing. The public will take notice and be duly governed by this warning. Messrs. Alfred McCoy, A. Leopold, Dr. G. A. Moss, Ira W. Yeoman, T. J. Spitler, D. I. Jackson, S. P. Thompson and other gentlemen are making themselves conspicuous by their activity in soliciting subscriptions for the Chicago & South Atlantic railroad. This is commendable. If the people here can secure the construction ,of that road through this place the benefits that will accrue to them can scarcely be overestimated. 7 There have been only nine numbers of the Jasper Republican issued, and it receives almost all of the official patronage of the cwnty, yet the last number contained a half-column howl for more money. It will be a burning shame if the Ri«g lets Charley starve oqt ’this winter “while ‘the hosts of sin’ ’’ as he calls the independent voters, " ‘are pressing hard’ to reward and uphold those who betray their trust and defraud their customers, trying to delude and mislead them.” When we arise from pur sumptuous tables which groan beneath their weight of luxuries from every clime, picking our teeth with golden tooth-picks; when we clothe our persons in our fine linen, silks and broadcloth and bedeck our beautiful forms with gold, and pearls, and diamonds, and all manner of radient jewelry of rich and cunning workmanship ; when we step out of our ten-story, marble palace with mansard roof, and furnished in oriental splendor, enter our elegant, gilded, cushioned triumphal-car drawn by ten span of gaily caparisoned blooded steeds, attended by a retinue of liveried retainers and a mounted band in uniform performing on golden instruments with ivory keys—when we do all this and drive through the crowded thoroughfares of our busy village, whjle rapturous applause swells up from the hearts of approving millions, and see our poor friend who deserted his principles and became the willing tool of a selfish clique, for a mess of thin pottage which is about devoured, dodging up an alley with a wood-saw and buck on fijs haif-clad shoulders, hunting a job a#ad a few cold buckwheat pancakes, our hearts melt in pity-and we fain would donate him a generous nickle! Selah!

Meal Estate Transfers.

The following transfers of real estate were filed with the Recorder of Jasper county during the week ending November 18th, 1874. Henry Poisel to Thomas McCullough,east part se ne 11,30 5— 22.80 acres, for $350. Rhoda Lakin to Francis M. Lakin, ne se 3, 30, 7, se ne, part nene 29,30, 6, sw nw H, 30, 7—122 acres, for $1,600. E. L. Clark to Alexander J. Kent, e Jnw 6, 30, 7—87.58 acres, for $437. Asa Porter to Charles P. Mayhew, east side wj se 35, 29, 6, part nw ne 2, 28, 6—58.83 acres, for $1,324. Sheriff of Jasper county to Burger & Butler, lots 4,5, 6, block 2, Western Addition to town of Remington, for SIOO. Sheriflf’s deed. William H. Churchill to Preston S. Hemphill, se sw 30, 29, 7 —40 acres, for S6OO. William Robinsen to James Robinson, ne nw 4, 30, 5—42 acres, for S3OO. James A. Robinson to! Charles Sprague, ne nw 4, 30, 5--42 acres, for SSOO. Samuel L. Jones to A. McCoy & Thompson, ne ne 3, 28, 7 —63.49 acres, for William Nichelson to George Blaze, se se 24, 30, 5—40 acres, for $487. Cornelia M. Shaw to Edward WCulp, w jsw 9, 27, 6—Bo acres, for $l,lOO. * John W. Gates to Thomas Moon and wife, s 4 hw 22,30,6—80 acre?, for SI,OOO. Ephraim J. Estep to William Meyers. w j ne, ne nw 14, 31, 6—120 acres, for $360. Auditor of Jasper county to Brockway A Ramey, nw he 1, 31, 7 —40 acres, tor three dollars. Tax title.

Mary A. and Sebra Stockton to Virginia P. Smith, e 4 nw 9, 29, 7—Bo acres, for S6OO. f Joel N. Converse to Alfred Thompson, se 13, 29, 5—160 acres, for SI,OOO. Charles Jouvenat to Ollie McKim, n }, n jaw 9,28,5-400acres, for$2,000. Charles Jouvenat to John W. Chambers. wA nw 22,30,5—80 acres, fors6oo. John W. Chambers to Constantine B. Cones, same tract, for SI,OOO. Hezekiah Sturges to A. McCoy A Thompson, se ne, ne se 3, 28, 7, nJ sw, nw se 2,28,7 —200 acres, for SI,OOO. George Suffern to Lovell B. Harris, p | sw 25, 32, 6—Bo acres, for $960. William H. Bradford to Squire Ewer, se, s J sw : 32, 27, 6—240 acres, for S6OO. Samuel McLaughlin to Consider Tinkler, ne 21, 32, 7—160 acres, for SIOO Quitclaim. John Gordon, sr , to Newton Gordon, undivided one-fourth of J 18,27, 7, for $1,700. For plain job printing— bill heads, letter heads, statements, buisness or address cards, posters, &c. —call at the Union office.

An Address.

To the People of Jasper County: As. was some time since intimated would be the case, the day has come in which you are called upon to render substantial assistance to ithe Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago division of the Chicago & South Atlantic railroad. This Company asks the people of Jasper county to subscribe and donate the sum of $75,000 to further the enterprise. No payment is demanded until the road is completed to Rensselaer, and a train of cars has passed over it. The project is an earnest one, the Company promising to complete their work by the first day of January, 1875, ot all subscriptions are void. Parties are actively soliciting for private subscriptions. Many citizens who own but little property subscribe liberally , while others who own many broad acres, contiguous to, and near our town, positively refuse to assist in the work. Unless owners of land lying within a few miles of stations proposed to be locate by the road subscribe largely, it will be impossible to raise the amount of local aid required, without resorting to taxation. The prospect now is, that the voluntary subscriptions offered will net exceed $35,063 or $40,000. This will be taken by a very few es those Who Will be benefited by the conetcuction of the road. If the amount required cannot be raised by subscription, the voters in the townships through which the line of the road passes will have an opportunity presented them to vote a two per cent, tax, which will raise $1,300 in Milroy township, $16,800 in Marion, $3,000 Newton and SI,OOO in Uniort', or $24,000 in all, leaving still in addition to the $35,000 or $40,000 mhde up by private subscriptions, 10,000 or 15.000 dollars to be raised otherwise. Should this proposition promise to be unsuccessful, an effort will be made to vote a county tax of three-fourths of one per cent., which will raise nearly' 30,000 dollars, then a tax of one and one-fourth per cent, additional in the several townships through which the road will pass, will add a little over 10,000 dollars more, when the remain--35,000 dollars will besubscribed, without doubt, by the willing friends of public improvement. The law has been materially amended since we voted the two per cent, tax in 1871. December 24th, 1872, a supplemental act was passed by the legislature requiring the levy to be released in case that the railroad is not completed. Section 3of said supplemental act is as follows: In all cases where the levies of taxes have been made in pursuance of b aid act and remain such railroad company has failed to commence work on, or to complete such railroad as required bv said act, the taxpayers or parties against whom said levies stand charged, shall be released ana discharged from the payment thereof. The original act was further modified by & law’ passed January 30th, 1873, section 2 of which reads as follows: In all cases where stock has been taken or donations made by 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 es the proper county for collection, the auditor and treasurer 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 road is permanently located in said county or township, and has expended an amount of money in the actual construction of said railroad in said county or township equal to the amount of the money to be donated to or stock to be taken in said railroad company by said county or township ; and if said railroad company shall nor, within three years after said tax has been placed upon the duplicate of the proper county for collection, have expended in the actual construction of said railroad in said county or township, an amount of money equal to the amount of money to be donated to or stock to be taken in said railroad company by said county or township, the board ci commissioners may, in their discretion, make an order annulling and cancelling such su bscriptious of stock or d Dilations of money, upon the application of twenty-five freeholders of the county throug hwhich said railroad shall pars, upon*said freeholders having given thirty days public notice immediately pre* i ceeding the term ol the commissioners court at which said application is to be made, of their intention to make said application ; j Provided, further, that whenever it is shown to the satisfaction of the board of commissioners that the of work done by any railroad company in any county or township taking stock in 6r donating money to such railroad company is squad) to ths stock taken or donation made, it shall be the dpty of the board oi commissioners to order said tax to be collected at buce, as though the same had never been suspended.

The taxable property of Jasper county, as shown by the present tax duplicate, is as follows:

towiwhips. val.uk of ■ amount or Hanging Grove $ 244,553 i $ 1,834.04 Giliam 293.133 £1 2,198.50 Walker Barkley 353,821 X 2,653.74 Marion and twn) of Rensselaer} 843,945! 2 I 16,878.90 Jordan 272,203, % . 2,041.53 Nowton 251,662! 5! 5,073.24 Keener 114,892 % 851.69 Kankakee 109,181 V 818.85 Wheatfield.... Carpenter and? I ( twn Reiniugt’n} 1,081,087 % 6,308.15 Milroy 65,425 2 1,308.50 Union 140.116 % 1,050 87 Total tax in county $43,098.44 Making allowance for difference in appraisement and loss in collection, should a majority vote for taxation, it would realize, counting two per cent., in townships through which the road will pass, and three-fourths of one per cent, in the balance of tEe" county, 40,000 dollars; leaving 35,000 dollars to be procured hy private subscription, which amount will be .made up mostly in Marion and Newton townships. Marion township will have to contribute about 30,000 dollars of it, making her proportion at least six per cent., and in individual cases from ten to thirty per cent, on taxable value of property. Let the citizens of Jasper county act as becomes them in this emergency, and none will regret having aided an enterprise that will enhance the wealth of the county, and benefit its inhabitants. It will provide home markets for all surplus products. It will add to the value of every acre of land in the county. The road bed, rolling stock, warehouses, depot buildings and telegraph lines will add not less than 350,000 dollars more value on the tax duplicate of our county. While building the road Jabor will be in demand at good wages, money will be-put in circulation in the county, business will revive, and times will be very much bettered. All we have to sell will command 'larger prices, and what we must buy can be obtained at lessceost. We Call your attention in thiseonnexion especially to lumber, all kinds of building material, and the Shipment of grain. The above and foregoing statements are respectfully submitted for the earnest and candid consideration of our fellow-citizens. Alfred McCoy, I A. Leopold, Thos. Boroughs, D. I. Jackson, Simon P. November 16, 1874. Committee.

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. PIN A L SETTLE M ENTState of Indiana, Jasper Gounty. ss : Notice is hereby given that George W. Swett, administrator of WilliamCoomes.deceased, has filed his report and vouchers of final settlement of said estate ; and that said report will be heard and passed upon at the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court,- commencing November 30th, 1874. Attest: ML. SPITLER. Nov. 16th, 1874, Clerk of J. C.C. gHERIFF’S SALE. By virtue of a decree and execution to me directed from the Cleik of the Jasper Circuit Court, I will expose at public sale to .the highest bidder, on the 28th day of November a. d. 1874, between the hours of 10. o’clock a. m. and 4 o’clock p. m„ of said dav, at the door of the Court House of Jasper County, the rents and profits for a term of not exceeding seven years, of the following described real estate, to-wit; All of lot seven : 7). Ten (10) feet off the rear end of lots four, five and six (4, 5 and 6) and twenty feet (20' by sixty-six and two-third feet (66%) off the rear end lots five and six (5 and 6), bounded as follows to-wit. Commencing at a point in the line of Washington street thirty (30; feet from the corner of lots six and seven (6 and 7) thenee parallel with Washington street in a southwesterly direction twenty (20) feet, thence parallel with Van Rensselaer street in a southeaterlv direction sixty-six and twothirds (66%) feet, thence in a northeasterly direction twenty (20) feet, parallel with Washington street, and thence in a northwesterly direction parallel with Van Rensselaer street sixty-six and two thirds (66%) feet to the place of begining ; also a strip twelve and a half (12%) feet wide off the northeast side of lot ten (10) and thirty-two (32) fee toss the rear end of the residue of lot ten (10), all of the said real estate being situate in block ithree (3) in the town of Rensselaer, in Jasper county, Indiana. First the following described portion of the earns to-wit: A block of land twentythree (23) feet by sixty-six and two thirds [66%] feet off tl»e rear end of lots five and six [5 and 6] in block three [3l in the town of Rensselarr in Jasper county Indiana and bounded as so Hows, to-wit: - Commencing at a point on the line of Washington street in said town, twentyseven [27] feet from the corner of lots six and seven [6 &7] in block three [3], thence in southwesterly direction parallel with said Washington street twenty-three [23] feeet, thence southeasterly parallel with Van Rensselaer street in said town sixty-six and two thirds [66%] feet, thence in a northeasterly direction parallel with said Washington street twenty three [231 feet, thence northwesterly parallel with Van Rensselaer s treet in said town sixty-six and two thirds [ ®6%] feet io the place of begining. And ou failnre to realize the full amount of judgment, interest and costs, I will at the same time and place expose at public sale “the fee simple of said real estate. Token as the prop.rty ot Archibald Pur- ' cuplie, Elizabeth Purcupiie, Arabella Sears and Frank J. Sears, at the unit of Charles D. Delanev- , Said'sale to be made without relief from valuation or appraisement taws, subject to J the redemption law of 18(1. ! Oct. 29,1874. LEW IS 17DAUGHERTY, Sheriff of Jasper county Indtana. R. 8 Z. L>wiggins atty• for pltff. 6-4

JJANGEROUS. Notke is hereby given that we, the undersigned, have examined the bridge across the Iroquois river between Marion and Barkley townships, known as the “Pullens bridge,” and pronounce it unsafe for teams to pass over. All persons crowing said bridge do so at their own risk. LEWIS DAVISSON, Trustee Bark lev township, W. S. COEN, ' —... Trustee Marion township, GEORGE BURK, ' Supervisor Dist. No. 8, of Marion tp. November 14,1874. 9-1 time. New Blacksmith Shop. The public ia notified that I have bought fbe Blacksmith Shop southwest side of Front street, near the old saw mill, and repaired it -{O receive customers. WOODSHOP In connection where nagou making and repairing will be done by skillful mechanics. Patrons or Husbandry and other cash customers will find it to their advantage to give me their patronage. SAMSON ERWIN. x ■ — —— . T. HARDING. THOS. B WILLEY HARDING & WILLEY, DKALKBS IN DRUGS, RENSSELAER, IND., Would announce to the public that they are still carrying on the DRUG BUSINESS AT THE CLD STAHD where they keep constantly on hand a large, full and fresh stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, Also, an assortment of such School Rooks as are used inall the schools of Jasper county, STATIONERY, Toilet Articles Patent Medicines, Anything and everything from a bottle of Hall’s Balsam to a bottle of Vinegar Bitters, or a box of csXUartic pills. PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED And we are always ready to wait on customers at any boor of the day or aight. HARDING & WILLEY.

Firm! New GrOOds! Prices! THE OLD RELIABLE Cheap Cash Store IN TBE STONE BUILDING, IS STILL THE PUCEJDRBARCAINB! I have just returned from Chicago with a large and well selected stock 0f.., GOODS which were bought with special reference to the Fall trade of Jasper county. In ddition thereto I purchased a heavy bill of Beady, Made Clothing, and best Custom Made Boots and Shoes. We have the latest styles and Best Quality of Brints for 10 Coats a Yurt. A splendid lot of Winter Shawls, Isdies’ tnd misses Skirts ia large anaortment, ladies Furnishing Goods, Ac., Ac. Do not forget the place—the old, reliable, STONE STORK, formerly occupied by the firm of Leopold & Fendig. Sep. 1,1874. - R. FENDIG.

WINTER IS COMING anc will be upon us directly with Be frosts, its snow, its ice, Its bleak winds, and its cold, stormy, dreary weather. A wise statesman haaeaid In lime of peace prepare for war. In the spring you plant eora and get ready for harvest; now prepare for winter and BUT TOUB STOVES At Warner’s Hardware Store. All kinds es house and farm hardware kept in stock. Nails by the pound ot keg, shelf goods, such as buts, hinges, tacks, etc., carpenter’s tools, saws, hammers, augurs chisels, planes, files, brace-bits, smoothing irons, axes, table and pocket cutlery, etc., etc. At WARNER'S NEW TINSHOP over the Hardware Store we employ good mechanics, who will manufacture ail kinds of tinware to order. A large stock kept on hand, including pails, strainers, pans, cups, wash basins, fruit cam*, and many other goods of this class. Tinware repaired to order. Agency for the justly celebrated COQUILLARD FARM WAGQBS, which have a national reputation, and are considered equal to, or a little bettor than, any in the market We also make farm wagons and fine carriages to order, together with wheelbarrows, sleds, fine sleighs, and every description of vehicle. All kinds of wood-work and wood-work repairing done ut our shops. BLACKSNIITHIMCI, in its several departments of horse-shoeing, wagon and carriage ironing, tire-seUing and general job work, done by master mechanics. No inferior workmen employed. Take your cash and go to Warner’s Hardware Store. Tinshop, Wagonshop or Blacksmithshop, if you would have its fnli value in what you buy. NORMAN WARNER* 7-2-3ino. Rensselaer, Indiana.

NEW GOODS. AT THH NOIVKEB STORE. F.J.SEABB&CO. FORMERLY J. I. PM® & co., AT THE NEW BRICK STORE, Would respectfully call public attention to the fact of their having refitted their Store room and built an addition thereto, making it, the best s tore room in toe county. The old firm of J, I. Purcupile A Co. have admitted to partnership with them Mr. F. J. Sears, a gentleman of EXTENSIVE Mercantile Experience, and changed onr business name to that of F. J. Sears A Co. We aie now receiving and opening tbe largest and finest stock of goods ever brought to tbe county, which we propose to sell at PRICES THAt DEFY COMPETITION. Our facilities for buying goods are not enjoyed by any other firm in the county, and they enable us to sell at exceedingly low prices. We shall pay strict attention to the details of onr trusLess, and expect to be able to render satisfaction to ati who favor ns with patronage. Cal! and see ns ;no trouble to show goods. September 1. 1874. F. Jf. Sears Ak Co.

FARMERS’ FACTORY AT MONTICELLO. Tbe undersigned having taken charge of the TIPPECANOE WOOLEN MILLS! have this ayaaon entered upon a “New Departure” In their line of business, and ii analained by the farmers will continue tbe same from year to year. We nave employed tbe most SKILI.FUL WORKMEN, manufacture the VERY BEST GOODS, and propose to sell them exclusively to tbe consumer, thereby saving to him all expense of passing the goods through the bands of retail dealers. We fvake every yard of goode ire self, guarantee everything at rejnreeenled. We have the past year’s produetions now ready for the trade, injfaer quality and footer prices than ever before offered in this community. We pay the HIGHEST PRICES FOR WOOL IN CASH OR GOODS. Come sad see us and we gMTMtee yeu will open your eyes in astonishusent at the Ine display of goods. Give us year trade, aad we wiO save money for you sad make moaey for ourselvea. Factory and salesroom aftheeastoad of the old wagon htldge over the Tippecanoe river, which is aa* fr*® n»d ia good repair Montlqello. I**.. May, 1874. S5-3m P. D, rfc O. S. DALE.