Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1875 — Page 4

THE RENSSELAER UNION* Thursday, January 7, 1875.

Tom Todhunter lives in Indianapolis. He is the right man in the right place, and never becomes excessively wearied, nor goes far, to find his favorite beverage. One of these Benton county lions (Lyons) has commenced publishing a newspaper at Boswell. That settles the question about itsspecies. Il is a carnivorous mammal, of the feelin’ tribe, and, of course, delights to pray. It will, at times, cry like a child, smg like a woman, laugh like a man, or roar like a lion. • . • Before us is a Jacksonville, Florida, paper, Issued December 19th, which notices that a gentleman of that city recently presented them with a basket of Wilson’s Albany strawberries grown in his garden. He has been selling them this winter for $1 a quart, and has a brisk market. The editor advises Florida farmers to turn their attention to strawberry cul tore for winter employment ! Among the standard publications of the New World, the Scientific American occupies a position in the front rank. All who are interested in scientific pursuits and investigations, in mechanics and inventions should read its columns. .As a source of practical information, it is unsurpassed by any publication within pur knowledge. See prospectus elsewhere, and become a subscriber. Attention is? directed to the prospectus of the Indianapolis Journal, which is to be found elsewhere in our columns. The Journal is recognized by all as occupying the foremost position among the newspapers of Indiana. Published at the Capital, its facilities for obtaining news from every quarter ot the State are unsurpassed, and the enterprise of its managers, and the ability of its editors, renders it a popular paper with all who desire to keep posted upon the affairs of the State. It will be remembered that The Unioj* noticed a few weeks ago that Mr. Wm. Paxton, of Newton township, bad lately obtained a pure blood Alderney bull calf from the celebrated Longworth herd at Cincinnati. Here is what is said of that kind of stock of cattle in one of the prize essays recently read ata meeting of the Board of Directors of the lowa State Agricultural Society : Now to the origional proposition—what the Alderny cow is good so sum up by saying that she is the best cow known, for cream and buttery that as a class they produce more, and of a superior quality; that they give a more regular and longer flow of milk than any other; they are the best for the butter dairy and for family cows; they will keep the milkman from the door more weeks in the year than any other; they are the cheapest and most qirofitabie cow for the farmer who makes butter, they are the best cow for residents of towns and cities who keep a family cow or two, for they eat less, produce more, and, beingso quiet and gentle, require less time and attention. That there can ever be peace in Louisiana while the editor of the Shreveport Times goes unhung is improbable. The worst feature of the situation in Northern Louisiana is the fact that such »man as the editor of the Times is permitted to there and preach sedition and assassination. The white people of that section are capable of very bloody work. Neither the laws nor customs of civilized society have availed to restrain them from-acts of violence of the most horrible character. Still, the conclusion that the majority of the white people of Shreveport are as bad as the editor of the Times is revolting to human nature. But the conclusion is nevertheless irresistable; for as bloodyminded as they have shown themselves to be, they would certainly have hanged the editor of the Times if they had not been in entire accord with his brutal and brutally-expressed sen ti mtin ts. — Ch icago Inter- Ocean. Was ever darker crime advised, or assassination more broadly Hinted than in the above quotation? Had any Southern editor, or any one in the Northern States who does not acknowledge blind, abject allegiance to the party in power whether right or wrong, given expression to so base, so foul, so cruel, so cowardly and so wicked senti-. ments, all the political Pharisees in the land would have indulged in a prolonged howl of horror. No criminal that ever lived suggested assassination in plainer words. And yet the Inter-Often w the pet

organ of those “Christian Statesmen” people like Mat. Carpenter, Ben. Butler, Luke Poland and Jasper Packard who monopolize, and with whom abides, all the goodness, virtue and greatnessof onreountry!

DID JASPER PACKAKD GET ANY OF IT?

It has now been proven.that over "onc~million of dollars was used to corrupt members of Congress two years ago, and procure the passage of the Pacific Mail Steam Ship Subsidy Bill. That bill provided that the company inquestion should receive from the United Slates government an annual subsidy of SSOO- - for a period of ten years for carrying the mails twice a month from Sail Francisco to China. At thOffimc of the passage of this act The Union denounced it as a corrupt job, and charged that Hon. Jasper Packard, together with his compeers, had violated their solemn pledges and outraged their constituents by assisting, with their votes and arguments, to pass the infamous measure. From the testimony that has already 1 ieeTT eTic itmlTiy the investigating committee it is known that Schumaker, a Democratic member from New York, King, Republican member from Minnesota, and formerly postmaster o f the House, and Parsons, Republican member from Ohio, all were feed by the company to influence members of Congress for the passage of their job. There is no longer a doubt that members sold their votes to the Steam Ship Company, some sos more,,some for less; and we are fully persuaded in our own minds that lion. Jasper Packard was one ot them. He probably did not get more than SSOO or SI,OOO, his influence not being very extensive. If he got nothing, he is even more fool than knave, because the stamps were being passed round and when he had decided to vote for the robbery it was just as well to share in the spoils.

GOING BACK TO FIRST PRINCIPLES.

Not very long ago a leading Republican paper (the Inter-Ocean of Chicago) in noticing Senator Morton's movements, said that he would “have an oqvportunity this winter to make Ins voice heard in favor of a return to those policies which made tlie Republican party great in iis infancy.” Had those policies not been abandoned, there would now be no occasion for returning to them. When they were abandoned the organization ceased to be tiie Republican party, and degenerated into an engine to further the desiens of corrupt men like Butler, Richardson, Packard, Kellogg, Closes, Slrepberd, and a host of similar sc o uml rd s . Thos e new sp aper s and those men who, .claiming to be Republicans, denounced as renegades the people and newspapers that remained firmly attached to the great principles of honesty and truth, upon which the Republican party was first founded, and who refused to ratify or apologize for corruption though perpetrated under the pretense of loyalty and cloaked with the name of Republicanism, now have a most excellent opportunity to repent of their folly and shame in sackcloth and ashes. Chief among these mourners should be Senator Morton and the InterOcean. Let them weep bitterly and be sore troubled, for their sins were.grevious, and their falsehoods as nume+ous as-the locusts of the West. Tl .ey became accessories after .the fact to the-crime of plundering a nation; they were willing and anxious to condone offenses, committed by promineirt members of their party, that were worthy of expiation in the penitentiary; Senator Morton, Attorney General W ilhams, the Inter Ocean and kinfired spirits (including Gen. Tom Brady who was furloughed from his official post in South America for that purpose, receiving pay meanwhile as United States Minister.) deliberately plotted, and attempted to carry into execution, a plan to deceive the people, about the issues of last summer’s campaign, in order to keep their corrnpt associates in Official positions,.where they might make still deeper raida. into the people’s treasury. It is now meet for them at the com-

mencemcnt of a new year to repent of their folly, and return to those neglected virtues and abandoned policies that make men and papers and parties great, and which ren-, dered the Republican party invincible so long-a* they were practiced by her leaders. Honesty is always the best policy—for political parties as well as for individuals, and formations ~ aYwelT asfl >rp ar t ies.

For Sweet Charity’s Sake.

Editors Union: In any newspaper one chances to pick up are reports of the deplorable condition to > which thousands of people in the States of Kansas and Nebraska have been reduced by the ravages of grasshoppers last summer. Situated far out on the Western frontierymany with large families, everything which they had planted destroyed, without money to buy food or clothing, a long dreary winter season closing around them—their condition should excite the profpundcst sympathy in every human heart. Patrons of Husbandry in Jasper county, in accordance with resolutions adopted sometime since by Union Grange, No. 33, permit me to urge upon all of you to respond promptly and generousiy to the cry of our suffering brethren and countrymen in the stricken districts for aid. Enemies brand our order as a combination of everything bad and its members sa utterly devoid of principle and the generous virtues which are the truejewels of manhood. Union Grange last month donated $10.50 from her treasury for the sufferers in Nebraska, and on the 2nd instant sent $lO more to Mr. N. C. Weathers (whose letter was published in The Union last week) to be distributed where it was needed among his neighbors in Kansas. Marion Grange No. 39, at Rensselaer, recently donated $lO for sufferers in Nebraska, and the pupils and teachers of the Rensselaer sclioo 1 set a noble example worthy of praise and emulation by sending upwards of $lO to Kansas. I would also appeal to the merchants and professional men of Jasper county. Can not you also make donations of shoes and clothing for the women and children and contributions of money to relieve onr friends and acquaintances in the West? Think how terrible must be the sufferings of those who slowly perish from exposure and

famine.

From Walker Township.

Editors Union: I wish you a happy New year. The year called 1874 has gone never to return. It has floated down the liver of time to join those which have preceded it upon the ocean of eternity. What use did we make of it? Let us reflect. Did we_gi-ve__a-cnp ofcold water to one of the little ones in His name? Did we at all times render love unto God, and respect to our fellows? What changes will the new year bring, and yet how like the old! Old ocean's waters still heap in mountain billows capped with snowy foam; tempests sweep from plain to plain ; day ever succeeds the night; friends die or change to foes; active limbs become enfeebled by age; silver will soon be sprinkled through shining tresses and soon, very soon, this dust that mother earth gave to the Creator to be fashioned into Ilisimage shall be returned to its kindred. But the soul shall not be trodden under foot of man; it will soar in spite of death to its celestial home. Let us resolve so to live that the present when it shall have become the past will render the future pleasant by its recollections. We are having pleasant winter weather, with very little! snow, Rest ye sleigh-bells! Health is good, money scarce, and business dull. Heople of this region go twenty-five miles to 'mill. The wolf hunt was a failure. About 400 men enclosed a circle with an area of at least 25,000 acres; some deer and many wolves were- seen, but none killed. Try again, gentlemen. Our Lyceum is flourishing; the subject for discussion next Wednesday nighj is, Which are most pleasing to the human eye, the works of Nature or of Art? The Hershman school is the fullest one in Jasper county; it has an enrollment of 61 pupils, and an average “daily attendance of 50. It is in a iery flourishing condition. , 4 Mam’s Girl.

EZEA C. NOWELS.

The Benton County Beast.

Every reader of this paper has had his curiosity more or less aroused by the reports of a savage beast or beasts, roaming over Benton and portions of Newton and Jasper counties. 'On New Year’s day a grand circle hunt was participated in by 1,000 or 1,500 Then in Benton county, but they did not flush the animal. The hunt had been so extensively advertised and was projected ujion such a grand scale, and so much had been said about the beast that the, InterOcean sent a special reporter to the field of operations. From his report we make the following extract, which may not prove altogether uninteresting to those who read The Union: It was seen by comparing notes from various quarters that there were several facts about the “lioness” that were of interest, and demonstrated that all the depredations in that section were prepetratod by the same animal. The victims were all seized upon in the same place, namely, on the hindquarter, with which parts the “lioness” gorged herself, and then freed the poor beast to die. Several calves and a colt were attacked inthis way, and were alive at the time they were discovered. Another fact was. that the lacerated flesh of the domestic animal, whatever it was, always bore distinct traces of the claws of the “lioness” which did not in any respect coincide with the claws of a wolf or any animal of that genus, but like a creature of the eat species. Recently a number of Lafayette Nimrods assembled, and started to the stamping ground, which is located between Parish and Sugar Groves, and something over half a dozen miles from the village of Fowler. Among these gentlemen was Superintendent Waldron, of the “Short Line” Road. Mr. Waldron, well armed and mounted, started to the quarry, anil, with several others, pursued the lioness for a distance of thirty-live miles. At last, however, fliev had to give up the chase, as their horses were unable to .proceed. A line one belonging to a member of the hunting party dropped dead from the effects of race. It was on this occasion that one of the “lioness’” most wonderful exhibitions of agility was manifested. After being driven out of its quarters, situated equi-distaut from the groves, it was followed closely and persistently round in a semi-circle, and then over into an adjoining county; to eseseape capture, it made a leap that uneaswed Ad i iTt y^frve - ii? et _ rir len tn h and over ten feet in height. Mr. Waldron and his friends were dashing after it with all speed’ possible. The nearest he was to it in this encounter was about ninety feet. They had kept as close on to it as spur and lash could urge them. A place was reached where there was a wide, deep ditch and a fence so high that a man in the saddle could scarcely look fx/er. The,, chase thickened as this barrier was approached. The hunters were measuring their game and enjoying the victory before the time. Mr. Waldron was at the heels of the “lioness,” and was almost upon her, when she bounded toward the fence, and, at the edge of the ditch, crouched, or squatted, like a dog, and then cleared ditch, fence, and all at one brave bound, and a moment later was lost to the view on the other side. There was quite a good deal of snow oa the ground at the time, and one of Mr, Waldron’s partv measured the space between the crouching place and where the footprints first appeared on the snow on the opposite side of the fence, and found it to be thirty-five feet. The fence was about ten feet-high, and was cleared vyitlytjpe utinpst ease. Itwas disco \ ei ed also that m addition to these facts others have pushed themselves to the surface. The moist weather had softened the soil, which was thus made impressionable and of right consistency to take and hold a foot-mark, The trail of the “lioness” was stuck in this mold, and it was seen to be deep, with a diameter cf about four and a half inches. The fresh imprint was as deeply imbedded in the earth as the hoof of a good-sized horse. Thus much for the avoirdupois of the four-footed ranger. The ravages, instead of diminishing in the least, give every indication of being like a novel-newspaper story—“continued in our next.” No later than last Saturday a farmer who lives over on the prairie and not far from this village had a hog killed by the “lioness,” and on the day following (Sunday) thisoperation was repeated. The “lioness” was sighted later by a man who resides here, and who is a credible witness. In fffet, the gentlemen who have seen this stranger are by no means like angels’ visits, but, on the contrary, are numerous, and are of such standing and respectability as to banish skepticism from all unbiased minds. Mr, Lee Templeton, of Fowler, Superintendent Waldron, and many others have come into too close quarters with it, and have been, and even are yet, at a loss to classify it. Many old hunters and sportsmen have carefully canvassed all the fragmentary facts concerning its habits, appearance, size, etc., but declare themselves unable to locate it in reference to class. All coincide as to its marvelous achievements, none dissent from the statement that it is about three feet high, and six or seven feet long; has a cat-like head, with eyes far apart and vicious; a tigershaped nose, wearing thick hair like a mang around the head and neck, with a body whose chief strength rests in the fore quarters; has a busby or tufted tail, and is covered with a yellowish coating of fur that very much resembles that of an ordinary lion. Its suggestively cringing incisors are usually displayed like an ivory phalanx to the too’adventurous I explorer, and the examination is gen- ! erally as potential and acts as a call ’ to the bedside of an expiring friend. The grand circle expedition of yesterday was as excellent in executionas In conception. Its outline had keen fully sketched, and all the mi-

| uuthe of such a campaign provided ’ against. The plan for the hunt was ; well understood by all who intended ito be participants. The concluding of the planning was an easy matter, when the knowledge of what was to de done and how best to do it was in i the possession of all. 4 The lion-haunted section, as will be ; seen, lies in the region of Sugar and Parish Groves', which are located west i and northwest from the town of Fowler. The latter is about, sixuniles I distant. Midway between them is a district about fourteen miles in breadth I ,that is north and south, and almost boundless east and west. It is for the I most part prairie, and is owned by l half a dozen men, who are its proprii etors by the 30,000 and 40,000 aergs. The country has not been opened up to the railroad very many years, and the townships are butsparsely settled. Cornfields stretch out before the eye by the thousand acres; cattle roam unfenced and free over these rolling blue-grass prairies, and the “lioness’, has a territory of a dozen or a score of miles that has but few travelers. This strip of land is only broken by an occasional heave in the breast of the prairie, with belts of heavy grass, and at the southern side a slough several thousand acres in extent.

BUSINESS CUIDS. ' DR. G. A. MOSS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Rensselaer, Indiana, Office between the Bank and Kannal’s Drug Store. ' DR. J. H. LOUGH RIDGE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Washington Street, below Austin’s Hotel, .Rensselaer, - - - Indiana, DR. MOSES B. ALTER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Rensselaer, Indiana. Office in Harding & Chesnut’s Drug Store. DR. R. r. MARTIN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, WASHINGTON STREET, OPPOSITE POST OFFICE, Rensselaer, - - - Indiana M. F. C’EIEIAJOTE. Attorney and Counselor at Law. Office opposite Court House Square, on Washington Sueet, Z&eusselsier, Jasper County, Indiana. 5 '25-ly THUS. .1. HPITLKR, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rciisseiaer, Indiana. Office in the Brick Building north side of the Public Square. Especial attention to Rea] Estate arid Fire Insurance business. l» l.oan on Real Estate security, <>n reasonable terms. First class paper bought on reasonable terms, including mortgages and bunds. gxaioKrp.TßaTgFsow;. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Proa. Atty ■ o A th Circuit. Will practice in the Courtsof Jaaj.er, Newton and Benton counties. & BRO.’S LAW AND REAL ESTATE OFFCE, Rensselaer. Endian»u WM. H. MARTIN,) < JOSHUA HEALEY. Kentland, Ind. $ £ Rensselaer, Ind. MARTIN & HEALEY, ATTORNEYS A*!? LAW, Rensselaer, Indiana. jSsTWill practice in the courts of Jasper and adjoining counties. IRA W. YEOMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Notary I’ublic. REAL ESTATE AND COLLECTION AGENT, Heifsselaer., Indiana. A co .uple’te A Lstra-ct of Title to all lands in Jasper County, Indiana. Office in the Cour. House. 6-21. ALFKED M’COY. AI.FKEO THOMPSON A. McCOY & THOMPSON’, B ANKERS. RENSS EL A ER. J N DfANA. Buy and sell Ccin and Domestic Ex&har.g make Collections on all available points, pay Interestun specified time depoaitea, and transact all business in their line with dispatch. P “jr'Office li ours.from 9a m. tolp- m .1. U. SRjVNOLE Would respectfully announce to the citizens of Jasper county and vicinity, that he is still to be found at his old stand on the eas t side of the public square in Rensselaer, and is /.tow prepared to do all kinds of work in the line of T. A I LORING in the livtest styles, and with neatness and dispatch. N. B.—Cutting done on short notice, at reduced prices, and warranted to fit. 39-ts —-rw-rasx WVAI.IZS BLACKSMITH SHOP la in operation one door above rTFiv th e Expresa Office, RENSSELAER All kinds of blacksmithing donetoorder THE WEED-F. MACHINE. The best machine made, and sold on th* best and easiest terms. C. W. CLIFTON, Agent for Jasper and Newton Counties. Office: Rensselaer. Ind. Repairing <ione promptly, and satisfaction guaranteed. Needles, Oil and Attachments furnished foranv machine in the mark-t. Needles, per dozen. Whefeler & Wilson, Home Shuttle and VVilcox & Gibbs, 75 cents, ' Singer 50 cents, all others 60 cents. 7-11 SuATVIJE’. IRWIN’S NEW BRICK BLACKSMITH SHOP, Rensselaer, Indiana. Having recently enlarged my shop, introduced new machinery and made other important improvemeats, 1 am now prepared to do work in the several departments cf Blacksmithing neatly and promptly, and to guarantee satisfaction to customers. Connected with my establishment is a 6 WOOD SHOR ■ - .-*■ Where wagon and - other wood-work repairing will be done on short notice by experienced workmen. No establishment thall compete with me m durability of woik, or reasonableness of prices. Call on me whQfl you want work done in wy line, SAMSON ERWIN.

SHINDLER & BLACKSMITHS Rensselaer, Indiana. Shop on Front street, below Washington, known as ■ w N. Warner’s Old Stand, Where we will be found ever ready to do work in all the departments 01* dikeksmithing, such as Horseshoeing, Tire-setting, Wagon-ironing,. Ironwork repairing, &c.. in neat and substantial manner. Being practical smiths, having had many years’ experience, and ourselves Operating at the forge, we shall take pride in Endeavoring to mantain the well-earned reputation of the establishment, and confidently expect to give our patrons complete satisfaciou. Try us. • 7.12 ts E. T. HARDING. THOB. E. WILLET HARDING & WILLEY,* DEALERS IN DRUGS, RENSSELAER, IYD., Would announce to the public that they are still carrying on the DRUG BUSINESS AT THE CLD STAND where they keep constantly on hand a large, full and fresh stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, DYE STUFFS, Also, an assortment of such School Books as are used inail the scbeolsof Jasper county,. STATIONERY, Toilet ArHcles, Patent Medicines; Anything and everything from a bottle of Hall’s Balsam to a bottle of Vinegar Bitters, or a box of cathartic pills. PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED And we are always ready to wait on customers at any hour of the day or night. HARDING & WILLEYA LARGE STOCKS or ■ STAPLE & FANCY GROCERIES, PROVISIONS. &.C.. May always be found at the Shanghai Build- ' ing. - _ . ' . Sugars, T(J»m, Coffee, Spices, Canned Fruit, Soap, Caudles. Coal Oil, Indigo, Baking I’owdeis, Soda, Cream Tartar, Nutmegs, Flavoring Extracts. Candies, Raisins. Nuts, T’XsOTm, best brands, by the barrel or sack, Hominy,. Rice, Salt, Crackers, vheese,Salt greh, Beans,.. Dried Sweet Corn, &c. TOBACCOS. Standard favorite brands of Plug, Fine Cut, Shorts and Smoking. Tobaccos ; «xcel~ ‘ lent Cigar* Pipes, Cigar Holders, and! Tobacco Pouches. QUEENSWARE, GLASSWARE, Table and Pooket Cutlery. Stoneware, Tubs, Pails, Washboards, Clotheslines, Churns, Meal Selves, and hundreds of other articles usually kept in such stores not necessary to euumeiate. HOLIDAY GOODS. The most extensive and varied assortment of Holiday Goods in the county, ranging from children’s Tin aud Wooden Toys, Dolls,, and Fancy Candies up to Elegant Silver Table Sets 1 All of which will be sold for a fair business' profit. Country produce bought and kept for sale. Call at the Shanghai Building for good Fresh Groceries and Provisions. 7 12 C. C. STARR. Agents Wanted at every Post Office.

SI OjOOO hi Premiums TO AGENTS OF THE WEEKLY IND. STATE JOURNAL The Best and Cheapest Weekly Newspaper in the West. Postage Prepaid by Publisher after January Ist,, 1875. For the largest list of subscribers, sent by. any one agent, before February 1. 1875,. we will give a fine (warranted) GOLDWATCH WORTH $325. For second largest list aa above, a fine (warranted) GOLD WATCH, WORTH 5135. For a club of five, at $1.35 each, we will give any one of the following articles: A N o, 6 Gold Pen, without holder, worths 2 25. A Set of Extra Silver Plated Teaspoons, worth $2.25. Or Two Copies of Weekly Journal one year, free. For a club of twentv-five, at $ 25 each, we will give any one of the following articles: A No. 9 Large Heavy Gold Pen and Elegant Desk Holder, worth $7, A Set of Double Plated Table Spoons, worth $7. A Fine Silver Plated Dinner Caster, worth $7. Or Five additional Copies Weekly Journal, free. For a club of fifty, at $1.15 each, we will give any one of the following articles: A Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, extra full bound, worth. sl4. An Elegant Dinner Caster, worth. sl4 A Superb Silver Water Pitcher, worth sl4 A Set, two articles, each Silver Plated, of Forks and Dessert Spoeus, worth sl4. Or Ten additional Copies 4 Weekly Journal, one year, free. Fora club of oue hundred, at $1 each,we will give any of the following articles : A fine Silver Hunting Case Watch, Lever Movement, Full Jeweled, Chronometer Balance, worth S4O. A Ladies Gold Hunting Case Watch;f’worth S4O. A No. 5 Wilson Underfeed Shuttle Sewing Machine. Or Twenty additional Copies Weekly Journal, one year, tree. Cash Commissions paid instead of Premiums, when desired. Send for List. Single Copies Weekly State Journal, $1.50 Clubs of Five - -- -- -- - 435 each Clubs of Twenty-five, ----- 1.25 “ Clubs of Fifty,4ls. .“ Clubs of One Hundred and over, a 400 “ Daily Journal by mail, per annum, $lO , six months, $5; three months, $2.50 ; one month, 85 cents ; by the week, payable to the agent or carrier, 20 cents. (LT AU Subscriptions invariably in Adwaee. Address for circulars and information, “THE JOURNAL,” Indianapolis, Ind, .