Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1875 — The Hoodlum’s Morning Song. [ARTICLE]

The Hoodlum’s Morning Song.

Sneak thieves are robbing smokehouses in this place. Hon. R. S. Dwiggins is in New York city. Continental railroad? I am offering splendid sugar cured hams for 14 cents a pound.— Ludd Hopkins, There is plenty of water in the river now to keep Hopkins’ mill running constantly. Colorado potato bugs are out watching youthful Murphys come through the ground. Mr. Ludd Hopkins wants to sell out his whole stock of goods and see the Pacific slope. Quite an extensive trade in sweet potato plants is being developed in the county this season. It is reported that the Kankakee ~river is about five miles wide at or near Thayer’s Landing. Father S. F. Healey started day before yesterday to dwell with the earthquakes in San Francisco. All who feed at the Hopkins House praise the table and the attention which the guests receive. The man of Uz probably never saw as many cattle as are being herded in Jasper county this year. Lilacs, apple-trees, and white haw-thorns are now in bloom, rendering the air heavy with perfume. The June session of the Hon. Board of Commissioners will commence one week from next Monday. Mrs. Elizabeth JPurcupile yzas immersed Sunday, by Elder D. T. Halstead, of the Church of God. Mr. Ira W. Ye ? oman is the agent for a life insurance company. He has hitherto borne an'unblemished reputation.

Ludd Hopkins says that he has the finest, best, and cheapest assortment of ladies’ and gents’ shoes in this market. Fresh white fish and pike are brought from Lake Michigan and sold readily in this market at 12| cents a pound. On account of poor health, I .earnestly wish to reduce the stock mow in my store as much as possible.—Ludd HorKiNS. Johnny Wahlz.has waltzed away from Billy Phillips’ harness shop, but Phillips still sells harness, saddles, etc., as cheap as ever. A heavy stock of jeans, flannels and blankets at R. Fendig’s stone store, to be sold at very low prices for cash or in exchange for wool. Little Mabel, a three year old daughter of Charlie P. Hopkins, fell down a flight of stairs Monday, but fortunately without serious injury. Pickerel fishing is being indulged in hereabouts by those who are piscatorialiy inclined. They troll for them with niinows, frogs, or spoon hook. Rev. H. B. Miller has plenty of choice plants of best varieties of sweet potatoes for sale. Get them fresh from the bed when you buy and can. What few farmers are seen in town these latter days look joyous —almost jubilant—over the favorable weather they are now having for their crops. Report has it that R. Fendig will move into Mrs. Hemphill’s brick store some time in August, and that she will retire from the millinery business altogether.

Tramps, tramps, tramps —lots of them are passing through ’here almost daily in search of work. Such another season for them has never been witnessed before. Hopkins’ corner is only one block distant from the Court House square. It will pay anybody to go that far out of their way for fevery dollar’s worth of goods they buy. Miss Cole’s school closed last week. Miss Benjamin’s will close this week, and the school house will then b& unoccupied save by the doves which nest in the cupola. J)r. Loughridge had this spring collected specimens of nine species of ferns common to this coqnty. Among them are some very delicate and beautiful plants that would grace any conservatory in the land.

Sell your wool for cash and buy goods where you can get them cheapest, for instance at Ludd Hopkins’store in Rensselaer. Messrs. C. P. Hopkins and Fred Cole are crowded to their utmost with orders for house painting. A regular bonanza seems to have' struck them this season and no mistake. Esquire John Lewis is superintendent, William Baker assistant superintendent, George Snodgrass secretary, and William Snodgrass treasurer of Egypt Sunday School, in Jordan township. Rev. Wm. P. Shockey did not come here on the 2fith instant as he had arranged to ®o, having * been prevented by serious illness, but has written that he will be here on the 12th of next month.Mart. Warner’s butcher shop is nearly covered in front with signs. II e evidently don’t me an th at it shall be overlooked in the day-time by those who can read. Jack Warner Avas the painter. Four adults and thirty-three children received the rite of confirmation at the chapel of St. Joseph Orphan Asylum, Wednesday of lasi Aveek. Bishop Dwenger officiated over the ceremony.

A chang3 having been made in running trains on the railroad, Pat- , ton’s hack arrives at this place about two hours earlier than formerly and brings the Remington mail over between 10 and 11 o’clock. The concert organized by Professor Peters last Saturday night, with Miss Mary Cole as organist, “assisted by Prof. C- P. Hopkins and other talented persons,” was not a financial success. The attendance was sparse. The Jasper county Board of Equalization will meet in the Audtor’s office in Rensselaer on Monday, June 7 tli, for the purpose of equalizing the assessments of the real and personal property of the county. r „' An unprecedented breadth of corn is being planted by the people of this county, and if the season is at all favorable there will be an immense crop to harvest this fall. Most of the pi anting will be finished this week. Proposals to furnish blank books, legal blanks and stationery lor the use of Jasper county for one year from the 15th day of June n|xt will be received'•at the Auditor’s office until 2 o’clock p. .m. of the 11th day of June. Master William B. Austin has struck a f ßlackstone and Coke bo nanza in Thompson & Bro.’s office, which he is now patiently and industriously working. William, and David, and Simon are a tandem team at a vocal concert.

The Kansas City Hotel has changed hands again. Mr. Calhoon surrendered his lease to Mr. Dunlap, owner of the establishment, and moves from Rensselaer to a place, he informed an acquaintance, Avhere he can obtain license to sell liquorA change is this week made in the jewelry firm of Price & Hickman by the latter retiring. Rensselaer had not business enough for this gentleman and he goes to Kokomo or Indianapolis to seek his fortune. May grace, mercy and peace go with him. Five converts were immersed by Rev. S. E. Rogers, pastor of the Free Will Baptist Church of Rensselaer, Sunday before last. The Free Will Baptists are rapidly moving to the front of the orthodox denominations at this pjace, Under the judicious ministrations of their present pastor. ■ Two Jasper .county couples since our last issue having reached Saint Paul’s opiniop that it is better to marry than to burn in hot weather, procured license to marry. They are: Christian liuddel and Helen Booth;., Isaac Sells and Emma Tanner. • j .} " The commissioners of Jasper county w6nt up to Eaton’s Ferry yesterday to confer with the commissioners of Porter county about building a bricfgo over the Kankakee river at a point a\)out twenty-five miles nearly due north of this place.

Wool Wanted. —Mr. JJ. Fendig, proprietor of the stone store wants to, buy all the wool for sale in Jasper county, and will pay the highest prices in cash or merchandise. It is said that Mr. A. Leopold has negotiated for the property noAv occupied by Kern’s grocery and that in the course of a couple of months he Avill move the Platt grocery into it and move his dry goods into the stone building now occupied by Mr. R. Fendig. Mr. John C. Reed, of BarkleytoAvnship, recently from Vermillion county, 111., shys that the meadows out there ivere affect 2d much as ours in Jasper were last summer by the prolonged drought—killed out —and that his old neighbors have -ploAved up a great many acres this spring for corn and flax. Rumor has it that Mr. C. C. Starr will move his grocery from the Shanghai building into his own property north side of Washington street, recently vacated by Messrs. Harding & Willey, druggists, and that Mr. Kern Avill then move into the rooms which he vacates.

Mr. Mcrril C. Mead, John Tharp, and D. C. Taylor, of Remington, visited friends in town this week. The first named gentleman is engaged in the sale of house furniture and is carrying a larger stock of that description of goods than any other firm in this or adjoining counties. He reports trade good. Mrs. napkins’ public sale will be held in Rensselaer, on Saturday June sth, at. 2 o’clock p. m. She will oiler at public auction fortytwo bead of two and tlirfee years old steers, a horse hay-rake, mowing machine, and perhaps other things. Twelve months’ credit Avill be given on notes bearing ten per from date. Charlie Clifton is doing a stavirig business, with the Weed sewing machine. It proves to be truly a ‘‘family favorite” in this region. All kinds* of seAving machine fixtures, including oil, needles, attachments, etc., for the different patents, kept for sale by him. Office on Front street between the mill and school house. Jasper county roads have been quite muddy for a week or such a matter, but nothing like their condition in former years. As the country is settled up and ditched, and more work is done on the highways the less are they affected by rain and melting snow. Roads are good noAv where ten years ago Avere impassable morasses.

At the annual meeting of the Jasper County Sunday School Union held in this place last week, Hon. R. S. I)wiggins was elected delegate and Rev. E. A. Andrew, of Remington, alternate delegate to the State Sunday School Convention, which is held at Lafayette, commencing oil the Ist day of June, prox. . Our market is minus potatoes,* green apples retail for two dollars a bushel, beaDS 4- and 5 cents a pound, Hour $1.65 a quarter barrel sack, bacon 12-3?, 14, 15, 16 and 16§ cents a pound, owing to quality and curing, shoulders bringing the lowest and hams the highest prices, butter’is worth 15 cents, eggs 10 cents a dozen, calicos are down to 9 cents for the best and other dry goods in proportion. There is talk that Mr. A. Leopold designs at an early day todiave the tract of land which he bought of Mr. Henry Weston 'last- winter, containing above seventy acres, and which adjoint this town on the east side, surveyed, laid out into town lots, plaited, and put upon the market for sale. Ho will ataiuly do so should the railroad be built, and the prospect is now very favorable that it will be. Messrs. Joljn M. Austin and Harding <fc Willey havo 'each sunken large water tanks on their premises during the past week. They will each contain upwards of 20,000 gallon# and are to be used as ,cisterns for soft water and as reservoirs lor service in case of fires. They will have force pumps fixed iff them. There ought to he many more of them in tbb town. In fact each business house should have at least one connected with it.

At their session week after next the commissioners of Jasper county will have to appoint a county surveyor in place of Mr. MayheW who has tendered his resignation, unless he should reconsider his action and withdraw It, and a county, superintendent of the public schools in place of Mr. Snoddy whose time expires. The-latter appointee will continue in office three years. Elder D. T. Halstead’s oongre* gation (the Church of God) are preparing to refit their church building. The AvmdoAVS are to be taken out and hung on pulleys to admit of their being raised and loAvered at pleasure, a neAv carpet is to be laid übwn, and the minister’s platform will be furnished with a Avalnut sofa and two sofa chairs altogether costing $65 or S7O. Dr. Martin has his office window decorated with a collection of ornamental foliage and floAvering plants. Such taste is commendable. With very little trouble the slioav windows of our business men might be rendered far more attractive. One or two neat healthy plants growing in them will seiwe the purpose ot draAving the notice of passers by to the goods displayed there, better than any slioav card or sign that can be hung up.

Somebody, Avho is it? in this vicinity is engaged in petty stealing. Not many evenings since they took the lines from a team bitched before a church door. Monday night they stole $9 worth of slcighbells, a $5 lap robe and two carriage whips from Calhoon’s livery stable. And thus they have been doing for some lime back. When he is caught, whoever he may be, let him be punished. Mr. A. J. Reed, of Barkley tOAvnship has been successful in obtaining a patent on his hay-slide, and thinks it will prove a remunerative invention. He will manufacture a limited number to sell this season. It is a simply constructed implement, and there is no doubt of its performing all that Re claims for it. Those who stack their hay m the meadows Avhere it is cut will find his slide an easily operated, useful, inexpensive, |abor saving machine. Mrs. Caroline E. Switzer reports as folloAvs concerning school number 4 of Walker township, for the month ending May 20th. 1875: Enrolled, 14' average daily attendance, 10 ; number studying aiithmetic 11, grammar 2, geography 3; Mary Lakin Avas perfect in attendance, and Hattie Lakin and Ella Latin Avere perfect in conduct and attendance. Mrs. Switzer is one of the veterans in the school service of this county, and devotes her energies to her profession.

Johnny Hemphill clerks in a corn field this summer, and has already cured the dyspepsia. Next fall lie will be envied by all the store box carvers when they learn he has two thousand bushels of corn to sell at sixty cents a bushel, and realize that they will have to wear summer pantaloons all winter. Young.man, don’t roost up on that store box all summer catching flies and waiting for something to turn up, but get down and turn up the prairie sod—“there’s millions in it.” Miss Flora Warren teacher of Curtis Creek school in Newton township, reports for the month ending May 14th qn enrollment of 23 pupils and an average daily attendance of Errnina Yeoman, Emma Yeoman, Rilla Warren, Lora Roberts, Lizzie Nigh, Willie Coen, Newton Warren, Elbert Yeoman and Frank Yeoman were perfect in attendance, punctuality and deportment. Miss Warren sends a model rep6rf. ? Neatly written," concise and explicit. M. F. Chilcote, Esq., is down at Indianapolis this week, representing Pfairie Lodge No. 125 at the Indiana Masonic Grand Lodge, which is now in session. The corner 6toneof the new Grand Masonic Temple was J aid Monday afternoon witli appropriate and impressive ceremonies which were participated in by all the Blue Lodges of the city, Roper Qommandery and Knights Templars in full regalia and uniform. The address was made bv Mayor. Gavin. The cost of the Temple when completed, will be $60,000.

Mr a. MaryDwiggins haa taken a praiseworthy interest this week in the Avork of clearing aAvay the rubbish that baa accumulated around the graves of the soldiers whose bodies are buried in the graveyard at this place. She haa been around soliciting donations to defray the expense of this labor, and," we are pleased to add, has met with gratifying success. Decoration ceremonies will be performed day after to-morrow, and all patriotic citizens Avho ean spare an hour or so from their business are invited to attend and participate. Mrs. Amelia J., Avife of Jacob M. Troxel, died in Walker toAvnship, this county, day before yesterday, in the forty-first year of her age. She Avas the daughter of Daniel Grant, Esq., had been a resident of the county since early youth, was a devoted wife and mother, and a woman respected and beloved by a large circle of acquaintances and relatives. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Church of God, conducted by Elder D. T. Halstead. The public respectfully invited to attend. Services at three o’clock;

Mr. D. C. Stackhouse tells us that himself and three or four other persons opened a mound the other day Avhich is about a mile and a half southeast of Alter’s mill, and six or seven miles north of this place, in Avhich were fouud several relics of a people who formerly' inhabited this region. Among other articles exhumed, and Avhich were in h tolerably good state of preservation, were parts of human skeletons that indicate very large people, at least seven feet tall, also arrow heads, spear heads, pieces of undressed stone from which these articles were’ manufactured, pipe bowls apparently made of unburnt clay, and some very much rusted metal implements Avhich look as though they may have been the metal lining to knife handles. He reports the mound from Avhich these articles Avere taken as being about twenty feet in diameter at the base and six, or eight, or more feet high, and that it has probably been very much worn . down by the action of rains since it was first constructed. All the relics Avere found imbedded in a stratum of tenacious yellow clay.

If you’re waking call me early, call me early mother dear, that I may go to Tuteur’s for a keg of lager beer; I will not waste the time mother, nor breakfast long delay, for I’m to be king of May, mother, I’m to be king of the May. I dreamed last night, dear mother, that the woods were filled with flowers, and when I went to pluck them I was wet with horrid showers. Ahd I caught an awful cold, mother, for I kicked the quilts away, and I’m to be king of the May, mother, I’m to be king of the May. But don’t you dose me, mother, with pills and doctor’s slops, but let me go to Tuteur’s for a keg of his fluid hops; and then I’ll drink some beer, mother, to make me blithe and gay, for I’m to be king of the May, mother, I’m to be king of the May.