Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1875 — Page 4

THE RENSSELAER’ UNION. Thursday, September 30, 1875.

A DEMAND.

Last week the proprietors of this paper proposed to Mr. C. M. Johnson, proprietor of the Jasper RepubUoam, to submit to a committee of three 'disinterested persons certtfin data to decide which paper bad *Xhe largest circulation, and agreed to pay Mr. Johnson 810 in oase they should decide in favor of ’the Republican; up to -the hour of going to press our neighbor has not seen fit to accept the prop osition nor to claim the money. This non-actibn is a virtual ad mission that his statement of the week before claiming for his paper the largest circulation of any publication in this county, was false— It will be construed by ti e public in this manner. But we have now something else to say m this connection. On page 33 of the laws of the State of Indiana, passed at the last session of the legislature is an act which reads as follows, to-wit: “An act requiring Auditors to publish a statement of all the allowances made by the County Commissioners. (Approved March 9, 1875.) Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly bf the State of Indiana, That the Auditor of each county of the State shall be required to publish, in a newspaper of the largest circulation in his county, a statement showing all allowances made by the County Commissioners at each term of their Court, to whom the allowances are made, and forwhat purpose; provided, that the printing thereof shall not exceed five cents for each allowance." In consideration of the above fact the publishers of the Rensselaer Union do hereby make a public and formal demand of Frank W. Babcock, Auditor of Jasper county, for a copy of the allowances made by the Commissioners of Jasper county at their last session, to be published in the Rensselaer Union in accordance with the provisions of said act above quoted. c.

NO GRAND JURY.

The September term of the Jasper County Circuit Court convened last Monday with no grand jury in attendance. His honor, Judge Hammond, said that he had not called the grand jury at this term, from the fact that he believed there had been none chosen by the Board of County Commissioners legally authorized to act. The legislature at the last session reduced the number of grand jurors from twelve to six, and required their selection to be made by the county board at its first regular meeting in each year. The Supreme Court recently held that the selection can not be made at any Other time. Under the new law there can, therefore, be no grand jury selected until the first session of the county board in 1876. In the same case the Supreme Court decided that grand juries selected under the provisions of the old law, before the new law came into force, may act until the selections can be made under the new law. But in Jasper bounty no grand jury was selected under the old law before its repeal, and as there can be none selected under the new law before March, 1876, it follows that the county is without

a grand jury until that time. This condition is very much to be regretted, as felonies can be prosecuted only upon indictment presented by the grand jury. As to misdemeanors it makes no special difference, because they may be presented upon affidavit and information, as well as upon indictment. No blame whatever attaches to odr county officials on account of there being no grand jury. Under the old law the selection could be made at any term of the commissioners. The act of the legislature fixing the first regular meet ing in each year as the only time when the selection cau be made, eould not, of course, be anticipated. The cases that are affected and delayed by this condition of affairs are the Pettit-McCully affray, the O’Callahan assault with attempt to' commit rape, the York-Wood shooting assault and perhaps others Lafayette was visited by the fire fiend on the morning of the 27th, destroying property to the amount of 16.000 or 18,000.

Assassination of Rev. F. J. Toldy.

Mr. Wm. H. Terhune, of Cimarron, New Mexico, writes to his parents at this place under date of September 19tlt, the following particulars of the recent assassination of Rev. F. J. Tolby, who was very well known to many readers of this paper, having preached in the western i>art of Jasper and eastern portion of Newton counties for some time. Mr. Terhune writes: Rev. J. F. Tolby went up to Elizabethtown last Sabbath to fill his appointment to prrach. Tuesday morning he started home, and when he entered the canon six or seVen miles this side of Elizabethtown he was cowardly murdered by an unknown assassin, who shot him twice in the back; one ball struck his heart, and the other passed through hia body. It is supposed the murderer was hidden in a clump of willows near the wayside, and after his victim passed by stepped out and shot him. What the motive was is not known. ,Nobody knew that be had an erietoy in the country; he only took two dollars with him when he left home and carried no valuable papers with him so far as is known. He was probably shot Tuesday morning. in the middle of the road, and his body dragged off a few steps and hid among some willow bushes. His pockets were cut open to create the impression that he was killed for money. His body was found Thursday evening by some persons who were passing by, and was recognized as soon asdaylight dawned Friday morning. His horse, saddle and hat were gone, but were found Friday evening. The poor horse had been tied to a tree with nothing to eat or drink all that time. When the shocking newswas brought to Cimarron they sent some lady friends over to apprise Mrs. Tolby. We had just set down to dinner, when they called me aside, told me the terrible tale and desired me to break it to his wife, but I could .not; it was too much for me to do. At two o’clock the sheriff with a party of men and an ambulance and myself with another party on horseback, started for the remains of our dear friend. We traveled until four o’clock Saturday morning over a rough mountain road and found t-he corpse in a remarkably good state of preservation, and brought it< to this place where it was buried in the afternoon by the Masonic fraternity, the Lodges of Cimarron and Elizabethtown uniting. Business was generally suspended, and it was the largest attended fnneral ever occurring here. Mr. Tolby was universally lovtid and respected, and his murder causes a profound sensation. The- Masons of Cimarron and Elizabethtown offer a reward of SI,OOO for the capture of the assassin, and the citizens offer more. If discovered no court will be bothered with his triak The calamity nearly kills his wite, who is left with the care of two little girls, two and four years old. Mr. Tolby was also a member of the Odd Fellows society, but there is no lodge organized at this place. He was considered one of the best men in New Mexico, and his assassination is one of the saddest events that ever occuired in the Territory.

Writing Reading Lessons.

The following article upon, the Advantage Gained by Writing Reading Lessons, from the pen of a Rensselaer young lady, was published in a recent number of the National Teacher: 1. It teaches correct spelling. Pupils are brought into such close connection with a word, by forming each letter in its order in it, and repeating them mentally while doing so; that they do not only have the word written upon the paper, but they have it printed indelibly upon the tablets of their memory. 2. It teaches penmanship. The old adage, “Practice makes perfect,” will hold good in this case; and if the teacher, in grading the papers, will take into consideration the penmanship, there will be an interest aroused in the pupils to write well. At the close of a term, the teacher, parents, and pupils will be surprised at the decided improvement made in this particular. 3. It teaches punctuation; In copying paragraphs from the readerj pupils will not fail to notice how the author has punctuated it according to the sense; and in expressing their own thoughts in writing, they will be more familiar with the use of the punctuation marks, and consequently will punctuate better, than had they Jieen taught by the almost barbarous method of keeping the voice up at a comma, and stopping long enough to count one, etc. * 4. It teaches the correct use of capitals. By writing their lessons, they observe where capitals are used in the book. They soon perceive that the author begins every proper

name with a capital, also each paragraph, and with a little aid they will be able to derive the general rules for capitalization. 5. It teaches a correct use of words. This method familiarizes them with the use and of words, and, haying this familiarity, they wilr be' able to express their ideas in good language. 6. It teaches paragraphing. They soon learn that the author begins a paragraph at the introduction of each new thought; and in their own compositions will do the same. 7. It teaches the correct use and spelling of words whose pronunciations are similar, but the spelling and signification of which are very different. For instance, the adverb Zoo, the preposition to, and the adjective two, which are so often misused by mistaking the preposition for the adverb, or the adverb for the 8. It establishes a habit of industry. In assigning a lesson of this kind, I the pupils have been given work ; which they can do, and will love to do, and their interest will be so aroused 1 by the light which has been thrown upon the meaning and sentiment of the paragraph which they have copied, that they w ill be led to investigate farther and find out more about the piece, and ; therefore learn the habit of pleasing industry. 9. It teaches familiarity with style. By having a production of an author brought Vividly before the i mind, as writing will undoubtedly | do, they are enabled- to see the I beauties and excellencies of the j sentiment and expression of the au-! thor, or, on the other band, the faults and imperfections. 10. It leaches business habits. As these papers are to be preserved, they may be taught the correct folding of them, and the conectplacs to inscribe their names, thus teaching them common, practical business habits. 11. It secures good management of the school. For by giving some- ; thing that each pupil can do, they j are kept busy,—and that teacher is i a good manager who keeps his pupils occupied. These papers may be filed away, j and kept by the teacher until the ■ close ot the term; and when the pa- j rents visit the school, they may be | brought forth to show the fruits of the children's labor, to the great satisfaction of both children and

MATIE HOWARD.

parents.

National Normal School, Lebanon, 0.

The Law of the Rail.

Some one who has taken the trouble to post himself on the laws governing railroad passenger travel, says that extra charges for failure to buy’ tickets are universally sustained by the courts, but there must be a full opportunity to buy afforded by the ticket seller. Passengers must show their tickets when asked for. As to-“stopping off,” there is but one decision, which is that a passenger cannot “stop oft” and resume his journey without the previous assent of the company. As to the obligation of the company to furnish a seat to a passenger, a decision says: “A passenger who exhibits his ticket need not surrender it until he has been furnished with a seat.” A railroad is not liable for things stolen out of a passenger’s seat,’ there being no previous delivery to the company’s servants; for"the same reason the company is not liable for baggage in the passenger’s own care. Passengers who neglect to look ’ after their own baggage on arrival at their destination cannot recover it if it is lost without fault of the carrier. Baggage left in station houses for the passengers’ convenience, after it has reached its destination, comes under a new class of rights and duties, the baggage master assuming the position of a “gratuitious bailee,” who only becomes liable in cases of gross negligence. The obligation of the railroad as carrier ceases when it has delivered to the owner at the place of destination, or when he has had reasonable opportunity of receiving or removing it. It will interest sportsmen to know that they may recover for the value of dogs when they entrust them to baggage masters for hire, because of their exclusion from the passeagers cars. —Exchange.

How to Have Good Eggs.

There is a vast difference in the flavor of eggs. Hens fed on clear, sound grain and kept on a clean grass run, give much finer flavored eggs than hens that have access to stable and manure heaps and eat all kinds of filthy food. Hens feeding on fish and onions flavor their eggs accordingly, the same as cows eating onions or cabbage, or drinking offensive water, impart a bad taste to the milk and butter. The richer the food the higher the color of the eggs. Wheat and corn give eggs the best color,while feeding on buckwheat makes them colorless, rendering them unfit for some confectionery purposes.— Moore's Aural New Yorker.

BUSINESS CARDR. > i Dr. g. a. Moss, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office between McCoy &. Thompson’s bauk and Kannal’s drug store. UR. J. H. LOUGHrTdGE. —— PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ( Washington street, below Austin’s hotel. DR. MOSES B. alter, PHYSICIAN ANDSURGEQN. Office in Harding & Willev’a drug store. DR. R. Y. MARTIN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office opposite the poetoffice, above the stone store. MF. CHILCOTE, * . ATTORNEY, AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office on Washington street, opposite the Court House square. S IMoN P. THOMPSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Eroa. Atty. Kutheircuit, Will practice in-the Courtaaf Pulaski. J**]-ur, Newton and Bentton com ties. Thompson &. BRO/S LA W & REAL ESTATE OFFICE, Over McCoy & Thompson’s bank. Martin & healey~ attorneys at Law. Wm. H. Martin, Kentland, Joshua Healey, Reilsselaer. Will practice rn the courts of Jasper and adjoining comities. Office Washington street above Front, Rensselaer, Ind. IRA W. YEOMAN. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Notary Public, and Real Estate and Collection Agent. Office in the Court House. A” McCOY & THOMPSON,” . BANKERS. Buy and sell domestic exchange, make collections on all available points, pay interest on specified lime deposits, etc. Office hours from 9 a. m. to 4 p.m. J B. SPANGLE, ~ . TAILOR. East side of public square. Cuttingand making done to order, and warranted to fit. Phillips & norris* HARNESS SHOP. Harness and saddles kept in stock and fljade to order. Front street, below Washington. All work warranted. 7-24 HC. SMITH, . PAINTER Orders respectfully solicited for house and sign painting. Special attentiou given to graining and inside work. George robinson, HOUSE BUILDER. i Will make estimates and contract to build ' hooses, barns, bridges, and do all kinds of ■ general carpenter work. SAMP. ERWIN, BLACKSMITH. I New brick shop, Front street, above the I old saw mill, also, in connection, a "VVOOD SHOP v v where all kinds of wood work repair- : ing will be done to order. Prices below competition* QHINDLER & ROBERTS. D BLACKSMITHS. At Warner’s old stand on Front street Horseshoeing, machine repairing, carriage ironing, etc., done neatly and cheaply.

Grant & downing, BLACKSMITHS. Shop on Front street, next door above the stage office, ut Duvall & Goff’s old stand. 1 Patronage solicited. Livery stable AND HACK LINE. J. W. Duvall,Livery Keeper, Front street, above 'Washington, is prepared to furnish horses, carriages and teams for any part ol the country, either with or without drivers. Daily mail hack conveys passengers and express goods to and from Francesville. Freight wagons on the road daily. JAMES HEALEY, GENERAL JOB PRINTERS And proprietors of The Rensselaer Union. Job-work and advertising tariffs below competition. Oldest and widest-circulated paper tn the county. WEED (F. F.) SEWING MACHINE. Fast becoming the most popular sewing machine in the world. Noted for simplicity, curability, light running, beauty, and ease of management. We refer to more than thirty families in Jasper county who are using them. Nearly 300,000 in use. Sold on leases, light payments, or good time. Special inducements to Grangers and other purchasers for cash. Needles, Oil, and Attachments for any machine in the market. Office on Front street, near the school house, Rensselaer,lnd. C.W.CLIFTON.

A LARGE STOCK OF STAPLE & FANCY GROCERIES, PROVISIONS. &c.. May always be found at the Shanghai Build iag. Sugars, Teas, Coffee, Spices, Canned Fruit, Soap, Candles. Coal Oil, Indigo, Baking Powders, Soda, Cream Tartar, Nutmegs, Flavoring Extracts. Candies, Raisins, Nuts, FLOUR, best brands, by the barrel or sack, Hominy, Bice, Salt, Crackers, Cheese, Salt Fish, Beans, Dried Sweet Corn, <fcc. TOBACCOS. Standard favorite brands of Plug, Fine Cut, Shorts and Smoking Tobacqps ; excellent Cigars; Pipes, Cigar Holders, and Tobacco Pouches. QUEENBWAKE, GLASSWAKE, Table and Pocket Cutlery Stoneware, Tubs, Pails, Washboards, Clotheslines. Churns, Meal Seives, and hundreds of other articles usually kept in such stores not necessary to enumeiate. » HOLIDAY GOODS. The most extensive and varied assortment of Holiday Goods in the county, ranging , from children’s Tin and Wooden Toya, Dolls, and Fancy Candies up to Elegant Silver Table Bata 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. 7-13 T C. C. STARR.

RENSSELAER Union School. jas. g. adams?superintendent. The Fall Term will open Monday, October 4th, 1875. Resident pupils under twenty-one will pay no tuition. AB others will pay in advance at the following rates: ~ High School Department $7.50. , Grammar School Department $5.50. Book-keeping, Theory and Practice and all other Branches belonging to a first-class High School will be taught. For further information call on or address the Superintendent st Rensselaer, Jasper Co. , Ind. Cy lE. L_ PRICE DEALER IN CMCKS, WATCHES, Jewelry, Spectacles, Notions, &c. Repairing done to order, and promptly. All work warranted. Store north side of Washington street, second door below Van Rensselaer, Rensselaer, Ind. 7-34 $300,000.00 TO XjOAJXT AT NINE PER CENT. INTEREST On Real Estate Security, ON LiOKTG- TIJVIE, ANDIN AMOUNTS TO SUIT APPLICANTS. No Insurance Required. Apply to, or address by mail, giving location, value, and full .description, R.S. & Z.DWIG-G-INS, Attorneys & Loan Agents, Rensselaer, Indiana.

A. I. I'. ' - HOOSIER HAY SLIDE One of the Greatest Labor-Saving Machines yet Invented for the JHay-Field. ® ° ° _

Cheap. Practical, Durable, TCfficient. Two men and one span of horses can haul and slack more bay with the Hoosier Hay Slide in one day, than five men and two span of horsescan in the same time with any other appliance. Easy to load, and unloads itself. Price, 14-foot Slide, $7 ; IG-foot, SB. A. J. REED, Pleasant Grove, Jasper County, Ind. Agents:—F. W. Bedford, Rensselaer, Ind. Hpobard & McFarland, Francesville, Ind 44 AGENTS WANTED.—Territory cheap and on leasonable terms. Patented late— April 6, 1875. DEACON TUBBS Founder of the Old Line Drug Store And all his men have been heard from. They, have crossed Washington street, fortyfive degrees southeast of their old stand, and taken up quarters iu THE NEW BRICK BUILDING At the point of the bayonet, after six months of heavy bombardment, and now have peacable possesion of the position where they calculate to remain and do business, unless dislodged by the enemy, which event, from 4he best information we can obtain, is not likely to transpire very soon. They have a very large assortment of DRUGS, MEDICINES, STATIONERY BRUSHES, GROCERIES,&C. All of which will be sold low for cash. You will find Deacon Tnbbs end the two imps Frank and Will as busy as bees in clover fields compounding and patting up medicines, while the handsomer and more proficient MAJOR MUCKLESWORTH Is standing guard on the other sice of the house, handing out Books, Pens ■ and Paper, and wrapping up Soothing Syrup, Wallace’s Bitters, Indian Cholagogue, 01,max Salve, HOSS POWDERS. Stove Polish, Roback’s Pills, Vinegar Bitters, Itch Ointment, Anderson’s Dermador, Uncle Ben Joe’s Bell Tongue Syrup, Hair Oils, Pepper Sass. &.C., toe. Come all and see us in our New Brick Store—we will sell Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Dyestuffs and Groceries cheaper for cash than can be bought in any other house in town. HARDING A WILLEY.

REMOVAL. In accordance with previous announcement R. FENDIG has, this week, moved his stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Groceries, 4c. into MRS, HEMPHILL’S New Brick Store. PEOFLB MOTVEY Who buy their Merchandise of R. Fendig, whose stock was recently moved from the Old Stone Building into Mrs. Hemphill’s new brick. CLOTHING May now be bought very cheap for the ready money at N. Fendig’s store. Having moved into the fine, new, clean and well-lighted store room in Mrs. Hemphill’s brick building, those who buy their clothing at this establishment can see just what they are getting. A fine assortment of tailors’ supplies—Coatings, Vestings, Thread, Buttons, &c., &c. —kept in stock. GROCERIES. Those who prefer fresh and select Groceries—Sugar, Tea, Coffee, Spices, Soda, Soap, &c.—-may always find a choice lot at R. FENDIG’S north side of Washington street, in Mrs. Hemphill’s new brick store. A larger quantity than ever will be kept on hand in future. REMOVAL. R. Fendig adopts this method of informing his friends, customers and the public generally, that he-’ haa moved his large stock of Dry Goods, Groceries, Clothing. &c., into Mrs. Hemphill’s new brick store, where h« will be most happy to wait on all who* desire anything in his line of business; Roots and Shoes. No house in the place posMwes better facilities for buying light and heavy goods in this department. We deal in nothing but good quality es articles, and sell as cheap as any in the ingtket. For foot-wear of every description call on R; Fendig, lately moved into Mrs. HemphilHs newbrick store.' . • ' £

B. FETSTDIGP II IS linli.ll ins w INTO MRS. HEMPHILL’S NEW BRICK STORE. gon That R. Fendig has moved his store? Bid you know that he occupies the best room in Rensselaer? Are you aware that he keeps a large stock of goods? Do you know his prices are very cheap? Have you seen his goods and compared their quality and prices with those kept elsewhere ? mTihiFtow Without calling at Mrs. HEMPHILL’3 NEW BRICK and seeing R. FENDIG in his NEW QUARTERS. REMOVAL The public generally is respectfully informed that I have moved my large stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE into Mrs. S. A. Hemphill’s new brick store room, on Washington street, nearly opposite the Post Office, where it will be my pleasure at all times to receive the calls of friends and customers. As in the past so in the future, it will be my constant endeavor to keep as good stock and sell as cheaply as any other dealer here. My LONG EXPERIENCE in the business, and extensive acquaintnace with the markets are certainly advantages of no mean order, while the fact that I buy for cash makes it possible for me to give my patrons all the benefits of low prices. Thankful for Past Favors it will be my constant aim to merit future confidence and patronage by conscientious attention to business. Please recollect that my stock is always selected with special reference to the demands of this market, and it is my constant pride to keep as good, as varied, as large, and as cheap an assortment ae any to be found in thia region of country. Call on me at my new and verify the truth of these statements by personal inspection.