Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1875 — Page 4

THE RENSSELAER UNION. ‘Thursdav, November 4. 1875.

Germany has, a population of 42,000,000. Fort Wayne claims a population of 40,000 souls. A “sheet and jhllow case” party is the latest sensation at Mishawaka. The total loss by the great fire at Virginia City, Neb., last week, is ♦7,500,000. ——————————— Q The Baltimore <fc Ohio railroad company put two fast mail trains on their road last Monday. The meanest man we have heard of is one who stole iponey from the eyes of a corpse at cently. ... • In the last nine months 5,331 business failures have been announced with liabilities amounting to ♦I3T,171,000. This exceeds the number of failures for the same period last year 1,174. Shocks of earthquake at Memphis, Terin., on the night of October 27 ih, created no little alarm in that city. Three distinct shocks followed each other in succession, and the vibrations were so strong as to shake and rattle windows and crockery in a lively manner, causing a stampede among the occupants of two and three story buildings. ■ -(f- - - The President has issued his an. nual Thanksgiving proclamation, and recommends Thursday, the 25th day of November, as the day for offering praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God, for his mercy and wisdom and the many blessings bestowed upon the people of this great nation during the year that is about drawing to a close. Let the day be appropriately observed by all. Returns from the elections held on Tuesday are yet.yery meager. "No definite idea of the result can be given. Telegraph reports yesterday indicate that the Republicans have carried Minnesota, Massachusetts, Kansas, Wisconsin, Illinois and probably New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The Democrats haveT carried Virginia, Maryland and Mississippi. Up the hour of going to press we are unable to give any figures as to the majorities in the different States, as the official returns will not all be in for several days.

A violent wind and rain storm last triday night did considerable damage In ditlerent sections of the country. In the central portion of Illinois the storm raged furiously for two hours, destroying houses and barns, a»d killing "several persons. The gale on Lake Micliigan did considerable damage to vessels but no shipwrecks are re ported. In the central and southern parts of Indiana, fences were blown down and trees uprooted, so violent was the wind. The storm was not so severe in this locality, and no damage was done. On the samejiighc several inches of snow fell in some parts of lowa and Nebraska.

The advertisement of the Chi-. ca SP Jnter-Ocecw, tor 18f6, appears in anotiier column of this paper, lhe Inter- Ocean is given up to be ike Republican paper of the West, a»d ig tire-most able in Fxpdbndiiig the doctrines of the Republican party of any other Dewepaggr outside ot Now "York. .As for news the Daily Inter. the standard tn reporting all news • f an interesting nature, both local

and general, and its market reports are complete in every respect. . The agricultural.«department is ably conducted by gentlemen of experience and abiii y, and everything that is necessary to make up a first class newspaper will be found in the Zater-Ocean publications, viz: The .Weekly, Semi-weekly and Daily. It you ?fe taking neither, by all means ■subscribe for one of the three publications immediately. You 'kill i.ever regret it. Read the adver'isfment.

Attention is directed to the advertisement of‘the Weekly State Journal, in another column of this issue. The Weekly State Journal is published in connection with the Daily Journal, at Indianapolis, by Martindale Hollaway. It is, uhdoubtedly, the largest and Jrst paper published in Indiana, and one of the ablest Republican newspapers published in the West. The "'Journal should be in every household in Jasper county. The subscription price of the Weekly Journal is only 81.50, and every cash subscriber receives a copy of the Journal's new Sectional ami Township Map of Indiana, which alone is worth twice the subscription price of the paper. It is the most valuable premium ever offered by any publishing company., anifls something that should be in the hands of every family. It is the best map of Indiana ever issued, and contains all the railroads and postoffices in the State, carefully revised to date. It is handsomely mounted, ready ftjr hanging and is 25x48 inches in size. The regular retail price of this map is ♦2.50, but you can get it as a premium by sending ♦1.50 for the Weekly Journal one year, to Martindale & Holloway, Publishers, Indianapolis, Indiana.

We understand the railroad officials at this place last week, in the interests of the Chicago & South Atlantic railroad, resulted in the abandonment of their road until next spring. We regret very much that the company were unable to proceed with the work this fall, but would sny to the friends of this enterprise that the company expect to be able by spring to prosecute the work on the line from Delphi to Chicago vigorously, an<\ carry the same to completion. We hope all obstacles will be overcome by that time arid notbjjig will occur to prevent the immediate construction of this much needed and iinportmust not feel disappointed in the delay of this great project, but take into consideration the magnitude of such an enterprise. A road of this kind cannot be built in two or three months; it will take several years to complete the entire line from Chicago to the seaboard. Then let us be patient, and not weary in well doing. The road is bound to be built “and the company are doing all in their power to hasten its construe tion.

“Honor Among Thieves.”

Editors Union':—Allow me to make a few observations on the above text, which in some respects may Seem true! It may be that a gang of robbers will make an even and fair divide of profits; this must be understood or they could not unite for greater power and success. But their honor and honesty is confined to themselves. With outsiders they are utterly dishonest. They take the property of others, divide it among themselves and them claim t«Fbe honorable. It is a misnomer. Honor is prostituted when applied to a band of desperadoes who build themselves up on the win of others. I have repeatedly heard it said of late, “There is no honor among horse joekies.” I think there is fully as much as in the class above mentioned. If they agree at a horse fair that a certain horse shall have the first money they generally act accordingly, and let that horse come m first, even though he may not be the fastest. We have ..seen fairs wh?re three or four individuals had all the running purses in their own hands—yes, “high, low,! jack and the game’’—and they'

farmed them out tOvsnit their own conveniences and necessities, no doubt, on some satisfactory principle of honor. But the people who pay their money nt the gate to see the fastest horse take the money, as was fHe!promise and expectation of the association offering the premium, are disappointed and dissatisfied, and justly so, for they pay 4-o see an honest exhibition of speed, and unless these things can be managed differently’* soon the fairs will not pay, and r-tm out of date... We have thought that if associations offering premi-

urns for fast horses would take the management of-all entered horses info their own bands and furnish suitable riders for them who are beyond the control or influence of the owners, the people would be more likely to accomplish their object and get the worth of their money! Though we like to see fast horses yet we, could hardly, give a satisfactory reason in time of peace for raising them, as they are not generally mucli any other than gambling purposes. They are not good for breaking prairie, and are generally poor.mill horses. They might do to drive to church or to fine carriages in cities. They would hardly be necessary to go for a doctor, for nine times out of ten the cases that sweat and run horses to death are trifling cases that would get along about as well without the doctor as with him, nothing being necessary but a little common sense to wipe out or wash off the scare. They might sometimes be of use in pursuing the honorable gentlemen at the head of this article while trying to escape from the presence of his honor, the judge, who sometimes administers justice to honorable knaves and sharpers. But, perhaps, we might as well stop, as “it is hard to kick against the pricks,” or “to make a whistle out of a sow’s ear.” But one idea more: It is said, '“Dog won’t eat dog.” This may be so, but gamblers will work upon each other when they find no gre-n outsiders to work upon. The greater ones will eat up and destroy the less. They -must hav'eniioriey^or starve, as they won't steal. All gamblers and others are a clear loss in every community. They add nothing to the wealth of the State because they live off of others. The difference is this: Thieves take w from others-their property without their consent, and gamblers take their property with their consent, first Tilling their eyes! with dirt. One thing may be certain, if they can’t give us honest racing, Christian minister's and their flocks will forsake the grounds and. leave dog to live on dog or starve. Yours, \V.

Remington Items.

tFrom Record of'29th instant.) There are only four crack violinists in this place. Burger <t Butler have moved into their new quarters. They have a cosy otli.ee. We are anxiously looking -forward to the loth of November. Then cattle will be taken from the streets, and there won’t be so much stepping around to be done on the sidewalks by pedestrians. A polite (?) young man with burnside whiskers, and a pencil behind his ear, smoked a cigar at the show last Tuesday evening, regardless of the many ladies in the room to whom tobacco was both sickening and offensive. One young chap purchased a ticket for the theatre, Tuesday evening, and sat in the hall until 9 o'clock, .waiting for jtlie show to commence, when he was informed that there wasn’t audience enough to pay the fiddler. He reluctantly took his leave, feeling as he expressed it, “l ather bored.” A young fellow in the east part of town, went out to feed his hog last evening, with a pairl of store shoes in one hand and two ears of corn in the other. He deliberately pitched the shoes in the pen, and noticed his mistake just in time to save the strings. If you see a barefooted youth wandering over town, you can guess where his shoes are.

$20,000 Wanted. The undersigned wobld respecfully inform those of his patrons who are in arrears for blacksmithing that for the three long years that he has been doing business in Ren»sela,er and faithfully laboring all the time to satisfy his customers, he has not been in such pressing need of moneySts at the present time, and has never before# had occasion to spur up those,, who are owing him. But now -he needs money to pay off his indebtedness and purchase new material with which to carry 7 on his business, and takes this method of earnestly requesting all those d(ho are indebted to him to call in, settle and pay up. If you can’t pay ail, pay wh?t you can. Every little will help. Sampson Erwin. Rensselaer, Oct. 27,1875. b-Stnos.

There has been a growing practice for years to permit too much that is gambling to be carried on, under cover licehse, at our agricultural fairs. At first, these fairs were purely in the interest of the farmer, horticulturist, mechanic, and manufacturer. They were an institution gotten up and fostered by the industrial'classes. They were not always a success in a pecuniary point of view, conducted on this principle, and, in order to make' them pay, one illegitimate practice after another was allowed and permitted, until they have degenerated into nothing better than annual horse races, with all of the usual accompaniments of those races, even down totherules of regularracing. The show of stock and agricultural implements at our fair last week was larger than usual; but who paid any attention to these departments? The whole attention of the large majority present was absorbed in. these immoral exhibitions. None were exempt from it. We saw prominent church members engaged in practices that can not be named without calling it gambling. This course merely makes these fairs more of a success in a pecuniary point of view, but, from a standpoint of morality, they are a great failure. It will take months to efface from the minds of the children and youth, especially, the influence for' evil, “that these fairs produce. It would be better to disband our societies, sell our grounds and discontinue these fairs entirely, than to have connected with them site!' object,ionable and pernicious practices.— Abrf/iern Titdianian.

BISLVESS CAROS. Dr. g. a. moss, ~ ~ PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ■ Office between McCoy & Thompson’s bank and Kannal’s drugstore. Dr. j. ii. loughrtdge,. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Warshington street, bei ow A uSitu's hotel. DR. MOSES B. ALTER, PHYSICIAN’ AND SURGEON. Office in Harding & Willey’s, drug store. DR. R. Y. MARTIN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. ~ Office opposite the pdstoffice, above the stone store. ’ MF. chilcote, ' . ATTORNEY, AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. ■•Office on Washington street, opposite the Court H tnise stpiare. SIMON P. THOMPSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Pros. Atty..both Circuit. Wijl practice in the Courtsof Pulaski, Jas] er, Newton and Benton counties. rpiIOMPSON &.BRO.’S / LA IV & REAL ESTATE OFFICE, Ove? McCoy & Thompson’s bank. Martin & healey, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Wm H. Martin, Kentland, Joshua Healey, j Renss-laer. Will practice in the enurts of .Tasner and adjoining counties. Office Washington street above Front, Rensselaer, Ind. TRA W. YEOMAN. ’ 1 ATTORNEY AT LAW, I Notary Publit, and Real Estate and Collection Agent. Office in the Court House. A McCOY & THOMPSON, *l. BANKERS. Buy and sell 1 domestic exchange, make collections on all available points, pay’ interest ou specified time deposits, etc. Office hours from 9 a. m. to 4 p. in. T B. SPANGLE, • TAILOR. East side of public-square. Cuttingand making done to order, and warranted to fit. JW. NORRIS’ • HARNESS SHOP. Harness and saddles kept in stock and made to • order. Washington street. All work warranted, 7-24 ROBINSON, VT HOUSE BUILDER. Wil! make estimates and contract to build houses, barns, bridges, and do all kinds of general carpenter work. SAMP. ERWIN, BLACKSMITH. New' brick shop, Front street, above the old saw mill. Also, iu connection, a yvooD shop T v where all kinds of wood work repairing will be done to order. Prices below competition.

SHINDLER & ROBERTS, BLACKSMITHS. At Warner’s old stand on Front street. Horseshoeing, machine repairing, carriage ironing, etc., done neatly and cheaply. GR AN T A- DO WNI NG, BLACKSMITHS. Shop on Front street, next door above the stage office, at Duvall & Goff’s old stand. Patronage solicited. Livery stable AND rIACK 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. I 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 in 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 30(1,006 rn -use. Sold on leases, light payments, or good time. Special inducements to Grangers and other purchasers for cash. Needles, Oil, and AtTachrnenta for any machine in the market. Office on Front street, near the school house, Rensselaer, Ind. G.W. CLIFTON.!

THE INTER-OCEAN. THREE EDITIONS: WEEKLY, SEMI-WEEKLY & DAILY. Established less than three.years ago as a Representative Republican Paper, pledged*to maintain and defend the principles and organization of the National Rep in! ican Party, the INTER OCEAN was early pushed to the fotefront of journalism and achieved a success unprecedented in the history of such enterprises. By universal assent it has been assigned position a s THE LEADING REPUBLICAN PAPER IN THE NORTHWEST. Not alone on its political Thar a cter does the INTER OCEAN rest its claims to popular favor. It aims at the highest excellence in all departments, and in this era of progressive journalism, aspires to position among EjwWst. '■ The INTER-OCEA N makes especial claim as A FAMILY NEWSPAPER. Its columns are carefully guarded agaipst objectionable matter, and every effort is made to render it a pleasant and profitable companion to the home tires ide, THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Is conducted with great care, and everything possible is done to make t he MARK; T REPOR’TS Such as the FARMERS and BUSINESS MEN of the Northwest can RELY UPON. THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT Is carefully edited by gentlemen of ability and experience. In Literature, Local and General News, Foreign and Domestic Correspondence, And Everything that Goes to Make A FIRST-CLASS NEWSPAPER, It is not excelled by any-publication in the country. The INTER <>; EAN is a NATIONAL NEWSPAPER One that will be to- nd useful and in teresting to Ame. leans in every part of the globe Wlfile it especially ieprese v ts the Great Interests of the Northwest, It is National in its viearsand comprehensive in its new* gatherings. Firm in its political laith, it is not bigo.ed, and in all its discussions aims to be candid, dignified, and above personal abuse. The INTER-OCEAN has the largest aggregate circulation of any newspaper published in the Northwest. It is sent to ■ more than C,OOO Postofi'ces, dis'i ibutf.l in every State and Territory in the United States, in ail the British Provinces, and numerous, foreign States and countries.

TEEMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: DAILY. By mail, payable in advance, per year postpaid „ .... ....§IO.OO By Tn iilr payablenn ad vabce, u 'udntTis, postpaid 2.50 SEMI-WEEKLY. By in’.il, per year, in advance, postpai d. 3.30 By mail, club of four, iu advance, postpaid ............... 12.20 By mail, elab of six, in advance, postpaid........ 17.80 By mail, club of ten, in advance, postpaid ' 28.00 One FREE copy with every club of ten. 'weekly. By mail, per year, in advance, postpaid 1.65 tmay-An advance, pot t paid 5 60 Club of tem in "iivnnce, postpaid 13.50 Ciub of twenty, in advance, postpaid.. 23.60 Due FREE copy with ever, club of twenty. PACT AP I? P ,e nexr Fostsge law took i VOl ZIU L ■••■effect the Ist day of January. A.D. 1875. Under this law the postage on newspapers must be paid AT THE OFFICE . W H ERE THE Y A R E M AILEI'. Money can he sent by*draft, money order, expri’M. or registered letter...a,t our risk.. Special arrangements m ide with country publishers for.elubbing with their publications. SAMPLE COPIES FKEB. Address INTER-OCEAN, 119 Lake St., Chicago. AN O Cheap Homes FOK THE INUIISTICIOVS In Jasper County, Ind. Ho! Every One who Desires to Make Profitable I vestments in Land! The Lands of the Indiana & Illinois Central Railway Company in Jasper county, Indiana, are now put upon the market lor sale, for the first time. They were y '--1% . . • Selected with Great Care some twenty years ago, and many of them compiise the ' nest Farming' and Grazing Lands in Our County.

They cbnSist of dbout iQ.oob PART PRAIRIE AND PART TIMBER! well located as to roads and school houses, and will make DESIRABLE FARMS for parties wishing to secure permanent homes. Lands generally in this county are rapidly increasing in value, aiid are being readily taken by actual settlers at. the prices asked for them. So those who want to secure Grood Investments better,attend to the matter at once. Propositions topuicaase any or'all of these lands, InJLurge or Small Quantities, will be received by the undersigned at the Clerk’s office,.! h Rensselaer, Jasper county. Indiana, wife will at all times take great pleasure in showing the landsand furnishing all necessary informa' ion as to quality, price and terms of sale. Title perject. IHARIONT L. SPITLER, Agent for Trustee of Ind.& 111. C.B. WCo

E. X- PRICE DEALER IN CLOCKS, WATCHBS, 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 8300,000.00 TO LOA.N AT NINE PER CENT. INTEREST On Real Estate Security, OTNT XiOINTG- TIME, AND IN AMOUNTS TO SUIT APPLICANTS. No Insurance Required. Apply to, or address by mail, giving location, value, and full description, R.S.&Z.DWIGG-INS, Attorneys & Loan Agents, Rensselaer, Indiana.

IIH rffliTiTi? 3 BL|i| |i| Bp S M I sii i I g vl ijl! '•• | A A- A C > fc J; S : I' I;! V.; fe i I rl | t|S ILA $ UM i*!! ! fey; I i’ iWJL

Cheap, —. • —Hb*trSctiCaf, Durable, Efficient. Two men and one span of horses can haul and stack more hay with the Hoosier Hay Slide in one d<y, than five men and two span of horses can in the same time with any other appliance. Easy to load, ai)d unloads itself. Price, 14-foot Slide, $7 ; IC-foot, SB. A. J. REED, Pleasant Grove, Jasper Comity, Ind. Agents:—F. W. Bedford, Rensselaer, Ind. Hnliburd & McFarland, Francesville, Ind 44 AGENTS. WANTED.—Territory cheap and on reasonable- terms. Patented late—--April 6,187-5-;-

LET THE LOUD-MOUTHED CANNON ROAR! 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 in • THE NEW BRICK BUILDING At the point of the bayonet, after six month of heavy bombardnieut, and now have peac able possesion of the position where the calculate to remain and do business, unlet dislodged by the enemy, which event, fror the best information we can obtain, is n< likely to transpire.vexy- soan......They_have very large assortment of

DRUGS, MEDICINES, STATIONERY BRUSHES; GROCERIES) &C. All of which will be sold low for cash. Yo will find Deacon Tubbs end the two imp Frank and Will as busy as bees in clove fields compounding and putting up medicines while the-handsomer and more proficient MAJOR MUCKLESWORT’ Is standing gnard on the other sice of th house, handing out Books, Pens and Paper and wrapping tip Soothing Syrup, Wallace’ Bitters, Indian Cholagogue, Climax Salve HOSS POWDERS, Stove Polish, Roback’s Pills, Vinegar Bitters Itch Ointment, Anderson's Dermador, Uncl* Ben Joe’s Bell Tongue Syrup, Hair Oils Pepper Sass. &.C., &c. Come ail and see us in onr New Br-icl Store—we will sell Drugs, Medicines,Painta Oils, Varnishes, Dyestuffs and Grocerie cheaper for cash tliau can be bought in another honse in town. HARDING & WILLET

A T T? TrTPTA’d HOOSIER HAY SLIDE One of the Greatest Labor-Saving Maclnnejs yet Invented for the Hay-Field.