Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1876 — Page 4

THE RENSSELAER UNION. 5-TT3T "JI I ~ ** Thursday, January 6th. 1876.

Mass Convention.

All voters of Jasper county, irreapectivs of former party affiliation*, who are favorable to the Independent Movement, are invited to meet in mass convention, in the court houae in R*n*sel*er, Saturday, January 29th, 1876, at 1 o'clock p. m., for the purpoee of appointing delegate* to at--teud the Independent State Convention at Indianapolia February 16th, 1876, to reorganise the county central committee for the approaching campaign, and to consider such aubjecta and transact ouch buaineu aa may be brought before it. A full representation ia 'deai'ed, and prominent speakera from abroad will be invited to attend and deliver speeches upon question* pertaining to the welfare of the people and

nation.

Chairman Jasper County Independent Central Committee.

A private letter from New Hampshire, written the 27th day ot December, reports very cold Weather with but little snow, and no sleighing yet. “It is hlTrd times here; money is scarce, and wagea are low. The best choppers can be hired for seventy-five cents a day, and board themselves. Northern corn is worth 31.25 a bushel, potatoes 50 cents, oats 60 cent*; rye 31.25, beans $1.75, wheat $2, burley $1.75, turnips 50 cents, beets 40 cents, cabbage 75 cents per dozen heads, first quality of timothy hay sls per ton nl the barn.”

Mr. Guy Magee published a card in the Chicago Tribune of the 4th instant, stating that lie had been discharged from his position of cit/ editor of the Inter-Ocean by a majority of the stock-holders of . that concern, for having caused the pub lication of the Christmas article impeaching Mr. Secretary Bristow’s official integrity, which made such a profound sensation throughout the country. He exonerates the editor-in-chief, Hon. Frank W'. Palmer, and the business manager, Mr. W. P. Nixon, from responsibility in the matter, they having no knowledge of the article until after its public appearance. It was an enterprise of his own, worked up from sources he believed to be reliable, and given to the public as a matter ot legitimate news, without any malicious intent, lie furthermore claims to have information confirmatory of the charges contained in that article.

Nr. H. R. W. Smith, well known to many readers of this paper, writes under date of December 30th, 1873, “I sever my connection with the Cincinnati Enquirer with the year.* Having purchased a half interest in the Portsmouth (O.) Tribune, I will take charge of it January Ist. Regards to friends in Rensselaer.” The Inter-Ocean Bays: “H. R. W. Smith, the ‘headliner* of the Cincinnati -finjwirer, goes to Portsmouth, Ohio, to take charge of the Tribune of that place. The Enquirer loses a good man, and Portsmouth gets a good citizen, who will give it abetter paper than ever it had before.” At one time Mr. Smith thought seriously of coming to Rensselaer, and engaging in the newspaper business; but our unfortunate situation with respect to railroads and the constant failure of all propositions to build them to this point detered him from that purpose. The Union wishes Mr. Smith complete success in his new enterprise, and regrets that he was prevented from becoming a citizen of Rensselear.

Why is it that the Indianapolis Sun is so “sweet” on Hon. Franklin Landers now, when only a year ago it railed at him like a fishwoman? . Why is it that the Indianapolis Journal is now advocating the repeal of the resumption act, when only three weeks ago it was one of the most rabid hard-money advocates in the land? Why is it that the Inter-Ocean doesn’t charge Mr. Secretary Bristow with being a Southern outrage? That’s its best tune. Why is it that the complaint of hard times, slack business, and destitution among the laboring classes, is heard throughout the land from New Hampshire to the Western Territories, and why are so many business failures occurring daily and so many people standing on the verge of bankruptcy everywhere, if the national policy of contracting the currency is wise •nd beneficent? Why is it, if President Grant fears the effects of church interference in affairs of state, he does not send a message to Congress atlvising that body of the recent action of Bishop Haven and other clergymen of the Methodist sect nominating himself for a third term in the Presidential ehair, and recommend supplemental Centennial legislatiop to prevent the consummation of all such attempts to k<»ep that office under sectarian influence?

The following rules were adopted December 25th, 1875, by Messrs. M. F. Chilcote, J. Healey, and R. Fendig, trustees, for the government of the Rensselaer public schools: ' Pupils are required to be punctual ami regular in .attendance anil at recitation; to deVote their time exclusively to the proper duties of the school-room; to occupy, such a seat as the teacher shall assign; to provide themselves with such books and utensils, and pursue such studies as the Superintendent or School Board shall direct. Any pupil who shall be absent five halfdays or tardy five times in any one term without satisfactory excuse from parent or guardian, shall be suspended from the privileges of the school; and no pupil thus suspended shall be restored until satisfactory assurance shall have been given that the attendance will be punctual in the future, and permission be obtained from the Superintendent of School Board. Upon the return of the.pupil after any absence an excuse will be required from the parent or guardian in person or in writing, assigning a reason for the same. If it shall have been caused by the sickness of the pupil, or the family, or other urgent necessity, the absence shall be excused, and so marked in the register for that day. Pupils must walk quietly and in single file through the halls and up and down, the stairs, and not remain in the halls or stairways at any time when their school rooms are open. They must make no loud noise in any part of the building at any time, must retrain from all conversation in halls or stairways after the first bell, and not go into rooms belonging to other departments without permission from a teacher.

A D. SWAIN,

If any injury shall be done to any school building or any building, thereto belonging, such pupil or his parent or guardian shall cause immediate compensention to be made, otherwise the pupil shall be suspended from the school ; and any puoil who shall anywhere on or around the school premises use or write any profane or unchaste language, or draw any obscene picture, or cut, mark, oi deface any school furniture, or building, or any property whatever belonging to the school estate, shall be punished in proportion to the extent of the offence, and—shall be liable to the civil law. Pupils must be careful to clean all mud and dirt from their feet before entering the schoolroom; must keep their seats, desks, and the floor about them, tidy; must be cleanly in person and clothing, gentlemanly and ladylike in deportment towards one another, and obedient and respectful to teSC'hers. Pupils ate required to obey these regulations promptly, and all rules of order establhlfcd by the Superintendent or tencher for their conduct in the school-room, in the hall, or about the school ground. Pupils shall not be allowed to assemble about the school-premises at unreasonable hours before the commencement of school, nor to remain after the dismissal of the same.

Our Brook correspondent says that a shooting match at Salem school house, Newton county, held December 31st, resulted in a general knock down and drag-out, with mashed noses and peeled heads ; one lawsuit has followed and still the end has not been reached. A number of new babies are reported in and about Brook. Storekeepers suffer in purse because the roads are so bad they can not have their goods brought to them. Business dull since holiday 8.

STOVES. Parlor, cook, and office stoves for wood or coal both hard and soft, of the latest improved and most popular patterns, together with furniture complete, kept tn large assortment at N. Warner's famous LIBERAL CORNER H.«RB STORE, All kinds of tinware kept in slock and made to order. Special attention given to the repairing of tin ware. A floe assortment of table and pocket cutlery; the largest stock of building, fencing, and wrought nails in the county. Bolts, screws, hinges, door fastenings, gate hasps, carpenter’s tools, farm hardware, axes, revolvers, coal oil, shot guns, powder, shot, caps, clothes wriugers, washing machines, etc. CABINET FURNITURE. Chairs, sofas, bedsteads, bureaus, stands, chamber sets, parlor sets, cupboards, safes, kitchen tables, extension tables, book cases, &c., &c., of different styles, grades of quality and prices The Celebrated COQUfLLARD FARM WAGONS These wagons, manufactured at South Bend, Ind., have a world-wide reputation. They are absolutely unrivalled. For finish, quality of material, durability, lightness of running and price they have no competitors in the United States. Bnggies and carriages made to order, and carriage trimming done in the finest style. Also, a thousand things hot here fnuraer- , ated, may be found at the Liberal Corner | Hardware and Furniture Store. b-H fl WA-RAER.

School Rules.

BUSINESS CARDS.,- > DR. G. A. MOSS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office between McCoy & Thompson’* bank and Kannal'a drug store. DR. J. H. LOUGHRIDGE. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Washington street, below Austin'* 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 postoffice, above the stone store. MF. CHILCOTE, . ATTORNEY, AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office on Washington street, opposite the Court House square. Simon PJTiioMrsoN, David J. Thompson, Attorney at Law. Notary Pnblic. LAW AND REAL ESTATE OFFICE. THOMPSON & BRO. Our Simon P. Thompson attends all courts of thA 30th Circuit. MARTIN & HEALEY, 111 ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Wm. H. Martin, Kentland, Joshua Healey. Rensselaer. Will practice-in the courts of Jasper and adjoining counties. Office Washington street above Front, Rensselaer, Ind. IRA W. YEOMAN 1 ATTORNEY AT LAW. Notary Public, and Real Estate and Collection Agent. Office in the Court House.

AMcCOY & THOMPSON, . BANKERS. Buy and sell domestic exchange, make collections ou all available points, pay interest on specified time deposits, etc. Office hours from 9 a. m. to 4 p. ni. JW. NORRIS’ HARNESS SHOP. Harness and saddles kept iu stock and made to order. Washington street. All work warranted. 7-24 George robinson, HOUSE BUILDER. Will make estimates and contract to build houses, barns, bridges, and do all kiuds of general carpenter work. SAMP. ERWIN, BLACKSMITH. New brick shop, Front street, above the old saw mill, A iso, in connection, a ■yi/OOD SHOP v V where all kinds of wood work repairing will be done to order. Piices below competition. SIIINDL’ER & ROBERTS. BLACKSMITHS. At Warner’s old stand on Front street Horseshoeing, machine repairing, caniage ironing, etc., done neatly and cheaply. Grant & downing, BLACKSMITHS. Shop on Froiit street, next door above the stage office, at Duvall & Goff’s old stand. Patronage solicited.

W. TERHUNE’S F. BLACKSMITH & WAGON SHOPS Front street, above Washington. Ail kinds of blacksmithing and wood working done to order ut reasonable prices, by the best me. chauics. Particular attention to shoeing horses, ironing and repairing wagons, &c. AUSTIN’S HOTEL. J. AUSTIN, PROPRIETOR. This house is centrally located in the business part of town. New,house, new furniture, g iod tables, experienced landlord. Is recommended to the traveling public. Hopkins house. R.J HOPKINS, PROPRIETOR. Excellent table, convenient location, careful attention to wants of guests, and experienced management are its recmmendatious to popular favor. Restaurant S. HEMPHILL Keeps a choice assortment of Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Crackers, Nuts, Confectionery, Fruit, Oysters, dtc. Best biands of Tobacco and Cigars in the market. Warm meals served at all hours. Washington street, north side, between Fendig’s store and Platt’s grocery. INSURANCE. —If you are aware of the importance of Fire Insurance, you will insure your property in the Hartford, the oldest fire insuraace company in America , organized in 1810. Jasper county represented by Ira W. Yeoman, Ageut, Rensselaer. TNSURANCE. 1 M. H. RICE, FRANCESVILE, Solicts in Jasper and Pulaski counties for the Continental Insurance Company, of New York. Risks taken against fire and lightning. Policies issued on the installment plan. 8-2 m 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 of 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. SSOO,OOOIVAL on real estate security, for long time, and in amounts to suit applicants.,. No insurance required. Apply to, or address by mail, giving location, value, ai.d full description, R. S. D wiggins &. Co-, Attorneys and Loan Agents, Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana.

John Miller, Thos. Boroughs, Surveyor. Notary Public. Miller &. boroughs, DEALERS IN REAL ESTATE, Make collections, pay taxes, rent farms, buy and sell real estate, furnish abstracts of title. Have a large and select lot of laud on hand for sale at low prices and easy terms. Office on Washington street, in Spiller’s brick building, opposite the Court House. Save S2O Fot the next sixty days. Iu order to close ! out stock, The WEED . Sewing Machine will be sold at a discount of nearly thirty per eent. for cash; or bankable notes six mouths time twenty per cent., twelve months time fifteen per cent. To parties in or near town, on $5 monthly payments. No machine in the county dares compete with the WEED for durability, nmplicity or light running. Old machines taken as part pay. Good secondhand machines to trade for corn, wool, stock or greenbacks. Prices from $5 to $25 ; war- ! ranted. Ne» dies, all kinds, 50 cents a dozen. Attachments thirty-three per cent, off from Chicago prices. Office i,first door west of school house, south side of South street. 8-13 C. W. CLIFTON*

OUR Winter Stock Dry Goods, . r ,f| , r , - ;' .• ’ Clothing, I Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Furs, Gloves, Shawls, &c. Is not excelled in quality or cheapness by any in the market. Among the ory goods are Prints in great -'ariety and of the latest patterns, all wool dress goods, Alpacas, Reps, Plaids. Flannels, Water Proofs, Silks, &.c. Foi men and boys we have some of the best piece goods jn market Casitneres, Trecos, Broadcloths, Jeans, Beavers, Doeskins Shawls, Furs, Dress Trimmings, Underwear for ladies and gentlemen. We sell the very best quality *f boots and shoes, and standard rubber goods. Gloves, mittens,comforts, scarfs, &c. FAMILY GHOqWM Sugar, tea. coffee, soap, spices, saleratus and all standard articles in this line kept for the accommodation of such customers as prefer to buy all o r their supplies at ope place. Good artie'es of chewing and smoking tobacco also kept in store. Do not forget the place, but call at Mrs. Hemphill’s new brick building, north side of Washington street. R. FENDIG.

fc if? L- F2FIIOE DEALER IN CHOCKS, WATGHKS, 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,

LET THE L(JUD-MOUTHED CANNON ROAR! ■"l o 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 Atthepoint of the bayonet, after six month of heavy bombardment, and now have peat able possesion of the position where the calculate to remain and do business, unler dislodged by the enemy, which event, fror the best information we can obtain, is n< Itkelv to transpire very soon. They have verv 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 as busy as bees iu clove fields compounding and putting up medicines while the handsomer and more proficient MAJOR MUCKLESWORT’ Is standing guard on the other sice of th house, handing out Rooks, Pens and Papet and wrapping up Soothing Syrup, Wallace’ Bitters, Indian Cholagogue, Climax Salve HOSS POWDERS. Stove Polish, Roback’s Pills, Vinegar Bitters Itch Ointment, Anderson's Dermador, Uucli Ben Joe’s Bell Tongue Syrup, Hair Oils Pepper Sass. &c., &c. * Come all and see us in our New Bricl Store —we will sell Drugs, Meoiciues, Paints Oits, - Varnishes, Dyestuffs and Grocerie cheaper for cash than can be bought in au; other house in town. HARDING & WILLEY

TUB weekly sun. 1776. NEW YORK. 1876. Eighteen hundred and aeventy-six is the Centennial year. It is also the year in which an Opposition House of Representatives. the first since the war, will be in power at Washington: and the year of the twenty-third election of a President of the United States.' All of these events are sure to be of great interest and importance, especially tiie two latter; and all of them and 'everything connected with them will be fully and freshly reported and expounded in Thb Sun. ■ ■ i> The Opposition House of Representatives, taking up the line of inquiry opened years ago by The Sun, will sternly and diligently investigate the corruptions and misdeeds of Gmant’b administration; and will, it is to be hoped, lay the foundation for a new and better period in our national history. Of all this The Sun will contain complete and accurate accounts, furnishing its readers with early and trustworthy information upon these absorbing topics. The twenty-third Presidential election, with the preparations for it, will be memorable as deciding upon Grant's aspirations for a third terra ot power and plunder, ynd still more as deciding who shall be the candidate of the party of Reform, and as electing that candidate. Concerning all these subjects, those who read The Sun will have the constant means of being thoroughly well informed. The Weekly Sun, which has attained a circulatiou of over eighty thousand copies, already has its readers iu every State and Territory, and we trust that the year 1876 will see their numbers doubled. It will continue to be a thorough newspaper. All the general news of the day will be found in it, condensed when unimportant, at full length when of moment; and always, we trust, treated in a clear, interesting and instructive manner. It 1* our aim to make the Weekly Sun the best family newspaper in the world, and we shall continue to give in its columns a large amount of miscellaneous reading, such as stories, tales, poems, scientific intelligence and agricultural information, for which we are not able to make room in our daily edition. The agricultural department especially is one of ils prominent features The fashions are also regularly reported in its columns; and so are the markets of every kind. The Weekly Sun. eight pages with fiftysix broad columns is only $1.20 a year, postage prepaid. As this price barely repays the cost of the paper, no discount can be made from this rate to clubs, agents, Postmasters, or anyone. The Daily Sun, a large four page newspaper of twenty-eight columns, gives all the news for two cents a copy. Subscription , postage prepaid, 55p. a month or $6.50 a year. Sunday edition extra, sl.lO per year. We have no traveling agents. Address, THE SUN, New York City.

SAVE MONEY By sending $4.75 for anv $4 Magazine and THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE (regular price $6), or $5.75 for the Magazine and THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE (regular price $3). Address Tlti: TRIBUNE, New York.

Most Extraordinary. The attention of readers is called Io the extraordinary inducements offered to all persons who will subscribe for the Weekly Indiana State Journal with fife Rensselaer Union . Both papers will be Jfefnished at the veiy low price of $3.50 per year—postage paid—and each subscrioer will receive an entirely new township and sectional map of the State of Indiana, 35x48 inches in size, engraved and piloted especially for the Indinapolis Journal. The map alone retails at $2.50. Nd such oesirable offer was ever before made to the people of this State. The Journal has been greatly improved since the recent change of management, and is now one of the beet newspapers published in the West. A specimen copy of the map may be seen at this office. Agents and canvassers wanted in every township in this wild adjoining counties. ' *■ to 23

VICK’S Flower and Vegetable Seeds are the best the world produces. They are planted by a million people in America, and the result is, beautiful Flowers and splendid Vegetables. A Priced Catalogue sent free to all who enclose the postage —a 2 cent stamp. VICK’S Flower and Vegetable Garden is tne most beautiful work of the kind in the world. It contains nearly 150 pages, hundreds of fine illustrations; and four Chromo Plates of Flowers, beautifully drawn and colored from nature. Price 35 cts. in paper covers; 65 cents bound in elegant cloth. Vick’s Floral Guide. This is a beautiful Quarterly Journal,k finely illustrated, and containing an elegint colored Frontispiece with the first number. Price only 25 cts. for the year. The first No. for 1876 just issued. Address JAMES VICK, Kocliestcr, N. Y.

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Cheap. Practical. i Durable, ICfiicieiit. Two .jjnen and one span of {horses can haul and stack more hay with the Hoosier Hay Slide in one day, than five men and two span of horses can in the same time with any other appliance. Easy to load, and unloads itself. Price, 14-foot Slide, $7 ; 16-foot, SB. A. J. REED, Pleasant Grove, Jasper County, Ind. Agents: —F. W. Bedford, Rensselaer, Ind.. Hunbard & McFarland, Francesville, Ind 44 AGENTS WAITED. —Territory cheap and on leasonable terms. Patented late—* April 6,1875, ’ .

jY. J. REED'S HOOSIER HAY SLIDE ■ One of the Greatest Labor-Saving Machines yet Invented for the Hay-Field.

REMOVAL To the Famous STONE BUILDING! The People’s Cheap Store! Arrival of the Champion Stock of Mar* chandise of the season. The greatest BARGAINS Ever offered in Rensselaer! Don’t pay eat your money until you call at the famous Stone Store and examine the CHAMPION STOCK Consisting of Men’s, Youths’, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing Made up in the most approved and fashions* ble style, and the beauty of it is It was all bought for saiK At a Heavy Discount Enabling me to SELL LOWER Than, any other House, unless bought in the same manner. . tljc Cadies: . * 4** I would give special invitations to examine my stock of Dress Goods, Shawls, Ribbons, Trimmed Hats, And everything else that i# generally kept in the Dry Goods line. Call and satisfy yourself.

—OF— S2O! Is offered to any store keeper in the State who will show a better and cheaper stock of Boots & Shoes! Recently bought of the largest House in Chicago, and at a Very Liberal Discount. My Stock of HATS AND CAPS Will be complete, and is a rare selection, embracing all the Latest Improved Styles. WISHING GOODS! j At such prices that everybody must buy whether FRIEND OR ENEMY! Z MEA V B USINESSI And all I ask is a call, that I may convince everybody of the fact that they can Save Money By purchasing of me. ZDOJST’T FORGET —THE—FAMOUS STONE STORK &Tlpay no Rents and ask no Time on Goods. Thanking the public for past favors and soliciting a continuance of patronage, I remain, as ever, A. Leopold.