Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1876 — Page 1

VOLUME 9.

RENSSELAER UNION. ■OBACB B. JAMBS. MBBVIB O. CISBBL. HOBACK E. JAMES A CO., Publishers and Proprietors. Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana. - Terms es msswerigtiem: One copy, one year, in advance $2 00 One copy, six months, in advance 1 00 One copy, three months, in advance... 60 Single copies, 5 cents each. >o** Liberal club terms with all the popuar Newspapers and Magazines of the Waited States. Advertising Kates t One column, one year. SBO 00 One-half column, one year «... 40 00 One-quarter column, one year 20 00 One-eighth column, one year ~ 10 00 Fractional parts of year at equitable rates. Business Cards, not exceeding five lines, W* per year, $8 for six months, $2 for three months. ,• Legal advertisements at established statutory prices. Local reading notices 10 cents a line first publication, and 6 cents a lino for each additional insertion. Yearly advertisements will be changed quarterly, if desired, without extra cost. Double-column advertisements will be charged 10 per cent, more tor the space occupied than if set single width. 4 arms papnr is on hub wmr < - Vkosw Adveetlatav Satrswts am be ssada.

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Condensed Time Car£-Columbu« and State Line Division. .April 10th, 1870. floiagWsst FNo.i | Mftld. flaw York. Xmvs. .f 9.95 x. m. 5.55 p. m. Philadelphia - ..112.55 r. m- 9.10 “ Pittsbargh " ..' 1.55 a.m. BJO a m. Colombo* “ ..110.10 '< 3.50 p.M Urbaaa*....Arrive.. '12.06p.m. 5J5 •• Plqaa “ 1.10 « 6J7 “ BndrdJnw * .. 1.35 “ 7.00 " Ualon City “ .. 3.00 “ 10.47 Ridfovillo * .. 3J6 M 11.53 * Hartford - .. 4JI *> 12JJ a.m. Marion “ .. 5.17 “ 1.10 *• Banker Hill " ..6.20 « 9.15 “ Logansport • ;.| 7.00 “ ! 2.25 “ Reynold* “ .. 9.08 “ 9.31 *• State Line « ..|IOJO “ 111.10 “ flringlfast | Mo, 5, | 80. 7 fitate Line.... Leave.. 5.55 a.m. l 2.15 p.m. Reynold* “ . 7.30 •• 3,47 " Logansport..Arrive... 8.42 “ | 5.00 •« Bunker Hill “ ..I 9.42 •• 5.55 “ Marten “ ..<10.45 •* 6.52 •• Hartford •• ..'11.35 “ 7.36 “ Ridgeville “ .. 12.30 p.m. 8.27 •• Union City •• .. 1.05 “ 8.56 *<• Bradford June •• .. 9.00 “ I 9.45 •» Piqua «• .. 2.50 " 10.14 “ Urbanna - .. 4.04 •• 1108 •• Columbae »• ~ 610 •• 12.45 “ Plttsbargh « .. 200a.m. 7.50 a.m. Philadelphia ri .. 3.38 p.m. 7.20 p.m. Bew York «» .. 6.45 !« 10JO «• No. 10 will leave Bradford daily, except Bunday, and arrive at State Line dally, except Monday, and in Chicago at 7.50 a. m-, daily. All other tralna<nn daily, except Sunday. Noe. 5,6 and 7 have no Chicago connection.

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Richmond and Chicago Divisions. Bring Worth. | lift 8 I 80. 10. Cincinnati...Leave..l 7,30 a.m.| 7,05 p.m. Richmond “ ..10.35 “ 110.00 •• Hagerstown.Arrive..,ll.lß - <10.47 “ Newcastle “ ..'.HAO « 11.90'“ Anderson “ .. 1,04 p.m. 12.25 a.m. Kokomo “ ..| 2.45 “ 9,10 “ Logansport “ ..: 3JO «• 3.05 “ Grown Point “ ..| 6JO •* 6.03 “ Chicago •’ ..1 BJO “ 7JO »« ' flring South. | Wo,l. | 80. 8, Chicago. Leave.. BJO p. M.l 8.35 a. m, Crown Point. Arrive.. 10.05 ** 10.25 ** Logansport “ .. 12,35 a. m.; 1,15 p.m. Kokorno “ .. 135 “ 2.35 “ Anderson - “ .. 3.29 “ 4J9 “ Newcastle “ • • 4.33 •• 5.20 « Hagerstown “ .. 5.07 » 5J2 •• Richmond “ .. 5J5 " 6.35 “ Cincinnati “ BJS “ 940 “ No. 10 leaves Richmond and Logansport far Chicago daily. No 1 will leave Chicago daily. All other trains ran daily, except Sunday. W.L. O’BRIEN, Cen’l Passenger and Ticket Agent, Oolumbus, Ohio.

ORGANS, ORGANS’ 1 - I have just purchased a stock of firstclass OaoxMS to which I would call the attention of all losers of music. These instrument* excel all others in quality of tone, elegance of design and thorough workmanship. Price to suit the times. I will also furnish Pianos to those wishing to purchase. Orders for tsheet Hude and Music Books will bo promptly filled. I will also keep on hand for sale tho Howe Sewing Machines and all fixtures pertaining thereto. Sale room in Leopold's corner building. HIAL BBHJAMIH.

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

RENSSELAER BUSINESS CARDS. Dr. g. a. mobs, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office between McCoy & Thompson’s bank and Kannal*a drag stars. R. J. H. LOUGHRIDGE. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Washington street, below Austin's hotel. R. MOSES B. ALTER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office in Harding 4 Willey's drug store. R.R.Y. MARTIN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office opposite the poetoffice, above the atone store. F.CHILCOTE, ——— • ATTORNEY, AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office on Washington street, opposite the Coart House square. Sinox P. Thompson, David J. Thompson, Attorney at Law. Notary Public. T AW AND REAL ESTATE OFFICE. JU THOMPSON A BRO. Our Simon P. Thompson attends all courts of the 80th Circuit. 1. S. DWIOGINS. XIMBI DWIOOINS. RS. & Z. D WIGGINS, . ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Practice iu all the courts of Jasper, Newton, Benton and Palaski counties ; also in the Supreme and Federal courts. Make collections a specialty. IRA W. YEOMAN ATTORNEY AT LAW, Notary Public, aud Real Estate and Collection Agent. Office in the Coart House.

13RANK W. BABCOCK, ATTORN EY AT LAW, Notary Public, Real Estate Broker and Insurance Agent, Rensselaer, Indiana. Lands examined, Abstracts of Title prepared and Taxes paid. Collection* a specialty. Office next door to McCoy A Thompson's Bank. 8-to-ly. McCOY THOMPSON, • BANKERS. Bay and mil domestic exchange, make collections ou all available pointe, pay interest on specified time deposits, etc. Office hours from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. dbQA fkfkfk TO LOAN on first raortqpOv/yVfVrxJ gages, or on first-class paper. For jwrticuiars apply to the undersigned, or to M. F. Chilcote. 23-ly JOHN MAKEEVER. INSURANCE. —If you are aware of the importance of Fire Insurance, you will insure your property iu the HAarroao, the oldest fire insurance company in America , organised in 1810. Jasper county represented by Iba W. Ymman, Agent, Rensselaer. J ZIMMERMAN, • FASHIONABLE TAILOR. Garments made in latest styles. Cutting a specialty, and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop opposite eo«rt house, north side of Washton street, War Cullen. T W. NORRIS' aJ e HARNESS SHOP. Harneoa and saddles kept ia stock and made to order. Washington street. All work warranted. 7-34 SAMP. ERWIN, BLACKSMITH. Now brick shop, Front street, above the old sew mill. A wo, in connection, a WOOD SHOP where all kinds of wood work repairing will be done to. order. Prices below oompetition. SHINDLER & ROBERTS, BLACKSMITHS. At Warner's old stand on Front street. Horseshoeing, machine repairing, carriage ironing, eta., done neatly end cheaply.

T EBLIE GRANT, BLACKSMITH. Shop on Front street, next door above the stage office, at Duvall &. Goff’s old stand. Patronage solicited. _______ _____ J. AUSTIN, PROPRIETOR. This house is centrally located in the business part of town. New house, new furniture, good tables, experienced landlord- Is recommended to the traveling public. TT OPKINS HOUSE. XI R.J. HOPKINS, PROPRIETOR. Excellent table, convenient location, carefnl attention to wants of guests, and experienced management are its reemmendations to popular favor? John Miuma, Taos. Boroduhs, Surveyor. Notary Public. Miller & boroughs, DEALERS IN REAL ESTATE, Make collections, pay taxes, rent farms, bnv and sell real estate, furnish abstracts of title. Have a large and select lot of land on hand for sale at low prices and easy terms. Office on Washington street, in Spitler’s brick building, opposite the Court House. MONEY TO LOAN AT NINE PER CENT. INTEREST, IN SUMS OF SI,OOO TO SIO,OOO, ON FARMS ANO CITY PROPERTY, fob Five years’ time! DTbix is the cheapest mom y ever offered the public went of the Alleghany mountains. Oall on, or address, R. 8. & Z. DWIGGINS, Attorneys and Loan Agents, Rensselaer, Ind.

To the Working Clsuuu—We are now prepared to famish all classes with constant employment at home, the whole of the time, or for their spare moments. Business now, light and profiable. Persons of either sex easily earn from 50 cents to fib per evening, and a proportional sum by devoting their whole time to the business. Boys and girls earn nearly as much semen. That all who see this notice may send their address, and test tho business, we make this unparalleled offer: To such as are not well satisfied we will send one dollar to pay for tho trouble of writing. Full particulars, samples worth several dollars to commence work on, and a copy of Home and Fireside, one of the largest and beet Illustrated Publications, all sent free by mail, Header, if you want permanent, profitable work, address, Groans Btinrom & Co,, 8-41-ly Portland, Maine.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, NOVEMBER 9,1876.

Hannibal, Missouri.

Editors Union: Having seen much in the few days past that to me was new and interesting, I thought perhaps friends in Jasper county might enjoy reading asketch of it. I left Goodland on tha 19th of October and crossed Illinois after night, therefore can tell very little about the appearance of the country, except that portion which lies west of the Illinois river. The railroad passes through a very broken country most of the way from the Illinois river to Hannibal. But people who live along there seem prosperous and contented. They have raised a good crop this season. Before coming to the Mississippi river there is heavy timber. Most of it is oak, soft maple and pecan. The last named furnish an abundance of fine nuts, besides making fine lumber. lam told that the pecan tree i» of tolerably rapid growth, hardy, and bears transplanting easily. Almost any amount of young trees grow 'along the Illinois river, which might be taken up and made to the grace, as well as to the value, of our fine prairie farms. The crossing of the Mississippi river is made over a fine bridge which is just a little above the city of Hannibal. The Illinois bank is low and partially overflowed, but the Missouri bank is an almost solid line of high bluffs. The river here is only about half a mile wide, but very deep. A little way below the bridge is to be seen the wreck of a river steamer which was destroyed last June. She tore out one span of the railroad bridge, drifted against the bank and sunk. As the train leaves the bridge on the Missouri side it enters a tunnel going west, and emerges going south. There appears to be only a narrow gap in the bluff where the city comes down to the river bank. It is a gap about one and a half miles wide. From here the city extends westward and southward around and over the bluffs. It is quite a pretty place and claims to number about2o,OOOinbabitants. Judging by what I saw on the streets, there are many descendants of Ham among them; I counted only 70 while going from the cars to the hotel.

I joined a party which was ready to visit the Hannibal cave, two miles south of the city, down the river. It is said to extend under ground for a distance of seven miles, and some think it reaches dqwn under the river. Leaving the city the road to the cave passes by the engine house of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, where I counted nine engines. This company also have extensive machine shops here. We pass a large saw mill where they drag logs up out of the river and convert them into lumber, which are brought down from the northern pineries bolted together in immense rafts. A vast business is done by them. They run a gang saw which converts a log into lumber at one through. From here the road winds along the face of the bluff dowp the river. At one point tbe bluff towers 200 feet above and we have barely loom to drive past its base for 15 feet below passes a train of cars on tbe track of the Hannibal & St Louis railroad which is laid .only a few feet from the river’s edge. We look down upon the roofs of the ours as they speed below us. A mile and a halt along and we turn to tbe right and soon approach the mouth of the cave, about 20 feet up tbe steep side of an immense hill, which to me seems a mountain. Lighting our candles we march In single file. When we proceeded a quarter of a mile I felt fully paid for my trip down here had I seen nothing more than this cave. On either side the walks me, sometimes in solid masses, sometimes broken by seams, and projecting rocks, sometimes by

shelves of solid granite one above another, and disappear in the darkness above. This is called a pastge cave. Just narrow passages tend in various directions. One ay enter one, follow its windings, and come back to the place he started from. We went to the Parlor, as it is called, and sat down on the Sofa, which is a long stone pillar. There is a wide passage where saltpetre was once made. A rock which projects some 6 feet above our heads is called Hangman's Book. A man was once hung on if. We saw one spring of clear water running out of the eave. To the left of this spring, by scrambling up 15 feet over wet clay, one may reach a smooth stone floor which is the deposit of water that drops slowly down from above. I broke away pieces as souvenirs and also procured fine specimens of quartz crystals. Up on the high bluffs one obtains a magnificent view of the river and landscape in all directions. To me the scenery is very fine. The river rolls in silent majesty, a mighty volume of water, upon Whose bosom huge steamers play in and out among beautiful islands, like creatures of life and reason. Over on the Illinois side are three pretty villages nestling among groves of towering timber, while thrifty looking farm houses and green fields are dotted in every direction. At our feet rests the city whence comes a constant hum and clatter of life and business.

Whipping Horses.

Prof. Wagner, in writing upon this subject, says: Many think they are doing finely, and are proud of their success in horse training, by means of severe whipping, or otherwise arousing and stimulating the passions, and then through necessity crushing the will through which the resistance is prompted. No mistake can be greater than this, and there is nothing that so fully exhibits the ability judgment and skill of the real horseman, as the care displayed in winning instead of repelling the action of the mind. Although it may be necessary to use the whip sometimes, it should always be applied judiciously, and great care should be taken not to arouse the passions or excite tbe will to obstinacy. The legitimate and proper use of the whip is calculated to operate upon the sense of fear almost entirely. The affectionate and better nature must be appealed to in training a horse as well as in training a child. A reproof given may be intended for the good of the child, but if only tbe passions are excited the object is depraving and injurious. This is a vital principle, and can be disregarded in the management of sensitive and courageous horses only at the risk of spoiling them. I have known many horses of a naturally gentle character to be spoiled by whipping once, and one horse that was made vicious by being struck with a whip once while standing in his stall.

Training Canaries.

A gentleman residing at Phoenixville, says' the Reading Eagle, of Queensland, Australia, has several very fine canary birds to which he has given much attention. One of the birds he has taught to sing “Home, Sweet Home,” clearly and distinctly. His mode of instruction is as follows: He placed the canary in a room where it could not hear the singing of other birds, and suspended its cage from the ceiling, so that the bird could see its reflection in a mirror. Beneath the glass be placed a musical box that was regulated to play no other tune but “Home, Sweet Home.” Hearing no sound but this, and believing the music proceeded from the bird he saw in the mirror, the young canary soon began to catch the notes and finally accomplished

C. E. FARMER.

what its owner had been laboring to attain, that of singing the song perfectly. This is an experiment easily tried, and one we should be glad to know the result of from some of our own bird fanciers if they make the experiment.

STATE NEWS.

The total expense of the reeent state election was not less than $200,000. Mr. J. R. Peelle, of Knox, has purchased the North Judson Cowier and changed its name to Enterprin. A chicken hawk measuring four and a half feet from tip to tip of wings was killed near Clayrburg, recently. John Dewey, of South Bend, has just received intelligence of a bequest of $50,000 from relatives of his first wile. . Vigo county has sent over one hundred and fifty prisoners to the Jeffersonville penitentiary in the past two years. Hog cholera has been playing havoc among the droves in Delaware county. Over one thousand have been lost by nine fanners. A little child of Pauline Kramer, living near Rockport, was burned to death, a few days since, while playing about a fire in the yard. Mr. John R. Connell, living east of Attica, husked 121 bushels and and 57 pounds of corn in 9 hours and 20 minutes, w da J, not long since. * ’

An infant daughter of Moses Milligan, of Huntington, was scalded to death, a few days ago, by sitting downjn a pail of boiling water. While waiting for • train at Greencastle the other night, a New York traveling salesman was robbed of his jewelry samples;, veined at 12,000. Robert McCullough, of Martin county, was killed the other day while out nutting, by the fall of a butting ram which was being used to shake the nuts from tbe trees. Louis Schmidt, a young German farmer, of Vanderburg county, accidently shot himself in tbe knee, the other day, and bled to death before medical aid could reach him. A boy by the name of Kunkle, about six years old, living near Huntertown, Allen county, was kicked in the stomach by a horse and instantly killed, one day last week. Two little boys were recently playing with a shotgun, in Decatur county, when one of them shot the other through tbe neck, severing tbe jugular vein, and killing him almost instantly. A seven-year-old daughter of Mr. Liske, living near North Judson, attempted to light the fire with coal oil the other day, when the can exploded, setting fire to her clothes and burning her so that she died from the effects.

George Wright, son of Mr. Jackson Wright, who lives three miles east of Corydon, an estimable young man, met with an accident the other day which resulted in his death. He was thrown from his horse and sustained a rupture of a blood vessel. George W. Dietz, of New Albany, the Centennial walkist, is still at Philadelphia. Mr. Dietz recently received an award from the Centennial commissioners as a walkist, and will remain in the Indiana department until the close of tbe great show. I A few days since a man near Milton started his threshing machine in operation with thirteen robust, healthy hands at work; by noon eight were shaking with ague. Next day they felt all right and went to work again; but by noon the five men who escaped on the day before were themeelves prostrated by chills, whjph flopped tbe machine again,

Five pound bass are frequently caught in the Wabash river Mt Huntington. Lightning struck the bsra of B. J. Reed, a commissioner of Clark county, on Saturday night a week ago and destroyed the structure, together with its contents. There were five bead of horses and mules and five tons of hay in the building, and'also a lot of agricultural implements. ... / _ . The report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction shows that the common school fund of the state is $0,428,771.04; congressional fund $2,442,100.89. Total, $8,870,871.98. Increase during the past year, $71,080.20. There are 9,244 acres of congressional school lands still unsold. > Buck Stanley, one of the guards at the northern Indiana penitentiary at Michigan City, narrowly escaped being murdered by convicts the other day. Ten or twelve of the worst criminals set on him with all sorts o( missiles, and he was cut about the neck and on the right arm. Under the rules of the penitentiary the guards arc not allo wed to carry firearms, and Buck was obliged to use his mace, which he did to good advantage, knocking three of the unruly prisoners down. Still, had it pot been for assistance rendered by some of the prisoners, be would undoubtedly have been killed. Dr. John S. Roe, state sens ter. from Jefferson county, corpmitted suicide at the insane asylum at Indianapolis on the Ist instant. He had tied one end of a Abeel A» a nail in theevtadow frame, secured the other about bis neck and strangled himself by throwing his weight upon the improvised rope. Jefferson is a close county, and should the special election to fill the vacancy result in the choice of a democrat it will make a tie in the Legislature, and give the democrats, by the casting vote of the Lieutenant Governor, power to control the management of the penal and benevolent institution*;

C. Vanderivolgan will make » public sale on the farm of tbe late Peter Vandervolgan, five miles northeast of Remington, on Friday, November 24th, at which will be offered a lot of tame hay in stack, corn in crib, one light two-horse wagon, plow, cook-stove, heating stove, clock, and numerous other articles. Nine months credit, without interest, will be given on sums over S 3, purchaser executing usual note. Sums of |3 and under, cash in band. “I understand you make very good eider!” “Yaw,” said the Dutabman. “Hans, my poy, go pring » mugful.” Hans soon returned with a mug brimming fuU,< -and handed it to the dutchman, who drained it to tbe bottom at one draught; then, turning to his astonished visitor, said: “Dare, now, if you dosh not diuk dat ish not goot cider, yoost smell the mug.’’ ■ »«* . ~ ■ Many times a cold exterior eoven a warm heart, and it often happens that a formal and frigid hueband will blossom out into the most devoted of men when his wife goes off to camp-meeting and leaves the hired girl to keep house for him A New Jersey farmer has found out a sure way to keep young fellows from hanging around his from gate. He has the girls sit op jthe back steps. “I take my text dis moraiag/’ said a colored preacher, *frqm dpt portion ob de ScripWß* wbar de Postol Paul pints his j>iatol to de Feetiane.”?/' ■ The ninth apnpal session of tbe National Grange wUI be held in Chicago, commencing on Wednesday, the lstb instant. ‘ —y. Life only valuable when W enjoy the good will of other*

NUMBER 8.