Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1876 — Page 1

VOLUME 9.

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1 i F. RQljtt ) •' > ’ . Pennsy lvania Rail Road. - ' THE DIKE.C r TtLINE ’ f ' Z 7 ZT/V pe: •

Coadtnoed Time Card—Columbus and State t Line Division, April leth, l»y«. ”1-flotngWML Tfc<~ r"No. 137 7Lw Yon Leave..l 9.25 a. m. 555 r. m. hlladslpbia - 112.55 p.m 9.11) “ rilttMrgh • J.' 155 a. m. 8.30 am. « •lambus « ...10.10 “ 3.50 r. m rbanna....Arrive.. 12.06 r.M. 5.35 ** Piqaa -. ... 1.10 - 6.37 “ BradfdJaaa • .. 1.35 « 7.00 •• tJatea City • .. 3.00 •« 10 47 •« fttagavilk • ... 3.35 “ IJ 53 «• Hartford ♦ ..14.31 12.21 am. Marian • .. 517 “ 1.10 «• Soaker HIM • ... 6.20 «« 215 •« Lsgaaapsrt. • ..I 7.00 « ; 2.25 “ NayaoMa « .. 9.08 » 9.11 . State Lias « .‘.t10.50 ,1110 “ ~~ OofagSast, t No. 5. | N0.7~~ fftatc Line.. .. Leave.., 5.55 a.m.) 2.15 p.m. Sayaoida •• . 7.30 “ 3.47 •• Lonoapart.. Arrive.. 842 ** 506 •« flaakar Hill ■« .. I 9.42 “ 15-55 “ Marioo - . .110.45 '• 6.52 <■ Hartford • ..11.35 «• 7.36 - KidgevCte " ..12.30 p.m. 8.27 «• listen City • .. 1.05 •« 856 “ Bradford Joao • .. 2.00 “ i 9.45 •• Piqaa * ~;2.5ff «* 10.14 “ Urbaaaa - .. 4.04 •• 1108 •• Catambaa - ..610 «• 12.45 ** Pittsbargb •< .. 200 a. M. 7.50 a.m. Philadelphia. M 3.38p.m. 7.20p.m. law York “ ~ 645 !« 10.50 No. 10 vlll leave Bradford daily. except Bandar,and arrive at State Line daily, except Mon lav, and in-Chicago at-7.50 a. m , dailyAll other train* ran daily, except Sunday. Noe. 5, 6 and, 7have no Chicago connection.

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Richmond and Cbicaga Divisions. Qoii>gHwttL~~~T' Ko. >'~T~ikUOr Cincinnati-. .Leave;.! 7,30 a.m.| 7,05p.m. Riehmoud “ .. 110.35 « 110.00 Hagerstown. Arrive. ~11.18 “ 110 47 “ New Castle •• :11.5b •• 11.20 » Anderson w .. 1,04 p.M. 12.25a.m. Kokomo * ..| 245 " 2,10 •• Logansport “ ... 3.f0 “ 3.05 “ Crown Point « .. 6.50 •« 0.03 “ Chicago •• .. 8.50 •• i 7,50 •« Going South. >O.l. | Ho. 3. Chicago”. ...Leave.. 8.20 r. M l 8.35 a. M, Crown Point. Arrive.. 10.05 •• 10.25 •• Logansport '.. 12 ( 35 a. mJ- 1,15 p.m. Kokomo *• ..I 1.35 •• 2.35 •« Anderson - ..1 3.29 « 4^2' Newcastle * .. 433 f 5.20 •• Hagerstown *’ • • 5.07 “ 5,52 •» Richmond • . ! 5.55 “ 6.35 “ Cincinnati“ _•. 8.35 “ . 9.40 “ No. 10 leaves Richmond and Logansport fer Chicago daily. No 1 will leave Chicago dally. Ail other trains pan daily, except Snadav W.L. O’BRIEN. Cen'l Paonsuger and Ticket Agent, Columbus, Ohio.

Nebraska Ahead! THK B. A JI. BAILBAAD CO.’M LANDS! The Best Agrtaattaral sad Stock Oosatry in Amerim! GOOD LANDS IN A GOOD CLIMATE! Low Prices, Long Credit. Lx>w Fame and Frolghte. Premiums tor improvement*, free Pam to Land Bayers. fI&JTFor full jmrticulars apply to , T. tM.B. B. CO., Budlagton, lowa. MU— __ a. , w^,y,|,|| , M | n■ y | || mnillj I JOB PRUVTUffG DONE AT The “Union” Office RENSSELAER, INDIANA. MDvpteMM «*9l and learn omr price* Iwfowe. mSuuc ei*ewhers. We will niaxe it tyr ynur raMTtodo am UQBAtJK B> AW.

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

. RENSSEUtA BUSINESS CARDS. Dr. g. a. moss, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office between McCoy &, Thompson’s bank and KaUmd’s drug store. R. JH. LOUGHRIDGE. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Washington street, below Austin’s hotel. R. MOSES B. ALTER? PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office in Harding & Willey's drugstore. DR?IIY?MARTIN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office opposite the postoffice, above the stone store. Nr. bowmax, . TAILOR. Cutting done to order in latest styles. Charges reasonable. Shop north side of H usliington street, twodoors west of Stone Building. J ZIMMERMAN, . FASHIONABLE TAILOR. Garments mnde in latest styles. Cutting a specialty, and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop on Washington xtreet, first door east of postoflfre. F. CHILCOTE, . ATTORNEY, AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office on Washington street, opposite the Court House square.

Simon K|'uomfßon, David J. Thom r son. Attorney at Law. Notary Piiblic. I AW AND REAL ESTAI E OFFICE. J THOMPSON & BRO. Our Simon P. Thompson attends all courts of ilia 30th Circuit. a. S, DWIGGIpS. EIM XI dWiggins. RS. &. Z. DWIGGINS, . ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Practice iupll.the courts of Jasper, Newton, Bentou and Pulaski caulilies ; also in the Supreme and Federal courts. Make collec- ■ tious a specialty. ~ r ATTORNEY AT LAW, Notary rublie,,Reul Estate Broker and Insurance Agent, Rensselaer. iiuliunii. Lnuds exaniinod, Alwtniewot Title prepared and Tuxes paid. Collections it specialty. Office nextdiair to McCoy Thompson's Bank. 8-4tl-ly. McCOY & THOMPSON, . BANKERS. Buy and sell domestic exchange, make collections oil all available pel nts, pay ifiler‘eet on specified' time deposits, etc. Office hours from 9 a. tn. to 4 p. m. dbO A I i A 'l’o LOAN on first mort*t)V,vvv gages, or ou first-class paper. For particulars apply to the undersigned, or to M. F. Chilcote. 23-ly JOHN MAKEEVER. S AMI’. ERWIN? , BLACKSMITH. • New brlck stfoplFroiit stftwt, above the old suw mIM, also, lu connection, a 'VA’OOD SHOP v v where all kindsof wood work repairing will be doue to order. Piicea below competition, SHINDLER & ROBERTS. BLACKSMITHS; ’ At Warner’s old stand on Front street. Horseshoeing, machine repairing, carriage ironing, etc., done neatly and cheaply.

Lesliegrant, BLACKSMITH. Shop on Front street, next door above the stage office, ut Puvall & Goll’s old stand. Palronare solicited. AUSTIN’S HOTEL. J. AUSTIN,.PROPRIETOR. This house is centrally located in the business part of town. New house, new furniture, good tables,’experienced landlord Is reconunecdedto the traveling public. H~OPKINS HOUSE. R.J. HOPKINS, PROPRIETOR. Excellent table, convenient location, careful atleution to wauls of guests, and experienced management are its recmmeudalious to popular favor. John Miller, Thor. Boroughs, Surveyor. Notary Public. TVTILLER & BOROUGHS, IVJL DEALERS IN REAL ESTATE, Make collections, pay taxes, rent farms, buy afid sell real estate, furuish abstracts of title. Have a large aud select lot of land on hand for sale at low prices and easy terms. Office on Washington street, in Spiller’s brick building, opposite the Court House.

Rensselaer Nursery The uinhTaigniMl now has on hand and far side at living rates, tieveral thoueaud APPLE TREES, PEAR TREES both dwarf and atandai'd. Cherry Trees, Siberian Crabs, G-KAI’E XrXTNTE®. two and three yearn old, Asli.laple,Neaiiiio,tiicßcantiiilCataliiß and other popular varieties of Orxxa.xxxaxi.ta.l SXuxAm Tx««». STRAWBERRY PLANTS of aevenil popular varieties, by tlic hundred or thousand. Having pui'eliaaed Mr. George Nagje’a atook Ot EVERGREENS AND SHRUBBERY I can aupply cuatomers auything they deaire iu this line; ho there will lie no nee<l of (endingor going abroad for atock of thia deHcription and. receiving nothing but dead brush tor your money. Mv Htock of trees. xhrul.H, vines, etc.., ia goedaud healthy,giving uuiverxal natiafaction. Ilianking Hie public for naet favora. they ure ruapectfully invited to continue their patron age. Tertna cash, or good notes bearing Interest. JOHN COKN, 4Vtf 7 9 380Z 9 RX3EZTO3B. New Harness Shop. N. WARNER, Proprietor. The gboye having opened a harness uh op in Rensselaer, respect fully invites all bin old friends and customers to leave their order? with him fur anything in this lino aad they will receive prompt attention. He employs none but first-class workmen, and warrants all work turned out at his shop. Keeps on hand a large stock of saddles, bi idles, halcere.curry combs, brushes, and everything else usually found in a ftrrt-cliiss harness shdjl. Give him a call. Shop on Front street, Bonseelacr, Indiana.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, DECEMBER 7,1876.

FACTS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THINKING MEN.

It will be an act of wisdom fur every patriotic citizen, who believes in the unity and perpetuity of the United. States as a nation, to consider carefully the lessons taught by the late presidential campaign. The excitement incident to a most hotly contested canvass has largely passed away, and all are now better qualified to leason dispassionately, and weigh in a juster balance the character of the issues. To take general survey of the principles and policies that characterize opposing parties is, essentially, the basis of all true and logical investigation.

The antagonism existing between the republican and democratic parties is organic and irrepressible. It is not merely a conflict of party policies or expedients that distinguishes them; but it is a conflict of opposing principles which are inwrought in the very structure of the parties themselves, and are, therefore, essential to their existence. In many Important respects two parties could ‘not be more diverse. Indeed the avowed principles and doctrines of the democratic party necessitated the existence of the republican party. When the democratic party proved recreant to the trusts of thenational union, and employed its influence and strength in the purpose and effort to establish a Confederacy upon the ruins of a seggregated country, the perils and exigencies of that dark and trying hour demanded the establishment of a political organization which should represent the patriotism of the citizens of the republic and their loyalty to the principles of justice human rights. Although the birth of the republican party was prior to the commission of overt acts of rebellion by members of the democratic party those acts afforded an opportunity to proclaim to the world its faith in the perpetuity of the government of the United States upon the basis of an inseperable unity of the states. The republican party promptly became the champion of this doctrine, and in all the subsequent trying years of its existence, whether in war or in peace, it has proven itself to be the faithful warden of the Union as well as the able exponent of the doctrii.es ot humanity and equal civil and political rights.

From the iactu of our national history it conclusively apitears that the points ot antagonism between these two great parties involve issues vital to the existence of the nation as a union of states, opposed to the doctrine of state sovereignty. If the doctrine of the democratic party, as that party has expressed and illustrated it during the past sixteen years, be true to the genius and constitution of our government, then is our Elation merely a confederation of states to which no single state is compelled to adhere in opposition to its own will. But the doctrine of republicanism being constitutionally true, then our nation is a union of states indissolubly fixed by constitutional principles, and the will of each several state is subordinate to the general government.

These contending parties have made history enough to define and verify their characters, and establish their positions before the world. To the democratic party belongs the infamous fugitive slave law of 1850; the repeal of the Missouri compromise, of 1854; the border ruffian outrages of 1855-6; the Lecompton constitution and barbarous Dred Scott decision, of 1857; the revolutionary doctrine of 1860 that there was no constitutional power to coerce a rebellious state and compel her to remain in the tut ion; the disparaging and persistent opposition to every essential war measure for the preservation of the Union until in the Chicago convention off. 864 when the climax of infamy was crowned with the dec-

laration that “the four years’ war “to restore the unioii was a failure “and ought to be abandoned.’’ To that party belongs the long continued opposition to the abolition of slavery with its record ot merciless disregard of the sufferings, degradation and unrequited toil of millions of human beings. Characteristic was its opposition to the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the constitution,declaring them irregularly adopted and, therefore, that they ought to be considered nugatory. The demo-, u ratio party gave urgent counsel to the people of the south not to accept the reconstruction of the states that had gone into rebellion. To the democratic party belong, and are its legitimate offspring, the kuklux marauding, intimidation and murders that in all the arts of cruelty and torture have excelled, the darkest, most fiendish, deeds of crime known to the annals ot civilization on the American continent in times of peace. To it belong th# indescribable hofrors of Libby and Andersonville, before which the blocdiest scenes of savage barbarity blanches into whiteness. To it belongs the shotgun policy which organized rifle clubs throughout the southern states enrolling many thousand men; these clubs, drilled, armed and officered, have, by terror, brutality and murders, robbed tens of thousands of citizens, white and black, of the right of conscientious suffrage in 1876. And, to-day, from the highest sources of democratic influence and authority throughout "the country is heard threatenings of war and assassination should Gov. Hayes rather than Gov. Tilden be >e«hed by the returning JUoanl of Louisiana to have carriedAhat state upon a just count of the fair and legal ballots. This history, from first to last, is consistent with itself. It is an unbroken record of consonant facts, portraying the character and aims of a political party which insists that it shall be entrusted with the administration of the government 1 at all hazards. May the God ot nations shield this people from the hypocrisy that would cloak such a record under the pretense of reiorm, and enable all to see that what the democratic party is the republican party is not I

Those editors of republican newspapers who refer to the governor elect of Indiana as Old Indigo Jim exhibit neither wit nor good breeding. Mr. Williams may be uncouth in appearance, illiterate and wear unfashionable clothing, but a majority of the citizens of this state have elected him to perform the duties of its highest office. For this reason, if considerations of common politeness are not taken into account, he is entitled to respectful treatment. Slang terms and insolent manners iyay have attractions for base and vulgar minds, but they disgust well-bred and minded people. Certain members of the republican press of this state, and notably among them ace the Indianapolis jo»rual and Kentland Gazette, would do well to elevate the tone of their conversation when speaking of their political opponents.

David A. Fawcett of Delphi, was employed at jour work in The Union offief only a little more than a year ago; now he advertises money to loan in sums of 81,000 to 85,000. Energy, enterprise and business tact are strongly marked traits in the young gentleman’s character. May he ever be successful. “All of us democrats are going to. “stop The Union,” said, he, while his cardinal nose took on a deeper tinge of sun-set glow. All right, gentlemen; let us part as personal friends though we be political enemies, and here’s thanks fpr all past favors. Hurrah for liberality, free speech, a free pFess, andl reform. • \ ■. - A

Boughing It

Mr. ,0. B. Steward has kindly placed at our disposal a letter from Mr. Charles W. Clifton, who is now traveling in Texas, from which the following extracts are taken: Little Rock, Ark., November 26, 1876.—After leaving Rensselaer our party drove nearly due south to Marshfield, in Warren county; thence by way of Danville, HI., to St. Louis, Mo._' We had very good roads and fair weather save two days of rain. Our first Saturday night out, while camping on the West Okaw river in Illinois there occurred as heavy a thunder shower as ever I had the pleasure of being out in. St. Louis failed to imprest us very favorably; possibly owing to a damp day, muddy streets and the scattered condition of the freight offices. I don’t know that it is like Rome, a city of seven hi Us, but it is a city of many hills. Leaving St Louis we took the old state road to Little Rock, Ark. The country through which we passed is a succession of hills and mountains, densely wooded whereever there is room for a tree to grow between the rocks. There are more rocks than trees, and any size to suit one’s fancy, from that of a walnut to a meeting house. Many times two hills are seen with no intervening valley—the wagon going down one while the horses are climbing another. We found squatters here and there, but how they subsist God only inowc. Little farms 20 to 100 yards wide winding down a little stream. Blades are stripped from every stalk of corn and scrupulously cared for; which are sold to. us for -two “bits’* to three “bits” 4 dozen handbundles. Corn is critbed.in the husk to pieserve it from the ravages of the weevil. It is sold at 25 cents to 50 cents a bushel. Land rates from $1 to §5 an acre;

improved farms from $3 to ilO an acre; cows are worth JlO a head; yearlings S 3; good horses SSO to $75 each, common ones, such as I drive are worth $35 to S4O; best mules only S6O to $75. The hills afford very good range for sheep, which sell at $1 to $1.50 a head. Every farmer we spoke to, with a single exception, wanted to sell and go to Texas; the exception thought California the Promise Land. Just three weeks to a day from the time wo started from Jasper county we crossed the state line of Arkansas near Warm Sprint's. The general features of the country remain the same as those already described until the bottoms of the Black and Cash rivers are reached, where it is flat, marshy, and the soil very fertile. Cotton, hogs, children and ague are here produced in abundance. Asking a physician if there was any laud in that region that could be homesteaded, he pointed to a graveyard we were passing and remarked: “Yes, eighteen different parties have taken claims there in just four weeks.’’ Not being quite ready to take a homestead of that kind, after hunting and trapping four days along the Cash bottoms, we returned to southern Missouri in search ot a pigeon coost that we had been told of. Bqt the nearer we got to ( it the further away it was. However, they w'ere found at last in - Fulton county, Ark. One night’s sport and off again for Little Rock, near where w r e are camped to-night. Prices of stock and feed are about the same here as in southern Missouri, with perhaps a slight advance. Here cotton is the chief crop, next follow in order corn, wheat, pea nuts (called gruber peas), oats and potatoes.

Peanuts sell for 50 cents a bushel. For once in our lives we have, all we can eat of them. Winter has hardly reached herq yet, and the foliage of many trees is still green. To day we passed a tobacco patch not yet killed by frost, and saw iu one yard roses in full bloom. Game is scarce. Deer have nearly all

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died with the black tongue, and other kinds are pretty well hunted out. We now do not expect mtidh sport until we reach the Red river region south of the Indian Terri* tory, where, we are informed, there is Mil abundance of bear, deer, turkey, geese ami duck. Onr health has been good although we saw more sick people between St. Louis and this place than 1 ever heard of m the same length of time. Ague is as common as poverty, and that—well, Nubbin’ Ridge is Paradise compared with the region we passed through. However, the country is changing for the better rapidly, though the inhabitants still depend on travelers to support them. I judge this to be the case from the charges they have subjected ns to. This morning we were charged 50cents toll for the privilege of crossing a bridge neither so long nor so good as that over the Iroquois at Rensselaer.. z

How “Ithers See Us.”

A gentleman from the East has lately been on a visit tv this state, and during his travels passed over pretty rnneh all of Jasper county. He expressed himself to ns as highly pleased with that county and its people. lie is of the dptnion that Jasper will be one of the foremost counties in the state, before many years. He says its lands are unsurpassed in fertility, are splendidly situated, and being rapidly settled by an intelligent and progressive population. Rensselaer, he claims, is naturally a beautiful point, which in time will make one of the Itandsomest and most thriving cities in the state. All of this we most heartilji endorse. It is not the first • time we have heard Jasper county and her people well spoken of.—* Delphi Times. Bylug along your knit tin’ some time, and writ with us A week or more. We’ve good skatin’, goo<t huntin’, spellin' schools, temp’rance meetin’s, fiddlin bees, lots o’nice apples, fat turkeys and fun.

A Chapge. It makes no difference to the undersigned whether Hayes or Tilden gets the most votes, so far as their business is concerned, bnt they wish to inform their patrons and everybody else that the bushiest* relation heretofoi e exist) tig between themselves and Mr. Norman War-, ner has ceased, the latter retiring and leaving the business exclusively to them. Therefore all who have any horse-shoeing, machine-rcpair-iug, <m anything else in the line of blacksmithing to do, will know who to call on. They also give especial attention to the repairing of wagons,•carriages, buggies, farm implements, etc. All pcrsons knowing them sei veslo be hi arrears for work already doue wilt please call and settle, either by cash or note, in order that the books may be squared up before the.beginning of another year. With best wishes to all, we are most respectfully yours, SuiNPLER & Robkbts. Rensselaer, Noy. 15, 1878. . 9rtf.

Those Whom it Concerns Will please take notice that all persons knowing themselves to bo indebted to me, either on book account or by note, are requested to make satisfactory adjustment before the Ist day of January 1877. All notes and account* remaining unpaid at that time will be placed in the hands of an attorney for immediate collection. Ralph Fendig. November 22d, 1876 ts Mr. John Brownfield, Election Marshal for this district, furnished us yesterday, too late for publication, the following official table of votes cast in the tenth district: H.VYKK. TII.DBX. coorKs. Lap0rte.........a,288 S.lWl 48 Lake 1,832 l,»14 8 Carroll.. I>B 17 Newton....'. - . 4,187 7<u. 51 Pulaski. .’. 872 & o ’ 42 White .-.1,505 1.450 <•» Starke 414 553 7 . Jasper i,2<»2 •«»! .80 St. > 1 540 .>,4>iH (,5 ■ Putter -’.lißl CO -i— — ,r— . ———/itT.hl. K.»>» » Maj. overall. t. 30 Dishonor, E. P. Hit>i!l«oiid, is dispatching business with leg,?t| ability and usual promptness. Our circuit court is marked with fairness and an unusual amount nffeWest. jurisprudence.--#oirZ«n 1