Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1877 — Page 1

VOLUME 9.

BOBXCB B. J ABBS. MBBYIX O. CISBBL. HORACE E JAJCBB ft CO., , Publishers and Proprietors of THE UNION, RraiMlaer, Indiana. One copy one year, *i; six months. |1; three months, (Ihlitaon weeks), to cents; always in advance. Single copy, 5 cents. Ono column, one year jso.no Half column, “ 40.00 quarter col. “ 20.00 Eighth col. “ ; 10.00 Ten (10) percent, added to foregoing price if advertisemeots are wet to occupy more than single column width. Fractional parts of a yea.r, »t equitable rates. Business cards not exceeding one inch space, 45 a year, $3 for six month's ft tor three months. All legal notices and advertisements, at established statute p/ice. Reading notices? first publication 10 cents a line, each publication thereafter 5 cents a line. Yearly advertisements are subject to three changes tone change in three mouths), at the option of the advertiser, free of extra charge. Advertisements for persons not residents of Jasper county must be paid for in advance of first publication, when less than one-quarter -column in size; and quarterly in advance when larger. Ts*b 3Prlxa.tla.ff. —A large assortment of hype and other mnterial for poster, pamphlet, •circular and kindred work. Prices low.

BUSINESS CARDS. Dr. 6. a. mobs, PH YSICIAN AND SURGF.ON. Office in Spitler’n brick building, opposite Court House. R. J. K. LOUGHRIDGE. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Washinglou street, below Austin's hotel. DR. MOSES B. ALTER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office lu Herding A. Willev’e drug store. Dr. r-Y-martinT-PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office on Wasliiugtou street, one door srtwve Stone Building. Kr. bowman, » TAILOR. Cutting done'‘to order in latest styles. Changes reaeonable. Shop north aide of WasltIngUji'atruet. in Leopold's Stone Building. J ZIMMERMAN, • FASHIONABLE TAILOR. Garments mad*, in latest styles. Cutting a epeoiatry, and satSafaction guaranteed. Simp <a* M'auhiugton street, one door below bank. €11 A 6J.ES pf UOPKISS begs Tea ve to inform, the public that be is new prepared to •de house {tainting, |*» per hanging, calcimining, etc., at wriees beyond minpetition, (an be ionnd at Me rooms, un-stairs in Liberal Corner fcuilding. P-JU-iy. SnyELLS.-A KTE9I.VN AND DRIVEN. Vs JAMES W. PORTER. ..ac only water wizzanl who insures living T**er and backs up his insuranee l»y work. No o ater no pay. Insures an ample supply nf water in alt his wells for ot e year. *-21. M i.CiIILCOTE, " ♦ ATTORNEY, AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. OJKse ou Washington street, opposite the Court U<umw square. ptiMX r.MtwvHon, *uv/)ws. Tiiowrsos, rfsIIOMjPsONA *RO„ J. REXSSftN.A ER, INDIANA. Prattlce in all the Courts. We pay particular attention to paying Cases, eelliag and leasing lands, M akiox L.Simtlkk, Collectornnd Abstracter. «. i.OWIGGINS. ZIMBI AWIGGINS. L> E. &Z.DWIGGINS, li. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Practice in all the courtO'of Jasper, Newton, Denton and Pulaski cueuties ; also in the fiupremaund Federal coaru. Make collections u specialty. ■ ■ ' IT'UANK TvVBAItCOCK, ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, ■Notary Public, Real Estate Broker and Insnr*nse Agent, UsHisoelaer. Indiana. Lands examined, Abstracts of Title prepared and Taxes Said. Collections a specialty. Office in Mpitler’s rick building, opposite Court House. 8-Ri-ly. A McCOY & THOMPSON, . bankers. Bug and tell domestic exchange, make collections on alt available points, pay interest ou specified lime deposits, etc. Office hour* Irom a a. in. to 4 p. in. SAMP. ERWI^ BLACKSMITH. New brick shop, Front street, above the oU saw mill. Also, in connection,u WOOD SHOP whore all kind* of wood work repairing will be duuo to order. Piiees below competition. SHINDLER A. ROBERTS. BLACKSMITHS. At Warner's old stand ou Front street. Horseshoeing, machine repairing, carriage ironing, etc., doue neatly end cheaply. Leslie grant] BLACKSMITH. Shop ou Front street, uest door above the stage office, ut Duvall ft Goff’s old sUud. Patronage solicited. Austin house, A. W. CLEVELAND, Pbopeiktok. Is centrally located, large and conveniently arranged, and no pains will bo spared to make quests comfortitlile and happy. The tablo will ;dwavs be supplied with the best the market Affords. Charges reasonable. IM2-ly. OPKtNS HOUSE. R.J. HOPKINS, PROPRIETOR. Exeslleut tuble, convenient location, careful attention to wanta of gueats. and experienced management are its reemmendutious ho popular favor. W. Xa. IXAMiLTL, mgMsg£& DENT I S T , Bedford A Jackson's building, up-stairs, WENSSELAEIt, INDIANA. Dr. Hamar offers hi* professional services to (ho people of this vicinity. All the modern appliances that are so necessary to perfect operations on the teeth, are used by tiim. The old' practiee of destroying the nerve* is entirely superseded by the beautiful process nf capping and preserving the tooth alive and rendering it serviceable during life, plate work In, flrstpiass style. All fees wU : fto reasonable, 25

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

JEMINGTON BUSINESS CARDS. JAMES SPENCER, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Makes prompt collections at reasonable rates. Office in Spencer's drag store, north side of Railroad street. CCTIONEER. 9. B. HAVER, Remington, Indiana, will cry sales and perform all other duties in the auctioneering line. Poes moderate. Call on him. V-20 i -■■■■■-» SPENCER’S DRUG STORE, REMINGTON, INDIANA. North side Railroad street. James Spencer, proprietor. Fresh drugs, pure medicines, ele§aut toilet articles, choice cigars and tobaccos, ne stationery, etc. Physicians’ prescriptions carefully compounded. ' 41-20 W. A. RAILSBACK, Druggist and Apothecary, RSmHOTON, INDIANA. fleeter in Paints, Oils , Window Glass , Toilet and Fancy cl Hides, and , in fact , everything usually kepi in a firsl-class Drug Store. CELLULOID TRUSSES a specially. Will convince my customers that / sell A 8 CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST. Have, recently secured the service of an experienced Prescription Clerk.

, /T A T> I'iD Latest an<l nobbiest styles* V /Altl/ij. of Cards, printed <>n new tvpiw of tlie moat recent and popular designs. A dozen tints and a wore of styles of eardx. Fifty designs aud size* of type. - Address, business, and calling cards. Work neat. Stock bent quality. Brices below competition. Satisfaction guaranteed. HORACE E. JAMES & CO., Rensselaer, Indiana. EMMET KAINRIAE Druggist and Pharmaceutist, DKALKR IN DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, AND FINK BRANDS OF CIGARS JL2TX3 TOBACCO, Washington Street, Rensselaer, Indiana. MONEY TO LOAN At NINE PER CENT. INTEREST, IN SO MS OF SI,OOO TO SIO,OOO, ON FARMS AND CITY PROPERTY, FOR FIVE YEARS’ TIM E lD*This in Ui9 cheapest mum y ever offered the public west of the Alleghany mountains. Call ou, or address, R S &. Z, DWIGGINfs Attorneys and Loan Agents, Rensselaer, lud. How to Save Money. ro the qwneSFof LANDS IN JASPERJIOUNTY. We ntv have a complete ABSTRACT OF TITIzE ta all lands in the county, carefully prepared from the records hy experienced men. in compiling this work we have discovered the fact that there are SHAN? OBrnCTXVE TITLES which should he adjusted without delay, white parties in retested are stilt living. The expense will be ’ight if attended to soon, and may so vc costly litigation at some future time these do ective Titles are oesusioned bv a variety of causes—deeds not recorded, errors in making nud recording, etc. All persons owning land in the county should call on, or write to, us at once and have the title to tjieir land examined. R. S. & Z. DWICGINS, 8-40. Rensselaer, Ind.

Eroteriss Chsap for Cash! LOUIS KEEN DEALER IX STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES! Comprising a full line of Sugars, green and rousted Coffees, Kite, Pearl barley, Oat Meal, Flour, Salt, Syrups, Now Orleans and Sorghum Mclase-v, Dried and Ounned Fruits, Jellies. Candies, Ctackers, Flavoring Extracts, Fish, Beans. Pens, Lentils, Buy Leaves, Broonia, Scrub Brushes, Shoe Brushes, Horse Brushes, Curry Combs, Feed nod Market Baskets, Cordage, Gun Caps, Powder, Shot, Cigars. Fine-Cat, Flu and Smctiug Talmccos, Toilet and Washing Soaps, Seda, Matches, Baking Powders, Farina, Macaroni, Dessicated Cocoa, Fresh and Cove Oysters, Lye, Starch, Candles, Coal Oil, &c., &c. Special attention is called to our stock of Glassware, Earthenware, Queens ware, Wooden ware, Pocket nnd Table Cutlery, at prices to suit the bard limes. Janan, Gunpowder. Hyson and Imperial TEAS cheaper than any other house in the county. Having learned by experience that Ground Spices cannot be found* in the market without adulteration, we purchased a large spice mill, which enables us to sell purp, fresh-ground spices, without extra charges for grinding. Country Produce •bought »t market prices for cash or iraue. LOUIS ISEEJRIT, Liberal Corner BuUdioig, Rensselaer, Iml. _ Book-keeper*, Beporten, Opnaton, School Teachers, ▲t Great JHeroaotU® College, Keokuk., lowa,

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, JULY 5. 1877,

We trust our neighbor will keep his soul in patience with reference to the premium list. It was printed last year in July, and the suggestion to print it this year by the first of June was, we supposed at the time, in aspiritof badinage, as the time given was too short. We are confirmed in tlie supposition by the fuel that very recently additional rules have beeu handed in.— Sentinel. When the formality of asking the representative of The Union office to submit a bid for printing the premium list, the bills, the posters and other work of similar character required by the Jabpcr County Agricultural and Mechanical Society to advertise their fair this year was performed, the circumstances attending it were such as to arouse suspicions that those who controlled were Hot acting in good faith, and two members of the committee appointed to negotiate a printing contract for the society were plainly told so. It was known then just as well as it is known now that no &ona fide bid of this establishment would or could receive any consideration. The arrangement had been deliberately made several weeks beforehand for this end, though it is not believed that all the members of the committee were privy to it. The Sentinel , as will be seen by the quotation above, announces that a very important condition of the contract submitted to us was merely badinage—a jest—a something to be understood as meaningless by him, butintended to deceive those not in the secrets of the ring. Was this honorable on the part of the managing directors of the Society? The proprietor of the Sentinel has no interest in the success of the fair this year, nor in the prosperity of the Society. One of the proprietors of The Union bus held a paid up subscription of stock in the Society ' ;inee iUorgan ; zMicni. Yet, beause tlroye who control jlic action ofctii? board of directors are friendly in politics to the Sentinel and at enmity to Thu Union, or for someolherreason not easy to fathom, an arrangement is made, if the Sentinel may be believed, by which the stockholder is to be prejudiced. Is this action honorable? Hut the bigotry of these same managing spirits has led them a step further. They have whined, and haggled, and Jewed over just and reasonable bills for work officers of the society contracted to have done, until, disgusted at the exhibition of meanness, they were told to allow what they all agreed upon as being proper beyond question and keep the rest for the benefit of a bankrupt concern. They have been pleased to keep back all. Is this an honorable transaction?

However, these be day* of peace and conciliation; and the writer though having a keen sense ot the injustice practiced upon him by men who would like to be considered honorable, is willing to sink personal wrong* and work for the good of the many. And, besides, a strong personal motive prompts him to this course. The Society is deeply involved in debt, and there is serious talk of assessing the stock to liquidate this indebtedness. He does not want this done. He does not yearn to pay out money these hard times in addition to what he baa already lost in dishonored, but.jnst claims. There is an intimation by the Sentinel that the premium list will be ready for circulation this month; but this intimation is not a positive statement, simply an inferential one. The fact probably is the Hat will not be printed in the Sentinel offioo during this year of grace 1877. That establishment, unfortunately, perhaps, does not posses facilities for doing such work—has neither the jypes, the press, nor the mechanics. ~ Nearly one-half the job work that has been issued from that house since its birth was done with material borrowed of The Union for that purpose. The proprietor ot the Sentinel does not inow when the list will ~.w ' " U . ''■ " 1 " ' ■ V • ■' •;

THE FAIR.

be ready fur circulation; neither does he care very much about it. He has no interest in the welfare of the Society whatever, and but a very young interest in the welfare of the people of this county. He took his contract at a price less than the cost of the raw material which must be used for the production agreed upon, and unless something is made up to him hereafter, will be out ot pocket for his enterprise. It cannot be expected that he will care to comply with the provisions of a contract which he considered merely badinage—a joke the victim of which he is likely to become. For the reason that the advertising of our fair has been entrusted to jnuomputent and negligent hands Thu Union desires all of those who are sincerely interested in the welfare of the Society and of the county to join in an effort to awaken enthusiasm in the subject. Its columns are free to the admission of pertinent articles having this end in view. Let each talk with his neighbor on the Subject, and write to acquaintances ot neighboring localities about it. To-day the promise is big that good ci’tUMjgill be produced in Jasper county this season. If the promise matures the exposition can easily be mnde to excel either of the former ones. Better horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry can be shown; because breeds have undergone wonderful improvement under the stimulating influence of the fairs of previous seasons. The poinologioal display is not likely to be better than that of last season, but still may be creditable to the county. Vegetables and root crops, if given reasonable care and cultivation, will be as fine as those produced anywhere under our latitude. As to a floral display we scarcely know what to suggest. Our county is the habitation o» some of the most brilliant, delicate and interesting flowers that grow on the continent, and exotics with ordinary eare grow with a luxuriance nearly equal to that seen in their native regions; of late years much attention has been bestowed upon the cultivation both of house plants and bedding sorts out of doors, until some, notably the ladies, have become quite proficient amateur florists. But heretofore the management of the fairs of this Society has not been such as was calculated

to inspire the exhibitor with cu. thusiasm. Through carelessneft* inexcusable many choice . spo<4- ( | mens, each one of which very likely was worth more than all the premiums offiered in the class, were destroyed, or so badiy jtiniaged as almost to makb the exhibitor weep with vexation. And so to a greater or less extent it may be spoken of the tine art and the delicate textured articles of domestic manu faclufe exhibitions. But it the ladies and ptherscan make up llieir mindsto be as forgiving a fid eoi > cililory as the writer is and sink wrongs and personal indignities in the nobler effort to promote the good of the many, and if all the other stock-holders will unite With us in an earnest effort to overcome the serious obstacles pres’emed by an incompetent board of director*, (some of them are a* good business men as can be selected, but enough are incompetent to embarrass the Society,), we may have a good fair this year and pay something of the indebtedness banning over it. We must make the best of present conditions and see it something better cannot be secured for the future.

FAREWELL, MR. TILDEN.

Very few democratic journals have approved the speeches made in New York two or three week* ago by Hon. Samuel J. TUdeit and lion. Thomas A. Hendrick*, at a supper given by the Manhattan Club, in honor of the latter, who was then about to depart for Rua rope. Following is a shorteditori-

al that appeared in the South Bend Herald last week, which illustrates better than anything that a republican editor could write, the bitter disgust felt for Mr Tilden by western democrats. It may be also remarked parenthetically that eastern.democrats entertain about as much respect for Mr. Hendricks. The speech of Samuel J. Tilden at the farewell dinner in honor of Hon. Thos. A. Hendricks is not fovorably received by the democratic press generally. Democrats have little disposition to bewail the fate of Mr. Tiluen ns a man, however much the defeat by foul means may rankle in their bosoms. They exhausted tbeir good will when they went to the polls and cast their ballots for biin. As the representative of their party Mr. Tildeu was elected by them to the office of chief executive of the nation in spite of his record and bondholding association. They placed tin* presidency within his grasp. He was clearly entitled to the seat and the great nation throbbed with the holy impulse to secure to him the right identical with their own. A great emergency arose and he proved himself unfitted for the leadership for which they had elected him. Himself a iuillionair, lie was surrounded by the rich: a bondholder, he allowed himself to be dandled in the lap of money when he ought to have been at the head of the great army of his adherents firm in his demand for justice, brave enongli to have enforced that demand. It was an emergency which required a great mind and determined purpose. Had Samuel J. Tilden possessed these and been unhampered by Wall street he might to-day have been president de facto as well as de jure. But he chose rather the other path. He should now be the lust to make whimpering speeches in public about his rights, weich he declined to secure, or the rights of his party, which he betrayed. The best tiling Mr. Tilden can do now is to retire into the peaceful and remunerative walks ol private life which he prefered in time of public danger. The Herald has too little respect for such a man to spread his personal complaint before the public.

CURTIS ON HAYES.

Mr. George William Curtis wellknown as the editor of Harper’s Weekly , delivered the Chancellor’s address at the commencement exercises of Union College on the 27ih of last mouth, and in closing paid this eloquent tribute to President Hayes who was present as a visitor: A public spirit so lofty is not confined to other ages and distant lands. You ure conscious of its stirring in your souls. It calls you to courageous service, aud J am here to bid you obey tlie call. Such patriotism may be ours. Let it be your purting vow that it shall be yours. Bollingbroke described a patriot king in Hngland. I cau imagine a patriot President in America. I can see him indeed, the choice of a party, and called to administer the government when sectional jealousy is fiercest aud party passion most'inflamed- 1 can.imagiue him seeing clearly what justice and humanity, the national .welfare, required him to do, and resolved to do it. I cau imagine aim patiently enduring not only the mad cry of party hale, the taunt of “recreant” and traitor,” of “renegade” and of “coward,” but what' is harder to (tear, the amazement, the doubt, the grief, the denunciation of those as sincerely devoted as lie to tlie common welfare. 1 cau imagine Win pushing firmly on, trusting the heart, tlie intelligence, the conscience offiis countrymen, healing angry wotihds, correcting niisuiiderstaiioiugs planting justice on surer foundations, and, whether his party rise or fall, lifting his country heavenward to a more perfect union of prosperity and peace. This is tlie spirit of a pkltiotisiu that girds the commonwealth with the resistless splendor of tlie moral law; the invulnerable pauo|*oly of states, the celestial secret of a great nation, aud a happy people.

STATE NEWS.

Plenty of peaches in Pike county Fire bugs are opeiating in Green* castle. The telephone lunacy has struck Kokomo. The circus tariff in Wabash is prohibitory. Hanve*'. hands are in demand in Spencer county. Morgan county farmers complain df weevil ill the wheat. A colored infant took a prize at the recent baby show in Waba*h. Harvest hands are in demand all over tlie slate at from $1.25 to sl.su per day. Mr. Willian Shore, of Madison county, was fatally poisoned by eating wild greens. Mr. Felz, of Rushville, consumes a pint ot bullock blood every day, to cure his consumption. A quart of w hiskey saved ti e life of a snake LiUen man named Frank Shelby, of Crown Point.

John Stiver was tawed up m his own mill at Bourbon, the other day. The Murphy movement has about 2,000 signers in Muncie, nearly onehalf the population. A lunatic 'in the jail attacked a fellow prisoner the other day and almost killed him. James White, lost the top of hi# head by going to sleep on a railroad truck near Huntertown. The farmers of Crawford county harvested the best cron of wheat they have hud for many year*. The root of the beautiful academy at Lebanon was blown off by the high wind of Monday, ol last weik. Israel Pierce was killed by a lightning bolt in Kosciusko county, during the storm on Monday of lasi week. The blue ribbon movement has been a success at Logansporl. About 3,000 persons signed the pledge. Warrick county has a cow that has had foilr calves within eleven months. AH well developed, alive and doing well. Delaware county farmers have sold aboftl 200,000 pounds of wool at an average price of twenty-five cents per pound. A Jeffersonville man tied his wife to a cherry tree and kept her there for six hours. He done it “to take the conceit outen her.” Sally Platt, frail and nnhappy, committed suicide in Frankfort ou Tuesday of last week because her “friend ’ was unkind to her. If the weather continues favorable, Knox county will produce at present price* $600,000 worth ot wheat and $1,000,000 worth of corn. . * A lad aged thirteen years, son of a widow who reside* tu Huntington, was drowned while bathing in the Wabash one afternoon not long since. , Dr. Joseph Gardner, «#' Bjdfcrd, and Prof. Cox, of Indianapolis have sold their kaolitie in hies, near the former city, to some Cincinnati parlies for $25,000. These warm nigh:* tlie corn can actually be heard growing in the river bottom field*. A continual popping and snapping of joint* is kepi up all the ti me.—Ledford Manner. Mr. Stanfield Frwder and Mis* Ida William*, daughter of General Reul>. William*, of the Warsaw lndianian , were married at that place ou Tuesday evening last week. i! A fatal disease has broken out among tlie cows in Warrick county. While giving birth to calves some, lie down and die at once, sdme die in a day or two, and others linger along three or four days. A daughter of Alex. Martin, by way of experiment recently set a turkey gobbler ou 17 hen’s egga. The old fellow went to work, tended to his business and hatched out sixteen living chickens, allot which are doing well. — hranklin Democrat. Richard Work, an employe of* the Jeffersonville News office, though quite a young man, ha* saved, in his time the live* of six ho)* from drowning. Mis last aci of heroism was performed the other night by rescuing a little son of M*-. John Little from a watery grave. ;1 --

James Smelser.bl Wayire comity, tells the following singular story: lie says, Monday, during the storm, as lie was going home from the city of Richmond, and was near Nordyke’s nursery, near the toll gate* on the Ronton pike, in his buggy, a ball of lire as large a» a bucket lell on the seat al his side. He jumped froiu the baggy and was able to get to a house near by, but lor two hours could not speak a word. Persona near corroborate Smelser a statement. —How did bis brealb smell, sir? . Louisville Commercial: This week will close out the government sewing for tour months. There is plenty of material on band and much work to be done, but owing to the stupidity of the democratic congress in refusing to make sn®eieju aopropriatlou work lias to be stopped. This throws out < f employment twenty cutters and about eight hundred sewing women, many of whom defended upon this work for a support lor themselves ami families. The stopping of this work will occasion a heavy Lou* to the business interests of Jefferspti. ville ami New Albany. It 19 a|i owing to the asiutty of democratic congress- '

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