Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1877 — Page 1

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HEtISSELAER BUSINESS CARDS. DR. G. A.MOBB, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office in Spitler’a brick building, oppo•it« Court Houm. R. J. H, LQUGHRIDGE. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Washington street, below Austin's hotel. I 'vß. MOSES B. ALTER. ) „ PHYSIOIAN AND SURGEON. Office lu Herding k Willpv’x drug store. DR. R. Y MARTIN, PUYBICIAN AND SURGEON. Office oti Washington street, one door above Stono Building. smi* ■ ■■ 'M . .ie4ls.,ii.x— Dr. a. i„ uam.vk Announces tlutt lie designs to make Benseditor his permanent homo. His professional services are offered Hio public with n hope that 3(1 venrs experience may render him able to give witisluflUou t» nil who favor him with pulronJigc. .special attention given to chronic diseases. Is permitted to refer to all who nre acquainted with him. ltesidem e with Mrs. Crockett, near Judge Hammond’s. Oftlco opposite court house. Ayf ORDECAI fTcIULCOTE, M ATTORNEY AT LAW. Attends to all business of the profession with promptness and despatch. Officeon Washington street, opposite the Court House. ■ - » ——— SIMON t. THOMPSON, DAVID J. THOMPSON, Attorncv st Law. Notary Ttiblio. Thompson a bro., RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Practice In all the Courts. We pay particular attention to paying taxes, aolling ana leasing lauds. Makion L.Bpitlek, Collector and Abstracter. at. s. dwiuoins. ziMiti DwiaajNS. RS. A Z. DWIGGINS, • , ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND LOAN BROKERS. “1100,000 to loan on first mortgage, on five rears time at 0 per cent, interest, iu sums of fliOO or «ver. TT'RANK W. BABCOCk7 X ATTORN EY AT LAW, Notary Public, Real Estate Broker amt Insurance Agent, Rensselaer, Indiana. Lands examined, Abstracts of Title prepared and Taxes ■paid. Collections a specialty. Office in Spltler’s Jfcrick building, opposite Court House. S-iO-ly. HOTART PUBLIC. COLLECTOR. Daniel b. miller, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Ditch aud roadpetitionsand reiKirts carefully prepared; titles examined; abstracts prepared; all collections promptly attended to. Office in Bedford A Jackson’s building, up-stairs. 11-17 A McCC*Y & THOMPBON7 BANKERS. Buy aud tell domestic exchange, make <coll«ctioni on all available points, pay iuter•at on specifud lime deposits, etc. Office Jihurs from y a, m. to 4 p. in. Atstin House, . A. W. CLEVEL AND, I’HOFRLKTOK. is centrally located, large and conveniently arranged, and no pains will be spared to make guests comfortable and happy. The table will always be supplied with Hie best tho market -affords. Charges reasonable. 9-4i-ly. Hopkins house. R.J. HOPKINS, PROPRIETOR. Excellent table, couveuieut location, careful .ntteution to wsots of guesta. and experi,«f»eed management are its recmmcodatloui to papular saver, XT R. BOWMAN, TAILOR. Cutting done to order in latest styles. «Uk«rge* reasanable. Shop north aide of AS ashington street, in Leopold's .Stone Building. N ZiMWKRHAX U . EASJI lON A BLE TAI MIR. Garments made in latest styles. Cutting a specialty, and satisfaction guaranteed. Shop .on Washington street, cue door below bank.

CHARLES P. HOPKINS begs leave to inform tlio public that lie in now prepare! to do house pniuting, paper hanging, enlelniiuing, •etc., at pricesbevajrt rOui)aguinu, Can ho found at his place', on Front street, known as the Freeman property. 9-ifl-Iy. WELLS.— ARTICSIAN AND DRIVEN. JAMES PORTER. The only water wizzaril who iwures Using water anil harks, up his insurance by work. TSe water na pay. insures an atnple supply of ■water in all his wells for one year. 9-21. SAMP. ERWIN, BLACKSMITH. New brick shop, Frout street, above the <old eaw mill. Also, In connection, a WOOD SHOP whom all kinds of wood work iwpair- *»* will be done to order. Pticea below competition. SHINDLER & ROBERTS, BLACKSMITHS. At Warner’s old stand on Front street, ji/orseafaoeiag, machine repairing, carriage ironing, etc., done neatly and cheaply. Leslie grant, BLACKSMITH. £hep on Front street, next door above the .«tage office, et Duvall &. Goff’s old staud. Patronage solicited.

PittsMift Cincinnati & St, Louis R’y, “PAJT-K, ft TvTXlXai KOVTB." Condensed Time Card—Columbus and State Line Division, aceiy i3tu, ±&ve. (IOINO EAST. No. 1. No. 5. l.ve. Stato Line + 2.40 p. m. + (i.a« a. m. Arr. Lrgausport 5.25 “ 9.15 “ l,ve. “ *12.55 a. m. + 9.25 “ Arr. M irlon. .. ~ “ 11.0 T “ “ Hartford 8.17 “ 11.50 “ *• Uidgevillo 4.10 “ 12.40 p.m. « Union City 5.05 “ 1.10 “ ** Bradford Junction 8.00 “ 2.00 “ « l’iquu 9.25 “ 2.51 - “ Urbaua -10.88 * 4.02 “ « Columbus 12.83 p.m. 0.10 “ GOING WEST. No. 8. No. 8. I.ve. Columbus * 8.80 ». m. + 6.40 p. m. Arr. Urhana 8.04 “ 7.40 “ “ l’iuua 9.02 “ 9.02 “ “ Bradford Junction * 9.25 “ + O.ho “ •** Union City 10.25 “ 10.48 “ “ Rldgeville 1158 “ 11.20 “ •* Hartford 11.50 “ 12.85 a.m. •** Marion 12.40 p. m. 1.20 “ ** Logsnsport 2.80 “ 8.00 “ *• State Line 10.40 “ 9.00 “ flichmond and Chicago Division. GOING NORTH. No. 1. No. 10. Awe. Cincinnati + 7.38 *. m. .., “ Richmond fi0.50 «* Arr. Hagerstown 11.38 “ “ Newcastle ;... 12.05p.m. , “ Anderson 1.20 “ >..- « Kokomo 8.00 “ • 2.15 a.m. •• Logansport, 4.00 “ 8.05 “ “ Chicago. 8.80 “ 7.60 “ GOING SOUTH. NO. 1. No. 7. tv*. Chicago .* 8.20 p. m. + 0.00 a. m. Arr. Logansport 12.45a.m. 1.40 p.m. “ Kokomo. 1.50 “ 8.00 “ “ Anderson 4.87 « M Now Castle . 6.85 “ ** Hagerstown 8.05 “ *• Richmond 8.55 “ " - Cincinnati 0.58 « Dally, fDaily except Sunday. Trains do Hot atop where time is omitted. W. L. O’BRIEN, Gen’l Pass. A Ticket Agent, Columbus, Ohio

shPfPfW!® not easily earned 1 n these times, but 'C 1 / 1 / /it can be mode in three months by uuy V I 1 1 ® llß ®* either sex, in any part of the J H * 8 country who is willing to work steadily at the employment that wo furnish. SOB a week in your own town. Yon need not he away from homb over night. You can give your whole time to the work, or only your spare moments. Wo have agents who are making over (20 per day. All who engage at once can snake money fast. At the present time money cannot be made so easily and rapidly at any other kind of business, it costs nothing to try the business. Terms and (6 Outfit free. Address at once, H. Hallett A Co., Portland, Mains. ■' 1-44-y

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

VOLUME 9.

k4 "W-' hKKR BOOTS’’ are beet; the best are TT cheapest; Leopold sells (lu- best and tho cheapeat lloot offered in this market; for he sells the genuine, no humbug, ''Walker Boots.” INSPECT the ‘HWlker Boots;’’ they will I war Inspection and stand service. Tliey may be seen nnd bought at I-eopold’a, In Rensselaer. NONE bettor than tho “Wm.kik Boot,” it the invariable verdict of those who apply the test of use. A. Leopold sells this justly popular boot. Call and examine thorn. A good boot I* choaper In tho end thou a poor one, oven though the cost ut first Is more; the ‘‘Walker Boot” Is not only a good boot, but It is also a cheap boot. A. Leopold sells the genuine, first-class Walker Boot. 11-Ig-Ura DO>TT be deceived; tho “Walker Boot” I* not exoelled in quality of stock, perfection of finish, durability, or cheapness, bv any make offered in tills market. Leopold Bells the reuuino first-class “Walker Boot.” 11-iB-Sm YOU want a pair of good boots, eh? The best nre the “Walker Boots.” Leopold sells them fn Rensselaer. toopold keeps the Brown Stone Store. The “Walker” is a cheap hoot. For the Falf Trade of 1877. A. LEOPOLD Leads Competitors An Usual, with the LARGEST, BEST AND CHEAPEST STOCK OP Pill GW. Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, CLOTHiira-, Men’s and Women’sFnrnisiiiiigGoocls, TAILORS’ PIECE GOODS, CARPETS, PVCTOrS, Blankets, Coverlids, &c., &c. Everything considered this is probably the most attractive stock ever offered to tho inspection of tlie people who trade in Rensselaer. It is large, it is choice, it was carefully selected, there are no culls nr refuse articles, hut all is first-class, and each the nest of its kind, and will boar the tests of closest scrutiny, the strongest light, and actual use. f.allies are probably the most careful examiners of dry goods of a merchant's patrons, and the quickest to detect a flaw; we extend special invitation to the ladies to call aud luspect our ! DRESS GOODS, ! Y $ B-WisMidWHWWWHHktHWHH^ which arc notoxcclled by the stock of any other house in the county, either in variety, quality, beauty of patterns or eJienpness. As a specimen of our prlooa iu tills department, we announce Prints for T cents a Yard! Probably wo keep the most extensive stock of lioots ami shoes in the county. They run through many grades from line to coarse, and include those worn by men, women. Imys. misses, children amt «afa«ts. A« a specialty it gives us pleasure to call attention to the WALKER BOOT, Than which there Is not a better offered to American public. It has a national) reputation, aud justly, ton, been use it is an honest law*. None but the Very bust stock is used in its make, great care is taken with its manufacture, and it lias uo superiors. Those who buy the “Walker Boot” always get tlie full worth of their money. They get the best, aud the bust is always the most economical, always the most durable, always the cheapest.

J CLOTHING. Wo have the largest stock of goods in tills department to he found in the county, our long experience in handling tills Use of goods enables its to select with prudence, gives us groat advantages in the markets, and guarantees us in making all our warrants Nouecau compete with our men’s and boys’ ready-made clothing. Tile stock wo carry is' very large for country merchants, in it may las found smoothing to suit tlic tasto of almost every person, old or young, rich or poor, t all and' inspect it and leant prices of articles before having elsewhere. TAILORS’ SUPPLIES, Including a superior selection of Cloths, Cassiuieres, Bearers, and the finest quality yf Trimmings to match. Mr. N. R. ROWMAIt, a Cutter and Tailor of many year*’ experience, will be S resent to take orders for cutting or making, if esired, and gunrnuty perfect rttting suits. HATS AND CAPS. Tho stock of those goota is also large, and is unusually cheap. These articles were probably bought for much less money than those of stny other house in tho county, being a portion of the stock of a linn that lias' recently gone into bankruptcy and wus sold for what it would bring, for the benefit of their creditors. We are thus able to sell them for about 25 per cent.under regular prices. Furnishing' Goods For Ladies and Gentlemen. Hosiery in great assortment. Kiqe Pocket Handkerchiefs. Neck Ties. Underclothing. Tho celebrated “William Peon” and “Quaker City” riNTH SHIRTa, The best custom made goods known to the trade. Attention is also called la an especial manner to our large stock Of Blankets of most excellent quality; to our Linen and Listing CARPETS AND COVERED STOOLS.

During the prevalence of hard times every gerson, especially all who have to provide for a ousehold, is interested In getting his supplies lor the lowest possible prices. There is not a great margin made on i Choice Family Groceries I yet people must lire, and for the accommodation of our customers we keep as good an there is in tho market, which we sell as clieup for the ready cash as a reasonable profit will permit. Thankful for favors received In the past, and hoping to merit them in tho future by strict attention to the Interest of patrons. We are, most respectfully! A. LEOPOLD, 9-48-8 m Proprietor of THE STOISK STORE. BUY THE WALKER BOOT. Uletbobeet. Leopold keeps It. 9-48-Bin. THIfWALKER BOOT is”be»t. A. Leopold sells it at Rensselaer. 9-48-Bm. ALKER BOOT.-A. Leopold sells It. It r is the host. v 9-48-3IU GET the best. The "Walker Boot’’ is flic best. A. Leopold soils the “Walker Boot.” BOOTS.— The best are the “Walker Hoots.” A. Leopold sello them. 9-48-Sin IF yon ueod foot-wear, go to Leopold’# Stone Store and get the “Walker Boot.” There are nono better made. 9-48-Bin HONEST workmanship and the best material have promoted the “AValkkh Boot’; to the head of the column of goods in their line. They are In the auperlatlve degree of conjugation-^-the best. Leopold sells the “W*SLEljt BOOTH.”

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, AUGUST 30,1877.

KICK THEM OUT.

He [Representative Calkins] is now chtlmea -by two-thirds of the Democratic press of tbs district. They are welcome to him.—South Bend Register. That Ib right. Thnt’e the doctrine. That’s the wajr to build up your Awn party, and weaken the opposition. Set yourself up to dictate how othere shall think, act nnd speak, and ir they show any disposition to be independent of your dogmatic standard kick them over to the Democracy. This is a very good time, too, to drive people out of the Repubiioau party. It is so powful in numbers and so popular with the people that it elects Presidents by one-quarter of a million minority assisted by an extra-constitutional Bx 7 court of chancery; in Indiana it lias barely strength enough to come within G,OOO votes of electing a governor ; iu this congressional district, by pursuing the policy of tho South Bend Register , it can, in October 1878, elect the great Unblackmailed Martyr of Michigan City to Congress by 500 to 1,000 majority; in St. Joseph county if it comes within 50 votes of electing a single man on its county ticket it will do remarkably well and be entitled to the heartiest congratulations. After a careful survey of the field from an independent position we must be allowed to express the most profound admiration for the intrepidity of the Republican press which is everlastingly finding fault with tlie president and other prominent members of the Republican party. Wbeu these party popes have got through issuing bulls of excommunication and pronouncing anathemas against ail those who have incurred their personal displeasure, if all of them are displeased with the men who have independence and spirit to pull out of the narrow ruts that have been worn by less independent men, their party will not have left in it virtue enough to save it from the catastrophe which befell the ancient Cities of the Plain. If the present rate of foolishness is indulged by tlie Republican party press until next spring, all the labor necessary for Democratic editors to contribute to the success of their can' didutes next year will be to resolve their own publications into eclectic journals and reproduce the testimony which the editors of Republican organs are so swift to volunteer against their party associates. For the last six or eight years the very orguns that are now most vigorously denouncing President Hayes and Representative Calkins for their advocacy of party reform measures have be*u among the shrillest shriekers to promise these reforms, if the people \yould not seek them through any channel other than the Republican party. “Don’t go over to the Democratic “party, don’t organize a new party,” they plead with drippiug eyes, “but “give us the opportunity and we will “perform all you demand and purify “the party ln conclusion perhaps it may not be impertinent to remind those who seem not to realize it, that Major Calkins has not yet made any public record, he has done nothing iu an official capacity; what has been said or done by him was said and done in tlie capacity of a private citizen of tne United States; when he shall have made an official record there will still be left time enough to test the effects of his public ucts upon the welfare of the public, and measure his wisdom by the result. It is not always tlie just decision that is made before both sides of a cause are heard. Major Calkins’ personal and political adversaries are preferring their accusations now with a great flourish of tongues; but it is possible they may not be abie to make out much of a case in the end. Still, perhaps it may he a good thing to banish him to the Democratic party, just for luck, as the boys say, if for no other reason because he was elected by the largest majority ever given a representative in the district since its present organization, He was elected by a majority of 1,148, is it any wonder the Democracy respect him and would gladly open their doors to his entrance?

Tho radical papers are now advocating an increase of the United States army for the purpose of bayoneting the working men and compelling them to submit and lo work for such wages as cntployors may dictate.—Knox Ledger. Buch falsehoods bring contempt ou tho press. They are weak and silly. It is not probable that tho Ledger can sustain its statement with a single quotation of that tenor from a single newspaper in America. It must presume a great deal ou the ignorance and credulity of its Democratic patrons, when it publishes such stuff with the expectation that it will be believed unsupported by positive testimony. All such statements are tho ougrowth of ignorance and bigotry, and are very reprobenslble. It grieves us to find them marring the columns of a respectable and progressive journal, which the Ledger aims to be. Of the Indiana delegation In Congress Morton C. Hunter, Thomas M. Browne, John H. Baker, Milton EL Robinson, Michael D. White, John Hanna and William H. Calkins, all Republicans, are in fhvor of remonetizing the old Bilver dollar. We presume others are In favor of this, too ; but of these the statement if mode authoritatively.

Sensible Talk.

When the Southern policy of President Ilaycs was fully developed the Herald doi fined its posltiofi st that lime. Haling that it regarded tlie policy as as an experiment and «i'’mid cooperate to give it a fair (rial, that it behaved that lobe the disposition of the great mass of the Kcpublioan parly, , that wbije much dissatisfaction was excpressed And tho policy eVen denounced by some prominent Republicans, yet it did not believe that any serious breach would be caused in the Republican ranks That while it had little initli in the volunteered protestations nnd pledges of Deibvcnitlc leaders in the Smith, or es any general ftp, preoixtion by that people, of such tenijbr lo i fhem of the olive branch, yet if believed I that, tlie same tactics of intimidation which I hnd.proved so ctfectnid in Mississippi, AlaI bam* npd Georgia, which had newly giten South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida, to (he Demociacy, would effect that result by anolher election, nnd that it was probnblj’ wish to make a virtue of necessity itt advance, place .tho Southern people on their good behavior and throw all responsibility fbr consequences or violated pledges on the Democratic ‘party. If it acteil in good faith, the end aimed at by Mr. Haves, would be secured; if it did not, the effect would bo lo cement the Republican party in (lie North. lirtio confirmed these views. It lias been asked, what has been gained by the eleetion of Hayes over Tilden. who would have carried' out substantially the same policy. The answer is plain. In the one c-ise, it would have been done with ail the arrogance and vindictive harshness attending what they would have regarded n conquered privilege, etc., and wrested right. The irritations and asperities of another contest would only have heightened this feeling. Now they have received it as n boon after piteously begging for it. The victor in the flush of success has yielded to their solieila'.ions, in the cause of general amity nnd pertco. Tlie President has shown a reliance on their honor and good faith, which Republicans have not generally entertained. If they have any senße of honor «l all, or even tho ordinary feelings of human nature, this can hardiy fail lo influence their conduct, and when their prejudice is given time to subside, to produce a (baling that nothing else codld have done. Grant you that there will be a solid Democratic South, this was inevitable in any event. It will secure to tho negro at least tho exorcise of local suffrage, local candidates and (factions will count his vote which in time will yield him a consideration,) and protection that could not perhaps otherwise be secured to them. The Hernld has become more and more satisfied that discontent with the policy will expend itself in a passive way. No Maie convention has pronounced against it; some, it is true, have refrained frome any expression at ail. Even Maine, the home of 111. due, has refused to to entertaiu a condemnatory resolution. Ohio has pronounced in its favor. Stich men as old lieu Wade, who violently opposed the policy, and has been quoted by all the Democratic papers as an evidence that tho party was being disrupted, can see ho reason for any party breach, —and believes Mr. Hayes is honest and sincere, (as will be seen from.nn interview with him, on onv outside Hhday.) Evidences of its salutary effects como to us oven from the South. Tlie Horald predicts that in a year from this time it will be ncquiesced by the party generally as eminently wrisc. The Herald approves tho civil service policy in the main, believes in the restriction of office holders, (from the active participation In politics.) such us manipulating caucuses and conventions, but doubts whether the order tooofficinls is not to swcepingly radical. Tlie first effect of the policies both oivil service aud Southern, will probably be to create apathy in the Republican ranks, and may result in temporary defeats, but in the end it must commend itself to tho better instincts of the peoplo.—LaPorto Herald.

Oh! Were I the President!

The Tribune has found a grear deal to admire in President Hayes and it lias not hesitated to express itself accordingly. It would be too much to expect perfection of him, of course, or of any one human, but we believe that a true friend will not only praise judiciously’, when occasion offers, he will al-o criticise candidly, when he sees faults that should be corrected. Tbo faults of the president, we are happy to believe, are nut of a serious or glaring character. They consist mainly in a too great fondness for tbe adulation of the multitude, and a willingness to accept costly favors from railroad corporations for which in itis official capacity, ho cun make no proper return, and ought therefor to refuse. With respect to this last we hold decided views. No man in a public office, be he judge, legislator, or president, should accept railroad passes under any conditions laying him in any manner under special obligations to railroad corporations. Tho result of the acceptance may be wholly innocent, but such is not the tendency. Railroads yio not give passes for nothing, that everybody knows, and when not bestowed on employees os perquisite, to newspapers in return for advertising, or to the officials ofother roads as an exchange of courtesies, when, instead, they are given to the judiciary and the legislative ana executive members of the government, their bequests is still for cause, none tbe less certain because indirect. A railroad pass in the bands of one of these is a gentle reminder that if any case conies up for trial in court, or any legislation arises affecting the interests of the corporation, the holder is expected to regard such interests with a friendly eye. We do not suppose that anything further than this is meant, or that anything further results. But a bias, however slight, for or against any question of moment, is something that both judge aud legislator should avoid, and for this reason they should refuse a railroad pass os resolutely at they would the greenbacks of which the pose is a representative. Now ■for the president to journey hither and thither in especial palace carat the expense of Tom Scott, or any other railroad president, seems to us to be setting a demoralizing example to the country. From an administration that pays such strict rogard to political virtue in other respects, better things were to have been expected. The junketing about tho country are leer harmful, but they are undignified and vain-' glorious. When Andrew Johnson “swung around tbeoircle" to work up publioenthnsiasm for himself, he was justly subjected to ridicule. We do not see that the peregrinations of President Hayes and party an entitled to be regarded with especially greater leniency, although friend and foe thus far deal with the matter in a spirit cf gingerllvj toleration. If President Hayes has any useful purpose to subserve by visiting the various points of the eountry, it could be attained, no doubt, much more effectively if his traveling was done quietly and without ostentation. Dorn Pedro showed the magnate* of the world how beet

to travel find find out whiit was worth knowing, and it would be belter if all would heed the lesson. He abhorred receptions end nomby-powby speech-making, paid his own bills in spite of nil efforts to dead-head him, and carefully avoided nil heralding of his alert, and straight-to-ihe-tnark movements. Imperious ruler over a powerful kingdom though ho was, he sot nn example of republican simplicity, directness and independence such as would vainly be looked for where it might most naturally bo expected nail ought most surely to be found, .in tlie United Slates of Ameriaa.—South Bend Tribune. - -■■ ■ ■ ♦ ■■■ -

Our Congressman.

“Deliver ua from our friends,” will soon bo the sentiment of our congressman. We •had just been praising Calkins for oponly tnkii g Ilia bull by the horns, congratulating the people on the Major's conversion to the true platform. Anil here comes tho “old reliable,” tho lending republican organ of tho district, and lets out on him us follows: “Major Calkins’ views on the president’s policy as aired in the Lapoile Herald aregotting just about the attention they deserve. It don't make a man a proficient in political economy, or a savan on nnv subject to eleqt him to congrei-s. At pnlitioal trices Calkins is a shrewd one, but hud the president’s policy applied to such as be before election, 1 lie would have stood ns good a chance of going to glory in a most-wagon as an election to congress. Wo hear this opinion openly discussed and expressed daily by the best republicans iu this section.”—South Bend Register. While we cordially approve of Calkins’ sentiments as per Calkins’ Accent conversion, we must concede the truth of the statement of the Register. Bad our representative avowed the principles of amity towards flic south and civil servieo reform he now holds he would have stood squarely on the democratic platform and would have stood no more clmnce for tho republican nomination than of ■“going to glory in a nteutwagon,” as our neighbor sweetly puts'rif. > It grits us to stand idly by, however, and' hear our congressman called a "'‘political trickster” by his friends jußt because he takes tlie only ground left for him to take. If this rifttig continues we shall have to defend him, which is not exactly in our line. Here is the position of onr congressman: He knew last fall that, the real jackass power of his party wns fighting the battles over again and renewing hostilities with the south—in other words “putting down the rebellion.’’ lie stood upon this platform because a foolparty'requiretl it ofliltn and not because he hadn’t sense enough to'know as well as tlie editor of the Register and other leaders that, it was a false and meaningless issue. The policy of what will always be known as the fraudulent administration has been, In the main, the policy urged by the democratic party and exactly the opposite of what the president as well as Cidliins got Into office on. Now our congressman had one of three things before him, first to aecept the present condition of affairs and stand boldly and honestly forth with the president, stripped of the dentagogism of the campaign—second to antagonize himself with'the policy of the administration for the sake of remaining en ropjtort with Ae shirt’’ '‘■bSst' republicans” of the Blaine-Morton school — to have .rigidly kept his mouth shut or confined t? inoffensive remarks on the state of the weather. 'Now putting the last by as unlike an honest man, let us suppose he had chosen the second course. What wottld the people of this district have a right to think? Of what benefit would Major Calkins be to his party in congress? What benefit would national or local party organizations gain by declaring war on the presidential southern policy? We would like some of these “best republicans” to define themselves. It would be interesting at this juncturetoknow whether ally considerable tody of republicans are in favor of replnoing troops in the south, restoring ChamDcrlain nnd Packard and the statu quo of Grantism, and whether they still mourn the decay of tlie “bloody sbirt? ’-South Bond Herald (Democtatic).

Senater Morton.

The parrtljftio stroke which causes so much apprehension and alarm to the friends of this distinguished statesman excites sympathetic anxiety throughout the country. Mr. Morton has been for many years a leading figure among our publio men, and has Hardly an equal for boldness, energy, nnd that species of segacity which is the mark of a great politician. He may not quite deserve to be ranked as a great statesman, but be makes a to that character than any man in the Republican party, with possibly two exceptions. Should his present illness prove tatal it would create a chasm in our public life which could not easily be tilled. Senator Morton has gone to extremes in the passionate controversies which arose out of the war, but he has exhibited qualities which would fit him .for great usefulness in the new era which opened with tho accession of Mr. Hayes to the presidency. Of the eminent leaders ofthe Republican party he' was the first who had the penetration to see that the Southern question is dosed and the frankness to act on that assumption. While Mr. Blaine has put himself in antagonism to the President, and Mr. Conkling’s position is even at this late day undefined, Mr. Morton had the prompt segacity to see and the courageous candor to publicly acknowledge that President Haves acted in accordance with events which left him no choice, and that his policy is as patriotic as it was inevitable. Senator Morton is a man who knows a fact when he sees it, and is too sinoere and earnest to continue a battle after a dear perception that it has ended. Should be bo taken away now President Hayes will lose the most imporlaut companion of his administration in the Senate. This would be a great public misfortune at a time when the wise policy of the President stands in so much need of able and strenuousdefenders, With Gonkliog cold, Blaine hostile and other Republican leaders halting atid doubtful, the loss of so dearbeaded and courageous a supporter as Senator Morton would be a public calamity. Mr. Morton’s disappearance from publio life would be regrotable on otlior grounds. In the vast mats of legislation which is outside of party politics a man of his ripe judgment nnd great experience Is invaluable, and qualifications lik e his are not soon acquired, even by legislators of strong faculties. Moreover, be has been devoting a great deal of his time and thought to a reform in. the method of electing our Presidents, and there is little prospect that this important reform will be carried without bis propelling energy and unequaled mastery of the subject, should his life be spared and his health be ■ efficient. Tho number of our publio men is small indeed whose usefulness in the present state of our politics is likely to bo so great and solid as that of Senator Morton. We trust that be may recovar from this alarming illness and live

NUMBER 60.

many ytearato give the benefit of hin ripe experience ff> tin; conduct at public affairs. - .Now York Herald. • ‘ •

A Question of No Practical Importance

Mr. W. C. Howloy of this city is dosirous of having our opinion on the question whether a high or a low tariff is better for tlie country. Wo answer that it is a question of no practical importance. The until nul debt is so largo and the expenses es carrying on the government are so heavy, even if the greatest economy should be practiced, that a high tariff’of duties on Imports is indispensable. Thu very lowost rule of duties lliul it is possitdo to get along witli is an average of forty per cent, upon ail articles imported; nnd we think everybody, portoe l ion is t tor free trader, will agree that an average of forty per cent, forms what may strictly be termed a high tariff. We ad.t, too, that under the circumstances this is good for tlie country, since it is always good to pay your debts. Our correspondent will thus sco that so far as the sum of money to be raised by duties upon imports is concerned, it would make no difference whether the Secretary of tho Treasury and the majority in Congress were free traders or protectionists. In either case they must raise through the custom liouses acertain amount of revenue; and thus even the <Yee trailers must insist upon maintaining a high tariff. There is, however, an important difference in the views and policy advocated by the two classes of people. Tho .protectionists .Contend that, while there must bean average pf forty per cent, levied upon tlie whole aggregate of our imports, there should be a discrimination respecting different articles. Thus they think that teit and coffee should be let in free, because they arts consumed by all classes of the people, and to tax them would he to tax the poor ub much S 3 tho rich, or even mure. Besides, they say, tea and coffee cannot be grown in tliis country, And there is no competition between those who produce them nnd any class of American producers. Tbo free traders, on the other hand, contend that tea and coffee, being articles of universal necessity and consumption, may he relied upon as sure sources of income, and .it is fully to lot them in free and tax in their place other articles le?s extensively and less regularly consumed, and less manageable as sources of revnue. Here is the whole controversy between the two parties as it now exists in this country. Free traders insist upon levying duties for revenue only, nnd without regard to any other consideration. Protectionism insist on lovying them with discrimination in favor of American manufactures; and as they have had "(ho majority in Congress, while the Executive has been of their way of thinking, they have had thetr own way up to the present time. There is no doubt that the system of disci Inanition has iu many respects been injuriously and even corruptly appHed for the benefit of interests that ought not to he favored. Such übnrcs should be rigorously reformed; but, on the other hand, free trade being out of the question, we take uo vory ardent interest in the general subject.—New York Sun.

The Middle Wheat Belt.

The wonderful yield not onTy of wheat but of the other grain crops of the farm in 'Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky furnished the Cincinnati Commercial with a text from which it arrives at the following tabulated coniclusion: iJnshels. ■ Obio, average yield 17,300,000 Indiana, average yield —. .115,000,000 Kentucky, average yield 5.000,000 Good-jndges.estluiatc this season’s as liclovr: ■ ’ Bushels. Ohio. ~.. ~....> *3,000,000 Indiana 22.000,000 Kentucky i 18,000,000 Total for these three states 00,000,000 The above estimate is a moderate one. There arc those, with good data from which to reckon, who make tho totil yield for the three states 10,000,000 bushels more. Takingtlle fir at estimate ns the true one, arid there are 20,000,009 bushels of wheat in the states named over and abovo what is needed fbr home consumption. Of coqrso farmers will also realize from what is consumed in the towns and by the nun-wheat, growing class, a by no means small amount. The acreage sown and the yield in oilier states is quite as large as in the three named. Throughout the entire north and west au immense wheat crop good of quality has been harvested. Of this immense crop Chicago will receive and hold the large-t share, and thus with the influx of grain from the northwest proper, cannot fail to have a depressing effect upon the market if it is rushed in at once. In the proper holding back of his produce, lies the secret of good prices. The G'onimeicial in regard to the corn crop says, that though it will be a on nth yet before the crop will be barrat'fofj, It Js far enough along and sufficiently promising to mske a good yield almost certain. Karly in the summer the crop was backward, and some alarm felt, but the latter rain and favorable weather have brought' the staple crop ofthe central states up to a condition of, if anything, more than usual promise. From three to five million bushels of oorn, grown between the Alleghanies and the Mississippi, are sold annually in foreign countries. This forms, however, bat a small fraction of the entire yield, the crop going largely into beef and pork, and to supply Southern states. The yield in Ohio averages about one hundred million bushels a year, and in Indiana not far from the same amount. The crop is a staple and n pretty sure one, nnd this year likely to be au unusually good ouo. It is an important item among the farmer’s resources, and may be counted with the wheat crop as among the things bidding fair to give a much needed impulse to the business of the country.—Prairie Farmer. *v

All About Fairs.

The season for folrs has again opened suspiciously. The first fair of the season was held the past week at Middletown, Henry county, ami this week 1* enlivened by three others in different parts of the state. Each succeeding week the number will Increase until the opening of the State Fair on September 24th. A glance at the list of tbo fairs to be held in (his sud adjoining states will demonstrate the foct that the interest in fairs is unabated. In some instances within the state where county fairs have been abandoned for two or throe years past, tho associations have recently reorganized and announced fairs the owning September. The agricultural fair of the present day is mainly an American institution, and although the management of some of them have been subject to severe criticisms tljere is no doubt mat they have been the means Of encouraging and promoting the industrial interests more than perhaps any other agency. The feet is recognized by enterprising farmers nnd inventors, nnd such not only advance their

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own interest!) .at these exhibitions Wi thereby become public benefactors. Tfcn fairs are almost indispensable t> enable furmors to keep up with the progress and improvements' of the dSy.‘ (it ihe great number of improved devices ia machinery and freSh Importation of breeds of lire slock. It beeomes a necessity that the opportunity for comparison be offered to the public.—lndians Parmer. djib

Spirit of the Remington Times, August 24th.

——*’ Iff ' The Murphy movement i* marobing 0n... The two warehouses are paying out »>2,'*OU daily for oats and flan ae*d...RemJsg>ou begins to look like herself again, wilii struets crowded with grain wagons every day ...Charles Ilathawnyis in the inounfaine of Utab and reports his health returning... Dennis Baker (lied at hi i residence one mllo north of Remington on the 11th instant, of dropsy. 1 .. Flax is worth St a bushel. The yic d will average from 12 to 15 bushels of good quality per ecre...ljaelbi Cora, daughter of O. T. Corn, (lied August loth, aged lti years... Miss Myra Price recently delivered a temperance lecture to a Remington audience that was highly praised...O. W. Church has completed a substantial addition to his warehouse in the shape of a new engine houie...The Hoss boys are under hand to appear at the next term of the. Jusper circuit court William in S2OO and Adolphus SSOO. Adolphus had over 100 bird shot extracted, some of which passed clear lkrough*hib fingers...A thief cut h hole in one of the front windows of C. M. Johnson’s grocery last night and stole 10 pounds of candy... Dr. Patton sold his fine horse to J. J.,Bright of West Virginia. Of the other fine stock which was formerly the pride of Remington sportsman, Capt. Dawson is owned by J. K. Phaw and keptat LnFayetta, Gloster is starring under the direction of Jim Nehro, and Hotspur dwells iu obscurity in Illinois, ..•a-ivlati. ■ i r : aitT

Make the Poor Parm Meat.

The Indianapolis Journal gives some wholesome counsel in behalf of the workingmen, or those who would be such if they could get employment, urging that when congress meets it should resume work niit the public buildings and improvement* which have been in progress and suspended, so oe to employ as many idle mem as possible. But while this doubtless should be done, wo four that paper looks to oongress tor more sensible relief from present and approaching suffering than it will or can afford. IVe think attention should be given to inquiry os to what each county board can dy in hiring work done upon the county farm, in order to employ the idle poor ia draining, clearing and the like ini-; provements. They Can have a comfortable living at. the county home quite cheap, ans by good management be rendered self-sus-taining. Let us look upon the county home no longer as a place of degradation and disgrOTfe, bat one where we have all, by taxes paid, insured onrastvts employment and subsistence when we fail to find them elsowherb, to be takenss of right our own, as honorably as the payment of a life or fire insurance policy in* case of loss. That place should be so deceqj, aud respectable that none need feel ashamed to be an in mate.—Yaltanraiso Yidetto. «——

Sensible Temperance Talk.

Hon. R. C. Wadge delivered a temperance lecture at the Mothodist Cfeareh, in this place, last Sabbath evening, according to notice previously given. The Church w..e filled at an early hour, every seat being occupied, nnd quite a number foiling to find seats returned to their homes. The addrem of Senator IVadge was delivered in a clear voice nnd was well received by the audience. Mr. Wadge gave a clear and concise statement of bis own experience with the demon strong drink, then fuUy assured his bearers that he had broken the spell which had bound him and was now a free man; standing before an attentive audience composed largely of Ids personal ‘ friends, a monument of the cause of tjmpcran e. fib had no war to make on those engaged in selling intoxicating liquors, as the law* of the nation, state, county and town licensed these men to engage in the business which they fullowwl for a living. The phiee, mid Senafor W. to reform these abuses, is in the family, the school and the church. So*eon men do not drag men and boys into their gilded palaces and influence them to partake of the flowing bowl. Did we not visit saloons and patronize them this whole business would soon be brought to a closd. —Crown Point Star.

Gone to Parts Unknown.

Medaryvilla and vicinity, we lefirn, in all “tore up” over the sudden disappearance of Jdmcs Davisson, who has been operating in stock in that section. He left on Thursday of last week, and having sold his stock in Chicago, wont “west’ instead of returning to pay his bills. He Irg'd bought tho stock of a number of formers, promising to pay for them whon he made a sale. We learn that a number who sold to him are put in very closo quarters, financially, by his rascality, as they depended on the proceeds of the sales to pay their indebtedness. Bosidos "roptßg’ 1 the formers, several gentlemen In Medary villa, and two in Winamac. who. indorsed notes for him at the bank in L* Fayette and in Winamac, are left to “hold tke hag” and pay several hundred dollars without value received. His indebtedness, we an told, will foot up somo $3,000 or $4,000. He wrote back to a relative that he was going where there was was no newspapers and no telegraphs, and that it would be useless to search for him. It is a pity ha eould not

Spirit of the Rensselaer Sentinel, August 24th.

Dr. D. H. Patton of Remington, has sold hia trotting horn Highland Chief to Kentucky parties, for SI,OOO. Michael Sger will buihl a new shop on the aita as bis old one on Van Rensselaer street MoOoy.A Thompson sold 105 head of cattle last Monday to parties from Hendricks 00unty...... Adolphus Hoss who was badly used up In a shooting match with Conductor Knight, is on his pegs again, and has given ball for his appearanoe In the Jasper circuit court Several Rensselaer hoy* will attend the soldiers’ reunion at Valparaiso, September 18th. F. (Reason writes that Mr. Culp’n barn in Barktsy township was struck by lightning. Granville Moody and brother killed 20 rattle snakes on their fiurm I* Barkley township, reoently. t

Ought to Make Retter Speeches.

The President and the members of the Cabinet accompanying him, cost the JOT* eminent $2,247 a day. Considering' price paid , they certainly ought to make better speeches or fly away to their Wm|. offices on tho banks of the Potomaa an* go to work.—latot -Ocean •> - ;: , .