Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1879 — Page 1

MAjkACB a. jambs r.oraicro. or tH« BEHBBEIk«R UNION, Baaratßi.A «*. J a aria Cocwrr, I mb. M* opy om yMr,»l; all Mrtu, «•<*>*: torn. Math., (ttirtwn wok.), *»•—*»; »**W« «araa»«iMMK Singi«4opy,SMsU;c*«oopMW• •saS»;sM»» than two oepUa, t oontoeach. ABVtBTtMBG MiaonvoTUU pa*. tor tormo and price at ighraMslai Ln thia Mwspapor. JOB PBTirrißG'Zr tarn imortaohi of

jrcm JAJNTTAJRY 1879. The Government having succesefully resumed specie payments and brought the Greenback Currency to par with Gold and Silver in all of the Exchange Markets of the Commercial World, having thuk bridged the chasm' of Value that so long discriminated between the rich man’s dollar and the poor man’s to the great hardship of the poor man, and now being engaged in decreasing the rate of interest she pays to Bond Holders frotn 0 per cent, down to 4 per cent, or one-third, to the satisfactory amount of <30,000,000 per week, business prospects have • decidedly more cheerful and hopeful appearance; which induoes the proprietors of the well-known and popular NEW YORK STORE to announce their return to old-time Cash Prices, as will be shown by the following partial Schedule of some leading articles, to which they respectfully invite attention. Goods not mentioned bear corresponding prices. 3»-Ce*t Dress Goods Reduced t 0...;.,. cetttn per Yard. 15-cent Dress Goods Reduced to Tj do ISj-ccpt Dress Goods Reduced to .a do Blssek. Cashmeres, BHM«, ACmJA Proportion. ’Wt-cent JMtai fW7.....„. ......4W cento per Yard. 00-cent Jeans for 80 cents do 80-cent Jeans for 30 centi do At no House In Jasper County, will goods be sold cheaper for Cash (and at these prices nothing but cash will do), than at the YORK STORE. CORN AND OATS WANTED ON OLD ACCOUNTS. FOR WHICH THE .HIGHEST MARKET PRICES PAID BY F. J. Sears & Co., Pr’s New York Store. TO THE PUBLIC. we expect to make a change 4n our lousiness -A-ttaLrs on the First of February, 1879, we have concluded to sell our entire stock of Ready Made Clothing, Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Hats & Caps AT AND BELOW COST, in order to enable us to realize the money. We are largely Overstocked, and must Reduce. Don’ fail to call on us before you buy! THE NARROW GAUGE One Price Clothing Store. SILVER WANTED? EMMET RANNAL, DRUGGIST. & PHARMACEUTIST, RENSSELAER, INDIANA. A ~ P ure Drugs, Medicines, Oils, Pai“ t3 ’ Varnishes. Brushes Lamps,Lamp Chimneys,CarI tSwln. bon Oil Guaranteed 150 Fire Test, Blank Books, Stationery Albums, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Perfumeries, Soaps, &c. FINE CONFECTIONERY. Strictly Pure "Wines and Liquors FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES. CHOICE CIGARS, SMOKIMG AND CHEWING TOBACCOS. Fully prepared to tornish the public with everything usually found in his line, at prices as low as any house in Jasper county* Thanking patrons for their favors he would still ask a share of patronage, feeling of his aUlity to give satisfaction In all cases. . Physician*’ Prescriptions and Family Recipes Careftdly Compounded. W. .1. i.MES, DEALER IN School Books, Blank Books, Stationery, Drugs, MEDICINES, Paints', Oils, Varnishes, CHEMICALS, TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUMERY, HBW HRMCim, READY-MIXED HUB, Brushes, Lamps, Wall Paper, Window Shades, FINE WINES AND PURE LIQUORS, Strictly for Medical Purposes, CONFECTIONERY, JeCs. - This stock of goods in all departments, if fresh, pure and first-class. There Envelopes. Lead Pencils, Erasets for pencil and Ink, and all articles pertaining to the Stationery Line.

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RENSSELAER, JASPER COUTOY..INDIANA, JANUARY 9,1879.

W. H. A C. RHOADES DBAUM DI THS 8188 HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, WHIPS, Trunks, Valises, &c. An extensive stock of Saddlery Hardware, Leather Findings, Collars of all sixes, Brushes and Combs always on hand. Special care given to CARRIAGE TRIMMING and leather repairing. New Shopend Sales Room south side of Washington street Prices reduced. ■ . yn... -,, ■ ....... -■-*» • STOVES. Office, Parlor and Kitchen ' STOVES, Wood and Coal Burners, KITCHEN RANGES, For Wood or Coal Burning, Kitchen Hardware, TINWARE, Ac., At CHILDERS’S. Tin Work a Specialty. FITZ W. BEDFORD AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. Threshers. Reapers, Mowers, Rakes. Eagle Cultivators and Harrows. The celebrated Furst A Bradley, Jones aud Olliver Chilled Plows. NEWTON WAGONS AND BUGGIES. Riding and Walking Cultivators. Brown Corn Planters. All kinds of Field, Garden, Barn and Stable Implements.. Farm Hardware. VICTOR. SCAXiES For Hay, Cuttie and Railroad Tracks. Also, Building Pa]*er, Lime, Plastering Hair, Cement, Pumps, Ac. Field and Carden Seeds In bulk or by the small package. Farm and Garden Products sold at retail. On? door above “Shanghai.”

1 FENDIG X>XXA.XiXXXV x»r Dry Goods, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, &C. IN THE Nowels Build’g ONE DOOR BELOW POST OFFICE. Excellent Stock, Low Prices, Honest Dealing. A finer, better or cheaper stock of General Merchandise is not found In any house in Jasper county. OVERCOATS ’ For Men and Boy* Greatly Reduced in Prices. DRESS GOODS For Ladies, Misses and Children Latest Patterns Very Cheap. Boots and Shoes For Meu, Women, Youth*, Misses and Children, of the Standard Manufacturers. Everybody Invited -gpo-rx-yiiTtTiefWty Inspect Goods and Prices

Dr. G. A MOSS, Physician and Surgeon, In SiJtler’s Brick BuUd|ng, Opposite Court Hottie, Rensselaer. Dr. J. H. LOTOHRIDGE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Below Awtin Hotel Ten per cent, interest will be added to all accounts running unsettled longer than 8 month*. Dr. MOBES B ALTER, ry* - r»TT"V"M ± ci .ajsr AND SUHQDON At W. J. hu*«’« Drag Store. Dr. B.T. MARTIE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Washington Street, Rensselaer, first Door above the Stone Building.

MORDECAI F. CHILCOTE, Attorney at Law, Rensselaer, Indiana, Attends to al! Business of the Profession with promptness itnd despatch. Office on Washington Street, opposite the Court <House. — _ _ Simon P. Thompaon, Oarii J. Thonpoon, J Horney at 1-ou. - Kotor y BaUle. THOMPSON 4 BRO., Attorneyai at Law, Rensselaer, Indiana, Practice in all the Courts. We pay particular attention to iwiying taxes, selling and leasing lauds. MAUXOPT JX BrXTLEB. Collector and Abstracter. &8. DWIGGINS. ’ ZIMRI DWIGGINS. R. 8. & Z. D’SIGGINS, -Attorneys at Law and loan Brokers. One Hundred Thousand Dollars to Loan on first mortgage, ou five years time, at nine per cent, interest, in sums of S3OO or over.

FRANK W. BABCOCK, Attorney at Law And Real Estate Broker. Practices Id all Courts of Jasper, Newton and Benton counties. Landsexaniined. Abstracts of Title prepared. Taxes paid. Collections a specialty. Darnel B. Miliar. James W. Douthit MILLER & DOUialT, ATTORJIKYB AT UAW, Notaries Public and Collectors. Ditch and road petitionsand reports carefully prepared, titles examined, abstracts made, collections promptly attended to. Office in Starr’s Building, up-stairs, third door. IRA W. YEOMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW Notary Public, Real Estate. Collection & Ins. Agent Ail legal instruments carefully written- Office ever Narrow Gauge Store. ELZA I. PHILLIPS, Attorney at Law AMD MOTABT PUBLIC, Office in Court House with Sheriff, GROCERIES, V~~ PBOTISIONB, ~~— Cigars, Tobaooe, Confectionery, QUEENBWARE, Canned Fruits, Nuts, STATIONERY, <fco., Very Beat and Cheapest at * • '-'I. -A.. S. Jk. IVTTE’S. T.M. JONES” (Late of Kankakee City) MEBCHIWI HIIM Opposite the Post-Office. Sults for Men, Youths and' Children cut and made. Work Warranted. FULL LINE OF PIECE GOODS Kept in stock. The finest, best and cheapest stock ever opened in Rensselaer. Cail and see. Orders solicited.

HARPER W. SNYDER, Attorney at Law, REMINGTON, Jasper County. Indiana. LESLIE C. GRANT, BLACKSMITH. Shop at Terhune's old stand on Front street. All work warranted. Cull. A. MoCOY 4 THOMPSON, BANKERS AND CATTLE BROKERS, i Buy and sell domestic* exchange. make collections on all available points, pay Interest on specified time deposits, etc. Hours from 9 o’clock a. m. to 4 o’clock p. m. AUSTIN’S HOTEL, A. W. CLEVELAND, Frap'r. Centrally located. Large and conveniently arranged. No pains spared to make guests comfortable aud happy. Table supplied with the best of the market, (marges moderate. GROCERIES, Cigars, Tobacco, WlWffllW, SO, FIRST DOON ABOVX AUSTIN’S HOTXL. X.- a?TTTETTja.

ndCEua'Ti Resumption Prices. Best Beef Steak 7 cts per lb. Fore Quarter Steak 6 de Choice Beef Roasts 6 do Boiling Pieces 3 to 4 do Pork Steak 4 to 5 cts per lb. Pork Sausage only 6 do Choice Leaf Lard at 7 do Bologna Sausage 10 cts per lb. AT THE LIBERAL OLD Reliable Meat Store JACOB tIGLESBACH.

The Rensselaer papers have less reading matter to the square inch than any papers that come to our table.— Delphi Sun. The Sv» is to be congratulated uponthe excellence of the rest of its exchange list—upon the good company that endures it, as it were. Truly Excellent.—Probably the largest and handsomest specimen of country newspaper wmrk ever produced in the state was the recent holiday number of the Northern Jndianian, published at Warsaw* by Gen. "Reub 7 Williams. It was a mammoth double paper of eight pages, having ten long broad colutnus upon a page, or containing eighty columns in all. It was a first-class advertisement of the city where it was issued, spoke volumes for the enterprise of the proprietor of the establishment, and reflected high credit upon the men'who did the work. It was tasteful in design, a mo'del of typographic neatness, and will bear the scrutiny of the craft. It is not too much to say that in thia , respect its excellence equals the productions of the largest and best printing houses in America, or probably in the world. And as for the subject mailer, that was par with the efforts which long since accorded to Gen. Williame a conspicuous place in the front rank of country journalism.

Vbkt Ancibmt.—lf credence may be given to its own recent statement the (Woodland Register is not only the oldest newspaper of Indiana, but it is also one of the earliest established in the New World, for it claims that "it was founded iiT 1 775’’ or one, year before the promulgation ofthe Declaration *of Independence. Al. J. Kitt, a Revolutionary celebrity and favorite of Washington, LaFayette, Franklin and Patrick Henry, became identified with the paper in editorial capacity about three years after its birth and still maintains that relation without perceptible diminution of vigor. From its earlier numbers it has wielded a powerful influence in shaping the monetary legislation of the world, persistently -advocating the doctrines which spewed forth Continental shin-plasters, Wiljcat

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currency, French nMigiiati*, Confederate script, an 4 lastly recommending the flat fallacy. It has not said much recently a boat repealing tpe resumption net, and possibly may be willing to let the government experiment awhile with an honest, practical effort to redeem its financial obligations. But it’s an old uni ■ Travel Suspended.—On last Thursday afternoon the train left the Rensselaer depot to make its customary diurnal round trip to Monticello and back. It was loaded unusually heavy with live stock ears filled with fat hogs, at the rear of which was attached the baggage and express car, and the passenger coach behind that. When thdy reached Pleasant Ridge station, four miles southeast of here, snow was drifted on the track so that the locomotive conld not pull the train through. Detatcliing a couple of the stock cars the engine moved on down to Bradford, leaving the other cars with stock and passengers on the track in the midst of bleak prairie pasture to weather through the night as best they might, with a fierce wind that shriveled the mercury down thirty degrees below zero breaking around the cars like pitiless waves over a wreck. Ten or a dozen large fat hogs perished in their quarters. The passengers, half a dozen men, got a substantial supper at the house of John M. Gwin, a hospitable farmer near by, pressed into service a load of coal from a neighboring school house, and went back to their little narrow gauge coach to wait for their engine to return for them. They waited, watched, told anecdotes, sang songs and played cards the long cold night through; A prominent democratic politician of White county, a whole-souled, genial,good fellow, and tjiree jolly companions, are reported to have five hundred square honest games of Old Sledge that night, without lotting a valuable, without cheating, without swearing ah oath, and without a drop of spirits. This is the report as we get it, naught exaggerated, naught diminished, and naught set down in malice. We wouldn’t vouch for the accuracy of the details of the card story on a Mack of bibles as large as St. Peter’s at Rome or the Capitol at Washington, nor is it insisted that those who are familiar with democratic attributes, propensities, customs and habits shall pin their faith, trust or belief implicitly to it. If there was neither cheating, betting, swetfring or drinking done in a company of democrats with circumstances as related, it is phenomena as remarkable as would be for a leopard to change his spots or anr EiTriopiah BTs skin “at plihSufe/ Morning came and st five o’clock the locomotive Rowland Hughes came screaming down the track and brought the passengers back to their starting-point. From Rensselaer these engaged passage in a sleigh for Remington, where they might board trains on the State Line division of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis road for their several destinations. Returned.—James Nickell, of Hanging Grove township, returned from Kingman county, Kansas, a few days since. He had been out there to visit his father-in-law, Mr. Charles Boroughs, who was a resident of this county many years, and who moved from here to his present home about a year ago. ’While there Mr. Nickell met quite a num. her of people who had migrated from Jasper county —among them I. N. McCurtain, Jasper Kemp, W. L Morgan, Frank C. Moore, Ogle. Yeoman and others. All were boasting good health and a reasonable degree of satisfaction with their new surroundings. Crop? were not first class the past season; corn suffered from drought and was light in consequence; grasshoppers, too, proved troublesome to the fields of young growing wheat this last fall, doing extensive damage it is feared. Snow was covering the country six or eight inches deep wnen Mr. Nickell came from there) but he was so favorably impressed with what he saw and heard, and what he anticipates will be in the near future, that, it need not occasion surprise if ho ihoves out there in a year or two. -

* AfIWHTTATrfB BATTEA AMb XKUKB* * 6nt oofnmn, w mr Half uolumn, * *-'• MtfhtbMl. •• Frnct|on*l part* of a y at <»|iU tabw Bnalnmn card* not ♦S u year. >3 for *lx month*, |i for tbraa noetM All I***l aduKHia* *»»*!*« *tatule y , I I*m* rtaalSX Mt »t i<X <£ Jb wn ** • i***‘ Yearly «<tv«rib*m*ul. are .utijaol «o **»• akjgniff optiofi MrtlfflsliwrtftsßmwM coteXu id fa Is »*»*•'* VWaer.-

Orchard Work.

Th* American Agricwllurief Mg gea|s.t|iat Ujbe time of tear to seiegta n 4e ’wWnSw* 4 no risks. Nothing is more discouraging than.^o. cull!vate trees fiv'e or eight years, and, when they begin to bear, fiodtbey are not true to pam.C. It is a disaster for which lliei'C is ho and while to gel trees direct from * nursery of reputation 1 may cyst t» few dollars more than to buy front a peddler, the difference is nothing compared with the risk of ordering from, unknown and irresHQpetbXuaf.lU*-” * * ‘4n making selections for an orchard,the question should not be, what are the best varieties, but what are the best varieties that can be grown in your locality/’ * * * “For family use, the orchard should edntain varieties from the earliest to the latest, the greater number of trees being of good keeping kinds.” * * * “Protect youngjlrees from large animals, by catc of fences and gates. Trap or showr rabbits; smearing the trunks with blood or raw meat of any kind will keep them off. Tramp light snow around young trees so firm that mice cannot work beneath it. If cions have not been ent, do it now in a mild spell, label and store in saw dust, moss, or sand, and keep in a cool place. Make channels to carry off surface water, wherever needed. Cart out manure to the orchard.”

Diphtheria.

For Tax Usiox, Rensselaer, Ind., January Bth, 1879.—The last number of The Union contained an article from the New York Independent upon Diphtheria. I agree with it in the main, But with an experience extending through two epidemics, one in Pulaski county in and one in Logansport in 1877, during which I treated about one hundred cases with chlorine water with it loss of five—in one of these the membrane extended into the throat and caused death by strangulation, and the other four died of blood poisoning —I would not exchange the treatment with chlorine water and good food for all others 1 ever saw, heard or read of. With it there is no need of swabbing the throat, a most disagreeable thing to do in cases of little children. The use of caustics and purgative medicines in this disease are worse than useless. The chlorine water is good, much better than chlorate of potash as a preventive. Any druggist who has the proper apparatus can make it according to the United States Dispensatory. I. B. Washburn, Al. D. Fine Stock. —Mr. David H.Yeo» man, six miles north of Rensselaer, own* one of Jhe best farma in the county, which is kept in a good state of cultivation, produces good crops, on which are better than average buildings, and somn first-class improved breeds of live stock. His Poland-China hogs are of the purest strain, equal to the best in the pens of breeders who have worldwide reputations. His Partridge Cochin chickens show all the points of excellence that delight poultry fanciers who admire that breed. His Bronze ttirkeys are handsome as the wild progenitors from whence . they descended, large, and suggestive of Thanksgiving and Christmas feasts. Mr. YSdman is probably among the rfiost successful wheat grower# of the county; and has twenty-five acres in seed that was looking splendidly when the snow fell upon it and wrapped it from the intense cold since prevailing. Jersey Red Swine.—C. D. Stackhouse & Son, four iniks north of Rensselaer, Lave sixty or seventy head-vf‘through bred and grade hogs of the Jersey Red breed, Both die thoroughbreds and the Berkshire grades are superior Mock to look at, aud their owners are justly proud of them. These gentiemen recently added a Jersey bull calf to the fine stock on their farms. The Jerseys are not a large breed of cattle, but famous for their milking and butter producing qualities. Messrs. Stackhouse & Son are showing qomm.endable enterprise iu their efforts to introduce improved breeds of stock to the nntioA nf th fair >ipi®thhoi*f» nvw«W v« •••’res siwrs■>wr*v« -5- " Prof.. fmiu vr P, fyWfr* duly proud of a 9|-pound son, born last Saturday tuoruiug.