Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1879 — Page 1

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TINWARE, &c„ At CHILDERS’S. Tin Work a SpecialtyFITZ W. BEDFORD D'GAIjEn. tint mni ritWIUTO; I ill 111 !L Illi yli 10i Tfireskeis. Reapers, Mowers, Rakes. Engle Cultivators and Harrows. The celebrated Furst & Brailjey, Jones anil Oiliver Chilled Plows. NEWTON WAGONS AND BUGGIES, Riding and Walking Cultivators. Brown Corn Planters. All kinds of Field, Garden, Barn ami Stable Implements. FanuTlardware. victor acrA.x>xsiei Fo? Hay, Cattle and Railroad Tracks. Also; "Building Paper, Lime, Plastering Hair, Cement, Pumps, &c. Field and Carden Seeds In bulk orby the small package. Fahn-arui Garden Products sold at retail. One door above “Shanghai.’’ GROCERIES, Cigars, Tobacco, MMIW, ML FIRST DOOR ABOVE AUSTIN’S HOTEL. L. TUTEUR. IXZL E A. T ’ IA.T Resumption Prices. Best Beef Steak 7 cts per lb? Fore Quarter Steak 6 de Choice Beef Roasts 6 do Boiling Pieces 3to 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 EIGLESBACH. * . ■ ; LESLIE C. GRANT, BLACKSMITH. Shop at Terhune's old stand on Front street. AH work warranted,. Call;

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

VOLUME 11.

HARPER W. SNYDER, Attorney nt Law, REMINGTON, Jasper County, Indiana. AUSTIN'S HOTEL, A. W. CLEVELAND, Propr. Centrally located. Large anti conveniently arranged. No pains spared to make guests comfortable and happy. Table supplied with the best of the market. Charges moderate. Dr. G. A. MOSS, Physician and Surgeon, • - In Spitler’s Brick Building, Opposite Court House, Rensselaer. Dr. J. H. LOUGHRIDGE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Below Austin Hotel. Ten percent. interest will be added to all accounts running unsettled longer than 3 months. * Dr. MOSES B. ALTER, PHYS I CI AN AND SURGEON, At W. J. I inch’s Drug Store.

Dr. R. Y. MARTIN, PHYKfCIA-lNr AND SURGEON. Washington Street, Rensselaer, first Door above the .Stone Building. MORDECAI F. CHILCOTE, Attorney at Law, Renssela er, Indiana, Attends l<> al! Business of the Profession withprouiptnessand despatch. Office on Washington Street, opposite the Court House. ' Simon P. Thompson, David’JTThampson, itftorney as Z<ig. Notary Public. THOMPSON & BRO., Attoß’neys at Law, Kengsclaer, Indiana, Practice in all the Courts. We pay particular attention to paying taxes, selling and leasing lands. ar ARION L, BPXTX.ER, Col lector and ztbs trader. K. S, DWIGGINS. ZIMRI DWIGGINS. R. S. & Z. D’AIGGINS, Attorneys at Law AND EOAN BI’.OKERS. ()ne ITfindred ThoitsijSd Dollars to Loun on first mortgage, on five years time, nt nine perC'mit.interest, in sums of S3OO or over. FRANK W. BABCOCK, ■ Il * Attorney at Law And Real Estateßroker. Practices in all Courts of Jasper, Newtonand Benton counties. Landsexatnined. Abstracts of Title prepared. Taxes paid. Collections a specialty.

Daniel B. Miller. James W. Douthit MILLER & DOUTHIT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Notaries Public and Collectors. Ditch and road petitions and 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. ~~ All legal instruments carefully written. Office over Narrow Gauge Store, ELZA I,PHILLIPS, Afihmicy at Law AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Office in Court House with Sheriff. A. McCOY & THOMPSON, BANKERS AND CATTLE BROKERS, Buy and sell domestic exchange, make collections on all available “points, pay interest on specified time deposits, etc. Hours from 0 o’clock a. m. to 4 o’clock p. m. 1 GEORGE GRAVEL, Maker of and Dealer In Bridles, Whips, Blankets, &c. Repairing Done Promptly. Front Street, below- Washington. J

RENSSELAER, JASPER 00UMX, INDIANA, FEBRUARY 13,1879.

A FRIEND OF THE PRESS.

Several country papers are giving currency to a statement that Senator Winterbotham recently spoke disparagingly of democratic editors. The Senator assures us that there is not a word of truth in the statement, and the whole thing lias probably grown out of misrepresentation made by disappointed office seekers. The Senator husalways proven afriend to the press. * * * * —2, a Porte Argw. Whether a friend of the democratic press or not, Senator Winterbotham is one of the ablest, wisest, most efficient m cifibers of the Indiana legislature. He is the only gentleman in the ranks of the democratic party in the tenth congressional district whom republicans have in the least feared since 1864. Their great diplomacy of the las? two congressional campaigns was to prevent his party nominating him for congress. Twice have republican machinations beaten him in the conventions of his own party for the congressional nomination, but as the tactics will not serve again this need be no longer a party secret. In the recent contest for United States senator Mr. Winterbothain ignored his personal opinion and voted for Mr. Voorhees; he stooped to conquor; in the next congressional convention of the district wherein Senator Winterbotham resides, the soft money men will humble themselves at his feet and he wilt be nominated by his party for congress, providing always that idiocy does not prevail in their counsels as on the, two previous occasions named. '

REirKKATES.-Tlie Rochester Sentinel,—democratic; reiterates, over Senator Winterbotham’s denial of it, the statement that Senator Winterbotham did say “there are a lot of half-starved country editors asking for appointments, but they’are not the class of men we want; we must have good,Jpraetical business men.” A number of the editors of democratic papers .over the state have been Conspicuously violent in their resentment of what they consider insulting disparagement. The Knox Led,er pitches into the' Senator endwise in vigorous style as follows: “There are a lot of half-starved country editors asking for appointmeats, bnt they are not tbe class of men we want; we must have good, practical These were the words uttered by the sypophantiit Senator Winterbotham. in Indianapolis, a short time ago. He is the same man, if we mistake not, who sent marked copies of a Chicago paper to the democratic papers a year or so ago, containing an article which defended him in some rascality in which heliad no doubt taken part. He is one of those fawning politicians who beg favors Of country editors as long as he is running for office, and goes back on them as soon as elected. He is also a machine politician who will “flop’’ from one party to the other merely for the sake of office. Such a man is a disgrace to the party, a disgrace to the district from which he is sent, a disgrace to the state and a disgrace to the body of which he is a member, and the sooner such are gdt‘ rid of the bettor. In point of ability, in point of character, in point of political honor Senator Winterbotham towers immeasurably above these his democratic detiyittors. The gravest error be has committed this winter was in voting for Mr. Voorhees for United Stales senator, thereby stifling conscience, trampling upon honest principles,. and stultifying an honorable and consistent record.

An, Democracy !—Here, now, are the Rensselaer Sentinel and the Laporte Argus, and other dcinocratic journals, qnqt,jng The Union as more truthful and better authority than the Indianapolis Sentinel, their own state organ and disciplinarian; and hcrecoine.the admir--ors—uf .4Se.naLox..Miljor and Prispn Director Hoover-to establish the characters of their favorites by the testimony ofJ.‘an intensely bitter republican paper.” They do well. It w better authority than the Indianapolis Sentinel on all subjects that it discusses, pai ticular.ly those pertaining to politics; and *it always speaks truthfully, whether it says that Senator Major, threatened to shoot an officer if he attempted to collect delinquent taxes the Sena,lor tvas owing, or that -he has acted consistently with his character as a man and harmoniously with his sentiments in betraying thosij whom ho duped into the belief that he was anything else th an a demagogue “ami ’aefiYoerarbT'-ffiarnreWtrnraP movement was more than a democratic diversion. The leading spirits of the 90-callqd national party

in the state of Indiana, as in Jasper county, are mep devoid of all care whatsoe other than tp contribute to their own individual advantage at the expense of honcster people. Prospectus.—Gen. S. N. Yeoman, general manager of the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago railroad company is issuing an edition of 500 pamphlets containing the prospectus of*his road; showing its route, advantages, connections and facilities, when completed, for business; giving a description of the characterof thecountry it traverses, together with a statement of the population, cattle and grain productions, and value of lands and iniprovments according to the census report of 1870 and estimates of 1879. In. addition, to the foregoing is a detailed statement of the organization of the company, its present board of officers, the stockholders, bonded indebtedness of the road, number of miles in operation, and much other interesting information. The work will be printed and issued from the office of Horace E. James, proprietor of The Rensselaer Union, where all kinds of job printing is done neatly at reasonable prices; indeed cheaper than at any other office in the state of Indiana or the city of Chicago.

Going to Move.—Mr. Isaac Lowman, proprietor of the Narrow Gauge One Price Clothing Store, has decided to move to Peoria, Illinois, on the 22d day of the present month. Mr. Lowman is an energetic and enterprising business inau, honorable and liberal in all his dealings with this office, which have been considerable during the past year. He has succeeded in, winning many friends in this com-1 infinity, especially among the ’ younger portion. He will engage i in a larger business in Peoria; will , have a wholesale department in . connection with a reyiil clothing , store-. Kindest wishes for health j and prosperity go with him. Notwithstanding the fact that' the Valparaiso Messenger calls Hon. Morgan 11. Weir a dead political dog, that gentleman soems to have had sufficient influence With the Indiana legislature to defeat every aspirant for office from Porter county. It Seems So.—lt docs seem from the cipher telegrams submitted to the congressional investigating committee that while the democrats, were arranging to buy the presidency for Mr. Tilden, republicans used a few dollars to hold their own. liven Mr. Tyner, who shares the honors of tile postoffice portfolio with Judge Key, found it necessary to arrange with John W. Foster, United States minister to Mexico, for the distri butiou of an “Indian agent'' or two among the Indiana greenbackers. After this seed was sown Senator Barnum, democrat, planted “seven mules’’ and Governor Williams rode into the state capital on the foal of an ass. .Whether modern politics are any worse than the practices of fifty years ago may be doubted, but there is still a vast margin for Salary Grabbers’ Day.—llka dog has his ain day. This is the day for salary grabbers to gain positions higher than they lost. Indiana democrats have made a supreme judge of W. P. Nibluck, auditor of state of Mahlon D. Manson. United States senator of Daniel W. Voorhees; Illinois republican! have elected John A. Logan to the United States senate; and Wisconsin republicans have done as much for MaUhew.. .Car.-., penter; Massachusetts nationals tried to elect Bcnj. F. Butler governor of their state, and only failed because republicans bulldozed the factory hands. Now if Jasper Packard will come back to his old district it is possible that he, too, might be rewarded with something better than an agency in the revenue department. v / Bro. McEWen oftbe SeMinel is advised that his aged mother is prostrated with alarming sickness, at her home in Pennsylvania. He Expects A visit from Hon. J. B. Belford and wife.his brotber-in-law and sister, who are on their way from Colorado to Washington; and will accompany them to see his mother. Snow.—A sprinkle of stiow fell here Tuesday and ‘ Wednesday. The roads arc in bad from mud and slop.

The New Albnnv Ledger-/ltand<ir<l refpCH to the eppohikment ofO. D Dale, eeerotary of tho Kjjetc, In a bitter editorial, mill ceneiiren the pnrtv nuinnxere tor trafficking with Major and nla Hat crew and flmn saddling the parly with tlie misdeeds of such inen aa Dale, ft says: “From tho l.e<lger~Stan<lar<l'a atiind-|«,iiit it seems that We have enough dend-bears, Incompetents, blockheads, pecnlators and awindlors inour-own party, without harloting with tho trash of oilier parlies. lndlanapolh Journal, I There’s no trash of other parties in that gang. There Is not a stiffer democrat in Indiana than Daniel D. Dale, of White county, lie never played the part of Peter even, nor wept on that score when the cock crew. Mr. Miljor is also a democrat and is recognized as sucli by those who best know hint. All Hint “trash” is purely, truly democratic, so recognized and accepted among brothers and fellows in this part of the state; and if the LedgerStandard is too nice to affiliate with j such ‘‘trash” it better take withdrawal papers, for it constitutes a majority of the democratic party of Indiana. Salary grubbing, peculation and swindling seem to be passports to the highest democratic favor in Indiana, when a glance is taken ut our representation in the senate of tho United States, at the supreme bench of tho state, at the state officers, and at the legislative appointees in both houses. Did the Ledger-Standard think to harlot with purified saints?

Another Kansas Letter.

Special correspondence to Tnr. Union. McPherson, Kansas, January 21j 1879. —Not long since I read in The Union an extract from a letter written by a gentleman in Kingman county, this state. I think that gentleman was either homesick or dlsiippoinlfd in finding that he could not live out here without working. It is true that Kingman county is a little behind the average, being all new. We do not expect much from first crops. I came to McPherson county five years ago last fall, and am very well satisfied with my location and am doing very well. Tho Kingman county gentleman thinks that it is not best tO’Bome into Kansas wi.h less than S4OO in money. Be that iu it may when I got here I had less than S3OO, but the property I am occupying, all made since I came here, could not be bought for $3,000 ; and, best of all, lam out of debt. But when I came here I did not, sit down and do nothing for six months but curse the country and then tear up and movelrack, but I went to work and stuck to it. Our Kingman county neighbor estimates the corn crop of some of his neighbors at five bushels an acre. Very good. The first year we came here every giben thing we tried to raise was taken by the grasshoppers. They whipped us but did not conquer. My past year’s labor shows 775 bushels of wheat harvested on 25 acres, worth 50 to 60 cents a bushel. I also planted 40 acres of corn, and cultivated it better witji less work than one can cultivate 15 acres in the northern part of old Jasper county in Indiana; 21 acres of this was second sod; I had an average yield of 40 bushels an acre on the whole. Some think the winters are as cold here as in Indiana; but if this is true, it is also true that they are not nearly so long. McPherson

Sickness, School, Business.

Special eorrcfponilancc of Tin: Union. Curtis Creek, February 1, 1879. —There is considerable sickness in this neighborhood. Abraham Bringle suffers froffi a severe attack of lung fever; John Carr is also very sick. The banks of Curtis Creek are full of water, which is subsiding somewhat since tbe enow melted. A few fences were swept away by the flood but iiaTliridges, and no serious damage done. Z. Paris a graduate of the Terre Haute normal school, rules the young untutored savage of this district net with a Under his iihmedi ate jurisdiction are twenty-four of these young During the good weather and ’’fine roads a large quantity of corn was hauled to Reiisseluer from the prairie, farms of Newton county, notably from the neighborhood of Salem, to be shipped over the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago railroad. I. S. School Report.—W. 1. Florence, teacher of suhpol No. 5 of Union township (Rosebud), reports foij the month ending February 7, 1879, enrolling of 24 scholars; average dailjy attendance 18|.' Ainos Alter, Gnss, L’lia chut ward Swaim and were perfect" in attendance, p'fitffitualily and deportment.

NUMBER 22.

The Tippecanoe Bridge.

From the Monticello Harald. A Herald representative had the pleasure of a trip down the Indianapolis, Delphi and ■ Chicago railroad, one day last week, through the eonrtesy of Col. Yeoman and Assistant Superinttoident Millikan. It was our first ride over the road soutluof Monticello. The approach io the river from this side is on a heavy down grade, and after crossing Main street several long 'spans of trestle work are encountered, in which the best timber has been used and the entire work presents an appearance of great strength and durability. The road crosses the river about a mile from town. The bridge which spans the stream is of the brace pattern, and is pronounced by judges to be a very suWtaiilittl structure, capable of withstanding the heaviest test which may be brought to bear upon it. The timbers in the bridge, like those in the trestle work, are of the best material that could be procured, and will be in excellent condition for the coating of paint which will be applied in tha spring. The hard freezing weather has been very propitious to the seasoning process. Safety and perma nence are a characteristic of the new railroad bridge, and in crossing the Tippecanoe in one of the cozy coaches of this road, the traveler may rest in security and enjoy the grand scenery which nature has so lavishly bestowed at this point. The new road is as smooth as a floor and it is a posi tive luxury to ride over it. Our trip was a pleasant one, and the gentlemanly officials have our thanks for their kindness.

Waterproof Boots.

From the American Agriculturist. Il is not always desirable that boots should be. absolutely waterproof, as whatever keeps Mater out will keep it in, and whoever has worn India rubber boots ibr any length of time, knows that retaining the perspiration of the feet soon puts them in a yery unpleasant, half par-boiled condition that is not desirable. Still, water proof boots are useful in an emergency, to be worn for a short time—as in doing tlie (choresSn bad weather. A pair of good rubber boots answer this purpose, or a pair of common cowhide boots may be inadowaterproof after the method of the New England fisheimen. These people, exposed to all weathers, have for a century used the following coin,, pound ; Tallow, 4oz ; rosin and beeswax, 1 oz each; melt together, then stir in neatsfoot oil, equal in bulk to the melted articles. The boots are warmed before a fire and this composition is rubbed into the leather, soles and uppers, by means of a rag. Two applications will make the leather quite water proof.

Senator Winterbotham.

Correspondent of Laporte Chronicle. “Leaf by leaf the roses fall.” Woe is unto us! Michigan City mpurneth and the cry oi her hard money men is heard afar in the land. We are pained to tho heart and confusion covereth us. The mighty man among us has fallen, deserted the teachings of ‘‘Jackson,Benton and Wright,” declared for the “tall sycamore” of the Wabash and our glory has departed. As a fountain casleth forth her waters, so has our senator scattered trade and gold dollars among ns as a token of the faith that was in him, bitt tdas! lie has turned into a degenerate plant, a strange vine, and gone gadding witli tKe “fiat fools” after Dan. Voorhees and the “rag baby.” Thy voice was the voice of an honest money prophet, but thy vote was a vote for a soft money “idiot.” A coward to his convictions, he swallowed the inflation pill, and the matinee in bis abdominal regions will begiu about 1880. The hero of our sand bills has perished, and “no sound can awake him to glory again.’?

A Hint to the Commiasionera of Jasper County.

From the Lafayette Journal. At the last meeting of the board .Q£.C.QJimly..XftUW pecanoe] they instructed county attorney, Captain James Park, to inquire into the question -as to whether an agent, who loaned money for foreign capitalists, was liable for taxes upon the amount. An examination of the question shows that the agent or attorney is Required, under the law, to list for taxation in the personal schedule, all the moneys and. valuables that he may "be agehi for. The instructions ot the boaird werp, if certain parties had failed to return for taxation the money in their hands as agents, attorneys or guardians, that the county attorney should cause the amounts to be placed on Kite lax duplicate. The attorney decided that the parties were liable, and has caused over nine hundred thousand dollars. to be placed, .o o the d'upiicateV an<T it is IhoTighV that as much more will be added ‘to-the duplicate before the investigation closes. J.

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The Orchard in February.

From tlw American Jprfca/mr/<f. ’ Il one U <o set out ninul! frug-, whether for home use or merkipt, the sooner the preliminary work »>f selecting the hinds, and orderis* ihtf plants is done, the belief. The present is one t.f those periods lH»l every now mid then occur in friiil culture. There are a number ot new' varieties of great promise, but that have not been, sufficiently tested, to warrant planting them largely. The grower for market feels much like the hunter who wished tn aim at an animal, that he would miss if a calf, bnt hit if a deer. The. safe way for those who grow fruit for sale, i, to plant out tiinl btds of the promising kitids, and if the result is satisfactory, you have a stock of plants for setting a plantation. The market and the neighborhood have both to be considered. If the market is a distant one, the fruit, whatever other quality it may have, must be firm enough to reach its destination in good order. It there is a local or neighborhood trade—a matter quite too often overlooked by growers, then a very different class offruitsmaybegrown. Pruning ommitted last fall, should bo attended to now as soon as the weather will permit. Grape-vines need the first care, and should be pruned long before the buds begin to swell. Currants and gooseberries start early, and should be primed early. Preparatory work in the way of trellises and other supports may be attended to and the materials got«- ready. In the family garden, the best support for raspberries, is a single wire strained between posts at the ends of the rows, and we think that the bert grape vine trellis, is that with horizontal slats 4 feet apart, with upright wires where needed.

150.000,000 Bushels of Grain.

From the American Agricultural. 150,000,000 bushels of grain at a single port! Some striking figures are presented in the reports of grain receipts at N. Y. City alone. Reducing the 4,075,271 barrels of flour to its grain equivalent, and We find that during 1878, the canal and railroads delivered at this port no less than 149,270,128 bushels of grain of all kinds, against 98,637,058 bushels in the previous year (1877), a gain in round numbers of 50,000,000 bushels, or 60 per cent! —strong confirmation of our statements from time to time of the great crops of 1878. But tew person can have an adequate idea of even one million bushels. Here is a help to one’s conception: Load this 150,000,000 bushels upon wagonfe, 30 bushels to each; arrange them in line, giving each team about 26| feet (26.4), and the line of teams carrying this grain would extend 25,000 miles— or, dear around the world !

Entirely Correct.

From the Montice’.to - The Rensselaer Union Is entirely correct in saying there is nothing inconsistent in the recent democratic record made by Representative Brown and Senator Major. They have done simply what the majority that elected them expected they would do. They were greenback masqueraders during the camp.ug,n solely to get voles outside ot the democratic ranks; and whoever says that either Major or Brown has betrayed a single principle is either grossly ignorant or wilfully asserts that which is false.

The Indiana Legion.

The military bill now in tbe hands of the military conimittee of the House, has been prepared with great care by Adjutant General Rum, Col. N. K- Ruckle and Capt. U. 0. Wood with a view of reorganizing all the militia of the state, adding thereto and creating and tuuititaining a state militia, to be called the Indiana Legion. It provide* for 92 companies, the maximum strength of a company being 100 men, the minimum 41; the companies to be distributed by the governor and massed into battalions, regiments and brigades. A staff for the commander in-chief, the governor, is provided for. The adjutant general is to he chief of staff and acting quartermaster-genera). Ihe bill provides that counties ealling for military services of the militia shall pay all expenses, including per diem, transportation, etc. Each man is to earn his uniform which is to be of the regular army fatigue pattern, the staid allowing each member of a company fifty cents for every attendance on drill, twenty drills annually being provideTfor, mehiKirs to be lne3"lweniy-twr’ cents for each non attendance. A state inspector to receive the pay of a captain in the regular army is also provided for. The officers of companies and regiments ate to be efficient, and an examining board is to be appointed by the governor, on whose recommendation commissions shall be issued. Enlisted men will receive $1.50 when called out by the governor, and officers op duty regular army pay. A general .encampment shall be held once a year, at the discretion of the commander-in-chief. As ftn inducement for good men to enroll themselves, it provides that the militia shall be exempt from jury duly and pull tax. An cnlistmentment ot five years is required. It arranges that immediately after the passage of the bill the governor shall detail three officers of the Indiana Legion to prepare a code of regulations spproximsteu to the code of the United State* army. County commissioners are to provide armories so» companies organised in their respective counties, the amount to be paid beimr regulated by the population. Conntieanades I sud 80,000, S2ooTover 30,000, SBOO. > Sb» ! stalo UspetUr and adjutant general are to be the only officer* on duty in lime of I' • -