Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1879 — Page 1

HORACE K. JAMES ■ - „ nomiToi or THE RENBBELAKH UNION, HamißLiiK. Jasria Oooktt, I»». Ou o*pt 7«*r, s>; *U month*. Meant*j thrM month*, (tbi rteen weak*), tt cenU; aIvMW •««A in Am>«. Blnfl*eqpy,Sc#nU;twocopim, IhiU; more th*n two roplaf, * cent* eech. A b TERTISIXG AC HE DU L JT.—S** ■tie comer of thi* page for term* end price of aflvtrtUing in thi* newtpeper. JOB PKIXTISG.-K large *.*ortincnt of type and otlier material for poster, pamphlet, 4tr«nlar and kindred work. Fried low.

W. H. &, C. RHOADES priTTlt IX THE BIST HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, WHIPS, Trunks, Valises, &c. An extensive stock of Saddlery Hardware, Leather Findings, Collars of all sizes, Brushes and Combs always on hand. Special care given to CARRIAGE TRIMMING and leather repairing. New Shop and Sales Room south side of Washington street. Prices reduced. GKROCEKIES7 PROVISIONS, Cigars, Tobacco, Confectionery, QOEENSWARE, Canned Fruits, Nuts STATIONERY, j*e„ * ' ▼erjr Boat and Cheapest at -A-- S. RUE’S. T. M. JONES, (Late of Kankakee City) MBRCHANT TAILOR, Opposite the Post-Office. Suits for Men, Youths and Children out and made. Work warranted. FULL LINE OF PIECE GOODS Kept In stock. The finest, best and cheapest stock ever opened in Rensselaer. Call anil see. Orders solicited. 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 <Vork a Specialty. FITZ W. BEDFORD DEALBri IN AIjRICULTLIRAIj .-r wmmi Tlireslieis, Reapers, Mowers, Itakes. Engle Cultivators and Harrows. The celebrated Furst & Bradley, Jones and Oiliver 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 SCALES For Cattle and Railroad Tracks. Also, Building Paper, Lime, Plastering Hair, Cement, Pumps, &c. Field and Garden Seeds In bulk or by the small package. Farm and Garden Products sold at retail, On 3 dbor aßove I ‘Sliariglini7 >T ~“ GROCEBIES, Cigars, Tobacco, CONFECTIONERY, Ml., FIRST 8008 ABOVE AUSTIN’S HOTEL. 3L... tttteur. MEAT \ ■ " h ... Resumption Prices. Best Beef Steak 7 cts per lb. Fore Quarter Steak 6 dc 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 EIGLESBACH. 3L • , - -- ,-l - - , ■ , '' • • • -A- . ' ’ ' . ' ' ' ■ . ; LESLIE C. GRANT, L BLACKSMITH. Hliop at Terhune’s old atand on Front street. All work warranted. Call.

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

VOLUME 11.

HARPER W. SNYDER, Attorney at Law, REMINGTON, Jasper County, IndianaDr. G. A. MOSS. Physician and Stlrgeon, In Spltler’s Brick Building, Opposite Court House, Rensselaer. Dr. J. H. LOUQHRIDGE, . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON;' "■■■■■ Below Austin Hotel. Ten per cent, interest will be added to all accounts running unsettled longer than 3 months. Dr. MOSES B. ALTER, PHYSICIAN . Awp bubOSOX, At W. J. Imei’i Drug Store. Dr. R. Y. MARTIN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Washington Street, Rensselaer, first Door above the Stone Building.

MORDECAI F. CHILCOTE, Attorney at Law, Rensselaer, Indiana, Attends to uH Business of the Profession with promptnessand despatch. Otlice on Washington Street, opposite tin* Court House. Simon P. Thompson, David)?. Thompson, A Iturnry at J.aic. Sotary Public. THOMPSON & BRO., Attorneys at Law, Rensselaer, Indiana, Practice in ail the Courts. We pay particular attention to paying taxes, selling and leasing lands. aXARXON t. EPITLrn. Collector and Abstracter. R. S. DWIGGINS. ZIXRI DWIGGIBS. E. S. & Z. DWIGGINS, Attorneys at Law A HID 1,0.4 X BROKERS. One Hundred Thousand Dollars to Loan on first mortgage, on five years time, at nine per ceut. interest, in sums of {3OO or over. FRANK W. BABCOCK, Attorney at Law And Real Estate Broker. Practices in all Courts of Jasper, Newton and Benton counties. Landsexamined. Abstracts of Title prepared. Taxes paid. Collections a specialty. Daniel B. Miller. lame* W. Donthij) MILLER & DOTJTHIT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Notaries Public and CoUectors. Ditcli 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, , Attorney at Law AMD HOTART PUBLIC, Office in Court House with Sheriff. A. McCOY & THOMPSON, BANKERS AND CATTLE BROKERS, "Buy and sell domestic exchange, make collections on all available poiuts, pay interest on specified time deposits, etc. Hours from 9 o’clock d- m. to 4 o’clock p. m. GEORGE GRAVEL, Maker of and Dealer in miffilSS, SMDIIiS, Bridles, Whips, Blankets, Ac. Repairing Done Promptly. Front Street, below Washington. ■ q — ■■ I 'Six z* jOl x xn. 0"t PURE BLOOD BRONZE TURKEYS. •400 a Mr, S6BB a Trio MRS. D. H. YEOMAN, Reottaelacr, lad. Application should be made at once'

RENSSELAER, JASPER COTOTYyINDIANA. FEBRUARY 20.1879.

LEU AI. NOTICES. IfiXECUTOR’S NOTICK.-Notice I* hereby J Klvon that the undersigned has boon appointed executor of the last will of Mary Beltztpger, late of J inner county, Indiana, deceased, vice David It. Patton, raaignod. Said oatate is supposed to he aolvent. FRANK W. HABCOCK, Executor. Rooaaolaor, Iml., February Ist, 18711. 2*2-Bt. SHERIFF'S SALK.—By virtue of n certified copy of a decree to me directed from the clerk or the Joapcr circuit court, iu a cause wherein' George Wilkinson is plaintiff, and John Q. Records and Jane Records arc defendants, requiriuir ine to make the sum of tl,rer hundred and scvuuty-llr<y dollar* aud seventyelßhhtcnts (1375.78), with interest on .aid d’ecrejrfind costs, I wilf*S|insu at public sale, to thufli'ighcst liidder. ou Saturday. IMe MM day of Mnrcih, A. D. 1871), liotiveen tlie hours of JO <j#clock a. m. and 4 o'clock m,, of said day, M the door of the court bouse, in Rensselaer, Jlssper county, Indiana, the rents und profits '((ira term not exceeding seven years, tlio folIfwing roal estate, to-wTt: The southeast quarfftfr('*)of tlio northeast quarter (J 4 of section number two (2), in' township number thirty (80) nortli, es range number five (5) west, in Jasper county, and state of Indiana. If such reut* and profits will not sail for a sufficient sum to satisfy snid decree, interest and costs, I will, at the same time and plane, expose to public sale the fee simple of said real estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to discharge said decree, interest and costs. Snid sale will be made if itiiout any relief whatever from valuation or appraisement laws. GEORGE M. ROBINSON, Sheriff of Jasper county, Indiana. February 3*l, A. D. 1878. R. S. ft Z. Dwiggius, att’ys for pl'ff. 21-3 t. SHERIFF'S SALE.—By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from tlio clerk of.the Jasper circuit court, in a cause wherein Willmm A. Thompson is plaintiff, and John Cully and Cully, his wife, whose first name is unknown, are defendants, requiring me to make the sum of three hundred and eighty-eight dollars ahd forty-eight cents (f. 888.48 with interest on said decree and costs, I will exposa at public sale, to the highest bidder. on Saturday, the Bth day ot Mirth* A. D. 1879, between the hours ot 10 o'clock a. in. and 4 o’clock p. m.. of said day, at the door of the court house, iu Runsselaer, Jasper county, Imliana, the rents ami profits for a term not exceeding seven years, the following real estate, to-wit: The northeast quarter (■*) of the southeast quarter (>/4 of soction seventeen (17), in township twenty-eight (28) north, of range seven (7) wast, in Jasper county, ami state of Indiana. If such rents and profits will not sell for a sufficient sum to satisfy suid decree, interest and costs, I will, at the same time and place, expose to public sale the fee simple of said real estate, or so much thereof as may lie sufficient to discharge said decree, interest and costs. Said sale will lie made without any relief whatever from valuation or appraisement laws. «* GEORGE M. ROBINSON, Sheriff of Jasper county, Indiana. February 3d, A. D. 18711. .Thompson * Bro., att’ys for pl’ff. 21-St.

SHERIFF’S SALK.—By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to me directed from the clerk of the Jasper eirctiit court, in a cause wherein John Makeover is plaintiff, and Isaac G. Brasket and Mary Ann Urasket are defendants, requiring me to make the sum of one hundred und forty-eight dollars and thirtynine oents (4)48.31>>, with interest on said decree and costs, I will expose at public sale, to the highest bidder, on Satunlay, the Bih /lay <y March, A. 1), 1879, between Hie hours of 10 o’clock a. in. and 4 o'clock p. m„ of said day, at the door of the court house, in Rensselaer, Jasper county, Indiana, the rents and profits for (i term uot exceeding seven years, tlie fol- : lowing real estate, to-wit: The southwest quarter (V) of tlie southwest quarter (',) of section eighteen (18), in township thirty (80) nortli, of range six (ti) west, iu Jasper eqniitv. and state of imliana. If such rents and profits will uot sell for a sufficient sum to satisfy said decree, interest and costs, 1 will, ut the'suine time and place, expose to public sale tlie fee simple of snid real estate, or so much thereof ns may lie sufficient to discharge said decree, interest anil costs. Said sale will be made without any relief whatever from valuation or appraisement laws. GKORGK M. ROBINSON, Sheriff of Jasper countv, Indiana. February 3d, A. I>. 1879. Thompson ft Bro., att’ys for pl’ff. 21-3 t. SHERIFF’S SALE.—By virtue of a certified copy of a decree to rue directed from the clerk or the Jasper circuit court, in a cause wherein Jonathan Edwards is plaintiff, nml Hnrdrees Hawkins and Jane Hawkins are defendants, requiring mo to nr»Ko“tlie .sum of twelve hundred and sixty-eight dollars and ninety.two cents (41,21K!>3), with Interest on said decree and costs. I will expose at public -ale, to tlie highest bidder, on Saturday , the Bth day of March, .1. J). 1879. between tlie hours of 10 o’clock &. m. and 4 o'clock p. m.,of said day, at the door of the court house, in Rensselaer. Jasper county, Indiana, the rents and profits Tor u term not exceeding seven years, tlie following real estate, to-wit: The north half (ft) of the southwest quarter (i,) of section nineteen (19), in township tliirty-tivo (32) north, of range five (5) West, containing eighty.four und thirty-hundredths (84.80) acres; also the east )ialf '(‘4) of the southwest quarter (14) and the southeast quarter (14) of the northwest quarter C t )of 818:11011 six (6). in township thirty-one (31) north, of range seven (7) west, in Jasper county, and state of Indiana, containing in all two hundred and faur-aud thirtv-htii'.drmlttis' (2M.SO) acres. If such Vents, nfhl profit* will not sell for a sufficient slim to satisfy said decree, Interest anti nuU. I will, ai the samet.me and plnce, expose t > public sale The foe simple of said real estate, or ti much thereof as may he sufficient to discharge said decree, interest and costs, said sale w ill he made without any relief whatever from valuation or appraisement laws. GEORGE M. ROBINSON, Sheriff of Jnspor eoun Ivy Indiana. February 3d, A. !> 1979. It. S. ft Z. Dwiggins, att’ys for pl’ff. 21-3 t.

■■ - Administrator’s sale of real estate.—Notice is hereby givou tbnt l>y virtue of nnorilerof the Jasper circuit court, entered In probate order book C. on pages 541, 552 und 553. the undersigned, administrator of the estate of Jucksou Ev*us, deeeased, will offender .sale at 1 private sale on and after tlie lrtth day of March, A, DTIB7B, at the office of said administrator, in tiie town of Reustelaer, Indiana, all of the following described renl estate in l’nlnski county, Indiana, to-wit: The west half (la) of the northeast quarter (’4), and sixteen and seventy-two hundredths (18.72) acres off’of tlie west side of thu east Imlf (*4) of tlie northeust quarter (!*) of Motion six (8), in township twcuty-nine (29) nortli, range four (4) west, to pay and satisfy a mortgage ou said real estate executed January Ssth, 1878, by the said Jackson Evans, in his lifotime, iu which Nancy J, Kvuus. hi* wife,Joined; also an equal undivided two-third* of the following described real estate in Jasper county, Indiana, to-wit: The west half 04) of the northwest quarter (.’4) of the southeast quarter ('») of section thirtyfour (84), township tiventy-nine (29) north, range four (4) west Ttau* or One-third ol the purchase money to lie cash in hand; the remainder in equal payments at nine (9) and olghteen (18) months; waiving valuation and appraisement laws, and secured by good freehold security, February #th, ft. f>. 1879. MOROECAT F.TmLtt)TK; - 21-4 ~ Administrator. W. m. OXXw XKT Keeps a flue stock of WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY and all kinds of ' Mualcal Merchandlße, Which are offered cheaper than any other House in Juaper or adjoining counties. Agent for tlie Rockford Watch, tlie best watch for the money ip the world. Sell* the Elgin Watch ten per cent, cheaper thah any other House in the county. Agent for several different manufacturers of Organa and l'iannl. A fine stock of Knives, Revolvers, Heissors, Spectacles. Jeivetry, etc.. Just received. ' All work warranted to give satisfaction, or no par»-BMff-Flne Watch Work a specialty, » 1 r" 1 ■' • 'v rv ' ‘ £77 a Month and expenses guaranteed to „#* » Agent*. Outflt’frce. Bhaw ft < 0.. Angutfa, Miime. U-Wy

- ORTHODox.-Reprpspn tat Ivo Wll In ril claims that Ills democracy is ns orthodox as that of Representative Maurice Thompson, although thb latter enjoys the prestige of having “followed the fiery cross through tlie South four years.” This coincides with what republicans have always suid, to-vfit: That t|iero was no difference, save in the degreo of courage, between Indiana democrats nml Southern rebels. It is re]K)rted that tlie committee of ways and moans of our state legislature have decided not to recommend an appropriation for Purdue university and to cut off tlie stute normul school witii a very limited allowance. Should ibis report be true it will only prove that tlie democracy of Indiana are consistent with their record of hostility to educational interests. They will readily cripple that which should be fostered with tlie tenderest care, but will never reduce tlie extravagant salaries and lees of many public offices*

Want a Grab.— The state board of agriculture are begging for an appropriatloii of nearly SIOO,OOO to relleve them of the embarrassment caused by debt and bard times. In consideration of a small favor of this kind they will deed to tlie state the grounds ami improvements for which tlie iudeht. edness was contracted. It’s a cheeky proposition that should not receive tlie slightest encouragement from tlie legislature. The state no doubt might buy fifty or a hundred millions of realty equally as valuableasan investment, ami do far more charitable service, but she bus no jiossible use for anything of the kind at present. Let the state board of agriculture struggle along through tlie pinch if it can, us individuals and otlier as worthy corporations are doing; if it survives it will be just us vigorous and far more ind#|>endent and useful than if pampered and emusculated by such misapplied charity; if it dies the Joss will scarcely be felt by tlie general public outside the limits of Marion county. Half Price — When the surveyor of Jasper county, whose maiden name was Lewis S Alter, came last week to tlie clerk of Jasper county who is known among men and fellows as Charley Price, and demanded of him the cost of a marriage license, the latter official thought tlwt'tlie master of tripods and triangulation was only joking; therefore, himself an inveterate jester, the scribe answered and said : “As it is you, Lewis, and we have been boys together, and our pa' rents owned farms that join one to another, and as you area felTow officer, and an exceedingly handsome as well ns modest gentleman, and as I like to encourage enterprise and public spirit, if you will take out the papers to-day while business is a little slack, the same you may have for half price.” To which tlie county surveyor replied “I’ll take em ; the metes and bounds of that tact are described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a point in the southwest comer of section—that is, I mean to say her name is Sarah E. Nash.’’ And the aforesaid license was issued lor half thu. regular price.

The Apportionment Question.

From the Indianapolis Journal. During the last campaign the people of Indiana heard many diatribes against tlie infamous character of ihc republican “gerrymander” of 1872. not that democratic complaints of the apportionment of that year were a new thing, for from the time it was made they have never ceased to protest against It as on outrage.' All grades nnd conditions of democracy have denottneed it as unfair, unjust, n wicked invasion of'the political rights of a large portion of the voters of the state. Hendricks, when governor, always inveighed against it in his messages, and Governor Williams made it the subject of a special message to the legislature of 1877, in which he urged,, in the strongest possible language, the coirection of inequalities in tbo voting power of a number of districts selected by him as examples. From all this it might logically be supposed that, having come into power, the democracy would be slow to repeat what fox years (hey hate denounced before the people as an iniquity. If it was a wrong dono by the republican party, it must be a wrong if repeated by the democratic parly, and the latter is surely estoppo l from justifying what they now propose to do by pleading the course of the former, It is not understood that when denouncing thi republican apportionment they appealed to the people to put them in power so that, by way of reprisal, they might make an apportionment that would disfranchise the republican nnd national parties; but, rather, that they might make a perfectly fair apportionment, it is not probubttHhat many experienced aud reflective persona supposed thoy would keep any such promise; but it is appnrer.t enough that a sufficient number of voters did confide in their professions to put them temporarily in power. How far that confidence was justified wo tball try to show in a partial analysis of the aportiOnmcnt bill for ( legislative purposes which passed the house last week am! comes up in the senate for oonsidv/alion to-day. The enumerrtion of the voliri of thA state, taken last ye|r, shown that Indiana possess** voters. This would entitle each 9,G20 voters to be rej'rutonted by a lenalor, aod

each 4,610 voters to he represented by a member of the lower house of the general assembly. Parties are no*, recognised in tlio constitution, to that the only purpose that can proporly bo considered by an honoat who cares for the oath of office he took, is the passage of a bill that, in the closest possible decree, will conform to the only requirement of the constitution. The member who looks at political lines instead of an exact division of the voting population, commits moral porjury. In house bill 84(), as it passed last week, out of fifty senatorial districts just sixteen districts cotne within 500 votes of the exact constitutional basis, whieh, considering the difficulty of massing the counties, with their varying population, so that an exact division may be secured, is perhaps close enough, so far aa those districts aro concerned. But vfo find six districts with less than 8,000 voters, five with less than 7,500, one with less than 7,000, and three with less than 6,500, making fifteen districts which lack from 500 to 3,014 voters of the number necessary to entitle them to u,senator under Ihe constitution of the state. We also find one district with over 12,000 voters, one with over 11,500, two with over M-.OOOj -thre* with over 10,500, six with over 10,000, and six with over 9,600, making nineteen districts wjth from 600 to 3,168 voters who are disfranchised and unrepresented, as, under the constitution, they have a light to be. Making all proper allowance for the difficulty of making an exact apportionment, it must be said that the bill referred to in no wise presents an effort to overcome those difficulties; but the inequalities represent simply tlie twisting < f geographical lines to accommodate political lines, so that forty-seven percent, of democrats may elrct and be represented by 32 senators, while fifty-three per cent, of republicans and nationals will elect and be represented by 18 senators. Turning to the house of representatives, we find that by this bill forty-three districts out of the one hundred come within 250 of possessing the requisite population to entitle them to a representative, which, as we hare said, is 4,510. But we find three districts with less than 4,250, three with less than 4,000, seven with less than 3,500, one with less than 2,500, and four with less than 2,000. Un the other hand, we find four districts with over 6,000 voters, thirteen with over 6,500, fifteen with over , 6,000, nnd seven with more than 4,800. - As extremes, we find a surplus of 1,536 voters in democratic Knox, Sullivan and Greene counties provided with a “floating” representative, while 7,627 voters in republican Lagrange and Steuben on’y have one. As in the case of-the senate, these gteat disparities are caused almost wholly in the effort to give the democracy an overwhelm- . ing majority over the combined republicans | and nationals, the bill giving the former sixty-one representatives to thirty-nine for the two latter.

Our Ridiculous Governor.

From tlio Indianapolis Journal. The announcement of a “spiritualistic entertainment” at the .Grand Opera-house last night attracted an immense audienca to that hall, every seat in the house being occupied and hut little standing room left in tlio vestibule and aisles. Among the number whose curiosity had been aroused to know just what a “#ptiritualistic entertainment’’ might be wag His Cerulean Excellency Governor Williams; This dignitary occupied a sent in one of the Btage boxes, and his presence soon became known to the audience. Mr. Mansfield, the “medium,” stepped to the footlights and requested that a committee of two (gentlemen of age and prominence preferred) be appointed by the audience to oversee the preparations for the coming seance, and notice that nothing underhanded was done. Having heard with what grace and dignity Indiana's chief executive presided at a recent walking match, giving the word to.the. panting pedestrians, he glanced meaningly toward the governor as he made the suggestion. His Excellency was chosen forthwith to act as one of the committee, nnd Representative Faulkner as the other. The two stepped to ’Their places on the stage amidst the cheers of the audience. They were then asked to tie the medium, who seated himself on a chair inside the cabinet and, hitching up his trousers, Indiana’s governor began the work of fastening the medium. Down on his knees he dropped, and worked and tugged away faithfully, until, after five minutes’ work, he faced the audience, the perspiration dripping from every pore, and announced: “The man is tied; 1 can’t see anything hocus pocus about the thing.’’ He then tqok his seat on one side of the stage, Mr. Faulkner, who, by the way, bad sent his collar to Ihe lanndrv, occupying a seat on the opposite side. These statesmen overlooked the movements of the medium at the request in a manner eminently satisfactory, shaking their heads approvingly the while. Finally, however. Miss Anna Eva Fay being then in the cabinet, Mr. Mansfield, addressing himself to Knox county’s pride, said: “Would you favor us, governor, by taking a seat in tha cabinet?’’ at the same ume'placing u chair therein for his accommodation. Tkegovernor mildly consented, »nd took his seat facing the lady. Mr. Mansfield thon took hold of the old gentleman’s hands and placed them gently but firmly in the lady's lap. At this the audience roared and the governor squirmed. A silk handkerchief wa* then laid° on his shoulder, and a four-gallon milk pall piaeed over his head. To nil this he submitted meekly ..and without a murmer. The audience eiqoyed the situation, which ha evt-A dently didn’t. As the curtain was bsing drawn, ilo.ing the cabinet, a stifled cry

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Wits heard from under the bucket, and the curtain whs rc-drawn to ascertain the cause. Nothing—only the bucket had slipped back over hie head, tod the bail ditching under the throat, was choking His Excellency in a manner which would soon Imre made way tor Lieutenant Q&V J ern<>r Gray. The bail Was Readjusted, and the performance went on. At the conclusion of the trick our respected governor stepped put, to the delight of the audience, which was glad to see him back onoe hiore unhurt. Then Miss Fay retired and Mr, MaustlcU entered the cabinet. Turning to the embarrassed chief executive, lie asked calmly, “'Will you fhvor the audience by loaning me your coat for Hit) performance of this trick?'' The good old man cast a glance at the nadleuos. Their laugh seemed to reassure him, and off came the blue jeans robe. "Tour vest,’’ demanded Mr. Manstjsld, To thla-jcqueet our ruler responded With alacrity, exposing as be dropped hla waistcoat—a clean ahirt I This at least gave evidence of frequent rehearsal. There he stood, the white shirt contrasting with the trousers of purest cerulean hue, and at which he gazed fondly, as if he expected to be requested to part with them next. The cabinet waa then closed and tb« “spirits” began work on the medium, who

was securely tied. At this juncture the dismantled governor, who stood erect, six feet three in his boots, which were still on,_ began !o feel the need of a new chew of tobacco and a handkerchief. He chewed his tonguo for tbe one and used his thumb and index finger in default of the latter. The medium within then shouted for light, and the curtain being withdrawn, revealed him partially encaaod in the habiliments of the governor. Representative Faulkner was called upon to assist, and the two state officials picked the medium up, atiil bound to the chair, and carriednim to the footlights. They were then asked to unbind thu fetters, and responded gracefully* Each went down on his knees and tugged awuy, the governor still in scant attire. They knew that tbe eyes of 1,600 noblespirited Indianians were upon them, and realized the awful importance of succeeding iu their undertaking. When -their efforts were crowned witii success and the medium stood forth once more free, Gov. Williams carefully donned his coverings and immediately dived into the pocket where he kept his tobacco. The dignified lawmaker and our chief executive were then excused from further service, receiving the thanks of the mediums and approval of the audience for the able and impartial manner in which they had administered the affairs of the evening.

Obituary.—Mrs. Ann Sayler.

For Tin Union. Mrs. Ann Sayler, whose funeral was held from the M. E. church last Sunday afternoon, died at Rochester, Minn., on Wednesday, the 10th mat., of typhoid pneumonia. Her remains were brought here for interment with her husband and ohiidren in our Weston cemetery. Deceased was born in August, 1806, and was, therefore, in her seventy-fourth year. She was tbe wife of David Sayler, who, with bis family, came from Ross county, Ohio, in 1848, and located at Rensselaer, whore -he died, m 1854. Ho built tbe Sayler block,. now Known aa “Leopold's Corner,’L. on Van Rensselaer and Washington streets. Their family comprised two sons and five daughters, nnd were well known io Jasper county. 'Four of the daughters married here. Tbe httsbar.d and father, one son, William, and two daughter*, Mrs. Moss and Mrs. Hamare buried here, and now near them the mother. Of her many relatives atiil living we mention, as old settlers, Mr. Thos.-Monnett, her brother, Messrs. Isaac Saylor, Micah Sayler and Henry Sayler. Besides these are a great number of remoter do;rees of kinship both in consanguinity, and affinity.

Mother Sayler ha* been a member of tha M. B. church for more than sixty years last past. After the death of her husband ibe family went to Laporte, in this state. They returned after about tbreo years to Uensselaer, and again resided here several years. Sincdleaving Rensselaer she bat resided first with her daughter, Mrs. Minor Thompson, at Effingham, 111., (who, it will be remembered, was burned to death by a chemical explosion several years since,) and since her death, with her only surviving daughter, Mrs. Copp, at Rochester, Minnj Mrs. Copp and her husband, Rev. William Copp, brought the remains to this place. Wherever deceased has been known she has been esteemed for her exemplary life, pure Christian character and true womanly virtues. Her religious convictions were very deep and h*r daily walk waa in every way consictent with her Christian piofeesion. She lost her sight about eighteen months before slid died but retained the faculties of mind perfectly lo the last mo* ment. . She lived to good ripe years in a life of purely unselfish work, and while all but »ne of her children, and most of her grand children have gone before bar, the is remembered add her death mourned by a very large circle of relatives and friends to whom she had endeared herself. * * *

Want the I, D A C. Railroad.

A dispatch lo the, Indianapolis Journal, from Lebanon, dated February 14th, says : A meeting of the leading business men was held yesterday evening, and the sutyett of inducing the managers of the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago railroad to change the route flfora tho eastern to the central part of the county, making Lebanon an abjective point, was thoroughly discussed. TWo hundred dollars were at once subscribed to defray tha .expense of tho survey flrom -Frankfort to this city, and there appears to be a general feeling in favor of securing the read on terms already proposed by the company, , /

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State Items.

Net Jpl) tt f>«eli Is going tA ImHuiMpeNff tollt*.— fjtt Porte Argn»< don. Scdlttylt/r CuiUi Wad serUviy ill with eryripelat, hutt week. New ftN'ltS WnphS ejfiip h worth offrf dollar M gallon At Danville. Hon. Robert Gregory, of Lafayette, r«*Wtettiplntoa moving bpl to UlMklltv at off •arly ddy. Twenty-one iirmatea of tho Lafayette >uMf dre under'’sentrncc of impntoOrmoOl M tlMf penitentiary/ Henry Vanvalkdtrbirfg of Plyntotrtb celebrated hla 99th birthday aahiiendtry av the 20th of last monk#. The Register with a Jcettssf disregard 1 tor bloody locale discourages the hmutiutT of a pUning mill at Goodlaud. Judge Solomon Blair, chairman of the' republican state central cotnmittio, died at Indianapolis last Monday, aged 50 years.E, M. Hayes & Son, doaWf 111 beoU,shoes and gents* furnishing goods at Andar■on, have failed for g 9,000 | assets ff^XJOr Mrs, Samuel Shovmlter started a flrW with coal oil and waa burnt to death at Honey Creek in Cass county on the I6tk fatal/ Lagrange county ndvortiso-l only eight tracts of land thia yoar tor delinquent taxes, the aggregate amount of which was only' 9206.16. t t Knight and Jaekson hsvs been sentenced to imprisonment for life by a Vigo county court for wrecking a train on the Indianapolis & St. Louis railroad. William Hiatt and Lincoln Rue, two n' fractory pupils of Delaware county, have been arrested for causing the death of Samuel Cross, their teacher. Mrs. Clitn, the notorious, is again figuring in the Indianapolis courts. Thia time ,for purloining and destroying notes givenby her for borrowed money.

Miss Cornell of White eounty committed suicide Tuesday oflaat week, because the family with whom she waa living objectedto her marriage with their son. A. S. Weston, anperintendent of tbff Starke county poor asylum, has sued W. W .- Garner, of the Knox Enterprise, for alleged 1 libel; and laya bio damage at SIO,OOO, Fred Blanchard and six children of Goodland were nearly asphyxiated (amottered) by the gas escaping from a coal Move in their sleeping room, one night last week/ Mrs. Emma Maloy. temperance specialist, is to become a permanent resident of LaPorts, where ber husband it employed in editorial capacity on the Chronicle news-' paper. A noted courtesan of tbie city presented for redemption a basket foil of the flf checks given to laborer* oft (be ice, oft the lost pay day.— LaPorte Argus. ’Twas an ice transaction. On the Bth day of May last Mrs. Stephen#/ Tipton county matron, gtfve birth to at child which is still living. Eight months' and twenty-three days afterwards she gave birth w bealthy twins. The South Bend window blind, sash,- ioof and scroll factory is to be moved down toPlymouth about tbelret of April. South Bead will reckon her decline from the time' she allows her manufactories temovenway.Henry Kerue while operating n erwft-’ sheller at Boxleytewn, near Noblcsvtlle, one day last week, had a leg cut off end the other mangled so that it will have to be amputated, and possibly vrHI alee lose am arm* w. S. Thornburg, a freight conductor off the L., M & B. road, ran ahoed of hit train at Lafayette, Sunday morning, to change » switch and by some accident wte run over and kitted. His mangled remain* were discovered scattered along the track/ The river and harbor appropriation biff representatives recomc-nda only s2o,ooo|ftr Michigan City harbor. RcpreasnUlive Calkins Will lose prestige unless he enft secftV# something more than that tor Indiana’s moat import tant seaport.

In Gillam Township.

Special Correepondonee of Th* Three protracted meetings have been held in Gillam township winter Uy »be Methodists, but without the snecees that attended the labor# of last winter. In this township reside seven preachers aDd seveeteen school teachers. Why should thetrabw ignorance in the land ofitlMracWVSf W school teachers had a lively debate on the evening of the Bth instant, which resulted in a decision for the nffirnmtive, The eah* jeet was stated: "Resolved, That the ausflod of having pupils In schools answer to their standing in regard to whispering, and for the teachers to take ante* of * u mcanons and settle the same at a time whet* the teacher Is not engaged in imparting in-' struction, is a good thing; and that t* should be indulged In more in the ftoturw than it has in the p-L” A U.ernvy**iety is being conducted at Pleasant Ridge acboel house, by the young people, with ' success. There-)»ai keen some akkneaa i» our neighborhood this winter. Cyrue Prevo lost a bright and promising child, little Janies, eighteen months old, of dipk' therin; Malachl Powell lost a| hoy, toM, years old, of brain fever} John Quarry aidt Jamea Cooper heve been da*# 1 tfttfelg* fever but are oonvaleeoing. Mr. Qherry has been in poor health for|same months} he contemplates going Emerj Low, living in the »!*• of Rulasltl county, • losthinhouM, furnituye and |l»»itt money by fire n I iff. week* ago; hi insurance, i A Cllumil.