Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1879 — Page 1

BOBACI 1. JAMIS. MIBVIN O.CIIIH. JAMES * CIS TEL, rioriiiTOßi or THE RENSSELAER UNJON, RBMBMLAIB, jAirBB COCMTT, IMP. Oa* o®py one year, 11; *U- month*. W centa; thr«* month*, (thirteen waeks), M cent*; al tony* M«A 4a tfdMAM. Single wipy,« cent*; two cou- >«*, I eentej more than two copiaa, » cent* oaclj. A D VKRTIMXG VI. X •lie corner of Mil* P*ge for term* and prion of War-tiling in thi* neWxpnper. JOB PRI.VTI.VG.-A large a*»ortment of type and other material for porter, pamphlet, circular and kindred work, rricea low. \

W. H. & C. Rhoades OPEN FOB THE SPRING TRADE. GREAT REDUCTION irr HARNESS. . V • All good* in our line reduced from 20 to 26 per cent, for cash only. A GOOD SEWING MACHING FOR $25. Needles, Machine Extras, etc., always on hand. Also an extensive stock of Saddle*, Bridles, Whips, Trunks, Valises, Saddlery Hardware, Leather Findings, Collars, Brushes and Combs. CARRIAGE TRIMMING and leather repairing a specialty. New Shop and Sales Room south side of Washington street, Rensselaer, Indiana. Just Received A. S. XaA RUB Has just received and hns now on exhibition at his place of business in Leopold's Corner, opposite A. McCoy and Thompson’s bank, a large and fresh supply of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, -which he proposes to sell as cheap as the cheapest. He also keeps constantly on hand a full line of Cigars, Tobacco, Confectionery, Queensware, Canned Fruits, Nuts. Statiomry, etc. Give him a call. T.-M. JONES, (Late of Kankakee City) MMMNT TAILOR, Opposite the Post-Office. Suita for Men, Youths anti Children out and made. Work warranted. FULL LINE OF PIECE GOQDS Kept in stock. The finest, best and cheapest stock ever opened In Rensselaer. Call and Bee. Orders solicited.

STOVESIS. Office, Parlor and Kitchen STOVES, Wood and Coal Burners, KITCHEN RANGES, For Wood or Coal Burning, Kitchen Hardware, TINWARE, &c.. At CHILDERS’S. T Work a Specialty. R.FENDIG Du-a-Lun X3Bo— Goods, CLOTHING, o-ajE>ei, BOOTS, SHOES, &C. IN THE Nowels Build’g ONE DOOR - BELOW POST Offld 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 Boys Greatlyßeduced in Prices.

DRESS GOODS For Ladies, Misses and Children Latest Patterns Very Cheap. Boots and Shoes For Men, Women, Youths, Misses and Children, of the Standard Manufacturers. J——- I. . ; .., I, ' i Everybody Invited TO OAXiIj -A.XO’X) Inspect Goods and Prices

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

VOLUME 11.

HARPER W. SNYDER, Attorney at Law, REMINGTON, Jasper County, IndianaDr. G. A. MOSS, Physician and Surgeon, In Spitler’s Brick Building, Opposite Court House, Rensselaer. Dr. J. H. LOUGH RIDGE,, 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, FH YSICIAN AND BURGEON, At W. J. I men’s Drug Store.

MORDECAI F. CHILCOTE, Attorney at Law, Rensselaer, Indiana, Attends to al! Business of the Profession with promptness and despatch. Office on Washington Street, opposite file Court House. Simon P. Thompxon, David J. Thompson, Attorney at Law. -Votary THOMPSON & BRO., Attorneys at Law, Rensselaer, Indiana, Practice in all the Courts. We pay particular at t ent ion to paying taxes, selling and leasing lands. MARION Z>. EPITLiH, Collector and Abstracter. R. S. DWiGGINS. ZIMRI DWIGGINS. R. 8. & Z. D X IGGINS, Attorneys at Law AND LOAN BROKERS. One Hundred Thousand Dollars to Loan on first mortgage, on five years time, at nine per eent^interest, in sums of S3OO or over,— — FRANK W. BABCOCK, Attorney at Law And Real Estate Broker. Practices in all Courts of Jasper, Newton and Benton counties. Laudsexamined. Abstracts of Title prepared. Tuxeß iiaid. JL’ollections a specialty.

Dtuisl B. Killer. Jane* W. Donthit MILIER, & DOUTHIT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Notaries Public and Collectors. Ditch and road petitionsand reports carefully prepared, titles examined, abstracts made, collections promptly ■ attended to. Office in Starr’s Building, tip-stairs, third door. IRA W. YEOMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW Notary Public, Real Estate, Collection & Ins. Agent. All legal instrqments'carefully written. Office over Narrow Gauge Store. ELZA I. PHILLIPS, Attorney at Law AMD MOTABY PUBLIC, Office in Conrt House with Sheriff. A. MoCOY & 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 9 o’clock a. m. to 4 o’clock p. m.

Prof. Tice’s National Weather Almanac, FJEaXOm ao CUNTS, I' FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. BY MAIL 20 CENTS. Flour, Salt and Sugar Largest Stock in Jasper County/ 12 Ms Good Sugar, ® 7 Pounds Good Cob JI. TEAS, TOBACCO AND CIGAES A. SPECIALTY. a. ersT.a.-R-R; 3miß*X > JkJßXaXflßajnX3 UIXT 1864. -

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, MARCH 13th, 1879.

C 77 a Month nn<l expense* guaranteed to M>« » Agent*. Outfit free. Hlllw A Co., Augusta, Maine. 11-My LESLIE C. GRANT, BLACKSMITH. Shop at Terhune’s old stand on Front street. All work warranted. Call. G ROC EI II I ES, Cigars, Tobacco, CONFECTiONRRY, M. FIRST DOOR ABOVE AUSTIN’S HOTEL. L. TUTETJR. GEORGE GRAUEL, Maker of and Dealer in mirns, BADDISB, Bridles, Whips, Blankets, &c. Repairing Done Promptly. Front Street, below Washington. FITZ W. BEDFORD DBALIm IN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. Threshers, Reapers, Mowers, Rakes. Eagle Cultivators and Harrows. The celebrated Furst & Bradley, Jones and Oiliver Chilled Plows. NEWTON WAGONS AND BUGGIESRiding and Walking Cultivators. Brown Corn Planters. All kinds of Field, Garden, Barn and Stable Implements. Fann Hardware. VIOTOH- SCALES For Hay, Cattle and Railroad Tracks. Also, Building Paper, Lime, Plastering Hair, Cement, Pumps, &c. Field and Carden Seeds In bulk or by the small package. Farm and Garden Products sold at retail. Ona door above “Shanghai.”

Bologna Sausage, LARD, Fresh Meat. Bologna Sausage SJ cts per ll>. Pork •’ 6 “ “ Colce Leaf Lard 6 “ “ Pork Steak 4to ® “ “ Beat lees Steak 7 “ “ Fore Quarter “ <» “ “ Choi e Roasts 6 “ “ Boll) g Pieces 3, 4 “ “ BEDFORD & SHARP’S New Meat Store. JMEEI A T -A.T i 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. Reliable Meat Store JACOB EIGLESBACH. JOB PRINTING NEATLY DOME AT THE UNION OFFICE ■t ■ . Rensselaer, Indiana.

"Take a Little Wine for Thy Stomach’s Sake.”

ESSATRHADBTMR.FRANK W. BIBCOCK AT THE TEMPERANCE MEETING, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 80. It seems to be a rule of human thought and conduct that for every act of doubtful propriety we seek justification in tome respestabie authority. The popular notion is, not whether the thing is morally and abstraclty right or wrong, but “can I find some respectable justification for it?” Especially do men try to justify their acts, bad as well as good, by authority of scripture. Atheist and Christian, believer and unbelievers, alike are content to fall back upon some one or more isolated passages of holy writ in defense of some questionable habit or dubious conduct. Those who boldly deny the divine authority of the bible, and refuse io accept its moral code as the rule of true moral conduct, or its revealed plan of salvation as the true way to eternal life, still dare, before a Christian world, to rest their ill seeming acts or manifest, vices Upon some declaration of the scripture. Following tliis rule, whether sincere or not, we frequently hear bibbiers, and the conservative friends of bibling, quoting of Paul’s suggestion toTimothy, “take a little wine for thy stomach’s sake,” as scriptural authority for dram drinking; and as for further conclusive authority from the same source, is cited, the miracle of Jesus converting water into wine at the marriage feast in Caana of Gallilee. It would be difficult to do greater violence to the scriptures upon any one rule of moral conduct than to assume that they teach or even tolerate the use of intoxicants as a beverage, in the way they are ordinarily used. The scriptures are consistent with themselves in teachings; always harmonious when understood. Therefore let us briefly examine this subject. What were the circumstances under which the suggestion was made by Paul to Timothy, “Drink no longer water bu t La ke a liLt 1 e wi n e f6r thy s(om ach’s sake and thine often infirmities'’? For many years Timothy had been engaged inllie work of an evangelist, spreading 4‘ihe good news of the kingdom.” He had traveled from place to place; had suffered over-fatigue, hardships and deprivations; he had been bufl’ VteffTUoffed,' per Sec UVtd, rtespis ed, stoned and imprisoned. Those were not days of steamboats and state rooms; railroads and palace cars. That was not the enlightened age of the 19lh century nor the cultivated civilization of present Europe or America. They were the days of donkeys and fool travel, camels and small crude sail boats on the Mediterranean. They were the days of Jewish persecutions, of Christianity in its infancy; the age of Asiatic ignorance and supersti tion and of Roman misrule and tyranny. They were the days to Christian evangelists of sandals and bread and water; of persecutions, mobs, violence and no salary nor quarterly collections. Timothy had borne 'it all in meekness and patience and persisted in the word of his master’s kingdom. He had risen to the highest office in the church as much on the account of his exemplary habits as for his devoted energy to the work. He was noted for his abstemiousness. His habits were guarded with austerity. But he had now become infirm; he was wearing out with his nerveexhausting labors and needed some simple remedy to assist nature to rally the physical powers. Paul knew him thoroughly.",,They had been companions in travels for many years and together had suffered the trials and hardships incident to /their evangelical work. Thusintimately knowing Timothy, his rigorous temperate habits, his strong resolution, his, safe self control, Paul, could safely and properly say to him, “take a little wine for your stomach’s traktrand your many infirmities.” But Paul did not suggest 'Any such thing to the world generally nor even to his fellow Christians; but on the contrary, as we shall see, he left many direct and positive injunctions against the use'.of intoxicants, and exhortations to temperance and sobriety. " ' wine for the wedding? Jesus em-

braced many opportunities to manifest God’s power in hl,in. The miracle of converting water into wine was only one of these many manifestations. He did not recommend the use of wine nd a beverage. Himself or deciples never found drunk, we do not eveq find any record of their visiting saloons, buying by the quart or favoring a license of the traffic. The bible permits one to take life in self defense, but it does not allow murder. So the spirit would suffer Paul to recommend wine purely as a curative remedy to the rigidly temperate and abstemious Timothy, but it never winked at drunkenness nor in any manner authorized dissipation. “Wine is a mocker, and strong drink is raging,” declares the wise man by inspiration, “and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” Again he warns us: “He that loveth wine shall not be rich.” “Whohath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath babbling? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that seek mixed wine.’’ “Look not on it when it is red in the cup.” “At last it bilgth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder.” “Gj.ve strong drink,” he says, “to him that is ready to perish,” but again, “be not among wine bibblers.” Isaiah says: “Woe unto them that rise up in the morning that they may follow strong drink; that they may continue until wine inflames them.” “Harp and wine are in their feasts but they regard not the work of the Lord.” Again be tells us: “They also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way.”

Paul to the Ephesians says: “Be not drunk with wine.” ylnd in his first epistle to Timothy be warns him that a bishop must be “not given to wine.” lie repeats this to Titus, writing that co-laborer: “Not given to wine. * * Sober, huly, temperate. • The prophet Hosea gives as one as the idolatries that caused the estrangement of the Jews from God, that they “love flagons of wine.” The same prophet declares “Wine and new wine taketh away tl e heart.” • Habakkuk, speaking of the condemnation which shall overtake the wicked, says: “Yea also because he transgressttli by wine?’ Soloinotu declares the dangers of strong drink again to Lemuel: “It is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink, lest they drink and forget the law and pervert judgment.” Paul to the Gsllatians classes drunkenness w’ith the vilest offenses and says: “They that do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”

Solomon compares strong drink to a thorn: “As a thorn goeth up in the hands of adrunkard.’ v This is a forcible illustration. How many thousands who have ignored this wise hint have found to their sorrow that this indulgence has become not only a painful jagger in the stomach but that the thorn has sprouted, grown, scattered its seed and spread its roots until its irritating barbs are wrecking a thousand nerves in all parts of the body. The scriptures teach no such dangerous or destructive habit. The bible teaches not only Christianity to Christians and to all who would be such, but it teaches good moral law, correct physical habits, sound business principles and common sense generally. Quotations might be multiplied almost ad infinitum condemnatory of the vice of intemperance, but in all the teachings of holy writ there can not be found one license to indulge the destructive passion nor palliation of its practice. Away,' then, with biblical quotations justifying dram-drinking. Tne bible teaches temperance as a part of Christianity, as a rule of morality, as a maxim of hygene, as a business necessity, as a prerequisite to success in any enterprise of life. It condemns intemperance in all its forms and under whatever pretense or guise. ‘ T The arrears of pensions will, 11 it is estimated, distribute about two - '

' NUMBER M

State Ifems.

An Ambia, Benton oonnty,dealcr shipped 100,000 ‘bushels of com during the month of February. John Holleit, of Remington, was in this ’city la*t sabbath, visiting his parents.— Vtifparaiso Mestenger. One hundred and fifteen persons have connected themselves with lire Methodist Episcopal church at Leesburg at a revival recently in progress there. The earnings ofthe Indianapolis, Delphi <fc Chicago railroad for the month of January were $1,400. T|iis is a favorable showing for a road with but 2G miles in operation. —Monticello Herald. Two female-surgeons at Crown Point, Mrs. Bedell and Mrs. White, recently removed an adipose tumor, cocoanut shape, weighing one ponnd and two ounces, from the bip of Mr. Albert Kilborn. William A. Hopkinsand wife, of Goodland, formerly citizens of Jasper county where they have rolatiyes and many friends, celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedded life, week belore last. Rev. Carson Parker, formerly pastor of the Unitarian church at Valparaiso, has been converted to Catholicism, and on last Sunday was baptised into the Roman Catholic church by Father O'Reilly. Captain Manning, who superintends the government improvements of the Michigan City harbor, states that there is on hand >49,000 of the government appropriation of last year for harbor work, to which will now be added >40,000 just appropriated by Congress.

Thus saith the Fowler Era-. Our justices seem to be somewhat agitated over their last drunk. Their attention has been called to the statute of 1873 prohibiting officers from becoming intoxicated during office hours. Walker says the statute is repealed, Calais says it is unconstitutional. Gen. R. H. Milroy, formerly a citizen of Rensselaer, now Indian agent in Washington Territory, recently visited his sons in Hanover college, and while there “delivered an interesting address concerning the customs ofthe Indian*, and a statesman like discussion of the Indian question.” The LaFayet’.e Courier says there are too many men hanging around the streets of that city wi*hont visible means of support, who wear good clothes and are seldom broke, and intimates that they are not strictly honest. It suggests, as a remedy, that they ought to be given twenty-four hours in which to leave the city. Miss Henderson, an octaroon, recently died of consumption at LaPorte. She was considered as perhaps the handsomest woman in the state. A number ofphysicians were willing to pay almost any price for one other hands, Which they considered the most perfect in existence. She had sat a number of times as a model for artists and

sculptors. A West Creek correspondent of the Lowell Enterprise, speaking of a recent wedding in which a citizen of Jasper county took a very prominent part, says; Mr. Wm. Potter, of Jasper county, and Miss Holds Bartholomew, of this county, were united in matrimony on the 3rd inst. About forty guest were in attendance and witnessed the ceremony. Mr. Potter has been married twice before and has a small family of eleven children.” Gooland Register-. Many of our readers probably noticed the following dispatch in the Chicago Times a few days since: The town of Rensselaer is considerably excited over the sudden denth of Dr. Moss, a few days ago. Suspicion of foul play is so strong that the Citizens of that place are demanding an exam illation of the body. The Rensselaer Union of last week, in a column article, proves the above to be maliciously false in every particular. Dr. Moss died from rheumatism of the heart, pot a rare disease in this country. No doubt the pusillanimous news-mon-ger who sent dispatch wanted the 40 cents allowed by the Timss for a small “startler.” “P. M.’s” communication was re-cetvclTbriMe-for thia week, ««.—•

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Local Gleanings.

Specht! correaponrfawM ft Tib Let as go to the postofilce ahd Seo oar girls. R. Ralph has moved Into Elder Halstead’s property. W. S. Orwin went to Logansport, last Monday, to visit hie parent*. A grandchild of Holdridge Clark's is very sick at hi* residence. Ezra C. Newels has received the lumber for his new house and barn. John L. Makeever is studying law nt home during hi* spare hours. Fishing on Sunday Is pleasant pastime, no doubt, but is it elevating? Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Willis rejoice because unto them is born • daughter. John Lewis is building a frame dwelling near Haste's mill, ii}Bavk- . ey township. Spring, bluebirds, robins, wild geese and ducks. The next will be mosquitoes and fleas. Phos. W. Moore, of Royal Cerf' ter, Cass County, has commenced the stady of medicine with Dr* W ashbarn. Silas Swain proposes to hunt < bonanza In' Colorado, this spring. The girls will miss his fine buggy and fast horses. Horace E. James, Postmaster, Rensselaer, Indiana. That will look well and sound well. Mr. Editor, may you live long and prosper.

It does not sound well for • young man not three months married to call his wife “the old woman.” It is a thoughtless vulgarity that neither old nor young should indulge h»< Dcn’t say nauj£hty things abont young ladies. The new libel law makes malicious libel a crime punishable by fine and imprisonment. Go slow. The state’s attorney will prosecute malicious libel after thia. Said a young lady not long since “If some of the young men do not quit getting drunk at the dance* I’ll not go to them.” She is right, but, then we thought the parent* weal with their children to place* of amusement!! Alfred Hoover has the best kept farm in Jasper county. Every -farmer might buildings, out-houses, fences and fields if he would try. The boys would like home better were the farms made as attractive as the saloons, office* and" stores in the cities and town* ' generally are. The county commissioners employed Shelby Grant to superintend the poor farm. They propose to have all the paupers taken there to be cared for. Mr. Grant had the farm leased theretofore and boarded the paupers. The new arrangement will Certainly be the cheapest method of caring for the wards of the county. A. Dodgkb.

A Friendly Witness.

From Crown Point Star. It is' reported that the people of Rensselaer are somewhat excited over the sudden death of Dr. Moes a few days ago. Suspicion of foul play is so strong that the citizens of that place are demanding an examination ofjthe body. JDr. Moss, if we mistake not, about eight years ago resided here for six months, then moved to Brookston, and from thence to Rensselaer.— Segir ter. Injustice to Dr. G. A. Moss and his estimable wife, the parent* of the Dr. Moss above mentioned, we desire to say that the allusions made in the above article, are entirely false. An intimate acquaintance of nearly 15 years standing with this family has taught us that they are entirely incapable of the crime above alluded to, and would shrink from the very thought of it with horror. The deceased Dr. Moss has been sick for nearly two years with rheumatism of the heart, which had brought on epilepsy, and the last time the writer met him, he was a mere living skeleton”, ready to drop into the grave. Some dastardly scoundrel started the story in the Chicago Times, for what purpose, is not known. No one in Rensselaer bears more irreproachable characters than Dr. and Mrs. Moss. They have lived there for twenty five years or more, and would be the last people to be suspected of such a crime. Jon Printing neatly, cheaply and promptly done by James A Cissel, proprietors of Tub Umog office, _ .