Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1879 — Page 1

HOBAP* C. V*M*a. MBBVIBO.OWBSt JAMBS X CISSKL, r«o»irrouor THE RENSSELAER UNION, HBHBSBIABB, J xera* Cocktt, I»d. One copy one Te*r, |1; alx month*, M eentals three month*, (thirteen week*). Meant*; almye «uA In adtmno*. Single oopy, I mbU; two ooptee, • cent*; more than two coplea, 1 cent* each. AJtrKBT/SIJfO BOirrDULM.-*** alt* corner of thla pago for term* and price ol MVttttalng in thla newspaper. JOB PEINTINO.— A large aaeortment of type and other material for pooler, pamphlet, circular and kindred work. Price* low.

W. H. & C. Rhoades OPEN FOB THE SPRING TRADE. GREAT REDUCTION iisr H-A-fustess. All 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 Saddles, Bridies, Whips, Trunks, Saddlery Hardware, Leather Findings, Collsrs, Brushes and Combs. CARRIAGE TRIMMING and leather repairing a specialty. New Shop and Sales Boom south side of Washington street, Rensselaer, Indiana. TSTEW HARDWARE STORE JUST OPENED! Be it known that Ezra L. Clark has just opened a Hardware Store in Shanghai Building, Rensselaer, Indiana, and will keep constantly in stock a full line of HARDWARE, TINWARE, WOODENWARE, Carpenters’ Tools, Table and Pooket Cutlery, Silverware, Revolvers, Ammunition of all kinds, -f a mr O- ATOISEtT SEEPS and everything else usually found in a first-class Hardware Store. All goods sold at LOWEST CASH PRICES. Parties wishing anything in my line will do well to call, examine goods and learn prices. E. L. CLARK. Just Received Am S. LA RUE Has just received and has now on exhibition at his place of business in Leopold’s Corner, opposite A. McCoy afid Thompson’s bank, a large and fresh supply of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, which he proposes to sell as cheap ns the cheapest. He also keeps constantly on hand a full line of Cigars, Tobacco, Confectionery, Queens ware, Canned Fruits, Nuts. Stationery, etc. Give him a call. GEORGE GRAUEL, Maker of and dealer in HARNESS, SADDLES, Bridles, whips, Blankets,- &o. Repairing Done Promptly. Front street, below Washington. LESLIE C. GRANT, BLACKSMITH. Fa»at Thrlione’s oi l st ind on Front streetAll work warranted. Call. STOVES. Office, Parlor and Kitchen STOVES, Wood and Coal Burners, KITCHEN RANGES, For \\ ood or Coal Burning, Kitchen Hardware, TINWARE, Ac., At CHILDERS’S. I Tin Work a Specialty. Ic-. Bologna Sausage, • <i Fresh Meat. ,i i' Bologna Sausage 8} cts per lb. Pork ' ** e »* “ Coice Leaf Lard a »* “ Pork Steak 4to ft “ “ Beat .leer Steak 7 “ Fore Quarter “ 6 “ “ Choice Roasts 6 “ “ Bolling Pieces 3, 4 “ »» BEDFORD SHARP’S New Heat Store. FITZ W. BEDFORD DBAXjBR I3W ABRKMTIM Men Threshers, Reapers, Mowers, Rakes. Eagle Cultivators and Harrows. The celebrated Furst A Bradley, Jones and Olliver Chilled plows. NEWTON WAGONS AND BUGGIES. Riding and Walking Cultivators. Brown Caro Planters. All kinds of Field, Garden, Barn and Stable Implements. Farm Hardware VICTOR. SOAIjXIO For Hay, Cattle and Railroad Tracks. Also, Building paper, Lime, Plastering Hair, Cement, Pumps, &e. Fatm and Garden Products sold at retail. Ohe door above “Shanghai.”

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

VOLUME 11.

SILYER WANTED. DRUGGIST & PHARMACEUTIST, RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Paints,. Varnishes. Brushes Lamps, Lamp Chimneys, Car ■riyilssfls bon Oil Guaranteed 150 Fire lH jjlfffilfHwb T°°t Blank Books, Stationery, Albums, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Perfumeries, Soaps, & PINE CONFECTIONER^’. Strictly Pure Wines and Liquor* FOR MEDICINAL- PURPOSESCHOICE CIGARS, SMOKIMG- AND CHEWING TOBACCOS. Fully prepared to furnish the publio 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 ability to give satisfaction in all case.,. Physicians' Prescriptions and Family Recipes Carefully Compounded. W. J. IMES, DEALER IN School Books, Blank Books, Stationery, Drugs, ME I) 1 Cl N E S. 1, . 4 " .. T~ Paints, t)ils, Varnishes, CHEMICALS, TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES, READY-MIXED PAINTS, Brushes, Lamps, Wall Paper, Window Shades, 'A-y - . - • FINE WINES AND PURE LIQUORS, Strictly for Medical Purposes, O <ScO. This stock of good* in all departments is fresh, pure and firsPektyß. There is none better in the market.. In addition to the aboae enumeration, a full supply is kept of Slates, Pencils, Crayons, Pens, Ink, Fine Writing Paper, Envelopes, Lead Pencils, Erasers for pencil and ink, and all art idea pertaining to the Stationery Line. STOP YOURCRYHIIG! THE NARROW GAUGE CXiOTHIira HOUSE Is again open for business with a ; , splendid stock of . ! CLOTHING AND GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS onnand and more coming. We want it understood that we propose to take the lead with our goods and prices. We are the only EXCLUSIVE CLOTHING HOUSE | in Jasper county, and expect to sell stylish and well made Clothing at a Saving of 15 to 20 per cent. Having had an experience of nearly 18 years in the business and not handling any other line of goods, we are enabled to buy direct from the manufacturers at less prices than those who carry a little of everything. 1 CALL I3ST AND SEE US, And remember, we are ready to show goods and prices that will induce you to buy. HONEST AND GENTLEMANLY DEALING Is the Motto ot -JUUMK IKK Hemphill Building, Henaaelaer, Ind.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, MAY T, 1879.

a Month anil expense* guaranteed to W* * A gouts. Outfit free. Snxw A Co., Augusta, Maine. 11-20 y HARPER W. SNYDEB, Attorney at Law, REMINGTON, Jasper County, Indiana. Dr. G. A. MOSS. • V Physician and Surgeon, InJSpitler’a Brick Building. Opposite Court House, Rensselaer. Dr. J. H. LOUGHBIDGE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Below Austin Hotel. Ten per cent, interest will b» adde 1 to all account* running unsettled longer thnu 8 months. • Dr. MOSES B. ALTER, PHYSICIAN and suitanoN, At W. J. Irncs’s Drug Store. DR. 0. C. LINK, HOMEOPATHIST. CFFXCB In Austin’s Hotel, Rensselaer, Ind. MORDECAI F. CHILCOTE, Attorney at Law, Rensselaer, Indiana, Attends to all Business of the Profession with promptness «Dd despatch. Offiice on Washington street, opposite the Court House. (•V Simon P. Thompson, David J. Thompson, Attorney at Law. Notary Public. THOMPSON & BRO., Attorneys at Law, Rensselaer, Indiana, Practice in all the Courts. We pay particular attention to paying taxes, selling and leasing lands. MARION Li. BFZTZiEH. Collector and Abstractor. • * * r 't R. 8. DWIGGINB. ZIMEI LWIGGIN6. R. S. & Z. DWIGGINS, Attorneys at Law AND LOAN BROKERS. One Hundred Thousand Dollars to Loan on first mortgage, on fivo years time, at nine per cent, 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. Lands examined. 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 careftNly 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, Heal Estate. Collection & Ins. Agent. All legal instruments carefully written. Office over Narrow Gauge Store. , 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 9 o’clock a. nr. to 4 o'clock p. m. , B. A Dwiggtn*, Zlmri Dwiggini, „ Pree't. Cat Icier. Citizens 5 13ank, PEXS6ELA Ell. INDIANA. Does a general hanking business; gives special attention to collections; remittances thade on day of payment at current rate of exchange; interest paid on balances; certificates bearing interest issued; exchange bought aud sold. This hank owns the burglar safe, which took the premium at the Chicago Exposition in IK7H. This safe I* protected by one of Sargent's time locks. The bank vault used is as good Ms can be built. It will he seen from the foregoing that tills hank furnishes as good security to depositors as can be furnished! GBOCEBIis, Cigars, Tobacco, (HIT, ML FIRST DOOR ABOVE AUSTIN’S HOTEL. j dwapanfam.iiiiiMTnaiUMii-i.!!**-. — J » f -„ M Xj. ttjtbtjr.

HURRAH FOR PRESIDENT HATES ?

Til* at?tfon of Preslfient Hayes lit vetoing tire army appropriation‘bill, to which was appended measures that were not germane to the business for which congress had been called togelher in extra session to transact, measures tliat encroached upon the constitutional rights of the head of the executive branch of the government intended to operate so as to circumscribe them within limits which would amount to their, practical nullification, and that in nature wero revolutionary and calculated to destroy the rights of citizens of the United States to the exercise of a free unintimidated ballot honestly counted, is worthy of the warmest commendation and highest praise. The vetoes a lengthy paper; but it will well repay careful perusal by every citizen of the republic who loves the constitution of his country, cherishes her free institutions, respects wholesome laws, and who is opposed to revolutionary schemes having for their object the abridgement and subversion of those safeguards which are essential for the protection of republican institutions and the rights of the common people. In liis veto message the President is consistent with his reputation for evenness of, temper, gentlemanly instincts, culture, education and firmness. His knowledge of law and precedents, his familiarity with the constitution of his country, and liis comprehensive grasp of the merits and tendencies of the subject considered, cannot fail to excite the admiration of all intelligent people. The paper is scholarly, gentlemanly, statesmanlike, patriotio. In this paper Mr. Hayes has done justice to the people, honor to his party credit to

A RAILROAD ROMANCE IN CHAPTERS.

* Chapter I. Monticello wanted a competing railroad. Chapter 11. Monticello prevailed upon thepeople who were interested m her welfare (o vote a tax of $J4,000 to pursuade the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago railroad company to build their line to Monticello.. , Chapter 111. In 1574 the voters of Union township. White county, voted a tux of tit,ooo in aid of the could ruction of tile Indianapolis, Delphi A Chicago Narrow-gauge Railway. The tax was placed on the tax duplicate for collection. The payment of this tux was resisted, amt an order restraining the treasurer from collecting it was prayed for. Juiltre Gould, of Delphi, requested Judge Vinton to hear the argument anil render Uio decision. The attorneys in the case cr me ,o this city so tic days since and made the pigemeot. On Tliurmlay of last week Judge Vinion went to Monticello to render the decision, but was taken ill. and a post.iouement of ouo week was agreed to. It was agreed that the dual qroccediags in the case should ho had here. Yesterday Judge Vinton decided the ease in favor of the pin intifi'. The ground upon which too decision was bused was Uie insufficiency.!!’the petition eshing for the election to vote'the t.i\. Judge linliUvsn,of Logausport, and W. H. Dagne. of Mouticeilo. represented the 'ilaitiliDs, aud N. O. Boss and A. W. Reynolds ilie defeuse. An npne-l is prayed for.— La/, yeti* Journal, It uppers I'roni the above that ilouticello has again been lucky in the matter of getting r ei't benefits at a small cost. If the memory ot the Journal is not at fault, there is a fine school house in that place which drew heavily noon the iiftclcets of several residents of this city, and they are sttll whistling in vain for l einibursoiueut.—Aogi'.uow/’f Journal. Chapter IV. The Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago railroad company is Baid to have perfected* arrangements with the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago railroad company to put down an extra rail on the roadbed of the latter company and run traius down to Lifayette; in case they accept the proposition the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago rail toad company wili take up the iron, rails and bridging on the Monticello route anti use them on thejoew route. , Chapter V. Petitions aie prepared and being busily circulated throughout White county praying for the removal of the county seat frdih Monticello and its relocation at Reynolds(To be continued.) Agricultural Society.— Among the legal advertisements in The Union will be found notices calling for meetings of the boards of directors of the Jasper County Agricultural & Mechanical Association, and of the Jasper County Agricultural Societytwo separate organizations. This action carries upon i(s face the appearance of rivalry and InHarmony; but there is neither. The former society is deeply in debt, and there seems to be no way for It to relieve itself of the burden. It is probable that at the June term of the Jasper circuit court the creditors of that Organization witl obtain decrees of foreclosure of mortgages licld against it, to satisfy which the sheriff will sell the fair ground aud the buildings that are on it. For the purpose of avoiding this disaster it Is proposed to organize a Joint stock company and issue shares of stock of twenty-live dollars each, not less than one hundred in number, and by this, means raise a sum sufficiently large to pay off the liens on the grounds aud make necessary repairs. Our understanding of the call of the Presidentof the Jasper County Agricultural Society is. that while it is addressed to the directors of the society, the publio at largo will be cordially welcomed to the meeting; indeed It is highly desirable that there be a large and generaft*ttendance of the people of Jasper county, all of whom are Of leas degree,

NUMBER 33.

We kn«w of nothirog that would further (he internet of While county more than k good county fair. —Monticello Herald. \Vliat would be good for White county certainly will be good for Jaw per. Perhaps, though, people may not l>e able to appreciate good things until they have been deprived of them. The Jasper County Agricultural dt Mechanical Association is too enfeebled to hold another fair, unless those who are most benefited by fairs, to-wit, the farmers and stock-breeders, come to Its aid with money to pay off its indebtedness and place it upon its feet again. Gy a reorganization ofthe society on the plan that-was proposed in January or February, the formation of a joint-stock company to own it and manage it according to business principles, the various industrial interests of Jasper county can probably be best promoted. With such gentlemen as Hon. Qeorge H. Brown, the Parkinsons, Judge Hammond, the Yeomans, Starr, and others of like prominence, Interested, there need be no hesitancy on the part of othere to lend their help to an enterprise of such general local importance. Nor need any person fear for its honest, judicious and successful management. All there Is about it is there is most too much expense to be iucurred at the inception of the enterprise for one man or half a dozen men, or even a score qf men, to bear. Better that a hundred be interested to the extent of $25 each than that twenty-five be made to shoulder the burden; especially, where, as In this instance, not one individual aloue Is interested or to be benefited, but a large and constantly increasing number. Burton Hutson, a solid democrat ancf arilndustrioua man, who Is not Incite Imbit of blowlng his merits on the street corners and common loafing places, would like to be a candidate for town marshal. But Mr. W. G. Smoot wants the office and there is no sight for Hutson- Mr. Smoot acts as though he thought he held a mortgage, judgment, or some other lieq or legal process on the democracy and other Inhabitants of Rensselaer, which can never be satisfied except by electing him to office. His pertinacity as an office-seeker equals that of Hon. Thomas'A. Hendricks, or a yellow dog tugging at a hickory root. Neither Burt Hutson nor any other, democrat can be elected town marshal until Mr. Smoot’s lien on the democracy and corporation is satisfied, which Is not likely to be during the life of the present generation, it being one ofthe kind whose iusatiability increases with age, time and disappointment. Candidates for county superintendent are os thick ns blackberries in a sheep pasture —as numerous as oemocratic aspirants to the presidency. Iu this, as in matters of divine nature, many are called but few chosen. Among those whose names are mentioned in this connection are the present incumbent James H. Snoddy, Mr. Pierce of Wheatfleid township, Mr. Mitchell of Gillano, D. B. Nowels, James A. Burnham, A. M. Munden, A. Beery. It is au office of vastly more responsibility than pay; and he who would jerve the public in this capacity conscientiously and efficiently must cultivate a stock of charity and self-forgetfulness greatly disproportioned to the immediate honors.

Democratic Financiering.

Special correspondence of Th* Union. Kdiiob Union:— lt is understood tbnt the democracy of Rensselaer are working early and late to carry the town election next Monday. Do the people and tax* payers want any more democratic financiering? The last time the democracy controlled the board of trustees thoy left the town eight hundred dollars in debt. They built the expensive culvert and crossing at the foot of Front street, below the school house,at an enormous expense, and it is now crumbling down aftetr only three or four years of use. The marshat whom they say was the best the town has ever had, was the must expensive officer for the amount of service rendered the town has ever paid for. Democracy is the same _ every where; extravagant In appropriations of public money, reckless in its uses, falso and unscrupulous in its claims of honesty in public affairs. Look around and not n single city can be found under democratic, partisan control that is not groaning be* neath ita load of debt which ia being annually increased, *

Temperance Meeting.

The regular monthly meeting of the Jasper County Temperanoe Union for the month of May, 1879, will be held in > the Presbyterian church Monday evening, fob inslant, at which time the following programme will'he observed: Music by the Ladies' Orchestra band. Reading Scripture lesson. Song by choir. Prayer. Reading minutes of previous meeting. Music' by the Ladies’ Orchestra band. , Declamation by KUa Everson. Song by Mrs. S. P. Thompson. Declamation by Mias Belle Alter. T Song by Mias Emma lllioades. Election of officers. , Musio bv the Ladies’ Orchestra' band.

Bradford.

Our town wears a more cheerful appearance than In the post. It is now incorporated. Good sidewalks are being laid. Four hundred biyM** of corn per hour ia Hhe capacity of Hie shelter at the elevator. Mr. Bunch has nearlv completed a tasty stateroom; Messrs. Armstrong & Byers 'carpenters. Two oow* belonging to Mr. Hilderbrand were recently killed by light•aWgr- T"*’"*' 4 * - ojpric*.

unram umwna. llimlncM card* notcaccedlns »n*lnehepnew It tjt for six munlti*. lifer threc^aontne lln«, iwtfpnbllratlon (hereafter! iwli »7laa< Tearly a<twi Waemeuta are sulilMil M chniiicoa (one rhanee Id thrna aaoalka). at »e option oi ta«Mirafti»«e.(r«nf •OTwesggwfi AUrertlaemnrto for persons LoriwMwfc M •laaper county meat ha paid for In anvaaee « Oral publication, when leas than ose-qanrter column In also; and qMrterly In advance when larger. .

Local Gleanings.

Thump A. Dodger 1 Ob, (bat would “ Urt 1 h■« r.i.hV lit Attend the republioaa caucus Baturday night. Louis Hollingsworth would mats a food local editor. W. J. Tmes is making ready to build a brick dwrtfing house. Copt. ChllcoU is fearing a lot ia the northern part of town. Several new sidewalks shoot town are hi proeess of construction. An addition baa been built to CbO Methodist Episcopal parsonage. Mrs. Lamson, six miles west of town, is very low with consumption. Henry Fisher A Sons havs made a Into Addition fe their tils factory. Jake iflglesbauh has built a forty dollar refrigerator for bis meat stors. S. P. Thompson is building an addition to his dwelling honse on Van Rensselaer street. Zim Dwtggins gave his wife a line gold watch and chain last Saturday. He bought it of Orwfu. John Hankie, of Barkley township, has surrounded his door yard with a new picket fence. The Moody brothers have fenced a largo wood pasture near the Pleasant Grove school house. Charley Harrington, at Union township, sports two immensecarbunklea on his neoh. They are bad. Mrs. Mary K. Hopkins is building a new fence around her property, corner of Front and Susan streets, Charles W. Clifton* of the Iroqnofs Poultry Yards, last week shipped Buff Cochin eggs to Massachusetts. Victor Lougbridge is self-possessed as U lecturer on scientific subjects. Get more apparatus, Vic,, and persevere. Paul Pry looks and acts the. editor to a dot. Study hard and, keep clear of bad company, Paul, and yen Will succeed. Dr. Washburn was chairman of (be committee of introduction at .the Harris residence, Saltillo, last Sunday. A tine daughter. Ben Harris is Vappy paternal for tbc second time. But the sex will not permit the name of Headly to attach in honor of grandpa. A nice ditch has been cut on —— street, from the race to the Methodist Episcopal churoh. Charley Platt bossed the job sad did it well. Judge Hammond ia having his let at thy eastern end of Washington street graded, preparatory to building a Sue brick dwelling house on it. Mrs. Catharine Laßue has bought a couple of lots on the corner south of th» Christian church, abd is building a dwelling house on them. A telegram last Tuesday informed Mr»« T. Pi Wright that her mother was dying. She left town on the first train in obedience to the summons. A quick way to get leaves and dead grass out of fenoe eornerb is to set it on fire; but it is not the most economical way, as a Barkley township farmer has learned. The pedometer is a new instrument to record the distance that the wearer walks in a day. It would be a good thing to hang to those who “go on a lark/’ It might then be known how for they travel. William Wibert and Samuel Rogers are cutting a large ditch through the lands of George Burk, Riley Bowels, William Greenfield and others, four or five miles north of Rensselaer. A good and much needed improvement. What says Union

Grange about It?

Decoration Ceremonies.

The Old Thirteen met at the residence of Judge Hammond on Tuesday evening and made the following arrangements for decorating the eoldiers graves. A committee was appointed to superintend the Work on the grave yard, a committee was also appointed to communicate with Quarv*r-Mas-ter General Meigs in reference to the graves of U. 8. soldiers that have no headstones and with a view to secure the same. There will be a meeting at the Court House Saturday evening for the purpose of selecting the various committees on decoration.

J. F. BOROUGHS

Secretary Old Thirteen.

An Accident.

C. J. Hopkins accidentally exploded a shell of the Draper pattern he Wts loading and capping last Thursday. The oharge of shot struck the windowstll where ho was operating, but the recoil sent the brass shell into his nose, breaking bones and cartilage, and bleeding him fearfully. The wound is painful, but, it is hoped, not serious. Dr. Wash burn is firing Dim the necessary treatment and thinks he will not be quite ah handsome as once, but, like the boy that waa kicked by a mule, will know more. Bees. The university of Notre Dame, near South Bend, together with the infirmary, music hall, play-house, old men’s home, and a large share of the contents of alt, were burnt Wednesday of last week. The fire Is supposed to hive originated In the pitch gravel roor of the university building, having been ignited by the action of tho sun; aud Atom the university building was communicated to the others. Loss estimated as high as *200,000. Insurance *51,000. i ■ ■_ ■ ■ School Raronu—Jebn B. Alter, teaoher of Independence school, Barkley township, reports for tho month ending April Uth, the enrollment of 80 scholars, and tho average dally attendance of 54.1. rive oases of tardiness. Those perfect in deportment, punctuality and stud* were Mary Abbott, Maggie Daniels, Sarah Wright, Mary Wright and : I *'■

ARTFUL DODGER.