Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1879 — Page 1

HORAI JC K JAMKK, PKOPKIETOH OP *THE RENSSELAER UNION, ■ , kkmssblaSiC JAsrxa CdvNtt; lxt>. Oim copy mu' ytuir, $1; fix montlm, IM>cent*; three months, (thirteen weeks).i* rente, rtrtmy. cattft In mhcnue. Single copy, a ee’ite; tw(icop* lea, 5 centsf iuoro than two copies, a cftnte molt. ADYKKTJSIXG SC J/K/> It. KoPpntjiU corner ol this page tor terms uml pilcuot a.lverttelug in this newspaper. JOB PRIXTIXG A lnrge npsiwtmcnt nf type and other material for poster..pamphlet, • ircnlur nml kindred work. Priree low.

W. H. & C. Rhoades OPEN FOR THE SPRING TRADE. GREAT REDUCTION 11ST All goods In our line reduced from 20 to 25 per cent, for cosh only A QOOD SEWING MACHINE, S2S. Needles, Machine Extras, etc., always on handr Also an extensive stock t>f Saddles, Bridles, Whips, Trunks, Valises, Saddlery Hardware, Leather Fi ndi ngs, Collars, Brushes and Combs. CARRIAGE TRIMMING and leather repairing a specialty. New Shop anti Sales Room south side of Washington street, Rensselaer, Indiana. . ISTEW HARDWARE STORE JUST OPENED! Be it kuown that Ezra L-fclark has just opened a Hardware Store in Nowels’ Building, Rensselaer, Indiana, and will keep constantly in stock a full line of HARDWARE, TINWARE, WOODENWARE, Carpenters’ Tools, Table and Pocket Cntlery, Silverware, Revolvers, Ammunition of all kinds, FARM AND GARDEN SEEDB and every thing else usually found in a lirst-class Hardware Store. All goods soltl at LOWEST CASH PRICES. Parties wishing anything in my line will do well to call, extunino goods and learn prices.. J 3. L. CLARK. Just Received ... I, A It UK, Has just received anti has now on exhibition at his place of business in Leopold’s Corner,,opposlte A. McCoy «& Thompson's bank, a large and fresh supply of* CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, which he proposes to sell as cheap as the cheapest. Healso keeps constantly on hand u full line of Cigars, Tobacco, Confectionery, Queensware, .Canned Fruits, Nuts, Stationery, etc. <>ive him a cull. GEORGE GHAUEL, Manufacturer of and Dealer In iMRNKSMABDLEI B -idles, Collars, Whip*, HOR3E CLO rHINGr, &c.,&0. Strict attention paid to repairing. Front Street, below Washington, Rensselaer, Indiana. LESLIE C. GRANT, BLACKSMITH. Shop at Terhunie’s old stand on Front street. All work warranted. Call. STOVES. Office, Parlor and Kitchen STOVES, Wood and Coal Burners, KITCHEN RANGES, For Wood or Coal Htiruing, Kitchen Hardware, ' TINWARE, Ac.. At CHILDERS’S. ————— > ’ Tin Work a Specialty.

Bologna Sausage, Fresh Meat. Dologna Sausage 8} cts pe r lk. I’ork “■ 0 “ “ Colcc Leaf Lard K “ " .Pork Steak 4to 6 “ “ Best deef Steak T “ “ Fore Quarter “ • 0 “ Cbolce Boasts 0 “ “ Bolliug Pieces 3, 4 “ “ BEDFORD & SH ARP’S New Meat Store. FITZ W. BEDFORD SBAXiBR IKT AGRICULTURAL ” IMPLEMENTS. • -S.. I 4 . Threshefs', Reapers, Mowers, Rakes, Kfig (e Cultivators and Harrowu. The celebrated Fttrst 4 Bradley, Jones and Oliver Chi Wed Plows, NEWTON WAGONS AND BIGGIES. Riding and WalkiUg Cultivators. Brown Corn Planters. All kinds of Field, Garden, Barn and Stable Implements. Farm Hardware viotoh aroAXißa For Hay, Cattle and Railroad Tracks, Also Building paper, Lhnte, Plastering Hair, Cement, Pumps, 4c. field and CaVdon Seoiri In bulk or by tlio small package. Farrri and Garden Products sold at retail, One door above ‘‘Shanghai. - /•' ' ■ ' '.r*

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

VOLUME 11.

SILVER WANTED. JSMMET KANNAL, DRUGGIST & PHARMACEUTIST, RENSSELAER, INDIANA. & ure Medicines. Oils Paints, Varnishes. Brushes Lamps, Lamp Chimneys, Car bon Oil Guaranteed 150 Fire J[ „ Test, Blank Books, Stationery, Albums, fancy and Toilet Articles, Perfumeries, Soaps, &c FINE OOnSTiFEaTIOISrEIEV'X'Strictly 3?ur*e "Wines and Liquors FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES. CHOICE CIGARS. SMOKIMG AND CHEWING TOBACCOS. Fully prepared to furnish the public with everything usually found in his line, at prices as low as an/house in Jasper county. Thanking patrons for their favors he would ask a share of patronage, feeling of his ability to give satisfaction in all cases. „ —„ Physicians' Prescriptions and Family Recipes Carefully Compounded.

AULTMAN, miller & CO.’S WORLD-RENOWNED Sjjjjmf Wm tmmMmm. .* *# • RUSSELL & CO.’S NEW MASSILLON THRESHERS, JOHN O’FERRALL & CO.’S new PIQUA THRESHERS THE CHAMPION REAPER AND MOWER, BUCKEYE REAPERS & MOWERS And all kinds of Harvesting Implements for sale by X. W arner, 1 Rensselaer, Indiana.

W. J. IMES, > DEALER IN School Books, Blank Books, Stationery, Drugs, MEDICINES, [Paints, Oils, Varnishes, CHEMICALS, TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUMERY, PATENT HA lUIADV-HIXRD PAINTS, Brushes, Lamps, Wall Paper, Window Shades, FINE WINES AND PURE LIQUORS, Strictly for Medical Purposes, CONFECTIONERY, <5cC. ■. • .»• This stock of goods in all departments, is fresh pure and first-class. There is none better in tlue market. In addition to the above enumeration, a full supply is kept of Slates, Pencils, Crayons, Pens, Fine Writing Paper, Envelopes, Lead Pencils, Eruscrf for pencil and ink, amt all articles pertaining to the Stationery Line. Floir, Salt aid Sip! BHFAEEST STOCK IN JASPER COUNTY. 12 lbs Good Sugar SI.OO. 7 lbs. Good Coffee for One Dollar. ■ r~ TEA, TOBACCO & CIGARS A SPECIALTY. A. RR< m I « ■ " -U 0^ 3MT4Lax«XOBZII> IWf 1804.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA) JULY 31,1879.

HARPER W. SNYDER, 41 < * Attorney at Law, REMINGTON. Jasper County, Indiana. W. H. PIERCE. Attorney at Law AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Remington, lad.. Collections a specialty and made hr any part of the state. Office lu Hathaway building, up-stnira. Dr. G. A MOBS, Physician and Surgeon, In Spitler’ Brick Building. Opposite Court House, Rensselaer. Dr. J. H. LOUGHRIDGE, PHYSICIAN AND SURBEON, Below Austin Hotel. Ten per cent, interest will be added to all accounts running unsettled longer than 3 months.

Dr. MOSE 6 B. ALTER, PHYSICIAN AND BURaSON, At W. J. lines’* Drug Store. Dr. I. B. WASHBURN, Bensseiasr, Indiana. .Will give special attention to the of Chronic Diseases. DR. 0. C. LINE, HOME OP AT HIST OFFICII In Austin’s Hotel. Rensselaer, Ind. J • • * MORDECAI F. CHILCOTE, Attorney at Law, Rensselaer, Indiana, Attends to all Business of the Profession will, promptness and despatch; Office on Washington street, opposite the Court House. Simon P. Thompson, David J Thompson A Harney at Laic, Xutary 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 X.. SPITZ.E.IZ, Collector ami Abstractor. It. 8. rtWKIGINS. ZIUKI DWIOGISS. R. S. A Z. DWIGCiINS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Rensselaer, Indiana. Wo have money to loan to fnrinure at S per cent interest on long time. Call at the Citizen's Dank anti see us.

FRANK W. BABCOCK, Attorney at Law And Real Estate Broker. Practices in all Courts of Jaaper,“Newton and Beutou counties. Lands examined. Abstracts of Title prepared. Taxes paid. Collection!} a specialty. DANIEL B. HILLER, o * Attorney at Law, Notary Public and Ins. Agt. Careful attention given to the collection and prompt remittance of claims. Oefice:— Up-stairs, Room No. 3, in Starr’s Block. RENSSELAER HOUSE, J. W. BIBBOT, Proprietor/ 1 RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Centrally located and commodious. Recently renovated and newly furnished. Good tables and clean beds. Every attention paid to the wants of guests. Good stabling in counection with the house. A, McCOY & THOMPSON, A*' ' BANKERS AND CATTLE BROKERS, Buy and sell domestic exchange, make collections on all available points, pay interest on certified time deposits, etc. Hours from U o’clock a. m. to 4. o’clock p. m.,—- ■ vrv-v B. 8. Dwiggint, - Hmri Dwiggins, trtt'l. Ca*kitr. .Citizens’ [Bank, JtKXUSKIAKK, ISI>I AS A. Does a general banking business; fives special attention to collections; remittances made on day of pavment at Current rate of exchange; interest paid on balnuves; cert i Ilea tc* hearing "interest issued; exchange bought and sold. This bauk owns the burglar safe, which look the (ireQilutii at the Chicago Exposition in IK7S. This safe is protected l»y one of Sargent’* lime locks. The hank vault used is as good as can be built, it will be seen from the foregoing that ttH. twnk furnishes as good aecurity to depositors as can be furnished. • ma Month ami expense* guaranteed to \gents. Outflt lice. BHAW * Co.. Augusta, Muiue. 11-3*y

FACTIOUS.

In a froo country, in a republic, where the people choose those who make and those who execute the laws, where they diotatu the policy that is to be observed with relation to home matters as well as in their intercourse as a nation with the nations and peoples of the world, eaoh voter should make a careful survey of the past and gain a clear knowledge oJ'its lessons—lts errors that he may avoid them, its virtues that he may practice them —should observe the present circumspectly, and endeavor to prudently provide lor the peace, welfare, happiness and permanent scourity in the enjoyment of these privileges and rights by himself, his fellow-men and his posterity. This thought should be uppermost in his mind vtfien he chooses his political affiliations. It is never the act of intelligence to be swayed and controlled by passionate epithets, to be prejudiced and moved by vindictive detaination. ( The noble charter of otrr liberal government was adopted by our fathers “to establish justice, insnrs domestic tranquility, pronioto tbs general welfare * * and secure the blessings of liberty” to themselves and to those who should iollow them.

The true province of government is to secure to its citizens protection for life and property and the greatest possible measure of liberty. For this purpose the natnral sovereignty of the citizen is measurably pledged in our national constitution for the good of all. All laws that are passed by congress, approved by the president and sanctioned by the supreme court, should operate with justioe and equity upon all of the citizens of the United States alike, in every portion of her territory. When this proposition is submitted to the individual in the light of its bearings upon himself, regardless of its application to others, it ipvaribly meets with a cordial assent; thus is its justness put beyond question. A taction is a number of people united by a common pasbion or a common prejudice which is hostile to and subversive of the permanent interests of the nation.

The greatest danger to the perpetuity of the government, and, in consequence, to individual liberty, arises from the tyrannical and pernicious influence of taction. The cause of faction is to be traced to the baser passions of human nature. The influence of faction is weak or powerful, in proportion to the ignorance or the intelligence of the mass of people. Inordinate ambition and over intense zeal for cherished theories in politics and religion beget rivalries, animosities, intolerance and tbo mental slavery of party and sectarian bigotry. A faction whose minds become raotbid from brooding over misfortune, conclude that the nation should impair her contracts with creditors, in the interest of the debtor class; at the same time they inveigh against class legislation, apparently unconcious of the grotesque inconsistency of their position. Another faction, biased'* by its ravenous thirst for power and stirred to wrath by real or imagined instances where juries have given partisan verdicts, hastens to enact a law which defiles the purity and destroys the sanctity of the jury system by requiring that eaoh accepted juror shall declare himself a partisan. The lpftdcrs of another factiony-whether from innate hatred of the government or because of a belief that at sorno time in the remote past soldiers tried to influence elections (which attempt, if it was ever made, was in disobedience of law and orders), clamorously domaud that no soldier shall ever be permitted to appear near to where an election ia being held, neither for the preservation of peace, to prevent violence, nor to repel an enemy. All such hasty, ill-advised legislation is demanded by and in the interest of faction, and not for the good of the whole people, in.all portions of the country. has much to fear from these faotional fungus growths. The most trivial circumstances often excite violent conflicts and lead to rash and sinister proceedings. Factions fail a failure to search out causes or to estimate results. The fountains of mischief are broken up and flow

unchecked. Libel and slander, in public and in private, feed the fires ot prejudice. Projects conceived in sin and nourished by factional intolerance often confnse the lines of justice to perplex those who 'would do right. People harken to the sophistries of demagogues until their judgment is warped, their power to discriminate between the. true and tbri false is weakened, and they fall infatuated victims of evil machinations. Thk Uniox would call thoughtful attention' to some 6f the more alarming positions ofdw taken by faotious that art, industriously working to poison th'fi public mind: The delicate relation of debtor and creditor is with subtile skill, and a rrihfloi’a'-b'ox of communistic, evils threatens to scatter its plagues upon the body politic. The aim of the perverse spirits that control this TactioiTia Co Tjotripot'a

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general distribution of the property that has beeft earned by-pattern toil and saved fry pfpvident economy—to compel a div Mon among the idle, the earless, the profligate and the vicious 6'f (he wealth accumulated by industry, enterprise and prudence. They would repudiate all debts, corrupt the piople, violate the constitution of pur coffrrtry, destroy society; would wfpe out as with a-sponge every inducement to labor, every encouragement of enterprise, the incentives to individual or public improvement or to invention; indeed the legitimate result of their doctrine is to stop nnd relapse into barbafitfrtb Honesty is always, under all conditions and with every conceivable complication of circumstances, the superlatively good—the very best—and the only wise policy, for indivduals, for corporations, for communities, and as much more for nations and governments as comparison shows nations and governments to be more conspicuous, more influential a'ffd More important than the communities, the i'orpoimtfbVts aid (ltd persons which are their atoiWf. The fourth amendment to the constitution of the United States deolares that “the right of the people to b<s secure in their effects shall not be violated,” Why.should any honest nnd patriotic man want to join in the unjust, dishonest, wicked and treasonable crusade of these pestilent foes of national integrity? Why not ill honest men and patriots sink partisan feeling and unite tor the public good to inculcate the doctrines of justice, equity, honesty and right among the thoughtless and indifferent, and to enact laws based upon these wholesome priii ciples? There is a faction that insists that states are sovereign, that they are superior to the nation, that to the state and not to the nation is due the highest allegiance of citizenship, that state laws are of supreme consideration and that national laws are odious and galling to local pride. This doctrine of local supremacy is a one-stringed harp that is played upon by repudintors, nulliflers, secessionists aud rebels. With the argument they would justify their crimes. It is the strong position of those legislators wbt> refuse to provide means uinrep aaled -flaitouai daws. It is plead in justification by those who stubbornly rciuse to accept the result of the last presidential election. It is the apology of those who would starve the government and cripple its efficiency because the president refused to violate his oath of office and commit perjury by Writing his approval of enactments which he believed were unwise and subversive of the public good. It exculpates the bullies who bluster that a president from their faction shall be inaugurated in 1881. Thoso who argue for supremo artificial internal corporate sovereignties in this nation affect to believe that in 1870 the defeated candidate tor president should have attempted to seize upon the office by armed force. This doctrine advocates "lawless violence and counsels treason. This is a mischievious sentiment that tickles the vanity of the ambitious and mines the foundations of the nation.

A sinister faotion whispers its suspicious fears of centralization. The national soldier is denounced as a criminal and branded as an outlaw. He is accused ot harboring sentiments inimical to the free institutions he has voluntarily sworn to defend with his life. Ho is charged with being ready to betray at the signal of a superior the flag that he has followed to a hundred victories. Each display of vigor that makes a government respected, and every intimation of thatpower without which governments would fail of the purposes for which they are instituted, is characterized by these timid dispeptics as so many Steps towards consolidation. They teach the nearer anarchy the more perfectly secure is liberty, and their ad captandum appeal on this premise is most seductive to the ignoraut. This faction is continually advocating the rogue’s doctrine of nonintervention, noocoercion, noninterference and nonsupervision. The advocates of this theory deny that uational elective officers are more than the mere agents of the state*; .

It is important that factions that attempt to gain the supreme control in a mighty nation by corruption, sophistry or threats of violence, should be mot by a counter expression ot the people in favor of order, law aud that liberty which is not license, which, does not encroach upoivthe rights of others,but which has for companions justice and equity,. The time for this expression is on election day, and the place is at the ballot box. People Will be distinctly divided by the coining political campaign. The issues promise to be clearly marked and sha/piy tfeflridel. Fervid Appeals to’ pasturin and personal resentment will have influence with .some, but reason should boar sway. The private reputations 6f pnfblio servants will be assailed and held up to execration, but defatuatioii, slander arid libel Art urit pfdbfc of guilt', it ; ' V , - -

ADVEKTISIiq isiiunm <2necntpm^oneif«ialr Kijrlitb col. .... ..... .faHool.a y»»r. mk oqsHnbfrr»W» not «-x>'m«llnj(on« Isrh (pars •tatutn prle*. ~. linn, eiirlf thrrofllfrtrra^t^a^llK. c.tinn*c» Itiun v(*|vWs.tn.Hir«t> •«"**■ Wia'.st »*>• P|iJUofl free of rxtr^rsaor*.^^ c>iiimu in

is iae'y Enough to accuse ( ,{bp innocent of jfrlnje.. The, recently enacted uolitical jury system wilf feed the flnnfres of ivil passi&h. .Shall tjlie edicts of faction -be endorsed for thf„uiiifcst%i.of party aiid to the disgrace of the nation f

Jasper County Temperance Union.

The programme for the regular, monthly.,meeting of - the Jarptr County Temperance Unioq .Monday evening, August byterian chiirch,. is as follows: eiiojr. lfeaajpg Scriptures by llie vicepresident. Prayer." Butt# Discussson upon the proper mode of organizing the temperance woyjc in Rensselaer in order to insure permanent success. Five-minutp speecces by J. W. McEwen, M- O. Cissel, Charles H. Price, H. S. Dwigeins, Samson Erwin, Mrs. Alfred Thompson*,!), .B. MilltV," Mrs. G. A. Moss aiid others. Election of officers. S/mox P. Thompson, President.' r

Missionary Meeting.

The programme that has been arranged for the Missionary meet-, ing at the Methodist Episcopal church, Sunday evening August 3d,' is as follows: Singing by the congregation. Reading Scriptures by Mrs. Cotton. Dialogue br three girls* , Song by Miss Eftima nhatfttW and others. Declamation by Fannie Wood.' Song by Mjss Hattie Coen. .Essay by Miss Bella AUe£« A Select Readingby Mrs: KotlMtfcE' Singing. Election of officers, etc. Mrs. F. t. Cotton, ‘Pres.' ■> ; Crimson ink at the postoffice. C. C. Starr is at Decatur,lllinois,* visiting a sister. Miss Nancy Welsh, sister -of l Mrs. Martin Baylor, is Tory sick. Blanks for justices of the peace and constables, at the postofficc. Miss Ella Osborne is visiting* friends in Carroll county this week. Mrs. S. E. Brice, milliner, morerf from Rensselaer one day last week;' County Treasurer Adamais vwiving the holme of hi* childhood near' Denver, Miami Mrs. M. L. Spiller has thanks for a generous basket of young ooru and other garden produee. Ladies will find elegant statiod-, ery for correspondence, at the post office. None better any where. County Clerk Price attended lb‘o horse raee at Delphi yesterday. Mike Maloy and a number of others went also. - P. H. Ward, Ker.tland, and D. E._ Streight, Fowler, attorneys, wert, in town Friday last on professionalbusiness.

Mrs. Ezra L. Clark went with Mrs. Vanscoy to the camp-meeting at Battle Ground, returning on’ Monday last. The regular meeting of Evening' Star Chapter will be held in Masonic Half next Wednesday night.' A full attendance is desired.* Deputy U. S. Marshal C„N. Lee,* Indianapolis, was in town Friday last serving processes for attendance npon the federal courts/ Excursion trains rHn y ester daj£ and to-day over the 1., D. * C. for. the accommodation of the people who attend the Delphi races. Miss Eva Clift and Miss Katie Pettit, Remington beauties, enjoy-, ed the splendid breeze which blew upon Rensselaer last Sunday. Miss Madge Hemphill was throWf£ violently from a buggy in . which she was riding Imit r htfppify Without periouseffects. Excursion to Battle Ground campmeeting nekt Sunday., faro from Rensselaer sl. leaves at 7 o’clock in tbe lhorniijg:' Sam’l Bewmnn and family und a number of other live advocates ( es temperance reform, of Remington,; have been over to attend “Jimfriy” Dunn’s meetings, “Banker” Thompson has bean suggested by a democratic newspaper at ValpafaiSo as .a possible aspirant for the the republican nomination for congress.' A basket meeting of the Protestant Methodist sect will bs held Brushwood school house, Unloij township, Sunday. Services conducted by licv. Mr. Callahan.

Three marriages have consummated iu Justice Hardings resi' deuce since since last Tnrirsday. Two of them, however, were sot-' enmized by Elder D. T. Halstead.’ Patrick Hileliy arid &IH £ ride,] ardent workers in tbe temperance Cause at ing exhortations In the temperance iieeting Sunday arid 3ahnftJ.light." They zealous. Blake Wilson dl* Gapdlarut* has* been recently appointed receiver in three aotions brought by an easterly insurance oompariy against ants' in Jasper county.. The »p-j pohitments were ftfade by Jadjjw HatntnCud in vacation : .