Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1879 — Page 1

B O U A C E K. J A M ES, rupruiETua of THE BENSbKLAER UNION, MUUSBLA**, Jun* CUI’XTY, IND. O»e copy one year, fl; nix month*. #0 cenU; thru mo«tb*,<thirtwn week*). ttceiiU. o<mA to mlaww. Single copy, im, 5 cents; more than two copies, 2 cents each. APVXRTISTKG OPP<»sits comer of tills paguJor terms and prloeof aUvcrtlMlng in thia newspaper. jon ri:inTiKG.—i. Urge awortment »t type iml oth. i material for jmster, pamphlpt, <ireal ar nml kindred work-

W. H. & C. Rhoades OPEN FOR THE SPRING TRADE. GREAT REDUCTION IN HARNESS. All goods in our line reduced from 20 to 25 per cent, for cash only A GOOD SEWING MACHINE, $25. Needles, Machine Extras, etc'.j“always on hand. Also an extensive stock of baddies, Bridles, Whips, Trjinks, Valises, Saddlery fiard ware, 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. * NEW HARDWARE STORE JUST OPENED! J3e it known that Ezra L. Clark has iust opened a Hardware Store in Jowels’ Building, Rensselaer, Indiana, and will keep constantly in stock a full lino of HARDWARE, TINWARE, WOODENWARE, Carpenters’ Tools, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Silverware, Revolvers, Ammunition of all kinds, FARM AND GARDEN SEEDB and every thing 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. CLA*RK. Just Received LARUE, Has Just received and has now on exhibition at his place of business in Leopold's Corner, opposite 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 a full line of Cigars, Tobacco, Confectionery, Queensware, Canned Fruits, Nuts, Stationery, etc. Give him a call. GEORGE GRAVEL, Manufacturer of and Dealer in nARNISBS,SA»DLBS, . Bridles, Collars, Whips, HORSE CLOTHING-, &c.,&c. Strict attention paid to repairing,. Front Street, below Washington, Rensselaer, Indiana.

LESLIE C. GRANT, BLACKSMITH. F'.bnp aLTcrhiine’-s old stand on Front street. All work warranted. Call. Office, Parlor and Kitchen Wood and Coal Burners, KiTCHEH RANGES, For Wood or Coal Burning, Kitchen Hardware, TINWARE, &c., U CHILDERS’S. Tin Work a Specialty. Bologna Sausage, Fresh Meat. Bologna Sausage S| cts po r lb. Park “ 16 “ “ Colce Leaf I«ard G “ “ Pork Steak 4to Ci “ “ Best *leef Steak 7 “* “ Fore Quarter “ « “ “ Choice Roasts 6 “ “ Bolling Pieces 3, 4 “ “ BEDFORD & SHARP’S New Meat Store. FITZ W. BEDFORD ZOJEJA-XjIEK XXO* AGRICULTURAL IIMMBNTB. Threshers, Reapers, Mowers.Raltes, EngZo Cultivators and Harrows- The celebrated Furst. & Bradley, Jones and Oliver GhiZZed Plows, NEWTON WAGONS AND BUGGIES. Riding and Walking Cultivators. Brown Corn Planters. All kinds of Field, Garden, Barn and Stable Im* pZeuients. Farttr Hardwrffiß. . ■VICTOR For Hay, Cattle and Railroad Tracks, Also Building paper, Lime, Plastering Cement, Bumps, &c. Field and Carden Seeds In bulk or by the small package. Farm and Garden Products sold at retaiZ. Ono door above “fcibgnghai. M

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SIEVER WANTSD. EMMET KANN AL, DRUGGIST & PHARMACEUTIST, RENSSELAER, INDIANA. «Pure Drugs, Medicines, Oils Paints, Varnishes, Brushes Lamps, Lamp Chimneys, Car bon Oil Guaranteed 150 Fire Test, Blank Books, Stationery, Albums, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Perfumeries, FINE CONFECTIONERY. ) Strictly Pure "Wines and Liquors FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES. CHOICE CIG-ARS, SMOKIMG AND CHEWING TOBACCO 3. Fully prepared to furnish the public with everything usually found in his dine, at prleesasdow asany house in Jasper county. —Than king-patronsHbr their favors he would ask a share of patronage, feeling of his ability to give satisfaction in all cases. PhysiciaAs’ Prescriptions and Family Recipes Carefully Compounded. ■ ■ ■>.,„■■■■ ' —— , ■ > Aultman, Miller & Co.’s WORLD-RENOWNED RUSSELL & CO.’S NEW MASSILLON THRESHERS, JOHN O’FERRALL & CO.’S : •- ZFJVLZEO'UTS NEW PIQUA' THRESHERS THE CHAMPION REAPER AND MOWER, BUCKEYE REAPERS & MOWERS And all kinds of Harvesting Implements for sale by TST. Waimer, Rensselaer, Indiana.

W. J. IMES, DEALER IN A School Books, Blank Books, Stationsry, Drugs, MEDICINES, / . ■ Paints, Oils, 'Varnjshcs, CHEMICALS, TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUMERY, Pffllff MBIUK WHHffl PIIWB. Brushes, Lamps, Wall Paper, Window Shades, «\ • FINE WINES AND PURE LIQUORS, Strictly for Medical Purposes, COWFECTIONERy, <ScC_ , This stock of goods in all departments, is fresh pure and first-class. There is none better in the market. In addition to the above enumeration, a full supply is kept of Slates, Pdhcils, Crayons, Pens, Fino Writing Paper, Envelopes, Lead Pencils, Erasers for pencil and ink, and all,,articles pertaining to the Stationery Line. ———

Flour, Salt and Sugar! CHEAPEST STOCK IN JASPER COUNTY. 12 lbs Good Sugar SI.OO. V - ' : * ■» 7 lbs. Good Coffee for One Dollar. TEA, TOBACCO & CIGARS •- j, **’ ' , •• ?. >-, ' w . ■/;‘. ’ >■; .1 ,o. o. staflh.,

RENSSELAER. JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, AUGUST 14,1879.

7’'MARPER W. SNYDER, Attoraiey at Law, REMINGTON, Jasper County, Indiana. W. H. PIERCE. Attorney at Law AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Remington, Ind., Collections a specialty and made in any part of tlie state. Office in Hathaway building, up-stairs. Dr' G. A. MOSS, Physician and Surgeon, In Spitler’ Brick Building. Opposite Court House, Rensselaer. ■ ' I __ H. LOUGHRIDGE, 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, PHYS I CI AIXT AND SURGZOW, At W. J. Imcs’s Drag Store. Dr. I. 11. WASHBURN, Rensselaer, Indiana. Will give special attention to the treatment of Chronic Diseases. DR. 0. C. LINK, HOMEOPATHIST OFFICE In Austin’s Hotel. Rensselaer, Ind. MORDECAI F. CHILCOTE, Attorney at Law, Rensselaer, Indiana, Attends to all Business of the Profession witli promptness and despatch. Office on Washington street, opposite the Court House. Simon P. Thompson, David J Thompson A ttamey at Law. Rotary Public. THOMPSON & BRO., Attorneys at Law, Rensselaer, Indiana, Practice in all the Courts. We pay particular attention to paying taxes, selling and leasing lands. BEARION X, SPX7X.HR. Collector and Abstractor? K. S. PWIGOtNS. ZIMUI OWIOOISS. R. S. &. Z. DWIGGINS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Rensselaer. Indiana. We have money to loan to farmers at 8 per cent interest on long- time. Cal! at the Citizen’s Bank and see us.

FRANK W. BABCOCK, Attorney at Law And Rea| 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, Attorney at Law, Notai-y Public and Ing. Agt. Careful attention given to- thg. coilectioii and prom pt remittance’of claims. Oefick:—Up-stairs, Room No. 3, in Starr’s Block. . '** ' RENSSELAER HOUSE, J. W. SIBBITT, Proprietor, 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 connection With the house. ’ - A. McCOY & THOMPSON, BANKERS AND CATTLE BROKERS, Buy and sell domestic exchange, make collections on all available points, pay interest on certified time deposits, etc. Hours from 9 o'clock a. in. to 4. o’clock p. m. • £J. Dwiggiw, Zimri D wiggins, t’n»hUr. Citizens’ IBank, ft H SUSS LA KJt, nrMAXjJ lloca n general Imnking’buaineas; given special attention to cnAlectlona; roiuittauc.es made On day of payment at current rate of exchange; interest piiid," l ’balances; certificate* bearing interest Issued; bxcfuirige bought and aolil. This bunk owns t|ie burglar safe, which took the premium ht- the Chicago Exposition in IMS. Thia wife la protected by one of 3grgant’s time locks. The bank vault lined is as goodaacau be built. It will be aeon from the foregoing that tliis bapk furniidiaa aa rood aecurily to depoaltera an eaiijSeliirnlanttr <77 a Month and expenao gnarnAtapd to M' Agents. Outfit free. Shaw A Co., An- . ra«ta..V. ihl . ... ...... .. .

Praise God and vote the republican ticket in gratitude for the bountiful hat vest ol 1879. Every hour of the twenty-fony adds bushels to the corn crop of 1879, and voters to the republican party. ' 1 .. 1 s=? • Inflation of the granaries and corn-cribs will prove a more substantial foundation upon which to build national prosperity than all the schemes for the inflation of the currency by legislative enactment ever dreamed of by the Pendletons, the Ewings, the Butlers, the Voorheeses, or the De La Matyrs of the world. The most ultra gold bug in. Wall street will not object to the first named kind of inflation. The annual meeting of the old settlers of Jasper, Newton and Benton counties is held on the first Saturday in September of each year, at the old Indian village site four miles west of Rensselaer. No special programme has yet been published for the meeting of 1879, but we presume that it will not gn by default. The officers will certainly issue a formal call, and preparations will surely be made to receive and entertain visitors who may cerfte from abroad.

The Carroll County Voluntary Agricultural Association has issued its prospectus for the fair of 1879, which will be held on the fine grounds of tho society adjoining the city of Delphi, on the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th days of September. Cash premiums are offered to tho amount of 83,000, and the competition promises to be unusually large and spirited in the several departments. It is confidently expected by all concerned that the narrow gauge road will have completed their track into the city by thetime specified for holding the fair and be running trains regularly. This, with the excursion rates which the public may anticipate, will be a great inducement for people of the vicinity of Rensselaer to visit the fair and see tho productions of their neighbors in the bountiful Wabash valley.

A correspondent ofthe Inter-Ocean says that the Washington Star says that Representative Springer says that Gov.’Tildon said that “if the democracy can ride into pmycr on the wave of prosperity which I think is coming , it will remain in power indefinitely. On the other hand, should the republicans retain power, they are liable to hold on for a half century to come. Whichever party wins the next presidency will get the credit ofthe betterment of the condition of affairs which is “urely coining.” With the betterment of affairs generally, with a return of prosperity, there will be a natural increase of mail correspoildence. And this thought suggests that all kinds of writing paper, envelopes, ink, pens, and articlcsih the stationery line, are kept for sale at the postoffice. The stock is the best and cheap.

About five thousand people were in attendance upon the Old Settlers’ Reunion at Delphi last Saturday. They were addressed by Rev. Aaron Wood, Enoch Cox and Hon. Peter Keiser. The writer did not hear the effort'of the first speaker; that of the second was fme in composition and splendid in delivery; the third was a feeble attempt at burlesque, and a labored effort to be smart —it was coarse and illiterate* and unworthy of the occasion and the people. Delphi and Carroll county is the home of many excellent people; people of culture, refinement and enterprise. Among the acquaintances with whom it was the writer’^,pleasure to clasp hands were Major John Milroy of the old Ninth regiment Indiana volunteer infantry, as brave a soldier as. ever drew sword in defense of his country’s flag; Major Watt, engrossed with tho cares of a well-conducted postotlice; Recorder Fawcett due. of the bust and most popular officers that ever hold a commission in Carroll county; the Harleys, father and son, up to their eyes in business, with a smile _ and kindly greeting for everybody; Cap. Griftin full of hope for the future of Delphi, and James Morris, Esq., whose proper place is in Jasper county. Itt-was also a gratification to meet Judge

Gpuld who but recently returned from a trip through -Colorado and into Utah, rejuvinated and very much invigorated by the breath of the mountains and the short relaxation from five years of ceaseless, life consuming toil. The people of Carroll county honor themselves in being proud of such a citizen.

The name of Abraham Leopold is a household word in Jasper county. He has been so long and so prominently identified with the business interests of Rensselaer that every man, woman and child who has had •occasion to trade in the town to any considerable extent has heard of Mr. Leopold’s enterprise and. public spirit. lie moved to lienee business with a moderate capital, pursued a system of liberal adver-

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tiaing persistently followed, h?s ciirefnlly watpbed over the details qF business. has developed remarkI able skill and called into activity most excellent judgment in all of his business ventures. From a comparatively small beginning Air. Leopold has enlarged his business with the growth of the town and the progress of the times, until from a small stock of miscellaneous merchandise kept in one little room where he had to pay corroding rents, he now manages three largo and distinct establishments which require the investment and constant use of a large amount of capital. He carries one ol the heaviest and best assortments of dry goods and clothing 1 to be found in any town in Northwestern Indiana, then an extensive stock of' staple family groceries, and, recently, hadbought the stock of boots and shoes owned by Mr. Bass to which will be added other now goods to the value of not less than $>5,000, for the selection and purchase of which Mr. Leopold is now visiting the jobbing market. A great advantage which Air. Leopold’s industry and prudence has given to him is the ability to command, ready money to pay for his purchases when .they are made. This renders him independent of the entanglements of the credit system and gives him an untrammeled range of the markets with the powerful auxilliary of an excellent commercial reputation. He may buy at the very lowest possible margins, and the most rigorous competition of home dealers is powerless to cripple or annoy him. Another advantage, and no mean one is it either, which also traces its origin to the same source as the one before

named, is the fact that ho owns all of the rooms in which he does business, by which his expenses are all ot SI,OOO a year smaller than those of less fortunately situated competitors who may be controlling as extensive business. Of Air. Leopold’s interest in matters of general advantage to the local public it is not necessary to make more than a casual remark, which4s that while never obtrusive in his demonstrations those who best know ClFn know that his contributions to advance ineasurcs to promote the common good of the community in which he lives are marked by liberality and cheerfulness. Air. Leopold is not only one of the solid men of the county, but he is also one of the most honorable and liberal men to deal with.

Trials, disappointments, vexation and all manner of tribulation so thickly besert the pathway of newspaper editors that it, has always seemed to us one of the deepest mysteries that people who claim to possess an average stock of prudence and who would like to impress the world with an idea of their shrewdness should be anxious to pass themselves upon the public and upon editors as members of the editorial profession. But, singulai as it appears, it is true.Especially is it true, too, when dtsad head excursions are advertised, when somebody has free conceit tickets to dispose of, or there is a prospect of getting something of value for nothing. There is not an excursion proposed to any quarter of the globe, be it to the dreary regions of frozen Kamscalka or tq the deadly districts of the tropics, that the number of applications for free tickets made by those who have only the crudest ideas of editorial duties and editorial life count ten to one the applieditors. Only last week a train full of alleged newspaper people drew out of LaFayetle on one of the western railroads, on a so-called editorial excursion to "“Denver and other points of interest west of the Mississippi river and among the foothills of the Rocky mountains. Tho proportion of real, far-sure editors and newspaper managers in that tram probably did not exceed one in twenty. The other nineteen were, simply, impostors; were people who deliberatly attempted to palm themselves off upon railroad managers, hotel keepers and the unsophisticated pub’io generally, for something which they were not; clear cases of misrepresentation, of obtaining something under false pretenses, whiijh in other departments of business would be denounced and punished as fraudulent. These people who

traveled on borrowed reputation amt dead-bead passes got along merrily and cheaply enough as far as Kansas City ; but here they were startled with the, to some, unwelcome annoucement thattbe far west, railroad companies had not consefLtsd to any wholesale dead-head arrangement which included all the village clerks of Indiana. They were told that from thence towards the sublime and metaliforous regions of the setting sun ’twas money that made the iron horse go, and nothing ready capital would satisfy the demand? of soulless corporations and sordid monopolies. The result was a sifting out of livery-stable, law office and yardslick beyond the restless waters of the muddy Missouri. They tastt d the

I A »VBRTWIMO BATP ABD THU - I:::-:::.:::::: fa Fractional pitfto ot ■ rear, at tqatMMa rates IliiMnriA citrtli not cxroMlnv oo« »» A y«*r, »u for *i» month* rnjf (WWSwlto An logo! notice* nß«t MveruMttoento, Jil tablUbed »tntuto price. „ . . > ItoKotnjf notice*. first pttblloirtfns • etoito • line, e.ieli i>>ibll<aU<>u ll,.Monittcrl! cento * UM/ Yearly itlVMrtisjDiivnta aro.wttJM M »JM change* ton/? cli.ange In throe months), at Ma upllA.a of tiioiulvertlaer, freoof extra charaa.. I AilvwtleemontotorjWrHena ,>m» ro.ldcnt* of : Jnuper county iuw»t fttW tor in advaaoo of first publication, whrti toes than ona-qaayter oolnnin In elze; and quarthnyta admacawM® .larger.

! bitter flavor of the dispppohrtmentit which numbers of the prOfbasjan tficv fiilt nShortfl feed ‘ami thrive upon. The sun of tribulation shone upon their soft and l tender heads, and, like seed sown upon stony ground, having not much depth of earth or* length of root, they wilted. And now ye guileless young editors of the truly valuable and very influential press who chuckled with delight at the prospect of something original by “our . special correspondent” with which to fill up the columns of their journals must increase the size of the blisters on,their scissors fingers ami the dorns on their brains. Ono of the most unpleasant lessons that a young country editor has to learn is that people living a few mi e« away never heard of him »is publication And Aare vlitflb* bt either, and it is terribly deiuorßiizing to their self esteem to find that their accredited representative wlur attempts to travel without paying his Mils is treated as anyifther dead beat; but it is a lesson not without good results, and which cannot be learned too early in hirf professional career.

A cross-cut saw handle has been left at The Union office for identification. See flew schedule of train move/ ments on the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago road. Rev. Thomas Vanscoy will preach at the Methodist Episcopal church next Sunday evening. Mrs. Charles Johnson and family of Whitehall, Alich., are visiting her sister Airs. E. L. Clark. The blue ribbon society will hold a meeting in the Methodist Episcopal church Saturday evening. C. C. Starr, A. Leopold and L. Hopkins are in Chicago for goods with which to refill their store shelves. John Schanlaub is building a cosy, little frame dwelling house in the western edge of town—on the Chicago road, wear Robert Kepner’s. Three brick kilns proved nnaWer to supply the demand this seaSdH and Air. Alfred Thompson has imported brick for hitr house from LaFayette. ,S John Irwin ( an old citizen of the southern part of Jasper, was gored to death bv a bull he was leadiag, last Thursday. The bull was considered docile and was being lead by a small rope fastened to a ring in his nose.

Stephen Donaldson and wife of Ladoga, formerly citizens of JasptF county, are again visiting friends in town and vicinity. Mr. Donaldson is postmaster at Ladoga. He is just up from a bed of sickness and does not look robust. Rev. Chas. E. Lambert, who formerly was in charge of the Methodist Episcopal church at Rensselaer,now professor of latin in Purdue University, has been tendered and will accept the presidency of Willamette University, in Oregon. Hon. C. M. Watson, Auditor Barkley and wife. Recorder Wood, Win. C. Pierce, Lack Smith, Miss Ora Thompson and Horace E. James were tho Jasper county representatives at the Carroll county Old Settler’s Meeting last Saturday.

Dr. Wirt the old reliable dentist whose work has.been known to tho people of Rensselaer and vicinity for twenty years, work that stands the test of time and use, is now at D. B. Miller’s office over the Narrow Gunge Clothing house. All work warranted. Jkt a preliminary hearing before - Justice Harding this afternoon Geo. Smith was recognized in the inm of S3O to appear in the circuit court in defense of the charge of pent larceny. The state of Indiana suspects that Smith purloined a pair of suspenders, valued at $1.50, from Ralph Fendig’s store.. Elder S. Rhorer, pastor of the Christian church at Francesville, preached in the Randle school house in Barkley township, last Sunday afternoon, to a large audience. He is to preach there again the second Saturday and Sunday in September, when they propose to organize a church. The members should build a house of worship, they being abundantly able to do so. Rev. W. G. Vessels will deliver a lecture in the Methodist Episcopal ebureh next Wednesday evening, Auguet2o. Subject,Tinsel and Gold. Proceeds for the support of superaim ated preachers and the widow* and orphans of deceased preachers of the Northwest Indiana Conferenced The public earnestly desired to second this effort *» a worthy cause. Admission 10 cents. About one-third of the voters ot Uuiou township and several people of Newton county attended Justice MeColly’s court in Union township, last Friday. A ?25 hunting dog belonging to 8. Th Barker was killed for killing a ?5 sheep belonging to llobort Swiiw. Barker instituted civil awit for *?• damages Jury trial } verdict fbr appeal- to circuit obufU -win I Phillipa for plaintiff, M. K Chltootw and J, W. Don t hit for defenso. . -