Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1879 — Page 1

HOBACK K.JAUKS, or THE RENSSELAER UNION, SuMßi.Ait*,«AV» County, Ind. Ono copy one year, ft; fix months, BO oentn, three months, (thirteen weeks), 4» grfrHrifr* Single copy, 8 contu; (w<> PPP*. • S coatamore than two copiew, 2’ccnta'cacn. ADVKKTISIirO SCHBtfUI. oppeeite corner at this page for terms and price of advert alnff in this nowapuporZO* PKINTIIfG.—A large assortment ot typo and other material for paeUr, pamphlet, circular and kindrod work. Prices low.

T. Mr JONES, (Late of Kankakee City.) MERCHANT TAILOR, Suits for Men, Youths and Children cut and made. Work warranted. FULL LINE OF PIECE GOODS Kept in stock. The finest, best and cheapest stock ever opened in Rensselaer. Call and see. Orders solicited W. H. & C. Rhoades OPEN FOR THE SPRING TRADE. GREAT REDUCTION izsr HABNBSS. • All g—•»*• in our line reduced from 20 to 25 per cent, for cash only A GOOD SEWING MACHINE, $25. Needles, Machine Extras, etc., always on hand. Also an extensive stock of 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. TSTE’W HARDWARE STORE JUST OPENEDI. Bo It known that Ezra L. Clark has tact opened a *Hardware Store in Trowels’ Building, Rensselaer, Indi* Wk and will keep constantly in stock a. AAf line of ■amriTTT. TIRWARE, WOODEKWARE, Caroenters’ Tools, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Silverware, Revolvers, Ammunition of all kinds, fAIM AND GARDEN SBSDS and every thing else usually found in a first-class Hardware Store. All goods sold at LOWEST CASH PRICES. Fartlee wishing anything in my line will do well to call, examine goods •nd learn prices. .. E. L. CLARK. STOVES. Oflc'*, Parlor and Kitchen STOVES, Wood and Coal Burners, KITCHEN RANGES, For Wood or Coal Burning, Kitchen Hardware, TINWARE, &c.,‘ It CHILDERS’S. Tin Work a Specialty.

—Bologna Savage, jL» Fresh Meat. Bologna Sausage 8J cts pe ? lb. Pork “ 1G “ “ Coice Leaf Lard 6 “ “ /• Pork Steak 4to Ci “ “ Beat >leef Steak 7 “ “ Pore Quarter “ O “ “ Choice Koasts 6 “ “ Bolling Pieces 3.4 “ *• BEDpSDITsHARf’S New Meat Store. FITZ W. BEDFORD XJXLdLXaZXSXX. XJXT Iffliai.Tll!!!, iimam Threshers, Reapers, Mowers, Rakes, Eng Ze Cultivators and Harrows. The celebrated Furst & Bradley, Jones and Oliver ChiZZed Plows, - • NEWTON WAGONS ANO BUGGIES. Riding and Walking Cultivators. Brown Corn Planters. All kinds o; Field, Garden, Barn and Stable Im p/ements. Farm Hardware VIOTOIt £SOAX.X>£3 For Hay, Cattle and Railroad Tracks. Also Building paper, Lime, Plaster Ing Hair, Cement, Pumps, &c. Field and Garden Seeds In bulk or by the small package. Farm and Garden Products sold al •talL One door above “Shanghai.” DR. SANFORD’S” DOLLAR PAD! ww r?t Un 4 to ,"» w,u “o**™ W rater* of mail, ons of Pa. Bxktobd's i-prmal al. taritfi LtvaaffAM. fnt »n tronbloo of the Urer, Stmntob. lamas, liackTsnimc snl Kldnsy-. W. so, «n<H,, c tUnW» l>> mail, poto paid, tar and near, from Maine to Orogon, and in this war gnlttn* the bort onraUre Piui tost made Jlroo*iy to the faraillon of the afflicted. U not a* the Drug Store, doo', deinv aundiiur. re you eas U* Me in a fc<r bonra and reeuro rcllof. AMr—t C. A. COOK A CO., Ohloaso, Sole Agemte tor V. 8. and Canadas. SOfiP BT DRUGGISTS UKgERALLY. ‘ Taft Sokaaek, Htov.aeo-a <* Co., Whale , BnaMgga,<%>£»•, wi P “•MM* the tra< 'V - 7

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

VOLUME 11.

LESLIE 0. GRANT, BLACKSMITH. Shop at Terhune’s old stand on Front street. All work warranted. Jersey Red Swine. C. D. Stackhouse & Son, Have a choice lot of Jersey Rod Pigs for sale, at their farm near . Renssolaor. Jasper County, Indiana. GROCERIES, • J \ Cigars, Tobacco, CONFECTIONERY, & FIRST DOOR ABOVE AUSTIN’S HOTEL. U. TTJTETTJR. GEORGE GRAVEL, Manufacturer of and Dealer in HARNESS, SADDLES, BridfeSi Cottars. Whips,' HORSE CLOTHING-, &c., &o. Strict attention paid to repairing. Fl-out ‘Street, below Washington, Rensselaer, Indiana.

' W. J. IMES, DEALER. IN School Books, Blank Books, Stationery, Drugs, MEDICINES, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUMERY, rnw nw, uuhhd ram. • • Z r - .>• ■ ? Brushes, Lamps, Wall Paper, Window Shades, FINE WINES AND PURE LIQUORS, Strictly for Medical Purposes, CONFECTIONERY, <fcC. Tills stock of goods In all departments. Is fresh pure and first-class. There is nona better in the market. In addition to the above enumeration, a full supply is kept of Slates, Pencils, Crayons, Pens, Fine Writing Paper, Envelopes, Lead Pencils, Erasers for pencil and ink, and all articles jiertaining to the Stationery Line.

Fbyr 5 Salt and Sagar! CHEAPEST STOCK IN JASPER COUNTY. 1& lbs Good Sugar SI.OO. 7 Bbs. Good Coffee for One Dollar. TEA, TOBACCO & CIGAES yx O E 3 £■■- — wtlw •Zto «oNm enefHas ee.UrtM Wfe. Cp X>PS“K'A.X3XjXS3XXXSX> XIXT IB3A. Lumber! Lumber! WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. i " ' ■ ■'. ' — -'■ ■■- T~ Finishing Lumber, Common Lumber, > —— All Kinds of Lumber. JL : ' j Star A Shingles! Standard Shingles! £ Common Shingles! Beveled Lath, Plain Lath. All Length Battons. „ Square Pickets,Flat Pickets. SASH, DOORS, AND BLINDS. - Siding, Cornice, Moulding, Window and Door Frames. ALL sold in quantities to suit, and at the LOWEST PRICES. FRANCESVILLE, IND. ~ ; 'uANID . X :

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SEPTEMBER 4,1879.

■w. e. onxtiiw Keeps a fine stock of WATCHES, CLUCKS, JEWELRY ami all kinds of Musical Merchandise, which arc offered cheaper than any other Bouse in Jnsper or adjoining counties. Agent for the Rockford Watch, the best watch for the money In the world. Sells the Elgin Watch ton per cent, cheaper than any other House in the county. Agent for several different innnufmturers of Organs and Pianos. A lino stook of Knives, Revolvers, Scissors, Spectacles, Jewelry, etc.. Just received. All work worrautod to give satisfaction, or no pay. • Watch Work a specialty. Rana. Howland, Marble Worker, Rensselaer, Indiana. Will handle American and Italian Marble, Quincy and Scotch Granite, and give special attention to building work. 11-51 A. L. WILLIS, GUNSMITH AND IRON WORKER. Lathe for Turning Iron. Shop on river bank south of School House. Hunters, Inventors and owners of Thershing and other Machines are respectfully invited tocall. 11-51

HARPER W. SNYDER, Attorney at Law, REMINGTON, Jasper County, Indiana. W. 11. PIERCE. Attorney at Law AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Remington, Ind., Collections a specialty and made in any part of the state. Office In away building, up-stairs. Dr. G. A. MOSS, Physician and Surgeon, In Spitler’ Brick Building. ' Opposite Court House, Rensselaer. Dr.- J. 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, z>zrsrsicxuSLi>sr AND SU&QDON,. At W. J. Imes’s Druqr Store. Dr. I. B, ; WABIIBURN, > Rensselaer, Indiana. •" S'. ‘ . Will give special attention to the treatment of Chronic Diseases. DE. 0. C. LINK, HOMEOPATHIST ofi’ich In Austin's Hotel, Rensselaer, Ind. MORDECAI F. CHUCOTE, Attorney at Law, Rensselaer, Indiana, Attends to all Business of the Profession with promptness and despatch. Office on Washington street, opposite the Court House.

, *• z Simon P. Thompson, David J Thompson AiturtiOji at Lavi. ' Xvtar? J'utilio. THOMPSON & BRO., Attorneys at Law, Rensselaer, Indiana, Practice in all the Courts. We pay particular attention to paying taxes, selling and leasing lands. MARXON L. SFXTX.CR, Collector and Abstractor. ✓

R. 8. DWIGGINB. —ZIMRI DWIGGIN3. R. 8. & Z. RWIGGIAS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Rensselaer, Indiana. ’.Vehave money to loan to farmer atS per cent in tore-'.ton long time, Call at the Citizen's f Bai|k anil see us. • FRANK W. BABCOCK, Attorney at Law And Real Estate Broker. Practices in all Courts of Jasper, New>on and Benton, counties. Laijds ex- • mined. Abstracts of Title»pre|Hired. faxes paid. p>llections a specialty. DANIEL B. MILLER, Attorney at Law, w Notary Public and Ins. Agt. • ’.-ireful attention given to the collection and prompt remittance of claims. • Jei-’lCk:—Up-stairs, Room No. 8, in Starr’s Block. RENSSELAER HOUSE, J W. BIBBITT, Proprietor, RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Centrally located tutd 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 bouse.

A. McCOY & THOMPSON, c BANKERS AND CATTLE BROKERS, . 'L. Buy and sell domestic exchange, make eollectionH on all available points, pay interest on certified time deposits, etc. Hours from !) o'clock a- m. to 4. o'clock p. in. B. S. OWiggins, Ximri Dwiggini, L-riM'ly CasMtr. Ci ti zcus’ 13ank, R KXSSKL A KR, IHR J AXA. Docs a general banking buainemc, glvqx apenlal attention to colk-olion'G remittanees inmb: on rtf-f Of payment at current rate of exchange; iu‘< rest pai<t on balances; certiflciites bearing interest lasinal; .exclmuhc bought and »ol<i I’ni-buuk owitu th# burglar aaie. which Uaik the protuluni at the Chicago Exposition In IMS’. Thia ante le protected by one ot Sargent's time lo ks. The bank vault used Is uh good na can Ik> Inirll. It will be seen from the foregoing (tint this bank furnishes as gixal security to ile|MM>tors as can bo furnished. £77 a Month and expenses guariintcod to' 1 w« • Agents. Outlll tree!. i Co..Ati-

APOLOGISING FOR MURDER.

The average radical is almost, as furious dver D<xon OS ho wJs over Lize Pinkston. Lize was a swamp angel, and Dixon was a thief, n murderer, a liar and n bad man generally. j-Rensuclaer Sentinel. It is possible that Captain Henry M. Dixon “was a thief, a murderer, a liar and a bad man generally.” Very little is known by the povple of the jtorth about the character ot the man except as the information comes through democratic sources; and democratic testimony is somewhat peculiar, if it may not be said to bo conflicting. Four years ago the people who knew him, West intimately seemed to esteem him highly. Indeed their regard for hlin was'such that they" bought and presented to him a massive silver pitcher upon which they had cngraceed this flattering inscription, to-wit : “To the bravest of the brave, Captain Henry M. Dixon. Presented to him by his democratic fellow-citizens of Yazoo county, as an humble testimonial of their high appreciation of his brilliant services in the redemption of the county from radical rule in 1875.” For the man Dixon himself it is probable that republicans a*rcpublixsans feel very little sympathy. He had been a confederate soldier, and, as shown by the testimonial of those who beet knew him, was an Unrelenting political foe. His sympathies were not with the doctrines that republicans teach, and for which some have sacrificed their lives. But the question is not whether we like the man, admire his character and endorse hie conduct. It is a question reaching deeper down. It effects the rights and security of every individual. It reaches out and becomes conspicuous in the structure of society. It becomes a prominent feature of our national civilization, a characteristic of the civilization of the age.

For the sake of argument suppose it is admitted that the Sentinel speaks truly when it charges Captain Dixon with the crimes of theft, murder, lying and general badness. Is not the last crime, that bf being bad, most 100 vague? What is it te be so generally bad as to justify another in shooting one down at sight, without trial and without hearing? Is any man or every man who .chooses to sit in judgment upon the nations ot his neighbor to be clothed with that majesty which is to say when Infis so bad thafhe must be shot down, like a beast of prey? Apd is that kind of a judge also to execute the sentence he has pronounced ? Under such conditions what would become of society? Who but the quickest at the trigger and him of the calmest nerves could hope to live to old age in such a state of society ? Before it was intimated by the Sentinel did any one in the United States believe that lying, although lieuious it is, was deserving of the death penalty ? Certainly there is no law on the books of any state in the Union that provides it as the result of trial and conviction.

Was it the special province of Mr. -Barksdale to ..secretly pursue his inquiries and having learned that Captain Dixon was a liar to lie in wait for him with a loaded shot gun and execute upon him the penalty for lying ? In the argument between the republicans and the democracy of Yazoo county the Rensselaer Sentinel, by implication at least, becomes the advocate of the latter. It does not condemn them for killing Captain Dixon, but rather justifies his killing with* the plea of provocation/, He was bad and they were good—at least they are better than he was. They are not bad, nor are they liars, nor murderers, nor theives; therefore they arc justifiable and justified in

ridding community of a man who was guilty of this, catalogue of Impious crimes. Iu all courts of justice decisions are presumed to be given to the side that ia supported by the preponderance of gpod testimony. The Sentinel says that the Yazoo people are good witnesses and give 'reliable evidence; the Sentinel also sava. that f i 1 -. f» • i, Dixon was a bad man. Now the Sentinel and the people of Yazoo county are at variance in. an important particular. Is it probable that truly good people would have united in presenting sirch a testi; menial to a very bad, man as the, fiieople of Y azoo couirjy presented; to Uuptuiu Dixon ?. If the people

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oTTnzo'o are truly good then Captain Dixon must also have been pretty good [to the silver pitcher affair. If this position bo true, then the man who wrote the paragraph jin the Sentinel in himself a liar, because he says Captain Dixon was bad ; and if a liar, according to his own verdict he ought to be shot to death' without trial by jury or benefit of clergy. If Captain Dixon was a thief and a murderer there wore courts in the stalo of Mississippi Where lie might have -been indicted, prosecuted, .convicted and punished according to the forms of law. At least every democratic'newspaper and every representative of the democratic party in eongross'and every democratic public speaker at tho north, who has said anything about the subject, has told ns civil authorities and the forme of civil law were scrupulously respected and carefully observed throughout the entire South. Accepting these statements the last vestige ot anj apblogy or mitigating circumstance vanishes, even though the crimes of Captain Dixon embraced the whole category known to modern codes. The killing of Captain Dixon was a cruel, wanton murder, premeditated forapolitical purpo.se. It was as fiendish in conception and as merciless in execution as ever stained the record of tyrants. We don’t ask if Captain Dixon was a republican, or a democrat, or a member of tho we don’t care what creed be professed—he was an American citizen and a voter, and it was his sacred right under the laws of the state of Mississippi and under the constitution of the United States to affiliate with whichever party, pleased him best; And no than, nor any set of men, whether organized as a pohticaljparty or banded together as a mob, had any right whatever to interfere with or to interrupt that decision. So long as lie did not violate the laws of his government no man should have presumed to molest him; and If he did violate the [aw, no man and no band of men had any right to punish him, save those only whom the laws designate to execute penalties, and then not until a fair trial and formal conviction of tho accused by established processes was had, and tTie penalty should bo no more than that which is provided for by solemn legislative enactment. Apy other course is the destruction of order, the overthrow of society, and the establishment of anarchy.

We are mortified beyond expression to see our contemporary take the position he has in tho discussion of these wicked and bloody political outrages —these crimes against civilization, crimes againstcivii and political liberty, against humanity, and against the teachings of the Christian religion. The Sentinel is owned, edited and published by a gentleman who was born and reared amid the influences of northern sentiment. His earliest breath was the fifec and healthful air of Pennsylvania mountains. In infancy his eyes rested upon verdure-clad hills, delightful valleys, silvery streams, thriving villages. His ears were familiar with the hum of factories, the clang of anvils, the roar of waters pouring over milldams and rushing untong machinery. The refinements of free schools, of an untrammeled press, of the religion, of Jesus Christ, have surrounded him from the hour of his birth until frosty threads among the chestnut warn him that the

autumn is nigh and tho harvest must soon be gathered home. These influences and associationsand considerations Ought to make him just, in the fear of his Maker, and his counsel to those who shall come after him to act in tho drama of life ought to.be tho wisdom of the sage and pi' the patriot But while northern newspapers arc apologizing for political crime, belittling tho struggle for a more perfect freedom to think, to speak, and .to act in that section of our country where murders tor opinions' sake are uphold by a vicious public sentiment it is a cheering sign to find now and then a mat) of thedemocratic parly who has the prescience to foresee results and the courage to weigh consequences in ail impartial balance/ No clearer

ADVnnsiM BAMS ABD TBBM Fi aeiional part* • yaar.ot rqai UM» rote* Huxlnm* r.unlH not cicvtxUM «■>« ln*A*M** »<s u year, in for »fx month*. 19 roethree meaita Ito/i'llng nottaw, flr»b publication * cent* • 'WIffIUSBSfSV® olinnge* (one change in throe month.), •« the option <>f lh«adv*rtl*er, free of extra < harir*. Arh'crtl»c>n<>irtHf>>r p.<r«on* net rea!rf<nf« of Junpor county mn»t lx» pelrt for In «<l»i»nc« et Om publication, when Im* than ona-qgartrr column in eno; uad quarterly tn adrance WMo nrger. , . -

view of this question has boon presented ttynn that of 1 the Seise*, Alabama, Southern Atgut; and nothing is more»fiiting to close this article and for a contrast to the flippancy the NorthtW democratic . pfess in their treatment of this serious subject, tharr the following extract from its columns : < s Yazoo eountv had bettor been swept from its place on the earth and it» people had better been destroyed In a night than this dimmed crime had been committed—better for Mississippi, better for the South, better for the democruticparly, better for thecountry In the eyes of tho world, the whole l»ody of Southern people are stigmatized by these unpardonable acts of violence and blood; their enemies are strengthened; their friends are paralyzed: their good faith impugned ; their respect for law is called in question. The hanging of Uw murderer would vindicate Mississippi and the South ; but wlth-600 l ies in the county In which lie Is to lie tried, this is not to be expected. * * The right of every freeman qualified by law to vote and tP-W° his ballot counted-as cast, the rjgfiwof. every citizen eligible under the laws to seek ofllce ut the hands of tho people—these rights stricken down In this county of a sister Southern state, are essential to free government. Every man in the United States who values for himself or his ehildrenlfhe right of free suffrage, every one who values for himself or his children the right to aspire for a place in the (Mb; He service, is personally wrong*! in these Yazoocounty should, cry out against them. With ft hive, right® gone, there 1s snnTchy, WQ despotism follows anarchy, welcomed as a relief from more intolerable ev»

The Remington Reporter think? that it ought to publish tho names of married men and boys of Rensselaer who, at the fair recently held at the former town, were rsspeetful .to women of equivocal character; and that copies of the paper *® n T taining such publication should then be mailed to the wives, parents and associates of the gallant*—to their sisters and their cousin® and their aunts. A newspaper that knows Its duty and confesses it, yet dare not perform, is juet too feeble to bo of any a#e tfs a moral reformer. God b atee a coward and the public despair him. That opportune rain of Monday last blasted the glee of thosegreenbackers who hoped there Would be a drought to make the corn crop light and prevent sown wheat from sprouting. There is no use relying on disasters to crops toretricve'the greenback lost cause, gentlemen, for the republicans are right on the money question and Providence smiles upon tho land.

If an abundance of money xnnk.es the rate of interest .low, !M»d a scarcity makes interest high, will somowell posted soft-money philosopher please give a reason why the rate of interest in 1865 to 1875 was higher by 30 to 75 per cent, than it is today—since “Sherman’s ruinous policy of contraction” went into , full effect ? Rensselaer is to have an opera house: by next season, and still they would say the narrow gouge is of no particular consequence-— Lowell Sntcepriee. Willey & Sigler’s opera hohse will be finished this season. If you find a Rensselaer man who says “the narrow gauge ia of no particular consequence,” shootbira on tho spot —or any place. Have no use for any such person. ———— —•* ~ ■ r Two thousand to three thousand people attended tho Old Settlers • meeting at Monticello, last ThursThe weather was most too warfii and the roads most 100 dusty for perfection . Judge Baldwin delivered the principal address, which was pronounced practical jmd excellent by those whose fortune it“ was to hear it. Several evangalists attracted by the Conference of the Church of Gad which closed its session Bunday night, wore listened to with a groat deal of interest. Eider Reed is an old favorite who is always greeted with a hearty welcome. Elder Ravelin made a marked sensation with his eloqnence, originality, and startling propositionr. ! 1 1 "J". -V ' '-MW I ,* Idlo factories and poor crops make the greenback and demo,cratio parUes to thrive, as vultures upon decaying carcasses; but plenty of work and bountiful harvest® fill the land with ths cheerful songs of republicans. a l ." 1 '.'nq'mur . Prosperity and republicanism, walk hand in hand, but democracy thrives when the peoplo Jamish. - , Thanks to Mrs. . - fox’ ket of grapeft* '