Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1898 — Page 2

V- r THE Republican. OFFICIAL PAPER Of JASPER COUNTY ISSUED EVERY TUESDAY A FRIDAY BY GEORGE E. MARSHALL, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE—In Republican building on corner *t Washington and Weston Streets. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 Three Months 50 Tuesday, March 1, 1898.

yiiates’AoMDcei&ts For Clerk of the Circuit Court. ESTIL E. PIERSON, of Union Township, subject to the decision of the Republican county nominating convention, of March 2Ut. * * * CHARLES C. WARNER, of Marlon Township, is a candidate for Clerk of the circuit court subject to the Republican county conventi. n. ♦ * * PHILIP BLUE, of Maiicn T"wnshlp, Is a candidate for Oleik of the circuit court, sul>j- otto the llepubl.can county con vein ion. « * * JOHN A LAMBORS, of Cai penter Township, is s candidate for the office of Cietk ol t tie circuit court. Subject to the decision of llie Republican county convention. * » » * CHARI.ES .1. DEAN, of Marion township Is a c .ndhlate for the office of Clerk of ih > circuit Court. Subject to the decision ot the Republican county convention. For County Auditor. EZRA L. CLARK. The friends of Ezra L. Clark, of Marion Township announce his name as a candidate for County Auditor, subject to the decision of the Republican cuunty convention M» PERRY E. CARSON, •f Carpenter Township is a candidate for auditor of Jasper county. Subject to the decision of the Republican county convention. * * * WM. 0. BABCOCK, of Marlon Township Is a candidate for auditor of lasper Couuty, subject to the decision of the Republican county convention. For County Surveyor. JOHN E. ALTER. Of Union Township, Is a candidate Tor re•tectlon to llie office <>f county surveyor of .las per County. Subject to the decision of the Republican county convention. * # * HUGH L. GAMBLE, Rensselaer city engineer. Is a candidate foi the oflh e of couuty surveyor of Jasper couuty, subject to the decision of ihe Hepubli.an county convention. For County Sheriff. NATE J. REED, tlOai'i enter Township, is a Candida e for retoection to the office of county sheriff. Subject to the decision of the Republican couuty convention. * For County Treasurer. ROBERT A. PARKISON. of Barkley Township, is a candidate for the office of couuty treasuiei. Subject to the de elsluuof tl e Republican conventi- n. County Commissioner, First Dis't. ABRAHAM HALLECK. of Keener township, Is a candidate for re-elec tion to the olilat of County Commissioner for the First disiriet. Subject to the decision of the Republican county convention.

To Jasper County Republicans.

Call For ft Republican Nominating Convention. The Republican voters of Jasper County, will meet nt their respective voting places or at places designated by the township chairmen, on Saturday the 19th day of March 1898 f at two o’clock p. m. And select delegates and alternates to the Republican County nominating convention to be held Monday, March 21, 1808. The basis of apportionment is one delegate for every fifteen votes cast for John Thayer Republican Elector at the general election held in 1896. And one for every fraction of fifteen of ten or over. The several precincts will be entitled to delegates as follows: — Hanging Grove Township 5 Gillam 7 Walker 7 Barkley twp. east precinct 7 “ “ west “ 6 Marion twp. Ist precinct 11 “ “ 2nd “ 11 “ “ 3rd “ 7 “ “ 4th “ ....9 Jordan 4 Newton 5 Keener 10 Kankakee. 4 Wheatfield 7 Carpenter, east 7 south 9 “ west 7 Milroy 2 Union north 5 Union south 5 Total number of delegates 135. The delegates so selected will meet at the court house in Rensselaer, Monday, March 21st 1898, at 1 o’clock p. m., and proceed to

nominate candidates for the following county officers: County Clerk, “ Auditor, “ * Treasurer, “ Sheriff, “ Cordner, “ Surveyor, “ Comrnissionei for the First District, County Commissioner for the Second District. The Convention will also select delegates to the Republican State Convention, to be held at Indianapolis Indiana 1898. By order of the Republican Central Committee. C. W. Hanley, Chm. J. F. Warren, Sec’y.

The stock of gold in the United States Treasury has now reached in round numbers $170,000,000, and is still increasing, while the gold in circulation in the United States has also enormously increased during the past year.

Have Candidate Bryan, Chairman Jones, and their political associates decided to abandon the tariff issue altogether and concede that the Republicans have been and are right in their protective tariff principle? They omit in their recent utterances regarding the coming political campaign to mention a single word about tariff.

The Wyoming Republicans have decided to abandon the free-coin-age-of-silver proposition which they inserted in their State platforms in the last two campaigns and plant themselves squarely upon the St. Louis platform. The advance in Wyoming wools and in farm prices generally has been too much for the silver cause, even in that section of the country.

President McKinley’s firm and conservative course in the consideration of the exciting incidents of the past few days in regard to Cuba and Spain is being generally cob? mended by the press and the people of the country irrespective of party. His firm attitude in the DeLome incident resulted in a complete disavowal by Spain of unofficial utterances of the Minister,; with a complete recognition of the dignity and standing of the United States Government, while the President’s prudent and patriotic course in regard to the Maine disaster amid the universal excitement which followed is highly commended both at home and abroad. What will be the outcome of this Cuban-Spanish complication, no man, of course, can tell, but it is now conceded that in every' development Bince the new administration entered upon its duties the President’s course has been such as to meet with general approval, while the attacks made by a few individuals upon his course and that of his associates have been generally denounced and. repelled by a large proportion of the country.

The balance of trade in favor of the United States is agriculture products for 1897 is a subject for great satisfaction. The exports of agriculture amounted to nearly $700,000,000, or almost 70 per cent, of the total exportations for the year. The imports of agriculture were also large, but this was due to a great extent to the heavy importations during the closing months of the operations of the Wilson law, an excess of something like $30,000,000 of wool and sugar alone being- rushed into the country to escape the prospective duties of the new law. Even with those large importations the balance of trade in favor of £his country amounted to $288,883,725, which is greatly in excess of the figures for preceding years. The following table shows the excess of exports over imports during a period of five years: Fiscal Balance of trade in Hear. favor of U. S. 1893 $196,609,221 1894. 272,200,120 1895 185,269,876 1896 183,368,857 1897 278,883,725

Canoorpositively and permanently cured. No oufe —no pay. Address Dr. A. W. Armooost, Brooksfou, Ind.

Sunday School Column

Conducted by W. o. SMALLEY, REMINGTON, INDIANA. Young people don’t wait until you are men and women to do your best: do it now. Very often we are to blame when we do not meet with the kindness we expect; kindness begets kindness. Shame on the Christian who has to be coaxed to do Christian work. It does seem we ought to be glad to use the many opportunities that come to us for doing good and not be so reluctant about teaching a class or helping in any way possible when asked. Why not do the work with as much energy as we would show if we were engaging in some pleasant pastime. The book says “whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.” Man’s best life is dependent upon uninterrupted communication with its source —God. He who neglects regular prayer and Bible study is like a town whose telegraph and telephone wires are down and whose railroads and other means of communication with the outer world are cut off. A disused Bible is a wire down. Neglected prayer is a blockade of the main high way. The hurry and rush of secular life that preclude daily intercourse with God are a Chinese wall of exclusion against God. The first and sure remedy for spiritual decline is to open up all the avenues of communication with God and see that they are used. Christianity is not a voice in the wilderness but a life in the world. It is not an idea in the air, but feet on the ground going God’s way. It is not a tender plant to be kept under a glass, but a hardy plant to bear twelve manner of fruits in all kinds of weather. Fidelity to duty is its root and branch. Nothing we can say to the Lord, no calling him by great and dear names, can take the place of the plain doing of his will. Wqmay cry out about the beauty of eating bread with him in his kingdom, but it is wasted breath and a rootless hope unless we plow and plant in his kingdom here and now. To remember him at his table and to forget him at ours, is to have invested in bad securities. There is no substitute for plain every day goodness. The writer attended a veiy enthusiastic convention at Mt. Ayr on Saturday Feb. 19th. J. R, Thompson the Sec. of the Newton Co. Association was present and conducted the meeting in a very pleasant manner. At the close of the meeting the township (Jackson) was organized with a full corps of wide awake officers. If that township does not do its work in a way that will be a credit to the County Ass’n., it will be from some cause not now apparent. Newton county is coming to the front. It now has thirty one schools.

Set ice to Building & Loan Association Stockholders. Notioe is hereby given that the annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Rensselaer Building, Loan and Savings Association will be held at the offioe of the secretary, in Rensselaer, Indiana, on Wednesday, March 16,181)8, at 7 o’clook, p. m., for the purpose of electing directors and transacting such other business as may be lawfully brought before the meeting. Jambs H. Chapman, Secretary.

, VVutitN to Organize a Company. Nelson J. Bozarth, the well known attorney and ecoentric politician, of Valparaiso, has written to Secretary of War Alger asking permission to raise a company from Porter county to go to Spain in case United States should declare war. Mr. Bozarth served two terms in the late war entering the service at the age of fourteen. At the dose of the war he was stationed at West Point for a year.

C. D. NOWEL’S ••.' V _ ' ®=Sale Still Continues! PUBLIC... \ Know when they get a good thing evidenced by the crowds that flock to this sale, . . - . . Never Were Such Bargains Offered Before In this city. Thousands of dollars worth of goods have been sold and many thousands yet remain to be sold at the same bargain prices. Come before it is too late if you need anything in our line. The greatest bargains ever offered in SHOES - AND = BOOTS —... Every thing goes until the last article is sold. Come - :-Tearly. It is a pleasure to us to wait upon you if we don’t make anything on your purchase. You get full benefit of Wholesale Prices. C. D. NOWELS

Real Estate Transfers

Explanatory JJote: 111 are warranty deeds when not otheiwUe sptclfled. The date, given in the dillerent Items, are the dates of the deeds themselves, showing when execut’ ed. The *‘nw’’“ne” “se” "sw,” mean Northwest quarter, Northeast quarter, etc., and denote a quarter section, or 180 acres; “aX nw” would mean half of a quarter section, or 80 acres, “ne sw’’ means the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, or 40 acres The figures as ao- 29-7, mean sectlen 80, township 88. range 7. Daniel Wolf to Wm, W. Ballinger; Jan. 11, It 7 bl 1, Hogan SSO. Win, W. Ballinger to Charles H. Holle, Feb. 5, It 7 bl 1, Hogan SIOO. Albert L. Duvall to Franklin Duvall, Nov. 16, und |sj 25Geo. F. Graves to Israel B. Washburn, trustee, Feb. 5, Its, 4,5, 6,7, bl 3, Fair Oaks, $l5O. Franklin Duvall to Albert L. Duvall, Nov. 16, und £ nj 28-28-6, 160 acres, Jordan $4,000.

Sarah E. Lane to Geo. W. Stewart, Feb. 17, e$ sw, w$ se, 32-28-6, 160 acres, Jordan, $9,000. Albert J. Thompson to Charles J. Schmidt, Feb. 16, pt 29-27-7, 92 aores, Carpenter, $4,350. Chas. J. Mansfield to Henry Snyder, Nov. 20, w$ sw 26-31-5, 80 acres, Gillam, $2,600. Rosa E. Thompson to James W. Maggert, Jan. 3, It 15 bl 7, Sunnyside add. Rens. $125. M. L. & Ann E. Thomas to Sanford D. Maggert. Jan. 3, It 14 bl 7, Sunnyside Add. Rens. $125. Henry Rommerening to Cbristleib Gronn, Feb. 17, ne ne 22-31-6, Walker, $1,400. Levi Hodge to Lucretia H. Wilson. Feb. 12, nj Its 17, 18, 19, 20 bl 2, Fair Oaks, SSO. Jerry A. Clark to Abbie J. Prewett, et al, Feb. 4, n 4 sw 26-30-5, 40 acres. Gillam, $2,000. Elizabeth Wallace to Wm. B. Austin. Feb. 11, pt ne se 25-32-5, Wheatfield, SI,OOO. David Nowels to James Maloy, et ux, Jan. 8, It 13 bl 38, Weston’s 2nd Add. Rens. S9OO. Honry C. Hoshaw to John E. Meyers, Jan. 24, It 3 bl 1, Thompson’s sgb bl 3, Thompson’s Add. Rens. S2OO.

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