Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1883 — Railroad Talk [ARTICLE]

Railroad Talk

A meeting of the stockholders of the Rochester, .Rensselaer & St. Louis Railway Co., for the purpose of electing directors of the company, was held at winamac, last Monday. S. P. Thompson, of Rensselaer, was regularly elected one of the directors. A meeting of the directors is to be held at the Frain Hotel, at Winamac, to-day, (or the purpose of electing officers of the company for the ensuing year. General Superintendent John MoLeod, of the L. N-A. & C., reSirts a.vigorous effort to get the hicago & Indianapolis Air Line tracks in order,. : with the hope of puttipggassenger trains on about the 15ttcbf May.. .. . . ~ • * ' * "U a* - * • - A'%. The tracks o£> the Chicago & Western .’lndiana, of which road tkh L. N-A. <fe 0.,. is part owner, and over which it enters the city, have been laid several blocks further north, in Chicago, thus bring ing the'terminus brthe road much nearer to the business part of the pity.: \ *■ .-"4

The Disfrtct Reporter for April contains th#lpllcwing items of interest tq this locality.: Bro. J. T. Abbett, of Rensselaer, was licensed to preach by i the last quarterly conference of that charge. —“District Rep.” Revi,\y, H. Vance was offered the position oi chaplain of the Michigan City prison, by the new Board of Directors, but refused to accepts > - • istrict Rep.”

J. The, last quarterly meeting at Rensselaer, held March 24 to 26, was largely attended • and was a gracious meeting. In the love feast many young converts gave testimony- The charge is in a prosperous conditipn, and the church op qp grade. There is a strong feeling in 3avpr of building a new church and parsonage, and the quarteily conference elected a building committee for that purpose. Rensselaer is a growing’ little city possessing much wealth and ciilture, but’greatly behind iff the why of cjjqpph buildings. The citizens begin to fee) that’they owe it to themselves and to society to begin toprqxide better church edifices. We sincerely hope that onr people at Rensselaer will be successful in the work of building both church and parsonage!—— “District Rep.” Sold Out:— Mr. E. N. Hyland would respectfully inform the farmers of Jasper county that he has sold the mill-dam to the Ditching Opjffpeny, and they take possession pn and after the 23d day. of - May-, Titis'notice is farmers’ piay bring their grinding bofore that 4fffe as it will take gome 30 .to 60 days to ppt steaip worlds in, and fie i:eady to do* milling tqr steam. ' d, ° et - J - .. .... A*, i..