Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1905 — UNION IS STILL INTACT. [ARTICLE]

UNION IS STILL INTACT.

Move to Divide the Township is Continued to April Term.—Additional Remonstrance Filed.

The matter of dividing Union township came up before the county commissioners Wednesday and the c&use was continued to the April j term, when it is now thought by most people the case will be dropped. The original petition for disunion contained 88 names, but 11 withdrawals have been filed from this, leaving but 77 names on the petition at present. The remonstrators filed a remonstrance last month containing

195 names, and this week they filed 64 additional names to the remonstrance, making a total of 259 against division to 77 for. The move for a division is generally looked upon by disinterested people of the county as foolish and ill-advised. Should the commissioners decide to make the division, we are told, an appeal will be taken and the matter fought to a finish, and the expense, of course, must be borne by the taxpayers of the township.