Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1876 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Tax Wayne County Republican Convention will convene Feb. 5. Monror Corm boast* that she hasn’t a single saloon within her borders. Se Clarke County. Logansport, according to the latest di rectory, ha* lost about 4,000 population in eighteen months. Ex-City Collector Sanbow, of Evansville, has been declared to be a defaulter to the extent of $5,740.08. Johj Wakrkn, a Wayne County butcher, celebrated the arrival of th e new year by absconding with about $4,000. A. J. Williams, member of the State Legislature from Lawrence County, died at his residence near Bedford a few day* ago. Arrangements are making to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary .of the location of Lafayette a* the seat of justice of Tippecanoe County. Geo. C. Unroe, a Rush County swain, drowned himself the other day because the girl he loved told him she was too young to marry. A Greencastle philologist is wasting his valuable time by trying to invent a pronoun of the third person, singular num* ber, common gender. The tickets sold at the Union Depot, Indianapolis, last year amounted to $861,785.85, an increase of $23,694.80 over those sold the year previous. While Christopher Smith was coonhunting, near Galveston, the other night a limb fell from a tree, striking him on the head and instantly killing him. T. B. Collins, formerly of the Crawfordsville Renew, has purchased a half interest in the Logansport Pharos, and will assume the business management. On the 2d .Nelson Smith, * schoolteacher in Kirklin Township, blew hi* brains out with a gun. He was subject to fit* of melancholy, induced by intemperate habit*. The following were the postal changes in Indiana, exclusive of Presidential appointments, for the week ending Jan. 1, 1876: Postmasters appointed—Belle Union, Pntnam County, A. J. Hill; Lincolnville, Wabash County, J. W. Billiter; Nottingham, Wells County, William L. Bwain; Rockford, Jackson County, John Lausterer, South Bethany, Bartholomew County, John M. Hawkins; Yankeetown, Warrick County, W. Wilson. The Indiana State Teachers’ Association, recently in session at Indianapolis, elected the following officer* for the ensuing year: President—-William H. Wiley, Terre Haute. Vice-Presidents—Miss Anna E. Lyon, Laporte; Miaa 8. D. Harmon, Elkhart; Mrs. J. G. Holcombe, Miss Maggie Cook, Martinsville; E. S. Wellington, New Albany; J. H. Martin, Franklin, and W. A. Boles, Shelbyville. Recording Secretary—J. Cooper, Richmond. Permanent Secretary and ex-officio Treasurer— D. Eckley Hunter, Bloomington. Executive Committee—Chairman, J. A.. Zellar,. Evansville; J. T. Merrill, Lafayette; J. J. Miller, Indianapolis; 3. K. Walts, Logansport; L. Prugh, Vincennes; J. R. Frisaler, Lawrenceburg, and Miaa Mary Barber, Indianapolis. President of the Superintendents' Section—T. J. Charlton, Vincennes. Secretary—D. D. Blakeman, Delphi. Prof. J. H. Smart, Superintendent of Public Instruction, has just completed the apportionment of common-school revenue for tuition purposes for the Ist of January, 1876, a* follows:

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Ho. Children Brtween 6 and >1 Yeare oj Age. Total Collected and Heady for Apportionment. Amount Apportioned to Each County.

Adams 5,887 >3,167 43 $6,724 62 Allen 18,968 90,016 82 23.893 88 Bartholomew 7,570 10,099 79 9,538 20 Benton 8.257 8.356 34 4,103 82 Blackford 2,706 2.588 72 3,408 30 Boone 9,120 10,632 41 11,491 20 Brown 8,478 1,542 15 4,382 28 Carroll 6.251 7,536 83 7,876 28 Cass 9.288 10,796 79 11,702 88 Clark 8,831 10,568 96 11,127 06 Clay 8.235 6,508 55 10,376 10 Clinton 7,238 7,142 07 9,243 42 Crawford 4,175 1,732 86 5,260 50 Daviess 7,466 6,539 68 9,407 16 Dearborn 10,062 7,804 04 12,665 Hl Decatur 6.838 10,201 39 8,515 88 De Kalb 6.522 5,704 88 ijffl 72 Delaware 7,125 9,490 22 8,977 50 Dubois 5,670 1,479 79 7,144 20 Elkhart 11,108 12.144 15 13,996 08 Fayette 3.560 5,562 27 4,485 60 Floyd 9,425 12,937 32 11,875 50 Fountain 6,474 8,502 M 8,157 24 Franklin 7,386 5,980 79 9,306 36 Fulton 5,091 4,037 22 6,414 66 Gibson. 7,773 8,612 ® 9,798 98 Grant 7,738 7,130 85 9,749 88 Greene 8.189 6,017 17 10,818 14 Hamilton 7,966 10,263 83 10.087 16 Hancock 5,425 7,778 80 6,835 50 Harrison 7,783 4,696 15 9,806 58 Hendricks 7,584 10,943 47 9,492 84 Henry 7,660 12,470 40 9,65160 Howard 6,851 6.178 26 8,632 26 Huntington 7,479 4,917 97 9,423 54 Jackson 7,301 5,900 18 9,199 26 Jasper 8.271 8,006 96 4,121 46 Jay 6,260 4,501 48 7,887 60 Jefferson 10,057 11,797 75 12,671 82 Jennings 5,88) 8,880 89 7,452 30 Johnson 6,216 11,447 51 7,8® 16 Knox 9.230 9,174 10 11,629 80 Kosciusko 9,136 6,7® 48 11.511 36 Lagrange 5,063 7,084 85 6,379 38 Lake 4,843 5,710 23 6,108 48 Laporte 10,458 11,438 64 13,177 08 Lawrence 6.265 6,659 27 7,898 90 Madison 8,867 9,641 85 11,172 42 Marion 28,925 70,637 88 36,445 52 Marshall 7,944 6.077 04 10.0® 44 Martin 4,677 2,698 15 5,898 02 Miami 8.241 9,021 W 10,388 66 Monroe 5,519 5,380 13 6,958 94 Montgomery 8,654 16,852 10 10,904 64 Morgan 6,522 8,803 87 8,217 72 Newton 2,685 1,829 88 3,383 10 Noble. 7,630 8,094 15 9,613 80 Ohio 1,904 2,185 ® 2,8® 04 Orange 5,095 3.741 96 6,419 70 Owen 6.055 5,776 60 7.629 80 Parke 6,877 9,871 01 8,665 02 Perry 6,654 8,058 72 3.384 04 Pike 5,5® 1,671 05 7,033 ® Porter 5,135 5.8® 05 6,470 10 Posey 7,842 5.168 56 9,880 92 Pulaski 8.454 2,819 68 4,442 52 Putnam 7,621 12,207 86 9,6® 46 Randolph 8,458 8,276 44 10,657 ® Ripley 7.937 4,6® 22 10,000 62 Rush 6,276 11,242 43 7,907 76 Scott 2,935 1,651 07 8,6® 10 Shelby 8,404 11,4® ® 10,589 04 Spencer 9.826 4,881 52 11,750 76 Starke 1,804 956 48 2,273 04 Steuben 4,911 5,046 48 6,187 86 St Joseph... 9.843 12,556® 12,4® 18 Sullivan 7,731 6,®1 35 9,741 M Switzerland 4,680 5,888 80 Tippecanoe 18,387 15,8® 57 16,867 62 Tipton 5,267 2,942 ® 6,636 42 Union 2,4® 4,047 77 8,034 ® Vanderburg 16,9® 15,0® 57 21,401 56 Vermillion 3,997 6,593 78 5,086 22 Vigo 18,710 17,435® 17,274 60 Wabash 8,659 9,848 84 10,910 84 Warren 8,810 6,408 88 4,800 60 Warrick 7.575 4,254 62 9,544 60 Washington 6,835 4.147 88 8,612 10 Wayne 11,881 22,960 65 14.970® Welle 5,786 4,8 756 7,227 86 White 4,810 5,219 99 5,430 60 Whitley 5,5® 5,231 45 7,016 94 Normal School 7,5® w Totals 607,7®j5782,133 38 $849,104 88 Total collection from counties $732,183 M State interest paid 117,143 50 Balance in Treasury at last apportionment 4,973 09 Switzerland County estimated to pay.. B,o® ® Balance of former over payments and General 567 ® _ $859,041 82 Deduct additional amount apportioned to Wells County in May, 1875 5,1® 16 Balance ready for apportionment $853.849 16 Amount apportioned: .... 849.104 88 balance to Treasury.,.., $4,744 28