Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1881 — From Remington. [ARTICLE]

From Remington.

Oh, how the democrats hone for the scalp of Mahone! Milford, Kosciusko county, has twenty-seven cases of small pox, if reports are true. Two thousand chinnmen were murdered in Peru,- South America, by .Negroes and Cholor Indians fast week. An exchange says that during the next four years State will Invariably be spelled with a small S, and Nation with a great big N. ' > The legislature has made some alterations in the assessment law which will require some little posting up on the part of our assessors. The New York Tribune says Mr. English • was rot invited to the Manhattan banquet for fear he would send his regrets by telegraph nicked “collect." • The New York legislature has practically abolished Sunday by providing that the state offices shall kppt open on all other days than the legal holidays. The greenbackers of San- Francisco have passed resolutions commendatory of the assassination of the Czar. The country should now hear from De La Matyr. • California agriculturists are turning their attention'to the culture of cotton. Last year experiments , were made with Georgia upland rotton. that resulted successfully.. The Tennessee Legislature, with an eye to business, has passed a law making forfeiture of office the penalty for a sheriff allowing a prisoner to escape from custody. Indiana will have a State Board of Health s<x>n, a; a law has been passed authorizing its organization. •Under its provisions all physicians will have to register with a county officer. - Dr. F. B. Thomas, the veteran editor of the Winamac Democrat, was married last week to a blooming widow of Pulaski county; We con- • gratulate him, and hope he may always be happy. During the last nine months the public debt has been reduced $98,408,702. The total reduction during the fiscal year will reach something more than $100,000,000 ' against $85,000,000 last year. Hon. J. W. Ryan of Delaware County introduced a bill in the Leg-islature-requiring persons who use - intoxicating liquors to take out a license for that purpose. Many anxious people will watch that bill.The Newspapers of Laporte and South Bend have been giving statistics showing the number of tons 'of ice harvested in those cities. This would be more refreshing to the readers-of those papers about the first of. August. I v? The Legislature of Wisconsin has enacted a law prohibiting the practice of treating. This is an experimental measure in temper, ance reform which, if enforced, will accomplish much in the direction of a temperance millenium. < A subscription is being raised by capitalists throughout’ the country to provide for the International cotton exposition which is to take place at Atlanta’ next fall. About s3o,ooo’have already been Subscribed for that Several of our exchanges state that they are willing to take maple molasses or maple sugar on subscription. ’Tie not possible for us to submit to any thing of the kind in Jasper. We’re death on eggs ’ though. Eh, brother Connor?

South Carolina is receiving numerous accessions to her population from Germany. It isn’t at all probable that any political party has any hand in the movement. Yet it might be well for Voorhees to investigate at the people’s expense. LL-,, 1 1 • A great revival of religion is in progress in the Brooklyn tabernacle under the direction of Tai mage, whose eloquence is greeted at each meeting by great throngs of people. Over ’one hundred people have been converted recently at these meetings. . ’

The compulsory educational bill failed of passage for want of a constitutional majority. Our legislators remember the remark of Festos to Paul, “A little learning hath made thee mad. n The average Hoosier don’t propose to have; his learning forced down him. Vice President Wheeler thought the Vice President should be called “his superfluous Highness.” But that will be imnniwssiy hence forth, owing to the even balance of Vice-President will be called upon io vote quite

. The Pennsylvania Legislature has passed, in the house, a bill sub- , mitting to the people an amend-. ment prohibiting the manufacturing and sale of intoxicatingliquors. The Senate fe said to be largely in favor of the bill. Prohibition is gaining ground. Temperance peocan take courage. Emigrants from foreign lands came to the United States, during 1 the eight months ending February 18, to the number of 305,022. Of this numl>er 83,000 were Germans. It is stated that such is the rush of emigrants from Germany that extra vessels are required by the steamship lines of that country. The scientific men have decided that fish contain jio greater brain producing qualities than other animal foods. This is sad news to the editor of the Democratic Sentinel who has discarded eggs and was expecting to sub?ist wholly on fish preparatory to the political campaign of two years hertce. The Dakotians long for a sprinkling of emigrants from Erin. The authorities of the territories have sent a special agent to Ireland armed with statistics, maps, etc. and it is expected that he wall awaken in the minds of the Irish an interest in Dakota and its resources and induce many to emigrate to that territory. Au extract from an article written by a leading confectioner in the I Confectioners’ Journal and copied I in the Scientific American, gives, , among many others, the failure to advertise as one of the. leading | causes that tend to keep confectioners from gaining a ccnjpetency. The remark applies as well in other I tranches of business.

$250,000 has been subscribed to the fund forex-presidents. Of tha amount $216,000 has already been paid in. The balance remains unpaid only because of the absence of the subscribers in other countries. One subscriber of 810,000 is a Democrat. About $50,000 of the whole amount has been subscribed on condition that the names of the donors should not be made known. The following from the Scientific American may be of use to our readers: A treatment to prevent lamp chimneys, and other glassware, crockery, porcelain, etc., from breaking. Place the articles into a pot filled with cold water, to which some common table salt has been added. The water is to be well boiled, and then allowed to cool slowly. When the articles are taken out and washed, they will be found to resist afterward any sudden changes, of temperature. In some notes by a correspondent of the Chi< 1»o Inter Ocean to that paper the following is said of the new Senator from this state: ; General Ben Harrison, of Indiana, was from the first given place as a strong man. Since his campaign in 1876, which gave him footing in national politics and enabled him to overcome Ids dislike for political life, General Harrison has rounded out both in person and characteristics that make the leader. Few i faces in the Senate have more character than his, and •. yet few are more difficult to describe. • None of the old Senators resemble him, and I none of the new ones are like him in face or figure. He has taken the quick recognition of his rank quietly, and at his desk has much the manner of Hawley, treating his mail as though the proper disposal of it was a matter of interest and importance.

Our representative, Gilman, presented before the legislature the petition signed by the teachers of this county last winter, at their couuty institute, praying for, the retention of the office of county Superintendent. Various amendments were offered in the house regulating the duties and pay of the Superintendent and calculated in their nature to lessen the efficien cy of that office,

Mr. Gilman and others favorable to the continuance and improvement of the present system of school supervison stood bravely in its defence against all opposition. He desenes the gratitude of every teacher and every well wisher of the schools for the earnest and effective manner in which he defended their interests against the assaults of those who would tear down what has, by long labor and perseverance, so nobly been builded. He, with his assopiates, not only succeeded in preserving the present system from destruction, but passed in the house an amendment to the school law requiring the county superintendent to pass an examination by the state board of education. | Out of many evil forebodings as to the fate of the Superintendency comes its preservation intact and the wise addition fixing a standard of qualification for thnanperintend•nt himself. ' ’ .

Printers will hereafter be allowed the scant pittance of twenty cents a description for printing the delinquent list. This recognition of justice was secured only after a most actire struggle on the question pro and con. It had at first been decided to dispense with the publication of the list in the newspapers at all. But notice was to be given by the auditor to the people that at a certain designated time such a list would be found for examination at his office. Any who might wish to know the amount of their delinquency could no more determine it by reference to the columns of their county paper, but must make a pilgrimage to the county seat to obtain the desired information. This was evidently a move in the interest of money sharks who stand ever ready to take advtptage of any lack of information possessed by the people and to devour their substance. By doing away with the publication of the list in the newspapers many would not know of their delinquency, its amount, nor the time of sale of lands. This would have given an ; opportunity to capitalists, through their agents, to determine as to good lands returned delinquent, and because of the luck of information on the part of the owners, their homes would be more easily gobbled up by avaricious capitalists. But happily for the people there is an element in the legislature devoted to their interests and by a great effort the clause requiring the publication of the delinquent list was restored to the tax bill, and, as in the past, the list will be found in the county papers.

Dear Republican:—We are so glad that almanacs were invented; so glad we know how to read, because We are able to look into our copy of that invaluable book and see that this is April—one of the spring months. We never would suspect that this was a spring month, to look out over the earth covered with snow; never would have known it if it had not been for the almanac. Just at this time, however, winter shows signs of weakening, and by the time this letter is in print it may have thrown up the sponge and have given place to spring. Hope so, anyway. There was a wedding in town yesterday, and Madam Rumor says there will be two or three more in the near future. “Success to the wedding, get married who will.” People are beginning to think of enlarging and beautifying their homes. Mr. J. E. Hollett, we understand, is going to enlarge and remodel his dwelling, and others talk of doing so. Remington will be a pretty place after all. Miss Lizzie Phelps, of Terre Haute Normal School, is home on a short visit. , Clark and Tite Price started to Purdue University last Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bowman returned last Saturday from an extended visit in New York and Pennsylvania. Mrs/Harvey Hartman, of Fowler, is spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. O. W. Church.. Lawyer Payne, of Wolcott, was in town Monday. > D. M. Nelson, one of the best young men in this or any other town, left last Monday for Terre Haute. Jimmy Shaw, a remarkal»ly bright young student of Purdue University, visited friends in this place last week. He is only fifteen years old and expects to graduate in a. year from next J une. He is a grandson of Mr. Win. Shaw, of this place. Mr. \\ alker, of Birmingham, England, arrived here Saturday morning, and is the guest of “mine host Hart, of the Hart House. He expects to stay and go into business this side of the water.

Quite a pleasant little p; i ly were entertained‘at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Win. Shaw last Tuesday, the occasion leing the fortieth anniversary of their v. adding day. May they live to celebrate their diamond wedding. The meeting of the Blue Ribbon Club last .Saturday evening was but poorly attended, owning to the inclemency of the weather. The meeting, however, was pleasant and profitable for those who did attend. The principal feature of the evening was the address of C. H. Price, of Rensselaer. We hope he will visit us often. Next Saturday evening the debate between Mr. Bloom and others on the subject of prohibition will begin and we think it will be productive of good; at least it will make future meetings more lively, and set men to thinking on the subject w’hich will surely result in good. It is our humble opinion that in time to come the prohibitionists will nominate anti elect their candidates, and the temperance cause will triumph. “So mote it be.” 329.