Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1881 — County Board of Education [ARTICLE]

County Board of Education

The County Board of Education met pursuant to adjournment at the court house, in Rensselaer, Monday, June 6th, 1881. Board called to order by the President, and upon call of roll by the Secretary, the following members responded to their names: Nelson Anderson, Hanging Grove; I. J. Porter, Marion ; George Guild, Keener; Lewis Rich, of Wheatfield;'A- J. Yeoman, of Jordan; 8. R. Nichols, of Barkley ; George Stalbaum, of Walker; Charles Loshbaugh, of Milroy ; F. M. Jones, of Kankakee ;IV- $■ Stevens, of Gillam; Willmm Cxxrnef, of Union ; William Henkle, of Carpenter; L. Strong, of Newton; M. F. Chilcote, of Rensselaer.

Report of committee appointed at ths May meeting to consider the expediency of publishing a manual for the schools of Jasper county was submitted, the committee recommending the publication of said manual. On motion the report was adopted and a committee of five appointed to have charge of preparation and publication of the manual, the committee being as follows : A. J. Yeoman, L. Strong, S. R. Nichols, L J. Porter and D. B. Nowels. On motion, it was decided to.limit the cost of the manual to fifty dollars and that one thousand copies be .printed. NEW BUSINESS. A J. Yeoman submitted the following resolution. Whereas, The trustworthiness, competency and skill of the laborer in all fields of industry, determine aril fegtfbte the compensation received, as it justly should; and, Whereas, The teachers in the common schools of this county receive as a rule, about the same price per day for their services, regardless of their competency or the efficiency of their work; therefore be it »

Resolved, That teachers holding a six months’ grade of license receive not to exceed SI.OO per day for teaching; that those holding twelve months’ grade receive not to exceed $1.75 per day ; that those holdup eighteen months’ grade receive not to exceed $2.50 per day. After abort discussion the resoIntion was refered to a committee of three for consideration until the

September meeting of the Board. Henkle, Guild and Nowels were constituted, the committee. - No further business appearing the Board adjourned to meet Thursday, September Ist, 188 L D. B. Nowels, Pres, p JxSnoHG, Sec’y. Inorder to raise money to put up a new business house, I will sell, for the next thirty days, goods at prime cost Call soon for big bargains. It N. Warner A Sons for furniture. Buy the “Brown” Cultivator of Warner A Sems*

Buy the Bvckbyk * Wabnbb A Sons, Agents. Try that fresh roasted coffee st 0. Starr A Co’s. / ’ J. W. Stoddard’s Hay Rakes at Mayhew’s. - . - > . ■ ■ ■ - 1 ' T’T» I - Alfred McCoy is receiving propositions from contractors f<w the erection of a large two-Story brick building on the, Whefre jic--o®y A' Thompson’* bank, now atenda. Go and see Coates* Locfe.Lewr Spring-Seat Rake at Bedford’s..' e ; 16 lbs. good rice for SI, at d-,C. Starr A Co’s. xwsii Look at those nice new piece goodsand leave your measure,at J. J. Waterbury’*. -!«„• Another new lot of glass and queensware at C. C. Starr A Co’s. Save .money by buyingyour glass and queensware c f C.C.StarrACo. A petition for a jafl ui Jasper county is being circulated, and WO hope everybody will sign the petition, and that it will receive ble action from the board of coßrmissioners. In the terse language; of Sheriff Powell: “It is a.damshame that -we have .to herd, opr prisoners out on the prairies like a flock of sheep.” 'Let us have a jail, by all means.

’ A very choice Rio Coffee, 6 lbs. for SI, at Kerfi’s new Grocery Store. N. Warner A Sons their farming implements early and secured low rates. They are thus en: abled to sell low. «• m i - t ' Ren ark able!-Only one of Ripehart’s Worm Lozenges expelled, a tape worm eighteen inches long, from a child in Ridgeville, Indiana. Having bought a large stock-of sugars before the late advance, we wifi sell you more sugar for your money than any house ip town. • C. C. StabbA The many friends of Mri ’C. /M* Cannon, formerly -of . Rensselaer, but now of Howard, Kansas, will learn with deep regret of the terrible misfortune which befell hint op the morning of June 9th, beinglh* (total destruction, by fire, of his large livery barn, with most of its contents, and his dwelling house; and, what is- by far the saddest pert of his loss, the. death of his'youngest son, George, a young mpn of twenty years, who, sleeping in .the barn, perished in the flames* -

Still Tret ComeV—Customers, daily increasing for Rinehart’s Liver Pills. Sales enormous. Try them. Only one for a dose. Sample dose free. ■ • t For the best qualities of Cheese, Dried • Beef, Smoked Side and Breakfast Bacon, Shoulders and Sugar Cured Hams, and Pickled Pork and Fish, go to Kern’s New Grocery Store, at the old stand of Percupile A Co. , j