Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1883 — The Remington Fair. [ARTICLE]

The Remington Fair.

The managment of the Remington Fail* are making thorough preparations for an unusually good exhibition this year. They claim that they will have a better fair this year than was ever held in I »Jaspbr county. The Horse show in the Thorough-bred, Heavy-draft and General purpose classes, will be very large. The cattle department will be better than ever before, while the show in the swine department will be equal to most of the large fairs of the State. A Machinery Hall will be built this year, with all the necessary shafting, bolting, &c., for the display of all kinds of machinery. Binders, Mowers, and other kinda of machinery will be run by steam power during the fair. In iB6O the national debt amounted to $2,773,236,173. Its reduction since that time has been contaut, until it now amounts only to $1,877,000,000. The annual interest charge in 1866 was $147,000,000. Now it is only $51,000,000, or but little more than one third as great as in 1866. Taxes have beep steadily reduced at the same time, until now the internal revenue is almost intirely collected from two articles, and collected honestly and without loss to the government. Does any man of sense believe that a Democratic administration would have done any better or even half as well? Look at the record .of any Democratic State, and the answer will be a negative. Keep the rascals out. -!5! "... ' —LEI? I What threatened to be a very disastrous financial . panic took place iu Indianapolis last week, and on Friday caused the doors of the .First' National Bank, and of the Indiana Banking Company to be closed. The prompt interposition of the Hons. W. H. English and W. Q. Do Pauw saved the first National, hnd it% doors were opened in the afternoon, <r>f the s&me day, but the bank of the Indiana Ranking Company is now in the