Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1884 — A Literary Society. [ARTICLE]

A Literary Society.

A Literary Society has been running for several weeks at the James school house, south of Rensselaer. Tire society meets every Thursday. W. H. Ritchey is president, N. J, Reed vicepresident and' W. A. Churchill, secretary. In addition to ordinary literary exercises, some important question is debated at every meeting. At the meeting this week will be discussed tha comparative destructiveness, to the American people, of war and intemperance, Messrs. Marion Adams, Albert Dickinson and James Pierce will Speak for war, while Messrs, Wm. Hoover, S= R. Crosby and Wm. Churchill will advocate the opposite side.

The retirement of Mr. Carl Schurz, a few weeks ago, from the editorship of one the leading journals of New York, on the grounds that irreconcilable differences of opinion existed between him and his associates with regard to the conflict of the Telegraph and. Railroad men with their employers, has awakened curiosity in no ordinary degree; and hence when he defines his position upon the question at issue, viz., “Corporations, their Employes and the Public,” as he does in the North Amekicam Rbview for February, he is stite to command an attentive hearing. To the number of the Review, J: C. Principal of the University of St. Andrews, contributes an admirable sketch of the life and works of “Henry Vaughan, Silurist,” a poet of the 17th century whose genius exhibited a rare and almost unique combination of gifts: Senator J. J. Ingalls writes of “John Brown’s Place in History.” his purpose being to disprove the several counts in the indict-, men ts of the hero of Potawatomie contained in the recent article by the Rev. David N. Utter. The question “Must the Classics Go?” is discussed by Prof. Andrew F. West, of Princeton College, whb presents a very forcible argument for the retention of Greek arid Latin in the curriculum at our educational system. (£”Race increase i,n -the United States,” by Congressman J. Randolph Tucker, makes a very substantial contribution to sociological science. The Rev. M. J; Satage, in pointing out sundry “Defects of th 6 Public School System,” advances certain views of the ends to be attained by State education which, if accepted, would vety materially modify, and indeed revolutionize the existing System. Finally an important question in hygiene. “Rival Systems of Heating,” is treated by Dr. A. N. Bell and Prof. W. P. Trowbridge, whb point out the advantages and disadvantages, from the standpoints of both economy and of health, of the different- methods in use for warfhihg houses. Published at BO Lafayette Place, New York, and for sale by booksellers generally.

J T’ersoxxa.l and. Local. W. W. Watson has resigned the position of deputy prosecutor for this county. His successor has not yet been appointed. — . ■- ? The McCracken brothers took their departure from Rensselaer Monday morning, going, as we understand, to Lincoln, Neb. A young gentleman from St. Lawrence, Dak., Mr. Keasey by name, has been the guest of the Misses Cotton, for the past week. - t E. A. Perkins- orders his copy of The Republican sent to Spring Garden, Florida, instead of Date onia, as at first. Mr. J. M. Troxell, now proprietor of the Eagle House, at North Judson, called upon us yesterday. We are glad to learn that our old friend is having good success in his hotel business. .. . e* - Mrs. S’. A. Hemphill went to Higginsville, Mb., last .week, she will be absent visiting friends in that place and at Kansas City, Mo., and Effingham, Hl., for two months. Messrs. Thompson &, Bro. completed the removal of their law and real-estate office into their new and splendid suit of rooms up-stairs in McCoy’s building, Monday. They have a magnificent location.

“Prof.” James Mainard gave a snide sleight-of-hand exhibition to a very meager audience at the “Oppray” house Monday. The “danc” which he had advertised to follow the exhibition did not take place. The only person whom we have found willing to acknowledge that he was present at the show, says that it was actually so bad as to be amusing from its. very bad _ , .. ; ~ . C. W. Clifton, the Life Insurance returned to Indianapolis, yesterday, after a two weeks enforced vacation,.resulting from an accident he met with, on the 9th inst., while traveling on the J., M. &I. railroad. The globe to one of the car lamps exploded, and & fragment of glass struck Mr. Clifton upon the temple, severing the temporal artery badly that it was with great difficulty that the flow of blood was arrested, before he bled to death. The result of the injury left him very much weakened, and, as before said, rendered a rest from business necessary. ——■ —-»•»-—i Miss Aipauda Way, of Kansas, but formerly a resident of this state, a zealous temperance worker and also a licensed local preacher in the M. E. Church, came to Rensselaer Saturday and remained until-Tuesday. She preached in the M. E. church, morning and evening, and gave temperance lectures at the Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon and. .at. the M. E. church Monday evening. During her stay she organized a branch here of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, notice, of which is made elsewhere.