Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1884 — Vital Statistics. [ARTICLE]

Vital Statistics.

Tho following is a synopsis of the quarterly report of the County Health officer, for the quarter ending Dec., 31, 1883: MARRIAGES RETORTED. October 10, November 1, December 1, Total IS. births. October, Males' 17, Females 13, November, “ 13, “ 8, • December, “ 7, “ 9, BIRTHS IN TOWNS AND TOWNSHIPS. R; nsselaer 5, ItomingLon 7, Carpenter: 7, Marion 15, Jordan 5, Kankakee (i, Wheatfield 3, Keener 4, Walker 1, Gillam 4, Hanging Groye 1, Barkley 5,. Union 1, Newton 2, Milroy 1. DEATHS. October Males 8, Females 6: November “ 2, *• 4: December “ 1, “ Total 20. DEATHS IN TOWNS AND TOWNSHIPS. Rensselaer 2, Remington 3, Marion townskip 3, Carpenter 2. Kankakee 6, Walker L Hanging Grove 1. Barkley 2. .CAVSE OF DEATH, AS SHOWN BY PHYSICIAN’S REPORTS. Cne each of Asthenio, Apoplexy, BrigfiHs; Disease, Bronchitis, Cerebro Spinal fever, Cancer of stomach, Pneumonia, Typho-malarial fever, and Interception, Meningitis,' Wound §of knee: Congestion of Lungs 2, Old Age 2, Still Born 3.

I. B. WASHBURN, M. D.

-Health Officer.

Whether the ch ampion mean man of the county is to be found in Remington or in Rensselaer we know not; but heaven knows that, there are men in both places too ifqrynim ■ In Rensselaer, tor instance, some unm it i gated whelp, during Benny Morgan’s last sickness, stole from his shop an account book, for no other purpose, evidently, than to avoid the payment of an account which Benny had against him. In Remington the boss low-down-er, aftei having imposed upon the guileless and godly old grocer, J. O. B. Me Ddugal, to the extent of “getting into him” for his winter’s groceries, with not the remotest intention of ever paying for the same, finally put the finishing touch upon the climax of his baseness by cajoling the old man into lending the lazy brute the money to buy his winter’s coal with.