Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1886 — Children of the "School Age.” [ARTICLE]

Children of the "School Age.”

The County Superintendent has furnished us with the following tabulated statement of theenumeration of persons between the ages of six and twenty-one years, for the year ending April 30th, 1886, in all the townships and towns in Jasper county. ToWThti i pB. Maki*. Keiunleß. Totals. Newton 117 114 231 Ihn. Grove 83 66 149 Keener 85 80 165 Wheatfield 70 50 120 Walker 121 94 .215 Milroy 66 47 113 Kankakee 65 57 1.22 Gillam 122 125 247 Jordan - 106 11/ 228 Marion 156 175 331 Union 101 78 179 . Barkley 218 162 380 Carpenter 166. 143 t 309 Towns. Rensselaer 212 222 434 Remington 145 171 316 T'lin County 1833 1701 3534 The report shows that in the entire county there are ten persons within the above ages who are unable to read or write. One in each of the townships of Kankakee, Gillam, Marion and Barkley;three in Carpenter and three in the town of Jiemingteßf It will be noticed that in the entire county the males of the schqerl age outnumber the females by 132. In all the townships the males are in'the majority, except in Gillam, Jordan and Marion. In both the incorporated towns in the county, Rensselaer and Remington, the females are somewhat the most numerous. There is not a single colored child, of the school age, reported anywhere in the county.