Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1886 — A Former Citizen's Success. [ARTICLE]

A Former Citizen's Success.

The Chicago Mail contains a glowing account of the prospects of a new bank to be called the United States l>ank, and which was opened at 210 LaSalle street, Chicago, yesterday. The cashier of the new bank is Zimri Dwigcins, formerly of Rensselaer and later of Oxford. The president of, the bank is Joseph R. Jackson, of Union City, Ind., and after an extended sketch' of his life and fortunes, the Mail has the following brief but complimentary notice of Mr. Dwiggins: Toe second man referred to at the beginning is Zimri Dwiggins, tlie cashier in Jackson's concern. Dwiggins . is a man of no loss renown in Indiana than Jackson, lie started in life a very poor boy. Ho twad to ran’ n threshing-machine with other country . boys in Benton county. At the ago oi 18, without a dollar, he induced his brother, the Hon. R. 8 Dwiggins. to loan him enough capital to open :> small bank at Rensselaer, lud. la ;> few yearshe -had- ntd wit h su.d> sue j.cess that he is president of four dis \ -erent banks in tint state, : \J'he Cvmmen i.J. of Oxford: Citizens' of Attica; Wabash Valley, of Covington. and Citizens', of Rensselaer. Will twosuvh me rat lite head -of lite United - States, look out for Its rapid growth. Mr. Dwiggins has already taken up t.is residence among us, having a line house at 224 » .'di iiigan avenue. Ho 16 also a man. of family, having a charnv. ing wife, a 12 year old daughter, and an infant toil. He’s a very conservative man, strongly opposed to all sorts of speculation, is noted for his liberality to his employ e*, and- ;vlvai:ev-s —Uoyonng men who work for him as rapidly as he can. ,