Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1887 — Children of the School Age. [ARTICLE]

Children of the School Age.

The report ’ prepared by the County Supertendent, of the number of children between the -ages l of six and t.venty-one years, in all the tb’jvnships and towns of the county, shows the following figures: : Hanging Grove.. . 78 58 136 : Gillam/.. . r .. 136; 128; 264 I Walker : 127 i 98; 225 ! Barkleyg 220; 164; 384 Marion... ; 151 167: 320 Jordan.. .J 124 128 252 Newtoni 117 116 233 Keenerj 75; 7q; 150 Kankakee: 65: 5(1 121 Wheatfield76: 59j 135 Carpenter; 152: 152; 304 Milroy 63 41; 104 Union, i; 115: 102: 217 Rensselaer; 224 236; 460 Remington.... ....: 156; 185: 341 Total 18791765 3646 The total shows an increase over the figures of last year of 112. Rensselaer has increased 26, Remington 25. Wheatfield 15. Union 38, Walker 10, Gillarii 17, Jordan 29. The rest of the townships have barely held their own and some have decreased a little. The total number of persons between 10 and 21 unable to read or write is 16: four in Gillam, four in Milroy, 2 in Barkley, 3 in Remington, and 1 each in Kankakee, Wheatfield and Rensselaer. Most of these illiterates are defective in mental qualites or otherwise incapacitated from learning. The only colored children in the county are two girls at the Catholic Orphan Asylum, near Rensselaer. Safe, permanent and comj)lts are the cures of bilious and intermittent diseases, made by Prickly Ash . Bitters Dyspepsia, general debility, habitual constipation, liver and kinney complaints are speedily eradidated from the system, It disenfects, cleanses and eminates all malaria. Health and vigor are obtained more rapidity and permanently by the use of this great natural antidote than by any other remedy heartofore known. As a blood purifier and tonic it bring health, renewed energy and vitality to a worn and diseased body,