Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1889 — Presidential Post-Offices. [ARTICLE]

Presidential Post-Offices.

The Indiana Legislature convenes one week from to-day. The body of a man cut in three pieces and neatly done up in two packages, was lately found, stowed away in some large pieces of unused water-pipes, in a park in Philadelphia. The case is a mystery although, under the circumstances, the possibility of suicide would hardly be entertained, even by a Cincinnati private detective.

Hereafter Judges in the state of New York will use some such formula as this, in passing sentence of death on gentlemen condemned to suffer the extreme penalty of the law: “It is now the judgment of this court that on such a day, between the hours of &c., the sheriff of your county, will attach securely to your person the two business ends of a double back action electrical what-’do-you-call-it and then and there proceed hold open the thingamagee until you be just as dead as though you had been hung for it”

The progress of Rensselaer during the year *BB is a string that will bear considerable harping upon. Twenty-one new residences during the year, most of them pretty good ones, five of six made practically new; numerous smaller improvements, all over town, at an aggregate cost of several thousands of dollars; money and site secured and work begun on a splendid brick church;a flourishing building association, with a big capital stock, successfully organised; good fire apparatus purchased and a big, bold company organganized, equipped and fully diseiplined; a good and spacious building for a tows hall and engine house bought, paid for and fitted up and lastly a big and well endowed educational institution located adjacent to the town and be followed during the- present year by a still larger, but of a different character; veriy who shall say that Rensselaer is not a live town with a biilliant future in prospect?

The Indianapolis Journal,-of a late date, published a fall list of all the presidential post-offices in this state, 96 in number. It also gave the name of the present postmaster at each office, his predecessor’s n&me, the date of the expiration of his commission, the amount of his yearly salary and also indicates whether the former incumbent served out his full term or was fired out to make room for his hungry successor. We quote from the list as many of the items as have a local interest, including all the presidential offices in the Tenth Congressional district; Crown Point—John E. Merrill; succeeded Win. T. Horine, whose commission expired;" term expires Feb. 24, 1392; salary 31.200. g Delphi- Adelbertß. Crampton; succeeded Jas. M. Watt, who resigned; term expires Jan. 13,1890: salary sl,500. Fowler—David J. Eastburn; recently made a presidential office; term expire* Jan. 10,1891; salary 31,100.

Hammond—John F. Krost; recently, made a presidential office; term expires Dec. 11, 1891: salary fl. 400. l Lafayecte-J. B. Ruger, sucoededj. G. Sample, who wak suspended under the provisions of Section 1768 of the Revised Statutes; term expires July 26, 1890; salary $2,700. LaPorto—Harry E. Wadsworth succeeded Samuel A. Bagley, whose com-' mission expired; term expires J une 7, 1890; salary $2,200. - . Logansport - Benjamin F. Louthain; sucoecodud Edward N. Talbott; who resigned; term expires Feb. 10, 1890; salary $2,400. Michigan City—Henry W. Cookjsucceeded John H. Peters, who was suspended under the provisions of section 1778 of the Revised Statutes; term expires May 6 1890;salary $2,000. Monticello—Oliver S- Dale; succeeded W. Huff, whose commission expired; Huff was first suspended under the provisions of Section 1768 of the Revised Statutes, but the nomination of his successor was temporarily withdrawn; term expires April 28, 1890 salary $ 7,400. Rensselaer- -Nathaniel S. Bates; succeeded Horace E. James, whose commission expired; term expires March ?, 1890; salary $1,200. - Rochester—Andrew T. Bitters; succeeded Kline G. Shryock, whose commission expired; term expires March 12 1890; salary, $1,500. Valparaiso—Englebert Zimmerman; succeeded I. C. B. Summans, whose commission expired;-term expires April 6, 1890; salary $2.2) ' Winamac—Marion H. Ingrim; succeeded John Mr Baker, who was appointed by this administration when the office was made presidential; term expires Feb. 9, 1892; salary SI,OOO. Nine of the above offices are in the Tenth district The only county in the district not having a presidential office is N ewton; and the only county in thedistrict having more than one, is Lake, which has Crown Point and Hammond. There are only eight offices in the state which pay a salary of $2,500 or more. They are Indianapolis $3,500, Elkhart, Evansville and Fort Wayne each $3,000, Terre Haute $2,900, South Bend $2,800, Lafayette and Richmond each $2,700. -