Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1890 — ADDITIONAL LOCALS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

. The Rensselaer Stock Farm took eyeiy tiling in sight, at the Remington fair. Leo got first in the 2:27 trot, with six starters against him. Joe -got first in the 2:35 class, with four starters. Douglas Girl got in ahead in the 2:45 event, while the two-year old Pinkamink got away with the the first money in the three-year old trot. In the show" ring the Farm’s horses also got everything they showed *for, taking four first premiums and two seconds. The sympathies of the Crowd was very strongly against the Rensselaer Farm, and they went wild when Agitator seemed likely to win a race, but were"as silent as mummies when Leo finally came in the winner. The Rensselaer boys sfood by their home horses however, and it is reported that they brought away several hundred good dollars from the sporting gentry of Remington.

The population of Rensselaer, as found at the recent census, is 1443In 1880 it was 968. This gives an increase in the ten years of 475, or a gain of a little more than 49 per cent, in ten years. This is certainly a vCry healthy mid encouraging rate of increase, even if it be not so large as many sanguine people previously estimated. The population of Remington is 985, or within two or three of that number, more or less. In 1880 the population was 761. The increase therefore is 224, or a little more than 29 per cent. This also is a very fair increase, as compared with the general run of towns; and it is especially so in the case of Remington on account of the several years of hard sledding the town had at the beginning of the decade, on account ' of its busted boom. We hope to be able to obtain from the census office the full figures for the entire county, by next Week, but as the census force may be too busy to comply with special requests for census figures at this time, we request all enumerators in the county to send us the figures for their districts, at once. They can do this with perfect propriety now, as the period for which they were bound to secrecy has expired. Of this fact, we had Mr. Harley’s own assurance, last week.

Rt. Rev. Bishop Joseph Dwenger returned this afternoon from his three months’ tour of the South for his health. He,is slightly improved in health, although his general condition is still much impaired. On Tuesday he arrived at South Bend to attend the biennial retreat, and was accorded a grand reception by the. clergymen of his diocese. For the past three months he has been seeking a restoration of his health in New Mexico, and while benefited by the trip it was not as productive of good results as was anticipated.—Ft. Wayne News.

Acting in accordance with the orders of the County Board of EducaCounty Superintendent Warren has prepared a new Manual of the Common Schools of Jasper County. It is an excellent and comprehensive work, and will, without question, well fill its designed purpose in the common schools. The work makes a neat pamphlet of 72 pages, and 1,500 copies have been printed, or enough to supply every family of school patrons in the county with a copy, as as well as all the teachers. As the work is issued only every other year, a considerable number of copies will be held in reserye for distribution next year. The books were printed and bound in The Republican job printing department, and we know that it is a good job.