Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1890 — ADDITIONAL LOCALS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

Judge Hammond lias moved his office and law library into the front rooms over theGitigcn’s Bank.- —His former partner in the law business, W. B. Austin, still occupies the rooms inLeopotd’s corner block. And still another freight train wreck occured on the Monon, last week, and within the limits of Jasper county also. The wrecking train returning from the scene of the wreck at Gras*mere, near Lowell, Thursday night, itself came to grief by encoun - tering a through freight, at Surrey. We have not learned full particulars, but a large number of cars were thrown in the" ditch and the tracks blocked for several hours. . :!. 1,;..:..—,.. - • The new election law will have a tendency to improve the local government of towns by compelling longer campaigns before town elections than under the old law. Heretofore town people have put off their nomination of tickets until a day, or at most a week before the election. Tickets will now have to be in the field at least three weeks before the election. The same proceedings will be required as at a State election, except that the duties of the county clerk will fall to the town clerk; of county committeeman to town committeeman; of sheriff to the marshal, -and of county commissioners to the Town Board, Two election commissioners will be appointed to cooperate with the town clerk as required by law.