Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1893 — ADDITIONAL LOCALS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

The School Board held a meeting last Wednesday night and selected their teachers for the ensuing school year. All of the last year’s teachers were re-elected except Miss McDonald, of the first primary room, who was not an applicant on account of failing health. The following is the full list, as chosen: E. W. Bohannon, superintendent; 11. O. Wise, principal; I. C. Reubelt assistant principal; J. N. Leathcrman, Bth year; Miss Eva Jackson, 7th year, Miss Mary Leatherman, Gth year: Miss Lizzie Far is. ,5 th year; Miss Jennie Miller, 4th year; Miss Blanche Lough" ridge, 3rd year; Miss Helen Kelley 2nd year; Miss Grace Yanatta, Mrs. Anna Walla, and Miss Beason, pri" mary rooms. Mrs. Walls hasacceptthe place offered by the board, but Mbs

Beason has concluded to remain at her present location. Mrs .Walls lives at Plainfield and Miss Beason ; at LaFayette. They are both very highly endorsed as primary teachers of unusual excellence. The Baptist Young People’s Union, of the Monticello Association, will hold an all day’s meeting in the First Baptist church, of this place, Friday June 9th. Sessions at 10:30 A. M. 2P. M. and 7:45 P. M. Mr. John N. Chapman, of Chicago, National President of the B. Y. P. N. will be present at the evening session and address the people. All are cordially invited to attend. L • O. Steiniwo, Secretary.

"We republished, a week or two ago, a paragraph from the Morocco Courier , stating that the only files l of the Jasper County Banner , Rensselaer’s and Jasper County’s earliest newspaper, had been destroyed Jn the burning at Brook, of the home of the editor of the Banner , the late John McCarthy. This statement, we are now glad to be able to state, is not correct. There is still in existence a complete and well bound set of the files of the Bannei •, the property of M. L. Spitler, of this place. Only two sets of the files of the paper were preserved and of these Mr. Spitler had one set and Mr. McCarthy, the editor, retained the other. The first number of the Banner wqs dated Dec. 22, 1853. The last number was dated Feb. 19, 1858. The above dates indicate that the paper was published for a period of four years and two months. The actual time, lroweyOr, was just four years, as the publication was suspended for two months after the close cf the third volume. The publication was then resumed for a year, whenit ceased for good. The Banner was Democratic in politics. It had no opposition for three years, and then the Rensselaer Gazette , a Republican paper, was established, to hold the Banner level. From the early demise of the latter, seem YfiaYYhA Gazette not only held it level but laid it low.

Warner <fc Shead, at the new grocery store, would like a share of your trade. They will treat you right. Petititions for three gravel roads in Marion township will be presented to the county commissioners, this week. One asks for a road beginning at the west end of the Iroquois river bridge on Washington street in Rensselaer, and extending south along the Range Line road to the line of Jordan tp. The second is for a road beginning at the north side of the Monon railroad, on Main street) and continues north to the Barkley township line, at Burk’s bridge. The first of these proposed roads is 3} miles long and the second 5j miles. The third road petitioned for begins at the Newton township line, west of the county poor fanp, runs east on the section line until it strikes Van Rensselaer street at Berry Parris’ place, then southeast to Work street, then east on the half section road to the Hanging Grove township line east of Pleasant Ridge. Length of road seven and one half miles. These roads are petitioned for under the provision of the new gravel road law, lately summarized in this paper. The first step will be the appointment off viewers, by the commissioners, to see if the improvements are needed. The next, the ordering of an election of all the voters in the township to decide wether the roads shall be built or not If the yote is for the roads they are built at the expense of all the taxable property in the township, and five yean are given to pay for theas in.