Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1894 — THE SCHOOL ENUMERATION. [ARTICLE]

THE SCHOOL ENUMERATION.

The following table [give the number of children in the various townshipa and towns in Jasper county, between the ages of 6 and 21 years, for the first day of May 1894. last Males females total vear Barkley 245 178 423 402 Carpenter 19L 155 346 350 Gillam 120 92 212 213 Hanging Gr ... 71 61 132 125 Jordan ....... 116 113 229 223 Kankakee 79 57 136 149 Keener 150 103 253 24-0 Marion 171 H 2 313 306 Mi hoy 70 43 113 109 Newton 99 84 183 212 Union 159 142 301 281 Walker 107 99 206 186 Wheal th-.ld .... 115 90 205 205 Rensselaer .... 328 325 651 597 Remington .... 154 211 365 331 In county.. .2175 1895 4071 3927 In the above table all the towns and townships show an increase over last vear, except Carptnter, Gillam, Kankakee, and Newton, which all show more cr less decrease, and Wheatfield, which is stationary. The most marked decrease is in Newton township, where the falling tff is about 15 per cent. Rensselaer, Remington and Walker all increase at the rate of about 10 per cent.