Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1894 — A PENSION FOR MRS. BAKER. [ARTICLE]

A PENSION FOR MRS. BAKER.

Chairman Martin of the HouseCommittce on invalid pensions has reported favorably the bill introduced by Congressman Cooper, to pension Susan Baker, of Paragon, Morgan county, Indiana, as a dependent step-mother, at the rate of sl2 a month. The case is full of interest. She was a-' widow with two sons when she married .James H. Baker, who had six sons. The eicht young men enlisted in the union army, and in addition Mrs. Baker sent a son-in-law. Tho case attracted the attention of Colonel MatsOn when he was In Congress. He introduced a bill giving the needed relief. It has been barred bv a technical objection heretofore, but in view of the fact that the family contributed nine volunteers to the cause of the Union, the committee decided to strain a point and recommend that Mrs. Baker, who is now past seventy, be peusioned. •f - Gen. Sanders’ Commonwcalers, doing time in tho Topeka Jail, will be released in squads of three to prevent concerted action and break up the movement. Tbe imn declare, however, that they will meet and resume their march to Washington. A farmer in the north part part of Morgan county has a patch that raises 600 gallons of blackberries to the acre. He says he can buy a bushel of wheat with a gallon of blackberries, and oven if wheat Is being raised this year at tho rate of twen-ty-five bushels to the acre on some ground, he asks if his blackberries don't pay better