Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1896 — School Enumeration for 1895 and 1896. [ARTICLE]

School Enumeration for 1895 and 1896.

The following table gives the number of children enumerated for school purposes this year, in the various towns and townships, and gives also, for purposes of comparison, the enumeration for 1895, with the loss or gain, as the case may be. 1896 1895 Gain’ Loss Barkley 537 486 51 Carpenter 326 320 6 Gillam 241 216 25 Hang.Grv. 194 154 40 Jordan 257 254 if Kankakee 185, 156 29 Keener SSQ 265 15 Marion 826 827 —1 Milroy 130 121 9 Newton 182 190 8 Union 374 328 46 Walker' W'TH Wheatfleld 164 124 40 Rensselaer 679 688 , 4 Remington 838 387 49 Wheatfleld Tn. 110 102 8 Total 4554 4355 The total net gain in the county is 199.

A lecture under the auspices of Epworth League will be given at the opera house next Tuesday evening May 12tb. The lecturer is H. Yapcent Moore, said to be America’s youngest orator. He is well recommended, and his press and pulpit indorsements are numerous and very commendatory. The subject of his lectureia “Her Photograph, or the Sovereign Dream Of ,Youth.” The price of [Jadmission is only 25 cents, with 10 cents extra for aeserved seats. Tickets are now on sale at Longs. E. D. Rhoades completed the enumeration of the Rensselaer children of school ages, the latter part of last week, and there was considerable surprise at the fact that, in spite of the town’s increase in population, the enumeration showed a decrease over last year of‘four children. ‘The number last year was 683; this year it is 679. The limits of the school town, which are not co-extensive with those of the city corporation, are the 3ame as last year, and while the population of the school corporation has not been increased by the taking in, of new territory, as has that of the city corporation, still there has been quite a large increase in the school corporation, from- the moving in of new people, and the count of school children’ought, naturally to be larger than last year; but the reason why it is not, is to be found in the fact that this year’s enumeration, made under a new and very stringent law, is probably much more accurate than that of any former years. And this rnew law 4s causing a great falling off in the enumeration of most cities and towns, many of which, heretofore have systematically “padded” the school enumerations, in Order to secure an undue share of the state school fund. It is stated that in Indianapolis alone, the falling off in reputed school children will be from 8,000 to 10,000, though that must be a great deal of an exaggeration. Sheriff Hanley and! his deputy B. D. McColly took to Logansport insane asylum Monday, James Bislosky, of Newton Tp. He Is 27 years old, a native of Austria and a nephew of John Bislosky, a well known resident of Newton Township. The young man has been acting very strangely for tome time past, and has shown tendencies which have given his friends good cause to fear for their lives while he remained at large. He thought some one was trying to “slip up” on him to kill him, and always carried a pocket knife in his hand, and would often take big clubs to bed with him, and sometimes a shot gun. Would also sometimes hide the gun, where no one but himself could find it. At times he would leave his bed at night, and wander around in his night clothes, or go to sleep in the hay mow. He is unmarried and has made his home with his unde for someyears. When the sheriff went out to arrest him Saturday, he naturally thought he bad a dangerous job on hand, but when he met the unfortuuaifcYoung man, the sheriff proffered a very cordial hand-shake, which was cordially accepted, and as soon as the sheriff got hold of Bislosky’s hand, he “clinched on to it” and McColly grabbed his other hand and there wa ß no further trouble. But Bislosky had his knife in his hand, when arrested. He made no trouble at all in being taken to the asylum.

The withdrawal of Dr. Hatch from the Congressional candidacy leaves the field to Judge E. D. Crumpacker, of Valparaiso, and Congressman J. F. Hanley, of Williamsport Both are notably able men, and of the highest standing in point of character. Either of them would make strong and popular candidates if nominated, and would ably represent the district when elected. Judge Crumpacker has the advantage of being much better known throughout the larger part of the present Tenth District than iB Mr. Hanley, from the fact that Mr. Hanley’s county, Warren, has herefore constituted part of another district On the othei hand, Mr. Hanley has the vantage in the fact that he is already in Congress, where for the first session of a new member, he has made an unusually favorable record. In short, ♦he merits of both men are so conspicuous and so seemingly evenly balanced, that the nomination of either of them can not fail to be~'sdtisfaQtory W the great mass <>f l£jepab!dcans of the district