Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1879 — FROM GOODLAND. [ARTICLE]

FROM GOODLAND.

Editor Standard: —While sitting in our office waiting for a customer our thoughts naturally revert back to the beautiful little city of Rensselaer, and to the good citizens, whose commendable enterprise is mainly instrumental in building it up and increasing its many attractions in the shape of fine houses and other useful institutions. Among them, aud not tbe least by any means, is The Standard, which 'comes to ms regularly once a week as a very welcome visitor. We like Tux Standard for the reason that it is one of the neatest, spiciest and best regulated local newspapers in the state. We trust that it will live long and prospei, and continue its visits to our den for mauy years to come. Goodland is a nice little town of about 800 inhabitants, situated on the Panhandle railroad, eight miles east of Kentland the county seat of this Newton county. Its citizens are genial, whole-souled people, and are neighborly, honorable and enterprising. There are three grain elevators ift operation here, all under tho management and control of our respected fellow townsman, Mr. Charles Hartley, who, by-the-way, we consider the champion of Indiana, and perhaps the United States for honor and honesty, he having heretofore contracted immense amounts of flaxseed at 90 cents per bnshel, and finding, after tbe market opened, that the price was better than he anticipated, he has been paying on all snob contracts at the rate of $1 pei bushel. How is that for square dealing ? We almost forget to say that the colored population of this plsoe numbers 26, and that they are as a rule as peaceable and quiet as their white neighbors. They age to have a picnie at the grove, half a mile north of here, on Saturday, the 28d inst. An excuiision train will he run from Kokomo and Logans port to accommodate all who may attend. Everybody, colored or otherwise, including the citizens of Rensselaer and vicinity are respectfully and cordially invited to be present and participate in the enjoyments to be afforded on that occasion..

u Times are improving here quite perceptibly and* me hope to see still further improvements ia this direction as tho abundant harvests are being marketed. Will report yon the markets at another tine. With kind wishes for the prosperity of yourself, and Rensselaer in- general, we are as ever, ■ Paco kiss. A number of names have been mentioned already in connection with tbe republican nomination for congress in this district. Among them are K. G. Shryock, of Rochester, Milroy and Gould, of Delphi, Thompson and Hammond, of Rensselaer,. Baldwin,, of Logansport, and Fiald, of- Crown Point. There are also several other gwftlemeif named whoee names we dor not now retool-' lock It is early y«t to talk of this matter.' When the time comes, Pulaski will present a name.—[Winatnac Republican.-

Once more everything Seems bright and prosperous. Men are wearing sailing countenances beaming with the rays of returning hope, because of the bountiful crops, that munificent Providence has bestowed upon our people. Such gladsome faces are glad to look upon, when we remember that for four years agone, all have looked more or less sombre and care-wofh. Verily, the denizens of this corner of tbe great old world have abundant reason to rejoioe and be exceedingly glad,—[Sentland Gazette. Abou.t this season of the rear, editors of newspapers expect to receive visits from various and sundry persons who just called to say that they thought of making a summer Jaunt “and I thought if you feh disposed to furnish me a railroad pass from here to sad return,d would send yon a letter’’. ' The railroad faro thus saved would be twenty or thirty dollars ami the letter, in most-cases, dear at as many cents. Bat such is human nature.—[lndianapolis Journal.

op their land, is to return to the soil the mineral food that has been removed ia the wheat and straw, aad unless thin is done by theroogh manuring, the land ia made poorer and poorer every year, until finally it will net produce enough to compensate for the labor es cultivation.—[Starke County Enterprise. Officials of roads centering at this point are not favorably struck with the iatrodftotiou of the Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago read to our railway system as a narrow gaage read, not that they are opposed to additional roads comiag in—all without exception siy tho mors roads the better. The incoaremionces attending tie breaking of the gauge will prove expensive, and will neeeessitato the laying of a third rail, putting ia new croesiifgs aad frogs, which careful estimates show will cost at least $90,000. This work wfll needs bo done that their ears can pass over the Union tracks, tho Belt road, to our stock-yards and manufactories—l27 of the latter having tracks which connect with tho roads centering at Indianapolis.—[lndianapolis Journal. The biggest fool in - the world is dead. He told his mother-ia-law she lied. She did ft with her little sk'llet.