Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1868 — Indiana Items. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Items.

—Burglars in Michigan City. ■—Mr. J. Steiner has been appointed Government storekeeper at Eogansport. —Colfax is to be at LaPorte tomorrow. , —The Republican rally nit Logansport last Friday’exceeded all expectation. lion. Schuyler Colfax, Gov. Ilarrimnn, of New Hampshire, lion. Horace Maynard, of Tennessee, IJon. M. Stre'bacli, of Alabama, and General Wm. Groso were pres ent. —A great amount of mast is re ported this year in Knox County. Hon. SPhoyler Colfax is to be at Plymouth on Saturday. The ladies <>f that place offer a silk banner costing 8100 to ibe largest delegation present, and a fl tg to the second largest. —Mtfjor General John C Fremont is going to stump the State for Grant and Colfax. - —.Frank Blair's attitude—‘’Down with tlie negro"—in the ditch. « «*•- » • V;" N.exi Tuesday is election day. Why i- the. present polite-ill campaign4«T»e the loTter r? Because it is the last of Soy nuttir juid Blair. —Gold closed in New f ork, Tuesday, at I.JOjl —Tliu town i lections in Conructicut last Moncap. indicate Republ'.b----t iiii gi|.iaM. t A corfespOndcnt of tiio N%w • York Times asst its positively that the t’.ibinct, stands politically: —- ScvWird, Scbntiehr ami—Kvart for Grant aiid Colfax; McCullooh,JYells.' Browning atid nun l!ilt lor fievniuiir . ■ - ' liud i>l;ur. flic Matslijil! Messenger says tin re is now Ifvii.g in York township, ( kirk > ,i!inty ( a man who is 10- years of ago. lie is able to work on his farm, and bids fair to live for many years. Rich. if. Dana, Jr.Jias accepted the nomjnatio i ot' the Republicans who tiro opposed to General Butler’s return, and will opposo (hat gentle-, man. —This titance-house on Water St. New York, immediately abttve John A 1 lull's den, has bee» loased by the City Missionary, and is honceforth to bo used for religious purposes. —*Tho Catholic Synod urges the immediate establishment of schools for colored children in the Southern Statea. - —General B. F. Stringfellow, of Atchinson, Kansps, one of tho lending supporters of the administration of Pierce and Buchanan, repudiatoj Seymouy and Blair, anJ pronounces in favor of Grant amLColfax. —General Carl Scuprz has boon invited to speak but writes that all his time until too Hd of November is already’ taken up. He says in his lottor: “Frcm all , the States I have visited I hkve brought back the assurance that tho Germans will give!! larger 1 vote than ever before, and I have no ! doubt lowa will prove no exception to tho rule.’’ *'< ' * ■ —-John Murphy, ono of the men concerned in the late FiotGh Georgia, is. said to i)p well known in the Northern pact of Indiana, having been a resident of White county. —The goverptuont in Washington, who voto in Pennsylvania, Indiana aod Ohio, have mado preparations to Vetkyn to " homes to -participate Tn the election next week. • 1 1 ,

—lion. James 11 Walton, fl prominent citizen of Philadelphia and a life-long Bomocrat,..lias written a letteflto Hon. H i>. Mt‘*woll. Of Easton, l*a , declaring that ho will vote for and give his support to Grant and Colfax. Mr. Walton was iTlJjSmodiat of tho old Tenth'Cegioir .School, aod was all his life a particular friend of James Buchanan lie was a member of tho Stuto Senate in lBCog was Treasurer of tho United fjßato* mint and Assistant Treasurer of the by appointment of President Buchanan, sorving until 1802. 1 'f '' | —Mrs. Uincoln has loft tor Europe. —lsabella, the rejoctod of Spain, is reported to have mado investments fn this country; if so, her voluptuous Majesty may chooso to take refuge hove. —Both the Senators plcct from Georgia, Joshua liilluiid Dr. Miller, are in favor of She election of Grant and Colfax. —A._ i n , |, , i —General Phil. Sheridan has written a letter endorsing Grant and Colfax. —A New Yorker rpccnfly lost his wife and $30,000 in bonds, lie mourns the the loss of tho latter, and offers a reward for their recov ery. Pulverized, Loaf, Maple and Brown Sugars, together with a Full Stock of Groceries at L. &N. W. HOPKINS’. now lot of Under hnd Over Shirts, Drawers, Over-Coats and full Suits at L A N. W. HOPKINS’.