Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1868 — INDIANA ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA ITEMS.

—Somebody at South BCnd has a S6OO sleigh. ' ' / —Much drunkcuncss prevailing in Michigan City. —Cattle thieves abound in Vigo county. —Schools are in bad condition in Star City, Pulatiki county. . C, DuPau, of New Albany, is reported to pay taxes on $3,000,000 worth of property. —The Monticello Herald wants Hon. Anson Wolcott,elected to the United States Senate. —-- —John C. Barnit was knocked • down and robbed of $270 a few evenings since at Logansport. —A ten thousand dollar fire occurred at Indianapolis on the night of the 28th. No insurance. i —Hon. P. P. Baily has been appointed Postmaster at Ft. Wayne, vice Moses Drake, deeeased. —The Rockport Democrat nominates Hon. W. E. Niblrjck a Democratic candidate for Governor in 1872. ' —The Crawfordsville Journal is authorized to announce that Hon. Henry S. Lane is not a candidate for the United States Senate. —Newton county claims to be outgrowihg Jasper in population. Wait until you hear from the Hymenial campaign of this fall. —There are 281 Odd Fellows Lodges in this. State with a membership of 15,584. The resources of the lodges amount to over half a million dollars. —The Southern State Penitentiary contains 417 male and 12 female convicts, and pays expenses. The $12,pOO appropriated by the last Legislature has not been used and is not needed. Hon. C. A. Newcomb, for the past four years editor in chief of the Indianapolis Journal has retired from that paper and would now like to be sent to the United States Senate. ■Uniesssomc public provision is made for him he >viil retire to private life. —The official returns in this State foot up as follows : Total vote in October 341.176 “ “ November 843,592 Increase , 2,350 Baker’s maj. over Hendricks 961 Grant’s “ “ Seymour 9,572 Republican increase 4,9*77 Democratic loss, 3,034