Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1869 — HEALY 7 JAMES, EDITORS. [ARTICLE]

HEALY 7 JAMES, EDITORS.

OflUcr* to be Fleeted by the State ,r“TT 1 'X ; !' Vjll United States Srnv»or.—For thto offlew *h« principal candiJntos ftr * : Will. ('chsack, Licuten-nnl-Oorcmir elect, lion. Richard TmojimoK, of Tcrlre liantis lion, ti. 8, Otrji, M. C., ol Lafayette, Hon. James Hcgiies, of Hloomiuglon, Hon. James Fra m be, «# Waraaw 4 orw«f Um Jotlgceof lh« Btij»iv*e Won. ii. C. KinoVß, late *A*l*r of the indinnspolis Journal , and Hon- Anson 4 Wolcott, Stato .Senator Irom this District. W Hr. Cc mhack is said to have the inside track, having taken the precaution daring Hs cairiass Inst surainei; to secure the good Will of thirtytvm tMMj newspapers, who »»- Mwakcd. as soon as it was certain the tkirtafiad gone Republican, and l«ve ever aincc loudly bawlcvl that the position eras his by right of purchase. CoL K. W. Thompson* is one of the soundest and ablest nu n in the Ktate, but his education will tell against him. He cannot dispossess bis mind of flie antiquated idea that such offices should seek their representative's, and of courso con not cxpeet to win in these days of velccil>«*dei when eyery one is expected to propel himself. • iloa. ii. S. Or I n has represented the Lafayette District in Congress until be has worn threadbare and his chances of re-election arc on the wane. Much office has made him noAitUMia. lie evidently has a nobler ojn'iiion of his abilities than many of his constituents have, and dreading the shady walks of private life would forestall the inevitable by a roup d'etat. Hon. James Hen ties, State Senator from Bloomington, is an able lawyer and claims to have purchased bis riglrt to tbe position from .Senator Moktom two or three years ago. If his claims arc weH-ibunded, Air. Morton ought Id vote for him, but it is not at nil yertain that, the State Legislature is under any obligations to him whatever. However, he is a stremg man. Judge Frazier is an able jurist mid does well enough where he is. Let him remain there. It is rumored and qnite extensively believed that Hon. 11. C. Newcomii resigned his connect! n with the Indianapolis Journal to become a can-

didnlc for this position. As the ] Journal Proprietors have announced their resdiucss to employ him at any ttpe he desire* to go back, we suggest that he return to the sanctum and remain there until he is invited elsewhere. Hon. Anson Wolcott, of White county, although last mentioned is not the least either corporeally or mentally, and although the editor of the Wmaniac RepuUicun is sillyenough to recommend him for 'his personal .beauty, we ore—that the Honorable gentleman intends to make his jfhysicnl appearance a consideration in the contest He will probably receive the votes of the majority of the Representatives from the Eleventh Congressional - '*• - ; ' State Agent.-— Salary f 2,500 a year. Gen. Walter Q. Gresham the present incumbent anil is a candidate for re-election. State Printer. —Hon. A. 11. Conner, of the Indianapolis Journal, and Chairman of the State Central Committee, will probably be elected to this “fat take.” State Liukakian.—Salary $1,200 a year. Rev. B. F. Fo«ter incumbent aud candidate. Half ja dozen contestants bnt no opposition. Tiibee Directors of the Northern Prison. —Salaries $3 per diem and mileage. Hon. Jas. N. Tyner, of Pern, Col. Dodge, of Warsaw, aud Hon. A. D. llamukh, of Grceuoastle, incumbents. Considerable o]tposiUon, probably. Owe Director of the Southern Prison.— Salary SBOO per annum. M. R. Ghee, of Vincennes, present incumbent aud candidate. lias opposition. Speaker of the House. Candidates, CoL G. A. Pierce, of the Valparaiso Videtle , lion. George A. Busk iuk, of. Bloomington, Hon. I>. M. Stew art,, of Rush ville, lloil A. P. Stanton, and A. J. Vawtkh, of Indianapolis. OiEitK of the House —Candidates, Jloil C. T. Nixon, of, Jeffersonville, Hon. W. AL French, of Indiaoa4>edu, and J. C. Hardesty, of tlm Anderson Herald, and perhaps others. ■r ■ : '• . _ * gfOBBTABYOFTHE SENATE.—M*jj. O. M. WiuwN, thc dld Secretary, is * candidate. For Assistant Score tary, Col. T. It Oiri.Eß is urged. DooRKEF.rER, etc., as many candidates as there are for United States*

I# On last Friday morning the eonnty of Jasper was one vast fcontinuous skaHifg rjflk. JSVcvytTfP, fence, building and; cdjjoscj object *’»' gli t toyjn <sjwitli' itrfnait*)f pe~ Pedcstriunisin vyas uncertain if not absolutely dangerous. Cattle were unable to travel and farmers had to water their stock in the yard*..— The merry youth*, hoys and girl*, irrepressible aud venturesome, shod wish ringing steel and clothed ip brdtiant cesiums, flitted hither and thither over the lev paremehtsTTlke brilliant meteors across the} evening sky, filling the air with shouts smf laughttr— the sweetest and most soul-stirring music of Nature. But thesources of pleasure are evanescent and ephemeral. Night draws, her sable curtains, and the world is shrouded in darkness. In his-kccret laboratories Old Boreas busily aud silently works out tha fabric of hi* task, awl his messenger* qairklv speed with tbehrbcawtifrrl trurden and quietly spread ii upcm tree and shrub, on house and sbed, on hillock and level plain, and the earth wrapped in virgin ermine, spotless and pure, awaits the rising of the goldou haired.god of 4fty like a lovely pride the coming of her chosen. S-t?" The attention of! bur read ors is called to the Prospectus of the Chicago Tribune. We need say nothing in praise; of this ably conducted paper, familiar as the most of our friends are with it, and its influence to secure the nomination by the Republican party, and subsequently the election by the people, of Grant and Colfax to the Presidency and Vice Presidency of flic Tailed States.— The bold stand taken by the Tribune in advocacy of Free Trade and in the interests of the masses ns against monied monopolies together with its outspoken denunciation of political and official fraud and corruption has endeared it to its thousands of readers throughout the l'liited States. ' -*»► <—l I I- 1 r ' ■ ~Soc of the Scientific American m this week’s issue of TnK Uuion. Besides the reports and description of all now mechanical inventions, scientific discoveries, improvmeiits in arts, pntentsgranted, etc., making it invaluable to every mechanic and scientific student, its vast amount of general information of practical usefulness for all classes makes it very desirable iu every family, and ho person of culture and means should consider his library complete wjthout files of the Scientific American. £*?TL>« New Year’s day the team pf Air. John Hey ere, ofllanging Grove township, which had been left standing in front of our office, took a littleTnnawny frolic, distributing divers and sundry parts of the wagon to which they w ere attached, along the streets for about two squares. We judge, -L.owcV'or, thafr-wc-strinus-"damage* was done, for about half an hour afterwards Air. Meyers had horses and wagon collected together and was on his way though nothing had happened. \