Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1869 — The Indianapolis Mirror says: [ARTICLE]

The Indianapolis Mirror says:

“Senators Morton and 'Pratt Lave united in recommpndir.g Hol'.owav, of the Journal, for Postmaster of this city; —Mr. Coburn, to ing to usage, this belongs, indexes the c’<sum'.i of Mr. FisiTbtr**W“-C«lond.JiSfe holds p os . session, which is sai<* joints in law. We ore betting that the Colonel will s ifck—iffc can.” ~ * —On last Tuesday, 9th inst., Augustus Cronkhite discovered a strange looking animal in one ot LVs fields, which he succeeded in shooting* The animal proved to ho a lynx of large size, and measured in length five feet and ten inches. It is undoubtedly tho-eum<* animal that has been seen fiyquer.il yjin that section of the country, frightening the timid, and giving rise to extravagant tales of panthers of enormous proportions and ferocity.— William*-/ port Republican. / —Mr. Charles A. Dana illustrates the sore straits through which new Presidents have, to pass to keep their counsel by an i, anecdote of President Lincoln: Before he had got well inured to the torture of Washington politicians, he was visited by an old friend from the west, whom we will call Smith. “Smith,” said Mr. Lincoln, with a fearful visage, “out in Illinois they used to think me an honest man; but here these fellows twist lies right out of me.

The Cox family muster strong in the Department of the Interior. The new Secretary is Jacob D. Cox; the Chief Clerk is John C.; the Oommismissioner of Pensions, Christopher .C-; while Ezekial T. "brings up the rear as clerk in the Patent Office. None of these gentlemen are related to each other, and they originally came from different parts of the' country. * We saw $1,255 in greenbacks Friday." The sight made our eyes stick but a feet 6r more. —Rochester Union Spg. 1 1th turf.