Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1869 — INDIANA ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA ITEMS.

. Peach trees arc in bloom, in New ’Albany. The council of Terre Ilauto have passed an ordinance prohibiting tho i use of velocipedes on the sidewalks of that city. 1 James P. Luse, of the New Albany Commercial has been confirmed in his appointment of Surveyor of I the port of Louisville. (Jrecncastlc lias had more than five hundred cases of measles this i Spring, only one. of which was fatal. An Elkhart county man named ' Scalf, is one hundred and five years old. His eldest son living is seventy. Some enterprising burglars on last Friday night broke into the office of the American Saw Company, at Indianapolis, blew open the safe and got 30 cents for their trouble. The Covington (Indiana) Fret l'ress tells of a man at that, place, who is a candidate for Postmaster, going into the church yard to copy nanies front the tombstones, to go on liis petition. The genuine and original Thumb, accompanied by his wife, Commodore Nutt and Minnie Warren, wilLgive two entertainments in Kendallville, on Wednesday, April 21. Prof. R. T. Brown estimates that the coal and iron fields of Indiana cover an area of 8,000 square miles, and the great#!* portion of it is accessible without the expense of shafting bt phmping in its mining. "'■■j- ■; Rev.’ T. B. Taylor, of Indianapolis. writes that on the ‘2sth ultimo, as lie was sitting humming two lines of a hymn, the disembodied spirits of his sister and son presented themselves to, and conversed with him. /

Tanner, who was suspected bf murdering Shaffer, in Newton county, last fall, but was acquitted at the preliminary trial before a Justice of the Peace, was indicted by thq grand jury for murder iir the first degree, and was arrested and taken to the Monticcllo jail to await his trial at the September tprm of the circuit court. Last week he was brought before J udge Test and released on bail. The milk business is becoming quite profitable in Lase county*. — Milk is now shipped to Chicago on tho morning train each day*, and sold tor 20 cents a gallon. It has been demonstrated that, with reasonable care, a cow will much more than pay for herself in a single year.

£gT"Col. Thomas 11. Nelson, of Terre Ilaute, lias been nominated as Minister to Mexico. Peters’ Musical Review for April is at baud, and, in addition to fifteen pages of seletft-readjnjt matter, contains the following new and beautiful music: ’ “Ain't I Sweet?” A lady’s comic song. By T. Brigham Bishop. “Rest, Darling, Rest.” A beautiful lullaby. By E. C. Ilsley. “I’m Still A Friend To You.”— Song and chorus. By Will S. Hays. “lie Wipes The Tear From Every Eye.” Sacred Song. By 11. P. Danks. “Forest Gbde March.” By Chas. Kinkel. “Damask Rose Waltz.” By E. Mack. “Golden Sunset Mazurka.” By J. Harristoun. Music is generally considered expensive, but .when such a quantity is furnished for the small sum of thirty cents, it ceases to be a luxury, and even the poorest may sing, play, and be happy. Our musical friends will do well to examine this work, and we feel confident that thirty cents, sent to the publishers for a sample copy, ; will yield them a larger return tor their investment than any similar outlay they can make. Send for a f copy, or get your news-dealers to 1 get one for yOu, and we will guarani teo you will thauk us for calling your • attention to it. It is issued by J. L. Peters, music i publisher, Box 5429, New York, at j the low price of $3 a year, or 30 ■ cents for single copies. The Senate rejected the treaty entered into between Reverdy Johnson and Great Britain, by a vpte of fifty-four to one. The solitary individual was McCreery, from the loyal State of Kentucky. Mr. Boutwell has sent a circular i to the female clerks in the Treas- ; ury Department inquiring where j they came from, who influenced their appointments, and other questions which some of tho fc- : tualos will be loth to answer. • Wh. 'v