Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1869 — Over at Remington. [ARTICLE]

Over at Remington.

Lust S:»tur«lny aftr-rtioou in compiuiy with a couple frirmfr, we went over to Remington tv learn how tUev fell on the riufruad «|*- |iro)>riutt<>n quuafJotr. Arriving at tlio Ilnvrr M«nnu Just at tTw topper h«*«r we partook heartily of the l>oiui(Util Mipply with npprtitua i<liarp<-iio«l hj our ride over rotttls l!iB<lc ehuck'UoU-y Rtnl rough bv »Ih> reeewt Wavy ttorrus. Thus ♦ortWed'we Went among the buti* itoM iu"n and found them w.th nn esceptiouo: tj exceedingly hostile to the proposition. A* o«r party had gone over for the purpose of holding a publir meeting a boy Was sent to open the echoul house, light up and ring the hell, hut soon came back with the information that the house was locked and the key nowhere to be found. We were assured that it was an tuiUMial proceeding, but that it need make no difference ns the depot master had courteously tendered the use of the depot, a much more convenient and central building, and as soon as he had his supper the house would be Ut up. The house was not lit np at midnight and it is supposed lie had not tiui'bcd his supper at that hour.— Some of the farmers who hud remained to hear the arguments intimated that the houses were locked by prearraugeineiit, but as all denied this the next morning we are led to think it w as simply a singular combination of circumsjan•wes peculiar to the climate, particularly vj one gentleman innocently remaVkcd il.ri (he church key had the singular habit of suddenly" and mysteriously lomngUvelf whenever an unpopular preacher visked them. As the donrs of the place would not open unto us the next tiling to be done was to distribute documents, and the “Railroad KJitiou" was placed in the hands of all we coula see* y Ucmiiigtnii is a thriving town, built up within ten years and owes its very distance to the railroad, and it is the boast of its business men that they influence the prices of produce four and five miles north of Rensselaer and south to Oxford, yet these same grain dealers complain in unmeasured terms of the railroad as a curse to their trade and detriment to the prosperity of the town, one even going so far as to wish the track torn up ami converted into a eanal. Another argument used against our proposed railroad was, that if they could retard the growth of Rensselaer for * few yeans and prevent tho*aetdcmeiif of the northern portions of the comity, it would not be long until the county- scat would be moved ovyjrjhcre, and the people of Hanging tiro vo, (fill.tin, Barkley, Walker and all the northern townships he evniipelled to travel from five to twelve miles farther to attend court, pay Otoif- taSCS and transact public business than they Uow do. Town lots in Remington SON 130 feet commuud S3OO to-day w here twelve years ago the land would have been considered dear at six dollars an acre; the only reason for this is the railroad, Build the 1., I). & V. road ami there will be three more towns in the eonnty t-qual in sir.e and value to Remington, within Hie next ten years.— (.'•rpenter tow nship has increased $1 18,000 in taxable value in the past five years while Marion township, the advantage of the oouuty seat, Iku only increased ♦ 18,000 during the same period; this difference can only be attributed to the influence of the railroad. A, source of much ill feeling is the ius.*er:iM«r excuse for a bridge over Carpenter creek one mile north of Ucnwigiww. While county appropriations have been made for turn* bridges m Marion township, two across the Iroquois and oue across the slough at Hoover’s, t htjy have been compelled to put up w ith such temporary s-true-turcs as the township could affowl.. They need a $3,000 bridge and w« hope the county Commissioner* will attend to this very important matter at their next session. Trade appears lively at Remington and several new buildings both dwellings and store rooms arc in process of construction. Among the grain buyers making preparation lor extensive shipping as soon as the market opens we mention the firm of Lockwood & Buo., as courteous, gentlemanly and standing well in the business community. The Haver House furnishes a goo 4 table, has attentive servants, the proprietors are accomodating, the charges moderate, and altogether it is a good place to Slop at. The common council of the city of Delphi have, on petition of live citizens, appropriated $25,000 towards building the proposed Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago railroad and the people then added sls/) 00 more by private subscription in state «day, making in all $40,000, nearly as much as Jasper eonnty is asked to vote next Saturday, and this betide* the tiro percent, lax to be voted oh next Monday. {* _ Yergcr, who murdered Colonel Crane, has applied to Chief Justice Chase for a writ e*f habeas tor pm to transfer his case from the military to the eivil courts. By voting $42,000 t-- aid In the construction of the Indianapolis, Delphi t Chicago railroad, the county will secure over $<09,000 VvotJJj us property within two y.e-r..