Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1869 — Don’t Want Cross Roads at Remington. [ARTICLE]

Don’t Want Cross Roads at Remington.

Remington, Ixd. July 1'2,1800. Kds. Union: X have perused the “Railroad Edition" o 1 the Union, and was somewhat amused at the wild vagaries of your correspondent from Carpenter tow nship, especially when lie remarks that in event of a railroad crossing the C., C. Jt I. C. Rond at Goodland, corner lots could then be bought in Remington at forty dollars jier acre, etc. His deductions remind inc of a recent report made to the Department of the Interior, at Washington. Some years since the Department sent out a Mr. 8., duly authorized to construct saw and flouring mills at the expense of the government, for the benefit of Mr. 1.0, the poor Indian, who after conslrueliiig a dam, suspended operations. Souse time after, the Department wishing to know how matters were progressing, sent another agent out to look after Mr. B. and to report his doings in the premises. Thu agent as in duty bound, tracked up Mr. 8., found the place of operations, and reported back to the Department, “that lie bad found a dam by a mill site, but could not find a mill by a dam site”. Wo are ; inclined to think when your corres- j pendent comes over to buy his cor- j nor lots at forty dollars per acre, he j will find them much as the agent did the mill. It the cross-road is to: have the same effect on this place as the cross-road did on Reynolds, we j would much rather the road would j cross at Kenlland. A Citizen of Remington, q f - » • ♦ ♦ a— ■ let your work keep you away from the polls next Saturday, but let every man turn out and vote Fob the Railroad AitrohuATtON. » The “Hearth and Home,'' ever a welcome visitor, commences the publication of an original story by Octave Fuillet, entitled ‘‘The Romance of a Poor Young Man;” in number 30. The “Hearth and Home " is edited by Donald G. Mitchell, and Mrs. Harriet Bkecueb Stowe, and is oue of the best papers in the country. Send $ 3,00 to Pkttigill & Bates, Publishers, 37 Park Row Mew York. Jdgr’Don’t let Jasper county say p|ic is opposed to railroads, towns, settlements, schools, churches, public improvements and civilization, by voting against the railroad appropriation. — <•*>»« Butter sells in Rensselaer to-day for 18 cents a pound; at Chicago it j brings 25 cents; if we had a railroad butter would bring five cents a pound more than it docs now. The extra price of the product of oue cow will more than pay the adVitioual tax on S6OO worth of property if the appropriation is voted. Carpenter township has increased in value SIIB,OOO in five years, Marion township with as good lands and the county seat has only increased SIB,OOO. Carpenter township has a railroad, Illarion has none.