Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1869 — INDIANA MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA MATTERS.

Peaches sell at three and onethird cents apiece at Delphi. Prof. Wilbur, of I.aporte, is preparing to make a balloon ascension. Nearly 300 reaping machines have been sold in Lake county this year. Dr. Angell, of Carroll county, has a row of potatoes two and oiicquartcr miles long. The Indianapolis SniUucl -ays that Spiritualism is last gaining ground in that city. Praric chicken* arc said to be unusually scarce in Laporlc county, the season having been 100 wet for them. Uev. Mr. Seatvright, of Monticello, has been granted a “leave of absence” for a few weeks, by his congregation. Daguc, of the Monticello Herald, is getting rich. He runs the I’ostoflico and keeps a pea-nut stand. — Y-e-e-p, Hooray! The Journal says “A large troupe of professional thieves, pickpocket* and confidence men are paying Indianapolis a visit.” A Mr. Baum, of Liberty township, White county, died suddenly lasi. Saturday evening from the internal breaking of an ulcer. The Evansville Courier “local” lias been smoking a cigar made irom Syrian tobacco imported at a cost ofsloo a pound, Vice President Colfax, who is represented ns 1 - u poor (!) mail, recently sold two lots in South Bend —one for $11,500 and the other ter ISjoUK. Mr. Wolverton, an old citizen of Big Creek township, W hile county, was thrown from his horse ill Delphi on the third instant and died last Thursday. He was thought to have been the wealthiest man in White county.

The enumeration of the children of Laporte city shows as follows: Number of males between six and twenty-one years, !>00; number of females, 937; number of colored males, 12; number, of colored females, 17; total 1800. Marion county is to vote on the 13th of September on the proposition to donate §150,000 to aid in the construction of the Indianapolis, Delphi rt Chicago Railroad. The former proposition to vote for a tax of three-fourths of one per cent was withdrawn. The New Albany Commercial tells a story of a country girl who rode into that city to do some shopping, and after making what purchases she needed was asked by the exquisite young clerk the usual “anything else, mem, I can do for you?” Her reply “got him” alittle: “Oh, no sir; unless yon will be kind enough to go out and milk th& old mare, I rode her from home without thfe colt.” Last Friday, a negro named Carter, living near Indianapolis, undertook to slidb off a load of hay. Immediately under where he was rolling off another workman was resting with the handle of his pitchfork on the ground, the prongs in the air. The unfortunate man fell npon the fork, the tines of which passed entirely through his body beneath the lungs, coining out at his back. Strange as it seems the wound is not necessarily fatal. The Delphi Journal says “that a parly of‘fast bloods',living in Democrat township, tbis ( county, stopped a carriage Containing an elderly gentleman uiul two young ladids, caused the occupants to alight, and after plunging the old gentleman two or three times into the waters of VfHd Cat Creek then brought him out and made the girls take off their shoes and stockings, roll up their ‘trowsers’ and wade up and down the creek tor their edification. The boys styled this outrage 'huge sport.’ h The Delphi' Journal says: “The citizens of Jefferson township have petitioned the Board of Commissioners for a new vote on the railroad. and. we learn that the Auditor has notified that body to eonI vene on Friday next to consider I tlic petitiou. We learn that the,

town*hip will go largely for the Appropriation.” At tlie election held in July the appropriation wa* only defeated by five votes, in that townships