Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1872 — A Question of Law, Right and Propriety. [ARTICLE]

A Question of Law, Right and Propriety.

. ClilfeiiJe tfmrvs ttio pFfitlfnuni |h«t bcrrowwl his shawl several weeks ago to firing it home.! The Cetttral Association of Patrons of H naiiat) ii ry, willijfuft i n lW ,K tOg-e. room of Marion Grange. Snumlnv, lJeoember £BUi, i87~,at,1 o’clock p. in. Mr. Zitnri Dwipgirs, of tiio law fin'.) of It. 8- Dwiggms <S,-. Co., lias been ajifiointod Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in the Omni >n 1 leVfe court, lor flwKowtiwef ansi"Newton-. The Free \Yilj Baptist ChimJi will lioW dtvhie services in the Baptist meetinghouse on the first anil ifiiril Bafibatlis of eai Ii mouth, at,lo:tWa. m. K. F. liioc.i.Ns, Pastor. Miss Caihiie Benjamin, leather of the second interim .liato rk pannic!:! of .the Itensselacr school, tcpoits tlio numlicr of pupils t-ni'i! It'll for {Tie month closing NeveuiVr 2 LI, 1572, was 44; average <1 • i sy- attesula'me, ' 83 B*lo. The pupils perfect in at'.ciHl; 1 anoe, pimctuality ami deport meat were Jennie Buriiimin, May l-ivrbughs, Elmer Dwiggins, Axiom Hopkins, Ella Osborne, Hubert P"rtei‘. Doia Purcupiie, John Platt, E! a itlioijds, Plddic Reeve. Nellie Sfolier. Deios 'i'hompsoii, Maiy Wearners, lchabod Yates and Freddie dstnel;l.ou*. e. We gratefully, acknowiedge a donation by the Brethren and Iri.i i.ds .of Rensselaer aim vicinity, o:i tile UHh, which amounted to i'c\ k: f; incmiNs, 8. A. ilitmixs. Mr. George Daugherty,' ii vj:ig two Bird a'iialf miles smithT,f Ttc:i"vlacr, ■will make a public tale on tSatimmy, December 28th, 187;:, ’ot’ tin; fo’io.w.ngpersonal property: One or two horses, a lot of milch cows, stock hog-. bi:o<!il saws, a set of-d i aft linm as., aAV ooii's combined reaper and mower, one bay rake, one riding -wiVt-vator, one tv,<>liorse single plow, pair of .bob sieils, two-horse wagon, saddle, two ptuntr staves, eookijtg stove, etc. Credit ft»f nine months without, interest given on sums upwards of live dollars. Strayed,—A fine, large, yearling heifer; uli white, wiiiidnT ani: lnarifis except tii» t part ■wft-tke bmstl.ot her tail iseutoff. ■ Any inlo'rnuTtnTißd’ i;er w hereabouts will be suit aid v rewarded. 12-3 Emmim AY. iiAi.i. - - I hereby give notice that T h ive in charge the books and aeeounts betoiicIng to Tiros. Hollingsworth*, deceased;. All persons indebbil to sard estate will call at my Drug tftore and settle, and Buve tost. id--; r, . is ,xx.\; . Owing tn the alafaiina prcw.doinv of the “Epi/.onty ’’ and tilings,the undersigned desires that all persons indebted to him should call at his . hep and settle their accounts..

EmToiiS Uniox:—\Yiil you have the kindness to permit one to enqvlire through your coiujrnts why, it is tiuTT Mr. S. P. Thompson fs'holding two lucrative puldie oliices at the spine time? ' 'lids ,is .a question 'We iiave heard propounded a number oi times by various persons, but to wbiehi no satisfactory answer has yet been given that we know of. Perha; s some reader of the l x ion, apt in the iatvs of Indiana, can satisfactorily;exphiin the matter. Tlte case under consideration is tub: Mr. Simon P. '1 Immpsofi was appoioted Sehooi Examiner of Jasper county by tiie Board of Commissioners. Junecti), I S7J, for.three years.- Bast Oeioltci Mr. "Thdidpsi .n \va - elected by the p&upib of rile 1 ftti Jiiiiicial Circuit ih'oseeusiiig •Attonny, At tile proper time lie received Ids commission, qualified and entered upon the duties of that (lime; ntt-.on-whiie-ret.iinmg the oiiie.v <..f Sehooi Examiner. Trieofme.of t.'itvuii Prosecu tor Is a salaried y> 11 e, > eee iv i ng i’rnjti the State treitsuiy’ cGut) per anm-.m together witii certain fees which ii. t!iis circuit suft'iis tiie amount toaUoufsl,6oo a year. Tim Weht.oj Ihaiifwa is.anofficer appointed by the edVdity eommissiniicrs. the.-iatate eon,j e.;stttlaii to whom-is - j per diem whit in tiie actual porii.rmui.ee of the duih s. thereof; tint witielpiirilTis eitmii v ha> at times been iTmi'o.-.seti a -do! far or so a day tor lioi se-ltire, ami sixty ' ei-rtfs.' an hour for. evening Prime'.- '-in country gehoo] Jjpuses. to; i nlgiiUi. rural hleas, i.otji Oni.oi-t.lyounti.Cu;•<or educational (Mitt, perluvj A, o’.;': nut -so important, s topic?. By refering -b> the (‘.ms!titit f. ti of Indiana, alticie li, >ectiou.!», Writ !e found to read a, fulio\v>: “No cert on ladeii’c a ••.•..•tuiiv.- .6?, spj.risUaieut uirii’r tiie I’uiv.-ii :d.,.r under this State, si.sl ;.<• eHuiMe to :t >-■:! pi Hie .General Abs. Ri.iU :• «<r sa .11 i.,y : •r- .i: ~ liaiiJ more liitHi tite- I lie I.r iia. c tip■“ alt:* name time, ex.ept .us in Uijs Ui.n-li.Aii.Hi t\pr ssly (lermiile.i; prorfoW.Umi officer:, ia uie militia la wliiei) ttjere i.s allael.i •-! .la i,i ..la] Biliary, and lli“. ofrice of oqniiy po ; l.na<ter when the coiiijiei.sutmn ii,.i» n .’. hl",m ninety doijurs [.or uaa ii a i,--l ’'eil-ris.' a . iucraiita-;andproni/of, uni. fhrt 'crorues contniulutf less -liiUti one laail- ti. 1 pad . r: i v confer tlre offi“es id cT. rk. r. eoftkir a::ii auditor. or any 1.-Ap of said ouriii oa‘ .lists Sjiieperson.” , It will be plain to the most casual observer that tiio two otibes now possessed and con.trniied hyiir. S. P. Thompson are lucrative—tiie oi.e paying him #I,oOO a year and the < i'h‘ r about syoO a year. We arc tool that Mr. Thompson tendered-his resignation as School Examiner to the Board of L'onnty t’ormnl-.-b liers at ( heir late session, but that the h iunrahje imam bers thereof begged Sum io wiriuhaw it for the tpa.t is fn tfielr opinion inhabited by people.-o Ignorant thtit but one persou could be found Within its borders vvim was comiietent to fill the otfiee, and that jarsoti was its present 'lncttuibnirtT Mr. Thompson.. jaimpastunmte-kUh-tfint lie is, was moved to pity at the dismal condition of tlte people, yielded to tile earnest, prayertni, fearful ...entreaties of our county ’#'gHaidi.Tn=r, aodJtili uly consented -to .occupy l*ndr positions lor a tiine longer, <!,. og.h in violation of the higanie law ri our Ktate which, ill- his oath of office, he swore to obey. VYe would like to know why this is so; will some one rise arid explain? liesjtectfully, Y. P. R.—AVill Mr. S. I’. Thompson filease say which one of these offices he prefers to retain, or if lie .designto hold on to both? V. Rcnnclaer. Jr.tl , Dec. 1G 1*72.