Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1873 — Congressional Apportionment. [ARTICLE]

Congressional Apportionment.

The mean teniperature of the ‘‘polar wave” now prevailing is 5° below 0. and powerful mean it is too. All persons indebted to the firm of Ahbett Bros. <& Co. are notified to eall and settle, either with cash or note. Messrs. John Jacks and Genre? I’. Daugherty have opened n brand new stock of groceries Tri the room vacated by Charley Platt last week. On ftccounl ot' the severe weather ■neithertbe Bradford nor the Kerning- , ton mail hacks left here to-day. The Bradford mall due last evening, came 'over tins afternoon. Now, when a cold snap prevails it is said that a “polar wave” is passing. One of these came up out of the sou’-v.-est Tuesday night and blew its • frosty breath upon this locality, making the past thirty or forty hours very disagreeable indeed. But why does a “polar waye’J_jusdnsver these vast uninterrupted prairies from out or the south south-west? Mr. David Gray. Trustee of Hanging Grove township, tells us thathe harvested 997 bushels of corn on a ten acre field, on his farm, the past season, ’('here are thousands of acres of land in Jasper county yet uncultivated that will produce as well, and much of it can be bought for $lO an acre, or even Ess, and on easy terms. Anothvr vvidvnt e of the ailvantatres of .adrertisingripened last week. Dr. Kelley ordered us to announce the loss of his spectacles and otter a reward for their recovery; we did soj and the Doctor's family had scarcely read the notice before his spectacles were found at his wood-pile. They knew it was no use to be lost any longer and came out where they could be readily seen. • Probably Maritin township will be compelled to pay a heavy bill of damages on account of that dangerous grade and bridge at the edge of town on the Bunkuni road* before the authorities have it put where it ought to be. Last sutnmej two teams ran off I from it and day before yesterday a I -heavily loaded wagon "scooted" off' tb.e grade, upset, smashed things and ! seriously’ hurt the driver. Thefollowiugpersnns were installed officers of Jasper" Division No. 40, I. O. S. T., Fridav evening’ January 3d, 1873: ..... IJ. C. Smith, W. P. Mrs. Mary Cole. W. A. "Edgar Tharp. R. S. ■ I Marshal] P. Warner. A. R.S. F. W. Babcock, F. S. George Morgan, A. 0. Thomas Sayler, J. SI At a meeting of the Iroquois Library .last Monday evening’ t-he following- Board of Directors was elected for 1873: E P. Hammond, J. H. Lottghridge, M. F. Chilcote, S. N. Johnson. M. L. Spitler, G. A. Moss, and S. P. Thompson. The Board of Directors elected their officers as follows: J. H. Loughridge, President, M. F. Chilcote. Secretary, M. L. Spitler, Treasurer, S. P. Thompson. Librarian. The value of the books belonging to -4he Library is estimated at about S9OO.- —_ . —. District Deputy Grand Master Geo. NV. Haseall, of Remington, installed the following officers of Iroquois Lodge No. 1-13, I. O. O. F., Tuesday evening: L. W. Hcnkle, Noble Grandy J. W. Duvall, Vice Grand, Jra W. Yeoman, Record'g Seeret'y, C. C. Starr, Permanent Secretary, . G. W. Terhune, Treasurer, ’ Win. C. Picree, Warden. 4 " Ji. P. Hammond, Conductor, James Yeoman, Inside Guardian, M. L. Spitler, Right Supporter N. G. A, D. Swain, Left Supporter N, G. A- J- Yeoma'n Left Supporter V. G. The lastqsession of the Indiana legislature passed an act amending the act authorizing the sale of-lands delinquent for taxes. Among other changes made by the new law the +s' mndr commence on the second Monday in February in place of on the first Monday. The publication of the delinquent list of Jasper county, which was eommenced before thp new law was made, has bee 12 modified So as.to conform to tl;>e requlremeti tsZ>f the Taw now-ilp force. —. The big "companion” that publishes the little pewter pointed gimlet over by the Water tank east of Saltillo, gets mad and makes faces at his neighbors who declined to pay adimeapieee for 150 lines or so of fifth r.lte doggerel, which he sent out "our little companion, Ben,” to peddle as a New Year’s Address. People ought to have a higher appreciation of the advantages of association than is shown in this Instance, and should keep their purses open ready to pour out nickels in flowing streams at the feet, of those who t*oasf of travels and their intimacies ■with great men! Don’t it, Bister Grundy? - Editors U’Mox: Mr. Walker Sage has been amusing himself lately by taking a careful enumeration of the inhabitants of Remington, and finds our lively little village foots up a population of 678. There are 125 families inside the corporation, two or three of whom in several instances are occupying one house; and this notwithstanding 27 new dwellings have been put up since Jifay last—is crowding things sfinie, and we will be compelled to emigrate or spread our herders. Several additions were also made to our town last season in the way of warehouses, hay-press and livery stables. 8.

The late special session of our State Legislature passed an act apportioning Indiana for Congressional purposes trpofj a basis nfpipH Infirm shown by the census.of 1879. The new districts are shown below, with the votes that were polled for (Secretary of State at the last October election. r • ■ .' ■ - FIRST DISTRICT. Con at v. Rep. Dem. P05ey.’.1.732 2,21.3 Vanderburg 4, 101 3,602 Wurrick... 1.1 H 1,993 Speneer2.lßo 2,230 Gib50n................2,158 2,139 Pike 1,4341,552 Tote! ...13,223 13,749 Democratic in ijority 526 SCCoND DISTRICT. Sullivan ...1,332 2.539 Knox.. . .1,99 t “2.778 Davie*.',...1,892 1,949 Greene ~.....2,121 1,147 M-iltiu.. . 9 17 1 ,323 Orangel,234 1,422 Crawford 1,086 1,218 Lubois... ... 571 2,085 T0ta111,167 15,461 Democratic majority... 4,294 THIRD DISTRICT. Harrison.. 1,692 5j.163 Clarke 2,376 3.057 F10yd....1,883 2,848 Washingtonl.63o 2,Rati Jackson ...'.’. ... . .1,636 2,4 15 Brow n.... .;........-—462 1,166 Bartholomew ■ .2,102 2,659 Total 1F,384 Democratic majorilyTW,-. 4,596 FOCRTH DISTRICT. Ohio. 638 567 Switae-rland ... 1,483 1,295 Jefferson-2.'■16 2,563 Scott.....■■■ 687 887 Jenning5........... 1,856 1,580 Ripley2,o62 2,243 Decatur 2,294 2,108 Ru5h..2,214 1,943 T0ta114,050 13,186 K<publican majority... 864 FIFTH DISTRICT. Dearborn2,oll 3,125 FraiiLtiu r.T.468 2,797 Fayettel,4o6 1,128 L'uioiT. .1..... ■.. 945 721 Wayne .4,769 2,995 Randolph3,39l 1,619 T0ta1......15,990 12,385 Republican majority... 1,605 SIXTH DISTRICT. Johnson 1,727 2,247 Shelby2,2o4 2,-51 Ilaucoek.... 1,1c9 2,0 >4 Henry3,42s 1,717 Delaware .2.765 1.540 Madison■ 2,253 2,391 Grant2,s34 1,811 T0ta116,597 15,128 Republican majority... 1,269 HVZXTH DISTRICT. Marion 9,463 8,452 Morgan...- ... 2,129 1,825 Hendricks 2,859 4,745 Putnam ..2.646 2,100 Total.. 17,097 14,122 Republican majority. . 2,975 IIGUTII DISTRICT. -Lawrence.-...,>1,899 1,661 Monroel.6-7 ,1,531 0wen....1’.432 1,761 Ciav.. ...2,5:.6 2,370 tigo. ...yr.4,004 3 816 Parke .....5 303 1,608 Vermillionl,323 920 Total .15,184 1 3,667 Republican majority... 1,517 NINTH DISTRICT. Boouo . . tjr ,- •• • 22166 2,802 Gimton2,o29 2,324 Montgomery .............. .2,797 2,909 Foantaia ... ■ .1,930 2,172 Warren-..J,519 969 Tippecanoe . 77... 4.200 3,724 T0ta115,441 14,900 Republican majority... 541 TENTH DISTRICT. L0p0rte2,999 3.172 5t.J05eph.:........3,294 2,-01 Starke. 395 47) Porter 1,701 1,278 Lakel,sl2 91,9 Newton 822 642 White.".. 1,297 1.281 CarrollJ ,3.14 1,967 8ent0n.....-.. 803 671 Jasper. .v. 995 561 Pulaski... 650 958 T0ta116,402 14,723 Republican majority... 1,679 ELEVENTH DISTRICT. -Hamilton .....3,0-7 1,682 H o ward. 2,401 . 1,420 Tipton.. .::....... .i,2ST“~t , inCass2,sßs '2,9*8 Miami2,sß6 ,2,539 Wabash.. . . . ..3,015 1,890 T0ta1..16,278 13,448 Republican majority.. .2,830 • ~ t - ~ C3p - Jay.......... 1,751 1,628 -Btedrfwfa-...... —686 785 Wells. 1,284 1,719 ■ .... 672 1,501 Huntington...22ol 2,055 Whit1ey......1,432 1,8-21 Allen 3,451 6,349 T0ta111,477 1E.558 Democratic majority 4,381 THIRTEENTH DISTRICT. Kosciusko .2J68 2,211 Marshall...l,Bsß 2.918 Elkhart. 2,994 2,900, LaGrange .....1,854 1,016 N0b1e.......2.337 2.283 'Steuben.... 1,840 957 DeKalb .1,882 ° 1,934 T0ta1....15,533 13,619 Republican majority... 1,914