Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1873 — Congressional Apportionment. [ARTICLE]

Congressional Apportionment.

Natioteop the TJUrd,-ax-Emperor of P'WS. 4te<l at Chieelburet* England, ’ IMS Tnntactay, iiwtrly sixty-five years old. ' Thelfonticello'herwM says no person that has written for the Hennnirto»» Jaanw? ran bare any favont tiwoufch its columns. J Hon. Milton B. Honkins, Superintendent of Public Instruction, reports the total amount of revenue 1 ralleeted and disbursed for common school purposes in Indiana for the year 1872 at $2,122,621.61. Judge Test of the Indianapolis criminal court recently fitted and imprisoned a colored man for marrying a white woman, and an effort is n«w being made to the law repealed ‘nhder which the negro was convicted. Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks was sworn Into office as Governor of I ndiana last Monday. This is another illustration of what may be accomplished by perseverence and is worthy of a place in school literature beside That beautiful poem commencing “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again/’ . On account of an imperative rule with us not to publish articles without haring knowledge of their author the communication of “Clinton” does not appear in our columns, izidies and Gentlemen, it is absolutely useless to waste stationery and spend time and-’postage stamps frver anoriyuums communfrations intended for our paper; we must know your names if we publish your productions— not for the purpose of revealing you to the public, but for rea ; o:. :i of our own not necessary to enterse upou

The following appointments were ■made by the Legislature in joint session last Saturday: President of the Commissioners • f the Benevolent Institutions—Dr. P. i H. Jameson, of Marion county. Trustee of the Blind Asylum—John . Beard. Trustee of Deaf and Dumb Asylttra —Dr. J. R. Browrt, of Wayne county; Trustee of Insane Asvlum —Dr. G. F. Chittenden, of Madison county. Canal Commissioner—Hon, R. S. Hinton, of Marion county. State Librarian—Mrs. 8. A. Oren, of county. Directors of Southern Prison—B. F. Hill, of Rush county, A. L. Munson, of Marion county, and S. T. Platt, of Perry county. Directors of Northern Prison—R, T, ( St. John, of Grant county, A. W. Smith, of Wabash county, and A. D. Capron, of Marshal! county. Trustee of Soldiers’ Home—Dr. Wm. Hannamau, of Marion county.

The Rochester Sentinel of last week, in accordance with “a timehonored custom" among Democratic , newspapers to grumble and find fault about anything and everything done by Republicans, follows the example of nearly all the papers of that political creed in-the -State and complains about the apportionment of Indiana for Congressional purposes, which it denounces as “a piece of villainy and crime unequalled in the history of any party.” To support its complaint U publishes the following table: Republican Maj. Democratic Maj. 4th District.., Ist District... 500 sih District... 1 ,COO 2,1 Di-lrict.. .4,500 •th District... 1,200 3d District., ,4.00(1 7th District. ..2,900 12th District. ...4,000 Btli District. „_Lsoft_ g .. —9rfi District... 500 Dem, maj, 13,000 10th District... 1,600 lltli District.. .2,800 13th District... 1,900 Hep. maj , 14,861 From this table it deduces that with an aggregate of majorities amounting to-14,864 the Republicans have a rej>resentation of nine members in Congress, while the Democrats liaVe but four members with an aggregate of majorities which amounts to 13,000. This the Democratic papers call the disfranchisement of nearly half of the citizens of the State. If those pajiers toldxll the Jruth about-this matter in their showing there .would—be just cause of Complaint; but they do not.— They suppress important facts which put an entirely different phase upfyr the subject. The Democracy are favored by the apportionment they complain of, if we examine the votes of the new districts, instead of basing the estimate upon majorities as our Democratic friends have dene. The vote of the several new Congressional districts is as follows: Rep. Districts. Dem Districts. 4th Votes.. .27,236 I Ist V0te5....26,972 slh « 26,375 2d “ 25,658 6th •• 31,525 3d “ 28.172 7th “ 31,2*6 12th “ 27,935 Bth 28,851 9lh “ 30.341 4)109,107 10th “ 31,125 - - lUh •• 29,726 Average, 27,277 13th •• 29,152 9)265,550 Average, 29,505 This shows that in Democratic distrieta every 27,300 voters are given a representative in Congress, while in the Republican districts 29,500 voters are given a representative. This is a proportionate difference of 2,200 totes in favor of each Democratic district, and an aggregate difference of 10,800 votes against, the nine Republican districts. -—~ ■■" m<»>> About three inches of snow fell last night. Only one week more of the delinquent list. Potatoes ate retailing for 60 cents a Mabel and green apples for SO cents to $1 a bushel. —— AH persons indebted to the firm of Abbett Bros. & Co. are notified to call and settle, either with cash or note. ” Three or four days of soft weather during the past week thawed away the snow and..furutefeed plenty of water for stock. TBere-.ara now eleven Granges of the Patrons of Husbandry in this county, with a membership of about toyr hundred. Mr. N. W. Reeve, (called "Colorado” for short.) is now Deputy Auditor of Jasper county. He is a competent man, civil, and wiM give good satisfaction, ~ > For the first time in about a year the Hopkins mill is running bv water power, and the majestic Iroquois- has sufficient aqueous fluid to swim a duck,.

Monday Mr. Jared Benjamin con traded with Mr. R. Anderson Richard Steel, an insane perwm; for $1 (Adny, wntH the March meeting of the county commissioners-. — "I. 'u « ■ ‘ ’ .11 Fcveral dogs: in this place have quietly laid down and died during the past week, from the influence of stry dm i ne. From some cause or ntber they dou’tneem to thrive on that diet. “J -»■ ■ . - i 1 Messrs. Daugherty & Jacks’ advertisement appears in this issue of the I’nionl These gentlemen have opened out a first class stock of family gn> ♦f ries which they propose to sell «S cheap as any. Frank W. Babcock, county Auditor, is at Indianapolis this week taking a look at the “best working” legislature .udiana ever had. It is said he Intends to procure photographs of all the members in stereotyiie to decorate aasessors' blanks with. - The “considerations” for real estate transferred in Jasper county during 1872, as shown by the records in the Auditor’s office, amounted in round numbers to $400,000. The real value as prices are going would not fall far short of £550,060 or $600,000. Mr. Sampson Erwin, on the Remington road seven miles southwest of Rensselaer, will make a public sale on Saturday, January 25th, lS73,at which will l>e offered two fine matched brood mares, eighteen head of yearling case tie, four cows, between fifty and one hundred head of stock hogs, one twohorse wagon, set of double harness, plows, farm machinery of all-kinds; nay in stack, "about six thousand eight-feet fencing slats, a lot of fence posts, and other articles too tedious to name. Nine months credit given without interest. The Board of Commissioners of Jasper county met in special session in Auditor’s Office in Rensselaer, Indiana, January 11th, 1873. Present, Jared Benjamin and Wm. K. Parkison. Commissioner,s F. W. Bubcock, i Auditor, and Lewis L- Daugherty, Sheriff’. Ordered by the Board that i fees from filing claims against the county, for affidavits thereto, an d for affidavit of claimant for bounty for wolf scalps, required to be charged under the “fee and salary act,” be charged to the county. Ordered that the Auditor issue a warrant in favor bT’frustee of Marion township, in the sum of ssl, to pay tax, penalty, etc., assessed upon property of Louvina Howe, in town of Rensselaer. Jared Benjamin was empowered to make Cm 11 raciiJbr- Xhe- -keepHtg of to sa n e Jind" poor persons that are not aijinissiHjle to the poor farm under the terms of the present contract with Jacob M. Troxell, until the ensuing March term of Commissioners’ court. Auditor was ordered to issue county orders in favor of Wm. K. Parkison and Jared Benjamin for one day’s service each as Commissioner. George M. Johnson tiled his official bond as Assessor of Jasper county, in the sum of five thousand dollars, with Charles Bor•oughs, I. J. Porter, Jenkins 8. Cox and D. .11. Yeoman, sureties, which was approved by the Board. The following transfers of realestate were made on the books of the Auditor of Jasper county, fur the month of December, 1872: Georgs 'V. Cheek to John N. Timmons, uw nw of 25, 28. 7 and ne n* of 26,28, 7—Bo acres SI,OOO Alfred McCoy to tV. K. Parkison, ne of 24,27, 6 and w hf nw of 19,29, 6—240 acree. 4,00 G Chas, P Jacoßs to Sarah May, e hf and e hf nw of 7, e lif sw 7, n hf and i swot 14-Jihf «etl.»~hrf hS.Mtif 21; ~ , • hf 22, uw 22, n hl nw 23, nw 27, n hf ■ 28, all 29, e hl and e hf nw 30, e hf aw 30. e hl 31, e hf uw 31, e hf aw 31 all in town 27, range 7. Lewis L. Keiley to Jacob Eldridge, the se nw and e hf sw se and sw ne of 4, 31, 7—200 acres. 2,000 John A. Vinnedge to Edward M. Smith, e hf ue of 32, 31,6 und nw nw of 33, 31.6—120 acres 1,800 A. Thompson to James W. Spriggs, - sere 29, 31.6 —40 acre 5........... . 50 S. P. A. Thomas Thompson to Catherine T. Kelley, sw aw 23, 28, 6—40 a 200 0 B. .Mclntire to Walter Good, pt a hf lot 11, block 12, Remington 1,400 | John W. Chambers to Walter Good, s hf iota 4, 5 aud 6, block 16. nod j j lot 4 block 9, nud jj lots block 9, I uud pt ae ue and mid bl pt se ne of 25, 27,7, Remington..... .. . 2,450 O. B. Mclutiie to Walter Good, e lot 12 block 12, Remington.... ..... 300 Chas. Jouveuat to William Kelley, lot 4 block 3 Remington 206 Arabella Coats to Elizabeth Purcupile, lot 7 and part of lots 4,5, 6 and

10blockl2 Reusselaer 1,000 Robert Bennett to Johu L. Turner, s end sw 6, 27 r 7—40 acre 5.......... 400 E. T. Harding to A. Puicupile, the aside nw sw 11,30,7--16 acreß.,-.... _ 160 E• I’nrcupilr to W i<liam Kassuer, sw pt lots 7 and 10 block 3, Rensselaer 850 Mahuda Wilson to James A. and Marlin Burns, the und one-fifteenth uw ne and Uuddue-fifteenth ne uw ol 29, 30 r 6—Bo acres 60 O. W . Church to B. 11. and Geo. W. Patton, lots 7 and 8 block 4, Rem’gtou 400 Churcti & Hartley to A- J. Chambers. lots 7 and 9 block 11, lot 9 block 12, lot 5 block 14. lots 3, 7 and 9 block 16 audlotll block 17, Remington 1,500 Jamae E. White by administrator to Beaj. L. Latch, the uud % se uno }g ehl sw aud und sw sw 26, 28, 7... 473 Margaret Thompson to Chas. Platt, sw end lots 1,2 and 3 block 4, Rensselaer 1,500 S. J. Bruce et al to Harvey W. W eod, the s hf sw of 2,28,6 —80 ucres Adolphus Haiuey to Jeremiah Tucker, o pt lot 2 at 39,33, acres 50 Adolphus Halney to Christian Summers jr , rpt u pt lot 2 of 29, 33, 6, 10 z > 8 acres .. Z 50 Lewis Davi*an to Rebecca A. Noland, nw sw 26, 30, 6—3 acres 50 Hamuli Keyes to Cleinence Cowell, e pt ue qw 12. 27, 7—30 acre 5........ 475 Alfred Ehompson to J no W. Abbett, w hf block 14 Newtou a Addition to Rensselaer aud lot 3 block 13, tieusTr 1,000 Catherine Schulte io David Lewallen_.Bw 1, 29 t 5—160 acres. .VtTT.’T. . 1,280 David Lewallen to Charlotte C. Gordon, «w 1,29, 5—160 acres 420 Joi.u-W .Abbett to Alfred Thompson ehf se ana ehfehl ne 10,28 7—120 a 3,000 Jaime T. .McKim to Wm. L. Butler 10l 1 block 3 West Add to Remington 110 Wm. True dale to Alfred Thompson -V* — • pt e hf ee 2, 29,5 —70 acree ....... Auditor Jaejier county to John Tillett. s side n hf *w 2, 29", 5—60 acres. J. W. Chambers and S A. Morgan to E. Smith, e hf lots 4, 5 and 6 block 7, Chambers &. Morgan's Addition to Remington.. 120 Church & Hartley to L. Raw lee, lot 7 block 17, Reiuiugtou. 200 Frederick Sliullx to Susannah Cooper, e hf n hf ue 33,32; 6—40 acre*... 300 Sheriff Jasper county to Burges* Dillon, lots 14,15 and 16 block s,Reuseelaer Church &. Morgau to Robert Parker block 6 and lorn I, 2 and 3 block 8, Chamber* & Morgau’* Add to Retn’u 1,000 Fernaudo Steve** to Martin AdeL - I men. uw nw 1,33, 6 -40 acr-s. 400 i William Irwin to Danioi C. Vier*, _ e hf ne 16, 57,4—80 acre*. 1,100.{

There will lie a Township Educationnl Meeting, for Marion township, Saturday, January 18Ui, jnat., at 7 o’clock p. m., and a lecture by the Examiner. Teachers, patrons and pupils are invited to be present. Let there be a full turn-out. The friends of education everywhere will be web come. - By order fha Ex aminer of Jasper county. J. A. Buknham. The list of pupils perfect in attendance, deportment, punctuality and study in Ist department Rensselaer school, J. A, Burnham, teacher, is as follows: Ist Month—Mary Howard, F. M. Kahmer. Frank Terhune. Charles Halstead and Harry Stackhouse. 2d Month—Rosa Downing, Ella Dwiggins, Henry C. Henkle, Florence Thompson and John K. Oaborn. Both Months—Lilly Boroughs, Zeriniah Norton, Arthur Downing and Hale Warner. Mr. John Day, teacher qf School No. 3, Barkley township, reports for month ending January 10th, 1873, the number of pupils enrolled, 46, in attendance, 44, average daily attendance 34. The pupils perfect in attendance, .punctuality and dejiortment were Samuel Hurst, Charles McCurtain, Wallace McCurtain. Edmund McCurtain,Norman McCurtain, Levi Clouse, Ezra Clouse, John Clouse, Maggie Kays, Eddie Kays, Hoover Kays, George McElfresh, Lizzie Day, Louisa Day, Jessie Day, George Day and Harry Murray. Married, January Bth, 1873, at the residence of the . bride’s mother, by Rev. K. F. Higgins, Mr. John E. Cnamberlam, of New Albany, Kansas, to Miss Lota M. Tharp It is difficult to understand why Jasper county boys permit Jayhawkers to raid right into their midst and capture our good and pretty girls.— However there is no use pouting after the game is flown; the boys must learn to be more, vigilant if they would keep those who are left. Mr. Chamberlain has shown excellent judgment by his choice, and we wish the handsome couple a long life of happiness in their Kansas home. Thanks to the bride lor the huge cake she sent us.