Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1873 — A Saturday in Remington. [ARTICLE]

A Saturday in Remington.

Times seemed rather dull in Remington last Saturday. The roads leading into that pretty village were nearly impassible on account of tho deep, dark mud.—But few teams in town and most oi them were four horse rigs after a week’s groceries for some adjacent farmer’s family, or after fruit trees, hedge plants, etc., from Messrs. Traugh & Maxwell’s famous nursery. These gentlemen and Mr. S'. B. Haver, with his transfer team, appeared to be doing about all of the paying business in town, and they were kept industrious. There has been and there is still going on quite an hegira of the older inhabitants from Remington this season; people are scattering in every direction—to Indianapolis, to Kentucky, to Texas, to Colorado, and elsewhere about this broad republic as their inclinations direct. To be sure their places are being taken by newcomers, but these have not yet learned the hang of things and

improvements are at a 6tand.— Father Babb still keeps hotel and sets a splendid table, where sojourners may get a clean square meal, well-cooked and attentively served. The old gentleman is in a new house, and bedbugs nor no unclean tiling thrives where he and bis live and reign. Our readers, if they consult convenience Twd[enj o y men ts will stop with Father Babb whenever they have occasion to visit Remington. A few persons manifested a little excitement over a meeting held in the afternoon to pass resolutions and talk about the enormous villainy of the railroad tax being collected in Jasper coun-

ty. One old bloke in the hgony of his soul exclaimed that he would not trust “one of them Rensselaer fellers furder nor I can throw a two-year old bull by the tail.” Old Bloke had a blooming countenance, ornamented by a nasal appendage that resembled the but end of a young robin in strawberry time; he didn’t look as though he could throw a young bovine very far by liis caudal appendage, notwithstanding feed is scarce and they are thin this spring, and he was tho

last man we would suspect of having anything to sell on credit. He might be considered an ornamental member of society but his usefulness is like that of a flea on a dog — kind of serviceable as an irritant. Another individual became so wearied by his exertions in this, or somo other equally laudable enterprise,, that he was compelled to lie down on a pile of agricultural implements on the depot platform in front of the postoffice and refresh himself with a little slumber, several others were nearly as much overcome by the circumambient atmosphere, thickened, as it was, with an amount of legal lore never wnfled before a judicial bench.— Called at the Journal office, and found Brother Johnson “alone in his glory,” his confricrs having gone to attend the anti-railroad-tax-collection-raceling. The proprietors and effitorof the Journal are putting in their best licks to build up the interests of Remington and foster a spirit of enterprise and mental, moral, social and business virtues among their neighbors; these praiseworthy endeavors should receive both verbal and pecuniary encouragement from those they are intended to benefit Professor Snoddy, editor of the Journal t wants to be county Superintendent of the public schools, and is circulating for signatures among his neighbors, a petition to the township trustees asking for that appointment. So far as our acquaintance extends his qualifications are sufficient and our opinion is that he would prove an efficient and acceptable officer, “ The maple sugar crop of Marshall county is above an average this season. The snow fall at Monticello dur- 4 ing tha pa¥t winter wag~s~ feet if inches in 27 storniß. Tom Keefe recently shot a swan on Beaver lake, and for this feat his name appears in public print. Saloon keepers and several other prominent citizens of Kentland are rapidly moving away from that place. . Maple syrup was made in large quantity in Kosciusko county this season, and is now a drug in their markets. Kcndallville young men rob clothes lines of young ladies’ night dresses. It is expected they will next steal the young ladies to wear them. Mr. Jacob Nichols has resigned the Auditorship of Pulaski county to accept the position of traveling solicitor for an Indianapolis printing house. The White county fair will be held on the 23d, 24th, 25th and 26th of September this year,— When will the Jasper county fair be held? Fifteen persons were arrested in one day recently at South Bend, for stealing wood from a railroad company, and it was not much of a day for arrests either. Sun fish, cat fish, white bass, black bass and suckers are sold on the streets of Warsaw; and its inhabitants rejoice that their lines are cast in fruitful waters. The Jewell llouAo at Michigan City was fired by lightning last week. The ground wire in the telegraph office liad been left on and the fire was communicated by it.— No damage done. Thirty-three thousands tons of ice is the harvest of one Laportc firm for the past winter. Of this crop 20,000 tons is destined for Chicago, 8,000 tons for Louisville, and 5,000 tons for Cincinnati. v

The Winamac Democrat thinks “it is a debatable question whether playing at ball in the Court House yard on Sunday adds materially to the morals of Winamac in the estimation of strangers,” The Plymouth Democrat is of the opinion that it is nonsense to believe that the Republican party will purify itself. Well, what kind of sense is it to believe that the Democracy will purify it? Owen M. Eddy, of South Bend, has been appointed Swamp Land Commissioner of Indiana by Gov: This is a sinecure, paying 92,500 a year and all the Liberal journals in the State are re r joicing over the appointment.

Half hatched eggs, watered molasses, frozen potatoes and big abscesses are a Few of the evils of modern society with whloh the editor of the Francesville Local Topic is compelled to wrestle during his sojourn in this vale of tears. However, he is imbued with a beautiful spirit of resignation and devoutly exclaims “We shall not attempt to dictate to Omniscience. Thy will be done, Good Master.”

Mrs. Stanley, four miles west of Oxford, Benton county, smoked her little cob pipe in her barn the other day and now she mourns the loss of said barn, a three hundred dollar tforse, three hundred bushels of corn, a number of plows, etc. - Ther.e_are 342 prisoners incarcerated in the Northern Penitentiary at Michigan City, 303 of whom are whites, 39 colored, and 27 are in for life. The brick wall around that institution is 23 feet high and the number of cells for convicts is 380. / Henry Baker’s barn in Warren township, St. Joseph county, was recently struck by lightning and ten head of valuable stock was destroyed thereby. What is our Congressman doing that ho don’t prevent this destructive barn stabbing in his district?

There were 116 deaths among the members of the Lutheran church at Michigan City for the year ending December 31st, 1872. This mortality is not ascribed to their religious tenets, that we understand, but it was said among the ancients “whom the gods lovo die early.” Col. E. S. Wood, of Goshen, who commanded the 48th regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers' during the last years of the** rebellion, recently committed suicide by shooting, during a fit of mental depression resulting from excessive drinking. He was judge of the common pleas court of the Goshen district when the act abolishing that court went into effect, but was traveling in Michigan when he committed the fatal deed. J. F. Mills, of Benton county, bored sixty feet for water the other day and tapped a vein of gas which blowed water and gravel from the top of his well. lie then bored fifty-eight feet in another place and again tapped the gas vein. They fixed a tube in the hole, set, fire to the jet and found it to burn with •intense heat, tho column of flame shooting upward fifteen or twenty feet high. Mr. Mills now intends to conduct the gas into his house for illuminating and heating purr poses. The enumeration of tho school children of this city for this year gives us a total of 1742 whites, of whom 880 are females, and 862 males; and 12 colored children: in all, 1754. East year the number was 1651—increase in 7 monchs, 103. Mr. Phillips noted several incidents, while enumerating, which are interesting, as showing the rapid increase our population and the straits to which people are reduced for want of tenements. There has been an increase to our population of 100 families since Ist of last September. There are but two empty bouses in town; and these are ongaged. Near the car factory was a house recently purchased. The owner had his household goods on the porch, and was waiting for the family to move out. In another part of town was a new houso with only three sides finished, and the roof on. The owner was siding up the unfinished part of the house. Boards were placed against tho door frame, for want of a door; bat the family had taken possession and were busily engaged in. the multifarious duties of housekeeping. In German quarters a house was noteworthy as having a cellar with old style slantandicular doors, and one small window having two small panes of glass. In this wretched basement were two families. Evidently there is a pressing necessity for new tefte‘hfents.— Michigan City Enterprise.