Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1873 — Compiled from Indiana Papers. [ARTICLE]

Compiled from Indiana Papers.

The Judicial election in this (the 30th) circuit reunited as follows: For Hammond for Judge, Jasper county 540 majority; Newton county 530; Benton county 24; total 1,094. For Burson, Pqlaski county 310 majority. Hammond’s majority over Burson, 784. The Bankruptcy suit against the Plymouth, Kankakee & Pacific Railroad company has been dismissed, no one appearing to prosecute.— LowtU Star. At the recent term of the Jasper circuit court, Mr. —. Kent was appointed receiver of said rail toad company. ’ 7 “' Bro. Keiser, of the Winamac Republican, says he is glad to know that the Kingdom of Heaven is composed of such angels as Bro. Conner, of the Kentland Gazette, and one of the editors of this paper.— We assure .him that his rejoicing connot possibly be greater than ours, if his knowledge is well founded. The Cincinnati Enquirer says “we are getting tired of the authoritative interference of the Roman Catholic Church with the local politics of this country.” Isn’t that flavoring of Kncwnothingism a bit? The Enquirer, you will remember, claims to be the leading Simon-pure Democratic paper west of New York city. Speaking of the back pay act of last Congress the Laporte Argus remarks “We have chosen to condemn the former grabs in general terms and to be more explicit about the steal of 1873, because it is a thing of the present.” In another .. article-in the same issue, speaking about Mr. Packard’s connection with this matter, the Argus says “We have freely criticized the General’s conduct on the salary increase and other political questions but we never used the word ‘infamous* in connection with the matter. We have always regarded Gen. Packard as a gentleman, and we do not apply such terms to men whom we respect.” Simple mannered and unsophisticated people that live back in the country beyond where the nice discriminations of modern casuistry have penetrated, still cherish the fogy instructions of a generation who taught that stealing was infamous, that no gentleman would participate in a theft, and that he who stole was not worthy of respect. General Packard having voted three or four times for “the steal of 1873,” having accepted a share of “the steal of 1873,” having after long deliberation published an elaborate justification of “the steal of 1873” and having never made restitution for the portion of “the steal of 1873” which he took, there is occasionally to be found some of those simple minded and unsophisticated people who do not agree with the estimate which the Argus places upon Mr. Packard’s character, as they fihd it'difiJeuTtlocondemn the theft and respect the thief.

Petatoes only seventy cents a bushel in Laporte. Old corn brings forty cents a bushel at Kentland. The paper mill below Monticello has commenced manufacturing. Scarlet fever prevails to some extent among the children in Laporte. LaGrange county is reported to have a surplus apple crop of <5,000 . barrels. : ~ Pickpockets alleviated pockets 0? filthy lucre quite numerously at the Winamac fair. Cider is selling for 12| cents a gallon at Laporte, and the supply is equal to the demand. At Crown Point last week eggs were selling for 23 c ents a dozen and butter for 26 cents a pound. The Logansport Sun has been revived by Mr. Dan. Bennett, late editor of the Kokomo Republican. Cambridge City winters VanAmJjurg’s show this season, and the “Golden show” finds quarters al Connersville. Mr. Reynolds, of Lafayette, has been elected president of the Louisrille, New Albany & Chicago rail-' road company. Philip Kreis, was choked to death last Saturday evening, in a vain attempt to swallow a piece of boarding house beef in Logansport. Starke county is said to be one of the best cranberry regions in the State. No finer berries are ever •ent to market than grow on her marshes. f . Grant county has a grange of Patrons of Husbandry, composed exclusively of colored people.'— Think what n lovely creature Hora must be; a blaek pansy, perhaps.

Mr. Asa SkOWJM't, of Pulaski coun. ty made the heart of Bro. Kiser, of the Winamac Republican, glad not long since by the present of a red yam which weighed three and a quarter pounds. The first session of the Northern Ministerial Association of the Northwest Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church will be held at Michigan City Tuesday October 28th, commencing at ’9 o’clock A, M. Mr. T. S. Rollins was elected prosecuting attorney in the Logansport district by a plurality of fiftyfive Votes. J. M. Justice formerly prosecuting attorney in the old 16th circtiitj was one of the'opposing candidates. The Indiana female prison at Indianapolis was formally dedicated last week by thte incarceration therein of seventeen female convicts from the Jeffersonville penitentiary. Four of the seventeen are under life sentence for murder. . _■ When a man has once acquired a well.cultivated taste for old Bourbon, the only way to cure him is to take hini out and shoot him. — South Bend Tribune. Mr. Sam Hemphill brought to this office the other day quite a curiosity in the shape of a sprouted potato on a grape vine. While trimming his grape-vine last spring, he slipped a small potato over the end of one to keep it from “bleeding,” as it is termed., The potato sprouted and grew all summer, and the shoots it sent forth can scarcely be called either grape or potato, but have a peculiar look and formation of their own.— Warsaw Indianian. ——_—idii. Senator Morton’s plan of erecting the President and Vice President. by the popular vote, has been adopted, and will be reported, by the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections. The substance of the plan is: that each State shall be divided into districts equal to its representation in the lower house of Congress; that the person having the highest number of votes in each district shall receive the vote of that district for President, which shall count one Presidential vote, and that each State shall be entitled to two Presidential votes at large, which shall be counted for the person having the highest number of votes in the whole State. The same provisions are applicable to the election of Vice President, and Congress is vested with power to provide for holding and conducting the elections and to establish tribunals for the decision of contests.—Logansport Journal. »■ *- —W ————- Indianapolis ought to be thankful to the “panic” for effectually pricking her great real estate bubble, and putting a quietus on crazy speculation. During the Spring and Summer, her transactions in real estate have footed up nearly $1,000,000 tper week, about the same as those of the great city of Chicago. This state of things could not have continued a year or two longer, without ending m a runious collapse and it is well that the crash and tumble down have come this soon. During the past month the aggregate sales, we presume, will add up less than $1,500,OOp—last week they amounted to 8375,489. This is a heavy falling off, after making due allowance for the usual dulncss of the Fall trade. But as before suggested, the Capital should feel grateful for being let down (though a little roughly) to the “hard pan” now. Hhas more than once happened that a lunatic has been brought to reason by a blow on the head. The financial thunder-bolt has eveidently sobered Indianapolis.— Laporte Herald.

The result of the election in Ohio is a fatal blow to Governor llendricks, ft is a victory in which he has had no part or lot, a triumph which he has not helped to obtain. He thought the nomination of Allen a farceY affdiiOUididusly avoided committing himself to a movement which he thought was sure to fail. As usual, he took counsel of his fears and has come to grief. The Ohio Democracy have got along without him during this campaign, and they will havg.no use tor him in the future. He has mocked them nrthe day of their suppoSedr weakness, and they will laugh at him in the day of their proven strength. If he ever comes before a National Democratic Convention again, Ohio Democrats will go for him with a whoop and a yell. They will scalp him with glee and slaughter him without pity. Perhaps our Governor sees now how wise and disinterested the Journal’s reiterated advice has been. We counseled, begged, implored, conjured him to write a little letter or say a little word for the Ohio Democracy, but he wouldn’t do it. He was afraid. He always is afraid. He fears his friends almost more than he does his enemies. He was even afraid to follow the advice of the Journal, his wisest counselor and truest friend. The consequence is that grief has overtaken him and political death has marked him for his .- own. Henceforward he is a man without a party. In the classic language of an ancient philosopher “he is a dead cock in the pit,”*- In duinanolin Journal.

The following proceedings are reported by the secretary of the Prairie Farmer's Agricultural Society, in the Francesville Local Topic: “At a regular meeting of the Prairie Farmer’s Agricultural Society, held October 11, 1873, J. G. Culp in the Chair, the Secretary reported the total receipts to be $1,049.85, and total of orders issued for the year just ending. This, with the old debt of S3OO, carries the Society in debt about S6OO. The Treasurer reported receipts $1,049.85. Paid out on orders $926 75. An appeal was made to the Stock Holders to take up the balance of stock. Seven shares were taken. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:— President, W. N. Jones; Vice President, D.L. Glazebrook; Superintendent, J. If; Prcwett; Secretary, Chas. 11. Garrigucs; Treasurer, J. IT. Mallon; Executive Committee, D. M. Byers, R. Teters, D. Gray, J. Tillett, B. Glazebrook, F. C. Clelland and C. M. Howe. Trustees, Robt. Cissna, J. L. Robinson, Isaac Parker. On motion, the President and Executive Committee were instructed to borrow the money to meet the present liabilities of the Society.