Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1874 — Remington Journal Jottings. [ARTICLE]

Remington Journal Jottings.

A good second band cook stove ftnd other furniture for sale very fcheap; enquire at this office. Fifty square feet of hot-bed sash and the glass for sale cheap; enquire at this office. Now D the right time of year to make hot-beds. Cohn fob Sale.—l have 500 bushels of good sound corn to sell at the crib, on my farm two miles north of Rensselaer. Patkick Donnelly. Fob Sale. —A Novelty clothes wringer. Has been used half a dozen times, but is as good as new, hud is an excellent machine. Enquire at this office. Mb. Joun E. Combe, long a citizen of this county, died at his residence four miles south of this town, last Sunday night, aged about sixty-four years It is whispered about on the sly that some of the night hawks have ' become fish hawks, and occasionally gig a meandering pickerel as they wander by the river. Eldj:b R. V. Lyon, of Niagara, N. Y., is holding a series of meetings at the Christian Church this week, which will be continued over Sunday. The public arc invited. On account of the storm and the bad condition of roads* the mail wagons did not leave here last Monday, either for Bradford, or Remington. The blockade was raised on T(iesday, however. —■ There will be an adjourned term of the J asper Circuit Court held in Rensselaer, commencing on the :21st day of next April. It is expected that Judge D. 11. Chase, of Logansport, will occupy the bench. —— -« *>■*. > A gentleman left three or four letters in this office, yesterday or the day before, and among the rest was a telegram addressed to John M. Gwin. „ Better call and get them before the news becomes stale. fiiEY say there was a perfectly splendid school exhibition at the ■Court House, last Friday afternoon. E very mother’s son and -daughter acted his or her part well—and in that all the. honor is—ynd showed they had been carefully taught. B utter, eggs r (mtatocs amLw (rod i lhave been scarce commodities in i Rensselaer this week; a cireum . .stance which makes us “town folk” i very sensibly feel our dependence | .upan the Grange element in whose midst wc dwell. Mb. John Coen, proprietor of tile Rensselaer Nursery, desires Grangers and everybody else to remember that, he has fruit trees, grape vines, .evergreens and shade trees for sale this season at prices to suit the times. Call and see him. The Francesville Guard's Rensseilaer correspondent says “Our daily mail between this place and Remington, which was ordered to be .discontinued June 30th, 1874, will not be discontinued.” Thanks to ; the protests drtFCpeopje interest*-■ . ed, and the complaisance of the Postal Department. One of those old-fashioned Polar waves swept over Jasper county last Monday, and the following night the mercury in thermometers cowered down to 10° above zero, while water in still parts of the river and ponds was wrapped in icy sheets. Commissioners’ Court will be in session next week, and all claims against the county should be filed without delay. People now-a-days are apt to be little backward about claim? for money, and it is among Jl.i.e pleasant duties of journalists .occasionally nudge ’em up on .tins score. » I • ;■■ - Don’t plant beans until the frost jis out of the gronnd, but as soon as (possible pay the printer wl)at you .owe him, and buy hedge plants and young orchard-trees of George Nagle or John Coen. It is always ■J»est when possible, other things being equal, to give preference to Jtojne jiplbstry and trade with home jmented enough to. be convinced that undiluted oil of sweet anise is not conducive to the rapid growth of house plants, when applied in heroic quantities to their foliage. Roses may smell as sweet to a ,Heathen Chinee by another name, but rose-buds wont absorb large showers of sweet , aniye oil and maintain their integrity. ex • > a If '

Mary successfully engineered a petition for divorce through Judge Hammond’s court, last week, or, rather, her lawyers did for her; and a judgment of S2OO for alimony was entered in her favor against Justice of the Peace George Schanlaub, of Newton county. Mr. A. M. Munden, teacher of Hanging Grove township school number 1, reports for the term an enrollment of 221 pupils, with an average attendance of 16f. Four pupils lost.no time during the term. John Rishling, Barbara Rishling and Olive Lefler were perfect in attendance, punctuality, conduct and study during the month that ended on the 18th instant. There will soon be a new drug store opened in this town, it is now currently reported. The bottles and pills will be kept in the room now occupied by R. F. Goddard; and “Uncle Rees” will move his “City Bakery” sign one door further east. “Hannas” Eger Is to shut up his oyster cell like an oyster shell, when the months quit having an r in them—and perhaps before. While the fierce, cold wind was blowing fiercest and coldest last Monday, three chimneys in different parts of town took fire and burnt out. In two cases the alarm of fire was needlessly raised, much to the disgust of those who turned out to lend their assistance. People should be careful not to give false alarms about such a direful calamity.

On Saturday the 7th day of March, 1874, (next week), Mr. LM. Stackhouse will make a public sale of personal property, consisting of two heating stoves—(one coal and one wood)- —o;iv cook stove, bedstead, chairs, safes and a general assortment of household furniture. Terms, cash for sums under five dollars, over that amount a credit of nine months will be given. The sale will beheld in Rensselaer. Notice is hereby given that the regular amuial meeting of the stockholders of the Jasper County Agricultural and Mechanical .Association will be held at the Court House, on Saturday, April 4th, 1374, at two o'clock p. m., for the purpose (of electing Directors. David H7TTi<GtAN, By Z Dwiggius, Seety. Assistant. - Miss C e i.i a rasnw,to itch - er of the primary department <4 the Rensselaer school, rtqrorls fur the month ending February 20th, 1874, an enrollment of 44 pupils with an average daily attendance ci 37. —Etta lines, Leslie Clai k, Steven Walien, (Tillie Hutson ami Iny Hutson were perfect its attendance, deportment ami punctuality. Miss Candace Boroughs, teacher of Marion township school number 8, reports, lor the month ending February 17th, 1874, an enrollment of 23 pupils, and an average attendance of 20. Fifteen were perfect in attendance, punctuality and deportment; which proves that it was a good school. Gertrude Baker, Charles Bowen, William Bowen, Frank Donnelly, Willie Donnelly, Martha Donnelly and Eddie Sayers were perfect.in attendance, punctuality, deportment and study. Now that tire property-owners on the north side of Washington street have resolved to jietition for a plank side-walk, would it not be enterprising and for the public good for owners of property on the south side of that street to petition for a like improvement in front of their property-? The Board of Town Trustees will hold their regular session for March, 1874, next iMonday evening, and' if anything -of this sort is to be done this spring, it is none too early to move about the matter. (_ Rensselaer Graded School.—The summer term for 1874 will commence Monday, March 30th, and continue' months. The first department is designed espevjally for teachers desiring to become more thorough in that which they have to teach in the common schools, and for advanced pupils. A class in algebra will be formed, if desired. • The Whole school is intended to meet the neof Rensselaer before the winter term, andTanortl an opportunity for unemployed teaefters of Jasper county, who may wish it, to qualify themselves for betttr work snd higher grade of certificate; No subscription list will be circuleted. /Those wishing to avail themselves of this school can jnake all necessary arrangements at the school

house, on she first day of the derm. Tuition will be $1.75 per month in the first department, and $1.50 per month in either the second or the third department, payable monthly in advance. Board fan be readily obtained in private families, at reasonable rates. For further information enquire of either of the teachers. Expecting to render an ample equivalent, we cordially invite the public to grant themselves and us the favor of a liberal patronage. James A. Burnham, Ist Dept., Eva Halstead, 2d Departm’t, Celia E. Wilkinson, 3d Dpt.» Teachers. Rensselaer, Ind., Feb. 24th, 1874. School Revenue.—The subjoined table of the school revenue of Jasper county, is taken from the Auditor’s report to the State Superintendent of Publie Instruction for January, 1874:

(Town or Township. I Hangi ng Grove.... j Gill m., I Walker I Barkley Rensselaer, town ofi Marion,. I Jordan. | Newton. I Keener | Kankakee Wheal field Carpenter I Rernirgton, town of , Milroy (Union

Total Ain't.: Tuition Revenue. ■'! Revenue from , Local Tax ' Common School Revi nue.. Congressnl/ Township' Revenue.. r Number ofj Children.. 1

i 175 245 36 ■ 88 13 333 49; I 2431 18 81,260 31 —'279 12; I 1.341 29 28'122 72 26 09 178 09 363 148 38 269 80 131 83,550 01 245 118 08159 83 277 91 400 255 09 210 61 465 67 1 174.226 05; 1 44 81 270 86' 1711 51 311143 03| 16 97,211 31; 44* 1 49 91 29 131 79 04 85; 57 89. .38 531146 83,243 25i 62 5 50| 64 83 71 45H41 7R; 310,333 60| 19 50 271 791614 95, 1861207 07| 5 53 69 42 282 02; 91'110 06' 1 55 20 165 26, . 109' 16 46 107 18| 68 06 191 70,

Recapitulation -erToial number of children in Jasper county between the ages of sixand twenty one years. 2,792;t0tal amount Congressional township revenue, $ 1,822.91; common school revenue, $1,451.84; tuition . revenue from Ideal taxes, $1,019.71: total sum of educutionalfuim,sT,l94.46pfffllouTitto each child, $1 54, nearly.

Lucky James Frazier found a pocket book last week. The new street-crossings are now especially appreciated by pedestrians. - s A meeting was held at the Presbyterian church, last Sabbath, for the purpose of organizing a Sunday school. Mr. George W. Hascall, one of the finest amateur flutists in the civilized world, is now leader of the Methodist church choir, Last Thursday evening after BcliooFwas dismissed, a little boy live or six years old whose name is not published by the Journal, ran down and attempted to drown himself in Carpenter creek; but was prevented by his school-mates.— Cause reported unknown. Air. Edward Timmons died at his home in Remington, on the 18th instant. He is reputed to have been “an affectionate relative, a goed cifizen, a kind neighbor, a steadfast friend, a most amiable and genial associate, and a kind and loving husband and father.” Mr, U. R. Niesz, Pedagogne-in-Chief of the Remington schools, premises that “Illiteracy is itself a crime in a land of free schools,” and then renders himselt liable to an indictment with several counts on his own proposition, by publishing nearly a column of platitudes, and twaddle urging people to loaf in the public schoql houses during school sessions. The Journal has openedbGrange Department in its columns, over which that genial, irrepressible Charley 11. Price presides with enthusiasm. Of Brother John G. Culp he says, “He is a zealous Patron, and a deservedly popular man; be has labored with a praisevroTtfiy zeal to build up the Order, and has probably organized a greater number of Granges than any other man in Jasper county.’’ “Jerry” says “just the corporation tax of Remington this last year amounted to over tweiity-twg hundred dollars!” .And he is thereby prompted to ask such puzzling conundrums as, What is the reason ire are obliged to w alk in the mud? Whelm does all the money go to?— How has this money been spent? or has it teen spent at all? Why don’t the Town Board publish a statement of the amount of money _fiflllected L ex]x;iided, and in the treasury, and for what purpose said money was expended; or else build side-walks and crossings for the benefit of the people who have ■ paid these heavy taxes? ■’ “The protracted meeting at tl.® Christian church closed last weFk, alter about nine weeks duration.— The number of accessions to the church \yere sixty four. During the lijtp revivfd-nieetings aU the Methodist church, there were fiftyone accessions.. Up to the tiraq, of writing thia, five persons have united . with the Presbyterian church; making a total number of one hundred anti twenty persona who have I espoused "the cauae of

Christianity in Remington, and in the immediate vicinity* this winter. The meetings at the Presbyterian church are still in progress.”