Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1874 — INDIANA GOSSIP. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA GOSSIP.

ESiM33S3EZS7,;i; 'taumber. They contain ranch vain aide Information, and no subscriber who neglects to read them will. have the lull value that may be Obtained with bis money. On the last ballot in the Massachusetts legislature for a successor to Mr. Sumner's seat in the United States Senate, the vote stood 9a for Dawes, 78 for Hoar, 76, for Curtis aud 25 scattering. Neoes* Cary to a choice 188. A - ■- y *■■--- ■ - - - It costs less than a cert It day to take yonr weekly paper—less than h diiiigeUt hen coaid earn in a year at the niarkx-t price of eggs; less th*u one cigar a week and very V&eap at that; less than the barber Would charge by the year to keep one's hair trimmed; less than a good sized thanksgiving turkey; less than a seat one night at the opera; less than an energetic kitchen girl will waste in a week, A penny a day can be saved in many a way better than by stopping a family paper. In another column will be found an article taken from the Monticello Herald , in relation to the Chicago Sa South Atlantic railroad project It is probable that the article was either written or dictated by Dr. iiayinond, president of the company, and no doubt sets forth the present status of the enterprise in as flattering light as possible. It will be seen that they now intend to commence active work on this line by the first of July next at furthest, providing somebody will let them have money to operate with. Every intelligent reader of that article will readily preceive hot? encouraging the prospects of the coqwration really are. This is a stupendous undertaking, and, it is estimated, will cost about twentyfive millions of dollars, nearly onefourth ot which capitalists who propose to manage it when completed have agreed to furnish whenever cities, towns, villages and farmers along the proposed route have subscribed the other threefourths or eighteen millions of dollars as subsidies.

Pulaski connty farmers say their wheatfields look nice. The post office at Francesville was burglared Saturday night and robbed of six dollars. On the 9th day of June there will be a reunion of the Mexican war soldiers at Lognnsport.-—_ Horses ait; dying nr a]aiming' numbers at Indianapolis of an epidemic known ns the catarrhal fever A five year old Monticello lad named George Obenchain, can whistle the most difficult airs with precision. And they call him a musical prodigy. Michigan City o<Jd Fellows are making preparation for an extensive celebration of the 55th aniversary of the Order,on the 27th day of April. Dr. Max F. A. Hoffinan, late Secretary of State, and formerly Surgeon of the 9th Indiana Volunteers, died of small pox, in Vanderburg county, on the fflst instant. * A Jeffersonville saloon keeper sprinkled the sidewalk in front of his premises with Cayenne peper when lie saw a band of praying women coming, and they all agreed it was something to sneeze- at. From the tenor of several items in the last Winamae Republican one is led to think that Keiser does not want a dog. At least no bench-legged” fiste need apply. The Valparaiso , Messenger man should make a note of it. Indianapolis paperß claim that lheir city leads all other cities in the West in the pork packinar business. They figure it up like this: Induuiapoiis 259,868, Chicago 245,filfe, "St. Louis 132,155, Cleveland 115,615. Cincinnati 88 ,395, Keoknk 47,000, Cedar Rapids 41,189, Lafayette 25,000. AU the whiskey at Knox, Starke comity was drwnk up sev era 1 weeks ‘ago and they ere all too poor to buy any more, consquently not a drunken man has been seen there for some time. It is rumored that quite a numler of people will move away shortly if tilts state of affairs continues verv much longer. Geo. Cutler was arrested near Monticello a week ago last Saturday, charged with making and passing counterfeit nickle coin. In his trunk was found quite a quantity of silverware,dUe was found in the woods near hishonse, heavily armed, and led his captors an exciting chase. Being taken to Indianapolis before U. 6. Commissioner Knefler, he was released jipon f»eo bail. I