Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1875 — For Your Comfort. [ARTICLE]

For Your Comfort.

Elder D. T. Halstead married Mr. Burgess Dillon and Miss Mattie Morland last Sunday. k The phenomenon of snow falling from a cleacsky was observed here on Monday morning. Dressed hogs sold for seven dollars a hundred weight, by the carcass, on our streets yesterday. We hear that there Is to be a number of buildings put up in this city next spring. This is encouraging.— Remington Hazard. We plead “not guilty” to those bills which were circulated in regard to the railroad, last Monday. We didn’t do 4t. —Remington Record. Mr. Alton Grant and Miss Maggie Dillon were married in the Christian “Church last Sunday evening, (17th), by Elder D. T. Halstead. Elder H. V. Reed will commence .a series of meetings at Goodland, Indiana, on Saturday, 23d Inst., to continue over two Sundays. The wifeof James Hemphill, Esq., two miles east of town, died last night .or this morning. We are not able to .give her age or other particulars this issue. C. Cross is getting timber on the ground preparatory to building a frame residence 22x23 on the corner •of Indiana and South streets.—Remington Record. Hon, Geo. H. Erown, Representative for the counties of Jasper and White, is a member of the House committees on swamp lands, insurance compajiies, and drains and dykes. We hear that grandfather William Wyatt died recently at his residence in Newton township. He was between 85 and 90 years old, and had lived in Jasper county upwards of 35 .years. Ladies of Rensselaer and vicinity will give an entertainment at the Court House, Friday evening, January 29th, for the benefit of the Presbyterian Church. A full programme will be published next Week. The third .session of the Marion Township Teachers’ Institute will be held at Bowling Green school house next Saturday (day after to-morrow). Teachers and friends of education .generally, are invited to attend. Commissioner Hoover informs us that he intends to move to this place in a short time. Among our best men is Mr. Hoover, and lie will be gladly welcomed as a citizen of Remington. — Remington Record. Mr. Samuel Rlshling. on early settler of this region and respected citizen, died at his residence in Fraticesville, Pulaski county, Tuesday, and was buried yesterday by the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities. We made a mistake in the local in regard to the shares in the Agricultural Association in last week’s issue. There are 30 shares, but only one-third of each was paid in, making $320. — Remington Record. Hon. George Major, Senator from White, Benton, Newton and Jasper counties, is chairman of the Senate committee on mines and mining—one of the most im porta nt com mi t< ees of the legislature. He is also a member of the committees cn elections and public printing. A freight train was thrown trom the track about two miles west of town, last Saturday night, caused by a broken rail. Four /cars were “ditched,” and two brakemen were almost frozen while trying to replace them on the track. — Remington Record. The festival at the Methodist Episcopal church Tuesday evening, for the benefit of the church, was quite well attended, and, altogether, an enjoyable affair, reflecting credit upon the young ladies and gentlemen who projected and carried out the plan. The receipts were in the neighborhood of thirty-four dollars. Mr. W. W. Reed, teacher of Marion township school No. 9 (James), reports for the month ending January 15th, 1875, an enrollment of 20 pupils and average attendance of 17,9. Michael James, Jennie James, Anna James and Martha Woods were perfect in punctuality, attendance, deportment and study. _ During the month of December 295 •car loads of corn were shipped from this place, making 118,000 bushels — over 4,000 bushels per day. During the same month 14 cars of hay and 9 ears of stock; were shipped. This is an increase on last month in the shipment of .corn. —Remington Record. We don T t boast much about our paper in any manner, but for the satisfaction of its friends will say that it pays two and one-half times Sis much towards defraying the expenses of the United States postal service as either of its county compeers. Advertisers ■who may be Interested in this matter can easily verify the truthfulness of this assertion by inquiring of the post masters what amount of postage is paid by the several publishers.

Mr. John E. Alter, teacher of Rose Bud school, (No. 5 Union township,) reports for the month ending January 15th, 1875, an enrollment of 38 pupils. Those perfect in attendance and study were George Alter, Amos Alter, David Alter, Isaac Alter, Ella Warne, Alice Greenfield, Amber Greenfield, Jennie Humes and Mollie Chamberlain. Mr. Asa Porter died Sunday morning, .. I6.th__instant v , Mr. Poster was bom in Bartlett county, Kentucky. May 2d, 1804. He came to Indiana in 1816, and moved to Jasper county in 1848, He was a consistent member of the Baptist church for thirty-seven years, and died in the triumphs of a living faith. His blameless, upright life reflected highest honor upon his religious profession, and won for him the esteem of his acquaintances. A donation supper was given at Rose Bud school house, near Alter’s Mill, last Thursday evening, for the benefit of the Methodist minister.— There was a good attendance in spite of the extreme cold weather, the exercises were agreeable, and the proAnna Burns and Mrs. Broquet were prominently instrumental in getting it up. L. Mr. Lewis Alter, teacher of school No. 1, Marion township, reports for the first month an enrollment of 23 pupils, and an average daily attendance of 16; for the second month, which ended 20th instant, an enrollment of 21, and average daily attendance of 18J. Those perfect in punctuality, attendance and deportment for the two months were Clara Coen, Charles Coen, Albert Coen, Eddie Coen; for the first month, Willie Porter; fer the second month, Emma Fulton. Dr. James Ritchey and Col, Healey attended a meeting of the Directors of the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago Railroad Company at Delphi, day before yesterday. They report nothing of interest to the public as transpiring at that meeting. However, they saw work being doneou tlie road near that city, both grading for the track and preparations for bridging the Wabash River, and several thousand dollars’ have already been expended by the Company at that point for labor and material. Last week the Republican said that “in all countries in all ages of the: world agriculture begot aristocracy.” There, now, you dirty-handed Grangers, see vvhat.kind of contemptible creatures these truthful, anti-salary-grabbing Republican papers, editors and politicians think you are! Ye cruel, cold-blooded, aristocratic fanners, stop and consider how ye have “in all countries in all ages of the world” exalted yourselves above and oppressed the poor plebian bankers, merchants, lawyers, brokers, railroad and steamboat owners, and capitalists and then hide your heads for shame! O, you naughty agricultural aristocrats, why will you act so! Mrs. Hannah Yeoman, of Newton township, died Thursday evening, January 14th, 1875, aged about 72 years. Mrs. Yeoman was among the,pioneer settlers of; Jasper county, having j moved here from Fayette county, Ohio, in 1844, before.the .Red Men had all left their favorite hunting and fishing grounds along the Iroquois. She reared a family of five sons and five daughters, all but three cf whom have settled in the county, and some of the former have been promoted to places of honor by their neighbors. Bhe lived to know of the birth of fifty and saw most of them. She died enjoying the universal esteem of a large circle of acquaintances. As was anticipated by nearly every one the proposition to levy a tax of $30,000 in Jasner county for the purpose of aiding the construction of the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago division of the Chicago & South Atlantic railroad, was defeated last Saturday; which is well enough, perhaps, as it is not altogether clear that people in remote parts of the county or at Remington would be very greatly, or even directly, benefited by it. But the townships of Marion and Newton voted township taxes for this purpose, the former amounting to $10,500 and the latter $3,100, Add these taxes to $25,000 of private subscriptions and Jasper county insures the company $38,600. This, we believe, places the people here next to those of Carroll bounty in the liberality of tneir assistance. - * Mr. Winegarden informs us that he will move the Guard office to Goodland to-day. We think this a very sensible move on the part of Mr. W, inasmuch as the citizens of Goodland have offered to stand by him and give his paper a liberal support. It is evident that this town will not pay two papers; while both probably could make a living neither could afford to publish such a paper as -this lively town requires. Goodlaud is a wide-awake, thriving town, with generous enterprising citizens, who will do well with a paper, giving it a liberal support, once they know that it is to be a permauehr r concern. Although “hot shot I’* 1 ’* have been thrown from both papers, we hold no I personal malice toward Mr, Wine-

garden or his supporters. The latter had a perfect right to give their support to whichever paper they chose, and we are not the one to find fault, with them because that paper did not happen to be the Record. But we do protest against such fellows running into a town and imposing on the people in the above manner. People here want a newspaper, one they can rely upon, and not a concern that hops off every full moon.—Remington Record. ) ' The Board of Canvassers met gt the Auditor’s office this afternoon, and made the following return. of the railroad-tax election, held last Saturdaj’, to-wit: ——_ TOWNSHIP. | FOR | A«ST, Hanging Grove 3 63 Gillam 117 Walker 77 Barkley 2 133 THarion 247 22 Jordan 28 44 Newton 45 . JL3. Keener 6 28 Kankakee 56 Wheatlield 50 Carpenter 2 358 Union 33 -Total 343 1,004 In Marion township a tax of $10,500 was carried by a vote of 255 to 19, and Newton towuship voted a tax of $3,100 by 44 to 14.

At Mrs. Halstead’s ladies’ underwear, a superior article, is now selling for twenty-five per cent, less than former prices; knit wool saques and nubias at equally low prices; also, a few of those "beaver cloaks left, which bid defiance to competition in price. Now is the time for bargains in velvet and felt hats. Closing out fdr'the season, regardless of cost.