Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1876 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

The W«jne County Republican Oonvention will convene Feb. 5. Monroe County boasts, that she hasn't a single saloon within her borders. Jeffersonville is making strenuous efforts to be declared the county seat of Clarke County. Loganspokt, according to the latest directory, lias lost about 4,000 population in j eighteen months. Ex-Ctty Collector Sansom, of Evans- ■ ville, has been declared to be a defaulter j to the extent of $5,749.68. John Warren, a Wayne County butcher, celebrated the arrival of the new year by absconding with about $4,000. Hon. J. F. Kibbey, of Richmond, the officiating Judge of the Wayne County Circuit, is mentioned as not disinclined to suljmit his name to the Republican State Convention as candidate for the Supreme Judgeship. All of the counties in the State had made their December settlements with the State Treasurer oh the Ist except Clark, Floyd, Jefferson, Knox, Kosciusko, Martin, NewtoifxPerry, Potter, Posey, Shelby, Spencer^apd>Steuben. The members of the bar in the Third Supreme Court District are casting about for a suitable man to succeed Judge Pettit, whose term expires Jan. 3, 1877. The district is composed of the counties of Tippecanoe, White, Warren, Fountain, Montgomery, Vermillion, Vigo, Putnam, Hendricks, Boone, Clinton, Tipton, Hat A . ilton, Marion and Johnson. The following were the postal in Indiana, exclusive of Presid^ jn y a f a p_ pointments, for the week erring j an> j 1876: Postmasters appointed—Belle Union, Putnam County,, A. J. Hill; Lincolnville, Wabash Co' jn ty, J. W. Billiter; Nottingham, Well',, County, William L. Swain; Jackson County, John Lausterer, Bethany, Bartholomew County, Jolui M. Hawkins; Yankeetowu, Warrick County, W. Wilson. The Indiana Stq,te Teachers’ Association, recently in session at Indianapolis, elected the following officers for the ensuiqg year; President—William H. Wiley, Terre Haute. Vice-Presidents—Miss Anna E. Lyon. Laporte; Miss S. D. Harmon, Elkhart; Mrs. J. G. Holcombe, Miss Maggie Cook. Martinsville; E. S. Wellington. New Albany; J. H. Martin, Franklin, and W. A. Boles, Shelby ville. Recording Secretary—J. Cooper. Richmond. Permanent Secretary and ex-officio Treasurer— D. Eckley Hunter, Bloomington. Executive Committee— Chairman, J. A. Zellar, Evansville; J. T. Merrill, Lafayette: J. J- MUler, Indianapolis; J. K. Walts. Logausport; L. Etn-gk. Vincennes; J. R. Frissler, Lawrenceburg, and Miss Mary Barber, Indianapolis. President of the Superintendents' Section—T. J, Charlton, Vincennes. Secretary—D. D. Blakeman, Delphi. Prof. J. H. Smart, Superintendent of Public Instruction, lias just completed the apportionment of common-school revenue for tuition purposes for the Ist of January, 1876, as follows:

COUNTIES.

No. Children B tween 6 and 21 Years Oj Age.

Total. CotUcted arid Ready for Apportionment.

Amount Apportioned to Each County.

Adams 5.337 #3.167 43 $H.?24 62 Allen 18,963 20.016 82 23.893 38 Bartholomew 7.5T0 10.099 79 9,536 20 Benton 3.257 3.353 34 4.103 82 Blackford 2.705 2.583 72 3.408 30 Boone. 4...... ;.... 9,120 10.632 41 11.491.20 Brown. 1 3.4,8 1.542 15 4.382 28 Carroll 6.251 7.536 33 7,876 26 Cass ;■ 9.288 10,796 79 11.702 88 Clark 6,831 10.568 96 11.127 06 Clay 8.235 6.503 55 10.376 10 Clinton.. 7.2:18 7.142 07 9.243 42 Crawford 4.175 1,732 86 5.200 50 Dat iess 7,400 6.539 68 9,407 16 Dearborn 10.052 7,304 04 12.665 52 Decatur 6.53 S 10.201 39 8.515 88 De Kalb 6.522 5,704 83 8.217 72 Delaware 7,125 9.490 22 8.977 50 Dubois *5.670 1,479 79 7,144 20 Elkhart 11.108 12.144 15 13.996 08 Fayette 3.50(1 5,562 27 4.465 60 Floyd 9,425 12.937 32 11.875 50 Fountain 6.474 8,502 04 8.157 24 Franklin *7.380 5.98 U 79 9.306 36 Kultou 5.091 4.037 ,22 6.414 66 Gibson 7.773 8.612 02 9.793 98 Grant 7.7:18 7.130 85 9.749 88 Greene 8.169 6,017 17 10.318 14 Hamilton 7.960, 10.263 83 10.037 16 Hancock 5.425 7,778 80 8.835 50 Harrison 7.783! 4.093 15 9.806 58 Hendricks 7.534 i 10.941 47 9.492 84 Henry 7.860 12.470 40 9.651 60 Howard 6.851 6.178 26 8.612 26 Huntington 7.479 4.917 97 9.423 54 Jackson 7.301 5.900 18 9.199 20 Jasper 3.27 1 3.006 95 4.121 46 Jajr 0.230 4.501 43 7,887 60 Jefferson 10.057 11.797 75 12.671 82 Jennings 5.88 ) 3.380 89 7.452 30 Johnson.., 6.216 11.447 51 7.512 16 Knox 9.230 9,174 10 11.629 80 Kosciusko 9.136 6,769 48 ILSII 36 Lagrange 5.063 7.084 85 6,379 38 Lake 4.843 5.710 23 6,106 48 Laporte 10.458 11.438 64 13,177 08 Lawrence 6.265 6.659 27 7.893 10 Madison 8.867 9,641 35 11,172 42 Marion 28.925 70.637 88 86.445 52 Marshall 7.944 6.077 04 10.009 44 Martin' 4.677 2.698 15 5,893 0* Miami 8.241 9.021 69 10.383 66 Monroe 5.519 5.380 13 6.953 94 Montgomery 8.654 16.352 10 10.904 64 Morgan 6.522 8.303 37 8.217 72 Newton 2.685 1.829 88 3.383 10 Noble 7.630 8,094 15 9.613 80 Ohio 1.904 2.135 62 2.399 04 Orange 5.095 3.741 96 6,419 70 Owen 6.055 5.776 60 7.629 30 Parke 6.877 9.871 01 8.665 02 Perry 6.654 3.053 72 8.384 04 Pike V.'. 5,582 1.671 05 7.033 32 Porter 5.135 5.802 05 6.470 10 Posev 7,842 5.168 56 9.880 93 Pulaski 3.454 2.319 68 4.442 52 Putnam 7,621 12.207 S 6 9.602 46 Randolph 8.458 8.276 44 10.657 06 Ripley 7.937 4.608 22 10,000 62 Rush 6,276 11.242 43 7.907 76 Scott 2.935 1,651 07 3.696 10 Shelby 3.404 11.496 82 10.589 04 Spencer 9.326 4.381 52 11.750 76 Starke 1.804 956 48 2.273 04 Steul>en 4.911 5.046 43 6.187 86 St. Joseph 9.843 12,556 05 12.402 18 Sullivan 7.731 6,021 35 9.741 08 Switzerland 4.630 5.833 80 Tippecanoe 13.387 15 382 57 16.867 62 Tipton 5.267 2.942 82 6.636 42 Union 2.408 J. 047 77 8.034 08 Yauderburg 16.ik«, 15.002 57 21.401 56 Vermillion 8,997! 6.593 78 5.036 22 Vigo 13.7101 17.435 68 17,274 60 Wabash 8.6591 9 343 84 10.910 34 Warren 8 810 ! 6.403 88 4.800 60 Warrick 7.575 4.251 62 9.544 50 Washington 6.835 4.147 88 8.612 10 Wavue 11.881 22.96 )05 14.970 06 Wells 5.736 4.8 756 7,227 36 White 4.310 5.219 99| 5.430 60 Wbitlev 5.569 5.231 45j 7.016 94 Normal School ) 7.500 00 Totals 607.736 $732,133 88 $5i9.104 88

Total collection from counties $732,183 38 State interest paid 117,1*18 50 Balance in Treasury at last apportionment ... 4/73:09 Switzerland Cotjntr estimated to pay.. 3,000 00 Balance of former over payments and underpayments 1,193 55 Unclaimed fees collected by Attorney- „ General... 507 80 Total t $658,041 83 Deduct additional amount apportioned to W ella County in Mar, 1875 6,192 16 Balance readv for apportionment $853,819 16 Amount apportioned. 849.104 68 Balance in Treasury $1,744 28