Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1876 — BASEBALL. The Game Last Monday the Best Ever Played in the County. [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL. The Game Last Monday the Best Ever Played in the County.

An Exciting Contest and a Narrow Escape. The match game of baseball played at this place last Monday, between the Olnmsies, ot Remington, and Clippers, of Rensselaer, was decidedly the most interesting and exciting ot any garno ever played in Jasper county. At the close of the ninth inning the game was a tie, each club having scored eleven tallies, and- consequently it was necessary to play another inning to decide the game. The tenth inning resulted in the addition of three tallies to the Clippers' score while the Clumsies only succeeded in adding two to theirs, thus giving the game to the Clippers by the “skin of their teeth,” the score standing 14 to 13. Both clubs played with evident determination of winning, as the result shows, and the game was almost a perfect one. We would like to give a full report of each man’s playing did space permit, but suffice it to say that all played remarkably well and the game which professional clubs might well feel proud of. We venture to say that no game ever went off smoother or more pleasant than did this one. The Remington club is composed ot gentleman in every tense of the word, and the many friends they made while here is certainly sufficient evidence of the fact that they are all number one good fellows. The umpire, Mr. Walker Jeffries, is deserving of special mention, for if ever an umpire discharged his duties to the perfect satisfaction of all parties, Mr. Jeffries certainly did on this occasion. His decisions we>-e always prompt, just and impartial, and his manner of umpiring the game won for him a host of warm friends at this place. The second gamewill be played at Remington next Monday.

While chasing a cow yesterday Ynorning, a few miles north of Rensselaer, Mr. Thos. McCoy attempted to make his horse jnmp a ditch, but the ditch being too wide, the horse anti rider wont to the bottom of it, and as they landed, the llorec fell upon oiie of Tommy’s legs, crushing it in a frightful manner. He was brought to town and Dr. Loughridge being called the broken bones were and it is thought Tommy will be able to be out again in acouple of weeks.

Miss Fannie Wood recently added to the floral ornaments of our office a magnificent plant of the nmaranthus tricolor. It stands about 30 inches high and is clothed with a variegated foliage of dark green, crimson mulberry,, bright crimson and pale yellow colors—all brilliant and sharply outlined. It is an attractive ornament, nearly as interesting as its beautiful donor, who, of course, is heartily thanked.

A St. Joseph eounty farmer raised, this year, on oak opening soil, twenty-five acres of wheat which produced 904$ bushels by weight; or an average of bushels ‘per acre. It was the Fnßz variety. F "••• ” A Lonisiaha gentleman visiting Plymouth, liid., brought two hundred mocking birds with him to sell.

The<SM«ha6 no ooufidcnce in democracy, and has none in those who have. Henoeittakesnostockincoaliliou tickets, believing no permanent good will be gained by such, and cares nothing about voluminous communications extolling indepen-dent-democratic candidates. If the independent party cannot get along without dividing the ticket with the democracy, let her die. If a county or a district independent organization, to obtainlocal success, joins hands with the democrats or • republicans aud places in the field a hybrid ticket, they deterve defeat. When independents act independent in all thivgt , then ultimate success is assured, but Hot bef'ore. —Indianapolis Sun.

Against all democratic charges of corruption, we put the solid, incontrovertable fact, that thirty democratic committees of the bouse of congress, after investigating for eight mouths, to the neglect of all other public business, and outraging all deceucy in the process of investigation, cannot point to a single dollar stolen from the treasury of the people.—Logan *port Journal. !