Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1877 — Remington Gossip. [ARTICLE]

Remington Gossip.

A Union reporter write* under date of Hay Hlh, that the parties who were engaged In the recent ■hooting affray we*l of Remington are a* follow* Two eon* «♦ Jame* Gray, a sqn of John. Z. May, two iona of Jonathan Rank and Ed* ward Barkley. 4 One of the Grays was in the jaw, and th e oilier one is compelled lo travel on crntcbep, having'been wonndyd in the lege. Mr. May’* son was shot in the groin, and it was thought at first was most aartoualy wounded, bathe is around again and has gone to work. Mr. Rank’s bays are all right, their wounds proving to be only trifling. Ed. Barkley was Durnt in the hip, principally, bat will be well in a few days. Censure does not attach so strongly to Frank McMannos now as it did at first, since it is learned that the shooting waa not done till the third night’s disturbance. He was hasty, however, and ought not to have attempted to take the law into bis own hands. No arrests have been made aa yet.

The corporation election in this place resulted in a republican victory, the entire board of trustees being of that persuasion. Some of the firey democrats tried to bulldose the board into appointing; a marshal hut at last accounts were not likely to succeed. With what dogged pertinacity a democrat will hold to the shadow ot a chance for an office! An astronomical observatory in the western confines of town is very attractive to many of the inhabitants. The shades of evening scarcely begin to settle down before scores of men, old and young, take up positions in front aud rear of the observatory and elevate their instruments. Is it not strange that they do not select some elevated point lo look from? And stranger yet, no two of these scientific gen tlemeti seem to agree as to tiie heavenly objects, but point in different directions. What are they looking for? I never heard of solar eclipses after night, did you? Do astronomers generally use smoked glass to look at stars before they are up? However, nocturnal eclipses of the sun may occur, and I judge they do, because so niuuy of these gentlemen are so deeply interested in making observations. But, pray tell me, does bop-beer confined iu junk bottles, with only an inch bole to look through bring the stars down? or does it serve to elevate tire amateur? This is a profound study and I think the deep drafts taken in breathless suspense by these Hoosier scientists thirsting for knowledge and netting it thus ought to provoke a solution of the mystery they arc engaged in, or lead other noble minds to follow their example, as no doubt it will. Would it not be well for our public spirited county commissioners to make a liberal donation i\.r the erection of a more commodious building for au observatory, and the introduction of better instruments {'no* of greater magnitude, but with modern improvements) than these hand grenades? Prof. Connor cannot keep up such 0 corps of learned scholars with all the* appliances, though they are simple, much longer, and he ought not to be expected to contribute to the public good with so small a return. But public servants have always been neglected. Question: If a man or .boy will give twenty cents to look at these shifting scenes and boast that it pays, how much more is it worth iu sport and profit to pour good cool water down a ratho!e till the vermin squeals tor dear life?

Valparaiso papers gave an acconnt last w’eek of a sail ami frightful accident which occurred at that place on Saturday night of week before last. John and Thomas Howe, both young men and weiTfcnown residents of the “Vale,” mounted a freight traiu intending ioride part way home, and in attempting to-jump from the top of one oar to another while »h« train was in motion, the latter slipped Mild fell between the cars, p.*rt of the train pausing over his body rutting off his legs about the liips, severing them from the body. As s'obn h« possible the train was stopped and the poor fellow’s brother and the hrakcman ran back to the scene of the accident and found that fig was dead.