Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1879 — Jasper County exports. [ARTICLE]

Jasper County exports.

Special eom’ i'orfleiH'," of Tin: t'Niox. Montickllo, January 27th.— If you would like to learn from this end of the narrow gauge, listen. Tlte great beautiful orh of day has many times during the pa&t week unveiled bis face and lookedp&bwn upon the earth with melting tenderness. Jack Frost has reluctantly packed his trunk, but pray don’t let any one think that the old gentleman proposes to go just yet. 110 lingers to hear the shrill bugle of the sand hill crane returning from the land of sunshine before taking hie farewell. The ice on the Tippecanoe liver which has been a source of fear to the whole household of faith, at present writing bids fair to break up and move away without injury to the new railroad bridge. Every precaution has been taken by Air. G. W. Alurkley, bridge superintendent, and road master John C. Conner, to have everythinsr in readiness for' the break. The piers have been well weighted with stone, and it is thought everything is secure unless the dam, just above tire bridge, breaks under tire tremendous pressure of ice and water. Traffic over tbe Indianapolis, Delphi Jb Chicago railroad ts-strtt on the increase. Within the last thirty-d»vs 2,000 head of hogs and 20,000 bushels of corn have been shipped out of Jasper county over this railroad alone. The market value of these shipments may be safely estimated at $20,000. These were her actual exports of these two productions alone for the time mentioned. I might slafe further that had the Louisville, New A 1 bany &, Chicago railroad been able to furnish the cars required, her exports would have been at least £O,OOO bushels of com more during the same period. Who says that old Jasper has no agricultural re* sources? And to what an almost unlimited.extcul are they j et capa-

hie of being developed.

Y. MOUS.