Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1879 — State Ifems. [ARTICLE]

State Ifems.

An Ambia, Benton oonnty,dealcr shipped 100,000 ‘bushels of com during the month of February. John Holleit, of Remington, was in this ’city la*t sabbath, visiting his parents.— Vtifparaiso Mestenger. One hundred and fifteen persons have connected themselves with lire Methodist Episcopal church at Leesburg at a revival recently in progress there. The earnings ofthe Indianapolis, Delphi <fc Chicago railroad for the month of January were $1,400. T|iis is a favorable showing for a road with but 2G miles in operation. —Monticello Herald. Two female-surgeons at Crown Point, Mrs. Bedell and Mrs. White, recently removed an adipose tumor, cocoanut shape, weighing one ponnd and two ounces, from the bip of Mr. Albert Kilborn. William A. Hopkinsand wife, of Goodland, formerly citizens of Jasper county where they have rolatiyes and many friends, celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedded life, week belore last. Rev. Carson Parker, formerly pastor of the Unitarian church at Valparaiso, has been converted to Catholicism, and on last Sunday was baptised into the Roman Catholic church by Father O'Reilly. Captain Manning, who superintends the government improvements of the Michigan City harbor, states that there is on hand >49,000 of the government appropriation of last year for harbor work, to which will now be added >40,000 just appropriated by Congress.

Thus saith the Fowler Era-. Our justices seem to be somewhat agitated over their last drunk. Their attention has been called to the statute of 1873 prohibiting officers from becoming intoxicated during office hours. Walker says the statute is repealed, Calais says it is unconstitutional. Gen. R. H. Milroy, formerly a citizen of Rensselaer, now Indian agent in Washington Territory, recently visited his sons in Hanover college, and while there “delivered an interesting address concerning the customs ofthe Indian*, and a statesman like discussion of the Indian question.” The LaFayet’.e Courier says there are too many men hanging around the streets of that city wi*hont visible means of support, who wear good clothes and are seldom broke, and intimates that they are not strictly honest. It suggests, as a remedy, that they ought to be given twenty-four hours in which to leave the city. Miss Henderson, an octaroon, recently died of consumption at LaPorte. She was considered as perhaps the handsomest woman in the state. A number ofphysicians were willing to pay almost any price for one other hands, Which they considered the most perfect in existence. She had sat a number of times as a model for artists and

sculptors. A West Creek correspondent of the Lowell Enterprise, speaking of a recent wedding in which a citizen of Jasper county took a very prominent part, says; Mr. Wm. Potter, of Jasper county, and Miss Holds Bartholomew, of this county, were united in matrimony on the 3rd inst. About forty guest were in attendance and witnessed the ceremony. Mr. Potter has been married twice before and has a small family of eleven children.” Gooland Register-. Many of our readers probably noticed the following dispatch in the Chicago Times a few days since: The town of Rensselaer is considerably excited over the sudden denth of Dr. Moss, a few days ago. Suspicion of foul play is so strong that the Citizens of that place are demanding an exam illation of the body. The Rensselaer Union of last week, in a column article, proves the above to be maliciously false in every particular. Dr. Moss died from rheumatism of the heart, pot a rare disease in this country. No doubt the pusillanimous news-mon-ger who sent dispatch wanted the 40 cents allowed by the Timss for a small “startler.” “P. M.’s” communication was re-cetvclTbriMe-for thia week, ««.—•