Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1879 — Page 1

UOIACB *. JAMS*. MXIIVIH «. CISSKL. JfAMBS ft CISSgL, J ' i raOFBWOU Oft TftE RENSSELAER UNION, HBNSSILACB. j AariK COONTV, INC, Ob* fiopr one roar, $1; ill month*. 50c«nU; thro* months, (.thirteen w**k*), ti c*nU; a/mtyi 4tuh In odvanc*. SinJfle copy,» c*nt»; two cop. ■«*, t oenta; more thnn two cople*, S cent* each. A D VF.RTISJSG 'SCUKPVLK—Hte oppoalt* corner of tills- page for term* auu price of ■rtvertliiug in till* newopaper. JOS PR Hi T/yO.—A large assortment of type' mi 4 Other material for poster, pamphlot, • Iroular and klndrwl work, l'rloe* low.

W. H. & C: Rhoades OPEN FOR THE SPRING TRADE. GREAT REDUCTION. I3ST HAIRINESS. '„ > , All good* in our line reduced from 20 to 26 per ceut. for cash only. A~GOOD SEWING MACHING FOR $25. Needles, Machine Extras, etc., always on hand. Also an extensive'stock of Saddles, Bridles, Whips, Trunks, Valises, Saddlery Hardware, Leather Findings, Collars, Brushes and Combs. CARRIAGE TRIMMING and leather repairing a specialty. New Shop and Sales Room south side of Washington street, Rensselaer, Indiana. ■' "■■>l. ■ ' 1 —' 11 ‘ Just Received A. S. LA RUE Has just received and has now on exhibition at his place of business in Leopold’s Cornsr, opposite A. McCoy and Thompson’s bank, a largo and fresh supply of CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, whioh he proposes to sell as cheap as the oheapost. He also keeps constantly on hand a full line of Cigars, Tobacco, Confectionery, Queensware, Canned Fruits, Nuts, Stationery, etc. Give him a call. T. M. JONES," (Late of Kankakee City) MBRCHMIT TAILOR. Opposite the Post-Office. Suits for Men, Youths and Children out and made. Work warranted. FUlt iINE OF PIECE fiOODS Kept iu stock. The finest, best and "Cheapest HOOte-vrer opened in tteynwnc Jasr. Call and see. Orders solicited. STOVES. Office, Parlor and Kitchen STOVES, Wood and Coal Burners, KITCHEN RANGES, For Wood or Coul Burning, Kitchen Hardware, TINWARE, &c. t At CHILDERS’S.

Tin Work a Specialty. R.FENDIG DBAIiXSR IST Dry Goods, CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS. BOOTS, SHOES, &C. IN THE Nowelsßuild’g ONE DOOR BELOW POST OFFICE. Excellent Stock, Low Prices, Honest Dealing. A finer, better or cheaper stock of Qeneral Merchandise is not found in any house hi Jasper county. OVERCOATS For Mon and Boys Greatly Reduced in Prices. DRESS GOODS For Ladies, Misses atid Children Lates t Patterns Very Cheap. Boots and Shoes For Men. Women, Youths, Misses and Children, of the Standard Manufacturers. Everybody Invited TO OAIjZi APffD Inspect Goods and Prices

THE RENSSELAER UNION.

VOLUME 11.

HARPER W. SNYDER, Attorney at Law, REMINGTON, Jasper County,’lndiana. Dr. G. A. MOSS, v Physician and Surgeon, In Spltler’s Brick Building, Oppohte Conrt House, Rensselaer. Dr. J. H. LOUGHRIDGE, PHYSICIAN AND SURCEON, Ten per cent, interest will be added to all accounts running unsettled longer than 3 months. Dr. MOSES B. ALTER, PHYSICIAN AND BUitaEON, At W. J. Imcs’s Drug Store. ^ —DR. 0. e. LINK, HOMEOPATHIST. In Austin's Hotel, Rensselaer, Ind. MORDECAI F. CHILCOTE, Attorney at Layv, Rensselaer, Indiana, Attends to at! Business of the Profession witli promptness and despatch. % (Mice on Washington .Street, opposite the Court House. Simon F. Thompson, David J. Thompson, Attorney Lit Line. Notary Public.

THOMPSON & BRO., Attorneys at Law, Rensselaer, Indiana, Practice in all the Courts. We pay particular attention to paying taxes, selling and leasing landsTCARZON t. ePITLI-R. Collector and Abstracter. ’M , B. S. DWIGGINS. ZIMRI DWIGGINS R. 8. & Z. DWIGGINS. Attorneys at Law AND LOAN BROKERS. One Hundred Thousand Dollars to Loan on lirst mortgage, on live years time, at nine per cent, interest, in sums of t>3oo or oVer. —: FRANK W. BABCOCK, Attorney at Law And Real Estate Broker. Practices in all Courts of Jasper, Newtonand Benton counties. Landsexamined. Abstracts of Title prepared. Taxes paid .■* Collections a specialty. Daniel B. Hiller. James W. Donthit MILLER & DOUTHIT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Notaries Public and Collectors. . Ditch and road petitions and reports carefully prepared, titles examined, abstracts made, collections promptly attended to. Office in Stan’s Building, up-stairs, third door. IRA W. YEOMAN, attorney atlaw Notary Public, Real Estate. Collection & Ins Agent. All legal instrumentscarefully written. (Mice over Narrow Gauge Store. A. MdCOY & THOMPSON, BANKERS AND CATTLE BROKERS, Buy and 'sell domestic exchange, make collections -on all- available points; pay Interest on specified time deposits, etc. Hours from 0 o’clock a. m. to 4 o’clock p. m.

Prof. Tice’s National Weather Almanac, FRIOII 20 OETJTS, FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. BY MAIL 20 CENTB. floor, Salt and Sugar Largest Stock in Jasper County, 12 Pounds y Sugar,]!; 7 Ms (id Cie, $i TEAS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS .A. SPECIALTY. ' r-s • p-n zv -ra m hw? mm hmm JmV rJmV ap - ——^

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, MARCH 20th, 1879,

*77 a Month and expenses xuarante*d to <4>» * AfrenU. Outfit fr*o; SHAW A CO., Anguata, Maine. K. A Dwiggins, Zimri Owiggini, ’ Prtt't. CauMtr. Citizens’ Bank, REX SHE LA ER, tXDIAXA. Does n general hanking business; gives apodal attention to collections; remittances made on day of.payment at current rute of cxcliango; iuterost paid on balance*; certificate* bearing interest issued; exchange bought and sold. This bank own* tho burglar safe, which took tin) premium at the Chicago Exposition in 1878. This safe ip protected by-oncof Sargent’s time look". The bank vnult used Is as good as cun be built. It will bo seen from tlio foregoing that this bank furnishes ns good security to as can be furnished. LESLIE C. GRANT, BLACKSMITH. Shop at Terhune’s old stand on Front street. All work warranted. Call. GROCERIES, Cigars, Tobacco, CONFMOIRY, SC. WEST 8008 ABOVE AUSTIN’S HOTEL. Xj. TXJTEXJJRGEORGE GRAUEL, Maker of and Dealer in lURBSS, SADDLES,

Bridles, Whips, Blankets, &c. Repairing Done Promptly. Front Street, below Washington. FIT 2 W. BEDFORD DEA-LEn X3NT AGRICULTURAL iiiii warn Tliresheis, Reapers, Mowers, Rakes. Eagle Cultivators and Harrows. The celebrated Furst & Bradley, Jones and Oiliver Chilled Plows. NEWTON WAGONS AND BUGGIES. Riding and Walking Cultivators. Browti Corn Planters. All kinds of Field, Gardens Barn and Stable Implements. Farm Hardware. VICTOR SCA.IjES For-Hay, Cattle and Railroad Tracks.. Also, Building Paper, Lime, Plastering Hair, Cement, Pumps, &o. Field and Carden Seeds In bulk or by the small package. Farm and Garden Products sold at retail. Oi\2 door above “Shanghai.”

Bologna Sassage, T. j A. JL-fi. JLJ, Fresh Heat. Bologna Sausage 8} cts per lb. Fork “ O “ “ Coice Leaf Lard (i “ “ Pork Steak 4 to 6 “ “ Best lees Steak T “ “ Fore Quarter <5 “ “ C hoice (toasts 6 “ “ Bolling Fleets 3, 4 “ T BEDFORD & SHARP’S New Meat Store. MK A T -J - AT Resumption Prices. Best Beef Steaft 7 cts per ib. Fore Quarter Steak 6 dc Choice Beef Roasts 6 do Boiling Pieces 3 to 4 do Pork Steak 4 to 5 cts per Ib. Pork Sausage only 6 do ‘ Choice Leaf Lard at 7 do Bologna Sausage 10 cts per Ib. AT THE LIBERAL OLD Reliable Meat Store JACOB EIGLESBACH.

Moral Instructor. —The papers say th*t “Major Burk, of C'nauncy, will very ably disohargu the duties of deputy warden”, when Mr. Murdock succeeds Mr. Mayno as warden ot thojiprtl'ern penitentiary ; and tjiatS. E. Sidner, as Orawfordsvillo, will be clerk of that institution. This arrangement nlmost insures the selection of Rev. Hope B. Miller for moral instructor. We take it that a man of the kindly manners, plain and unpretentious exterior of Mr. Miller, coupled with the sincerity of his appeals to tho human heart to repent, reform and sin no more, will find less difficulty in approaching and moving tho sympathies and better natures of the class of men to whom he will be called to minister than the more gundy and pretentious and aristocratic gentlemen who are his competitors. But in the event that the choice of the board of directors proves to bo Mr. Miller, keen pangs of bitter disappointment are in store for more than one heart of that colony whom the Sentinel's correspondent says were rejected by the authorities Monday of last week because of their upon their arrival” at Michigan City; for if The Union knows the temper of the new board of directors, Jasper county is not likely to have a very large official representation in that institution, indeed she need not exoect that more than one hungry mouth can be provided for there. The Union feels warranted in observing that Mr. Miller will be the gentleman provided for unlefis it shall be that men'in whom he has been led to place confidence prove treacherous to the hopes they have purposely ih«piredjn his breast.

United Bhktiiren. —ln all kindness and good feeling The Union is compelled to decline a class of correspondence that, however good and interesting jmd seemingly beneficial to mankind, is better adapted to the columns of a newspaper specially devoted to religious information than to one that is exclusively secular. Notices of meetings, accounts oT and statistical information relating to local religious work, are properly included in the department wherein The Union attempts to serve. But gb struct disquisitions or controversial writings are entirely foreign to its field. The Union is not the advocate of any theory of sect or retig ion, nor is it the opponent of theo logical teachings, any more than is the telegraph, the steam engine, or »fiy other medium for the trail stniasion of thought and action. It has its peculiar place in which and for which to work, just as papers devoted to scientific discoveries, the several arts, religion, education, law, medicine, Sunday schools, etc., etc., have theirs, each its owrf. Therefore should tho articles of “United Brethren,” for whom the writer has formed an exceedingly friendly opinion, fail of appearance 4n these columns, let there follow neither disappointment nor chagrin. Human nature, as seen-from an editor’s poit-af observation, is 1 ike a ferocious wild animal; harmless -enough in slumber, but dangerous to peace and life when aroused in anger and intoxicated by the scent of blood. On tho most of men sectarian discussionsproduee much the same effect that the spied ot blood produces upon a famished tiger of the jungles.

Political Honor.—The Valparaiso Messenger asks what the editor ot Tuk Union knows about politic al honor? Well let us illustrate that subject by a statements Hants. Mr. Charles Jouvenat, editor of the Crown Point Star, was a citizen oi Remington, Jasper count)’, last year, and a conspicuous member ot the democratic party then as now. In the 30th judicial circuit therewere three regular candidates for prosecuting attorney, noiiiinnted respectively by the republican, national'wnd democratic parties. Im mediately proceeding election day tho democracy of Jasper counts clandestinely substituted upon their tickets the name of tho national candidate for prosecutor for that ot their regular and even democrat in the county, save D. B. Miller ulonl*, endorsed the shabby trick. Mr, Jouvenat had knowledge of this matter iiiid consented to v it.v into

Lake comity, thujgentiemaii vigor- ! ously denounces tho Porter county j democracy and the Valparaiso Met setsfer lor pursuing a course precisely identical towards the democratic candidate for Congress. ! This, dear brother Messenger, is one [ thing that The Union knows about political honor aS illustrated by at least one democratic teacher.

More and Better Work.

Special corrcipoucUnoo of Tjie]Uniok. How strange, and yet how true it is, that parents are seen daily to permit their children to gatj the streets in rags and filth instead of teaching them lessons of industry. Surely God will not hold such pa-, rents guiltless of a henious crime against society • and themselves. Parents ought to be careful to train up their offspring to practice habits of industry and cleanliness. Work makes everything easy. Then why not go to work at once ? Clean and scour houses, wash and mend clothes and try to attain the rank of respectability instead of groveling in obscurity and degradation. Look about and see if some improvement may not be made. Be industrious and frugal. Try to do something to benefit somebody. I hate the idea of hi ing dependent upon anybody. Temperance, industry and frugality patiently practiced will not only place us above want, but will soon find us in position to help our afflicted worthy neighbors. If we would be loaders let us first set good examples in our own households. f Let -ns imitate - otir Savi or as much as possible—dress plainly, keep cleanly, live frugally, be industrious, and do all good possible to our fellow-men. Let ns take heed to onr ways that our days may be long in the land which the Lord our God has given us. Let us be up and doing while it is called today and look with steadfast faith for the better "day*-, which will surely come and is not far off from the prudent man. United Brethren-

Jordon Township Matters.

Special correspondence of The Uniov. March 17 —Some spring wheat and oats were sown in this neighborhood and south of us last week. Frank Welsh and Matie Bullts were married last Wednesday. Another wedding is mentioned as among the early probabilities. Mr. Calkins is keeping a small grocery on the west road between Remington and Rensselaer. Mr. Wahl Iras traded his farm for land in Kansas and wiWnibyc as soon as the weather and health of his family permits. The old gentleman and lady have had feeble health all winter. Mr. James Kays has rented the Walil farm for one year and moved on to it last week. Egypt school terminated suddenly last Monday in an exhibition gotten up by the teacher and some of his boy pupils which was not provided for in the contract with the trustee and notcreditable to the actors. School No. 6, John Paris teacher," closed last Friday. The teacher gave .general satisfaction*.

Pleasant Ridge Gossip.

Special Correspondence of Tbk Umos. Pleasant Ridge, March 11.— About 200 head of hogs were shipped Irom here last Saturday. The seliool term closed at 3 o’clock p. in. last Saturday. At night the pupils gave an interesting entertainment; the house was crowded with spectators, and teacher and pupils felt well paid for their trouble with thefiraise they received. The citizens return sincere thanks for the good behavior of all who witnessed the performance. The pupils unite in love and esteem for Miss Eva Halstead, theiv patient and industrious teacher. Maggie. Parkison and Estella Johnson received prizes'for showing most improvement in penmanship. Emma Gwin and Josie Parkison were perfect in conduct, recitation and punctual attendance^for the term. Jessie G win was made happy last week t>v the birth of a bov iu his housenold. ‘ P. M. By convening the pxtra session. >f tho legislature before the memrefs went homo Governor Williams ■saved, to the taxpayers SD,OOO in mileage. A tew morti such atTsand his excellency will fall intoi republicaii habile as naturally as though horn to~b i .. .

State Gossip.

Gen. R. 11. Mih'oy was at. Dylplii last week. The growing wheat looks splendidly in Pulaski county. If the Tribune is reliable a terrible lawless condition must prevail at South Betid for even the maple buds are shooting. A contract has been awarded to a Chicago firm for the delivery of 2,500 cords of stone for harbor ipiprovemonts at Michigan City. The Herald tells of a saloon keep--al Lupuriu, Whose name m John West ens el ter, having recently closed up his business for conscience sako, Elijah Massey, of Rolling Prairie, has a daughter five years old that weighs 84 pounds. She is said to be unusually bright, perfect in form and feature—“as pretty as a picture.’' Preparations are being made for ■ffTo,building of a first class flouring, mill at Otis, the crossing the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago and Michigan Southern tfc Lake Shore .rail roads. Governor Williams in his message to the special session of the legislature expressed an uncomplimentary opinion of that democratic body, and the popular verdict en dorses his views on that subject. Phillips, Goff and Barkley, the Jasper county youngsters who were recently indicted in Porter county for stealing wheat, were tried last week, convicted, and sentenced to one year each in the northern pen

ilentiary. Mr. Fred Schausten, of Michigan City was appointed to an SI,BOO clerkship in the war department at Washington City. He made a gal lant but unsuccessful race for sheriff of Laporte county at the last election, having been nominated by the republicans. Captain Manning has taken harbor sounding at Michigan City and tells the editor of the Enterprise that there is good eleven feet of water in the channel. Upon which that paper continents that it is the first time in many years that it has not been necessary to dredge out bars between piers on opening of navigation. 11. N. Ingersol of Newton county thinks that the time has about come when “silence under oppression has ceased to be a virtue. Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.” In other words Mr. Ingersoll thinks it would be a good thing to inaugurate a little rebellion. And possibly it might be for a few such greenback idiots.

After a Sew Dress.

From Delphi Times. On Tuesday, as Will Rinehart, Hull Itskin and John Lyons were engaged in driving a cow through the city from the south side, the animal exhibited even an unusual amount of pure, unadulterated cussedness. First she objected to entering the bridge across Deer creek and boldly plunged into the water from tlie abutment. After leaving she wae4ndweed to cross the bridge, hut under no circumstances would she consent to be driven up town. After vainly endeavoring to elude the drivers, she finally got away by jumping from the stone wall at Moore’s planing mill into the creek again. The distance to the water was fully ten feet, hut the cdidhrute animal was not injured in the least, aifd struck out boldly for tho south shore. Finally the drivers succeed in get-Trog-ker up to Main street, when she became frantic, and in the endeavor to escape rushed up the stairU’ay in Bowen’s new block, next door to tbe"7VW* office. The brute mounted the stairs as readily apparently as a child, and when captured was iu the act ot exploring the mysteries of Mrs. Crane’s dress-making establishment. After some trouble, she was induced to descend, and when last seen was going east, on Main street, seemingly seeking other openings for miss chief.

Will Give S100,00.

From Delphi Sun. \¥e understand that Burlington township oilers SIQO,OGO to have the Indianapolis, Delphi «&Ohienga railway pass through .Burlington, and that Flora offers to do as. well proportionately.. That is UftHtiod of talk that the railroad men like to hear, and it may ein Brookston and Frankfort out, as well-as straighten the lino somewhat' between this point and Indianapolis. Tho Burlingtotiitms, being isolated, wantr'a direct outlet to the world .ALtoS

NUMBER 27.

In the annuls of modem book publishing nothing b«s been accomplished to approach in oxcelUnce end etiespness Iho "Dollar Series of Go»d Book*,’’ published by T, B. Peterson & Brothers, of Philadelphia.. Some of the very best works in cotUemporaneous literature have already been given a place in Ibis series. Not only have tbe publishers culled in choicest fields for rare works, but they have enshrined the worthy works selected in sightly and durable cask' ets, and wisely and praiseworthy they have ignored tbe catch penny device of printing a famous work from worn type on paper of wretched quality and then binding it badly in flimsy paper covers. As a continuafioif of this remarkable “Dollar Series’’ the Mosars. Peterson have jus* issued "Woman’s Wrongs,” by Mrs. Eiloart, being an entire? ly true yet graphic description df the legal wrongs that' English wives and mothers wed to worthless husbands are "compelled to endure. Since the days wbren Charles Dickens wrote in the prims cf his great powers there has been no such arraignment, of a bad English law as Mrs.. Eiloart truthfully and powerfully portraysia this powerful, wonderful, and absorbing novel. Othe r volumes of the "Dollar Series” are “A Woman’s Thoughts About Women,” by -Miss Mulock. "My Son’s Wife,” “Self-. Love,’’ “Out of the Depths,” “Saratoga, - ’ “The Tride of Life,” "'fho Lover’.* Trial*,” by Mrs. M. A. Denison. "The Orphan’s Trials,” by Emerson Bennett. “Lost Mr Msssin’gberd” by James Payn, “The Old Patroon,” by Maitland. "Harem Life in Egypt and Constantinople,” "Cora Belmont,” “Tbe Refugee,” "The Rector's "ife,” "Aunt Patty's Scrap Bag,” "The Coquette,” “The Matchmaker.” “’t he Story of Elizabeth,” “l’ho Rival Belles,” “Flirtations in Fashionable Life,” "Two Ways to Matrimony.” “The Devoted Bride,” “Lova and Duty,” "Country Quarters,” "The Heiress in the Family,” “Tho Man of the World,” “The Queen’s Favorite,” "The Cavalier,“Lifo of Edwin Forrest," “Woodburn Grange,” by the late William How it t. “A Lonely Life.” “The Macdeimote,” by Trollope, “Panola,” by Mrs 1 . Dorsey. “Treason at Home," “The-Beau-tiful Widow,” ••Edward Wortley Montgue.” Thny are the best, largest, handsomest, ei.d cheapest series of books ever published, and are all issued in uniform style, in 12mo. form, bound in red,, blue, or tan velititn , with gold and black sides and book, and arc sJd aklke..lost, price of ou« dollar each, while they are as large as any book* published at §l.toand s2.ooeach. Every family and every library should have in it some if not a complete set of Petersons’ “Dollar Series.” They will be found - for sale by all booksellers and news agents, and on all railroad trains, or copies of any will be sent to any place, at oneo, per mail, post-paid, on receipt of ft.oo for each oiip wanted, by T. B. Peterson, k' Brothers , Philadelphia, Pa. School Report. —A. M. Mnndeu, teacher, reports for Brushwood school, Union township, for term ending March 11, 1879, Its lolfowp: Enrolled 28 scholars; average daily attendance firsit month 18. 7, seeoncL month 17, 1, third month 18, fourth month 15, for entiro term 17. 2, Those perfect in punctuality ami attendance tho* first month were Willie Rowen, Alex Itoweri, Arthur Anderson, Ella Rowen, Minnie Martin, Eddie MoCoUjv Charlea IthtColly Alice Anderson, Femamly Miller; for seoond month Arthur Anderson and Alice Anderson; for fourth month AKhur Anderson and! Willie Rowen. There were 134 cases of tardiness, i 1 ‘ ’ T 1 . 9 St. Patrick's I)aV passt d nft&tf* fhVved at this,plslo4, , '

ADViaTI-Uu K«Tk* *MI) T Oue column, one year * Half »u, •liiaiUr nel, “ Eighth cut. •* v- toe* t'fnafinfial part* ut djsihMlnflM Ihutncs* enrdt not eierenln* onr ln*«i*pa<« |6u >■«>.** lutvnia U*MiU.*. ixiui 4Jii<.« (MAlth* All legal notices and advca'tlatluruK, ai at * ■■Mm* . nuc, each publication thercattei S wet* a f •* Yearly si* t* rhangerfer.e change IA three iw>.ntil«V<4 «• optionor lhci«dv*iit»er, be*ot ealra rkwK*. - Advertisement* lc>r pet atm* r«*»KWv n» < S •laspcr county must hep»M for tti ttdvirhe* ar tint pubUmtW ii. when Nw* than «»i*»q»*»♦** calumn In »l*e; and quartet Vj >a ai r an** »I*«* • ; - "nifrrihir

Major Smith's Report of the Cost of Improving the Kankakee River.

Major Smith,,Who made a r*cuß»pi*ar><;n of the Kankakee river lu»t sttrtnner, with tho view of deciding tho question of in nnvignble condition, lit* made a report quite favorable to the proposition, so far as it* praelieabilhy i* concerned. He estimates I he cost of improving tho river firbnj Momente, Illinois, up to the state line at $■150,000; from the elate line up the river 160 miles, $160,000. Major Smith any*: Thu System to be pursued in these improvement* would have in view simply a deepening, and, to a small extent, straight'! eniug lhe ehnuuel. The deepening ot the chut:nel will require; I. The removal of snags. 2. The removal of bars. These will disappear to a con.-iderabic extent by the removal of snag* around which' ibvy have formed. Those then remaining can bo rcadtly-uut awpy by increasing the vel? oeity of tlie current, through the agency ol wing-dams nnd similar expedients. There being no peveepljble amount of earthy matter held in ausporitlfm by the water nt anv stag*, little or no difficulty need be anticipated in {he removal of nil bar* without tho formations of new ones. 3, The unification, of the channel. In many places gorfi .p** of the water leave the imiitr mSc through sloughs or bnyons, arid fn some places island*, divide the channel. These'evil* cpn he rciidily remodled by the use of cheaplyconstructed works q£piles and hrnstt,. a { In straightening the bend* two rases will arise: • . . , 1. Where a large bow exists, formlfig a peninswta with a narrow neck, tt inay bo found desirable to shorten the channel hyt cutting ncross the neck olland. This would only be desirable where the shortened distance Would not too greatly IhcftnSe the declivity. In most cases the distance from side to side ie very »hort, and a single cat of n dredge would be all the opening required fbrthe water to perfect the work. 2. Where bends are so sharp that they cannot he readily navigated, the point within the bend may bo cut with a dredge, and by wing-dams or bunk protection ett the opposite side tho necessary results can be accomplished at a small expenso. In some places the action of the water ii'constantly cutting the banks, and beside* otherwisu injuring the channel, is additfg to its supply of anags. Any system of improvement looking to permanence should check this cutting,,by a proper protection of the exposed balnks. I would make the tslimate as follows; For improving Kankakee river iu Indiana.^ Removal of snags f 50,000 Dredging. 60,00.) Brush and pile work 24.000 Engineering and contingencies........ . 10,000 Total .« *l*o,ooo The above being at the rate of SI,OOO per mile.

Peterson’s “Dollar Series”