Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1879 — A RAILROAD ROMANCE IN CHAPTERS. [ARTICLE]

A RAILROAD ROMANCE IN CHAPTERS.

* Chapter I. Monticello wanted a competing railroad. Chapter 11. Monticello prevailed upon thepeople who were interested m her welfare (o vote a tax of $J4,000 to pursuade the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago railroad company to build their line to Monticello.. , Chapter 111. In 1574 the voters of Union township. White county, voted a tux of tit,ooo in aid of the could ruction of tile Indianapolis, Delphi A Chicago Narrow-gauge Railway. The tax was placed on the tax duplicate for collection. The payment of this tux was resisted, amt an order restraining the treasurer from collecting it was prayed for. Juiltre Gould, of Delphi, requested Judge Vinton to hear the argument anil render Uio decision. The attorneys in the case cr me ,o this city so tic days since and made the pigemeot. On Tliurmlay of last week Judge Vinion went to Monticello to render the decision, but was taken ill. and a post.iouement of ouo week was agreed to. It was agreed that the dual qroccediags in the case should ho had here. Yesterday Judge Vinton decided the ease in favor of the pin intifi'. The ground upon which too decision was bused was Uie insufficiency.!!’the petition eshing for the election to vote'the t.i\. Judge linliUvsn,of Logausport, and W. H. Dagne. of Mouticeilo. represented the 'ilaitiliDs, aud N. O. Boss and A. W. Reynolds ilie defeuse. An npne-l is prayed for.— La/, yeti* Journal, It uppers I'roni the above that ilouticello has again been lucky in the matter of getting r ei't benefits at a small cost. If the memory ot the Journal is not at fault, there is a fine school house in that place which drew heavily noon the iiftclcets of several residents of this city, and they are sttll whistling in vain for l einibursoiueut.—Aogi'.uow/’f Journal. Chapter IV. The Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago railroad company is Baid to have perfected* arrangements with the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago railroad company to put down an extra rail on the roadbed of the latter company and run traius down to Lifayette; in case they accept the proposition the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago rail toad company wili take up the iron, rails and bridging on the Monticello route anti use them on thejoew route. , Chapter V. Petitions aie prepared and being busily circulated throughout White county praying for the removal of the county seat frdih Monticello and its relocation at Reynolds(To be continued.) Agricultural Society.— Among the legal advertisements in The Union will be found notices calling for meetings of the boards of directors of the Jasper County Agricultural & Mechanical Association, and of the Jasper County Agricultural Societytwo separate organizations. This action carries upon i(s face the appearance of rivalry and InHarmony; but there is neither. The former society is deeply in debt, and there seems to be no way for It to relieve itself of the burden. It is probable that at the June term of the Jasper circuit court the creditors of that Organization witl obtain decrees of foreclosure of mortgages licld against it, to satisfy which the sheriff will sell the fair ground aud the buildings that are on it. For the purpose of avoiding this disaster it Is proposed to organize a Joint stock company and issue shares of stock of twenty-live dollars each, not less than one hundred in number, and by this, means raise a sum sufficiently large to pay off the liens on the grounds aud make necessary repairs. Our understanding of the call of the Presidentof the Jasper County Agricultural Society is. that while it is addressed to the directors of the society, the publio at largo will be cordially welcomed to the meeting; indeed It is highly desirable that there be a large and generaft*ttendance of the people of Jasper county, all of whom are Of leas degree,

We kn«w of nothirog that would further (he internet of While county more than k good county fair. —Monticello Herald. \Vliat would be good for White county certainly will be good for Jaw per. Perhaps, though, people may not l>e able to appreciate good things until they have been deprived of them. The Jasper County Agricultural dt Mechanical Association is too enfeebled to hold another fair, unless those who are most benefited by fairs, to-wit, the farmers and stock-breeders, come to Its aid with money to pay off its indebtedness and place it upon its feet again. Gy a reorganization ofthe society on the plan that-was proposed in January or February, the formation of a joint-stock company to own it and manage it according to business principles, the various industrial interests of Jasper county can probably be best promoted. With such gentlemen as Hon. Qeorge H. Brown, the Parkinsons, Judge Hammond, the Yeomans, Starr, and others of like prominence, Interested, there need be no hesitancy on the part of othere to lend their help to an enterprise of such general local importance. Nor need any person fear for its honest, judicious and successful management. All there Is about it is there is most too much expense to be iucurred at the inception of the enterprise for one man or half a dozen men, or even a score qf men, to bear. Better that a hundred be interested to the extent of $25 each than that twenty-five be made to shoulder the burden; especially, where, as In this instance, not one individual aloue Is interested or to be benefited, but a large and constantly increasing number. Burton Hutson, a solid democrat ancf arilndustrioua man, who Is not Incite Imbit of blowlng his merits on the street corners and common loafing places, would like to be a candidate for town marshal. But Mr. W. G. Smoot wants the office and there is no sight for Hutson- Mr. Smoot acts as though he thought he held a mortgage, judgment, or some other lieq or legal process on the democracy and other Inhabitants of Rensselaer, which can never be satisfied except by electing him to office. His pertinacity as an office-seeker equals that of Hon. Thomas'A. Hendricks, or a yellow dog tugging at a hickory root. Neither Burt Hutson nor any other, democrat can be elected town marshal until Mr. Smoot’s lien on the democracy and corporation is satisfied, which Is not likely to be during the life of the present generation, it being one ofthe kind whose iusatiability increases with age, time and disappointment. Candidates for county superintendent are os thick ns blackberries in a sheep pasture —as numerous as oemocratic aspirants to the presidency. Iu this, as in matters of divine nature, many are called but few chosen. Among those whose names are mentioned in this connection are the present incumbent James H. Snoddy, Mr. Pierce of Wheatfleid township, Mr. Mitchell of Gillano, D. B. Nowels, James A. Burnham, A. M. Munden, A. Beery. It is au office of vastly more responsibility than pay; and he who would jerve the public in this capacity conscientiously and efficiently must cultivate a stock of charity and self-forgetfulness greatly disproportioned to the immediate honors.