Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1905 — That Threatening Letter In Newton County. [ARTICLE]

That Threatening Letter In Newton County.

The unsigned letter which Commissioner Skinner, of northern Newton county lately received, because as supposed of his stand in favor of finishing the court house at Kentland was calculated to make a man jump sideways a little, according to this copy of it, given by the Kentland Enterprise: ‘•Mr. Skinner. Your resignation is demanded by your constituents. Dou’t be late with it or that house, you live in will blow away in ashes and your people may never know what became of you.” It is not to be supposed that this letter, or any similar methods of proced lire has the endorsement of any responsible people, in any part of Newton county. G. a. R. Men Fast Passing Away. The rapid rate at which the veterans of the civil war are answering the final call which musters them out of the ranks of the living, has been noted by Corporal James Tanner, commander in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, ami he declares that ( every 24 hours records the death of 164 of the boys who went out at their country's call and assisted in preserving the integrity of the nation.

According to the cominander-in-c’.iief, there are now less than 200,. 0)0 of them left. They are dying like sheep, and every year sees the average death rate increasing. At this time the rate is 161 every day; n ‘xt year it will be greater, and so oa until the.last niri shall salute and march away into the land of silence. During the year ending June 15, 1905, the number of men who were deceiving pensions from the government for their participation in the great civil war who pissed away was 43,855.