Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1906 — ITEMS HERE AND THERE. [ARTICLE]

ITEMS HERE AND THERE.

Moqoq has a new slate bank with a capital stock of $25,000. There are seventy stockholders, all substantial business men and land owners of the town and vicinity. The president-is W. 8. Baugh, of Lafayette. The Board of Review still continues to have almost uo individual requebLaforequalization of asset aments, but they have had plenty of work figuring out and equalising the assessments between the different townships. especially oii the matter of horses, which were quite irregular. t W. E. Henry, who has jield the position of state librarian for the last nice years, has resigned to become librarian of the University of. Washington at Seattle, The resignation will take effect in Septeui l>er. Mr. Henry visited the Washington University 1 st year and spent some time in the institution. The third incendiary fire in Lowell in five weeks occurred Saturday morning. A livery barn, a restaurant ami four dwellings were burned. Eleven horses were cremated and twenty five buggies aud carriages destroyed. Ora Taylor was badly burned and Ben Demotte injured. Bloodhounds have been placed on the trail of the incendiary. Tn the supreme conrt of Indiana Tuesday six cases from different parts of the state to test the con stitutionality of the remonstrance clause of the Nicholson law. known as the Moore law, were eonsolitfated and the court will coven all ot them in one decision that it i 9 expected will forever settle the question of the constitutionality of the law.

An entertainment is to be given Friday night, at the M. E. church which is most highly recommended wherever it is produced. It is given by representatives of the Ram's Horn at Indianapolis, and consists largely of sciopticon and motion pictures, many of them in colors, aud by all accounts is a most unique and entertaining production. The entertainment is produced under the auspices ot three of our city churches aud the proceeds will be divided among them. Admission 25 cents and 15 for children.

The leading editorial iu Monday evening’s Indianapolis News is de voted to the McCoy verdict It takes the view that Tom’s conviction was just, and also that the evi dence showed that Uncle Mac was guilty, also. One of the strongest paragraphs in the article says: “The bank, as has been shown, was wrecked through the criminal practices of its mauagers. They did precisely what they wanted to do, aud had no appreciation of their responsibility to their depositors. We doubt whether there has been i n this State for years a moreshame ful bank failure.’’

—Quite a number of our big husky school boys are earning good and h morable wages and developing their muscle aud their manliness by working on the railroad with tbie ••extra gang" now graveling aud leveling the Monon’s tracks. They get $1.50 per day aud 22 cents per hour for over time. It l>eats sittiug around doing nothing clear out of sight, aud not only puts some cash iu the boys’ pockets but puts some valuable experience into their minds aud the better and houester job of work they try to do the l>etter aud more valuable will be their ex per ieuee. The boys so employed are Bradley Ross, Wood Spitler, Rerkey Beam. Carl Duvall Jim Brenner. The White Steamer tourists were still iu Ohio at last accounts, aud evidently were finding the paiadoxical condition in that state ct dry roads and w et towns very much to their liking. Their only serious bad luck so far reported was the breaking of a spring, presumably from too heavy a “load,” which delayed them at Springfield for a day. At very latest reports they were leaving Cleveland for the east audsiugiug “Putmeoffat Buffalo.” They had cut out the Pittsburg trip, having learned that the air was so thick there with smoke that strangers were often fooled into drinking water without knowing It “^fn

. . ■ ■ r i ~ • • .—J Buffalo they iptended to take th) water route back as far as Detroit, to show they are Still friendly to water if not familiar, and,presum ably ou a lake steamer, but they may by that time L we their courage up to the point of trying to navigate the full length of Lake Erie by the White Steaipei's own .steam, j