Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1879 — Dates, Figs, &c., for holidays, at R. E. S. & Co. [ARTICLE]

Dates, Figs, &c., for holidays, at R. E. S. & Co.

—There will 00 a meeting of the stockholders of the Iroquois Library at the law office of Mordecni F. t’liilcote, in rooms Nos. 6 and 7, in the Makeever block, Rensselaer, Iu li>na, on Monday evening, January oth, 1880, at 7 o’clock, for the purpose of electing seven directors to serve for the period of one year. Immediately after th* adjournment of the meeting ’of the stockholders there will be a meet ng of tin- board of directors held at the same place for thfc purpoie of organizing the said board by electing a president and secretary. A full attendance of the stockholders is desired.

HORACE E. JAMES, Secretary.

C. C. Starr has a splendid variety of goods lor the holidays. Call and see them before making purchases. A party of e gineers, consisting of Chief Garris, with Roht Rae and Don. Gttrritfts as-istauts, and a full corps of arinei), ike,, sent up by the management of ihe 1,, I). & C. R. 11., (the Narrow Gauge), ware surveying a line to this p'ace last week. Not securing the encouragement they expected at Lowell they run a direct linn east of th»t place throngh Eagle Creek township, from the point where they cross the Kankakee river, directly to Crown Point leveling and driving stakes as they progressed. Tin y •arrived here Saturday and commenced run-n-ng northward Monday, and expect to reach '-outh Chicago some time noxt week. It looks now as if the ro d would miga Lowell, uuless that town comes forward with the aid asked.—[Crown Point Star. Thompson, th« Remington jewoler, is well prepared to meat all demands for haudsome aud valuable holiday goods. Married, at the residence of the bride’s parents in this place on Thursday, December 2oth, 1879, by Elder D. T. " Halstead, Mr. Stephen 8 Baines, of Fowler, and MCs Emma Phillips. A number of relatives and intimate friends of the bride were P' es< nt to witness the ceremony and offer I congratulations, after which the happy ’ couple and the assembled quests partook of j tee bountiful repast which had been pre- | pared especially for the occasion and which L as heartily relished by ail. The Standard uriiti * with the fair bride’s numerous fiiends in wishing that her cup of happiness may ever be filled to overflowing, and that a full t hare of 1 < le's choicest blessings may he meted out to her nnd the noble hearted bridegroom. Tha lmppy swain took the noon tr*;n tor Chicago, w-hcre they will remain a few dsys aud frem thence they go to Fowler to enter upon the pleasures and duties of housekeeping. The Christmas “Boat”, at the M, E. church, and the “Tree” at the Christ: in, Wednesday evening, were well filled with handsome and valuable presents, and the hearts of the many participants ia the entertainments gladdened.