Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1882 — Union Township Items. [ARTICLE]

Union Township Items.

Heavy rain, Sunday. Roads bad, especially the grade. Quite a number of Marion town • ship’s young men and their “Betsys” passed through Union. Sunday, on their way.to the basket meeting, at Pleasant Valley. Prospect for wheat and rye good; corn, poor. All are well satisfied with the nomi nations made by the Democracy fast Saturday. Republicans concede it an Impossibility to defeat the entire ticket. Democratic votes in the coming contest will be as numbeiless as “the autumn leaves that strew the brooks of Valambrosa.” James Pierce and Perry’ Lewis visited friends in thisjtownship last Sunday and Monday. Jennie Gant, Chatty Sayers, and Austin Lakin are attending the review term of the Northern Indiana Normal atValpo. Quite a number of cattle have died this spring from a disease called the blackleg. Why was not James T. Abbett a candidate for renomination? Per* baps Iroquois or some other member of the “ring” can answer. The Grape Island, Gant, and Brushwood schools closed Friday’, after a term of two months. Cattle have done well, considering the bad weather this spring. Miss Tillie Casen returned to her home Sunday. Saturday, John Hill started for central Indiana to engage in the harvest. Union has qnite a list of marriageable young ladies. Leap year will soon be here, and then—oh, my! Several cattle and five head of hogs killed recently on the railroad. Joe'Gains, of Newton county, was in Union last Stfnday. Joe is a clever fellow, and, by the way, a good Democrat. Miss Emma Robeson has returned to Medaryville to continue music lessons. We wish her success. Sunday School at the Harrington school house every Sunday. Two of James Wiseman’s cattle were thrown from the railroad track a few days ago Health generally good. GRAPE-ISLAND. June 27, 1882. Stop at F. B. Learning’s for your wall paper, a stock imferior to none, and prices rock bottom.