Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1875 — Rensselaer Union Schools. [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer Union Schools.

p\ Christ mas—sevxa weeks from tomorrow. Got rend/ for buckwheat cakes and ’lasses. ’ 3 ——* .a The rains fell and the washerwoman laughed. Joint Barger, of Remington, was In town Saturday. New subscribers are coming In almost every day. —— ~ Go to Kern’s for the best and cheapest groceries in town. The J asp as Republican till January, 1877 for 91-50. Dried peaches, apples and prunes at Kern’s grocery.

The iron for the 1., D. & C. road has not been purchased. — If you design planting trees this Call call om Jala Coen tar prices. Quarterly meeting at the M. B. Church •ext Saturday aud-gpuday. "■- - * Mr. C. P. Wrigjit goes to Carpenter township to teach school this winter. The Hopkins House with ite fresh coat of paint looks as neat as a new pin. If you love your dog look out for him.— The sausage season is approaching. Bright and beautiful and just a little cool—that’s the kind of weather just now The hotels are having a good run of custom, especially, the popular Austin House. Last Saturday was another busy day. la fact, almost every Saturday is a busy day. Indian Summer lingers with us, giving a saddened and mellow influence to earth and air. , • We will furnish the weekly Inter-Ocean with the Jasfeb Republican at 2.65 per year. Now the boys begin to inquire for their boots, and the girls are thinkiug about their muffs. A man is distressingly.pressed when be is to poor to pay a little attention to his friends. “Come where my nose lies bleeding,” is the title of of a new ditty. It is played on a catarrh. The Morgans, G. Land his father, have finished replastering the ceiling of the court room. The turkeys, chickens and geese are stowing away the corn, in preparation for Thanksgiving. J. L. Foster is sole agent of Jasper county for tbe celebrated Victor Sewing Machine. Buy of no other.

Theland agents are doing a “rushing” business now Miller & Boroughs are constantly on the go. Our carpenters are all busy, and from present appearances will be kept busy for some time to co ne. Thursday, the 26th inst., has been appointed by the President as a day of National Thanksgiving. Mr. Joseph Herbst has commenced the erection of a brick residence in the northwester* part of town. i '. ■ wm . There are several young men in this town who should be married, and will be, too, if properly encouraged. The best paper sow Issued is the one signed by Treasurer New. It is not on our exchange list, however. Every dollar invested in judicious advertising will bring many dollars to swell the profits ofyour business. “How sweet, hut how bald for one so youug!” is what a nice young lady remarked about an infant. Rensselaer is building up fast this fall.— George Robinson is putting up a new residence just across the river. Advertisers desiring to reach the largest number of people in Jasper county will advertise in the Republican. How in the n ante of all that is good are the ladies going to manage to skate, this winter, with pull-back dresses 7 ■■ «s» Mr. Ben. Smoot is now dishing up the molasses and vinegar at Kern’s grocery.— Charley Crockett has resigned.

Now that the long winter evenings are approaching this is the time to sprout literary societies and singing schools. Work on the C. &8. A. R. B. has been discontinued. It is expected to resume work next spring with redoubled vigor. She was overheard to say to Mm, “Our parlor stoveia up now ; do call and see what a little spark it takes to kindle a flame.” The hriclt wflrk s oh Bedford & Jackson’s new building is completed. It is said to he the best building in Jasper couhty. L —pv . Pon Sale.— Two hew two-horse wagons. Call on Wesley Duvall at Livery Stable, Rensselaer, Ind. ISAAC D. DUNN, i Married. —At the Baptist parsonage, November 3d, 1876. by the Rev. 8. B. Rogers, Mr. Milton B. Ohipman to Ruth L. Adamson. Business in ail branches has been lively this week, and there seems to be a general improvement and an increased activity to trade. The boo k agent is around again and has just what yon want and should have by all means. Yon see it I* “so foil of useful information.”

l\wffl cpsj you nothing to eaU at Fqrdlg’s and examine his stock of goods, which Is one of the largest in town. Go and learn hts prices. , Why is It, asks an exchange, that cripple* are such bad-natured people? We don’t know, bnt they certainly ace not to blame for being a little “erutcbeity.” Who’ll be the next to follow in the footsteps of Bedford & Jackson and pat up another three-story brick building. One buildieg like that makes the balance of the town look shabby. Mr. 8. M. Black, of Bemington was in Rensselaer Monday. He informs us that Mr. D. L. Black and lady returned home from their wedding tour to Indianapolis, last Saturday evening.

For pure groceries, fresh vegetables, and the beat fruit* go to Kern’s. Yon will find a clean store, a fall stock of everything, and as pleasant, accommodating salesmen as you* ever had anything to do with. They are having fires all around ns.— Valparaiso and Monticello have each had their little blase. In this connection it might be well to caution oar citiiens against any undue negiigenee in regard to fires.— Be watchful.

Mr. Isaac D. Dunn, of Kankakee township, dropped into our sauctnm on Tuesday and settled for the Republican another year.— lie reports an enormous amount of improvom onts going on in the north pert of the county this fall. Mr. J. Zina mermen has moved his talor shop into the building near tbe residence' of F. J. Sears, opposite court house, on Washington street, where he will be pleased to meet all bis old customers and as many new ones as may see fit to call. The following marriage licenses have been issued since our last issue: Lymon Raymond to Nellie Gormand, Jacob Durr to Elizabeth Hawy, Milton B. Chipman to Ruth L. Adamson, and William Wenrickto Sarah Jane Yantz. If Mr. John H. Gatches is going to do'tbe grading on the Chicago & South Atlantic railroad between Rensselaer and the Kankakee river yet this fall, as the Delphi Timee would have us believe, it is high time for the work to commence. A couple of young ladies were walking down Washington street Saturday when the following conversation occurred about a certain young man in town : “Is he anything, anyhow?” said one. “Oh yes, replied the other, “he’s something; he’s and awfbl big fool.” Number 22 of the Lakeside Library has been revived. It will hereafter be issued tri-monthly—on the Ist, 10th and 20th of each month. Lovers of fiction should send $2.00 at once and get twenty-two consecutive numbers. Address Donnelly, Loyd & Go., Chicago. Messrs. W. H. & C. Rhoades sold their two hundred dollar set es harness to a Chicago man. This is the second set of harness they have sold to Chicago men. Purely, Rensselaer is not such an out es the way place after all, when Chicago men come to Rensselaer to do their trading. After four years service as Auditor Mr. Frank W. Babcock stepped “down and out’ ’ last Monday, to give place to his successor, Mr. Henry A. Barkley. For accommodation, efficiency, courtesy, pleasant manner of doing business, and all that a county Auditor should be, there is no.use in talking, Frank can not be excelled.

Proposals will be received at the Post-Of-fice Department, Washington, D. C., until 3 o’clock P. M. of February 2,1876, for conveying the United States mail from Remington to Rensselaer, thirteen miles and back, six times a week, and from Rensselaer, by Pleasant Grove, to Francesville, seventeen miles and back six times a week, .jjf We would like to have at least one good eanVaseer in each township of Jasper county to take subscriptions for the Jasper Republican. The county never has been thoroughly canvassed for this paper, and a few good active workers can find a lucrative employment by applying at the Republican office either in person or by letter. Inter-Ocean : The convention of the Illinois Christian Association will be held in the Congregational Church, Peoria, 111., commencing, D. V., on Tuesday, the 9th day of next November and ending on the night of the 10’th. The main object of this association is to destroy Free Masonry. Permit us, in this connection, to observe, Jubila, Jubilo Jubilum. We desire to call special attention to the prospectus of the Indianapolis Journal which appears elsewhere in these columns. The Journal is the leading Republican newspaper of Indiana. Under the new management it shows various marks of improvement. We will furnish the Journal, the Republican and the sectional and township map, for $2:75. Look out for the Victor Sewing Machine. They are by far the best ever brought into market. They have a self setting needle, most perfect tention and shuttle ever made, and the simplest and lightest running machine. Don’t fail to try one before purchasing, and you will have no other.

The following pupils of the Grammar and High School were present every halfday during the past month, and were not tardy: Lola Moss, Emma Rhoades, Fannie WaHon, Louis Hollingsworth, Victor Lough ridge, Wm. Moss, Ben. Morgan, Frank Terhune, Hale Warner. The following pupils were tardy once : Allie Hopkins, Ellen Robinson, Elmer DwigJtejid Delos Thompson.

“No preset t» is the motto of marriage receptions in the east. It is an irdepcadent motto, and onto which pays well in the long ran, too.*