Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1885 — Cheap Lumber. [ARTICLE]

Cheap Lumber.

For the next 10 days B. F. Ferguson will sell lumer at his yard at Marlboro, at the following prices: Framing Lumber 812:50 per m. Common boards $13.00 per m. H. 1 Fence flooring sl7.ooper m. x. a. x. Shingles $2.50 per m. And other lumber at proportionate prices. v These are brrgains for cash for which it will pay to haul a long distance. "

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Cope, of Monticello, are visiting their aunt, Mrs. C. J. Weathers. Those “new clocks” at Kannal’s are fine, and he sells them cheap. , • Remember, the post-office is the place to buy your school books. Died.—At the residence of Walter Smith, in Barkley township, October 3d, Zba, infant daughter of Frank Osborne, aged 6 months and 19 days. A very nice lot of evergreens, 3 to 5 feet high, eight varieties, at the low rates of 12 to 20 cents per foot in hight, at the Rensselaer Nursery. Exposition Rates.—On Tues days and Thursdays of every week until Oct., 14th, the station agent at Rensselaer will sell round trip tickets to Chicago and and back, for $2.95, for the round trip. Returning, the tickets are good on any regular train until the Monday following the day when sold.

Last week was one of fatal accidents. Three deaths within three days in Benton {county. Isaac Washburn, east of Fowler, Wood Burton at Earl Park, and Gue. Linger at Ambia.— Foioler Era. The death of Mr. Washburn was mentioned in last week’s Republican. 1 Mr. Linger, who was a Swede ditcher, was run over by a freight train, at about two o’clock Thursday morning, while lying in a drunken stupor, on the railroad track. Mr. Burton was killed about 2 o’clock in the afternoon of the same day. He was trying to get off a freight train on which he had ridden from Raub Station, and missing his footing was thrown under the wheels and horribly mangled.

Four Jackson township pedagogues passed through here Friday enroute to the missionary fields of Jasper county. They attended th e examination of teachers at Rensselaer Saturday.— Monticello Herald. \ “Missionary fields of Jasper county” is a very refreshing expression, consideringjwhat the sequel was. The Herald gives the names of the “four Jackson township pedagogues” but, as it happened, only three of them showed up at the examination, and aS not one of the three possessed the qualifications necessary to secure a license in Jasper county, we deal kindlier with them than the Herald and suppress their names, “Out of regard for the feelings of their friends.”,

The Goodland Herald has just entered the contest for the championship, of the 10th district, as artistic snake liar, for the season of 1885; and easily takes the lead over all competitors, with the Monticello Herald a bad second, in the following paragraph: “A farmer near Goodland was working in his field the other day, when his attention was attracted by a hoop-snake. It was rolling directly toward him and at a high rate of speed. There was no tree or fence near at hand, so he thrust out the handle of a hay fork which he had in his hands, and awaited the shock. The business end of the snake struck the end of the fork handle, and penetrated the ' hard woe 1 a quarter of an inch. |ln five minutes the fork handle ' had swolen to the size of a ten year ol d sapling. The man lives to tell the story, but the fork and snake lie buried in one grave.

R. P. Benjamin has established telephone communication between his office and Hardman’s jewelry store. Any one wishing to order lumber, lath, shingles, wood or anything in that line, will find this a great convenience. He is now delivering sawed wood at $3.75. This is the cheapest way to get wood as you get better measure than you do when you buy cord wood and have it sawed. I cor< l or two and see fox yourself. tt

Having just returned from the city, where I have spent ten days in the selection of my fail and winter stock, I would respectfully solicit my patrons, and the public in general, to give me a call, before purchasing their Dry Goods, Clothing. Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Underwear, Blankets, plannels, Carpets, &c., for the winter. My stock of Ladies’, Misses’ and Childrens’ Cloaks, Betver Shawls, &e., were selected with the greatest care, and will be sold within the reach of all, and to please customers. My stock of Clothing is complete in every line, and defies competition. Call and be astonished at the great variety and low prices. In conclusion, allow me to say, to those who will call and examine my stock, that I will convince them that I am enabled to sell them goods for less money than almost any merchant in the county. Not one dollar’s worth .of goods is bought by me, except for cash down, which, considering every thing, will save me 10 pet. cent, in discounts. As everyone knows, I pay no rents for store or dwellings, which is a great saving in the expense of business, and, therefore, enables me to give greater inducements to my patrons. Again, I would resdectfally ask ation of m y stock, and be convinced of my assertion. Thanking you for past favors, and soliciting a continuance of the same, I am Very Respectfully Yours.

A. LEOPOLD,