Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1869 — ANNOUNCEMENTS. [ARTICLE]

ANNOUNCEMENTS.

JOHN COEN is A Candidate for Trustee of Marion Township, subject to the April election. C.; >V. lIENKLE offers his name for re-election as Township Trustee, at the ensuing April election.

fcaUTßutler brings 2S cents a ppund in Rensselaer. township Registry Board was in session last Monday. - have been sold for bents a bushel on our streets the past week. £27”Congressman Win. Windopa, of Minnesota, will please accept our thanks for recent favors. •WPidgeomf, duok*t geese and other game is very plentiful in the county this spring. 52T*Ncxt Monday is the day for April, 1869, session of ; tljp ,llon. Board of Trustees ot Itdnsselaer.

-.Dealers are asking 17, 18 • and 20 cents a pound, respectively, for bacon shoulders, sides nhu hams, in Renssctamv-^^r^r: —^ Pork at the butcher shop in .this place retails at l-'i, 15 and 17 eepts per pound, beef 12$ to- 15, mutton 10 and 12 J ' ' feST Found—-V pocket book, containing a small amount of fractional currency. The owner can get 4fie same by applying at this office. . prws learn that lion. Ezra ..’Wright, who has been visiting in ; Ponhsylvania during the winter, s'-ih#-’Written that he will-bent home in a sow days. f egfjpp——■>— " i " 1 HrVery fine saiinon and pike are ’♦dug cauglit in the Iroquois, at this "i|>lkce. Wo counted not less than a • ‘dsten lights carried by fishers along thu. rapids one night this week. A '• r. ■ . J ' , t> tar wo learn that some of the farmers of Jasper county commenced plowing for Spring crops tins week, but as a general thing the ground is too wet to make much headway. '.‘'far Spiritual ism is having quite a revival in Rensselaer this spring;— .SiUiuga are frequent and converts • are reported numerous. Manifesta- , r.Auma m , a.aaid--.to-~W-~p&werkd and-

tsrw e have received Hon. Ben. ' F. Butler’s speech upon the reduction of. thu army, which was addressed jo the Jagpr r flimrrri-- 3 ’bf_ editor Journal can have it e a t i o n. l2?*‘We see somebody has had a blind drain put across Angelica -street in front of Mr. Bat. Barton’s residence. Whether it is an improvement or not can bo decided after a while. .-£37“The work of grubbing up the underbrush and cutting out the surplus timber in Weston Cemetery is progressing finely under the su'.perintendnnee of A: S. Tharp, Esq., who has taken the contract to clear St off. ' ;^V!3TMr. Norman Warner has a very interesting Singing School at the Christian Church. His meetings are held on Wodnesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. They -are largely attended by the little •folks, who are making rapid improvement. taß?"General Packard, our representative in Congress, desires us to state to our readers that he will lurnish a package of garden seeds to wiy one who writes to him .that he .•desires it. He says that the supply is so limited that it will be impossible pq make a general distribution 4**4 <Ni4eavttr to -fill aH orders rooeived. pTWc have it from a reliable source that but one person ift J asper county has applied for an appointment unddr the present Administration. This shows that our people are possessed of good sense to an eminent degree, and that •they have plenty of business to jrcep them out of mischief. Hut ' i# the smbiHott* individual?- 1

53!f“'Jobany Coatjj has the largest stock of tobacco ever in the place; CSTMessrs. Willey & Sigler have fllled up their largo storo with a very large stock of new goods. dTMessrs. Harding A Alte& have one of’the best kept drug stores in Jasper county. erwo have tried it and know that tho winter wheat flour kept at lleidleberger <fc Leopold's is a nice article. ' C. Starr's groceries arc hot excelled in qu.tilityor cheapness by any in Rensselaer. £2f“Thompson’s drugs and medicines are eagerly sought by the afflicted " ho desire*pure articles. - - *- ■ CST’Me&srs. L. &N. W. Hopkins have opened a truly magnificent stock of clothing, dry goods, groceries, etc., which they arc selling at prices that defy competition. {&2?"Samuel Fendig has established his headquarters in R. F. Goddard’s store, where 110 buys hides, feathers, mgs, produce,poultry, old iron, brass, copper, and anything else people have for sale. Read his card in the Union, and patronize him. J3f“N orman Warner’s blacksmith and wagon shop are having a large run of custom this spring. The work turned out at this establishment is of superior quality and eagerly sought after by our farm- . era who. haye...kanted, thit it is cheaper and more reliable than that brought in from abroad. Warner’s wagons, plows and other farm implements are not excelled by those from any other maufactory in the State.