Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1869 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

hare had no mail* frdta the South for two or threcr flays. . We have n’t rooib to notice "7 «L loißue’H advertiseiuont in tliis week's pnpor. Ct?T*l)r. Ira (i Kelley, Dentist, publishes his, enixl in tho Umhn, t«*-ilay. Dr. Kelley lias the appear of a gentleman. See Inin. fariiT Ballard w>ll sc It a let of personal pronefty, dfiy niter to-morrow. ghe gives a creilU of nine months. ifo, sale posters were printed at l£is office. C3TI *otatocs sell at 40 -lunl 45 eents a bushel in Rensselaer; at lYaneisville, On the railroad, 15 >mies east from here they are very slow Sale at 30 Cents. S3?‘Telit, the Barber, waited upon nearly one hundred customers last Saturday. Mr. Petit is a first class barber, and is very pop* ular with Ins customers. Try Petit’®, Hair Restorative. Samuel Baker was tried yesterday before Justice I£. T. Harding on the charge of committing an assault and battery on Michael Harris. The Justice found the defendant not guilty. Sufficient provoke. tariii» ride of about twentyfive miles through the eastern part of the county, the first of the week, we found tho winter wheat crop along our route looking splendidly, and that nearly every fanner has sown a few acres of spring wheat. S*s?”Two hundred and fifty head of cattle are advertised by Mr. Jacob M. Troxel, in to-day’s Union', for sale on reasonable terms. AUe have seen the yearlings And believe they are as fine a herd as there is in the county. {See advertisement. fW We are informed by Mr. I. M Stackhouse that some conscience stricken individual who had stolen tivo cans of s[LSWb?rries from _ him some time dnriug tho winter, returned them last Friday, with a note stating that the writer’s conscience would not allow any enjoyment until they were brought back. 59f“Soverc storms of rain and wind visited this place Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, filling ditches and wells, and raising Ole rtver and sloughs. We have not heard that it did any damage other than interrupting farm work. In other localities, the newspapers report the storm very destructive. call attention to the notice for a railroad mooting to be held at the Court House on Hie Ist, of May, next. The notice will be found in our advertising columns. We do not know that anythin" can he done to secure this roan, hut of one thing we are certain—that Jasper county should he willing to do as much in proportion to her population as any other county on the proposed route, she certainly will derive as much benefit from the enterprise. And if the counties east of us are determined to perform the work, we think our citizens should show their willingness to assist them. Let there be a lull attendance. ■ JjgT'Everybody knows, and if any person don’t know it their ignorance is deplorable, that “CostarV Standard Preparations—ar-c-. “Cosinr’s” Rat, Roach, Ant, Ac., Exterminators. “CostarV’ Liquid Hod Bug Exterminator, “CostarV’ Insect Powder, for Pleas, Myths, Ac., “CostarV’ Corn Solvent, tor curing Corn§, Bullions, «fcci, “Costar’s Buckthorn Salvo, for Cuts, Bums, Ac., “CostarV’ Bishop Pills, sugar coated, for BiHiouisness,“( 'osliirV Cough Remedy, for Coughs, Colds, Ac., and “CostarV’ Bitter-Sweet and Orange Blossoms, an elegant toilet article for the ladies. We have received from the proprietor of these popular preparations, Mr. Henry R. Costar, of New York, a sample of eaeh article enumerated, and unhesitatingly pronounce the Rat Exterminator a dead sure thing on that class of “varmints," and if the other articles are as good, and wo have no reason to doubt they are. they will accomplish oil that is claimed for them. Try them. Harding A Alter sell them in Rensselaer.