Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1869 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL MATTERS.

‘Thursday, August 10th, 1869.

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Ihe potatoes are begining to rot in some of the patches about town. 1 he Free Will Baptists, hold a basket meeting at Hoover’s school house, next Sunday. Hon. Ezra Wright has been secured by Treasurer Platt to assist him in the duties of his office. — Both gentlemen have our congratulations. We hear that a son of Air. John IioVK, ui Jordan township, was bitten by a massasauger or grey prairie rattlesnake, while herding cattle last Saturday. Mr. Thos. Boroughs, for four years past one of the most efficient ciuee. s of Jasper county, surren■ur.n cue keys of the county treas;r; to uis successor, Mr, Charles i . , cist Thursday. . Le-'ie oi the Rensselaer belles ha- di. carded crinoline, andpromiuadc in costumes similar to those worn by their great-grand-mothers. They look more like wet,chickens nuiu •■uucks of giris.” Mr, Charles Platt entered upon his duties as couuly treasurer, last Thursday. His genial and accomodating disposition makes him a laiorite with his acquaintances and we can wish his administration no better success than that of his preatcessor. — The donation party--irt th« M. church last Thursday evening, for the benefit of the family of Rev.’M. 11. Wood, M as a nice affair and reflected great credit on the managers. They had a splendid table set, and all the arrangements M ere M ell planned. We have very encouraging reports from the corn crop in this ■county The past two weeks of favorable weather have brought forward the crop wonderfully and ■many fields that a few dayaagodid not look as if they would make an ear now promise fair for third and half crops.

Rev. AL IL Wood united in inari i.ige, this morning, August, 19th, Air. Stanton P. Lester of Newton fpnnty, and Emma, daughter of A' 1 , 11. Dowfritig. "The ceremony was performed at the residence of the bride's father. Of course they remembered the printer, and came down witii a generous slice of cake, for which they have our thanks. Operations have been suspended by the Kankakee Valley Draining Company “for a few days.” A number of resignations have been tendered and accepted, among them Is that of Air. Rodney Spaulding, the appraiser from Jasper county. Humor Las it that there has been a big quarrel in the organization which will cause it to collapse. - Our Remington correspondent, ‘ L.,’’ writing under date of the 16th, says, “An extra freight train going west was thrown from the track about one mile and a half w? hire, yesterday afternoon, !>■;■. . d r-i age was done beyond i ic.s ;• of some ears, and a -i'g'i.t bruises to the hands.— Tie . • ■■•tion hands were called out .••'.■.■si in replacing the cars on tac 17 ~<•!»,a nd while driving down p i a hand-ear, one of them fell off} across the track, a wheel passing j over his leg just above the ankle} nearly breaking it.”

We are informed of a painful accident at Logansport, day before yesterday, which resulted in the death of two persons formerly residents of Remington. On Tuesday James Curry aud his brother Ed. '.were'bathing m the river .at Lowhen someipow James got beyond his depth, and being blind C4>uid not get out. Ed., who was a young lad from ten to fifteen .years of age, went to his assitance and was drawn under by him, and both were drowned before they could be rescued, They were broth-ers-of Mr. K. Al, Curry, formerly of this place. Alerv. Cissel keeps a neat and orderly ice cream saloon, and the cream dished out is -Well flavored and luscious. Merv. is a good feL low and worthy «f patronage.

MieaM. P. Bolles will commence 1 * three months’ school at Reining- ■ ton, in a few days. Her terms are three dollar* for primary lessons; three dollar* and aeventy-five cents for common and higher English 1 branches; Latin lesson* extra. No I deduction will be made for an ab-i •ence of les* than two weeks. We understand that Misa Bolle* is well educated and an accomplished teacher. A. L. Sparling, the happy parient of a bouncing boy nearly a month old, is still running his butcher shop in Goddard’s grocery, where I he has always on hand the choicest I beef and mutton in America, which ’ he proposes to sell at the lowest I living rates. That boy has got to ; be eared for regardless of consc- | quences and Abe means to “fight it out on this line if it takes all: snminfer” and part of next winter. '

W. J. Laßtie, for the last fifteen or twenty years one of the mos( successful merchants of Rensselaer, is receiving a very large and carefully selected stock of goods for the fall trade of Jaspercounty. Perhaps no merchant in the place is better calculated to anticipate the wants and wishes of the people than this gentleman. All who trade with him once go the Second time, for three reasons; there is always a full stock to select from, the prices are reasonable, and the clerks gentlemanly and attentive. “Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer,” because Mans. Star.r sells as fine beef ns can be found in any market, at the lowest possible rates. Only think; the best, juciest and tendcrest sirloin or round steaks for 10 cents a pound and excellent roasts for 4to 8 cents a pound! It is the best chance the people of Rensselaer and vicinity have had to luxuriate on good beef at living rates since the rebellion collapsed.