Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1869 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Thursday, September' 2, 1860.

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That comet i« inviaiblc. Thermometer down to 60° yesterday itfid this morning. ■ ■* —y * * . Melons. Mwrscarce, of poor quality and very dear, this season. . Considerable sickness is reported among the children hereabouts. Dr. Laßue is attending the convention of Spiritualists at Buffalo, New York. The Town Marshal has made much needed repairs on h ront street within the past week. Fall weather set in last Sunday and the thermometer fell from 90° 70° in twenty-four hours. - Just for curiosity, wc would like to know if ■ A — got that money of Hemphill's. The Commissioners commence their September session for this year, next Monday. Little Damye, a numerous small "boy who has recently been visiting South Bend, Crown Point and other neighboring towns, Iras come to Rensselaer, and oaf “street Arabs’’ are all playing with him.

Mr. Levi Wilmore, formerly of Jasper county, was married to Mrs. Sarah Jackson, at the residence of Mr. C. J. Dawson, in Warren county, by Rev. Geo. Davis, August 8, 1869. ♦ If the county Commissioners refuse to grant Jim Maloy’s application, our town will be rid of licensed whiskey shops for three months at least. A consummation most •devoutly to be wished. t'ol. E. P. Hammond, of this place, is to deliver the oration at the reunion of the Eighty-seventh Regiment Indiana Infantry, at LaPorte, on the 23d of this month.— We learn there is to be a pretty general attendance from Jasper •county. City Marshal Frank J. Purcuj>ile is one of the most efficient officers ever elected by any people. Rogues generally shy away when his star twinkles around the corner, but that fellow who tried to climb into the window nt his residence, a week or so ago was either a stranger or a very reckless cove. Don’t .shoot. Lie down. Perleecc.

Coincs now Thoma* J. Methena, in the year of our Lord one thousand -eight hundred and sixty-nine, and :this first day of the ninth month which is commonly called Septein•bcr, and makes affidavit before Eldridge T. Harding a Justice of the *Peacc in and for Jasper county and 'Estate of Indiana, and upon oath de-i-poseth and saith; that on the thirtyxfirst day of the eighth month comvmenjy called August, one Asa 8. Dutton, together with one Alran P. lltowen, did unlawfully, and without ifonix of law, and with force and arms • t Ake.possession of certain real estate in-said county, that said deponent ihad taken possession of for the purpose of cutting prairie hay, and did -then and there commit an assault >on said deponent by threatening to ■use-hatchets, pitchforks and divers -other unlawful weapons on his person, for all of which warrants were (issued for the arrest of said Asa 8. JDutton and Alran P. Rowen, and ■the said case will have a hearing before Justice Harding to-day. The fourth annual session of the Jasper County Teachers’ Institute will be held, in the school house in Rensselaer, commencing Monday, October 11th, 1869, and continuing through the week. Trustees, teachers and friends of the common schools are cordially requested to attend and participate in the week’s exercises. Lectures on practical didactics will be given each evening to which all are invit* ed. It is expected to make the coming Institute of great practical advantage to every teacher and school officer. The order of exercises will he duly announced hereafter. I a skthe sympathy and 00-operation of teachers, officers, patrons and pupils with my labors.

GEO. M. JOHNSON,

School Examiner.

Lafayette and Terre Haute ladies can find Nov * shoes at Willey A Sigler's# We are not Interested in the remotest, but Wc wou|d like to know you know, who got Hemphill’s money.'

Frank W. Babcock has a bran new mowing machine to trade, on fair terms, for cows, ydung cattle, or young horses. 49-ts.

Those gentlemen who intend to pay their subscriptions at this office in wood will please bring it to us soon as they can make it convenient. We need it now’. <* 1 ■ . - B> 1Pension Blanks spr semi-annual payment on September 4th (next Saturday,) can be had at McConnell’s office—only authorized agent in town. For sale. Possession given at once. The William Best property. Two lotq—good house with four rooms—stable —well—garden —fruit trees. A very desirable homestead. For price and terms call on Dwiuuifis & Thompson, Real Estate Brokers.

Perhaps there are no more eligible locations for dwellings than those offered by Mr*. Henry Weston in another column. The land is all dry or can be easily drained, is all Within fifteen minutes walk of the post office and business portion of the town, and in case the I. D. & C. R. R. is built will go up from one to five hundred per cent, in value. Now is the time to buy. Mr. A. Leopold has just returned from the Eastern markets and is now receiving one of the largest stocks of goods ever brought to Rensselaer, consisting of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Groceries, Ac., Ac. These goods have been selected with the greatest care in order to suit the wants of the people of Rensselaer and its vicinity. It is intended to sell them at the very lowest possible figures. < MB* » ■■ ■— Last week we noticed that Messrs. Pierce <fc Grant had killed a hog weighing 508 pounds. The swine was of the Chester White breed, and was fed by' Mr. Jared Benjamin. She was rendered into lard, which is as r whitc and pure as any ever seen. It is for sale at Abe Sparling’s meat market where (lie best of fresh beef and mutton is constantly kept for sale at the lowest living rates. The Lndies arc invited to call and examine my stock of Dress Goods and Shue* of every description. To the Gentlemen I would say: If you want one of the nicest suits of Clothing, or a Hat, or a pair of Boots, call and sec what I have.before purchasing elsewhere, as I guarantee a sale, and a bargain as well as the best quality of goods. A. Leopold.

The Duvall Brothers have been refitting their hacks on both the Bradford and Remington lines with new cushions, new covers and new paint. Besides fixing up their hacks iu good order, they have also added new material to their livery stable in the shape of new carriages and the fitting up of old ones. Theirs is one of the oldest business establishments iu Rensselaer, and extensive dealing with them satisfies us of their honesty and fairness. We have alw’ays found them gentlemanly and accomodating and worthy of patronage. Mr. Thomas J. Methena will make a public sale at his residence in Jordan township, six miles south of Rensselaer, and three-quarters of a mile west of Mr. Henry Welsh’s, on Wednesday the Bth inst-, commencing at 10 o’clock ▲. m., of a lot of personal property consisting of two jennies, one cow, one [hog, corn in field, wheat and rye in the stack, household and kitchen furniture, etc., etc. He gives six months credit. For further particulars see posters printed at this office.