Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1869 — REMINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.

LETTERS PROM "W. H. 8 ," AID "L.,” _l_ Fie Nio, Church Matter*, Market*, Man Crushed, &c. A Sabbath School pic llic was held at Carpenter’s Grove on Friday, the 27th ult., in which several neighboring schools participated The day was propitious, and the place of meeting delightful. The vfcercises were interesting and, we trust, profitable to all who attended. An appropriate address was delivered by Rev. Levi Hughes iu the forenoon, and singing and addresses occupied the afternoon. The singing by the children, under the Miperintendauce of Professor llardy, of Black Oak, waH an interesting feature iu the exercises. It lias been the custom for a lew years past to hold an annual convocation of tho Sabbath Schools within « circle of ten miles of this place in some neighboring grove. The next annual meeting will be held in a grove near Black Oak Point, on the third Saturday in June, 1870. A committee, consisting of Messrs. S. M. Black, George Major, Isaac Davis aud Malilon Johnson, was appointed to make the necessary arrangements lor said meeting.— Also, to provide a banner, to be presented, on certain conditions, to the School committing to memory the greatest number of Scriptural verses. Some member of the committee will visit each school aud explain to them more fully the plan adopted. The public are under obligations to Mr. Wm. Jordan, Jun., by whose courtesy they were permitted to occupy the beautiful grove oil the occasion. W. H. S. Reminuton, Sept. 7tl. Messrs. Ens. Union: Dear Sirs: Rev. Janies McCullough, a minister of the Christian from Dayton, Ohio, is now visiting some friends in this place, and has been holding a series of very interesting meetings, which commenced F rid ay evening, August 27th and closed last evening. He leaves for Dayton, to-day. It was not my privilege to hear him but twice, but those two sermons will long be remembered. Mr. McCullough is an able man and an earnest, eloquent and fluent speaker, lie succeeded in forming the nucleus that may fiually grow into a church, lie w ill immerso a number to-duv.

I semi you the following quotations of our market: W hi te w int er w heat 4* l.i<A(4 * 1.25 per bushel; red do 90 cents qx $ 1.05; corn 05 (it 75 Cents; oats 05 (fj 40; [ flax seed $1 75 (<t $1.80; flour, best j white winter wheat, $7.75 @ $8 per | barrel; red do, $0.75 (it, $7; potatoes j 25 (<i; 40 cents a bushel; apples 60 cents to $1; tomatoes 40 eg 50; butter 18 @ 20 cents per pound and scarce; eggs 121 cents per dozen. September 7th, 1808. While the local freight train going west was switching at this place about qoon, one of the brakemen was badly crashed by being caught between the bumper and engine while coupling the cars.— Just how badly he is injured can not be ascertained as yet, but he is in terrible suffering at the present writing. A telegram has been dispatched to his wife at Logansport, and he will be sent home this evening if it is considered safe to move him. —•" ...V — L.