Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1869 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOCAL MATTERS.

September 10 1800. riTTsaUMOH, CINCINNATI, AN O HI. LOIIII lUILWAV CO.

Panhandle Bent*. THAIS! PASS KXKIHOTON. •dim i.n: od:nu mit. sight Kxpress 5:40 a. ■ lley Kxpress Mini* a. m. Thr. Ft. Ac’a 7:3S •• Local Freight 1:35 p. a. Local Freight 10:35 •• Thr. Ft. 4r Ac’u 7:45 •• Hay Express 70S P. a. Night Kxprrpe 11:45 •• HOBKHT PAHJCJtR, Agent L.OllSVin.B, NEW ALBANY AND • CIIIC AO® lUILUAV.

THAIS! PAM BRADFORD, noiau aavra. uoiao aoara. l)ay Kxprcs 13:03, p. a. I Day Kxpress 4:14 p. a. Mght •• 10:04 •• Night “ lS:33a.a. ill. dr Acc’n 9:45 a. aJPrI. & Acc’n 13:03 p. a. C. K. DKWEESK, Agent.

The Jasper Circuit Court couTettcs week front next MondayTuesday evening a nice shower of rnin fell here. It came very opportunely for the wheat just sown. Mr. Wallace W. Murray, of Barkley township, was thrown from his wagoiu day before yesterday, and severely hurt. The Rensselaer schools commence on Monday, the 27th instant, and not the 20th, as was erroneouslystated by us last week. An unusually large amount of wild hay has been stacked in this •county this season, and it is of the best quality and saved iu splendid order. A private letter to Mrs, Goddard states that Mr. W. B. S. llenklc, formerly Clerk of the Town of Rensselaer, committed suicide by hanging, last Friday evening. He was living at Johnstown, Harding county, Ohio. Mr. John Makeevcr tells us he thinks he has wheat this year that will average forty bushels to the acre. Some of it has been threshed and weighs 64 ]K>unds to the bushel measure. He calls it the Lancaster variety. Mr. Makeevcr placed on our table a half dozen tine pears and an apple weighing 14 ounces, lor which we return thanks. Last Monday was the tenth anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. 1. M. Stackhouse. In the evening they were “at home’* to a houseful! of friends who made it an occasion to present their congratulations together with appropriate tinware both ornamental and useful. Alter spending an hour or two in pleasant conversation the company dispersed to their several homes, each one wishing long life and continued happiness to this very worthy and popular couple. Doubtless some of our readers remember that a couple of well dressed middle-aged men made their advent in this place last winter, bringing with them a stoek of clothing, trinkets and so forth, which they proceeded to dispose of at public auction in the rooms of the old “Shanghai Building,’’ now occupied by Mr. M. C. Meade as as a jewelrystore. One of the men was rather low of stature, thick set, dark complexion, reticent, ami acted as clerk of the establishment—that man, we are told, was Frank Kemster, recently convicted of the murder of Mrs. Jones, of Covington, and senimprisonment for life. We have barely room to mention that the citizens of this place were favored, last evening, with hearing Mr. S. C. Crane's inimitable lecture, “Life in our Fast Age and Fast Country.” Mr. Crane is a pleasaut speaker, possessing the somewhat unusual faculty of telling truths in an acceptable manner.— 11c can also say some very comic things, and at times soars into flights of real elo<Jhen<fe. Many of his ideas appeared unorthodox to us, but perhaps the diflferencc is only of opinion and not particularly important —at any rate we have not time t» discuss it. His audience was comfortably sized, attentive, and appreciated the lecture — four dollar ’* worth. During the past week we havo had the pleasure of a call from bur young friend Mr. Wesley Thompson. For a couple of years past he has beon away from this place attending the Miami Medical College, at Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he Sraduated last spring, receiving a iploma as M. D. During the summer past he has been living at £fflugham, lib, where he has begun the practico of his profession with flattering prospects. Last week he returned to Rensselaer upon a visit to his parents bringing with him a wife. During the course of Mr. Thompson’s visit to us, he desired us to thank the people of Jasper county, in his name, for their liberal patronage of the “City Drug Store” in the past and also asks for it a share of -future favors. His father having -charge of the store and being an experienced and efficient druggist, -customers need have no fears but -that they will be feirlv and properly dealt witji. A good quality of drugs and medicines constantly on hand. See advertisement. All lovers of good oigan trade at 'Coats’, because he keeps the best in town. Sign of the Big Indian. If there it such an article ns a good oigar in the town of Rensselaer it is to bo found at the Barber shop. The way*to save money is to buy’ your tobacco and cigars of Coats, yttbs jigu of the Big ludian.