Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1869 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Thursday, October 14th, 1869.

Qood sound winter apples sold -for $1 a bushel from the wagons, in •our streets, Tuesday. Master Frank Martin has our thanks for a pair of pears. May the big girls let him alone when he .goes to school. It is said that a professor of music in j£is place performs “Life on the Ocean Wave” with suoh effect bis hearers become sea sick. John Thomas, an epileptic, was taken to Longview lusaue Hospital, at Cincinnati, last Monday. He had become quite vicious and dangerous and all will be glad that he is to be cared for. The sun*eying party on the 1., D. &C. route passed this place last Monday. They expWt to camp in Newton county to-hight, and to cross the Kankakee river into Lake county, next Monday. Mr. D. 11. Casey, formerly of Jasper county, has our thanks for recent courtesies. Mr. Casey is District Superintendent of Public Instruction for the Bth district of Arkansas, which consists of the counties of Clark, Dallas, Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Little ltiver, and Sevier. His headquarters arc at Arkadelpliia.

One of the “learned educators” at the teachers' institute struggled, and fumed, and “yawped” himself red in the face, the other evening, trying to convince himself that school teaching is more respectable than boot blacking, and then denied the whole proposition by stating that all professions arc 4>u an equality in thuuUnitcd States. Another one screeched himself hoarse and mutilated the English language remorselessly because people persisted in not pronouncing “grass” after the manner of Cockneys, as though spelled “g-r-a-u-s-c!” Talk about such nonsensical affectation being progression! It if not even crayfish progression, it is simply merest twaddle, “Learned educators'' forsooth! Dr. J. W. LaUuc is receiving large additions to his extensive stock of goods. His store is one of the best places to trade at in the county. Give him a call. It will be seen by posters printed at this office that Mrs. Margaret Pritchard advertises to sell, at her residence in Barkley township, four miles north ol Rensselaer, on Tuesday the 2flth instant, three horses, one cow, wagon, sot of harness, household furniture, corn in the crib, etc. Ten months’ credit on sums over t>s, at six per cent interest, except for the corn which must be cash.

Mr. John W. Newman advertises—by posters printed at this office a public sale of personal effects :«t Ibis residence three and one-hall iin'iles south of Rensselaer, on Thursday, the 28th instant. He has two horses, one yearling colt, four cows, hogs, tamo and wild hay in stack, rye and spring wheat in bin, corn in the field, two-horse wagon, house, hold furniture, etc. He gives nine months' credit. By referring to the map it will bo seen that the route of the Indianapolis, Delphi A Chicago Railroad its it passes the town of Rensselaer runs through the lands of Mr. Henry Weston. These lands are to-day the most valuable lands in the couuty, but the owner is anxious to sell them now and will sell cheap. The officers of tho railroad company are sanguine of the success of the enterprise and even intimate, wo are told, that the work of construction will be commenced at a not far-distant day. With the county-seat, with railroad facilities, prith a surrounding country unsurpassed in fertility by any in the West, and with no competing towns exerting perceptible-influence, Rensselaer most become a thriving business point. Rensselaer offers today inducements for the investment o! capital which are not expelled by any other town in the State. Now property is oheap and now is the time tp buy. Information concerning the price and terms of payment of the most valuable real estate in the counity, may be obtained by addressing either Henry Western, Esq., l?2"Broa&uv, New York, o£ Messrs. Dwiggjpr* •Thompson, his local agents.