Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1870 — Repair your sidewalks. [ARTICLE]

Repair your sidewalks.

Corporation election first ‘Monjday in May. Next Sunday is Easter and eggs only 12| cents a dozen. One at a time the candidates announce themselves. See list. Thermometer 80° in the shade yesterday; how is that for high? Cotnes now Telit, the Buber, and opens a new stock of notions in the Haley building. i i ■" ■ ow* • * * -■ r ■ Jasper county Board of Equalization was in session at the Auditor’s office on Monday. Petit, the Barber, lias brought •on another lot ot good cigars.— Fact; we have tried them. F. W. Bedford, Esq., publishes a new advertisement this week. ‘lt is of particular interest to farmers.

Sylvester Haley, the Shoemaker, has pat a new front on his shop and improved its appearance 100 per celit. . Somebody has commenced a huge ditch along Angelica street between Van Rensselaer and,Front streets. What is it for? Mr. Samuel Hemphill advertises a public sale next Saturday. Nino mouths credit on all sums over |5. For particulars see posters. —-• The residence of Mr. Brown at Brailford, White county, was destroyed by fire yesterday. The fire was communicated by sparks from an out door fire where the women folks were making soap.

Wc haye heard it suggested that a convention be held at Reynolds on July Ist, 1870, for the purpose of nominating State Senator and Representative and a Common Pleas Prosecutor. What say Pulaski, Benton, White and Newton? Wm. 11. Gwinn and Lizzie Watson were married by Rev. L. D. Wells, at the residence of the bride’s father, Hon. G. M- Watson, on Thursday, April 7th. £ The printers acknowledge the usual compliments 'and .wish th'e generous couple a life of prosperity and joy. Various places have been suggested at which we should hold our Congressional Convention, butnojne of thetti seem to bo . entirely satisfactory to the majority of the

district The Central Committee would do a wise thing if they would have the convention held at some point where ample accommodations ran oe had for all the delegates. : — Westville has not one half room Medaryville would be still worse, and the same can be said of Francesville and Reynolds. Why not hold, it at Laporte or Valparaiso? If held at either of these points, in event of a rain the meeting uouldlie held in a hall. The diotel accommodations of both these 'places are good, and delegates would not liaveto be put three in a bed as they were at Westville two 'years ago. From conversation with the members of the Congressional Central Committee rtf this county we learn ‘that they amin favor of Laporte, but would soon< should be held at Valparaiso or South Bfed thin at any of the small town#* on The New Albany and B*le.m rmid.

Although rather late in the »*>aaon we conclude to publish that three mart-tag? licenses were issued during the bluetering month of March, 1870, to the following parties: Michael Cassady and Mary Ann Kelley John Lane ail'd Barbary ZobzinE. Pierson and Victorine McCord. ‘ Mcjb. R. 8. D wigging and I. M. Stacknouse, President and Secretary of the Fort Wayne & Pacific Railroad Company, started along the probable line of their railroad in company with Messrs. J. E- Abbott, of Rock Island, Hl., President of the Central Construction Company, wbo propose building the road, and Col. Merrick, of Des Moines, lowa, of the same company. They go to Rochester to meet the Board ot Directors and elose np the contract for building the road.