Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1870 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

'Thursday, Septembef Bth, 1670. New jeweler in town. Austin’s Ague Drops, best euro for Ague. Apples plenty—retail at the stores for forty cents per bushel. Potatoes are not very plenty at ninety cents a bushel. Late potatoes will probably bring sl. New watch repairer in town. — liflJLs_Btopping at Petit, the barber’s, establishment. F. W. Bedford desires all owing him for machinery to call and pay immediately, thereby saviug costs end trouble. New tinsmith in town. He will ■open shop in the building being remodeled by Mr. Purcupile, as soon os it is finished. lion. R. S. Dwiggins is canvassing White county. Ho started lVom Rensselaer yesterday and speaks eight times this w6ek. — It is unnecessary for us to eulogize Dr. Kelley’s photograph establishment. The pictures taken there speak for themselves. Messrs. X. & N. W. Hopkins advertise to sell all their dry goods and clothing at 10 per cent below cost prices until October Ist. Go to Hopkins’ for bargains. We speak from personal observation when we say that the Common Senserfowing machine, sold by Mr. J. S. Hopkins, is everything it is reaominended to be t cheap, durablo and performs good work. An eastern manufacturer wants us to do a couple of hundred dollar’s worth of advertising and take our pay in soap, probably we shall need the amount If wo live long enough, but we prefer to buy it at retail and have it fresh. As good as any in town is kept at Starr’s. For 50 cts. you can cure 3 or 4 cases of Ague. Norman Warner desires us to say that lie inns* have money and persons indebted to him will please call and settle immediately, or else expeetto settle with other parties with additional costs. Those who come to have work done by him hereafter must coiue prepared to pay wl en the work is done. .- „ Splendid fall apples retail from farmers’ wagons for 25 cents a bushel; at the groceries for 40 cents. This is not right because it is extortion on the part of our business men and will certainly recoil to their disadvantage. If the grocers can retail fruit to the consumers for 40 cents they pan afford to pay the farmer 40 cents because they never pay him the money but dicker off goods on. which they realize from 20 to 40 per cent, profit, and immediately sell their purchases for cash. Potatoes sold in this place this week for 00 cents per bushel. We are told that drummers have been through the county and wherever they could do so have contracted them for 60 and 05 cents delivered at the railroad stations. We do not believe it is good policy for our farmers to sell their potatoes at present for the reason that they will be worth more than the prices now offered. In all probability there are not enough in tho county for homo consumption and by digging time they will readily command from 80 cents to #1 and by Christmas $1.25 to $1.50. Calling yesterday at the store of Messrs. Leopold & Fendig, wo were surprised to see the large stock of goods they have recently opened for the fall and wiuter trade. Every shelf Is filled with dress goods, French and domestic flannels, shawls, cloths, easßimeres, tickings, beautiful Empress balmorals, coats, pants, vests, boxes of coarse and fine shoes, for men, women and children, hats, caps, battings, etc., upon the counters ana (tables were piled largo stacks of bleached and brown sheetings, tickings, blankets, overcoats, bagging; carpeting, "etc., under the counters ana rubles were stowed large boxes of boots, among them the “Premium” «nd the elegant “Gold Medal” fine boots suitable for any gentleman to wear in any parlor; in chests, bags, barrels and boxes were tea, coffee, sugar, spices, etc. Mr. Fendig has recently moved from Chicago to this El ace and is now a partner with Mr. ieopold. The latter gentleman told us that he paid the cash iu hand for this immense stockand in consequence obtained a reduction of five per cent, upon the cost, thereby saving SSOO and this saving he proposes to divide witii his customers. 'We give below the retail prices of a few staple articles »nd are assured the whole stock I mars g proportionate average with these goods: Stark “A” sheetings log cents per yard. Prints from 6J to 12J cents per yard. Beet coffee 25 cents per pound. Best brown sugar 15 cents per lb. Over a car load of salt for 33.50 per parrel. It is earnestly desired that parties owing the old firm call immediately gild settle their accounts.