Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1871 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Thursday, April 20th, 1871.

Town 31nrshal Spangle has commenced tlio work of cleaning oft' the streets. Frank J. Pnreupilo is whitewashing, scrubbing and otherwise cleaning up his tobacco store. a Friend C. R. Ilough lias set out shade trees along tho street in front of his residence on Front street. The RKNssui.Aisit Union man has been tempted with tho queer. — Oxford Tribune. Oh no 1 guess not 1

A beautiful shower of rain fell yesterday morning, reviving vegetation and purifying tho atmosphere. It was just what was needed -and everybody rejoices. John Catt removed to Wisconsin 'recently. — Bourbon Cor. Warsaw Northern lndianian. No such thing; ho still lives in Rensselaer. Rev. W. 11. Goodison will preach ut the Presbyterian Church next at loj o’clock A. 31., and at the Egypt School house in Jordan township, at o’clock 1 . 31.

Frank Purenpilo has ijp his soda apparatus for the sununci campaign and is now prepared to furnish sweetened wind in quantities to suit tho demand. The Rensselaer Brass Band is truly a good institution and adds largely to the interest and enthusiftFiH of public meetings. The “boys” arc entitled" to praise for their enterprise. Rensselaer young bucks have organized a base-bull club ami nov. n talk of procuring an elegant three •dollar uniform to adorn their manly muscles. Enterprise artd economy is their motto.

It is reported that parties dragged the river all day Sunday, with a spoon-hook, for Nicholis, the wife-beater, who “shinned out of Galilee” from the Sheriff last Friday. lie wasn’t caught. We acknowledge the receipt of a box of good cigars from lriend Conwell at the Post Ollice. V* hen it comes to cigars we arc in favor of Women's Rights. They are a good article. Call in (at the I ost Ollice) and try one. . The frosts of last week materially injured the pear buds, On some trees quite three-fourths were killed. Perhaps there arc .enough left uninjured to make an average crop, provided no other accident Happens to them.

Tho action of the Supremo Court in holding frhs railroad appropriation law constitutional gives general satisfaction in this vicinity.— It has inspired tho lriends o l the Rgrt Way no • & I’acilio railroad with renewed activity and tho Mo k •of soliciting right-of-way has commenced with great vigor. Messrs. Thos. Boroughs and Jared Benjamin went into Newton county yesterday to sec about Inning elections ordered in the townships through wjiicli tho proposed Fort W ayne & Pacific railroad will pass, for a tax of two per cent, in aid of that enterprise, and also to work up the right-of-way. _ '

I. M. Stackhouse, Esq., Secretary of the Fort Wayne & Pacific Kailroad Company, started to Fort Wayue on Monday to sec about having another election called in Allen county to vote $'200,000 in aid of this enterprise, and also to work up the right-of-way along the -line west of Fort Wayne. « r[r - Don’t say anything to discourage the exertions of those who aro trying to build the Fort Wayne & Pacific railrrfad. If you feel at all timorous lest the project fail, .keep „ your fears to yourselves. Speak favorably,of the enterprise-or say nothing. Encourage thosq who arc laboring to build up the place.— Don’t croak. Don’t' prophesy failure. -*

Farmers, corn brings .10 cents a bushel in Rensselaer, and out load .will glut tlje market. I f there wan a railroad to '"'this point it would bring 43 cents and you could get the ca§h for all you can raise. You now can haul one load a“day to the railroad; if Kensselaer was a railroad elation you could bring in three or four loads a day. Your farms arc now worth sls per .we; with the Fort Wayne & Pacificroad built they will be worth $45. Won’t you give the right-of-way cheerfully to better vour .condition .threefold?

Sheriff Yeontan is having a new pino board fence constructed on the west side of the public square. Good thing —tho old one had becomo positively dangerous to hitolv teams to, besides those seasoned oak boards were too bard for horses to gnaw with any kind of satisfaction. The flavor of pino lumber is more aromatic than. o9k anyway. It will do lovers of the neat and beautiful good to call at Ludd Hopkins’ establishment, corner of Front and Washington streets, and see how nicely he is improving tho appearance of his store with paint and whitewash and paper. He has one of tho linost store rooms in town and it is fhirly gorgeous with the dazzling colors of spring goods —prints, delaines, shawls, bnlinorals, etc., etc. Call aiid see him.

Good many fanners along the line of tho Ft. Wayne & Pacific railroad in this county have given the right-of-way through their farms cheerfully and aro now encouraging their neighbors to do likewise. This is the proper spirit to manifest. Ret all unite to aid the enterprise as much as wo pan and then .if tho project fails it will not bo our fault. Tho most extensive assortment of boots and shoes in this place is probably at Purcupile’s. They have stock ranging all the way from children’s smallest No. “Is” up to the broadest and coarsest plow shoes. Women’s beautiful gaiters and men’s finest calf boots. The prices arc reasonable —at least 20 per cent, cheaper than the same quality of goods hate been sold for during former seasons. Go and see if it is not as we represent it to he.

A fellow named Nichols, front Milroy township, was conducted to town last Friday by a “minion of the law” and delivered over to the tender mercies of Sheriff Yeoman. He was charged with wife-beating. The Sheriff put the jewelry on his wrists ami shut him in his office while he went to prepare the necessary papers to have him admitted to the Moiiticello jail, but wTien be came back it was found the “darbies” were slipped and the bird bad ilown. He was not followed. lion. R. S. Dwiggins, President of the Fort Wayne & Pacific Railroad Company, started to Chicago Tuesday' to meet Judge Green, President of the consolidated company, James E. Abbott, President of the Central Construction Company (who, it will be remembered, has the Contract for building the Fort Wayne & Pacific Railroad), and other gentlemen officially connected with the enterprise, and confer wit!i them in relerenoe to com|*r mencing work in Indiana immediately.

A correspondent of the Rochester Spy says that Rev. John 11. Ciss'el is a candidate for a Kishoprio in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Cisscl was brought up in Rensselaer and his*, mother (Mrs. S. P. Howard) resides here now. lie is a young minister of great promise, and long since rose to prominence among the ministers of his Conference. Wc are happy to hear of our old school-mate's success and hope he may be promoted to wider fields of usefulness. O It don’t make any differenceliow many customers call at a time at Purcupilo’s, all will receive prompt and polite attention. Don’t be afraid to call then on account of tho crowd—somebody will be ready to wait on you and fill your orders. This firm makes a gp£&iality of hoots and shoos. They keep the most extensive assortment in Jasper county. Quick sales and small profits is their motto, and they do not hesitate to sell out all they have in store oven if it docs break tho assortment.

Wc believe it is pretty generally known by those who trade in Rensselaer that Messrs. Leopold & Fern dig, of the Stone store, are never behind their neighbors in enterprise. Mr. Leopold returned from Chicago Tuesday.and brought with him a large stock of spring goods. Such piles of ready made clothing, prints, dress goods, brilliant shawls, balmorals, boot's, shoes, hats, caps, rolls of carpeting, rolls* of oil cloths, dozens of trunks, tons of groceries, etc., etc.; were perhaps never before seep in any ono store in Jasper county. Go and sec them anyway, whether you buy or not, but buy you certainly will -if jou need anything and consult your interests. Go and see the new goods at Leopold & Fcndig’s, in the Htone store.

lion. D. D. Pratt has thanks for copy of his speech upon tho kuklux outrages. lion. Schuyler Colfax has sent us a copy of tho Congressional Olobe of April 12th, for which wo return thanks. About a year ago when the people of Newton county wore asked to vote a tar in aid of tho Fort Wayne & Pacific railroad, tho Iventland Gazette opposed it, as it claimed because the officers of the organization were not capitalists and had had no experience in railroad enterprises; but tho real cause of its opposition was a selfish one, it knows that if tho project is Successful that it will cut off a large trade that now goes to Kentland. Part of this trade legitimately belongs to us, and if th&j'oad is built Rensselaer will have it. Let every business man in Rensselaer and every citizen desiring tho prosperity of the county use his utmost endeavors to aid the good work.