Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1871 — LOCAL. MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL. MATTERS.

Thursday 1 . June 29th, lb7l.

Work still progresses on the railroad. fcS7"Dr. Kelley tike.- all kind: •f farm produce lor Photographs. , Remember tlrit next Tia-sh; will bo the Fourth of July. It will bo a big'day in Rensselaer. Coni - and enjoy it. You can find a clioap Boot, Shoe, Gaiter of Shipper at Luth! Hopkins's. Soda water, lemonade, ice cream and other nice things will be found in abundance at Frank I’urcupile’a on the Fourth. New'-spring styles of hßts and caps, for men ami U<>ys, at, Lutli! Hopkins’. Charley Starr will bo well supplied with ice cream, lemonade, soda water and other good things on the Fourth. Tea Sets, Covered Dishes, Bakers, Steak Platters, Dickers, Bowl g Pickle Dishes, etc., ! cheap, at Ludd Hopkins’sTho farmers are now in the ! inidkt of wheat harvest. The crop i* tho finest raised in this county for many years. The committee having in charge tho preparation of arrangements for the celebration of the Fourth of July, arc making vigorous efforts to have a splendid affair. The members of the Methodist Episcopal church have recently i been repairing their house of wor ; ship so that it is no longer —inside —an eyesore to those who visit it for devotional purposes. Some’of oqr friends who wont on tho editorial excursion, post- j •poned joining tho temperance soci-1 oty until their return. The danger of encountering bad water is said j to have induced this step. A— Sylvestcr Haley is a jolly irish-j man and a number one boot and j shoe raakf:. He always has a pleas-; ant countenance, plenty of genuine iri'-.h wit, and fits one so nicely with a du. able, boot or shoe that there in no occasion to think bad of him afterwards. Wo will lay before our readers next week an interesting letter from S. P. Thompson, Esq., giving a vivid description of tho beauties of Chicago. Jtj came too.late for publication this week. ifcThohipson isl perambulating tho west with the excursionists. Since otir last issue Treasurer Platt has settled, with the township trustees of Gillam, Newton and Kankakee, paying them the amounts opposite their names, as follows: John Qnorry, Gllhiin township, $1,535.08 >< Lucius Strong, Newton •• 1.215,57 O. B. Rockwell, Kankakee tp., 702.39 Keener and Union are the only town ships'not settled with, hut the Treasurer is ready for settlement a’, any th. may .call on hi’,::.

The Masonic forth al passed Yft' agreeably last Saturday night. Tire degrees of tho Eastern Star were conferred. An address was delivered by Mr. I. M. Stackhouse. — Tho cake prepared by the ladies was superb, as were also tho ice cream and lemonade gotten up by Mr. F. J. PurcupHo. Why buy Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco by the ounce and pay 10 cents, or a pound, wlien you can get the same article by the pound for sl, Lucid Hopkins’s? Hon. 0. M. Watson, of Marion towfisbip, has a threc-ycar old steer, which weighed on the Ist day of Juno, 1,680 pounds. During the siy feeding months —from November to April—the animal “put on” 3116 pounds, and in the month of May last, 100 pounds. Who can beat it ci thcr for present weight or gain? • Stable to rent. Room for twenty horses; Capacious granary ami hayloft. buit ible for a Livery Stable —. would have little competition and good business. A tine opening. Terms reasonable. Apply to I’. Dunlap, .Proprietor of the Fugle House, Rensselaer, Indiana. With commendable promptness Sheriff Ytcr.ian has had the'Aik: -.' leadir.g over the Court House yard fence- in front of this office, placed in repair so that now strangers from Lafayette need not fear of barking the blonde cuticle of-tHt-ir Jitjlij ahian, or '..g tla:' I.ran new doeskin paiiis-:'.while ero; ■ : illg tliC’.l.

Ludd Hopkins has acquired a reputation for selling goods cheap. iT-id to .maintain the same ho "is now ohhring a pileoi €jucri;.i ..nr. 'ib kr-ver pr.e ? ■ ever LdUr since tlic ' r. P > you want apple tree-.;? Do yet: want pears, peaches, cherries? Do you want ar.yt’ir.'g in the shape of . good fruit trees, evergreens, ; -o i.- l ucha::, or anything kept in a first-clwsr, nursery? If you do, call on C. P. Wright, I'ioenl agent for ..the Tc’eJo, -Ohio, nursery, lie 'em: Lc seen at any time by calling at the grocery store of W. J. lines.' O:; ■ -ic'-ar- md-'.ling friend, Mr. Fib '. Xv.dlcn, rum. r. conveyauee 1 . . , r -.a’"- r’y-wfwecn t.ns pmeo and * F-s’.i’lo. carrying passengers [ and frdight. He drives a good iasn -at:', is always on hands in time for the train, makes rea- ona- ; Lio charges and tn!?es especial imhif. gcilerediy to look after the convenience and welfare of the so who fav orhii 1 ’ with their putronage. Attention is .iireetod-td the. p?o----grrmimo of the soci’ iion of m ist u s of the !. . hurrh ot -the Eatl.i-.i Ground di: i;’i -t;. to be held at thm pinee on f.ie 31th mm IT.h i iof next month. We notice among the. imm: s mr. :- eminent dirkw? -of that denomihatio;!. 'The subiTets s eiccted essay s' - and sern pjn s jvilLattnumthe- interest of uff- public and will up-doubt securt a large attend.-mee. Tho celebration of th'- Fourth of July at this place promises to bo a nice affair. Tho programme arranged by the committee is good. ■ Hom Aaron Gtirru-y, of Valpa: aiso. i who has promised to deliver the oration, will be present wiihoht fail. Wo can m sure those who ' hear him that they will be wcl; paid for their attendance. H'c stands among the foremost orators in the St ate. A big turn out of the” people is anticipated Coin - in friends, from every pent of the county, and let us have a good 'imo an-l a glorious Fourth. v *' J ” ' • 11. S. Uwiggihs, Ih-esidcnt of the Indiana division of the New York Western railroad, in company with Mr. McWilliams, Chief Engineer of the Central Construction ccmpuny, who is building the c:.t t and i west road went to Kankakee city last week mid effected tho prchininaUciS for tun consolidation of the K:ffi l kakco Indiana State T ino i-‘ : lron<r company with thp New York Western. This company i-i to build a railroad from Kankakee city to an eastward conneetkm Its President is Mr. 'Kubtt, of Kankakee, and the company have already township pledg. -.1 ’to the amount of $66,000. They ex; .c I to r.nfto the balance that nmy be necessary to complete the bed ready tb° kon by prU. vate jjhbscriptiofi and are confident this will bo secured by the Ist of January, ls?2.‘ Work v. i". 1.0 ccmnienccd this week ami pyofiecute-l vigorously until it fc c.umjilctrd. 40 -WffFS- ,f li’jm fol- sale ,-*V» toe CorUpratioii of RemtMv-t l.nd, Tvrent;, ucr sumJi i < ultlyitp.; ' ; 1 *■ <’.* I ■ t ■ A - 10.-: • f