Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1871 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Thursday, July 6th, 1871.

The Hies begin to bother the horses. gtjgrDr. Kelley; takes nil kinds of farm produce lor 'Photographs. New potatoes have been in use so r some time. You can find a cheap Boot, Shoo, Gaiter or Slipper at Ludd Hopkins’s. There was an unusual supply of cherries this year. New spring l styles of hats and caps, for men and boys, tit Ludd Hopkins’. !» The voice of the whippo-will .in heard in the land. Frost was seen last Thursday morning by early risers. - 1 . ••• - - - 'lion. Jesse D. 15right, of Kentucky, was in town on Monday. Dr. Gordon and Mr. Fairchilds, of Francesvillc, were in town last week. ■ Items arc scarce, there being no rnn-aways, figbts, or exciting lawsuits. There will be a trial of mowers •at the farm of the late Dr. Martin to-day at one o'clock. The chinch bug is reported to be doing considerable damage to the oats and corn. The ravages pf the insect arc worse further south. Ludd Hopkins has acquired a reputation for selling goods cheap, and to maintain the same he is now offering a pile of Queenswnre at lower prices that ever before since the. war. Bee adyertisomeut of “BPick for Buie” in another column. All persons needing brick lor building or any other purpose will do well to give Messrs. Melntirc & Bates, at Remington, a call before purchasing elsewhere. i ' 1 *** I would be glad if the friends who will entertain the members of the Ministerial Association next week would give me their names us sqou as they can that I may know who to depend on and where to assign tho Ministers as they come in. J. M. Montg^mer# About fivd o’clock Saturday after- , noon last tho two story dwelling house of Mr. Raphael Ilopkins, situated on tho corner of Front and (Cornelia streets, to ;bo on fire. The alarm soon brought ; a largo crowd to tho promises, who, I pitching in with will and determination, soon succeeded in extinguishing the flames. The firo was communicated to tho building from the sheet iron chimney. The danlage done to the house will probably not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars. Mrs. Starr, the occupant of the building, lost considerable by damage to her goods in their removal from the house.— •There was an insurance on the Jiousc but none on the contents.

Tho celebration of the Fourth will long bo remembered as tho finest ever held in Rensselaer. Tho woulher being favorublo tho peoplo came iu largo numbers from overy part of tho county. Tho exoroiscs were conducted under tho charge of K. L. Clark, Esq., Marshal of tho day. Tho Rensselaer Brass Band enlivened the occasion by some of its best music. After prayer by Rev. J. M. Montgomery tho declaration of independence was road by James A. Burnham, Esq. It would be vain for us to attempt tho most imperfect outline of tho masterly and eloquent oration of lion. A. Gurney, of \ alparaiso. It is sufficient to say that it commanded the closest attention of the largo audience from beginning to end, and that all were well pleased with it. Col. Granville Moody, of Ohio, being in tho county on business and happening to be present, was called out and favored the audience with an address. It was a speech, worthy of the patriotic, “fighting parson,” and was listened to attentively. The benediction, pronounced by Rev. \V. 11. Goodisson, closed the exercises of the day, except as to the young folks, who returned after dinner and according to the programme formed tho Grand Cotillion Party. The committee having charge of this part of the exercises had made apple arrangements by the erection of a large platform in the grove and by procuring suitable music. The day passed off pleasantly. The best of order was preserved. There was no disturbance and no intoxication. Since the closing of the whiskey saloons our citizens can enjoy public days undisturbed by the presence of the inebriated. The good effects of no retail whiskey shops were- observed by every. -p.erson who had ever been hero on or similar occasion when such institutions were in vogue. Altogether we do not see bow the Fourth could have been more appropriately and becomingly celebrated than it was on lastTuosday in Rensselaer.