Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1872 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Thursday, Oct. 10th, IS'ZSL

Common Pleas court next week. School commences in town next Honday week. ;' Sweet potatoes are bringing $1.50 a bushel of 40 cents-a peek. Mr. Mat. F. Milliken starts for “wav down tn Maine,” next Tuesday. . We saw 120 feet of dry wood sell for $4 on our streets one day last week. - The election last Tuesday was very quiet; not a rumpus occurred to mar the dignity of the occasion. There was one .Bourbon-Demo-cratic State ticket voted at the Rensselaer precinct last Tuesday. Mr. William Grant, a soldier of the war of 1812, died in this place Saturday night. He was in the 86th year of his age. Dr. Samuel W. Ritchey left sev ■eral magnificent specimens of Mam■moth Pippins ( at this office last week. Single apples weighed 22 •ounces. . - «»»» Butter is retailing lor cents a pound; eggs 15 cents a dozen?spring chickens to 15 cents apiece; and sweet potatoes 40 cents a peck or $1.50 a bushel. Mr. Joseph Garris strained his back so severely by carrying five -medium sized eai-s of coin grown on his farm in Keener township this season, that he was confined to his bed for several days.

Lafayette is represented at our Fair by a large and conspicuous delegation of bummers who turn an honest peny by tricks that are dark and ways that are vain.— —People will bite at bare hooks and there is no use warning them of danger. There are now but two of the soldiers of 1812 living in Jasper county —Phineas Thornton ’ and Cornelius Hutton. Within two years Moses Marten^--W iiii ain Moore, William Wyattcnd William Grant have died. The largest crop of emu ever raised in Jasper County was pro"duceTTlnsleason. Any number of fields will yield seventy-five bushels to the acre, and f ome farmers report fields that will reach one hundred, or even one hundred and thirty bushels to the acre. The Remington Journal of last week says: There is a little difficulty now existing in regard to this, tile third division of the Pan Handle railroad, so the General Ticket Agent informs iis. Cars will be more plenty it is thought when peace is restored in the Company. The attendance at the Fair this week exceeds all anticipation.— About 400 entries wore made and the display of live stock, grain, vegetables, frtiit and needle-work is pronounced equal ,in qualify to that exhibited at the State Fair, although the quantity was -not so great, of course. TiiaFrancesville Local Topic has been revived again.. J. Albert Winegarden is publisher now. In a recent issue we see the following complimentary notice of one of our citizens: The boys ofotix brass band .have secured the services of Mr. Charles Hopkins, of Rensselaer, as instiuctor. They are—improving finely. Mr. Hopkins is an accomplished teacher, we are assured, and will no doubt soon have our boys trained perfectly.

The Trustees "tfave decided to open the winter term of. die Rensselaer public schools on Monday, October 21st. A teacher is desired for the second counting; from the highest grade—to, whom $2.25 per day will be paid. Application may be made either verbally or by letter to Mr. Alfred Thompson, Mr. John Coen, or Horace E, James, up to Thursday evening, 17th inst. The sickest men in community are the managers of the Fair; who ■permitted a gang of Lafayette blacklegSYmd gamblers to establish themeelves on the Fair ground's ; and ply their tfinlul games the pretence of Celling a few pic* tures, a little useful stationery, small quantities of cleanly soap, sweet sticks of striped peppermint candy and other equally simple, harmless wares. We .are truly glad to see those stanch and upright old church-members sorrowingoyer their sins ofjxrmiasitttiTand as they ■cannot mend what is done we wi.l close this paragraph by quoting the language of the Good Master on a -certhii! occasion, “Go, sin nomore.’’.

The following are the township officers electcd ia the various townships of the county at the election lield on the Bth day of October, and the majorities that each received: f Maj Trustee—James F. Irwin, Rep., 57 .Assessor —Geo. G. Thompson “ 72 Marion. Trustee —D. T. Halstead, Rep., 277 Justices—E. T. Harding, “ - 285 “ —J. M. Abbott, 259 ■ “ —M. F. Chilcote, “ >8 Assessor —Peter Rhodes, j.rj 296 ■ NEWTON. Trustee—Lucius Strong, Tfihn., 82 Justices—John Goetz, Rep., 20 “ —F. W. Mock, Diem., 59 Assessor--James Yeoman, “ 56 WIIEATFIEPD. Trustee—Stillman Gates, Dem., 2 Justffies—J. W. Hogan, Rep., 29 “ —R. H. Bush, Dem., 29 Assessor —John M. Helrhic, Rep., 28 KEENER. Trustee^-A lex. A. Tyler, Rep., 7 Justice—Daniel Fairchild, “ 20 Assessor —Elam Fairchild, “ 18 HANGING GROVE. Trustee —David Gray, ' Dem., 56 Justice—E. Peregrine. Rep., 7 Assessor--Fred. Stiers, “ 63 GILLAM. Trustee, John Qucrry, Rep.,< 93 Justices, William Querry, “ 81 “ George Blaze, “ 78 Assessorif A. G. Robb, “ 101 BARKLEY. Trustee, H. A. Barkley, Dem., 35 Justices, HoldrigeClark, Rep., 148 “ Andrew Shepard, “ 14 Assessor, John C Chilcote, “ 1 JORDAN. Trustee; 11. I. Adams, Rep., 57 Justice,. W._ H. Snodgrass, “ 40 Assessor, Eiish a Norton s9" VNIon. Trustee, I. V. Alter, Rtp., 12 Assessor, Levi Haskill, “ 11 WALKER. Trustee, Jno L. Hersh man, J)em., 44 Justices, Joel F. Spriggs, “ 29 Lorenzo Tinkhnm, Rep., 27 Assessor, David'Daniel”, - Trustee, A. Glazebrook, Dem., 10 Justices. M. B. Scott, Rep.j. 19 S. L Bingham, “ 14 Assessor, T. M. Jones, Dem., 3 MILROY. Trustee, James W. Smith, Dem., 2 Justices, Wesley Meadows, “ 2 “ M. F. Connett, Rep., 20 Assessor, Wm. H. Beavpr, Lem., 2