Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1873 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

h ursday, January 30th,; 1873.

All persons indebted to the firm of A'bhf’tt Bros, it Co., are notified to call ,ilj: t ‘i. either with cash or note. JHes«Fs.'T3aiiguerty & Jaqks are retailing/ splendid potatoes at 50 cenfs iujAV*hel. , Ttumen dollars a ton is what '■ /al burners of Rensselaer pay for .tliei-r fuel this winter, '.j The ... fe of Mr. S. T. Warren •’ Snieluyevcning.. She was buried on Tuesday. 1 v ' Charley Starr,lias brought down ihe p-rLfo of common grades of oys ter: irotir-ro cents per. half can to 45 cents. Now is a splendid time to chase down and catch wolves, and it is ti.i'fi that many farmers are improving; ir. —* ’ *'?*• cs' thermometer indicated a ! . : • .raturt.' of 12 degrees below 0 Sunday and Monday mofnitnjs J ■ t sunrise. rtrir- week front-next Motiday the : : ,u. ,4 lands in Jasper conntv, de- •• iq ; at for taxes, will be made at t_be 1 ourt House. Tlu’Ve is a,well defined case of ~ /■ spinal mtningelis in Bcnsse‘ir. Dwight Hopkins is the utt. r k and is m a critical oondi-*rs'-,so"n« . ‘ ■. : ’ —— » Mr Henry S. Travis, of the law , i. o\ R. S. Dvviggins & Co., talks. • i moving to Oxford, Benton county* ,n the spring, and wid dWln a law shop tliertT. - There are now HpPptp . an.lug stoves in use in this p><-' ( ■wo! tire price of wood has dcpreci;:f- i from 85 a cord to 85,25 since the epizootic disappeared. •j heiipnfar wave" s)ipj)cd arotmtT j ' :jj.- southwest again Ttit so ay and im sequence the mercury cr. pt dov -i to 3(1 degrees below zero yes- ; U rb..y lhofriuTg at 5 ocToefc. An. Richard Steel, of Barkley township, who was adjudged insane 'I \v i or three weeks ago and given j ihe charge -ot Air. Lie-haul ; rson, died last Monday mom . ... - -*-*«*- .* • t Satrd ay two page* of SpilReal EUale Gazelle wi'r.e pieiT ,-. j n » office; delaying if"- pubi'C..- j i • i ; r two days. Nolie.dy in the oil! desires a repetition ol such foul i.sh'ncss. ■ e liear that Air. Robert Quiniiv three miles south of town, v, ■.*■ : irnt out las; night, lie saved 1 u; \:w articles of iurnituro and to , isions, and only the clothing . . his family some oi whom had i Hired to bed. g\ late number of i lie 1 ndianapoiis Jn-urml says there is a fob t-ot-show level fit Jasper,county-; big we ■:U'. report ten inches more without exaggeration. There is now not ic sjdian twenty-two inches to two (Vet of snow on every wheat field in Jasper county. We und erst and* tire Honor-; able Board of" Commlssior.crs for the County of' Jasper afrd State ot Imli'akia will be importuned at their i;en March session tor license to Si :i intoxicating liquors to the thirst j inhabitants of Rensselaer in L s quantities than a quart. • Miss Mell Wright, Teacher of School No. 1, Newton township, iiialfep the following report for tllfe Trr~.it h ending January lul h, 18 1 3; ,No. enrolled, 33; daily average attendance for first month, 3(1. pupils perfect -in attendance- -Allie M.oi lan, John Grant, Frank Jirant, FL-huyler Grant, Batnlfn ctayier, .Stephen" Boyce, Charles Goetz, and Arthur Suyler. Quito an interesting meeting was held at the school bouse last Friday' evening. The speakers were Mr. b I*. Thompson, Comity Ach oo j F\'aminor, Prof. Brown, ex-State eologist and Air. Janies A. Burnin m, teacher of the principal depar '.metitot the Umusselaer schoots; - Tl:o topic o-f discussion —was the important one. of education, and Home excellent suggestions were ttvadu by each of the. speakers. . Brofcssor R. T. JW.«b "'ho was ... (formerly State Geologist am. re ' cen; y Chief Chemist in the Detrtmeot of Agriculture at Wir!.-i'cgr-ott City, was tlie guest of his tUtr-in-law. Air. (‘. R. Hmigli,in place, la»t week. TiiVlhv.'i s . delivered cxtcnijinaa-., ES Itciiilc in the tetloot. lioiise i-b'May-eve ning upon tlie suhjci'o of popular tdiTcation.' ' lie is an earnest frieud of »the, common •>ciic)ols and a speaker. I

On account of the unfavorable| weather last Saturday Mr. Sampson Erwin’s sale was postponed. But David Michael will unite in an ex j tensive joint sale of cattle, horses, hogs, hay fencing, wagons, harness, I plows, liay rakes, mowing mil- j cihints, reaping machines, and other articles too numerous to mention. Eleven months credit will he given on all sums ol five dollars and up- 1 wards. . Last Thursday—January 22,18V3 I —will lopg he remembered as one ! of flumpidst disagrucable thy*, audtli » Htprm \t h ick prevailed as among the sever est, ever experienced i in this locality. Snow commenced j falling about lour ocloek i’ll the morning and: ' continued without; interruption until eleven o’clock at j night, a vigorous gale -blowing j constantly the while. Fourteen to sixteen inches fell during the time, and drifted into lanes, alleys and T ,;;>ds from four to six feet deep, pretty efFecdk'dly sF'i’l’ing all travel with to:ims tor a co"ple ‘d day:, and making stock feeding 11 V ' M A tedious chore. The Bradford hack j which went over Thursday morning j and should have comeback the sumo aay did not return Until Saturday evening. Hon. 11. S. I)wiggins, our worthy State Senator, is certainly doing yeoman service, lie tills his place daily upon the floor ol the senate, alui is lii-aid irbm often and to the point.\Ve notice that lit-is placwl upoii many of ilie most important standing committees. This tact speaks volumiis in favor of his ability.- Local topic. A year ago it was the boast of the people of Rem ington, that there Was ; no saloon in the plaec, now there is J oile legiitly autiiorizefi liy the temperance liit-i l of tli etown, to sell tiy let ail and three periniltod hv temperance men to sell by wholesale amt retail, should think by wholesale mostly, ■ 5 514 guj 1 " 118 were sold during the last 'yctvA- Rcnim£ **nJ ommd. About the loth of last nii ; "fh, John" \Y. Chamber*, of this place, pXirc , ii..4-xiilJi~fTtii*r7if-|;tinl, consisting of ahout •25 acres, in the citv of Indianapolis. This land cost him 82'i,tki0. About the first of this mouth he laid it out in town lots, 131 iu number, lie has sold GO of these lots for 827,875.00. On the 2nd inst. iie imidcatuit 1 ier pur-.cl-iash adjoining _lhc first, ol 2tif acres' .- eoiisideratiou 825,000. Remington Journal.