Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1873 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

'Thursday, March 20th, 1873.

Spring goods at Leopold & Fendig’s. New style dress goods at Leopold & Fendig’s. We print sale bilto, and all manner of plain work, cheap. Broadway and London latest spring styles of hats and caps at Leopold & Fendig’s. Leopold & Fendig have the largest, best and cheapest stock of carpets in Jasper county. A very extensive assortment of ready made clothing, cheap, at Messrs. Leopold. & Fendig’s. Fine serge (old s(yle) Congress 'gaiters for only one doliarand seventyfive cente a pair, at Ludd Hopkins’. ’thankful for past liberal patronage Hr. Kelley, the photographer, will ux>ntinue his low prices for gems until It is safe to “show your pretty feet” after going to Liidd Hopkins’ and selecting your gaiters from the new iStylesj ust arriving; A new stock of merchant tailor’s goods, consisting of cloths, cassimeres and trimmings of the' latest styles, just received and for sale at the Stone 'Store. Letter heads, envelopes, circulars, •folanks, posters, and all plain printing ■done at low prices, at this office. Gall ■on, or send orders to, James & Healey, Rensselaer, Indiana. A few pieces of dry goods, hats, caps, boots, shoes and notions left of the old stock belonging to the late Thomas Hollingsworth, at Emmet Kannal’s drug store, will be sold at great bargains in order to close out. S. B. Haver and C. M. Haver, late of Remington, have removed their livery to Oxford, Ind., where they are prepared to -accommodate thew old customers and friends at their usual liberal rates. 5-2<>-12t. - Mr. A. Leopold will have the room on the corner of Washington and VanRensselaer streets. opposite the bank, carpeted and furnished with lounges for the convenience of customers who wish to fit on boots and shoes. All kinds of plain printing done at this office as cheaply and in as good manner as it can be done in the West. Do not send orders and money away from home, but call and see James & Healey, Rensselaer, Indiana. The season for painting is rapidly [rawing near and people who intend o renovate and improve the hppearance of property should get the best hiaterials. Emmet Kann.nl keeps the ■ cblebrated Averill Chemical Paint in all colors, tints and shades; also white lead and oil in large supply. Gen. Milroy’s homestead, south of the river, is for sale on easy term.— House has five or six rooms, wash house and cellar; good stable, wood house and other outbuildings; garden containsapplesrpears, plums, peaches, grapes, and a large quantity of small fruits, all in bearing condition. For particulars "address Mrs. Mary' J. Milroy, Delphi, Indiana. V©n account of the-stringency in monetary affairs we have conehided to extend the time for settlement of accounts until the first day of April. All persons indebted to us will please take notice of this leniency and crime tip promptly prepared to pay notes and accounts on or before that date, thereby saving trouble,, ill feeling ami expense; After the first <Jay of April, 1873, all accounts remaining unsettled -and all notes unpaid will be given to attorney for collection. Leopold & Fendig.

Messrs. Leopold & Fendig’s new goods have arrived and are on the shelves ready for inspection and sale. The first purchasers wifi have choice of a very large stock. Snow fell again last night. What will be the issue at the corporation election this season? It is said that this is the proper time to prune grape vines and fruit Trees. Uncle Thommy Monnett .was plowing meadow sod day before yesterday. • - Mr. Ira M. Trussell favors us With a copy of the Summit County, Ohio, Beacon, There seems to be an unusual tendency to erysipelas and abcesses among the-sick this spring. ■ . > ♦ • > » - • ■ ■■■-- Frost is nearly all out of the ground except in shaded places and the streets have become quite dusty. Messrs. Willis J. lines and Ira W. Yeoman have dissolved partnership in the grocery business, Mr. Yeoman going out. Marion Grange No. 39, will meet at the Court House, Saturday evening, March 29, at 7 o’clock. A full attendance is desired. —2 \ ' Do not think wheat looks as well this spring as we have seen it some seasons, though a few warm days would bring it out wonderfully. Little frogs were piping the first of the w4ck, but are looking through glass windows this morning and chafing their to#s to keep -waring- f C Since the passage of the law regal a ting billiard saloons, impecunious infants no longer loaf, smoke, chew tobacco and swear around .lopkins’ tables. The sound of the hammer and saw is beard in Rensselaer, Several new buildings ami numerous repairs are being constructed this season. . ~ Now and then a venturesome l»ike attempts to “make the riffle” and is speared by the early fisherman. They are not very plenty yet, however. Dr. Cornelius A. Logan, of Topeka, Kansas, has been appointed United States Minister to Chili.— Dr. Logan was formerly a resident of Rensselaer. ——< O W •- ——— Eggs 124 cents a dozen, fresh beef 6 to 10 cents a pound, bacon 8 cents a pound, potatoes 16 to 50 cents a bushel, apples 40 to 75 cents a bushel. Hon. R. S. Dwiggins started to New York city yesterday on busimcssH crerk rim' ftr-tdre-emriy- -cmimtr-u ciion of the Indiana division of the Continental railroad, • Pigeon, duck and goose shooting Is very good in this region at present. A party went out to Beaver lake last' week and bagged quite, a number of geese and brant Those who are' interested in Grangematters should not forget that State Lecturer Lansing will deliver a public address in the Court House Saturday morning, 29th instant. Mart. V. Ik Warner has moved his butcher stall into the building ■on northwest corner Washington and Van Rensselaer streets, occupies the second room from the corner. It is fitted up in neat style. —— • Mr. William ParkisOrt will please accept our thanks for a bushel of fine early spring apples. They were as early fruit as any we have yet seen this season, but they don’t keep well; that is, they don’t keep well for us'. The Patrons of Husbandry, have concluded not to invest in a co-op-erative store at this place. This is a very wise conclusion for we I have yet to know the first -successful experiment of this kind in the United States. , \ Married, Thursday evening, March 13th, 1873, at the residence of the bride’s father, by Rev. 11. A. Gobin, Mr. James H. Green to Miss Sarah E. Thompson, eldest daughter of George G. Thompson j Esq. All of Jasper county. ~To wn Marsh al J. B. Sp angle Jias been arrested for failing to work the Remington road south of town. For a year past it has been doubted whether there was any public road in the direction of Remington, and it is expected that the trial will set that question-at rest.

| We neglected to notice a couple of weeks ago the return from the Indianapohs Medical School us Dr. 11. 11. Moss, IHIO came back to us a full fledged M. D., and is now ready to physic, blister, bleed arid carve like the rest of the fraternity. Miss Julia Smith is canvassing for a fine, comprehensive atlas of the world. The printing, illustrations, binding, and so far as could be determined by a hasty glance, the subject matter is of a superior quality. The price is reasonable and we hope she may meet With good success in finding sale for this valuable and beautiful work. Dr. C. C. Cheney, Dentist, makes his professional bow to the public through the columns of The Union this.week. Read Lis card and then if you need any professional services (to quote, the language of the late Mr. Thomas Corwin) welcome him with bloody gums to a hospitable'mouth. Married, in Rensselaer, Tuesday, March 18th, 1873, by Justice E. T. Harding, Mr. Ebenezer Little and Miss Elizabeth Britton. All of Jasper county. Most of the cake sent with this notice was captured before reaching our office. We understand it was excellent and made a good square meal for three, hungry persons —the first they had eaten for four or five days. Best wishes to the newly married couple. ’ Among the bills allowed by the County Commissioners at their last session, as published in the Union last week, Messrs. Willey, Sigler A Halstead are reported to have been allowed §70.60 for noods to family of R. G. Howe. The bill included items furnished to three or four parties besides the family named above. This explanation is made at the suggestion- of a member of „th eifirrrrjrecetviirg the all o w ane A youngster calling himself Fox was arrested in this place, last Saturday by Constable Duvall on suspicion of horse stealing. lie said that he bad been working for a man three or four miles north of Morocco named Drowns of whom he had bought his horse. He was taken down there for recognition, but gave his captors the slip and got away, leaving in their possession a black horse, worth aboutS7s or SBO, and a bridle. On Saturday the sth day of April, Mr. Philip Baker will make a public sale of personal property at his residence three miles north-west of Rensselaer on the Benajah Baker farm. There will be put up foi sale four milch cows, five two year old steers, ten two year old heifers, three calves, one horse, a two horse •wagon, sod plow, walking cultivators, good-mowing machine, sulky hay rake, corn in crib, household furniture, etc. Eight months credit will be given. Park Wright’s bird dog, Dodd, is dead. Poor fellow! In early life he had contracted a love for mutton which increased with his years and strengthened with his strength until in the meridian of his life it became his ruling passion. This Radical loudness for wool led him among the sheep of Erastus Peacock and a charge of shot caused the old fellow to pass in his checks. Funeral strictly private, there being no notices. Miss Miranda Bjnita, teacher of school No. 7, Barkley township, reports as follows for the term which closed March 14th, 1873: Number of pupils enrolled, 19; average daiiyjtttendance, 15J. The pupils strictly punctual in attendance first month were Eugene Shepard, Annie Shepard, Willey Barkley, Jennie Barkley and Lillie Bull; secpntl month, Emma Bull, Lillie Bull, Annie Shepard and Eugene Shepard; third month, Lillie Bull, Louis Bull, John Bull, Annie Shepard and Irwin Florence; fourth month, Lillie Bull, Annie Shepard, Emma Bull, Louis Bull, Jennie Barkley, Willie Barkley and Eugene Shepard. Those punctual throughout the term were Lillie Lull and Annie Shepard, 1 ... • ■, . > - 'Mr. Norman [Warner publishes an advertisement in another column simply to benefit the printers. Everybody Bays that nobody reads advertisements and many say that advertisements are of no advantage to the advertiser. If this theory were true then it would follow that the larger the advertisement and the more prominently it is displayed, the less it will attract attention, the lees it will be read, and the lees it will benefit the advertiser. The advertisement we refer to is simply that of Mr. Wowier’s business, it is double column width, prominent, attractiv e. And of iuten. cst to nearly every person reading this paragraph.