Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1873 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Thursday, May 29, 1873.

Spring shawls at Purcupile & Co.’s. Perfumery and jewelry at Johnny Hemphill’s. Latest styles of percales at Purcupile & Co.’s. Shirts, suspenders and socks at Johnny Hemphill’s. Best tobacco and cigars in the market at Johnny Hemphill’s. 300 pounds of Clarence carpet warp just received at Purcupile & Co.’s. Collars, dickeys, neckties and gloves, cheap, at Johnny Hemphill's. Peanuts and candies at- Johnny Hemphill’s. These are fresh and good. Save your potatoes by getting some bf Kannal’s “Potato Bug Exterminator.” Every one that wants a good pair of toots or shoes should not fail to call bn Purcupile & Co. 'the nicest assortment of children’s sshoes ajtd slippers, ever in this market, 'At Purcwpifc & Og.’s. 3,000 yards of brown muslin, from 12j to 16$ cents a yard, just received at Purcupile & Co.’s. Granges will be furnished blank dimits for 10 cents a dozen, on application at this office. Why do Purcupile & Co. sell so much jeans? Because they buy cheap and sell for small profits, p . Purcupile & Co. have the best buckle plow shoes to be found in the market; also laced plow shoes. Secretaries of Granges can procure blank applications for membership at this office, for 10 cents a dozen. Closing out lot of plug and fine cut tobacco, also a choice line of smoking tobacco at cost for cash, at Kannal’s, 72 pairs of-men’s plow packs just received at Purcupile & Co.’s, and will be sold as low as they can be afforded in tills market. Try Kannal’s cigars for quality and price. He keeps the best cigars in town for the price and is al ways ready to-wait on customers.

Everybody wants a summer hat, and the place to buy one of the latest stvle is at Johnny Hemphill’s, Also caps and everything in the gentlemen’s furnishing line. A few pieces .of dry goods, hats, •caps, hoots, shoes and notions left of tlie 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. The season for painting is rapidly drawing near and people who intend to renovate and improve the appearance of property should get the best materials. Emmet Kail mil keeps the celebrated Averill Chemical l’aint in nil colors, tints and shades; also white lead and oil in large supply. 10 lbs. dried peaches, extra, for SI.OO 9 “ choice N. O. sugar, “ 1.00 10 “ brown " “ “ 1.00 7$ “ “A” white “ “ 1.00 4 “ choice coffee, for 1.00 Natural leaf tea, per lb, ’■• 75 Prunes, per lb, 15 Extra yard wide muslin,' per yd, 12.1 A few pieces fine cassimere, new styles calico and choice selection of percales, at Ludd Hopkins’. The several Granges under the jurisdiction of the J. C. C. A. are hereby notified that tire nex t meeting wtlHjtr held in the Court House in Rensselaer, Ind., on Saturday, May 31st, 1873. Matters of universal importance will be presented for the consideration of the delegates! and the several Masters will sec that their Granges are fully represented. By order Ji th C. A. ]’. of H.

C. W. CLIFTON.

Cor. Sec’y.

Owing to the present prospect of the Continenal we have laid in our spring stock of dry goods, consisting of staple and fancy dress goods, silks of different styles, Japanese strips, white goods, hair cloth, plaid ginghams, black alpaca, calico in great quantity, lawns, etc. ”5,000 yards of brown muslin. —— 1.500 yards of bleached muslin. 2.500 yards of jeans for from 25 cents to T 5 cents per yard. ■Carpet warp. 'Spring shawls in latest styles. ■> ' Bed spreads. Laces, ribbons and notions of all kinds. We have separated our hoot and shoo department from our other goods ■and moved it into another room, and how show the nicest and most extensive assortment of men’s, women's and children’s wear ever •brought to this market. Our stock of Philadelphia slides is complete. We will be pleased to have our old ■customers, and all others who will do «o, come in ami examine our goods. J. 1. PimcuriLK & Co.

Ice cream at ChaVloy Starr's.' Commissioners court will meet next Monday. Boys, it is only 35 days till the Fourth of July. ■. ■ A large number of our farmers are through planting corn. Emmet Kannal is putting a new roof on his drug store building. The Hopkins are working daily repairing their dam, which was carried away by the late flood. Several gars about two feet long were taken out of the Iroquois river, this week, at this place. The whole amount of fines paid into the school fund by law breakers the last term of court was $lB6. The potato bug is worse this season in Jasper county than any season since he first put in his appearance. Jesse Goff has repainted his house and put up a new picket fence around his lot making it look as pretty as a new pin. Wm. Draper, ot Remington, was brought before the court, last week, for intoxication and mulct in the sum of $5 and costs. —i . •*■ Worthless dogs have been killing sheep at the Orphan Asylum, and on the Sparling and Peacock farms during the past week. ■' The prosecuting attorney will be looking after the boys who break out the glass in school house windows as soon as the grand jury meets again, _ ■ _ , Died, Monday, May 215, 1873, in Hanging Grove township, of brain fever, Jessie, daughter of J. F. and N. V. Osborne, aged two years and ten months. Thus. J, Spiticr was fitted $5 and costs, by the circuit court, for carrying concealed weapons. Tom. only carried a little revolver to shoot dogs with. Mr. Enoch 11. Pettit, of Remington, paid $5 and costs for the fun of being drunk while in attendance on the circuit court, as a witness, during the term. ... Last Saturday evening a little daughter of Mr. J. W. Duvall was run over and pretty badly bruised by a colt on the street in front of Ludd Hopkins’ store. — -• • ♦ ►— * Mr. X. W. Rawlings, of Remington, was brought before the court this term for taking a drunk, but the evidence was not conclusive and lie was acquitted. Leopold Tuteur was found guilty of .selling intoxicating liquors contrary to. law five cases and was fined to the amount of sls and costs, by the circuit court - Mr. C. W. Clifton, Secretary of the Jasper county Central Association of Patrons of Husbandly, is in Indianapolis this week attendthc National Agricultural Congress. Timothy O’Connor, of Rcmington, was found guilty by the circuit court of selling liquor on election day and was fined to the amount of $lO and paid the costs of the proceedings. S. P. Bollcs, of Remington, was tried for a plain drunk, found guilty and fined $5 and costs, by the circuit court, which he paid like a little man and went on his way rejoicing. And now itris about tune to begin to agitate about the. 4th of July. John M. Austin is so busy building his new hotel that he will not have time and the duty of agitating will devolve upon some one else. Thomas French, a young man who was loafing around here for a few days, some weeks ago, bought liquor for minors, was hi ought before the circuit court, last week, donated $5 to the school fund and costs. A report from, Remington* says that the numerous whiskey cases from that town during the last term of the circuit court has beeu the cause of much ill feeling, which culminated this week in several fights. Jared 11. Fountain, a whiskey nian from Remington, was brought before the court, last week, on five informations for selling liquor contrary to law, and was fined in four cases S6O and cosis. In the one case lie was acquitted.

daughter of Dr. Denver, of Brook, Newton county, about three years of age was burned to death by the careless handling of gasoline. The Dh and a Mr. Crisler were are also hadly injured. Leslie Clark, a son of Mr. E. L. Clark, last week fell from a cherry tree, striking his head against a block .of wood, and was injured so severely that for a time it was thought liis injuries would prove fatal. He is recovering, however, and will soon bo about again. Mary D. Patton was divorced from Joseph A. Patton by the circuit courn, last week and given $1,890 alimony and custody of their only child, a hoy about four years old. Joseph fought the legal battle all day, without any let up, until the case was submitted to the court, and Ire then “lit out” for Remington, took the hoy, and report says he has gone where the “woodbine twine tit”. James A. Burnham, teacher of department No, 1, Rensselaer schools, makes the following report for the month ending May 23d, 1873: Pupils enrolled, 45; average daily attendance, 37 11-40tlis. Pupils perfect in attendance, punctuality, deportment and study were Ella Dwiggins, Lizzie Norton, Lilc Duvall, Jessie Harding, Willie Harding and Wesley Anderson.

Deputy, C. W. Clifton reports the organization of the following Granges during last tveek: May 21, in Kankakee township, Jasper county, Kankakee Grange. Membership, 27. Master, G. W. Cantwell; Secretary, Alfred Glazebrook. Postoffiee, San Pierre, Starke county, Indiana. May 22, in San Pierre, Starke county, Indiana, “Starke” Grange. Membership, 21. Master, Rev. T. Unswerste; Secretary, liev. A. H. Triplet. Postoffiee, San Pierre, Starke county, Indiana. The prospect of a wet season is favorable and our farmers will do well to see that drains are cut in their fields so that the surplus water will be carried off before it can drown the growing crop. A few hours work will often he sufficient to save,th,c value of many dollars. During the wet season of ISG9 Uncle Johnny Ciitt, W. W. Wisliard and a few other farmers never let up the work in their fields on account Of the wet, hut set to work at once to reduce the amount of water lying on their fields and the result was that they raised that season from fifty to seventy-five bushels of corn to the acre. A few cents worth of Kannal’s potato bug poison will kill more hugs in one day than you can kill with your hands in a week.