Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1873 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Thursday, August 14, 1873.

Butter is scarce and brings 12| to 15 cents a pound. ' —— *-♦0 * On yesterday Mr. L. C. Janes entered upon the duties, and commenced jnioying the emoluments, of treasurer of Jasper county. A good gaiter for SI.BO at Hopkins’. - To-morrow prairie chickens will be ready to harvest and it is probable that a large crop of them will be gathered in and around town. There will be preaching in the M. E. Church next Sabbath at 7:30 in the evening. No services in the forenoon, except Sabbath school nt usual hour. All shoes reduced in price at Hopkins’. Judge Hammond, Prosecutor S. P. Thompson, and Mr. M. F. Chilcote are at Kentland this week attending g. special term of Newton circuit court. The posters for the Jasper county Fair have been printed and are ready for posting. The premium list in pamphlet form will be ready for circulation next week. __ Falley’e calf boots, at Hopkins’, for $6, ~ -7 .. Wm. 11. Martin, of Kentland, and Col. Healey have formed a partnership for the practice of law in the . courts of this circuit. Their office will be in The Union office for the present. See card in another column. About one hundred wagon loads of people passed through this place Ahis morning to enjoy the heat and dust of a trip to Remington, and attend the Grange picnic over there. 1 No l>etter stock of groceries in the county than Hopkins keeps. ibe Grangers have Kpemt not less than or xSOj in Rensselaer during the last ten'days for banner ' material, printing, painting, etcetera to be displayed at the picnic near Remington, to-day. Potatoes are plenty, retailing for 70 cents a peck; onions scarce at $1 a bushel; apples appear to be plenty enough tor thedemaud, at 20 cents ito 25 cents a peck* watermelons sell quite readily for 15 cents.to 40 cents each. “Gen.” Jared 11. Fountain, of Remington, was tried last Sain rd ay before Esq. Lewis, of Jordan township, on two affidavits for selling contrary to law the beverage that ‘cheers and inebriates ami wna ac quitted bn boll- charges. The “General's” star is in the ascendency. ■Granges will be furnished blank (limits for 10 cents a dozen, on application at this office. — «i» - Mr. John M. Austin and his amiable family took their first meal in their new hotel building day before .yesterday evening. They have now a bran new house, neat and comfortably arranged, where travelers and boarders will be entertained in the best possible manner. A genera) meeting of the Church of God will be held at Rensselaer, commencing Thursday, August 28th, and continuing over Sunday. Conference business for the State at large will be transacted and a number of able speakers, from abroad are expected to be in attendance. The public is cordially invited to attend. After the 10th of September, Dr. Kelley’s photograph gallery will be closed for six weeks. Those desiring pictures will call immediately. Wm. H. Martin, Esq., of Kentland, camo over last week to spend n few days in our county and transact professional business. Being a constant reader of The Union Mr. Martin -was aware of the prevailing good health in Jasper and brought with him a supply of billions fever, ague and such other luxuries as he is accustomed to enjoy while at home. Having exhausted the supply brought with him he returned day before yesterday for a fresh assortment. »

The Francesville Local Topic of the 7th says: On last Wednesday morning while Mr. John T. Culp, of Barkley township, Jasper county, was attempting to climb upon a load of oats, the horses became frightened, ran off and precipitated him beneath the wagon, one wheel of which passed over him, fracturing one of his left ribs and left shoulder-blade, and bruising him very severely both internally and exter-. nally. Ludd Hopkins has 10 barrels of sugar, to tie sold by the dollars’ worth or by the barrel. The following are the transfers of real estate in Jasper county, as appears on the records in the Recorder’s office, for the week ending August 12th: L J Frees to Dallas C Pierson the se se of 31, 28, F, 40 acre5. ...7. ..... $ 200 David J Huston to Wm C Babcock pt sw nw of 4, 28,6,acres. 25 William D Royalty to William S Hubbard pt ne of 25, 27, 7 50 Amos E Mahoney to Henry Bowman the s hf ne and nw ne of 18, 32, 6,120 acres.. 4000 Joseph M Warnei to William W Jackson the whfsw of 28, 28,6, and the ne so of 29,28, 6,120 acres 2400 Valentine Swartz to William Diner the e hf se and se ne and nw se of 24, 32,7,160 acres 80

The Crown Point Register man boasts of eating ripe tomatoes from his/garden last week, and wants to know 11 he is ahead. Well, pcrh aps hetnay be ah cad ofh is n cighbors up in that north polar region, but we have been enjoying this healthy fruit—grown in our own garden in the town of Rensselaer, county of Jasper and State of Indiana—ever since the 15th of July. Ours arc the Trophy variety, were started in hot-bed about the 20th of April and were transplanted towards the latter part of May. Our method of cultivation this season has been to plant them in rows three and a half feet apart, about thirty inches asunder in the rows, trimming them to single vines trained against stakes seven feet high. The ground has been hoed three or four times and kept free ol weeds. The vines are loaded with smooth-, perfectly formed fruit of very large size; there are partially ripe specimens on some of them at this writing which measure 15 inches in circumference and two and a half inches in thickness from blossom to stem.

Not many Jays since a maiden of Rensselaer was seen to approach the grassy banks of the classic Iroquois and throw into its seething waters an innocent little kitten. She had no weight attached to sink the feline infant, and it swatn vigorously to shore only to be thrown back again. This was repeated aeveiral times until, exhaust-, ed by its efforts, the kitten sank to rise no more. Meanwhile the aforesaid maiden clapped her hands, danced, jumped up and down, laughed, and in many ways gave expression to her frantic grief as she was compelled to witness the drowning creature’s struggles for life. Near by this tender-hearted maiden stood her cruel younger brother weeping, wringing his hands, loudly calling upon her to let the kitten live, and making many other demonstrations of ecstatic joy! While gazing upon this scene we could not help contrasting the natural fiendishness of the male portion of the human race, exemplified in the shockingeonduct of that wicked boy, with the angelic tenderness ot the female portion, so beautifully exhibited by his gentlo sister, 'and our brazen brows encrimsoned with hot blushes of shtwae for otw brutal sex!

Do not say you will not enter your stock and produce for exhibition at the Fair this fMI, because the premiums offered are so small they are not worth competing for; but encourage the enterprise all that is possible. The society is yet in its infancy, and not able to offer 1 arge premiums. By encouraging and patronizing the society you will enable them to offer larger premiums after a while. Besides this a good exhibition of stock and produce is the best possible advertisement for our county. Show people what our resources are when developed, and it will induce them to come in and assist in the labor of developing them. Let your neighbors See the superiority of your stock and productions over theirs, and it will stimulate them to take better care of their animals, to improve the breed of their stock, and to cultivate their farms better and ..grow better varieties of grain, fruit, etc. Don’t find fault about the management or mis*

mffnagementof things, but make the best of the opportunities that are presented. Don’t get balky and refuse ,to do anything at all because you are not permitted to do all you would like, but do what you can as well as you can.’ There is not so mtich honor in criticising the faults of others as there is in placing our own acts beyond the reach of criticism. Mr. Orlando McConahay, Assistant Attorney General of Indiana, for the counties of White, Benton, Newton, Jasper and Marion, made his official visit to Jasper county last week, as provided in an act of the General Assembly of Indiana approved March 10th, 1873, and receipted to Marion L. Spitler for s2l of docket fees and 89 of jury fees, $23 of which was by said McConahay paid into the treasury of Jasper county and the balance of $7 had escheated to the State. From Mr. D. I. Jackson, ex-clerk, he collected $ ,