Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1873 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Thursday, August 28,". 1873.

Pamphlets containing premium list of the Fair may be obtained at this office. More gravel in front of “Liberal Corner” and a plank platform in front pFAustin’s new hotel, improve the sidewalks in those respective localities. Several peoplp have gone from this vicinity to attend Chiquesalonglii (whew! what a name for hot weather !) Park Fair, which is held in Benton county this week. On Monday four weeks of scorching drouth was terminated by the falling of copious showers, which cooled the atmosphere and freshened the appearance of all nature. A few cultivated wild grapes have been sold in town for $2 a bushel. There are a good many wild grapes along the timbered borders oi sloughs and crocks this seat- Sun. '-t-—A-,;. The Lowell Star man wants $lO,000 on subscription, but we will furbish The Rensselaer Union 15 long months for only $2 to those who pay before the Ist day of next October. ' /udge Ilamnlond and the Misses tSmith will please accept thanks for line 01010113, apd Mr. J. 41. Wood, the hardware and' furniture man, the same for a substantial arm rocking chair. Father Presley Dunlap has had Frank llengesback put a new brick wall ra the cistern on his Central Hotel property, and hereafter Borouglis’ guests can perform their * ablutions in soft water. From the remarks of our exchanges in the cities and towns where Montgomery Queen’s menagerie and circus has- exhibited this season, after the show had visited them, we are led to expect that it is a very good entertainment ol its class. Won't you go to see it? w. Mr. George Sigler, the efficient ami accommodating postmaster of Rensselaer, having learned that it will accommodate more people to have the postoffiee opened on Sunday an hour at the middle of the day, instead of in the morning as heretofore has been customary with him, will hereafter be in attendance at the office on Sunday from 12 o’clock st. to 1 o’clock r. M. At Justice Harding's temperance matinee last Tuesday, in which Timothy O'Connor, of Remington, was tried on eleven charges of violating the statute made and provided to regulate the sale of iiitoxic.ating liquors in the State of Indiana, he was convicted on two of "tllFriyifniracquitteil on the other nine. Ten dollars and costs was the amount of damage assessed on each of the two convictions. The Christian denomination are expecting a big time this week.— Their Conferencemeeting for the State at. large is held in Rensselaer, commencing to-day and will continue over Sunday. Quite a large number of visitors are expected from abroad and the brethren have made extensive preparation to entertain all. On Sunday it is possible the attendance will be too-hirge to be comfortably seated iirbhe church in which event . se-pvices .will.be bold in an adjacent '■ grove. Gen. Jared 11. Fountain, of Remington, was one of the principal actors in another of those popular matinees for which Justice Lewis, of Jordan township, is becoming famous, held last Monday. At the conclusion of the entertainment the General with his usual generosity donated ten dollars to the county school fund, Justice Lewis being convinced from testimony adduced that said amount had become due under provisions of the statute of Indiana which regulate the sale of intoxicating liquor. <-Ltast Thursday evening, August 21st, 1873, at the residence of the bride’s father, Charles Rhoades, Esq., by Elder D. T. Halstead, Dr. Robert Y. Martin was married to Miss Caddie Rhoades. Having always entertained the highest respect for these young people, we tender our congratulations, wish- — ing they may realize the fullest fruition of their hopes and ambition. With life before them, offering brilliant prospects of happiness, honor and success, we cannot bnt think this union of intelligent, cultivated minds . will prover a blessing to the community in which they make their home,

In the rules and regulations of the Fair as printed in the pamphlet now ready for distribution, there 1 are two errors; first, rule 22, instead of 20 per cent, for entry fee should read 10 per cent., and the latter clause; of rule 24 —“3 colts or more”—should be stricken out entirely. Mr. Geo. Gephart, a bricklayer on Uncle George Kannal’s new dwelling, slipped and fell with the small of his back across one of the joice, while at work there last Thursday, and was so badly hurt that he had to be carried home.— He is now able to walk around with the aid oFa caiie, but has not yet gone to work. More than three thousand square feet of surface is covered by the illuminated posters advertising that Montgomery Queen’s show will be in Rensselaer next Thursday. It is undoubtedly..as good a show as any traveling this season off the lines of railroad, and has a larger number of wild animals than was ever exhibited in Rensselaer. A letter to relatives in this place reports that Amelia, a married daughter of Joseph Downing, Esq., who formerly resided in Jasper county, was the victim of a coal oil accident f.t Lawrence, Kansas, on the 14th instant. She was pouring coal oil on a coal fire? to start it, when the can exploded enveloping her m flames, from the effects pf which she died within twenty-four hours. She was married to the ed=> itor of one of the Lawrence papers, whose name we have been unable to learn, and reaves three young children. Mr. .Mil ton Makeover, of Newton township, b.'.s one —of the best strains qf horses, for general farm purposes, in Jasper county. He has one of the best farms ill the | State of Indiana, is comfortably I fixedi and no doubt would be perfectly happy if he did not neglect to subscribe for the Rensselaer Union. We send the Union free for October, November and December, 1873, to all those who pay the regular subscription price of 82 for 1’874 on or before the 30th day of next month. There never was such an opportunity offered the people of Jasper county to be happy for so long a time for so little money—ls months for 82 —13-J cents a month. 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 27th, 1873: John C Sharer to Mathew F Connett 10l 6 block 19 Remington $ 500 William Hughs jr to Mclntire & Maxwell the w hl s hf ne and pt nw of 7, 27, 6, 55 acres 1,200 Hiram McVay to Mclntire & Maxwell the shfnwof 5, 27, 6, 80 acres 1,700 Ambrose Mudge to John C Sharer 10l 6 block I‘J Remington GOO Aaron Tilton to Mathew F Connett part Tilton’s add to Remington 100 George Brown to Charles O Brees the nw se of 31, 30, G 40 acres 50 A J Chambers to James E Downey tlie ehfsw of 10, 27,7, B'l acres.... 2,500 James E Downey to Jas 1’ McKiin thee hf sw pf 10,27, 7, 80 acres 2,500 Henry liarlow to John W Barlow the sw and s hf nw of 18,28, 5, and the ne ne and e hf se and sw se of 20, 28,5,and thes hf nw and no ef'21,28, 5, and the ne of 23, 31,5, and the nhf ne and lie se of 31, 31, 5-.. 700 Evan M Tapp to Reasin Summers the sw nw us 26, 31, 6, 40 acres 175 Alfred Thompson to Thomas P Hill the ne nw of 6, 30,> 6, 40 acres. 150 John Lindeman to Adam Wagner the whfnw of 33,28, 6,80 acres.... 125 P H Lalley to William L Rich lot 18 Shaffer’s add to Remington Hiram Kessinger to Austin S Way the ne nw of 3, 31, 5, 40 acres..'. ... 300 President Wm. K. Parkison and Superintendent 11. C. Bruce, of the Jasper county Agricultural and Mechanical Association, are busy this week superintending work on the Fair Ground. They have hauled over .from Francesville three carloads of lumber, containing 24,000 feet, with which they are erecting stalls, pens, and buildings for the accommodation of stock and other articles that will be exhibited. The time track will be fenced off as well as possible, in order to prevent people crowding up too closely while horses are being exhibited tor speed, thus very much lessening danger of accidents. Over one hundred stalls are being made in which to keep stock entered for competition, and a large number of pens will be constructed for sheep and-swine. The floral hall will receive special attention, and is being arranged tinder the personal supervision of Mr. Bruce, according to the suggestions of Mr. Vick’s Floral Guide for 1873. Within a few years a commendable taste has developed among the inhabitants of Jasper county for the cultivation of flowers, and the farm without its flower plat is now. an exception, while in both villages of Remington and Rensselaer are gardens whose collections rival. any to be found in larger and wealthier towns,

We recommend Mr. John If. Wood’s establishment, in Rensselaer, as the place where young people just setting up in housekeeping should go for new cabinet or kitchen furniture. Ho has a very large stock of cooking stoves and stove furniture, and tinware, together with chairs, bedsteads, tables, stands, and the like, sufficient to furnish houses for all who are likely to marry in Jasper county between now and Christmas, and when these things, or any of them, are sold they will be replaced by articles equally as good. A good gaiter for SI.BO at Hopkins’. Falley’s calf boots, at Hopkins’, for $6. - e All shoes reduced in price at Hopkins’. No better stock pf groceries in the county than Hopkins keeps. Ludd Hopkins iias 10 barrels of sugar, to be sold by the dollars’ wortli or by the barrel. Granges will be furnished blank dirnits for 10 cents a dozen, on application at this office. Secretaries of Granges can procure blank applications for membership at this office, for 10 cents a dozen. After the 10th of September, Dr. Kelley’s photograph gallery will be closed for six weeks. Those desiring pictures will call immediately.