Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1873 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Thursday, October 16, 1573.

The county Board of Education is in session to-day. Elder D. T, Halstead will preach in the Christian church in Rensselaer, next Sunday at 10:30 a. m., and at Union School House at 4 o’clock, r. ii. Mr. and Mrs. J. Al. Hopkins celebrated their tin wedding (tenth anniversary) last evening. Quite a number of friends were present and the occasion -was very enjoyable. Evening before last a number of the friends of Mr. J. H. Willey and his cstiriiatablc wife surprised them with presents of tin ware, that being the tenth anniversary of their married life. * •* » ———. Ten car loads of Pittsburg coal are now being delivered in Rensselaer by Norman Warner. The coalcomes by way of Remington, and is delivered in the coal house lor $11.50 t 6 sl2 per ton. One of Dr. Kelley’s little girls, aged three or tour years, accidentally stumbled backward over a foot, stool Monday, falling upon a piece of glass or broken earthen ware,, inflicting a cut two inches long in one of her thighs. A flesh wound, not dangerous. Such beautiful weather as this locality has been favored with during the past week can not be excelled in any climate under the sun. Balmy, dreamy, hazy, purpie atmosphere, like the rich blush on a fully ripened cluster of grapes —not hot nor too cold. Mr. Edward Laßue, of Burlington, Kansas, has returned agairv to Jasper county ami is visiting friends at this place. Mr. Laßue is quite feeble with consumption and thinks that the salubrious atmosphere of the breezy State has not proved beneficial to his health. Messrs. J. D. & 1). C. Hopkins are ! constructing a*iiqw dam across the I Iroquois about twenty feet below i the old one, which has decayed and been perforated by muskrats, crawfish and other marine monster to such an extent that it is little better .than a scive to hold water. Capt. T. T. McGannon will make -a public sale at his store on the ChicagoTorrdpon Tuesday the 28th inst. He will offer thirty head of young cattle and cows, four horses, a lot of hogs, family utensils, etc. Six months credit will be given on sums over three dollars. The bridge over Carpenter creek near the residence of Dr. James Ritchey, and the grade leading thereto, were inspected and accepted by the board of commissioners on Monday. The road is now considered in passable condition at that point, w.e presume. After an absence of about three j , years in the State of Missouri, the honest countenance of Mr. Whitzei Lewis is again seen in Jasper county where he is now visiting friends I for a few days. Whitz. reports j times tolerable fair, health good and business flourishing among the “Pukes” of Saline county. Dr. W. S'. Haymond, of Monticello, President of the Chicago and South Atlantic railroad company,! will adress a meeting of the citizens of Jasper bounty in the Court House, next Saturday at 11 o’cloeF a. m. There should be a large attendance, as the Doctor will be able to tell just what the prospects of thia "magnificient enterprise are. A cow that Mr. James Slattery was trying to lead, by a rope around her horns, got the “bulge” of hhn_ last Monday, ran under a couple of bars, dragging Jim through with her. In passing, Jim’s head struck two of the boards which were seasoned oak, three quarters of an inch thick by six inches wide, snapping them in two, like a reed. A pint of ammonia well applied to Slattery’s frontispiece, brought him to consciousness in the course of an hour, Several of the boys were vastly amused at the dramatic entcrtaflP ment last Saturday night, witnessing the maneuvers of a Nubbin Ridger who with his cloverblossom had backed against a window sill for lack of a seat, and wij,h bis arm laid lovingly across the back of her neck kept time to the ,music with his fingers on her pretty shoulder.— There wasn't, a town lad in the audience’that could have done ,qs gracefully.

~.™JSfe¥eral new buildings! are in process of erection in Rensselaer this fall, for dwellings and offices, and a number are being enlarged and otherwise refitted for comfort. The buildings in process of construction are much better in quailty tnaiiJiavg heretofore been erected, some of them being large, well made structures that would look well in any town, or city. - ♦♦♦ Physicians have used Speer’s Port Grape Wine, and having ap. plied to it the strictest .test known to chemistry,“they do not hesitate to pronounce it a pure wine of medium strength, and recommend it to be of great advantage to the aged and infirm, also, in low and typhoid types of fevers Speer’s Port Wine will be found very superior. —». The dramatical exhibition in the Court Hquse last Saturday night was well patronized, yielding net receipts of over $45 on admission fees of ten and twenty-five cents. The piece was a good selection, and considering that it was the first appearance in public for- some of the actors, was well performed. The singing by Aliss Lilly Tharp and* little Miss lines, of Monticello, was loudly applauded. Last Saturday Mr. Charles Jouyenat drove over in a carriage from Remington, bringing his wife to visit her father, Ellis Walton, Esq. When just inside of the corporation limits his horse suddenly shied and ran a short distance, overturning the buggy and smashing it into match timber. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jouvenat were thrown violently to the ground and quite badly bruised. Mrs. Jouvenat was rendered uncon. seious for a considerable length of time, and has been confined to her bed ever since. No bones were broken, however, and it is expected she will be able to be around again in a few days.