Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1873 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Thursday, October 23, 1873.‘

Mr. Ira Baker’s family btiried a young child last Sunday. Mr. Dwight Hopkins, son of D. C. and Lovico Hopkins, died last night, aged about 22 years. Latest styles of hats and caps at Hemphill’s. ______ The funeral sermon of Mrs. Thomas Hollingsworth, who w,as Jmried on the 6th instant, will be preached in the Christian church next Sunday forenoon. ——— - Sam. Daugherty is prepared to furnish livery teams to all who desire them. He has recently added some new stock to his establishment that is very good. Collars, cuffs and dickeys at Johnny Hemphill’s. Dr. Cheney having moved away, Dr. Kelley has resumed the practice of dentistry. His office is at the old place, in the photograph gallery, over the post office. The reason George Dunlap was limping about for a few days past, with a boot on one foot and a slipper on the other, was because he sprained an ankle in climbing over a fence while out hunting the other day. Go to Johnny Hemphill for good gloves and mittens. - At a regular meeting of Jasper Division No. 40, Sons of Temperance, held Friday evening, October 17th, the following officers were ‘installed by Dep. G. W. P. George B. Conwell: William Myers, W. I’. E. H. Tharp, R. 8. D. B. Miller, F. 8. T. J. Sayler, Treas. M’. P. Warner, O. S.

-Notice has been given the Comiliissidneis of Jasper county that : twenty-five resident free holders will present■«, petition at their December term for an order that the ; tax collected for the Ft. Wayne it Pacific railroad company be returned to those who paid it, the company having forfeited its right to it by ■ failing to build the road. All kinds of irch’s underwear at Johnny Hemphill’s. It would do Norman Warner’s heart good, alid make him as happy as a little girl with a new China doll, to have you who are owing him come in at once and settle your accounts, either by note or wi l h money. He is very anxious to collect enough next week to buy a .new cash booK, being determined ' uiot to do any more credit business (than can possibly be helped.) Mr. J. 11. Wood makes a mistake we think in not advertising the splendid stock of cabinet furniture) tinware, stoves and general assortment of hardware in his establishment. We don’t remember to have seen better goods in Rensselaer. — No doubt'they will advertise themselveS, after they are old enough, o but, as to a boy climbing a tree, a •“boost” up to the first limb is a very great help. If vou want to buy a knit jacket • cheap, go to Johnny Hemphill. The public schools of Rensselaer were opened last Monday with Mr. James A. Burnham teacher of the principal department, at compensation of $3 a day, Mis's Mary Hogan teacher of first intermediate, Miss Eva Halstead teacher ot second intermediate, and Miss Celia E. Wilkinson teacher of the primary, departments—at wages &f $2.25 a day, each. The term of school will be for sixteen weeks, with a vacation during holidays of one or itwo weeks, as may then be determined upon. To those who got work done al their blacksmith shop and promised to pay “after harvest,” “in three or four ? r r? z? ,lny or two > n Messrs, inn all & Goft would suggest that harvest is now over, three or four weeks have past, " jay or two have gone by and is up. Now come up to time nt i gentlemen.— it tiikcj, niO npy to run a blacksmith b l.qP and tliose who owe us are urgently requested to pay immediately as Meed money, and money must «NWBe—peaceably if possible, forcibly jS imust. —— : - In order that our readers in town »uqy become familiar with ordifiances 37 and 38 thev are again published this week. That one iif relation to the construction of chim•neys, flues, forges, eto., providing (for the care of ashes, and taking general precautionary measures ‘•against accidents from fire, will soon go into operation. Its proviso ions are wise, and it ig the duty of every good, carpful citizen to see that he ’conforms to its nieuts 3s pearly as may be.

4 If you want something nice, let Johnny get you upadish of oysters. Johnny’s back name is Eger. Persons desiring either a wood or coal burning heating stove. will do well to call at this office and look at some second hand ones that will be sold at great discount on first cost. The wood burners are large six plate stoves suitable for an oflicc, storeroom, school house or church. The coal burner is first class in all respects; a fine heater, ornamental, lined *with fire brick and would answer well for a parlor or school room.

Mr. Andrew J. Welsh, living on the Valparaiso road in Barkley township, one mile north of Justice 11. Clark’s place will make public sale of personal property on Thursday, the 30th instant. Besides other property, he will offer four work horses, two sucking colts, two milch cows, one dry cow, one calf, four fatting hogs, eight shotes, fifty chickens, four turkeys, set of double harness, farm wagon, saddle, plows,’ stove, five tons of hay, one hundred shocks of corn, etc. Twelve months credit given.

Township Teachers’ Institutes will be held in Jasper county, during the month of November, 1873, as follows: Ist Saturday in Newton, Carpenter and Kankakee townships; 2d Saturday in Jordan, Hanging Grove and Union; 3d Saturday in Marion, Gillam and Keener; 4th Saturday in Barkley, Wheatfield, Milroy and Walker.The subjects suggested for study and discussion at these Institutes are: In arithmetic, analysis in its application to fractions; in grammar, the uses of the auxiliary verbs; in geography, primary map drawing.

Au invitation is extended to every body whodesire to sit beside a good fire these chilly days to call into the office of this paper. We have just put up a splendid new coal stove, have a large rjpom, plenty of chairs, and hundreds of newspapers, magazines, etc., that are free for the public to read. Everybody who wants to rehd the literature on our table, is at liberty to do so, without money and without price. It has always been the desire of the proprietors of this establishment that the people from the country should call upon them when buisness or pleasure brings them to town. Company is never in the way in our office, and conversation no interruption to the editor or the compositors. Thon let everybody call whenever they have time to do so and sec your sincere friends.— The new coal stove mentioned above is a beauty, performs its duty splendidly and came from the store of Norman Warner, who keeps some of the finest goods in the stove line ever brought to the county. ■■■ < • ■' Postmaster General Creswell advertises that proposals will be received at his office in Washington City up to .3 o'clock p. m. of February 2nd, 1874, for conveying the mails of the United States from July Ist, 1874, to June 30th, 1876, over the mail routes in Indiana.— Among the rest is route “22,321, front Rensselaer, by Pleasant Grove to Francesville, 14 miles Mud baek, six times a week. Leave Rensselaer daily, except Sunday at 8 a. m.; arrive at Francesville by 12 in.; leave Francesvile daily, except Sunday, at 2 p. m.; arrive at Reusselacr by 6 p. m.” The Bradford and Remington routes will be discontinued. People who are discommoded by this arrangement will please be charitable enough to remember that President Grant’s administration is pledged to economy and retrenchment in the expenses of the government, and since the salary of members of Congress, the President, Cabinet officers and Justices of the Supreme Court have been increased ‘ from fifty to one hundred per cent, and in the eases of some of them the increase dating back, it now becomes necessary to adopt most rigid measures of retrenchment in other departments of the government service. Just think of this and be patient and happy until election day oomes agspn, when there will bo a favorable opportunity to re-elect all. these spigot economizers.

A boy named Howel, living over in Newton county, was out hunting the other day and becoming wearied sat his gun against a fence and climbed up on the fence to fest. In doing so some of the rails were dislodged, one of which fell on the gun lock in such a manner as to cause a discharge of the load, which passed through Howel’s right arm between his wrist and elbow, lacerating the flesh shockingly and splintering the bones all to pieces. Doctors JLoughridgo and Martin, of this place, were called to amputate the arm, which they did successfully. There was not ance at the railroad meeting last Saturday, and the proposition of Dr. Haymond for the company was not well-received. The substance of his proposal was, for the people of Jasper county to subscribe one hundred and fifty thousand dollars of stock to the company, said subscriptions to bejiaid into McCoy & Thompson’s bank in installments of 10 per cent, on the first day of January, 1874, five per cent, on the first day of February, March, April, May and June, and ten per cent, on the first day of each succeeding month until the whole amount of subcription is paid up, which would be on the first day, of December, 1874. Whenever the collections amounted to one thousand dollars the money to be sent to Chicago or Philidclphia to. axlesignated depository, to be held in trust for Messrs. Drexel it Co., bankers. On their part Drexel & Co. agree to commence advancing money to build the road within two years, providing they can induce people to make the donations required, and they (Drexel it Co.) can find somebody to buy the bonds issued by the railroad company. Dr. Ilaymonit was told that it was doubtful if the sum named as the assessment for Jasper county could be obtained at the present time, even on the most favorable terms, supported by flattering prospects for an early completion of the project; and that under no circumstances whatever . would anybody in Jasper county pay out money to a railroad company until they had built their road in the county and were running trains of cars over it.