Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1874 — ANNONCEMENT OF CANDIDATES. [ARTICLE]

ANNONCEMENT OF CANDIDATES.

Peter Bhoads is a candidate for 'sheriff of Jasper county, subject to the October election. S. P. Howard is a candidate for Appraiser of Jasper county, subject to the October election. Ira W. Yeoman is a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney of the 30th Judicial Circuit, subject to the decision of the people at the October election. A Card.—To the voters of Jasper bounty: lam a candidate for re-elec- • tlon to the office of county Treasurer, auljeet to your deeitUm at the ensuing October eieerim. L. C. Janes. Ezra L. Clark is a candidate for Clerk of the Jasper circuit court. The mercury tickles 95° in the shade these days. Wild raspberries and blackberries promise to be abundent this season. People are commencing to enjoy the colic produced by home grown new potatoes. The 98th anniversary of American independenee will not be celebrated in Rensselaer. Qcum’ers are getting large enough to pull, and sad-eyed druggists grow correspondingly cheerful, The frisky potato bugs have all disappeared from this region, and people begin to sigh for more rain. New, neat and nobby are the cuffs, collars and other furnishing goods for gentlemen’s wear, at Jolinnj Hemphill's store. Mr. H. C. Collins,-dealer in dry goods, groceries, drugs, boots, shoes, hats, caps and hardware, Pilot Grove, is a pleasant appearing gentleman. Next Wednesday (July Ist,) Mr. J. W. Duvall will discontinue the Bradford hack line, and run the team over the new Francesville mail route. Mrs. H. B. Miller will do embroidering and fine sewing. Samples of her work done for Mrs. Burnham, are pronounced very nice by those competent to judge of such things. An Independence Bali will be held iu Spitier’s Hall in Rensselaer, on the afternoon and evening of July 4th, 1874. Good music 'lias been secured. The public is invited. Committee. A dark bay or brown horse wearing a cow bell caino to the residence of Joshua Paris, in Hanging Grove township, last Friday. Said horse Is about nine years old, is kneesprung, and has been worked tills -spring.

AViU the Republican party in Jasper county wake up, organize, and nominate a ticket this campaign? is tiie conundrum that exercises a number who want to be candidates thereon. The Boss says yea; but the Ring, nay. The Boss has the ievolest .head and tiie Ring are very selfish. It Is said there are ten gentlemen in ißemington aspiring to legislative and •Congressional honors, but most of .them are too modest to announce .their desires publicly; each is now 'busy waiting for an office to come hunting the man. Several would be contented with a township office if .nothing better presented. 32mmet Kannal has 800 pounds of potato bug poison for sale. This is a reliable article, and will do the business every time without injury to the Vines. Call for Kannal’a Potato Bug Mixture. He also has spriukling cups for sale, with which to dust the powders on the vines; they are safe and •convenient. .■T T 77~7~~"’ £ The heat yesterday was excessive.— 'The thermometer indicated 95° in the shade. We hear that a man was plowing in a corn field near (own, ’When his horse overcome by the heat Said down and died. Another was -driving a yoke of oxen to a loaded wagon, when one of them staggered under the hot sun, fell down and expired. This morning is close, sultry and oppressive, with thunder .showerspassing in sight. Mr. Zimri Dwiggins, junior mem>ber of the law firm of R. 8. Dwiggins At Co., was married last Monday evening to Miss Estelle S., daughter of Archibald Purctiplle, Esq. The cereixnony was performed by Elder D. T. Halstead in the presence of above :flfty invited guests. An elegant supper and music followed; and the •nflhlr throughout was one of the pleasantest that has been witnessed in ■Renssel&r for many years. May a long, nseful and happy future follow 4hfe union of hearts and hands. Miss Wilkinson's school fclosed on tbs 19th instant. She reports an enrollment of 42 pupils daring the last month, with an average attendance of 40. Those perfect in deportment, attendance and punctuality, were Della Hopkins, Bayard Clark, Henry Hmith, Frank Weathers, Myrtle Henkle, Hattie Hopkins, Bertie Duvall, OMe Rhoads, Frederick Chileote, ■Charles Chesnnt, Etta Imes, Gaylord Chileote, Lewie Thofhton, Harry Zimmerman, Leslie Clark and Detie Boroughs- Thp last two pupils were perfect throughout the term.

On and after Wednesday, July Ist, 1874, the arrival and departure of mails at Rensselaer will be as follows: From Rensselaer to Francesville, daily, except Sundays, leave at 8 o’clock a. M., arrive at 6 o’clock F. m. From Remington to Rensselaer, daily, except Sundays, arrive at 12 o’clock M., leave at 2 o’clock p. m. George Sigler, P. M. Having eold the thoroughbred bull I recently bought at Waukegan, my old bull will be brought home again from Mr. A. K. Yeoman’s farm. Persons from a distance wanting to breed to him, can get pasture for stock at reasonable rates. I have a few pure bred Berkshire pigs for sale at reasonable prices.

C. J. BROWN.

Notice. —The Central Association of Patrons of Husbandry and citizens generally will be addressed by Hon. Jesse McAllister,of White county, in the Court House in Rensselaer, June 27th, at 3 o’clock p. m. All Granges are requested to send duly accredited delegates; also $1 for dues from each Grange. The Central Association will be convened promptly at one o’clock, in order to transact the business before three o’clock. The bell will ling for the speaking fifteen minutes before the hour for commencing. A. D. Swain, President.