Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1876 — Items From R. mington “Record,” September 1st [ARTICLE]

Items From R. mington “Record,” September 1st

Potatoes, 40 cents ■ bushel.... Plums are plenty in the market at Ml cents per quart. ...Mr. O. W. C Ini ret) informs us that he paid out 2,000 for .grain, at Goodland, one day hut .week... .Our physicians inform up that there is some sickness in the <vi«inity of town, but none of it of a dangerous type Mr. W H. Hazelrjgg has purchased Mr. Jfleiidryjc’s interest in the drug store, and the .firm hereafter will be known as Hazelrigg A Son Mr. Snyder, lately of Monticello, has rented a room in Exchange Building, and will engage in the practice oflaw in this place.... Mr. G. W. liascall proved aft efficient Secretary of the, Agricultural Society. He takes an interest in his .work, and,that is just the kind of a mantojill the placb... .Mr. Jacob Haines, accompanied by his family and * Bud 80-wmnn, with three covered wagons, started forXansas Wednesday.... .Those chaps who are always crying “sold out,”whenever a man goes contraiy to their way of thinking in political matters, are just the, puppets who can be bought for (25, to do the dirty work of any party....... Mr. C. ,G. Edwards, one of our thrifty farmers and excellent citizens, is talking of selling ins farm and removing to Texas.... Mrs. Stevens, a married lady residing 5 miles southwest of Remington, while carrying a pail of water W ednesday evening, slipped and fell, and received a compound fracture of the fore arm .... Business has been very quiet in town this week. Very little grain is coming in. Oats are worth from 12 to 22 cents per bushel, according to the quality; ear corn is worth 85 cents, shelled 37 cents. But.cr is strong in the market at 20 cents; lard slips off easily at 15 cents. Chickens, regardless of age, are lively et 20 cents, and apples are quiet at 35 cents;... A erab-ap-nle battle look place between several musoular gentlemen at Chappell's grove, the other day, in which one man lost some blood and another got knocked down. Chas. Spitznagel caught an apple in the left eye, and ill ten minutes bin head was as large as a barrel of krout. Tom Dounnelly tried to stop one with the side of hiahead, and succeeded in catching it on the right cheek, which gave the first blood to the .attacking party. Just then some fellow in the fight, displaced his shirt, and taking.il for a flag oft race-, the contestants, ceased filing.... The Oxford theatre which held forth here two nights last week, returned to headquarter* Sunday morning in a “busted” condition. Our bill of *6.50 -against them was whittled down to $2, add J. K.’Shaw acknowledged himself contented with (3.50. Mr. Leedy holds their trunks for his little bill

of 840, and every thing around town begins to assume its usual tenor again..... .The second match game of baseball between the “Clippers* 1 of Rensselaer, and the “Clumsiea” of Remington, was played on tho grounds of the latter near school house No 7, in Carpenter township, on Monday, Aug. 28th. These two clubs are very evenly’ ihsYfihed, and are composed of first rats gentlemanly young men. The score stood 28 fortbe Clumsiesand 10for the Clippers. It is very doubtful whether either club did its best, though everything went off in fine order, the bust of feeling preveiling, One thing deserves special mention. Not an oath was heard on tho grounds from any one of the play, ~er». It is hard to discriminate in favor of any one player, and we will only say that both clubs, by their gentlemanly behavior arid ritihrteous treatment of the spectators, woutpany friends, and it is hoped that thp Clippers will visit this end of the comity again. Cap*. Chrisler, of the old liragoona, was umpire, ,aild discharged his duties to the perfect satisfaction of alt. Honesty could be foqrtd behind U *