Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1876 — Page 8

School Rules.

The followiM rules were adopted Dooember 25*, 1875, by Messrs. IL F. Chfloote,J. Healey, and R. Feodig, trustees. for the government of the Rensselaer public • Pupils are required to be punctual and regular in attendance and at recitation; to devote their time exclusively to the proper duties of the school-room; to occupy ouch a seat aa the teacher shall assign; to provide themselves with such books and utensils, and pursue such •todies aa the superintendent or

school board shall direct. Any pupil who shall be absent five half days or tardy five times in any one term without satisfactory excuse from parent or guardian, shall be suspended from the privileges of the school; and no pupil thus suspended shall be restored until satisfactory assurance shall have been given that the attendanee will be punctual in the fiature, and permission be obtained from the superintendent or school board. Upon the return of the pupil after any absence an excuse will be required from the parent or guardian in person or in writing, assigning a reason for the same. If it shall have been caused by the sickness of the pupil, or the family, or other urgent necessity, the absence shall be excused, and so marked in the register for that day. Pupils must walk quietly and in •ingle file through the halls and up and down the stairs, and not remain In the halls or stairways at any time when their school rooms are open. They must make no loud noise in any part of the building at any lime, must refrain from all conversation in balls or stairways after the first bell, and not go info rooms belonging to other departments without permission from a teacher.

If any injury shall be done to any school building or any building thereto belonging, such pupil or his parent or guardian shall cause immediate compensation to be made, otherwise the pupil shall be suspended from the school; and any pupil who shall anywhere on or around the school premises use or write any profane or unchaste language, or draw any obscene picture, or out, mark, or deface any school furniture, or building, or any property whatever belonging to the school sstate, shall be punished in proportion to the extent of the offence, and shall be liable to the pivil law.

Pupils must be careful to .clean All mud and dirt from their feet before entering the school room; must keep their seats, desks, and the floor about them, tidy; must be cleanly in person and clothing, gentlemanly and ladylike in deportment towards one another, and obedient and respectful to teachers. Pupils are required to obey these regulations promptly, and all roles of order established by the superintendent or teacher for their conduct m the school room, in the hall, or about the school ground. Pupils shall not be allowed to assemble about the school premises At unreasonable hours before the commencement pf school, nor to remain after the dismissal of the same.

Parents are requested to rate with the school board and teachers in all matters pertaining to the schools. In vain will be the plans resorted to by the teacher to encourage punctuality, regular attendance and a good degree of earnestness, unless their be a sympathy felt by the parents, and manifested by a hearty co-operation on their part. We invite you to visit the schools and personally inspect their management, thereby giving encouragement to both teachers and pupils. Let thia be considered a regular duly on your part, and try and perform it as often as your circumstances will permit. * . •"Madam,*’said a trance medium, "“your husband’s spirit wishes to communicate with you.” “No mat. ter,** said the widow. ""If he’s got no more spirit m the other world than he had in this,- it’s not worth bothering about” ■ Zack Teeter, of Laporte county, pprns apij with one head and two

STATE NEWS.

Henry county pippins weigh twenty-six onncee this year—at least one of them did. A. J. Newsome harvested 30,000 bushels of corn this season on his farm in Green county. Mathew Robinson lives in Lafayette, and the Journal says ho was 109 years old last August. A workman in South Bend has made a beautiful stand top of 11,840 pieces of ash, walnut and oherry. A South Bend gentleman recently kicked his wife out of a drug store because she wanted to buy some chloroform. Starke county will erect a new dwelling house in Knox, for the occupancy of her sheriff, at a cost not exceeding SBOO. Robert 11. Vinton, son of Judge Vinton, of Lafayette, recently bad a foot so badly mangled by the cars as to render amputation necessary. Hon. E. L. Furness hss been selected by the Grangers of Porter county to represent them in the state Grange, which will convene at Indianapolis next month.

A safe belonging to Pressler & Richey, merchants at Cherubusco, Whitley county, was blown open by but glars last Saturday, and |2,000 cash and securities stolen. Ingram Brothers' livery stable at Logansport was burned last Wednesday morning, destroying 14, 000 worth of property, including six horses and several carriages and buggies. Dennis Foley, drunk, laid down on the track of the Fort Wayne, Muncie A Cincinnati railroad, near Muncie, on Saturday night of last week, and was run over by the cars and killed. He was a section boss. Lewis Shendle, a laborer on a construction train, was killed at Warsaw, last Friday, by being caught between the engine and a car. Both legs were badly crushed, and he was injured internally, and died one hour after the accident. He leaves a wife and one child at Plymouth. A' Bartholomew county farmer, named Bates, has 14,000 bushels of wheat in bin. It is the product of his farm this season. A gentleman by the name of Bowman in the same county has 9,000 bushels of last year’s corn to turn off this season which is worth 35 cents a bushel. These are newspaper reports; but the wheat story looks as though it might drop a cipher and still sound well.

School Reports.

Miss Candace Boroughs, teacher of primary department Rensselaer schools, reports for the month ending November 10th, an enrollment of 61 pupils, and an average attendance of 46.7. Crilley Hutson, Lizzie Warner, Ella Everson, Eddie Duvall, Albert Fendig, Clara Hemphill, Allie Shriver, Ida Shriver, Gracie Reeve,Emerson Reeve, Charlie Daugherty, Bion Zimmerman, Hattie Rhoades, Birdie Hammond and Ora Hopkins were perfect in attendance, punctuality and deportment Mr. L. K. Yeoman, teacher of school number 6, of Barkley township, reports for the month ending November 10th, the perfect attendance and punctuality of pupils as follows: Charles Day, Martha Day, Louisa Day, Lizzie Day, Evaline English, Martha English, Samuel English, Ellen Fielder, Morton

Henkle, Melissa McCurtain, Norman McCurtain, Frank McCurtain, Mary Mnrray, Jane Murray, Frank Steel, Ines Walker, Tobias Pullins and Edmond W alter. The average daily attendance of pupils was 31|. Miss Mattie Benjamin, teacher of second intermediate department of the Rensselaer school, reports for the month ending November 10th, 1876, an enrollment of 51 pupils, with an average daily attendance of «• Those, perfect in attendance, punctuality, deportment and study were George Hollingsworth, Fred Phillips, Deatie Boroughs, My rl ‘ e Henkle, Minnie Norris, Leslie Clark, Tillie Fendig, Bennie Fendig, Jney Hutson, Louisa Platt, Jennie Miller, Hattie Hopkins, Artie Hopkins, Frank Cissol, Ettie Spitjpy and Gaylprd (Chilcote. ; t

LEOPOLD IN THE FIELD ARMED AND EQUIPPED WITH $20,000 WORTH OF NEW GOODS JUST BOUGHT AT A. T. STEWART & CO.’S NEW CHICAGO HOUSE, IS PREPARED FOR REX.ENTEESS WAR Against High Prices, Hard Times, Winter Weather, and the rapid Contraction of Currency. Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoos and Notions

BROWN SHEETINGS, Yard_wide, 7 to 10 cents per yard. ALL CALICOS Eight and one-third cents per yard. FLANNELS Opera flannels, dress flannels, shirting flannels, all colors-red, yellow, blue, white, etc; Canton flannels, bleached, brown and colored-cheaper than at any other house in the county. DRESS GOODS. Detains, Mohair Lustres, Alpacas, Cashmeres, Poplins, Scotch Plaids, Camel Hair Suitings, Plaid Reps, Silks, &c. LADIES’ UNDERWEAR. Balmoral and Felt Skirts, from 50 cents upward. All kinds of Underwear, Corsets, Vests, &c. SHAWLS, COMFORTERS. Shawls of all kinds; largest stock in Rensselaer. Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Woolen Comforters; fine assortment. AH Wool Blankets. All Wool Blankets from $2 to $7 a pair. Coverlets from $2 to $3 apiece. Cloakings and Cloaks. The largest assortment of cloakings, of latest patterns, colors, shades and grades. Fine black beaver cloaks, furtrimmed or plain, cheaper than they can be made at home. Ladies’ and Children’s Hats. A targe stock of trimmed hats for ladies and children, which will be sold 50 per cent, cheaper than any other house in the county can afford. Notions and Dress Trimmings in endless variety. Gloves.

Ladies’ kid and cashmere gauntlets, latest styles, large stock, very cheap. Ladies’and Children’s Hosiery in large variety always on hand. Furs Very Low. Ladies’ and children’s furs in endless variety; all kinds and grades much below former prices. Table Linen. A large stock of table linen, toweling, bed ticking, denims, stripes, hickory, ducks, etc., to be sold at very low prices. c;o , M"P'm r rT r rTOTxr. Happening to visit Chicago just at the time when the strife of competition ran highest between Field, Letter & Co. and the new branch house of A. T. Stewart & Co., Hr. Leopold was enabled to buy these goods at unusually low figures, and will sell them corrosponilipgly pheep.

CLOTHING. The largest assortment of Clothingfor Men and Boys ever brought to this market Latest patterns styles. Suits from SSfupwards. 200 OVERCOATS ’ for Men and Boys, of all grades, ' to be sold regardless of cost. FURNISHING GOODS. A most beautiful assortment of ’ Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, among which are white shirts for 75 cents and upwards; fancy Che- , viot shirts, with collars, SI each, ’ worth 5i.75. UNDERWEAR. Gents’ and boys’ underwear—7s • cents and upwards for a shirt and pair of drawers. COLLARS AND CUFFS Neckties, &c., of all styles and every quality. GLOVES & MITTENS ’ of all grades, styles|and prices, for men and boys. HATS AND OAFS for children boys and men. Very large assortment FUR SUITS FOR MEN, that is, gloves, collars and caps. BOOTS AND SHOES. Largest and best-assorted stock in Rensselaer, cheaper than ever. MISCELLANEOUS. Germantown, Berlin, Chinchilla and knitting yarns of aircolors. Ladies’ baskets, carpet-bags, valises and trunks. Large variety. Carpets—rag, linen, 2-ply, 3-ply, ingrain, and stair-carpet Carpet chain, both white and colored, of best manufacture. Oil-Cloths for table and floor! Paper and cambric JJWindowl shades. I GROCERIES I and provisions of the best quality always to be found at Charlew Platt’s. I I MU, Pnjrita h: hi, halw,lg|