Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1876 — LOCAL NATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL NATTERS.

Several loads of hooters passed through town last Monday. The Methodist folks are talking of a festival for the benefit of the church. v Johnny Borger, of Remington, is a square coal dealer, giving full weights. Remington smokers praise the quality of cigars kept at Speuoer’s drug store. Johnny Bingmau, boot and shoo maker at Remington, is popular among his patrons. Sam B. Haver, of Remington, can cook a dish of oysters fit for the president to eat. Father Babb, of the Babb Hous* at Remington, is a prince among country hotel keepers. Enoch H. Pettit, harness maker at Remington, is an excellent mechanic, and worthy of patronage. Smokers who patronize Hazel* rigg’s drug store at Remington, praise the quality of cigars they obtain. Game, especially waterfowl and squirrel, is abundant. Occasion* ally a deer is killed, but they are not numerous. Thomas Donnelly, Esq., one of the best hearted fellow* in Christendom, is a popular constable of Carpenter township. Pat. H. Lally, Johnny Tharp and D. C. Taylor, formerly Rensselaer boys, are counted among the best mechanics In business at Remington. 1 * The firm of Johnson A Johnson, grocers at Remington, give universal satisfaction in weights, measures, prices and the quality of goods.

Il is seldom that a .more socom modating gentleman is root anywhere than Mr. Wright Williams, telegraph Operator, freight and express agent at Remington. Keener leads the republican townships of Jasper county for majority in proportion to voting population. At the recent election she gave Hayes 02 votes and Tib den 6. Wheat patches look swusnaaHy well in Jasper county this fait Although not considered a wheat region there is quite a numerous sprinkling of patches in every part of the county. Mr. O. B. Mclntire, than whom there is not a more genial gentleman or better citizen in Jasper county, has succeeded the firm of J. K. Shaw A Co. in the banking business at Remington. Jasper county has a common school fund this year of <10,670.88; congressional- township fond is 144,207. The number ot licensed teachers was reported tp the superintendent of public instruction at 71.

Carpenter is the banner republican township of Jasper county. She polled more votes, made greater gains and gave a larger majority tor Gov. Hayes than any other township. Republicans over there know how to work and put their whole energies into it. Mr. M. P- Mitchell, of Gillam township, was in town on Tuesday. He reports tiiat there has been unusual mortality among the children in his neighborhood and the vicinity of Medaryville this fall from diptheria. One family near him buried four children who had died from this malady. The first session of the Marion township Teachers* Institute will beheld at Bowling Green school house on Saturday, the 25th instant. The programme of exercises will be as follows: Ortlipgraphy, N. F. Jenkins) reading, C. P, Hopkins) arithmetic—-fractions, B. C. Boroughs; percentage, W. M, Langden; cube and square root, G. Johnson; composition and grammar, D. B. NoweL; geography, A. H. Wood; phvNolwv, V.IH. KU