Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1877 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Frasfe ‘ oy*t*ra otaljr SO e*nu a om,Ate. C.Bt«ncV OwwroosU for sat* for l**a than irat coat, at Leopold’*. < That &6 .cent tea at Starr’* Milk Hko hot cake*. Try it - A dancing aobool is talked of among thf jrooog people. George W. Hawaii ot Remington, was ftf. town Tweaday evening. The commercial vain* of rabbits dor shipping is fonr cents apiece. The steady cold weather it making e gded ran on coal end wood.

Beet brenda of pleg end fine oat tobacco* kspt constantly on bond et C. C. Starr’*.', . Another coating of snow fell yesterday morning, making good. •leigtjTng again. NO. dear, made at the Wesfttlhrmiil*, atß. -TV Harding A tefvPet* of fnrs left at£*owill be sold at SO per cent ss£ thin T*^olarprices. : Mr. Danisl B. Miller returned from a.tjro weeks’ visit at Rochester, bts-Mld boms, last Saturday. I. Puroupile and fa ha 11 y, of M&fittee'.lo, are Vlaitipg with their many friends in Rensselaer. Th®“jQld Dependable/’ “<3o!den CrowhjS’J. Colossus,” and other choicCJbrande of cigars, at E. T. Harditfgf A Son’s. McCoy A Thompson’s bank is now oioAdf at 4 o’clock p. m. and no bnaioetji will h* transacted at a later hoiif of tk«,day. Leopold’s entire stock of goods will be oiossd oat a* rapidly as possible, regardless .of cost. Call, examine .end. be satisfied. Try some of that maple molasses, and self-riaing buckwheat dour at Charley Starr'a. They almost make a person’s rho’uth water. * 1 ’l. * hr? Circuit cotirt business at Keptland, occupies- the attention of Judge llainmond, Hon. It S. Dwiggins and S. P. Thompson, Esq. Bitty Moss staiged, oi) Tuesday morning,' for Ladoga, to ■ attend Normal School. If ay anooees attend him ia hi* pursuit of knowledge!

Pro! Ci»B..Buw«rd will open » danclagAskiwilin Bedlbjrifa Hall, on the rflgjrttifthe lith instant The BfeftMehier Quadrille Band will farflt^inuslo. Mr. Kitt, of the Remington Rte crd wu in town on Friday. He reports buainear improving. Corn ia being brought to market in considerable quantity. On hand at Leopold's is a One asaortmeaC of oasaimeren, doe skin a, beavers, ohmehillaa and Freneh and Bnglish worsteds. All are offered it coat to close out Tha holiday nab now being over, C. C. Starr will be to aee his regular customers, and will be pieaifcd to wait upon all who may oaH at hi« establiahment. Groceriea, of alt kinds, cheaper then ever, it Charley Starr's. Hs carries the largest stock, cell* most goods, end trseps (he best assortment of any house in the oounty. Read the rule adopted by the commissioners at their session last month, for the governing of certain which is put>UsKed under the heeding of legal advertiaemente.

The second quarterly meeting of the M. E. Chttrch for tlie present conference jeer will be held in Rensselaer' on Saturday and San* day, January 18th and 14th, 1877. Presiding Elder Smith wtHftfflelite. The 6*d birth day anniversary of Mrs. Mary Tharp on Monday was made the occasion of a neat and complete surprise party, planned by her chlldVeft and a few of her frienda in honor of the event, b was a nice affair. Acknowledgement iemade of the reeeipt, in prune condition, on New Year’s day*, of a bait of peraimsnona, from way upwn at DaralHa BlufffJkrksßaas. It waa Mr. lease Y. Alur who "remembered the .editor” this time. Thanks. Jim Abbott apd,6?f+sw%}p delivered Mow TWs calla and cards oaith .their autographs i» carmins dak.- The old fellows are desperate and will knnt in ooatjrios eatll ftp. 1

Dr. G. A. Moss end Frank WBabooek, Ksq, have removed their offee into the brick boil ding opposite the court hones wbioh was aatil recently oocopicd by Messrs: Miller A Boroughs. They extend invitation* to friends and patrons to visit them in their new and convenient quarters. Mr. John E. Alter, teacher of Roee Bud school, district No. 5, Union township, reports for the month which ended December 29th, 1879, an enrollment of 88 pupils, with so average deity attendance of 24.65,. The following were perfect in attendance: Jennie Humes, Isaac Alter, Mary Abbett and Orra W arne.

None*.—-All persons indebted to ms, either by note or on book acoount, must settle with me during the present month of January. Iu February settlements will be made -with. Thompson A Bro. Owing to 1 a change in my business which will occur March Ist, 1877, I am compelled to adppt this course. A. Lxopold. Mias NftUie Phegley, teacher of school Np. 5, Keener township, reports for the month ending December 22d, 1876, an enrollment of 28 with an average attendance of 17.7. Those perfect in attendance were Etta Woods, Anna Thompson, Hattie Thompson, Me lists Shivley, Martha Shiviey, Mary Brock way i Janie Brock way and James Shivley.