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

LOCAL MATTERS.

Write it 18.7, wi No more woo 4 wanted on subAoriwlion M this ettoe. t 1 * ■ Agesd' Une to circulate Cite Most all the bop are now ready to swear off. Those fond or tht Amusement danced in Bedford A Jack son’■ kali New Yenr’e #'««*»*• Rer. Tk/M. Vanacoy began a aerVM of »n jetinge at Blue Gran qQfipol house on Monday night last. The public schools of Rensselaer will convene on next Monday, after ja vacation of two weeks during holidays. Tfce protracted meeting which has been in progress at the M. Echurch for ueversl weeks past, /closed Sabbath evening. A one-horse colored troupe exhibited in Spitlerls hall Saturday night to a sliiu audience. Those attended pronounce the perfor mane e decidedly tame. A total edipae of the moon will be held on the 27th of next month. As this is posit/ydy the ouly performance of

the kind that will be shown in the United Stales this year, the management confidently anticipate a large attenuaoce of enthusiastic spectators. Turn out. Mrs- C. A. Edmunds end daughter returned home from Cold Water, Mich., Satuiday night, after u absence of several months, during which time they were viaitjng relatives and friends in that city. Tobacco dealers ere ordering a new stock of tobacco-boxes, ponchos, eigarcasas, cigar-holders, pipes and all manner of smokers and chewers’ supplies to mast the demand of those who swore off this week. Unusual activity is reported CjMfig those who manufacture these goods, Holloway’s Pills. -In all crowded citias, malaria and togs arc breathed over and over again, till the strongest lungs arc incapable of producer pure blood, bence the sluggishpang of mind and body, the wearitt£jp nod irritability ot many persons daring this season of the year* These medicines neutralize these ted give vigor to the Jheod, hcayt fMft.oiWacb. 25 oents pur box or pot.

Persons desiring ( to go to Arkansas will find \t to their ip tercet to see me before starting. I have the agency for the St. Lo.yi?, fropMountain A Soy them Railway Company's lands, over 5,000,000 acres, offered on ten years time, at fi gpr cent, interest. Also, 190,000 acres of prairie and timber land in the counties of Lonoke, Prairie pnd Arkansas; very fine quality and cheap. Will aeli nqpnd-trip rail* r,oad tickets from to Little flpefe. via St. Louis, for *s2.£o; good soy 00 days. Fqr further information call at the little brink office, opposite the eemrit-hopse, Rcnaselaer, Indiana. I pave 320 seres of finp land in Kansas to exchange for a good farm in Jasper or Bentou county, Indiana, aiyd will give some hoot. <Vlso improved farms and excellent wild }snds in this county and for pale cheap, and

ou eaay terms.

THOMAS BOROUGHS.

John A. Finch, special insurance f ottunisvioner, made hia biennial fftuw rt to the governor last Friday. fie allndea to the Harrisburg and york conventions, and criticisqf the work accomplished. He tjtjinkp pnjfcymity of insurance laws ip JU>e several states can only be Aeeured through tbe agency of insurance bureaus in every state. He gives the following figures of insurance business in this state for two years ending July 1, 1870: Amoyot paid foreign fir.; and life Ofifin panics, *0,010,050.89; amount resumed on losses, etc., *3,079,ft is estimated that insurjutee companies have jo»ne«l *50,000,000 on Indiana real eata e. In conclusion, Mr. Finch recommends a number of change* in insurance laws to prevent uuwise and hasty legislation, and snggssts the English anode of legislation on special ‘ - 3 V T** T~ Tha anneal yeports of Purdue University sty the years ending Jj,n« 80, wfire filed With the goyernof fast Friday. They show au iotyease of attendfrom thirty-sut to on/e hundred Atndeots. The building sntf :m----urogements and expenses of the cwy amount to Prudent White Suggests some chffftgua in tho buildings and their nrrahgjeipents. .£$ reorganised the /It;i vyrstty cwitsm* these departments: Academy, eollege of gen* /era! 4>climce, and special schools of and technology.