Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1877 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

See Thompson <fc Bro.'fi new card in another column. Bruce Porter captured another wolf last week after impacting a dozen or more buokshot into it® o areas?. Eggs are not quoted io the Rensselaer market at present writing. They are almost as scarce as apoc« ryphal hen teeth. Four three-story brick business buildings are among the talked of improvements of Rensselaer for the coming summer. Indeed material is being accumulated upon the sites of two of them. Mr. David L. Pritchard was rushed into the thick boughs of an apple tree, while riding a young horse on Mr. Eli Yeoman’s farm one day last week, and, though not meeting the fate of Absalom, was pretty badly scraped on hia face. His whole right cheek was hung in a sling all last week. They do say that certain parties from Wolcott have engaged rooms -hr Leopold's building, vonrer of Washington and Van Rensselaer streets in which to open a drinking saloon with pool table attachment; and will apply for license to sell less quantities of intoxicating beverages than a quart at a time, at the next session of the board of commissioners. It is also said that a democratic newspaper will also be started here about the same time.

f The roads were a glare of ioe on last Saturday, and Dr. Loughridge was driving with his cuttomary Jehu style. He had a free team attached to a light cutter. A* they turned the corner at Mr. Edom Antrim’s place, three miles northeast of town, the eletjpW ewung around, struck a aiaddle and overturned the doctor .and his piilbags by the wayside. Doctor laid up for repairs, but the team disengaged itself from the vehicle and came to town. Doctor Loughridge was bruised some but Dot seriously hurt. Messrs. Herbst A Hartherg’a Crystal Palace saloon on Front street was taken possession of by creditors and closed on last Friday. Joseph departed before the climax culminated, and is now safe from clamorous creditors. Hartberg remains to dun and to be dunned. It is said that their stock was sampled too freely by certain grand jury men, during the hours of adjournment, at the late session of that tribunal, leaving the proprietors stock or capital to conduct business with. It was principally a democratic grand jury and some ot the democratic portion of it were pretty deep drinkers at Joseph’s well. Suit has been instituted in the Jasper circuit conrt by Isaab M, Slackhouse, of Marion county, against R. S. Dwiggins, of* this town, asking for a judgment of |5,000. It is claimed by the plaintiff that Dr. Gordon and Mr. Fairchild of Francesville, R. S. D wiggins and the plaintiff were in partnership five or six years ago as a railroad construction company; that in that capauity they had contract® under the Continental railroad company to grade and perform other wotk upon a roadbed io the state of Indiana, for which work the construction company, through Mr. R. 8. Dwiggins, who was the financial officer of the organization, received a certain amount of money from tbe officers of the Continental railroad company; that Mr. Dwiggins paid over to Dr. Gordon and Mr. Fairchild their proportion of tbe nroney received, but did not psy the plaintiff th; share lie was aa a partner-entitled to. The case may be vigoiou* and interesting, or it may be a farce, Mr. Dwiggins has reiained Thompson & Bro. and M. F> < lldeote us counael, wl/ile Mi Stackhouse is represented i by anlndiauajiDiiM gantleuum.