Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1877 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Starr has one ton of beat white hominy. Mr. Ladd Hopkins it in Chieago for goods. Bargains for the next 80 days at 7. J. Sears & Co.’s. Bowman, thfc tailor, has hit work table in Leopold’s store. Bay seed for early cabbages and “tomatasees” of Charley Starr. For cash clothing oan be bought at prime eost of F. J. Sears & Co. It i* said that frost is out of the ground in spots along the roads and highway*. Willey A Sigler have received a new assortment of best jewelry. Call and look at it. On Monday a marriage license was issued to Henrv Kolb and Mary Ann Callaghan. Remember that the plaoe to buy goods oheap for the next 30 days is at F. J. Sears A Co’s. For cash boots and shoes will be sold at first oost prices for tho next 30 days, at F. J. Sears A Co.’s. Mr. S. O. Duvall, of Momence, 111., is in town this week and it as good natured as in days of yore. For oath felt skirts worth 75 cents will be sold for 65 cents, and $1 ones for 75 oents, at F. J. Sears A Co.’s. Get your job printing done at The Union office, one of the best appointed offices in the moral districts of Indiana. The protracted meeting at Salem school house is still in progress, and we learn that a great work is being accomplished. Potatoes at Starr’s. Pickles at Starr’s. Flour at Starr’s, both white and red winter, made at Montioello and Lafayette. The old reliable beot and shoe Srra of Healy A Meyer have ornamented their shop front with a new tasty gilt lettered sign. Johnny Blngman, boot and shoe tasker at Remington, thinks of building a new shop in the spring and enlarging his business. That 50-oent tea at Starr’s is the most popular iu this market. Everybody buys it and everybody returns for “more of the same kind.” Mr. Wm. A. Erwin’s horse fell while running a wolf on Monday falling upon his rider’s arm severely bruising, if not fracturing it. Justloe Spencer, of Remington, tyill transact all business connected With his office in » reliable manner. Special attention giveu to collections. For good fresh drags, pure medicines, nice toilet artielns, excellent •quality of cigars, tobacco, etc., call at Janies Bpeneer’s drug store, Remington, lud. Grinding was don o at the Hop. kins mill yesterday for the first time in many a day. The thaw furnished plenty of water to set machinery running. Babb, of Remington, is always prepared to ait his guests down to a square meal or introduce them to dean bead*. Babb of Remington is a boas hotel keeper. The Remington literary society .will give a literary, musical and dramatic entertainment in Exohaage Jlall on Saturday evening, jfebrpary 3d. A,dq>iitalic fc p only W*Mr

Mr. E. L. Clark is a member of the ooromtasion in Newton county which is trying to obtain a fair eount of the public moneys and straighten out the ex-treasurer’s acoount. A number of persons hereabouts were attaoked with something like spring fever yesterday, but the chances are favorable for their recovery before gentle spring sweeps down upon us. On Wedneedy evening last week, Tommy McCoy bossed a housewarmiug bop in his fathers' new dwelling. Those whose privilege it was to attend report everything “just splendid.” Messrs. Bass A Co. have a new boot and shoe sign up over the room in one of Leopold’s buildings that was occupied until Tuesday by N. R. Bowman, tailor. The new firm is from Lafayette. S. B. Haver, of Remington, will ory public sales and attend any other auction business in the best style of the profession on as reasonable terms as any man in five counties. See card in another place. The union gospel meetings commenced by Judge Gillette on Monday of last week were concluded Sunday evening. Hon. R. S. Dwiggins conducted the exercises of Saturday night and Sunday night. No special interest was aroused. Several persons, half a dozen, more or less, citizens of the town of Remington, are thinking about embarking in the newspaper business in that lively town. Four newspapers have died there within six or seven years, but there is always room for another experiment. W. A. Railsback, Remington, keeps an excellent stock of druggists’ goods which it will be his pleasure to sell at prices below •uccessinl competition. People who trade at Remington who need articles in his line will not do better than to visit his establishment. See advertisement. Two petitions for license to retail intoxicating liquors in Jasper county will be presented to the commissioners at their next session. One is for permission to sell in Rensselaer and one in Remington. Further particulars may be learned by referring to the advertising columns of this paper. All parties in want of goods will do well to call upon F. J. Sears & Co. and see what they will do before making purchases. They are very anxious to reduce their stock during the present month, and consequently have reduced their prices to correspond with the depression of the times. Call and see them. Now is the time to renew subscriptions to The Union. Now is a favorable time to commence taking it. The Union is the only paper published in Jasper county, but a democratic paper will commence publication in Rensselaer next week, the first issue to rppear on Friday, if Bro. McEvrcn has hangman’s luck. Quite an extensive business has been done this winter in the trade of corn and fence posts between farmers of the southern part of the oouniy and those who live north and east of Rensselaer. The farmers bring their corn over here getting 40 to 45 cents a bushel for it and taking pay in fence posts which they haul back upon their prairie farms. Mis Nellie A. Stout, teacher of Union School reports for the month ending Jauuary 26, that the attendance and punctuality -were good. Ida Nowels, Ellen Burk, Lillie Burk, Dallas Yeoman, Emma Kenton and May Nowels are above 95 in grade. Ida Nowels is highest general average, and 100 in algebra, grammar and arethmetio. The papere show an advance in all classes of study. 7 Miss Candace Boroughs, teacher of primary department Rensselaer school, reports for the month end ing January 19th, an enrollment of 58 pupils, with an average daily attendance of 80. Ora Hopkins, Critley Hutson, Graoie Reeve, Atari# Beck, lietta j£epu«r, Clara Hemphill, Mamie Hemphill, AUie Sliriver and Birdie Hammond were perfect in attendance, pfliietßrJily and ibepojUpepjL. \

The exercises at the temperance meeting Monday night were highly entertaining and instructive, and wero listened to by about three hundred persons. The temperance people of Rensselaer are wide awake and are doing all in their power to advanoe their cause and suppress the evil of intemperance. Mr. I. M.. Stow is fitting np the front room np-s,tairs over Bedford A Clark’s hardware store, in Shanghai building, and will in a tew days open one of the largest and finest stocks of jewelry ever brought to Rensselaer, which he proposes to sell at prices beyond competition. lie will also give special attention to repairing watches, clocks , and jewelry. Charges exceedingly low. Give him a call. Mud always prevails in this section of country whenever the frost of winter is thawing. Sometimes ihis process continues several weeks during the latter part of winter and the early days of spring. Those who would lake care of their health and the health of their families must provide some means for keeping the feet dry—lrom contact with the icy dampness. To do so rubber boots are necessary. Willey & Sigler keep them for sale.