Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1877 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Si of Stir, >»• »* f«W i excellent gentlemen. Attention if direoted to the new time eeid of the Pitubargh, Ciaoinneti A St. Louie railway, in another column. Who ewer sew more deligbtfhl weetlter in the month of February? The elertt of the seme is certainly on hi* good behavior noyr days. The literary organisation whioh meets regularly every Thursday evening, at the school bouse, is said to be Increasing in numbers and growing in interest. Hr ■ On Sunday, at the usual morning hear, Her. D. J. Huston wilt deliver a memorial sermon in which he will review the the history of the Baptist church at Rensselaer. The Ladie*’ Missionary Aid Society concert, which has been postponed for some time, will be held at the M. E. Church next Sabbath evening. Every body invited. On tho lStfc instant a marriage license was issued to John H. Quarry and Celia Jane Prevo, on the 14th to Emanuel Clouse and Mitlinda M. Shannahan, and oq the 17th to John Abram Wahl and Sarah Ann Shew. - r - - Every family in Jasper county that updeinstands the English language ought to subscribe to a county newspaper. It they eanuot afford to take Thu Unjon at $2 a year, let them pay 11.50 for the Democratic Sentinel. For three or six months the price for either is the same, being 50 cents and $1 respectively. Members of company 6, ninth regiment Indiana infantry, will be pained to learn of the death of Comrade Thomas Moore, whiohjoopurred in Iroquois county, 111., on Mopday of lest week. Mr. Moore had been a bed-fast inva'id since five years ago last August. The natnre of his disease is qot known to the writer. Holloway’® Pills and Ointment.—Scrofula was considered incurable until ths great discovery of .“Holloway** Pills and Ointment** flashed upon the world. Diseases which baffle the skill of the nedipal schools, readily yield to these peerless remedies. Scurvy, erysipelas, ealtrheum, itch, and all pntaneons ernptions are curable by them- 25 cents per box or pot. Last Sunday night a young man pained David Goodeuough died, of dropsy of the heart, at the residence of Mr. Sidniel King, in this place. He was about 25 years ot age, and was an industrious, moral young man. His remains were intermed in W eslon cemetery on Mopdsy, the fnneral services being held ip the M. E. church at 2 o’clock P. M., conducted by Rev. Thomas V anseoy, * A reading Circle composed mostly of unmarried ladies, meets in Rensselaer once a week, regularly, and has for its object the culture and development of a taste for literature, soeiability and refioed manper*. We wish the organisation puccpss, a»d take the liberty to yuggeat the propriety of eneburagjng unmarried gentlemen to attend and th v* ftjecure a deeper interest as welj at# a mutual benefit to both .sexes. The Credent literary society met at- the court house on Monday evening mod tfea programme of exercises eras carried out, with the exrep'Jon /of ibe deJ>*U\, which Vas omitted on account of the absence pi nearly s}l those members who Ware effected to ib«repp. Qwing to the late action of thp board of comity commissioners in refusing to allow the court house to b« wttd for «ny purpose oti;er

Another sshool tsaeher is reported to have adopted T«* Cstox as a leu hook for his advanced reading olaseea. Five oeots will boy six newspapers at This Union ofßee ; ten ceata is the price of a doseu. These aro stnmatilntod newspapers that haVe beoa read and cast aside. Thay may ba only a day old, or they may hava been printed a week. They are daily city papers, country weeklies, agricultural, political, religious sud general—some are mam* aaoih sheet, while aome are not vary large. They are published in New York, California, Kansas, lowa, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. All are readable and each one is worth the prioe charged—leas than one cent apieoe. Call at Tpx Union office and ask for old papers. Public Sale.— Notioo is hereby given that I, will offer at public sale at my residence, one mile sontb jof tb# Osborn school house, in Ranging Grove township, Jasper oounty, Indiana, on Saturday, February 24th, 1877, the following described personal property, to-wit: Four bead of horses, four good tnilch cows, hogs, corn in crib, hay in stsek, farming implements, household and kitchen furnitnre. Twelye months credit, without interest, will be given on all sums oyer five dollars, purchaser giving note with approved security, and stipulating to pay ten per cent, interest from date if not paid at inatur ty. Sums ot five dollars and under, cash in band.

JOHN I. POWELL.