Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1877 — LOCAI GOSSIP. [ARTICLE]

LOCAI GOSSIP.

The board of county commisSeionera is in teuton. SIX inches •! snow Ml during the sterna of Saturday. . An infant member of Mt. James Ptaeon'ii family was buried lest Tier. Mr. Forguson, of the Free Will Baptist oharch at Francesville, was in town last Saturday. Edgar L. Brune was married to Miss Kansas Lefler, at the residence of the bride’e mother, in Hanging Grove township, on the Ist instant, by Elder J. P» Holloway, of Newton county. Joy go with them through life. A Rev. Thos. Vanscoy rested last Sabbath from the labors of his revival meetings at Egypt school house. We are sorry to learn he is suffering from a severe cold whieh has settled in one of hiseyes. Hia meetings will continue through the present week and perhaps longer. A House. —I am prepared to ofler a groat bargain in a dwelling property in Rensselaer. Good commodious house, two well-improved lots, convenient to business and every way desirable. Very low for cash or part cash ; balance on good time. FaafeK W. Babcock. B-24 ts. Mrs. Emelins SwiUer, teacher of Mount Pleasant school, Barkley township, reports for the month ending February 24th, 1877, an enrollment of 39 pupils, with an average daily attendance of 26.3. Willis Hurley, Ella Marion, Ula Switzer, Ezra Switzer, Clark Pierson, Sherman Cooper and John Bessy were perfect in attendance. Auditor Barkley recently appointed Nelson D. Ingerham trustee of Wheatfield township vice, Stillman Gates resigned; Adam ft oßß assessor of Gillam township; Joseph Tooman assessor of Newton township; Joseph Brey assessor of Wheatfield township, and George *G. Thompson assessor of Carpenter'township. The foregoing information is taken from the Sentinel. The "J. H. Estey” troupe of vocalists and bell ringers gave one of their choice entertainments in Bedford’s hall last Thursday evening. This was their first appearance in Rensselaer, and, we must say,\they made a very favorable impression. The music of those charming bells was pronounced excellent by all who had the pleasure of listening to it, and the vocal music was also highly appreciated by the audience. Several comic pieces were rendered with good effect, and, all things considered, the company acquitted themselves in a very creditable manner. On Monday, March 19th, Mr. John Besloskey will make a public sale of live stock on his farm in Newton township, six miles west of Rensselaer. Said property consists of 10 head of young work horses, all good stock; 13 head of calves; 33 head of cattle including 13 cows, 7 two-year old steers and 18 head of two and three years old heifers. Nine months credit without interest given if notes are paid at maturity; if not paid when due notes to draw 10 per cent, interest from date. negotiable and payable in bank, endorsed with approved security, and to waive appraisement and valuation laws.

He was a whopper. With hesiating step he ascended the stairass that led to the photographer's torn. His shoes were stringless, it that wouldn't show in a pic* re. A dewy probocis inclined at ■ angle of forty-five degrees over »northwest cheek. His whiskers * <embled a mowed prairie in the ‘l, with here and there a tuft it the machine had left unl ched. “Will you have the others I en from a side view?” was asked f the artist. Siowly and with ig ni«y f»e t’-ose ftonS the seat he I occupied by the stove, and jj, •» a majestic waive of his dexter q® d answered in blandest tones, i<. », sir; I prefer to have fhem all n i ul! view.” A shade of badness itjft led over the face of thejan»t, . with a weary sigh he resumed h£ labor me* tally resolving that ane* Imans which hung for a' aigrs beiore me noor. .