Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1877 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Pay the printer. Railroad meeting next Saturday. The growing crops are looking well. Eggs are worth eight cents a dozen. Wool sacks and twine, at F. J. & Co. *B. Rensselaer ought to have a street sprinkler. Salt fish of every description at C. C. Starr’s. The hotels are having a good run this week. Monday and Tuesday nights were rather cool. The grand jury completed their labors yesterday. That new grocery store is now an established fact Butter retails from the stores at ten cents per pound. Potato bug poison, sure shot, at Kannal’s drug store. California peaches, fresh and good, at C. C. Starr’s. County Commissioner Van’tWoud is in Washington City, Fans and parasols in great variety at F. J. Sears & Co.’s. Fresh arrival of qucensware and glassware at C. C. Starr’s. The prospect for good times grows brighter every day. Potatoes are almost as scarce as hen teeth in this market. The largest stock of stoneware in the county at C. C. Starr’s. Mr. William Braden, Esq., of Indianapolis, is in Rensselaer to-day. Two cases of latest style calicos, just opened, at F. J. Sears & Co.’s. The commissioners are grinding away on county matters this week. Best brands of red and white winter wheat flour, at C. C. Starr’s. Gent’s half hose from 5 to 50 cents per pair, at F. J. Sears & Co.’s. We are under obligations to Bro. McEwen, of the Sentinel, for recent favors. Go to.F. J. Sears & Co.’s lor 9-4 sheeting and 42 inch pillow case muslin.

Business is pretty lively in Rensselaer this summer, considering the hard times. The Lowell Star has closed shop at that place, and now hangs out in Crown Point. Genuine Alexandre kid gloves, for misses, at F. J. Sears & Co.’s. Only 75 cents a pair. Sugar cured hams and shoulders, breakfast bacon, clear sides, pork and lard, at C. C. Starr’s. Mr. Charles Jouvenat, one of Remington’s leading attorneys, called at Tub Union office yesterday. A new cornet band is being organized in -Rensselaer, the old one naving disbanded. Success toyou, boys. The woodwork in the front of Bedford & Jackson’s brick block is receiving a new coat of varnish this week. t Dr. Ira C. Kelley has about re- • covered from injuries received by being thrown from his carriage recently. The Crockett brothers have just completed a very neat little barn upon the, premises ot Mrs. 8. A. Hemphill. Wool! Wool! Wool! 25,000 pounds wanted, for which F. J. Sears AT Co. will pay the highest market price. You can get a dozen exchange papers containing the latest news at this office for a dime. Half a dozen for a nickel. The workmen are busily engaged this week excavating for the foundation for Mr. William H. Rhoades brick business building. Ice cream, strawberries, (fresh and nice), oranges and lemons, candies, cakes and everything good, at Kann al’s ice cream parlors. A partial list of the premiums to be awarded at the coining county fair will be found elsewhere irf this paper. Give it a careful perusal. Willey & Sigler are selling a nice cassimere suit of men’s clothing for the small sum of (7.00. These goods are warranted to hold their cola?

Blue ribbon is coming in vogue. Abdominal corsets, atl. J. Sears &. Co.’s. A fine assortment of new jewelry at Willey & Sigler’s. Full line of smoking and chewing tobaccos at C. 0. Starr’s. The best 75-cent corset in town can be seen at F. J. Sears <fc Co.’s. The best 5-cent cigar in the market can be found at C. C. Starr’s. The new livery stable on Van Rensselaer street is rapidly approaching completion. Prosecutor Travis, of Fowler, is looking after the interests of the state in the Jasper circuit court this week. Circuit court is in session this week, Judge Hammond presiding. There is an unsually light docket to dispose of. Willey & Sigler keep a large assortment of goods adapted to the wants of the public which they are selling at the lowest market price. Emmet Kannal is prepared to furnish festivals, picnics and parties with ice cream in any quantity on short notice and at reasonable rates. The recent rains placed the roads in a very muddy condition again, and the hack running between this place and Francesville is drawn by four horses. An important notice to taxpayers will be found in another column of this paper. By giving it prompt attention delinquents will save trouble and cost. Not quite four weeks yet until the ga-lorious Fourth of July will dawn upon us, and no preparations being made for its celebration. What are our patriotic citizens doing? Hon. D. L. Skinner, of Valparaiso, graced The Union office sanctum with his portly form, this morning. He is attending to some court business in the present term. Mr Charles Jewett, a former citizen of Jasper county, sends us a copy of The Young Cherokee, published at Short Creek, Cherokee county, Kansas, for which he has thanks. „ The Sentinel man is very much exercised over the disappearance of Horace E. James, of The Union. Nevermind, Bro. McEwen. Friend Horace will turn up all right in due course of time.

Children’s day performance at the M. E. church next Sunday evening. The programme is a good one and the exercises promise to be interesting. Let there be a good attendance. The festival at the Presbyterian church last evening was a very pleasant affair. The attendance was good, the weather propitious, and everything combined to make the occasion a success. Our stock of goods are now complete in every department. Persons having wool to exchange need not take it to factories for we will do as well by you as they will. F J. Sears & Co. The following concerning our fair is from the Knox Ledger. “The Jasper county agricultural fair will be held thia year on the 19th, 20th and 21st of September next. Jasper is taking the lead in the fair line.”

We had the pleasure of wagging the paw of Mr. Thomas Donnelly yesterday. Tom is one of the best fellows that ever walked the streets of Remington. He had business in court which called him to this place. Mr. Frank Hausman started, today, on a visi.t to Lafayette and vicinity. He was accompanied by Misses Lillie Tharp and Emnaa Phillips, who intend spending a few days visiting the family of Elder Rogers, living a short distance from the city. Wool! Wool! Wool!—Willey <fc Sigler wish to announce to their many customers that they are in the wool market, and that they wilt pay the highest market price for wool. Call and see them before selling. The indictments returned by the grand jury at the last term of the Jasper circuit court against Thomas E. Dowell, Jacob Albert, Johnny Nowels and Grant Warner for disturbing a public meeting were all quashed yesterday.