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

Neighborhood Racket.

Valparaiso.—‘Decoration day was not observed this season.... The Gospel Union Band propose to pitch their tent at Valparaiso 500 n.... Mr. Conrad Block, a boot and shoe dealer, and an old and respected citizen of the place, died Tuesday evening of last week, of consumption.... The Vidette was printed last week on bran splinter new type and presented a very neat appearance... .Dogs will bark and men will fight at the Yale.... Some poor cusses, who, perhaps, had not a cent to their names, entered Johnny Fitzwilliams’ sample rooms, one night not long since, and lightened bis stock of wines, whiskies and cigars... .Since the gospel temperance meetings begun many habitual drunkards have reformed and now abstain entirely from the use of intoxicating drinks. ....A baby show was on the boards for Saturday night... .Commencement exercises of the high school will take place on the 13th instant... .The normal school closes in about three weeks. Crown Point. —No attention was paid to Decoration day.... Farmers had to replant considerable corn....A gentleman named Wise was kicked by a horse, near the depot, on Tuesday of last week, which resulted in a broken leg Naughty boys put in their Sundays playing baseball... .The Register man did get a glimpse of the aurora borealis..'. .Five windmills supply water to the thirsty this hot weather. Winamac.—Quoit pitching is in fashion.... Considerable corn had to be replanted.... Frosts done very little damage... .Red and blue ribbon getting common Evening fishing parties are popular. .The livery men cannot supply

the demand tor horses and buggies. ... .The Republican wants the town trustees to appoint a board of j health in order that the detestable i stenches that lurk around the j streets and allies may be removed, i .... A young lady got off a freight 1 train a few days ago and has been j under the care of a physician ever , since. Considerable talk and speculation about her has been indulged in by the citizens... . BrothI er‘Keiser chins a good deal about i the condition of the streets and i highways... .Lightning rod men | are plying their vocation... .A | woman purchased some arsenic j with which to commit suicide, but the sweets of life came in to over* i balance the bitters, and she coneluded to indefinitely postpone j self-destruction... .The hotel de l Teters has four boarde-s. , Monticello.—The riot act in regard to charivari parties is being 1 enforced... .Temperance people getting the red ribon lever.... County officials putin odd moments matching for the cigars... . Mem- • bers of the order of Knights of ’ Pythias are procuring uniforms.... 1 Decoration day passed unobserved. ....An Indianapolis gentleman suffered from an attack of seasickness, the other day, while being i tossed about in a skiff by the waves of the wild Tippecanoe... .Corn and wheat fields present-a fine appearance and the prospect for a ' good crop of both is very flattering. ... A charivari party consisting

of both men and boys were brought up before Justice McConahay, Saturday of last week, and fines of one dollar and costs assessed against the men, and one cent and costs taxed up to the boys. Served them right... .Knights of Pythias from neighboring cities and towns hold a grand picnic on the 30th instant. Fowleh.—Sunday schools are well attended... .The courtyard presents a handsome appearance. ... .Whooping cough is getting in its work on the children.. . .The temperance people are doing good work in battling with the demon of intemperance... “Sam Scott says it harrows up his finer feelings to see so many able bodied lawyers playing croquet while hie ‘ingins’ are going to grass.”.... “There are causes that bring Simon P. Thompson to Fowler other than the Pat Barton case. It is no desecration of the Sabbath to some clients to have a suit pressed Sunday night”... .The Democrat- “Simon P. Thompson came dashing into town on Sunday evening at 2:40 speed.

Grasa never grows under hie feet no matter whether the object of pursuit be the interest of his client or the fascinating smiles of the fairer sex”....The town trustees have passed an ordinance fixing the corporation license on retailers of intoxicating liquors at SIOO. Oxford.-Two bakeries make competition lively, and now tbe citizens are furnished with loaves so large that it takes two men to handle them... .Three gentlemen took their shot guns and went, to the woods the other day and bagged forty-two squirrels... .The town is well supplied with street loafers and store box whittiers, who, the Tribune thinks, could find employment in the corn fields.