Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1877 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Fine corn weather. Do yon want a railroad ? * Early cherries are ripening. Take a peep at the new grocery. Go to Kern’s for flour and aave money. Abdominal corsets at F. J. Sears <fc Co.’s. The best red cedar pails, onlyll, at Keni’s. Wool is coming into market pretty lively. Wobl sacks and twine, at F. J. t Sears & Co.’s. Mr. J. H. Wood, of Winamac, is in town to-day. Send in your orders for calling and visiting oards. Fans and parasols in great variety at F. Sears A Co.’s. Ladies’liuen suits will be sold at first cost at Ludd Hopkins’. Canned fruits of all kinds, at bottom prices, at C. C. Starr’s. You can buy choiee Rio coffee for 25 cents a pound, at Kern’s. Two case's of latest style calicos, just opened, at F. J. Sears <& Co.’s. “Mine Host” Moore is building up a good reputation for his hotel. Gent’s half hose, from 5 to 50 cents per pair, at F. J. Sears & Co.’s. A large stock of groceries, just received, at Kern’s. Go and price them. Mrs. E. A. Cissel is in Monticello this week visiting her ,mother and sisters.

The prospect for an unusually large yield of Marillo cherries is very flattering. At Kern’s dried peaches (halves) are only 12£ cents per pound; dried apples cents. Commissioners’ proceedings are crowded out tilts week. Wrll appear in next issue. ~ Geuuine Alexandre kid gloves, for mit-ses, at B. J. Sears & Co.’s. Only 75 cents a pair. Miss Lizzie Walton is in Remington this week visiting her sister, Mrs. Chas. Jouvenat. Ladies white and drab kid gloves at Ludd Hopkins.’ Also genuine Alexandre did gloves. The family of Mr. J. S. Wigmore arrived this wetek aud are now citizens of Rensselaer. Large stock of chewing and smoking tobaccos, consisting of best brands, at C. C. Starr’s. Miss Maggie Cowden and Miss Fannie Walton paid us a brief call Tuesday. Call again, ladies. One case of Napkin tea at from 70 to 75 cents per pound, just arrived, at Kern’s. Give it a trial.

A pleasant little social gathering was that at the residence of Dr. M. B. Alter, Tuesday evening,last. Don’t forget the festival at the M. E. church next Saturday evening. A good time is anticipated. The “Old Timer” and “Boss” five cent cigars, at C. C. Starr’s can’t be beat. Everybody smokes them. The best thing out is the kitchen crystal soap, for cleaning metals and dishes; only tent cents a cake, at Kern’s. Buy your groceries of C. C. Starr. He will give you better bargains than any other grocer in the county. Wool! Wool! Wool! 25,000 pounds wanted, for which P. J. Sears & Co. will pay the highest market price. Men’s calf boots and box-toed shoes at Ludd Hopkins’ at greatly reduced figures. Also many other styles of shoes. The patriotism of Rensselaer people is waning. No steps are being taken toward celebrating the glorious 4th of July. Mrs. S. A. Hemphill started yesterday morning for Effingham, Illinois, where she intends visiting with relatives a few days. New stock of quart and half gallon fruit jars, just received, at C- C. Starr’s. Will be sold cheaper than ever before offered in this market. A large stock of quart and half gallon glass fruit jars, just received, at Harding & Peacock’s. Also glass jelly cups. Call, and see them.

Jimmy Patton is whiling t away the heated term in Remington. Croekeryartd glassware at Kern’s cheaper than they were ever known to be in this market. • Fresh arrival of teas, at C. C. Starr’s. Good Imperial only 50 to 60 cents a pound. Best Japan 80 cents. Rensselaer has only one saloon in operation now under a government lioense. One was closed up a few days ago. The new livery stable on Van Rensselaer street is almost completed. It makes a very respectable appearance. Circuit court adjourned yesterday. It will convene agaiu ono week from next Saturday to dispose of the balance of the docket. Our stock of goods is 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 auditor’s annual exhibit of the receipts and expenditures of the county funds for the past fiscal year will be found elsewhere in this paper. Read it and see what is being done with the people’s money. A party of sportsmen consisting of Messrs. M. D. Rhoades, C. M. Hopkins, G. L. Morgan, Wm. Powers and Elden Hopkins started to the Kankakee yesterday morning to while away a few days hunting and fishi ;g. . Mrs. Aurilia Porter, Miss Hattie Porter, Mrs. E. R. Howard and Mr. John Tharp all started Wednesday morning to Onargp, Illinois, where they intend visiting a week or two with relatives and iriends in and near that place.

Read the railroad news elsewhere in thesecolumns. The prospect is unusually good for the speedy construction of the Indianapolis,Delpki& Chicago railroad, if the people along the line will but do tljeir duly. Loafers, please don’t lay around Emmet Kannal’s ice cream parlors and smoke, chew tobacco and spit all over the floor, especially in the presence of ladies. It is very annoying to the clerks and is wonderfully disgusting to customers. Miss B’annie B\ Miller, teacher, makes the following report of Rosebud school, Union township, for tliU month ending June 13th: No. pupils enrolled, 2G; average daily attendance, 19.9.* Jennie Humeswnd Abbott were perfeet in attendance, punctuality, deportment and study. Montford Pritchard and Maggie Fay lost no time. The Ladies’Sewing society will offer for sale at the M. E. festival, next Saturday evening, a carpet, two quilts, a calico mit, three aprons, four Rliirts, two tidies, two lainpmats and ten yards of the best hall or aisle matting. These articles will be sold cheap for cash, or, if necessary, six weeks’ time will be given in which t<V pay for them. The society have already sold most of their goods. Mr. A. W. Cleveland has leased the Austin House and will take possession next Monday. Owing to failing healtii“Mine Host’’Austin is compelled to retire, from the business. He will Rtart in a few days to Crawfordsville, accompanied by Mrs. Austin, where they wiU pay their daughter, Mrs. “Tutie” Ensminger, a brief visit, and then proceed to California to try the exhilarating climate of the Pacific slope. The Union wishes them a pleasant trip and speedy return, and hopes the change may greatly benefit Mr. Austin in health.

Mr._ Warner G. Smoot is the happy possessor of a game eye, and lie wants it destinctiy understood that it was not blacked by a collision with a man’s fist, neither was it the result of approaching too near the dangerous end of a mule, but to satisfy the curiosity of people of an enquiring turn of mind, he desires us to say that he fell through the sidewalk in front of Mr. Charley Platt’s residence, while assisting in carrying implements with which to raise his barn np off the ground, when a square piece of iron weighing two or three pounds flew out of his hands, striking him a littie above one ot bis eyes, and knocking him senseless for a few minuter. Hence his black eye.