Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1877 — SIATE NEWS AND GOSSIP. [ARTICLE]

SIATE NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Flax' sfrftvi i* worth' $4 ib f C per totiftl AndeWbo.' ■ '^'W’wwSSP I A limn sar Ul’orto has efghi sere* of «u unjjNpL,. LvZjSd&hkS oUl *«ut«rt,W<l Ificir ■nnurfl' - faceting' ifirtint. , , . . A farm «rs 200 Mpea near Win* mac wag sol I l»at week for s»,<**>• Omin-buycnMU Fowler aro paying cents, tv bushel for now on*a, . .t»» Los Animas. California, stock men buy, Hereford bulls iu Benton county. William »atn*lf , an early rdtrlerof Wiunmue, dfeifbiSt Friday, ftgel 87 yetrs. VycslvillHads aro being ptoat-eitM *M> jumping on'aid oIT trams Of cars while in inrlion. ' Tho German Old-Fellows ball at Michigan City cosl SIO,OOO. lhe last brick- ha* been laid. ~ . j.g $ Jlentnn county farmers raised Anx this year that averaged .17 bushels of s’ceu to. .the acre. ~ .. ~, i More tbngJftO flooilland poople h»vo enrolled t hois j names among the temperance volunteers} -u u 'tfth* • Gen,Tom Brown is deUveriiig.xtnintqur teinparnncoilcctures at Winchoelev, his pluco of residence; , , ■ , . , arranging for an ngrictlHuriU fair, to be held three days, commencing .SeptemberT3th. A black boss, taken from- tho wit<*r? of Wise Lrfltc*, T ln ImVorle county, recently, weighed CAlponwds. Duriri" Mib mon'h of July, 3.010 kegs of licpf wore manufactured at Indianajhdie,. and 4,100 kegs sold. A portafUfc dng;»e exploded near Frankton, last Tharwl iy, fatally injuring the engineer, Frank Mels on. . ’ .'l,#' Mr. Fowler bill this week commence shipping h,|>oo head of beef cattle to aa*rket from Benton .county, . rd u-. a The board, of directors ofAho Jeffersoni ville penitentiary li'ive decided net to build ncw shops for foundry purposes. ..; j . A caibprifceting 6f att orthoi-ix ohrisf no, churches is' to be’held near Warsaw, fr..iu (ho fifth to tho 21*1 of Be]rton»bop. As a matter of Unusual toekt occurrence tl o Knbsc ledger liotrcee that ‘’freshdieef made its nppoaranee tn town last peek.” The Ror&sefaw U.vros appeir-< in % no* form—7 column folio. Our best wishes for success.—Ti.reetdn Free Press. Thadks. Blue Jeaffs Williants didn’t need Federal troops to ({Sell the Strike in Indiana.—Knox Ledger. Then why did he ask for them? Nine hundred and fifty bushels of wheat in a day, is what genie of the slcam sinchi nos report threshing in LaPorte»«cunty. It is estimated that CJ’OJ people attended Baronin's show at Crawfordavilte. The receipts iu that city were $6,000 to $7,000. They have been prosecuting sportsmen in Lake county for shooting ducks in tiolfttion of the game law. The line is 52 a dusk. I. ■ O. G. Taylor, of West Creek township, T.ako county, estimates bis cranberry cyep this year at 2,000 bushels.—Crown Point Star,.;, A daily newspnpfcr will be published by the Methods people *t LaPorlo during the session of their conference in that city in September. it bn,: The Doi’no-'rat asks: Why woublniA ■» starch factory |i»y i» Fowler? Don’t know unless because it bos no money.or Wants to swinilW somebody. ■ .. Article* of- irteorpot-dion of the State Line and OovingtOn railroad company have been filed wish the secretary of state. Tho capital stock hr SIOO,OOO. Apples »re a poor excuse in this market. Half of them'lare «ot worth carrying home; yr-t the cobsum« liits lo pay $1 per 'jusltel fdrahem. —©jlu mteus iKepablicho. Sir. SttmWrr,' oLIh nton county, soM 800 head of fni cnnld in LaFuyolte last Sfttinday for the snug little sum of $12,000. Their average weight was 1,450 poundsi Wild pioeons huve commenceil Hocking to the woods-c'f Siarke county, and spprtstnen are getting rendy to welcome them with bloody hauds to hospitable graves.. Greenback mass meetings are being bei l. or arrangements are being made to hold them, in various parts of the st«f<*. Ono is called afUlooialngton for the 18ih insi. A race for a waget will take p?»c-> as fiiexter l’urk, jChicago, the 2dd insltud,betwee?i the iiti*o company of South Bend and the Wfje Awake hose cottipiuiy of LaPor'e. Thc voung man who has to go to bed to Into his washed, may. be seen most any of thcfie-cool eveniugs driving his oivl out after a iiyery span.— Bcud iter' all. >.’* Pat. S-Vanbtn,, qf Tndianapolis, thinks that George (J. SfAgfey has 6i:u $5,000 in tlic' sbluction of his wife, and has liroiiglit suit isl the courts to recoTer that sum. .L ...... T. O. ?n«jfTjj lhc Mnrpfty^iJfmiilWoSj£ vivalist is {ivonotinceil w ; weak sfstor' by tho Krnthtnd Gamjtte, which say* that if Ida own story be believed he it nearly IfOO years old. ’’ t • *• •«•••<.. .* A. nllswlt .f At K'entlmtd last weak'tho 1 price of ools was quoted at 23 to 25 cents a btialwL ;I’»tatoes ‘iu cents. Tho Gazetre w»a..lbe rociftfeut of-at Jmftd : of Mbtosyttbst weighed 22 pounds; ' -r . Kx oouiwilaian John B. McArthur, of Indianapolis, attempted suL-ide one day last week, by. taking morphing, but was um-uooetsfttli, lie wanted to “got out of the. way.”-'

Four or'flvo lads trt Kuwlw>...from 10 to la years old, last weab confessed to osfries of petty thefts, burglaries, lill-tappitt* and ollvtKidevilroeul, of which they have been itpUt ne«'dly. ~,V,j: ,*i (Dnt h«Er*eais,/ireabiMjiil:utt, thc.fa’jj o; a nr» prospering. and the health of thy-coun-try is all that cupld bo expected. In view of ihi*.we sh"»W/yel ami happy. —Plymouth democrat.. , . Mhs Jlary f . reccptly oppoiuted postmaster, si %n«g. Hill. M»e weighs 47(lBvundsand W strong enough to h audio any arriving as %.ofiit;o. \ AlUs Mi’.D<pi. Um young lady pfMff tempted to. ride 100,inihw w five hours, at .Madison. lasi Bat'<&d,.y, broke down on the sevcnUi mile, was Ukch lt«w horse in a fainting -'M® During »h* month «f July, G 1 vessels ftt>rivnd n(. the port of Midway CUy., *< H '" mi go, U.lO l. Cargoes: Bfts*2.Ooo fee' «‘f. luuiber, 2,800,00) shingly, 18;V000 lath. ; The custom house .fees *cr*:pgk 1 I A little child of 1-uuln ri.-ra D'.osin. Who re:'ides a I‘uiv u%* f'f 'ho city,.wade playing ou laf *ps rolled off n|H>" floor, t ml "» tr>o IttU