Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1878 — Personal Notes. [ARTICLE]

Personal Notes.

Tm* is the week of prayer. ®mOv®rcoats cheap al Willey Rubhkk and pare gum boots nt Willey & StglorX • Good bed cum forts for 51.50 nt i the New Y r ork Store. , - T' SenooT. reopened Monday after two weeks holiday vacation. “V. S.” spool, cotton, only 3 tvtitß a spool, al the New York Store. Circuit conrt convened Monday, His Honor, Jnlge Hammond, preM.ling. ' Skk those knit sacques, for girls, at the New York Store—only 75 cents each. Ui.ark’h “(.). N. T.” spool cotton • for 5 cents a spool, al the New York Store. Several Remingfoninna are being interviewed by the grand jury thia week. Tiik llenaselaer cornet band RtTcuadetl-the newly married camplea Monday night. The mercury in the tliei inomefe r dropped to 10 degrees below aero Monday mornnig. The arrival of the iron horse at filiß place is expected in about ten days, weather permitting. The hardening of the roads has given our citizens a chance to re plcnish their coal bins and woodpiles. The hotels are crowded this week with parties having business in the present term of the Jasper circuit court. Business is brightening up since the mud blockade has lifted, and nie r chants’ faces are growing beautifully shorter. Iron ia being laid down on the new narrow gauge railroad, and prices on groceries are down al (.’. C. Starr’s new cash store. The Sentinel for last week did not make its appearance until yesterday. That story of Auditor Barkley’s caused the delay. Out: goods are all tnarked in plain figures,JtmLwe-sell-to. all at one 9ml the Mine pric-ivatthe New York Store. J. M. TiioiiNitaovuti. For diied fruits go to C. C. Starr’s New Cash Store. He has in stcck peaches, apples, blackherrioß, prunes, currants, etc., etc. Another amateur theatrical troupe is organizing with the intention of making their debut about tbediDHi Lite iron horse v witxß.enKselaer. For confectioneries go to C. C. Starr’s; he has the greatest variety es candy ever brought to the town. Also a choice lot of oranges just received. There is no need of any one going dirty when a nice, fine white shirt can be bought for 75 cents, 81, 81.25, 81.50 and 82, at the New York Store. The mercury in the thermometer indicated a warmer atmosphere Tuesday morning by 26 "degrees than that of the morning previous. Quite achangein twenty-four hours. TnEyoungsters amusethemsel ves evenings skating on the ice. The Iroquois river above the dam at this place being frozen over fur. : nishes ample field for this kind of 'Sport. -”'7" ' The cheapest place to buy nolions, gloves, hosiery, table linens, ■ napkins, toweling, and all kinds ot fin-nishing goods is at the New York Store. Call and see for yourself. A full line of Finzer Bro.’s, Lorillard’s and other favorite brands: of plug tobaccos, at C. C. Starr’s new cash store. Also a nice lute of fine-cut tobaccos al from 50 io . 80 cents per pound. Marriage licenses were issued by the clerk of Jasper county dur- I ing the past week UHlltt fWlh«dtij*l parlies, viz: Richard Williams and Elizabeth Obencha'm; John Sutton, jr.,nnd Mary Bell Westfall; Thornlon Dobbins and Mary Anderson. The Sunday school concert held at the Al E. church last Sabbath evening was well attended. The exercises consisted of songs, essays,! declamations, etc,, concluding with * short and appropriate address to the little folks by Rev. Thomas Vanscoy. Emmet Kann al, the druggist, wishes all of his patrons and friends a happy New Year. He jdesires ’att whtr are indebtedtn him call and settle. In the future 1»e will make it an objeot for those to trade with him who pay cash, and during the next thirty days he will sell his stock of holiday books I Jor VQ«U

Buffalo Hued bools al Willey <fc Sigler’s. Art. goods cheaper than ever nt th<j New \ ork Store. The plicapeat lino of cashmeres and alpaccas in town at the New Yo.rk Store. Qukuv; “Why will mon smoke cotritnon lobncrrr,-’-wtrrTVTtn'j’ cwt buy Margburg Bros. ‘Seal of North (Jarolina,' al the same price? ' 16 ly , Track).aying has been resumed on (Tie Narrow Gauge and will lie pushed al the rate of a mile per day, the iron for the entire division between Bradford and this place having been received. The largest stock of tea ever brought to this market can be found at C. <’. Sian's qmpular grocery, whit h is being sold nt bottom prices for cash, t'alli and examine his sjoek and let’iu prices before making purchases. Warn,lXo7“A due bill was given by mo to Mr. Dan. Halliday, June fit b, IE? 7, pay a l>| e on e_d ay alter <1 He, now in possession of Joliu Halliday, which I warn ail persons ’ againd trading for the same, as it ha* bet n paid uuou,—J«n ,v Konta h. “Tin: OU. Thirteen” aie rehears ing the henuliluLaud .iwtemu ly in. Unsiieg drama, “(’anii'le,’' with the intention of placing it on the boards in the near future. It is one ofTEi’-bost pl-ay*ever prt'Rt-nf.e'l t o the amuAemeut-loving-pnidni-Tiiid will, no doubt, draw a good house. Married, at the residence of Mr. Leslie C. Grant, on [Sunday evening last, by Kev. Thomas Vanscoy, Mr. Richard of Benton county, and Miss. Lizzie Obenchain,' of this place. Tut: Union extends congratulations tn the happy couple and wishes them a safe nnd prosperous voyage upon life's tempest u o iis sea, T 1 icy _ d epi ■ j red. tor Gtt-tr Benton romtly home TttefpLry < carrying with them the best wishes '■fcnFfiosts of friends. In making up locals to attract public attention I aim to avoid' TaTse pretenses. In other words 1 simply mean what 1 say. Just now 1 need money arid Tri order sis get it I am offering all kinds of goods at the lowest possible prices. I also earnestly request every person knowing themselves indebted t<> me to come forward and sli-e-w-their baud. If not full of remonetized silver, show it at the lower rigli L hand corner of a promise. I.IDD IIoPKJNS. . - - w a Resort of school No. 3. Barkley township for the fractional tern, ending December 31st, 1877: Pupils present every dny, Samuel Hurst, George Henkle, Melissa TSTcUurtaTn, Wallace McCurtain, Franklin McCurtain, Edmond McCuriain, Norman McCurtain, Warren McCurtain, Nancy MeElfresh, Frank Steele, and Marshal Steele. The following graded 100 in punctuality,and conduct; Mattie English, Clara Murray, John Mallatt. The three highest averages _of the school were Alelissa AlcCurtain C 5 per cent, John Hurst 94.5 per cent, janil MiUl'reTSrigltah 03.5 pct —cent, C. W. Clifton, teacher. The following is a report of Rose Bud school lor the month ending Novemher 30, 1877: No. *pupiku enrolled, 28; average daily attendance, 2,1.375; cases of tardiness, 11. Those perfect in deportment,pnnettia’ity ind —study were Amber j Greenfield, Alary Abbett, Alaggie ' Abbett, Kora Pritchard, Emma Wyatt, Bell Comer, Liilio C-.-?h?h« and Mvllie Abbett. For the month ending December 28, 1877, there were 30 pupils enrolled, with an average daily attendance of 23.55; cases of tardiness, 17. diaries StVaim, Edyvapil Swaim, Arthur Swaim, Isaac Alter, Jennie Humes, Emma - Wya'td and Clara Wyatt wi re perfect in deportment, punctuality and study.

John E. Alter, teacher. The school trustees desire us to announce to the patrons and pupils of the Rensselaer schools that the -Kgteay=ta ftv r- i re rstet: five minutes faster than the regulatiou time at the jewelry stoics. It is hoped the patrons of the school will take notice <;f this fact and govern themselves accordingly. dArgreatTh?al.annrtyaiTceraiglftb<F saved all afoHMtl -Uy having a uniImi hi time.—lt may iiotTtivisggcr•; ntion to say that there is 911 hour’s diflerenee in the lime pieces of some of our citizens; whith causes tardiness and confusrandiTscTidbENow J regulate your watches and cloekM getting regulation tint t£ and” be prompt in starting your children to school. It will save you the tro»bi,e-ot writing lieve the teacher of unnecessary < annoyance and vexation , of spirit, and save the pupil the mortification experienced upon being marked tardy when it could have been easily avoided. r. .» ' i.... ,•—. -.. s

Air. R. F.. Goddard is putting up ice tl.is n cek. I Mr.'F. H. TharpTVent"to KoriVliiud Alomlay. Dr. I. B. Washburnc went to Logansport Aloud ay. Mr. 11. 11. I’liivup'.le is- put ling on airs ns deputy sherilf. PrufAllen returned fr»in tils' visit to the Buckeye slutc Friday. Dr. W. L. H im.ar returned from a professional visit to Winamac! I tst Friday. Judge Hammond returned from Logansport, where he had been holding court, I'riday. .1 nhtmy, . .Wambaugh Tuesday evciilhg from a visit to San Pierre, Pulaski county. .Messis. Charles M. Johnson nnd Willin' Ituiishack, of Remington, called at the Union office to-day. Alisses Maggie llempliill and Jennie Patton give the Union ollice.a pleasant call last Satur<lay. Prof. Zea says he and J erry Karsner have made a “corner’’ on wood Hawing, now that their youthful competitors are compelled, to go to ucil.no i air a in. Rev.’l’iiomas Vanscoy l;egan a series of relignitTs nreetingirnt tbc | M. E. church, .Monday evening, \ihit:h arc well attended and proii isc good ri-sulls. Bro, AlcEweu is publishing an interesting continued story in the Sentinel from the pen of Auditor Barkley. It is particularly intereiriug to delinquent tax-payers. Mr. 0. P. Robinson is. acting as (•oom bailiH’at the present term of the Jasper circuit court. He fills the position with as much grace and dignity as that possessed liv an expounder of the gospel. Mr, Howe met with a painful accident uiic day last week. While chopping wood his ttxe glanced elf of a stick and fi ll with considerable force upon his foot, severing two of the toes almost entirely, and causing him to lay by a few days ibr repairs.