Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1878 — Cooley's Cork Corset. [ARTICLE]

Cooley's Cork Corset.

J. I*. Duuiupof Greeuciustlesojourns in town. Frank Cotton Is building a lumber yard office out by the railroad. Yesterday was spring-like and bland —more HV** April iimn February. Mr. Prestley Dunlap and wife of Jtnttle Ground are visiting relative* in town. The office of the 1., D. & C. railway iruUiTmgTovt-'r tlie jiost officeFor sale or rent, Tnteu r’s ral-nm. Terms reasonable. Kuqulre <>f fc". Tuteur. IS-ts. All kinds of job printing is Thk Union office at prices Unit permit of on competition. Call and leave orders. Mr.-I/copold is in Chicago buying a stock of spiing dress goods, clothing, etc. It will be immense. Don’t buy till you see what lie brings, i Theßlsud silver bill with judicious modifications has passed the senate, receiving 48 yeas to 21 nays. Gold is quoted a 1J |>er cent- premium. Deputy United States Marshal Burdick was in town yesterday, and sold laud* iu sections 1 and 2 in town 3ti; range 7, th? property of Jacob M. HE JohnMr. Arch I’urcupile is the American Express Company’s agent. He received his appointment last week. His offiee is in F. J. Bears & Co.’s store lor the present. The 1., D. & C. railroad depot buildIng at Rensselaer will be 45xlS feet, in -dimensions. Mr. Eger has undertaken to build it, and complete it for occupation by Llieotli of next month. The fiour trade of JReusselaer last year is estimated to have amounted to 2,000 barrels. All of it was imported for home use. The average cost to tlie consumers was $8 a barrel. Several articles of interest have been crowded out of this number of The Union by tlie voluminous reffercuees to tlie ceremonies connected v> ith the formal opening to business of the Indianapolis, Delphi <& Chicago R’y. Auditor Barkley, James Yeoman and Robert Patton weut down to attend the celebratiou of St. Manson’s day at ludiauapolis, and to assist the capital ring nominate a state ticket for the Indiana democracy. Copies of The Union, wrapped for mailing, for sale at the office of publication for tliree cents each—two for five cents. Subscription price $1 a year, fifty cents for six months, twen-ty-five cents for three mouths. ■ Marriage licenses have been TssueiT during tlie past week to: George liub lis and Amelia Heacox. Warren C. Hliead and Maria H. Taylor, Albert Rishling and Candace Phillips, Samuel H. Howe and Mary A. Pierce, and to a couple who said “please don’t publish yet; we are not quite ready.” Market quotations: Flour SG.4O to $7 a barrel; potatoes 30 to 40 cents a bushel; butter 12$ to 15 cents a pound; eggs 10 cen ft a dozen; jjork sto 0 cents a pound; beef 6 to 8$ cents a pound The choicest pork steaks only 0 cents and tlie best beef steaks only 8j cents; wood $3.25 to $3.75 a cord. Mrs. John Morgan living west of ♦own in handling a stick of stove wood several weeks ago ran a splinter into one of the fingers of her right hand ; erysipelas attacked the wounded member, and gangrene supervened. Last Monday Doctors Alter and Washburn amputated tiie finger, and she is now doing well with good prospect of recovering. Mr. Samuel H. Howe was married Tuesday evening to Miss Mary A., daughter of William C. Pierce, Esq. Hearty congratulations are offered, and wishes that the happy couple may be blessed with the luilest measu-e of joy throughout a long series of veary. May prosperity and peace and contentment, ever attend them. Says the Indianapolis Journal.: One of the contestants iu the approaching billiard tournament is a boy of seventeen, from Rensselaer. lie is now practicing witli Parker Byers in Lafayette, and is said to be a strong player.—s Yes; young'Bussey MijUed at tbi conclusion thul Frahkltopklus was a strong player for a boy, when he tackled him a week or two ago.] Those persons who gave their notes to the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago Railway Company, payable when a train of ears was run over the company's road, from Bradford to Rensselaer and a depot building was built at the latter town, are notified that these notes will become due on or before March sth; at which time tlie company wants money to pay contractors. Two applications for license to sell intoxicating liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time, in Jasper county. will be made at the March term of the Board of Commissioners. Albert F- Wilcox craves this boon to assist him to earn au houest #ruiub or two In Remington; and Benajah Carr of Valparaiso would establish a de|>ot in the blushing young railroad town of Rensselaer. Justice D. I. Jackson and wife are arranging to move to Arkansas at an early dMV. They have been residents of toe town many year*, the Doctor having been clerk of the circuit court eitfbt years, deputy elerk four years, and subsequently proprietor of a drug store several years. Later he was elected a justice of the peace. They belong to a class whose removal Troiu a community is looked upon with regret by those whose good opinion is something to be desired-

Lt. William H. Austin, Co. 0, W»bash Cadets, spent Bund ay with friends In RtOM^MT. Elsewhere appears a complimentary notice of Judge Hammond, from the Fowler Herald, announcing that he Is a candidate for congress fro ml lie tenth district The compliment is deserve*!, ami it will l>e fully uppri- i elated bv that gentleman’s many | friends; but I'HK f n ion i-.'authorized! to why that Judge Hamm lls not n candidate for congress nor does lie expect to lie. A v.mug lm!y «t UanaaelasA, where euu* aideinble vxciteinsul exists in regard lo ilie new railroad, tile* away lu*r marriage propositiona uuder llit 10-ad •‘|iro|>o»*lfi for lie*.” —Delphi Tihien. One of litem is endorsed: “Rejected. ••Too much sun for the heart. Not ‘‘fit for the road lied. Might be used “for spiggots, tint belter for u little "gnl’nipper perch.” Dr. Henry will commence a course of scientific' lectures in Starr's hall tomorrow night. Ho is highly recommended by the press throughout tlie ■United .81-itCs uh a pleasing speaker and a gentleman of high scholastic attainments. He was at one tune tilt* United States consul at Quebec. There is no question of bis ability to please and Instruct ntt atn tie nee lie should be greeted with full houses. Were it not that journalistic duty to publish all local news is imperative modesty would forbid The Union to mention that the Ronxiusrtoii TY nrrx suggests the editor of The Union as a candidate for “coroner or something.” j This mark of appreciation is none the | less fluttering because it originates iu a democratic source—a party with 1 whose t#nels tlie bumble individual I referred to finds it impossible to have J sympathy. Writlcrfullv’ appreciating t tiie k/iiwy motives which prompted our Cniiteinpoiary, and the honor it wonpl confer.-• -private buoiliees- -ami a strong feeling of repugnance for the I > i,-iiiiiieiire which at tardies to all 1mIxTrtant positions of public character; compel him to decline with thanks the preference ttnrr qtisin terrsTcffiy suggested. Now wliat can lie ilonulirr tliec? Prosecuting attorney? congress?

The novelty in ibis corset consists in die use oFeork, in place of bone or barn; which , rniikis it firm yet flexible, in fact Until* | able; it nioubls ami adapts itself lo every • nioveiiienj of llio b"by vulen. j>. p- ' ! ease as lo insure 110-grmtle-t ctnni' • • I Wearer". It liasthe uuiver. d supp< :: ■, . uieUieul profession, ami every lady tlnu b j worn il decides tlial it is t c niost pt-rf'.-cl, ; eltrgnttt.nriele over kin-on. i’ . 'oliiti ’vl ‘impossible to bleak down this corset lt I will laundry ticluiifnliy. For sale by F. J. .Soar* .s Co.. Ui nssoiaer.