Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1878 — OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. [ARTICLE]

OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

- •***---~*s — - MtliMnli the Vw) In market. Canned' peaches, both table and pie, et Be-t flmlr. warranted, nt l nits' grocery Mr. l<aw«kt h*a returned home with • » «* *P"«« <lr » s * \ new bridge In l*ing built over the tace .1 the foot of Wnahmytm street. Orange* and lemon* at C. C. Starr's as ftp* *• d cheap Hr any pi see In Jvper count». A hit* etMcV of gontletMep'e and hoy*’ bate apnnad tlila wttab at Wfßey ft ifigler'*. I'ntil further ntfiire l.udd Ropkin* will tfkßktte tawll all *novls at reduced prices. Silk handkerchiefs —all fisc*, frr-dee, colors and price*—at the New York store. rpring cWthiug for men, youth* and t> .»*, new stock just opened at vYillev ft Mtßlar-a,

Mr. Leop M kn returned from Chicago, and hi* extensive pare has* of dry good* will ha opened thia week. Only one marriage license wax issued the past week. The contracting parties were junta Craig and Kalis Uluj. Hit universally remarked hp those who take weals nt the Hopkins lionsa that a better table la net to be found. All wool hose only 25 ecu'* a pair; cottna bus* Item 5 to 15 cents or C pairs for 25 cento —nt the New York store. Gentlemen's srliita dress shirts with all linen bon ms. collars, and cud*, at the Now Vatic More, from 75 cents to 52 each.: Mew dry goods, print*, muslin* ami other spring goods, latert *»yle*, in large. sto k, received this week at Wilt-y ft Sigler'*. WatCTen. —Average turkie* at Remington, at 6 cents a pound. 21-6 A. M. Taxvnn. deb printing ia given special care at Tint l'n*s office. Satisfaction guaranteed in every instance. The lowest prices possible. Willey ft have a large stock of freak groceries, and a very Urge stork of canned fruits te be sold at greatly reduced prices.

Qrxsr. —“Why will men Mnnkeoommon foberm, when they can buy Margl urg Hr.'*, '.'-'cal of Mqrth Carolina’ at the same price?” 1 f.-ly Two ear load*—nearly 100 barrels—of new Seg'naw sa'l has just been received by t. C. Starr, and will be sold at reduced price*. The mai * from Rensselaer east will be tarried by the.railroad c< mpatiy after to cay, and the Francesville route be discon ■ imnC A number of people went ftotn here to MontieeUo, Tuesday, to attend the fifth wedding anniversary of John Purcupilc and srife. Charley Starr dec! ares be will not be undersold in qneensware, glassware, table cutlery, groceries or provisions by any house in Rensselaer. Spring styles of calicos and 25 pieces of Mack muslin, ail favorite brands, just rercieed direct from New Vork, at F. 5. Sears ft Co'a. Ceil and see them. Plenty of exchange newspapers may bo {■ought at this office for ten cent* a dozen. The cheapest, most varied and best reading matter that can be found. Fob Saul—ls you want to buy a tract of land in Jasper county, consult Thompson ft Itro., Rensselaer. They sell at owners' pricea, and have a large list from which to select. ft Dr. Henry lectures nightly to large and interested audiences upon the subject of llte human system. His superior a* a lecturer has not visited the town for many years, If ever. Go to Starr's cheap cash grocery foi tea, coffee, sugar, apices, dried fruit, canned fruit, cured meats, glassware, queens ware and table cutlery. It pays eTery time to trade at this bouse. All I say I mean just as I say. -Hat* caps, gloves, gouts’ underwear, boot* and shore will be etdd without reserve. Those indebted to me should call soon. Lvdd Hopkins. Now Orleans sugar, 12 pounds for fl; sugar cured hams, 11 cents a pound; dried l-eachr*. 8J cents a pound—at C. C. Starr’s cheap cash grocery. This house will not be undersold by any store in Jasper county. A Fa»h of 200 acres suitable for stock raising, to rent. House, stable and other improvements. Six miles north of town. For term* ani other particulars enquire of Indiana. 23.

Morning* like those we have been favored with during the past week are exhilarating, healthful, glorious. The weather ia perfectly splendid now. Blue birds hire come back again. Fine time to make maple sugar where people have the trees. A copy of the Burlington, Kansas, Indrpendent, has been reooived announcing the dee'll in that city, on the 11th instant, of the wife of Frank 6. Larue who formerly lived in Rensselaer. They were married lesa than a year ago. An infant daughter i unite* its mother. Fa* Rsarr.—The Cleveland farm, one mile northeast of Rensselaer, containing 200 acres, suitable for grain raising or dairy purposes, on which are the necessary buildings, is for rent. Apply for particulars and terms to A. W. Cleveland, proprietor of the Austin Bouse, Rensselaer, lnd. Milch Cows.—l have half a dozen cows so sell. Two or three hpve young calves, sad the others will soon he fresh. They may be seen on nay form in Jordan township. Further particulars may be learned Hi the county treasurer's office, Rensselaer. Bust 1. Adams. Cordial invitation is given the public—• everybody—to call into The Uxio s office at may time and read its exchange papers: among which are some of the best dsily and weekly newspapers of the land. All will be treated courteously, and efforts will »«t be spared to make each one feel welcome and at home. Call in. Mr. I. Lawman of Lafayette will open a largo stock of clothing, bats, caps and gents' furnishing goods, in Mrs. Hemphill's building, on or about the 11th of March. He is an energetic basinets man, represents an abundance of capital, and proposes to do buaineos on liberal business principles—just the kind of men that build up towns, make trade brisk and times good. - One hundred and twenty ear loads of ballast was deposited on the railroad grade across (be slough near the White county limt Saturday, Sunday and Monday, and it Is how considered perfectly safe to run over' The high water had made it rather skittish traveling over the place, and trains did not make schedule time from the middle es last weak up to Toeoday aoon. Dr. Simon Alter died February *th, at Elk Falls, Kansas, aged 68 yeers. He was measurer of this (Jasper) county two terms, Nevlagbesa first elected in 1861. In 1800 lie moved to Kansas where he has since resided until bis death. He wae the father of Or. Moses B. Alter, of onr town. A sorrespondeni of the Elk Falls, Kansas, i'.xaminer, says: “In the death of Dr. Alter the community bee lost a valuable citizen and the medical profession a most useful member. Ho wne in the strictest sense a eonseitntftNt* and faithful man. Though very medo't he wae a man of strong eonVktUaM, Mrkiihhe did not hesitate Ur give expression to upon eny occasion.*’

Rhetorical Exercises Read Before the Rent> seiaer Public Schools by Florence Thompson, Elmer Dwiggins and Mattie McCoy. Waste* Gtmetary.—By Florence Thompson. Thin conm-raied spot occupies it pleasant site in the western part of lie nsselnvr, on a geutle slope darC'-u ling to the edge of the Iroquois river, where murmuring wave* nnd gentle h're**«s chant requiems for the dead.' Ter haps seven acres arc enclosed with a com man hoard fane*, wlnse original line line Been changed by tone la a tufj graycovered with lichens. It ia divided into two pari*, known as the Old Graveyard and W eston’s Addition. In (lie Old Graveyard l lie gnive* were dug prmiii-cuouHy, without r.gurd to law or older; it ia in ibis portion that the mode dead who fell battling for country are Uhl to real with —r Thrtr country'a low and honor On oavh brave, devoted head.

Many price-grown graves are unmarked by atone or date, amt rev in to hyve been neglected for years by the friends of “the buried dead/' Other* are kept in trim order, tended with loving care by unforgetful aflectioti. The New Cemetery is laid out in Uts, with ample walk* between. ' Here the graver are kept in better condition. Several flne'titohttmeuts mark the beds of the sleepers. Just now, when bleak winds of winter howl sl’OVejtli* verdureless graves anil through the U-ufloag trees, and blow the dead leaves whining iu fantastic dunces through the graves; or the snow cover* all with a shroud of cheerless white, and tombstone* gleam ghastly pnlc; tlio place is de*olate, dreary, and makes one shudder to think ol inviting bis la: t abode tlieic. Hut in June, -’that, month of fuses,” when Nature i* in her bivelieat mood; wbeu trees are clothed with garments of living greeu; when hirds sing until their throats almost bur-t with melody; when the earth is covered with a carpet of soft cat green, mottled with tluwcrs of every hu<-; then Weston Cemct'ry presents a sight cntrancingly lovely.