Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1879 — Local Gloanings. [ARTICLE]

Local Gloanings.

ir;; t»nd John FItomujrf* am U«oh1 contrl Hu tom to tlie Sentinel. They wield graceful pea*. SPRING Fi’im-For neat, tidy, nolitiy ami durable aprtog suita cheap, orders should Its left with Jones, the tailor. UG..G3C * Ghoror W. Jorntaoß, lata proprietor of the Roatiti Clnr.M Is operating at the case, arid press in the Sentinel oSta fcwmit BaiuO-jct and Clerk Price are authorised to make editorial cotttrihutiona to the Sentinel In the absence of Mr Mel'.wen v *» VfN'f'ittf. Walt Taylor and Master Henry Taylor, of LaPayette. s|wnt Saturday and Sunday, visiting T. J. McCoy and wife. John W. La Run an old citizen of Jasper county and business man of Rensselaer. died on Sunday afternoon of pneumonia. His age was 57 years. M». McEwex, of the Sentinel, left town yesterday morning to visit the hedti*4M*f Jus aged mother iu t'aunsylvgnla. Her recovery is doubtful. Arjj anacs. —Copies of Professor Tirel| National Weather Almanac for 1879, .fire for sale at Tub Union office for 24k*:nU each. Every farmer should have one in Ills house. Jo&RS, the tailor, was up at Chicago last Week and brought hack a line of splendid suitings. Tiiese goods in quality and cheapness are unexcelled by anything in the market Vt#K’« Mn:»Tfttr Magazine for January 1379 has been borrowed from our tgble. Thebofrower is respectfully requested to return the number at an early'dnv, us we desire to keep it for reference. .

Mw. Ann J , wife of Isaac Adams, and ipother of the treasurer of Jasper coun|y,,dj£| on the 15tli Instant, of consumption, aged 61 years. Father Adams is vcrV ill, his life being almost despaired of. ADViiaTisEiis.- Just .now, when everybody else is quiet, is the time for sh:e wd business men to advertise. People have leisure to read now, and but few are preasiug their wares u|>on the attention of the puldie. Tkupekakck Mketino.—The regular monthly meeting of the Jasper County Temperance Union will he held at the Christian church one week fronii next Monday night, 'ibe programme has not yet been received at this office. Mariuagk Licenses have been Issued to the fallowing persons since lust Thursday: Charles W. Bussell and Lucy J. Whittaker, Henry regard and Jane Hart, Lewis 8. Alter aud Sarah E. Nash, William S. -Day and Lois E. Stoner. Don’t Jokqet that the Rensselaer Dramatic Club propose to make things ibvely for those who delight in dramatic entertainments. Nick of the Wooda and other similar plays are being rehearsed with an earnest devotion that means to excel. Mr, Thomas Borouohß. one of the clerks In the Indiana legislature, was home Saturday, Sunday and Monday. His countenance was wreathed in eustomary cheerfulness, nod possibly a hue that is a trifle healthier (mm capital food and legislative associations. Minstrels. —A native band of minstrels Are rehearsing a number of new and popular melodies for public exhibition at a day not far distant Knowledge of the latent talent engag ed makes it safe to predict something rich and amusing in store for those who have a quarter to spare. School Halstead teacher of Marion townshipschool No. 3, reports for the mouth ending Februaiy 7th, the enrollment of 23 scholars. Those perfect hi attendance punctuality and deportment were Emma Gw in, Josie Parkison, Jalev Parkison, Minnie McDonald, Maggie Parkison, Alice McDonald, Stella Johnson aud Fau» MeDynald. Better Ti*Es.-Mr. N. Warner, dealer in agricultural implements, hardware, furniture, etc., aud among the foremost business men of Rensse-laer,-aays that his collections upon account aud notes, and casU selesTorthe last three mouths have exceeded very considerably the same class of business at a corresponding period last year. Thia fact he considers conclusive evidence thuttimes are becoming less stringent and poople more confil! unself 118 ° K °° d omen . at least fur - 4 ,! TitE Party given at Mr. Zimri Dwiggins’ residence on the OVeulug of the 14th, was as the ladies say, “just splendid." Between forty and fifty couples wsere present to enjoy the hospitality aud most excellent music provided by the ladies who gave the euteruiiimeiit. The Ladies r Orchestra Band who furnished the music are rapidly beeomiugexcellent performers U||der the patient instruction of Mrs. K P. Hammond whose judgment in this branch of the polite arts is conceded to be of the highest and purest ■ «, Public Salf.—B. E. Coover, gives .itotict of a public sale to behefclon bia premises In Benton county, four miles southwest of Remington, on Tbursdhy February 27th, 1679. Four number one farm hones, two of which are good driven, three excellent milch cows, a lot of young cattle, sixteen head of stock hogs, two good Wagons, two Corn euiUrators, Hires stubble plows, plow, harrow, good Champion mower, new wiretooth hJty* rake. double harness, bedsteads. bureaus, tables, kitchen safes, chain, rooking stoves, liesting stoves, etc,? miil b» offered, j Ten mouths credit on tuiri over five ]

Special Corre«i>nn<titi>oe at Tut Chip*. Church asrvica* wen well «itended last Sunday. Turnip* srw n t aonaitfotri good diet for very tick people. t-onric Thoniproa bad 100 much rhating and is on IIiUH-k ii*kr —j ‘ Taka care oflirallh. Hick ness ii uncommonly Alai this winter. Frank Lakln, Jacob Biarly, Jay Ilopkiiia and Dick Stoae have new responsibilities to meat. William Day and Mrs. Sinner war* mar. ried laal {Sunday. May all their Daji be plaaaant ones. . , The doctors are very busy at prasenlSeed time for them. Harvest is when (hay gvt ibeir pay. It may be fun to propose to,.taka one's measure for tho undertaker whan one it sick. “Do as you would be done by. 1 ' A drat ar.d dumb man not long since received many pieces of nihror for begging arruud towu. He is handsome enough *o work. Don’t mnke love to the school girls. Haihrr itl tlu-ir little hi-nd* be filled with useful kuowlcdgo than thoughts of the tender passion. The oounter in the new bank is a perfect black walnut beauty. We hope to receive many thousand ducats over that counter 1 bia year. Selnh ! It was a li'tle tou late for a Valentina, but Jay Hopkins is just as proud n father notwithstanding. It is very pretty, loo—tho diminutive image of its mother. Who is Artful Dodger ? No matter my dear; he is around here, there, everywhere with bis ears spread and his eyes wide open, lie huateih tor new* and taketh in all that is good or usefub The local agent has returned the tickets of the Logansport grand distibution humbug that were deposited with him for sale for thu benefit of a worthy widow and numerous other persons who are not so worthy. The town trustees should order some of Ih* puddle holes in the sidewalks filled. A tun on Eigleshach's and Stott Grant’s gravel batiks would neither paralyse business nor break tho banks. A better run, however, would be on Frank Cotton's lumbar yard. A number of people havo been discussing the proposed homestead law wherein the amount exempt from exeention would be SI,OOO. They ail thought it would be u good thing, because persons who were not worth that sum would have to pay as they went and they would not lire at the expense

of others.

A RTRUL DODGER.