Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1879 — Local Gleanings. [ARTICLE]

Local Gleanings.

Special correspondence of Til* U«I»N. Wile Duvall '‘is daily expected back from Kansas. Fred. Switzer proposes to start a butcher shop soon. W. J. Imes will move into the house opposite the mill. It is not unpleasant to flirt with a flirt at a ball. Is it sin? Park. Wright and Frank Myers talk of studying medicine. R. Ralph has moved his shoe shop in with Justice Harding. Simon Phillips, Mrs. Crockett and Lizzie Comer are on the aick list. The new business rooms are not filling up with new stocks ot goods very rapidly. Isaac Lowman and his one price clothing store have gone to Peoria. May he succeed. Prof. Allen thinks some of commencing the study of law after the public school closes. The sheet and pillow case ball was a success. “They say” it was better than the masque ball.

A. W. Cleveland vacated Austin’s hotel last Monday and Rafe Hopkins at once took possession. We ought to elect a town board in the spring that would favor repairing the sidewalks and putting down n.ew ones where needed. Several physicians have thought the county medical work worth looking after and have filed propositions with the board for the work. The Sentiners “School Girl” missed the mark as to who is A. Dodger. Davy Crockett said he could always “tell when lie hit a b’ar by the way it »cratched.” The commissioners compliment Dr. Washburn very highly for the efficient manner in which he has performed the duties of county physician during the past year. No word of complaint has been uttered against him.

ARTFUL DODGER.