Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1879 — Artful Dodger’s Gleanings. [ARTICLE]

Artful Dodger’s Gleanings.

j Ntw jjAOdi st the New York i Btor«.sr«Pvnf,.' . Nicer Calicos st the New York Store, ;.. - , ; 'y. Youm« bows (not beaux) •t the New York Store. Read the Kssrd of the Citizens' Rank, ft anollrar column. Attention is directed to Dr. O. C. Tank’s card in this paper. Call for one or more of those lovely ruches at the New York Store. • . Muskrat trapping is excellent and remunerative lu Jasper county this season. Nkw spring styles of Brussels and ingrain carpets at the New York Store. Coi.. llealkv, of Goodlnr.il, is K|lpMdance upoa the Jasper circuit court tbli f eek. * T Returned.—. Louis Bass has returned home from Lafayette where he spent most of the winter. Goto the New York Store for embroideries. For a few days longer they will be sold a t half price.The Weed Sewing Machine has rt wtyfff! wide rcpuUlW Tt will fbe sold way down in price by Link) llt>pkins. ; 36 ts. Wolwrs cot among the sheep On the Cithbhfe asylum farm, one mile from totarn, night beforo last, and filled ten lambs. Snow.—Si.onr fell a couple of |nclies deep fast Sunday. At ludinnapolis there was two or three limes the quantity. |. i “Silk” Swain thinks of starting lo Lcadville in about two weeks. Sth, how that horse and buggy f bis will be missed. Dr. 11. J, Banta, of M onon, ropped into The Union office 'ueatlay morning, lie reports the health of his vicinity good. Mb. Frank Jouvrnat, of Good land, was in town last week «n business of a legal nature. He IfjvPb The Union office a pleasant call. H , Miss ‘'Lo” Hopkins has gone on a visit to /rier.ds in Elkhart and Noble counties. Mr Ed. Rhoades, ot the postollice store, accompanied her. iTo Correspondents.—A 11 com muni cations of whatever character must be in the office on Monday to insure publication in these columns of that w«qk. To Advjertisers.—To insure appearance hi The Union of tha Kame week all advertising favors must be in the office not later than Tj/iaesday noon. *

In Tovyx.—Harjier >Y. Snyder, <*4" Romihjjton, is attending court this week. Win. N. Jones, of Pulaaki county, was in town day before yesterday. New Postal Route.— A new postal route has been established from Morocco, by way of Beaver Timber und I ilot Grove in Newton connty, to Rensselaer. For Rent.—The Cleveland farm, wkliin a mile of Rensselaer. Two hundred acres under fence. A opening for a couple of •ingle men with teams. 27-2 t. Marriage Licenses issued duringthe week past: Frank M. Welsh to- Mary 11. liullis; George Daniels to Amanda J. Ott; Franklin R. Clbrk to Apn E. Covington. Mb. Joun Querry, of Gillam township, has been in town a couple of days this week. His health lias been poor for several months, but seems to be slowly mending. Mr. E. L. Clark has opened a hardware store in the Shangai building. Mr. Clark is an upright, straightforward busing* man, and deserves a 1 iberal-patronage. Almanacs. —('opics of Professor Tice s National Weathc-r Almanac for 1879, ati for sale at Tuk.Union office fur 20 each. Every farmer should Lave-one in his liousc. Died, Satnrday eyeuing, March 15th, of lung fever, ItoWri H., inlant sou of James F. and Helen Bwnitii, aged sir months. Was buried Monday in Pleasant Grove cemetery. JECx SifKKJrE Dai goekty visited Chicago one day last week uiui brought home with him ninefy-two head of 2 year old cattle, wWh are mow for sale at, his farm one and a half miles west of town. Geo. W. Johnson closed bis engageinetitfliii the S^utinHl<Mde Mon day and. departed for Remington jjeKt. daiv George w » good fellow, butj|rumiing a democratic newspaper is uphill business f«f him. “ •*

Mlt. James W. McEwiln, of the JJtxmocrmik S+blind, returned home' Satniyay from the bedside of litfc aged mother at Lewislown, Pa., who has been quite ill for several weeks. Miss I. cur Meredith wilLopen a ■took of uiilliuery goods to-.lay in tiie room over lines'* drug store lately qeeupivd by Messrs. K. §. A Z. Dwiggins. Ladies are respecttully invited to call and inspect goods. Social. —The social of the Methodist Episcopal church society will bo held at the parsonage, Friday evening March 28th. Cordial invitation is extended to all the numbers and friends of the church to attend. * . I Rev. Thomas VaNscoy I writes to the editor of The Union lie is attending the school of theology at Evanston, (11., and suceisdilig beyond his host expectation*. He promises to he in Rensselaer during the approaching"-summur. • : Isaac M. Stackiiousk, for many years a leading merchant in Rensselaer, was recently admitted to. practice law in the- superior court of Marion county. His present place ot abode is Southport, about ten miles from Indianapolis. More Meat. —Three meat stores strive to aupply—this town of l ,009 inhabitants with their daily meat. Report says that another recruit is soon to join tho noble army, and business promises to boom right along, like the Grant movement. Fine Calf. —Addison I nikison, Barkley township,- has a Durham grade steer dropped a year ago last September, that weighs 1,400 pounds. Cattle men of observation and experience say that it is probably tho finest creature of the kind and age on the American continent.

I Quarterly Meeting.— l'he third qnartcriy meeting of the Method]st Episcopal church, Rensselaer <jl>rge. will be held nert Sf i|r^ B y and Sunday (March 22d and 23d), at thp Watson school house. Quarterly conference at 2:30 p. m. on Saturday, Rev. C. S. Burgner will conduct the exercises. School Retort.—Miss Belle Booth, teacher of school No. 2, Wheatfield township, reports for the month that ended Match 7th, an enrollment of 14 scholars, with an average daily attendance of 9.4. The schoiais perfect in attendance, punctuality and conduct were Sadie Muffley, Howard X'ullina and Jessie Crawford. Gone West.—Dr. Ira C. Kelley, dentist, departed from town late Saturday night or early Sunday morning without saying good bye to all of his acquaintances. It is surmised that be has gone to Leadville, Colorado. A man named Murphy, living four miles north of town, disappeared about the same time and as mysteriously. S chool Report. —Miss Cl ara Coen, teacher of school No. 2, Barkley township, reports for tire mouth ending March 8, 1879, the enrolling of 15 scholars; the average daily attendance was 13. 7. Those perfect in attendance and punctuality were Agnes Brown, Ollie Reed, Charlie Reed, Laura Parkisou and Addison Parkison. Judge Charles 11. Test, of Indianapolis, formerly judge of the circuit to which Jasper county belonged, is in attendance upon the term of court now in' session in Rensselaer. Time deals kindly bis - mind" is as vigorous, though his step may not be quite as-elastic and his hair and beard may he more whitened, as when his rulings and decisions were the admiration of bar, liti- *>' j 1 gants and the people. James Williams, (not, Indigo Jim) of Barkley township, came to Rensselaer on The 1 Sth instant for the express purpose of procuring a permit from t liu comity clerk La. change tlifc name of one of Barkley township's ' fairest da ugh levs, a Miss Price. The good natured clerk dated the license, inserted Williams’ name and then asked for the name of ihg. promised bride. “Why, why, why, G-d, I, I, h-ll! I don’t know. W ill have to go back and ask her what her. name is.” Latei: License issued. School Report. —Miss ExwHalstf«d teacher of school No. 3, of Marion township, reports for the month ending March Bth as perfect in attendance, punctuality and deportment, Stella Johnson, Vance .Collins, Ernest May hew, Lucy Ma rion, David Marion, Minnie McDonalth AUae Mc.DiHN>lo, Emma Gwin, Josie Parkison, Maggie Parkitjnn and Jaley Parkison Those schtolflins'who lost rio time 'during! the eutjre term were Emma Gwin, j Josie Parkison, Maggie Parkison,' Ja£ yP. irklson and Sfell* Johnson.’ - -- -

Nrw Clock.—T4ic , Ciimcim’ Bank has received it* now cluck ami is pronounced a beauiy by all who have seen it. The business cards arc neatly and tastily arranged and the lettering artistically executed. It beats our “Grandfather's Clock” nil to pieces. Almost a Fi«B.-g-Tbis morning about 4 o’clock the inmates of Mrs. H-award’s residence, on V anltcqsSelacr slrcet, were aroused to find themselves almost suffocated with smoke, which, upon investigation, was found to be issuing from under the stove in the sitting room. A long slick of wood had been put in the stove to keep fire during the uignt and about the timementionc<l fell against the stoVe door, bursting it open and letting a live coal fall out upon the carpet. Fortunately the fire was discovered in season to prevent serious results. While swinging on the gate in front of her mother’s residence the balmy zephyrs of evening were rustling mournfully through the boughs of the old pine tree. His arm was gently encircling her waist. Amid this dream of hap piness he was heard to exclaim with pathetic tenderness, “How oft would I have gathered you under my wing as the old hen gatli creth her chickens, but your ma "would not let me.” Just then that beloved spot was converted into a howling wilderness by the raising of a second story window from which descended a shower of bootjacks and other missiles on the unoffending twain. The young man “Bulibed:uh!' its -he moved rapidly up Front street the voice of the intended mother in-law was heard to exclaim: “Maggie, you 1 know we don’t want a Patton on that old gate; there is nothing new or novel about it.” *

Reported apccially for Thu Union. No recent eases of diphtheria reportvd in the county. Shelby Grant hit one goose and nine ducks at one shat last. Saturday. Dr. Ira C. Kelley and others left for Colorado (or New Mexico) la<-t Sunday morning. A cood i oat of pahu would improve the looks of many fences and buildings in town. Was yo.it at the.'post office? Yes sir. Is the mail distributed? No sir. Is r.iy girl there?.. Yu »ii. Let’s ‘gOj Boh. • —!—l.. The enterprising mid public spirited people of Rensselaer ought to devi'se' some cheap j>lan of street., improvement. The one* thing needful to make ours one of the prettiest towns in the state is a thorough system of good streets and sidewalks. With due respect for the statements of the Democratic Sentinel , as a matter of justice to a worthy gentleman i; may not be misappropriate to say that Rev. Hope B. Miller did not comprise One company of whom it wits reported were in a “limber condition on their arrival” at Michigan G;ry on Monday of last week. Mr, Miller only went as far ns Bradford and returned home op the same day. Will “U” please inform an anxious public which one of the three gentlemen he named— Charles H. Price, Hope B. Miller, Ira \Y. Yeoman—could not be spared from this community? Sometimes people differ in opinion about persons and things of magnitude. Artful Dodger.