Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1879 — LOCAL GLEANINGS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL GLEANINGS.

f-pcrtally rrport.'d for Vnk I’xiox. Mrs. Samuel Rogere ls> low will) consumption. Vic Loupiirhlpo cut hi# liaiitl pcveivlj' the til Iter titty. Dr. L. D.’GTkfcctt.'Tmk, .of Sun I’iorrc, ■was in town yetdenlay. Some of the boys don’t like lo work on the atreets. ’Twas ever thus. Mr*. T-J. Mallall died nt her fnliter’s house lit Newton oonuty, lasi Monday, of consumption. XV alter, youngest Son of J. 11. Willey, was kicked over hy u liorse one day last week, hut is goiiij! again. II cost Dave Pritchard $1.7.> to lean a pul list owe nf Orwiw’s i4iow-eases lie isn’t rns tired now as he was then. Wilder Lemuel Shortridjfce.preached nt brushwood school Itouse, Union township, last .Sunday. Washington t'aseyand Miss Gant were immersed in the Iroquois river, near AI lei’s mill. If tlie hawks, <t*T«; rasp, tveasles, trumps and other vermiodo nut prove too vigilant during tlie next two months thehe may tic a g«od display of poultry at the fair next fall. Fowl fanciers i»re rapidly increasing. Hanging Grove township contains some of the heaviest farmers in (lie count y. William Ren Inn planted 2(K) acres in com, James Nickel has ISfl'hi corn; Isaac Parker Jins 90 acres of wheat that promises lo yield 1,800 ihislie's of gmin, 25 ai“rcs of flax, 20 of oats and 170 of coni. God speed the farmer! Without him our country would be a iiowHng wilderness. About one hundred ladies and gontlemon witnessed tile iastofltntioii of tlie officers of Iro<|imia Ixidge No. 143, 1. O. O. F., Tuesday evening. After lbe cerenlonies-iWere concluded they partook of ice cream, cake and lemonade in Starr’s hall, Tt was a pleasant social gathering, called together on short notice. May we l»e aide lo chronicle many of the like in future. The Judies’ Society will picnic this afternoon at Hie Misses Smith’s grore. Though it has seldom been noticed by the press, the Ladies’Society is a fixed institution or Reusselner. It holds tegular meetings every Thursday afternoon. where tlie programme is of a literary or intellectual diameter, embracing discussions, essays, select leadings, etc. They otp usually very Interesting, save |H*ihaps to the husbands and fathers who are not fond **f (■old - sup tiers so often as. every Thursday evening. Artfui. DonoEij. I , . m . Good cheap hats for ladies at Miss Meredith's. Sold at 50 per cent, discount from regular prices, to close out. A special meeting of the board of directors of the Jas|>er Counly AjrriculturaJ Society- will lie held at the •xiurt house Saturday afternoon. They may incubate a premium list. - Tluvway to *top all this nonsense nlsiut state rights, and to settle the (jui-stioiins to whether the leaders of the rebellion are vindicated or not. is lor tlie people of tlie north to rebuke the democracy by heavy majorities .-•gainst thorn at first opportunity'. T4u i is a leading issue. —lnter Ocean. On last Sunday Mr. Alonzo C. Jones ail'd Miss Nettie J., daughter of S. .1. Jlcntley. Ksq., were married at tlie cf the bride’s parents in Kankakee township, tlie ceremony being |« rformed by lLev. Mr. Luse, of the Protestant Methodist church. A number of invited guests were present and a very happy time was had. Congratulations to all concerned. Excursion trains will be run on the Indianapolis, Delphi & Chicago railroad to-morrow: From Rcusselaer to Michigan City, via. Louisville, New Albany A Chicago railway, for $1.25 lhe round trip; from Rensselaer to Montideilc, to attend the races, for 75 cents the round trip; from Bradford io Mouticello for 35 cents the round trip; from Pittsburg to Mouticello 35 cents the round trip. Trains are now running daily between Rensselaer and Pittsburg, and in a few more days will run through to Delphi.