Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1881 — Barkley Items. [ARTICLE]

Barkley Items.

Still we coms With more items for The Democratic Sentinel. Wash Lowman is sporting a moustache. Sabbath School is booming at Independence. Corn looks well, considering the dry weather. Building lots for sale at Hurleytown. Considerable of wheat has already been threshed. Early apples are now ripe, but very scarce. More improvements are being made on Nubbin ridge. Most everybody seemes to be enjoying good health. John English proposes building a new mansion this fall. The blackberry crop will be a failure this season. Charley Florence’s new Champion Self-Rake is giving purfect satisfaction. Wages run from $1 50 to $2 00 per day during wheat harvest. Mr. K; ys and family were yisiting relative's here last week. ’

Mr. E. Tyler. e’x-Trustee of Keener has been hauling corn from Rensselaer. Frank Gant bears the name of be ing the best wheat binder in Union township. The Stab, when finished, will be the finest school house in our townshiD. Mr. Porter is boiing a weli for John Brown, on the Fielder farm. Barkley township has furnished a number of students to the Rensselaer Normal this summer. Pastures are drying up, and consequently stock is not doing very.well. Hay making is now the order of the day,J and farmers are paying hands $1 per day. Owing to the heavy harvest, and the insufficincy of hands, considerable of wheat was harvested on Sabbath this season. The farmers of this township are talking of getting up a petition to bridge the Iroquois from one end to the other for the accommodation of the northern Commissioners. Mr. George Haste and wife, and Miss Ella Fielder are visiting relatives and friends in Illinois. Never mind, Bill, she’ll soon come back again. We were surprised to hear of our unfortunate friend Grather’s embarrassing situation, and sympathize with the good old gentleman in his many troubles. The Winamac Normal School, for the benefit of teachers and advanced students of Pulaski, Staike and adjoining counties, opened at Winamac Tuesday last, and will continue eight weeKS. W. E. Netherton is Principal. Subscribe for the Winamac Normal Wave, a seven column folio educa tional weekly paper, published under the auspices of the Winamac Normal School. Single subscription 25c. for eight numbers. A READER. July 20. 1881.