Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1887 — UNION ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

UNION ITEMS.

Plenty of grass, and cattle doing welL Ducks and geese are becoming rather scarce. Dr. J. H. Loughridge is making a new board fence in front of the house, on his ranche in the northern part of this township. D. W. Shields brougkt a small herd of cows from Marion township to pasture on his farm in Union. Cornelius Shea has so’d his interest in the saloon building at Fair Oaks to John Remley. The prayer meetings at Brushwood are generally well attended. Rev. McKinley preached at Brushwood school house last Saturday and Sunday evenings. He is very popular among the young people in this icinity. Steph. T. Comer has Stricklan’s ditching machine on his farm. lhe main ditch will be about two miles long. G. W. Casey will soon complets the fence around his land in sections one and twelve. Levi Hodge has moved to Fair Oaks. Tilruan Sales occupies the farm vacated by Hodge. John Clager and Andrew Arnold, of Barkley township, Thos. Swaim, of Carroll coonty, and Frank Warren are now residents of Fair Oaks, and Christopher Swaim will become a ciiizen this week. Evidently Fair Oaks is on the boom. A grocery, dry-goods and store, and bl'acksmith shop would do well to locate at that point. Dr. Loughsidge has Completed his fence in section live. It enclos s all the section except that part owned by t). W. Shields. John Guss, jr., has lost seven bead of cattle this winter.

Ben McColly lias sold bis house in air Oaks. We have not learned the name of the-purchaser. Will some of the assessors of -Jasper county inform us how the feat is accomplished whereby lands worth $25 per acre i s assessed at $ and $lO, while the poor man’s $25 cow is assessed at its cash value. The standard of valuations is undoubtedly in the interest of large landholders. Why not make a dollar invested in real estate \ ay as much tax as an equal amount invested in persona] property The people of Union and other northern townships would like to know why the County Commissioners will build a seven hundred dollar bridge across a big ditch over which the average Jasner county bull-frog coal jump with

ease. v There will be a new ditch made in this township, commencing on the kd. John land and emptying into the big ditch on Stephen Comer’s arm. The entire length of the ditch will be between three and four n lies. John S. Blomberg has a store room to rent at Fair Oaks. Miss Laura Hodshire of Rensselaer is to teach’ the Center school. ijenj. 11. Snow lias moved to Minnesota. i Survetus Gerard is working near Francesville. Janies ,i \ Brusnehan, one of our t est young men, lias gone to Montana. He has a brother employed in die mines in that Territory. G. VY. Markins lost a valuable cmv last week. She got into the river, near the Burk bridge, and was dead when found. Mr. Judith Taylor will return to W ells county next week on a visit of several months duration. GRAPE ISLAND. April 26, 1887.