Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1898 — SURREY. [ARTICLE]

SURREY.

—Chas. Pullins shipped a load of porkers from this place Monday night. —Anson Chupp, now with the Chicago Store, spent Sunday with relatives. —J. W. Marlatt received a car load of fancy stock cattle from Chicago Saturday night. —William Burns of Barkley tp.. was in this locality Tuesday in search of feeding cattle. —Mr. Harshberger of Elkhart county, is visiting his son, E, Harshberger, for a few weeks, —Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Clouse of Nappanee. Mo., were the guests of Mrs. Clouse’s parents, last week. • —Miss Alda Kenton is in Chicago for a few days this week as the guest of Miss Wendla Lundh. —Mrs. F’arrie Loughridge and brother, Treves, were in Chicago on Friday and Saturday of last week. —Mrs. Stephen Williams is seriously ill. S. C. Johnson, attending physician, states that her condition is very dangerous. —The Monon is graveling their road bed at this point, also cutting down what is known as the Thornton grade, one mile south. —Surrey graded schools opened last Monday with an attendance of 55, Robert Hopkins, a graduate of the N. I. N. S. is instructor. —C. L. Parks and family 'returned from Delphi last Saturday. They attended the street fair and visited relatives in that vicinity. —Miss Maggie Lang, the proficient instructor of the eighth grade of Rensselaer's High Schools, spent Sunday with her parents. i — Reed Banta and James Kenton returned from Indianapolis Saturday night- These gentleman have been running a saw mill in that vicinity.

—Arthur Lakin of the 4th Inf., U. S. Res:. Co. "A,” will be at home the Bth inst, This being Mr. Lakin’s first furlough since the termination of’ Spanish hostilities. —Joseph Thomas, formerly of Bensselaer. is now located on his farm 3 miles west of here. Joe’s defective limb will probably bother him in his duties as tiller of the soil. * —Mr. and Mrs. Mason Kenton enjoyed the hospitality of Delphi friends last week, They being present during the street fair, now consider Delphi as one of the 'best towns in northern Indiana. „ * . —G. M. Wilcox, the husUing "man of all ideas," will be prepared to handle a good share of the immense corn crops. Having made arrangements for a good market with some of the best commission dealers. . r —R. L. Hovey, present owner oftbeßlan* cett farm, was here on an investigating tour. Tuesday. Mr. Hovey is at present associated with the DeLong Grain Co., of Sarderus, Ills. He reports Indiana prospects, in regard to crops, about 100 percent better than Illinois. Mr. Hovey is n thorough business man and is

contemplating the erection of a 15.000 bushel capacity grain elevator here. This in connection with the many miles of gravel road now being constructed, will greatly improve the town. —The yield of corn in this part of the earth bids fair to eel pse all other years in quality and quantity. The probable acreage of fifty farms will be as nearly as can be computed 2,500 acres, and from present outlook will average a yield of 45 bushels to the acre. This mill be a fair estimate, also enough to make any fanner’s heart glad. —A remarkable interest is bepsg shown, by the farmers here, in gravel roads. The work is done by donation, also land tax. A road of this kind is being bnilt from Prior Rowan's to Simon Kenton's, there being a half mile already completed. A road of the same description is being constructed east of Parr. The abundance of gravel in this county is convincing evidence that the people should not have to draw their loads through mud a foot deep. The only thing necessary for the construction of good pikes, is a willingness. A very few township trustees will refuse to pay for the gravel.