Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1899 — BLACKFORD. [ARTICLE]

BLACKFORD.

- Changeable weather. —Roads still very bad. —The wheat crop in this locality is reported badly dan; rged. —Thegnp still finds a victim now and then on Nubbin Ridge. —Charles G”more schilling a well at the Brush*. w<d chore... —S. B. Jenkins' family are eisitinc friends and relatives on N. IL this week. -Isaac Miller and SL B. Jerfikras are working on Jesse Jenkins house thia week. John Hays off near Blackford, one of onr soldier boys. going to school at Krawlat. —Now is the movers’ time, although the roads are a very bad condftion, they are lined with them at this writing. « . —Wonder how oar county conuniasioners likethe their salaries were fixed? The N. R’s think oM Jasper is getting sharper than they thonghu —The Biunstown school dosed lastSatnrde;. was a huge crowd present and aD ked-a v<xxltime. The pupils aU hid a good wimcv ■> rehool and want their teacher back, again next term.