Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1900 — INDEPENDENCE. [ARTICLE]

INDEPENDENCE.

John Hopkins has sold his hike. ’■% Stacking oats is the order of the day . Mrs. Charley Hopkins is on the sick list. Lynn Griggs is ditching for Wm. Daniels. Hurrah for the pumpkiii-vine railroad! Nit. Chesley Wray purchased a new wagon Monday; r Fred Renicker is going w ith Pony Baker's machine Leonard Hayes has made a purchase of a tine young cow. John Hurley killed a 7-year-old rattlesnake Tuesday. Miss Geneieve Lesli visited her aunt Susie Arnold, Monday. Berford Tarbit visited over in Gilliam Saturday and Sunday. Charley Snyder of Gifford's dredge, called on James Hurley Sunday. Mrs. Ernnin Renicker of Rensselaer, visited in these parts Wednesday. John and Charlie Hopkins helped Grant Renicker stack cats Thursday-.- ; Don't never ask Ed Jenkins w here ho was last Sunday . Miss can tell you. Samuel Hopkins sold his hogs to Doe. Nichols Thursday and delivered them lit Ren seiDick Nichols wint to Ren-selaer Wednesday and brought horn • a load of now lurtiitnre. Fred Renicker. Henry Er Leonard Haysand Will Wray, chewed pickels and utw blaekbirries with me Just Sunday. Levi Renicker of Reusselai r. h.-lped Grant Renick" r Wednesday. Levi took a fork ami wrest leal with a lew shocks of oats all day. Levi is a wrestler. Eli Arnold. Dave Ling. Arthur Ropp and John Hopkins went to the Kankakee river ou Thursday of hist week and w itli the help of v few li lysoeils near th- river c night l.itij fine fish, mostly carp. The tish uveraged almut 2 pound- or more. This enormous |>i eof fish lowered the river some. This beats any Hsli- | ing that Ini' been done in the river for awhile. After the fish were loaded in four I good big boats they ail started down the river, singing.