People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1893 — BLACKFORD. [ARTICLE]

BLACKFORD.

Sleigh riding is the order of the day. Prof. A. McCoy was out on Nubbin Ridge Tuesday evening talking creamery. John Pullins has returned with improved health. Mr. Elmer Arnold was in our town Sunday and Monday. He prefers the atmosphere around Blackford to that of Fair Oaks. Mr. Isaac Miller is operating a large grist and saw mill one mile north of Blackford. Mr. Newton Price has moved from our vicinity down close to Rensselaer. Mr. John McCurtain and wife went with them. Mr. Charles Campbell is still clerking in the new Chicago store. He is doing a very successful business. Miss Emma Schroer was at her home on a visit Sunday. Mr. Jim McColly was in our town Tuesday. He is buying and shipping cattle and horses to Chicago. Mr. B. J. Gifford’s dredges, No. 1 and 2, have ceased working on account of cold weather. A Christian Endeavor society was organized at Burn’s school house last Thurday night. We wish them success. Protracted meeting is still in progress at the Rose Bud church. Butterfly.