People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1893 — SURREY. [ARTICLE]

SURREY.

Weather dry and.hot. Rain needed badly. On last week the south bound mail train set fire to a large hay rick belonging to S. B. Thornton. Damage was assessed at 848. On Monday the same train set out tire north of Surrey on D. B. Nowels’ land. Then fire was started on S. Kenton’s farm, but was attended to by the section hands. Last Sunday B. F. Ferguson preached a very interesting sermon at Vaughn Chapel. He spoke about the evils of smoking, chewing, profanity, drinking and carousing. Some called it politics. It seems that some people can’t bear to have the devil's camp bombarded. Rev. Simonton, of Rensselaer, will preach at Vaughn Sunday, at 3 p. m. The Sorghum Valley Prohibition Club will give an entertainment at DeMotte Saturday night, August 5. A small admittance fee will be charged, proceeds to go to the church. Maggie Kenton returned last Friday from a two weeks’ visit in Blue Island and Hammond. Mrs. Carrie Johnson, of Indianapolis, is again visiting her friends at this place.