People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1893 — The County News. [ARTICLE]

The County News.

WEST JORDAN, Money is hard, but times are harder. Not much plowing done on account of the dry weather. Mr. Spaulding has visitors from Chicago this week. Mr. Sage, from Ft. Wayne, is visiting friends in this place now. Wm. Wortley is rather timid since a lecture Friday evening at Union. Prairie Alliance No. 72, has' unloaded four car loads of coal this fall. Runaways are very frequent' in this vicinity. Not much dam-I age done.

Dr. Swarts and wife, from Marion, are visiting relatives in this vicinity. A number of people from Union are attending the World's Fair this week. Huffman Keene has a tine crop of grapes and is selling them very reasonable. Considerable corn is being cut on account of the frost and the scarcity of hay. There was quite a race Sunday night at Union. They run for something besides money. We are glad to say. if not mistaken. that John A. McFarland will reach our school this winter. Rev. S. A. Bloomer preached Sunday evening at Union. He is traveling west to his son who lives in Colorado. We are glad to hear that the i eople of Goodland have struck gi.s. if it is the right kind, but not glad that it struck them. Rc-v. Vico preached at Union, Sunday, after Sabbath school, i.p will preach on his old circuit ihe coming conference year. Elliott R. Burr and others are taking a trip South to look at the country. If it is suitable he will probably make it his future home. Alliance al Union is in a flourishing condition. It keeps flour, oat meal. rice, apples, nails, and other things for sale at E. R. I • irr's West Jordan has been still for; along time, but we hope that | lime is ended.—We would be, glad to hear ail the old corres-1 pendents talk that way.—Ed. JOKEK.