People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1893 — The County News. [ARTICLE]

The County News.

FIRMAN. C. Warne is visiting the Fair. I. F. Alter has purchased lum* ber for a new barn. William Heron visited relatives here this week. The railroad is tiling their road bed near this place. School began last week with D. W. Shields as teacher. D. Stutzman will move back to his farm in a few days. F. Warne is in the city purchasing a line of dry goods. S. P. Thompson will fence several blocks here this week. Ellis Jones and wife, of Rensselaer, visited with James Babcock last Sunday. Carlin Crossing has ceased to exist, the milk stand having been moved to Firman. Misses Emma Russel and Emma King are attending the Fair. They will be absent ten days. A car load of lumber was sidetracked here last week. It was purchased injDhicago by Thompson and Alter. S. P. Thompson has a large force of men employed at present ditching. The work is done with scrapers. Fire still continues to do some damage. Rowen & Blankenbaker Jost 4U tons of hay last Sunday. The tire is supposed to have been started by hunters. The new town is on the boom. The railroad has built one hundred feet of passenger platform. A new grocery store has been opened by Abram Warren, to which will soon be added a line of dry goods. The greatest necessity now is a post office. * *