People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1895 — NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS [ARTICLE]

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

SURREY BOOMS. Surrey, Aug. 22.—Surrey is not the slowest place on earth by any means. She is now experiencing a great boom. Chas. Pullins is building a fine $1,500 residence on Front street. Windfred Pullins is preparing a large poultry farm on the outskirts of town. He intends to purchase three large 500 egg capacity incubators. We already have a large hay barn, which will be filled by Nowels & Babcock. D. B. Nowels has his new tenant house completed. But no one has occupied it so far. The passengers on the milk train had the opportunity to see a full fledged Apache squaw Sunday morning. She came from the south, and no one knows where from.

G. M. Wilcox is hauling stone from his farm to make an upground celler. Of course in two or three months he will tear it down and make it over again. He is great on improvement. Surrey now helps to supply Chicago with pure milk and cream, by sending 7 cans each day. Elmer Wilcox is hauling milk for J. R. Wilcox at the present writing. Louis Fatout, advertising agent for the Tribune bicycle, was in Surrey Monday. Jasper Kenton went to Hillsdale. Mich.. Monday. .Star.

MARION TOWNSHIP. Southeast Marion, Aug. 21. John Penwright is spending the week at Fountain Dark. Mr. Surface of Lafayette was the guest of Charles Slaughter last week. Mr. Oscar Bowen has returned from his two months' visit at Crawfordsville. Mr. Huffman of Winthrop has returned 10 his home after a week’s visit with Art ie Best. Friday evening while Miss Pearl McGee was bringing the cows from pasiure she was bit ten by a rattlesnake. By good care she is getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. M. Y~. Slaughter spent Sunday in Remington

Charles Slaughter went to. Lafayette on his wheel Sunday to see his best girl. Arnie Best and Benjamin Smith spent Tuesday in Fowler. Miss Sophia Wease spent Sunday with Lillie and Pearl Slaughter. Miss Myrtie Tellis of Mt. Ayr is the guest of Misses Verda and Dessie Butler. James Wood attended camp meeting at Fountain park Sunday. John Evans is having a numoer of tile laid on his farm. Torn and Nor a Ward returned from Battleground Sunday. A number of Rensselaer bovs played our boys a game of bill Sunday. Forest Best went to Wr.rren county this week. Financial Schoolboy.