Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1879 — Local Gleanings. [ARTICLE]

Local Gleanings.

, John Minnieus—a soil 15. F. Ferguson is building an office at his lumber yard. F. L. Colton is building a house on the square east oi the I’rcsbyteirian church. James Paine, of Barkley township, buried a young child, Tuesday, that died suddenly of croup. Silas Swain proposes to open up a cattle ranch in one of the northern townships of the county in the spring. Ex-Commissioner Geo. Kessler is recovering from the injuries he received by falling on tho saw at Harte’s saw .mill.

Al. Catt’a two-story bouse looms up in the east eud of town. It will be a very comlortable home for our retired grocer. Dr. Hogers, of Grocncastle, was here last week and. was very much surprised to learn that Jasper county is not all a d—d.swarpp. Thomas Monnett is building a niqe little house on his farm for the disc of a tenant. Mr. J. L. Funson is the prospective Occupant. Nubbin Kidare is well represent-* ed this term of court. The inbabn itants of that neighborhood say they eat tpo much oi Zimmerman's beef. \V. S. Orwin has sold his jewelry store to Joseph Hardman, of Warsaw. For the benefit of some of the young ladies we mention that Mr. 11. is not married. Mrs. J olin Greenfield will start for Cimaron, New Mexico, this week. She is going m order to benefit her health Iler husband and brother, John Watt, will also go some time this fall. Farmers in this vicinity are manifesting their prosperity by building new and repainting old buildings, John Gotz, of Newton township, is a prosperous German. lie is building a nobby little barn. •;D|. Morrow and Captain John "G. Troxoil, 1 ol Pittsburg, Carroll county, **ere in town last Thursday. They Appreciate the benefits of andbr-dHhining by buying a large quantify of tile of Fisher &

Son.

I. BROWN.