Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1881 — Keener Items. [ARTICLE]

Keener Items.

. T.'br following dispatch from linii ' iilei to the .Chicago Times, h .*-• i -xj Jaaatory : Louis ville, Ky.,- May B.—An- . • ■th.- r'.hig scoop for Louisville railr id • . rerjprise and sagacity leaked ■i t;f not twenty-four hours ago, and .isyille, New Albany <fc Chi- j • * holding the strings to make I ii-» f ori4 of the leading quick i lines <7 the country. ’lts mana-1 grs avd succeeded in consolida- ! uhg i th the present road, the new < hi* o and Indianapolis air line, wl ieh 1; partially built and rapidly ■* .thing completion. This. aid is ttlmosi a direct air line *n the two cities named. It .in.- rom Chicago through Dy<r, J, usselaer, Bradford, Delphi, j’raakfort, Ind. It passes thj .u h Lake, Jasper, White, Carr . Clinton, Boone and Marion co? •hes, a rich district, amply able <■ ;>port the line by local traffic ! •*! .• It is by twenty miles the b. ■-’ vt route between Chicago, and In-be is ipdlis. It connects with the I. h -ville, New Albany & Chicago at r*r.-idford. White county, and tl'.cUce’ goes direct to both Chicagol *nd liidisgmpolis. A large amouift of work has already been done on t : ;2. road, and sixty-eight to seventy miles have already been completed ml .Ter in active operation. The •, remainder of the route has all the -- upplies necessary for its coinple- . ii n on hand, and.the line is nearlv . all graded- The full line from Clne.tgo to Indianapolis will lie comj.leted by Oct. 1, and the roal from Bradford- to Chicago, completing tbs Louisville, New Albany & Chihropgh route, will be inoper- • rtion by July 15. Successful proseent i‘ n of this scheme will give the Eouisv3le. New Albany <fc Cliier.g;> a through line, twenty-five nidi s miles shorter than any other mute, and twenty miles shorter t ,f»y route between Chicago •■and I .dianapolis.

warm and farmers are Busy getting ready to plant corm 4 * Sdas Swnine talks of going to Miami county to-buy cattle’next wvr-k. He will make his headquar•jkre at Xenia. J. F. Antrim lias n fine new buggy. and has been driving over to Gillam quite frequently of late. Wonder what is the attraction ? J. F. Bonner is putting up a largo store beilding anti will soon open ot’rf «n a larger scale than’ b ; etofor& . - Leander Jones is slowly recovering from r severe attack of fever. A Sabbath-school was organised at Center last Sabbath. George Guild was chosen Superintendent, :.nd made a lengthy speech inwhich h* spoke of the gooct that may be •ite in a neighborhood by a Sab,h Mr.’ Guild is the i ight man lor the and will no doubt conduct the school to & suceeedfa!issue. ... Bev. John Sebring preaches at Pleasant Valley every two weqks.

The class at that place is flourishing in spite of the “hell fire and brimstone” spoken of by the Walker correspondent some time ago. Billy Vant Wou’d gives Keener a call once in a while. Billy looks well far a man residing in the poor house. ►* M. M. Tyler and J. F. Antrim are fanning together th is summer. The boys have been “teaching for some time, but have not forgotten that muscular exercise strengthens the constitution. W. H. Tyler is about buying a drug store in “Passinang.” The Keener post-office is doing a flourishing business now and our worthy postmaster, George DeBoer, understands his business thoroughly. Miss Belle Davis' school closed a short time ago, and she has returned to her home in Xenia. Miss Davis taught a good school and made many friends while in Keener. * Miss Chattie Sayers closed a term of school at Pleasant Grove a few weeks ago and is now teaching in Union township. Peanuts. Constijiation of the bowels, biliousness, impure blood, general debility, are all cured by Dr. Marshall's Bromoline, the big Blood and Liver cure. Sold by <ll druggists- .