Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1883 — KEEKER KORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

KEEKER KORRESPONDENCE.

The measles are abating, and the schools, which had been closed on account of them, are going on with their accustomed work. Our people all sympathize with Mr. and Mrs. Elara Fairchild, over the death of their daughter Nina. Nearly every family in the township has some one afflicted with a severe' cold, quite a number being confined to their beds. It has been a bad winter for lung diseases and frozen feet. Some of the railroaders report that Mr. Stewart’s dog froze to death on one of those cold nights, whe'n standing by the stove. Stewart says it’s a lie, “has as warm a house as anybody, if the loft is out.” Fairchild & Co., have suspended work on the new railroad, for a short time. McGinness & Troxel are grading the road across the River marsh on the ice, running a large force of men and teams, It is expected that the hills and valleys of Keener will soon echo to the whistle and rumble of the cars on the 1.1. & 1., railroad. Oui new town, DeMotte, has now two stores, a hotel, several dwellings and Mr. Bronson Harrington will soon have egrist and sawmill in running order. And no doubt our town would be a good location for a young and energetic physician. Walter Harrington has sold his horse, and is left with a top buggy and no horse to draw it Time says “Its just too bad.’’ From a marriage notice which appears among the ‘<Waiker Items” it will be seen that suppressed marriage license has done good service after all