Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1883 — AGATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

AGATE NEWS.

(Crowded out last week.) Our worthy assessor is on the war path again, looking up old tools, traps and notions. Mr. Elelmick is a good citizen and makes a number one assessor. Mr. J ames Osborn contemplates erecting a new residence on his farm soon. Mr. Leon Shaffner has just returned from visiting friends in South Bend. Miss Bertha Seigle, of Hebron, is visiting friends in Jasper. Mr. Lewis Rich and son intend running a large herd this summer. Mr. William Muffley has accompanied his brother-in-law, Mr. E. Pulver and wife, to Dakota. Most of the wheat in this part of the country is uncommonly good this spring. Mrs. J. Helmick, Mr. Robert Hynes, of Lafayette, and Mr. AVolon, of Logansport, were among the list of visitors, last week, at Mr. Brey’s. Thomas Robinson, who has been in the employ of Mr. John Morrison for the past ten years, met an untimely death, Friday evening, April 20th,. He had gone in search of the cows, and when discovered ■was lying g.u the bank of a ditch, his head in the water. Drowning was the consequence-. Deceased was a native of England, and came to this country in 1871. ’ The funeral services took place at the residence of John Morrison, Rev. Forbes, of Valparaiso, He leaves a brother and sister to mourn the loss of a kind brother. They have the sympathy of the whole community.

BIG BILL.