Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1883 — WALKER ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

WALKER ITEMS .

Haying will be postponed until more favorable weather. Isaac Clawson has the job of plastering the Wheatfield mansion. Organs, instrumental as well as Vocal, afforded splendid music for the young folks at J. L. Hershman’s. Mr. Henry Dittmer has gone to Nebraska to see how the land lays. If it suits, he expects to make it his home. The Sunday school - at Hershman, under the supervision of Henry Darner, is a decided success. One J. J. Burton, manager of the Selleck ranch, came up missing the other day, with four horses and a buggy. The owner is looking him up. “When I can read my titles clear.” Clear titles are the best, but John Wenerick says despite his efforts the boys have got a “lean” on his yard gate. Mr. S. F. Brown celebrated his seventieth birthday, on Wednesday last, with a big dinner. He is one of the oldest settlers of the township. Long Bill.