Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1884 — COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.

KEESEB ITEMS. Plenty of water in the marshes. The sand is better than the mud, this time of the year. is not good this spring. Guess game’s one north. De Motto is to havea “G. A. R.” Post. They have received their charter, arid R. W'. Marshall, Commander of Rose Lawn Post, has redbitod orders to muster them, which he will do in good style. Dr. Robbins reports considerable sickness through the northern part of the county, say he is.on the go all the time. '« Not niuch interest is manifested in the spring election, only for trustee: the offices of lust ices, Constables, etc., are below par in this section. Joe Fairchild, Fred Schwankie and Ralph Bongart, are the candidates for trustee, all good men; good judges think Schwankie is ahead. . Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Francis, of La Porte, Ind., have returned home after a week’s visit with the family of their son-in-law, R. W. Marshall, of Keener township. , TromgillaA. Spring hns come, and with it plenty of mud. The farmers are busy repairing fences burning brush, etc. Duek-s and geese are plenty, the hunters are busily engaged. A load of disrespectful men passed the Chapel, fast Sabbnth, with their boat, guns, tents, &c. We presume they were imigrating to mardi where they expect to have a jubilee. Such persons are a disgrace to a community, and we are glad to say that “They do not belong to Gillam.’’ Mr. Nelson, the conuty superintendent, paid the schools a visit-, last week. Quarterly meeting at the chapel Saturday and Sunday last. Services on Sunday were large.ly—attended: consider! ng the roads. Elder Claypool deiivorCid a very able discourse, which well entertained his audience. In qur last items, stating that. Mr. Roberts would set up a bine Ifgmifh’s shop at tne Falkner stand, we would just say; that he has changed his mind, and expects to rem.nin at Medaryville. A Mr. Black has moved in the house, but the “smith’’ and “shop” will come ujk minus. The schools'- of Gillam are nil filled at last. The folio wing teachers "are For Center. Miss Frta Massey; West VertiOß, Miss Ella Lang; Pleasant Ridge D. B Coppess. Institute at Independence, next Saturday ---BidS.---' UNION ITEMS. March has been unusually civil. The saw mill is in operation Satai. Fay has gone back to the Valparaiso Normal school. Mary Fay, Mrs. George Anderson. Mr. qnd Mrs. Michael are on the sick list. Ida Burgett, aged 17, died of consumption, on Saturday,—March 15. Amos -Alter has moved to his farm. He boards with his tenant, John Obenchain. Tom a.smile of pQde, as be ilraweth nigh to the cradle side, Jobnpy Hardesty has just returned from Lafayette,where be has been spending the winter. Our candidates for trustee are, Stephen Comer, Republican, and John Humfes, Democrat. Both good men, and the Contest will be close. J. E. and I. V. Alter are cutting the channel of the Iroquois riveri deeper, by mentis o£a sulkcy plow, drawn by the current. ,A diminutive cyclone passed through this vicinity, Tuesday, 25th, in the midst of a rain storm. The funnel form at the t»p, from which the vapor-like clouds rolled arid twisted like smoke, was connected to the earth by means of a long, twisted, ropelike co.umn of whirling vapor, very conspicuously outlined against the d<*rk back ground of storm cloud. The, view was grand, but the effect was different. Lrj-ge saplings were twisted together like riding whips, fences were moved and thrown flat, eyen the ground rails were carried some distance. No great damage was done, however. The snow fall. for the month of “March was 4 inches; rain fall 4} inches. .Coldest day, Tuesday, 4th,'B degrees; above zero; w armtsi <lay, Thursday, 27th, CU degrees above zero. Mean daily temperature for the ipou'b, 86 degrees above xero. Observations taken at sunrise. .Fiji. Bat. . _____ —— _ No ftTnity khou'ii be ■w thout Kellogg J t'alunibiiin Oil. as it.■te the best thing -on a burii in existence. It rec moves the lire instantly. at;d cures AU aches xod pains as if ?y Blatnc. —A; - 16-2y-t6,