Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1885 — UNION ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

UNION ITEMS.

Snow-bound. Bad colds prevail. Travel slow, cold and tedious. Wood-piles low and feeble. Al. Edwards reports a new daughter. Most of the schools have closed for the present,. Coldest day of the winter, 38 degress balo'iV zero. George Marion has tnoved to , the Frank -Goff farm. Henry Barkley has moved to John Huine’s farm. Coldest day of the month, Feb. 111 i „ 31 degrees below «ero. Snow-fall during the winter, un J Ash Wednesday, 49 inches. A surprise dinner and an oyster supper were given oa the 14th, to celebrate the birth*lay of the ‘.Valentines,” Mrs. John McCully, Jno. E- Alter and Abram Warne. Large crowd, good time and

several presents.

BILL BAT.