Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1886 — County Correspondence. [ARTICLE]

County Correspondence.

BLACKFORD ITEMS. Quarterly meeting at Brushwood. Charles Coen gave us a call last week* but we aie nearly all Robinson men here. Tho Democrats in Union township have changed their nomination for assessor, Austin M. Lakin taking the place of Wm. Cooper. Farmers are plowing-and gettingready to put in their oats. They expect an early spring. A surprise birthday dinner was given Mrs. Joseph Williams on Saturday, jVlarch 27. A large number of relatives and friends being present. All had a good time. William Gillmore is the happy father of another boy, weighing eleven pounds. Long Samuel.

FROM WHEATFIELD 'CENTER. A wedding is in the near future. L. E. Carmichael has come back. Hank Hibbs has gone to Dakota; Winnie Booth visited at Round Grove last week. David E. Sexton has moved into the Shomer house. Mr. Joseph Brey is building a fine new barn. Mr. Schatzley is building a fine new dwelling - house .on the Hostetler farm, which he has bought. Mr. and Mrs. Cason have returned from theirTisftin Kansas City. Farmers are looking around for feed, as hay is getting scarce. Considerable fencing is being done or talked of in the township. The Pittsburg sporting Club are at their club house at the Bridge. Porter county officials have made arrangements to repair the River bridge.

<- Chris. MAEION ITEMS Schools are all closed except the Daughterly school, which will have its exhibition exercisas, on Thursday night, April 8. Everybody is invited to come. Mr. Thomas A. Daugherty is erecting a new residence on bis farm four miles south of town. It is now ready for plastering and when fihibhftd will be one of the neatest residences in Jasper Co. Wm. Smith, and Sons, of Rensselaer, are the contractors. Mrs., Alice Swan, of Benton Co., is visiting her sister, Mrs. T. R. Daugherty. Mr. Henry Pierson has moved off the Houston place on to his father’s farm, southeast.of Rensselaer. Miss Anna Kenkle closed her school, the Watson, two weeks ago and intends goifig to Kansas where she will visit her brother, Coke Hankle, during the summer. It is said that as soon as school closes, begin its its yearly move southward. trust that it will land on higher ground.

L. B. P. CIEEAM ITEMS. I . ; . Roads in fair order. ■Politics steady. Another wedding—James Campbell to Miss Allie Elliott, and a rousihg “shivaree” followed: Quarterly meeting -was heldton If.st Saturday and-Sunday at he Independence chapel. . „ Something appears to lie going on at one of the northern school houses once al week, by the way a saw of our Center and Independence boys are quoting from Bryant and Longfellow. We. are glad to see oiufyoung folks being wakened up in literature, and- only yet wish the young folks of that society, with their leader, would show they influence by uniting with our temperance lodge.

- Dn last Thursday eve a surprise birthday supper was given to Mr. Joseph Maddox by his parents axd a number of friends. Joe is a first class boy, and we all wish him many happy days •in his twenty fifth year. Miss Flora Querry has lately returned from Kansas, where she has been spending the winter with frknds. Mr. O. H. Hunt, the Medaryville druggist, spent two clays in Gillam last week. L Four of the Gillam schools are now in session, and the other two begin on next Monday. We understand that the patrons of Center are well pleased with " Mr. "Knott’s teaching.

The township institute was held at Nd. 2 on last Saturday a week, with all but one teacher etagaged present At the closer Mr. Mta Cullough gave a few remarks as a retiring officer by request of the teachers. Mr. McCullough has made an excellent officer and the schools have improved much under his term of office; hence we believe that the patrons and teachers of the township' feel grateful toward him for what he has done, and only regret his ineligibility for the next term.