Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1886 — County Correspondence. [ARTICLE]

County Correspondence.

HALOING GROVE AND VICINITY. Hoads vory,good. Mrs. T. A. Knox is still on the sick list. ' 1 Most of tbe schools of this township started in last Monday morning. The young folks of her© and Pleasant Ridge epjoyed a social dance at Mr. L H. Pott’s last Saturday evening. Wo hear that Chas. Peregrine flogged 3 pupils the first week. We think his wages should be raised. Col. Moody preat-led at the Barkley church last Sunday at 2 o’clock, and Roy. Hull preached at Osborn School house at 2:30 p. m. Mr. John G. Culp is looking out for lands in tho West. We understand he I intends moving there it he can make a | trade. Makkieo.—At Monon, Saturday eve or Sunday morning, Mr. Will Willett ! and Miss Ida El dredge, both of Marlboro. May t hey ’ve long and happy 1 is the wish of their friends. REPORTER ’ PLEASANT RIDGE ITEMS. Farmers busy gathering in their crops before cold weather. Miss Josio Morgan is visiting tho family of Samuel Moore. Reish & Lowman are doing a rushing usinoAs in their store now. Several V>f the Ridgeites attended Fruriccsville fair last week. School begins Monday with Mis 3 Lottie Peacouk as t: acber.

Quite a number of our young people enjoyed themselves at Geb. ParkinsonI’a, 1 ’a, last Tuesday evening. Misses Clara Kenton and Tillie Rotinson speut Sunday with Jaley Parkinson. Literary is in full blast again every -Friday night. All afe invited to attend, and as many to take part as will. Aladam Rumor says, a wedding will soon lake place on the Ridge. Wonder who the happy man is? Mesdames J. V. Parkinson end A. K. Yeoman expect to reach home this week from a six weeks visit in the West. * . No. 11.

FROM FAIR OAKS. W. H. McCdily wat in sown to-day, looking out. a location to build. ** • * Fair Oaks is sti on the Loom. There are quite a number of houses being built and a ! ig demand for more. Work on the C. & I. C. extension is progressing fast. There are about five miles of tra k laid nowand a largo force of men at work. J. C. McColly talks of I tying poultry this winter for a Chicago firm. He says he vviti commence ; uying on November 15th arid maybe sooner. Bruce Moflil and Jap Wright have started a butcher shop aud furnish Treshinmatsto'attTt'.e^troTn'ittrTgtßjir.Aes. We wish, them success, so do the boarders. • - - a As the fall election draws nigh politics Wax warm and is the topic of the

day, and vo'ors and sometimes elec-, lion laws take the lead,'as there are quite a number of new voters in; tubs'j township. Mr. John Kent W&s in town Satur-| day. He. says Fair. Oaks is bound to ; make a town. He also stated that lie ; would have tlu'. ' to.vn plat recorded at : tie earlie \op port unity, and no wou'd ! then be 'ready b make, deeds to all i that built in Fair Qaks. Long SamCel, ■

FROM WIIEA TFIELD. The wi aliitr has been very fine of J ate. Farmers nre licginning to think (t corn husking. 'John Heilett is building an •fiddituih to his store. Ves Austin raised some very fine. i irge potatoes this season. We nteafti.red one tis tlie largest which was lO inches long and 5 inches through.

’flic people. <>f V eat field were ar-rutv-cd from .duti. • r Thursday evening at, $4 minutes past !) o’clock by \ what they tir.-t thought, t,o be Professor Wigging earthquake, but on examination Friday morning it was found that .• onto one find tried to blow Joe Fritz’s ' saloon up with dynamite. A hole was mad e th rough the ¥u! ing on the south end«f the building and the’dvnauiite put through, so a-t to be directly behind the'counter, h -must Lave been done quickly, tor tro sa-ooQ trad been closed only ab at 10 minutes. The report was very loud* while the glass bottles were nearly nil broken' and liquor was scattered all over the rooniv Every window was more or less broken; and the greatest wonder to U 3 is that so j little damage was done. A warrant

was immediately issued lor one of onr citizens and the arrest made by Deputy constable, who kept charge of the prisoner until evening, that being the time set for trial, The prisoner then called for his witnesses, and while they wero being vent after the court adjourned for supper. , After supper the trial was called, but the' prisoner was nowhere •to 'bn found, consequently there was no trfa'i. * A * f BARKLEY ITEMS. Duck shooting is getting pretty good. John Lewis has returned from the West, and his wife is very sick. Mrs. Geratner lifts been very sick but is getting better. James Comer says the muskrats vyill sutler now. for he has a boy now to help him. One of Barkley’s handsome widovrers is making a lively chase after one of Walker’s fair widows, but Albert Sommers says he has a little claim there. The patrons of district No. 8 met the first Saturday in October and attended to their business, and then made a motion to meet the next Thursday, to clean the school grounds and they staged at home unanimously. Public speaking at Center school house the other night. We had a good speech from Mr. Austin and then we had a joint discussion between Mr. Pierce, greenback candidate for Clerk, Mr. Moore, the candidate for Treasurer and Mr. Austin. But we are not green backers here, Wo are most all of us colid republicans, and all wo need is afe\Y more good speeches. IS AM SfclCK.

BE MI A 7 G TON ITEMS. Mr. and Mrs. J. Shefller have taken possession of their dew homo on North Ohio street, John J. Porto has purchased the properly now occupied by P. H. Lally ar.d will likely come to towii to live. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gumm returned on Saturday last from a visit with friends in 111. Work has commenced thi the iron 'ridge leading to the cemetery audit will he rapidly pushed to completion. It will supply a loug felt. want. Wm Green’s handsome new house is about ready for oacppatjov. Tire house whore Mr. Green now lives, will 1% o n pied by L. Bowsher, of the firm of Stiller, Goldsbury As Bowsher. Tee Pre.-bytengii church is to to turned fftound to face the sc util, lc- | roofed and otherwise repaired at once. I.iThu .(arly spring a new edifice will be ereeie i on the site of the old one. After diligent searching dp and down and advertising in tire News, ] Dr. Mux veil at last found his lost cnv. He found her after five weeks within a stones throw of his residence in the quicksand where she had mired and expiredMiss Etta J. Smith, whose sickness has frori time to time been mentioned iu these items, died on Thursday last, aged 21 years. 'She had long been a patient sufferer, toady and even anxious to drop the —fetters of-ehty-- tdr-at-bound her here. Her funeral was held on Saturday, at the Christian church,, conducted by Rev. J. B. Crowe and Elder E. O. Sharpe. Mrs. Mary S.. wife of James Breads'. died on Tdosdav afternoon last, it her ». * - - - | home in this place, aged 58 year, ttiiu

REMINGTONIAN.

8 days. Sire was a.myst .estimable woman, having many warm friends in this com:»uinii.y, who extend their sy tnpaUiy to tt.o afffic.ted laiuiiy. Tne' fliberal si r,vices woi-o hyld at the M. | E.c inure h. of-which ifrs. Brpai<Hß «tatT lohg been a mem or. Revs. J. if. Crowe and K. 13.. Woodson officiating. He” daughter, Mrs. Randolph, from Laladeile and an uncle from’lowa, who lal n t .-cen her for twenty years, were with her m her last, hours.