Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1887 — County Correspondence. [ARTICLE]

County Correspondence.

keener items, Still pressing hay. Plenty of mod and water. We are ex'pecting grass soon. 1 Mrs, Enoch Cotton has returned from Illinois. N. C. Gant and family have moved up into Keener. Thadeus Kellogg has set up a harbor shop at Rose Lawn. Mr- and Mrs. W. Ponto and family have moved to Illinois. Keener can boast of a bachelors hall, erected just north of the P. V. school house. Fred Grieve lias been at Lafayette visiting friends and relations. Teachers held their last institute at DeMotte, March sth. All were present except Miss Maddox, teacher of Pleasant Valley school. ***

HA AGING GROVE AND VICINITY. Health good as a general thing. Mr. V. Oster closed school at the Parker school house last Wednesday. Literary at the Ridge every Friday night. Sunday school at Osborne next Sunday at 9:30 and preaching immediately after. Married at the biide’s parents last Saturday eve, March sth, Mr. Will Moore and Miss Clara Kenton; Rev. B. F. Ferguson officiating. H. P. Overton finished his term of school at the Letter school house, March 2nd. The Ridge school dismissed and came over, the patrons gathered in with plenty of baskets, which seemed to be well filled; the tables were spread and everybody had a splendid time, also closed up with a spelling school that night. Reporter.

BARKLEY ITEMS. Exhibition at Burns’ school house next Friday night Quarterly meeting at the M. E. church in three weeks. James Longstreth hasmovedbis saw mill on 8. li. Nichols’ place and is now at work. J. N. Leatherman’s school closed last Friday, ami on Saturday he departed for White county. Hr. John Day and wife, of Kingman county, Kansas, are visiting their many friends and relatives in Barkley. Mr. Sam Pass has moved from the Randle place on to his own farm, and Mr. Wenashook has taken charge of the Randle farm. Mr. L. Hunt and D. B. Ooppess will close their schools next Friday, after which they will visit friends and relatives for three weeks and then get aboard the same train, one for Canada and the othArrLE Blossom. HOGAN *ANO WALKER ITEMS. ■ - ■■ ♦ Geese and ducks are coming in fast. Fred Hasselbring shot two geese last week and one this week. John D. Rohde was in Chicago lately and bought a team of horses and a fine new buggy. Herman Hasselbring has left again for Illinois. He visited his brother Ered for seven weeks. - Saloon keepeas soon get rich in our new fiSwn, Hogan, for Peter Hoffman has sold out to John Nelson and is now erecting a large building for post-office, drugstore and notions; and all friends wish Peter success. .There was a happy time at Anton Marquis’ residence, last Thursday, in the shape of a three cornered row between the young Mrs. Pickner and hei old grand-parents. The young woman came out on top, and her husband is so proud of her victory that he has carried the news of it to the new town. March Bird.

FROM TEFFT. Worth Wyman iB among us again. The school at Joint school house closed last Friday. We understand our old citizen,, 3k) r. R. W. Ferbeck, intends moving to California^ John Graves has packed his household goods and moves to Wheat-field Monday. Oscar Gfaves is among us once more, but as he has employment in Chicago, will leave soon. Miss Carrie Dunn visited the family ofJMr. Wills, an old citizen of this place, while down south. A sister of Mrs. Harry Small is visiting her from Boston. She will take Mrs. Small home with

her as soon as she is able to travel. From the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Woods, death called away their mother, Mrs. Morgan. . The funeral was held at the house March Ist, conducted by Uncle Berryman Jones. Bell Chestnut,

FROM WHEATIIELD. We come again to give the sifted news of the past week. Mrs. May Vail is a guest at the Melser House. The construction of the new Catholic church has begun John Grave have moved into the building owned by J. J. Wesner. Mr.. Nelson Hays, of Porter county, is visiting with his father-in-law, Johu Collius. The town of Wheatfiehl has been without-a saloon for some months. She can no longer boast of this. The weary hunters have oiled their rusted' guns and give battle \o the honking geese and quacking ducks. [ ■ - Peter Huffman has been commissioned post-master at Niman. The mail will be carried from Wheatfield to Niman. Mr. Hamilton and family are visiting relatives near this place. They are on their way to Kansas, where they expect to make their iuture home. The singing school which was organized at the Wheatfield school house some time ago, has met with success so far. Mr. Ray, of Thayer, is teacher. The sand train on the C. & I. C. railroad, that was in this part last winter, will return the first of the week to repair the washouts caused by heavy rains and high waters. Adrift.

UNION ITEMS. Welcome Spring. The feathered songsters are here. Middleton is trying to prove an alibi. Our schools are in good working order.- ■ —v-- -WWheat has been damaged but little. C. D. Hopkins talks of going to Kansas. Prize kite flying by the schools this week.' Exhibition at the Burns’ school, March 11th. The conduct of March is surely commendable. A series of meetings are being held at Fair Oaks. Interesting session of teachers institute at Brushwood last Saturday. Prayer meeting every Sunday and Thursday nights at Brushwood. Mrs. Rosetta Sloniker and her daughter Clara Huggins, of Deleware county, are visiting friends and relatives here. ' Miss Warne and Miss Yeoman fell from a wagon to the frozen ground the other night, receiving several injuries, but they are now convalescing. They still carry an arm and an eye in a eling, howeverT Bill Bat.