Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1888 — County Correspondence. [ARTICLE]

County Correspondence.

J! An KLEY ITEMS. a ' John English has bought' the Steele farm. Samuel Woods has bought one on the Ridge. R. 'S. Nichols has to stay at home on account of rheumatism. Bell Barkley has had a new barn built on her farim Our constable went to drive off a .cow of one of our neighbors, but the man and woinan were too much for him. Ilrjaiid Mts. William Nichols are visiting friends near Lafayette. Five loads of fat cattle have been shipped out of our township in the last two weeks. Levi Clouse has moved on a farm, in Newton tp. Pete. D’MOTTE a»d KEENER. Hleigjxing gone.- Borrowing wood from the swamp not as lively as it ha.!/ bm n. Mr. Unthaway, from Michigan, wa:-; hero last week. He has rented his. ranch to parties from Goodland for five years. Good deal of sickness throughout the country, especially among children. Esquire bhortridgo’s youngest child is very sjfkb John M. of Momence, drove up Saturday, to malte a short visit, and see how his steers are getting along. Esqairc Shoftridgo had a hasty wedding last week. Chas 11. Armstrong ami Mary E. Lewark, of were duly and legally joined iu the bonds of padlock, 'Success and happiness- attend them. Candidates are quiet, not worked up.yet e-r else cm- -the still buii-L l(,um.or has it that John Sigh t willj rm.: for tinstco. He is a good man for the place. May business quiet. Mud and water plentiful. Re„v. Jolinsim of M orocco preached'at th Wbcirt field schodl house, ImstMhjte' I hty night, »ia mh y a>> dt Sunday night. He -visited this place in beljalf of missionury work. He received quite a little centributioii to be paid and remitted mcnthly to th A treasurer ajipointV<Tto rveUvc fund-s frem jthis tih't. Died. —1). E Sextob, an old resident of this township died Feb. 17, I'BBB. Ihe funeral services were performed Saturday, at 10 o’clock. ' Alfied Tilton was married Satunlay night to Miss Jennie Hersbmrrn of "Walker tp. We uuder-sta-nil that Joel Spriggs J. IL oflicial&d'. A. new freight house has been erected at the junction of the C. w 1. (J., .and the Three 1. Rail-roads. Accident.--A carpenter by the name of Hull while working on the freight house, hist week', aCcb demly "fell from tlie building, of the fail was but a few feet, both bones df~one leg were broken above the ankle, Adrift. ResolntSoHft of 4,'o’idolence. Hall <>r Lvre;i'<'i Star { Chapter No. -11 O. E. 8. | It has pkiai'ed Al’.ftighty God in Lis wisdom to,remove from our midst on January 88th, 1888 our broths r, IT. A Barkley. And. Evening Star Chapter mourns that oae more link ot its Golden Chain has fallen away in death. He has journeyed on, seeing the Star in the East for his guide, and wu-rhiping it, has been called ■ aside. To the family we tender our heartf«lt sympathy and abiding friendship, and while we lament this sad bereavement, we join with them in believing that however ■bittav may be the cup which our Heavenly Father gives us it will in the end overflow with blessings, rich, abounding abd eternal. Mrs. E- Purcci’lLE, Mrs. E. Duvall, _ ]4ks. H. C. Powell. Lizzie Purcupile, Sgc’y. Hall of Prairie Lodge. No. *- j 125, F. & A. M. Rexssei afr, Ixd., Fed. 20,18S8; ) To the worshipful Master Wardens and brethren of Prairie Lodge, No. 125, F. & A. M« Hens.,ploer. Indiana’: Your committee appointed to prepare resolution* of condolence. on the death of Bra. Henry A. Barkley, who died at his residence io Barkley township. Jasper county, Indiana, Saturday, Jan. 28. 18S8, would req:ectfully sub* mit the following 1 Whereas, it has pleased the Great Architect of the Universe to remove

from our midst our late brothar Henry A.-BaTkley, and, whereas, it is proposed that a fitting recognition ot his mafiy virtues be had ( i Therefore, be it resolved by Prairie Ledge No-125 of F. &A.M. of the State ot.lndiana, that while we bow in humble submission to the will of the Most High, we da not the less mourn for our Leather who has been thken from us. Resolved that, in the death of Henry A. Burklfey, this Lodge laments the loss of a brother who was ever ready to praU’er the hand of aid and the voice of sympathy to the needy and distressed An active membol-of ifc.iety, whose utmost endeavors weio excited for the general welfare and prosperity. A friend and compiiniob, wtio'wiis’dcartb us nil. A ciiizcn wliosc upright and noble life was a standard of emu’a i n to young anti old alike. ■ Resolved, that these resolutions be spread upon the records of the Lodge, and a copy thereof be transmitted to family of our deceased brother and to ■ eaclibf tho newspapers of Jasper county. - E P. Hammoxd, ) seal. J. H. Loughridge,. !■ Com. M. F. Chilcoxe, V Attest: Jay IV. Williams, Secret.u’y. M. L. Spitler, W. M.