Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1888 — County Correspondence. [ARTICLE]

County Correspondence.

fair'oaks items. Railroad news discouraging.. t Our election contest will be pretty lively. James Cox has moved from Fair Oaks to Geo. Davidson’s farm east of town. Twins.—A boy and a girl at Ed. Whitlatck’s since last Wednesday. livi Forco is moving from near Lake Village to the Stratton ranch north of town. Another republican, * Ed. Hudson has moved into town and Will Hudson has moved into the country. Most of our citizens have given up the hope of getting the new railroad, yetj a few still whistle to keep up courage. . Edgar A. Bristol, the accommodating station agent, has resigned his position at this place and gone to Paris, 111., to engage in the real estate business. A Mr.JLayton, of Bedford, this state, takes his place. M. F. Johnson & Son have sold their grocery to Mr. Schofield, of Ohio, who lias just? taken control of the same and will continue business in the same building. Tar Heel.

I ROM BARKLEY. Politics and chicken pox raging. Roads are in a terrible condition and ground full of water, making travel almost impossible. Airs. Emeline Switzer is still on the sick list, as a result of injuries received by a fall, about four weeks ago. The schools of the township are about all closed. All are said to have been very successfully taught. Independence school, taught by Maud Lewis, closed with a well attended exhibition, which was said to have been the equal of any entertainment of tlie kind, given at any of the schools, during the winter. Feed is beginning to rnn short, but cattle are in rather a good condition, considering the state of the weather, which has been very hard on stock of all kinds, for the last few weeks. W heat is pretty badly injured by bad weather, and in places is so near killed that it will not pay farmers to let it stand. * t AUKt Sall.

FROM SURREY: A spelling at Surrey last Tuesday night. Miss Fannie Wilcox being champion speller. The Surrey and Sorghum Valley schools were closed last Friday, the latter having exercises in the afternoon, which were very good. Mrs. D. H. Yeoman is on the sick list. % The snow fall last Friday covered the grormd to a depth of about four inches. Sirs. Jennie Smith left last Saturdayffor her home in Chicago, Linnie Kelley is visiting her friend, Miss Carrie Wilcox, this week. G. SI. Wilcox bought eightyacres of land of David Nowels, of Bensselaer. SimorrChupp is an agent for patent medicines. • Twt\- Const ns.

FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT. . School closed the 23rd. ~C:"0elen house oFneaFlTErAja’, has got his dwelling ready to move west of here. , - -— : ——-- J. B. Clemans is on the sick list. < Aeon of E. J. Stutsman is reported k> have the diptheria but is j Convalescent now. V Charles Pnllms shipped two car loads of stock from here, last week. Mr. Leang, aged 70, died the 19. A few days, before his. death.lie Bad arrived from Germany, with his son. Davy Nowels has lost a valuable brood mare. SURREYITE.

J FROM WHEATIIELD. Measles are visiting maDy families of oar adjoining vicinity. John Graves is making arrangements to run a butcher shop again this summer. Jas. Spikiugs, a very respected and elderly map of our township, died ou the 10tli inst The remains were interred at Valparaiso, his former home. S. W.'Hamilton has made some progress on his new building. YVe believe he thinks of the following plan, “first get the cage, and then the bird.” Examination both for township graduates and teaohers 1 licenses,

was held at the Wheatfield school house last Saturday, Keener, Walker and Kankakee tps., were represented. Nathan Keen has moved into the house formerly occupied, by Jas. Spikings, deceased. John Meyers has returned home from Arkansas. He weut there last fall to spend the fall and winter in hull ting game. He reports a good time and fair succeep. Isaac Norman and wife made a short visit with relatives and friends of this place Monday. They left on the mornipg train Tuesday for Salina, Kansas, where they expect to make their future home. The W heatfield school has been vacated ope week longeron account of the measles. Among the leading goose hunt-, ers of this place are, A. & S. W. Hamilton and J. & G. Clark. ~ O. W. Daly, the future farmer, is reluctant to vacate a **s3s job and enter into the vocation of a farmer with so uncertain compensation. Adrift.