Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1888 — SORGHUM VALLEY. [ARTICLE]

SORGHUM VALLEY.

Farmers are making preparations to begin corn. Prayer meeting eVery Wednesday night and Sabbath school every Suuday at Sorghum Valley at 3p. fin - " : .' -'* .' School opened Monday, October 8, and is in good working order, with Miss Dorothea Goetz as teacher. Mr. Nichols shipped a car load of hogs from Surrey last week. J, E. Alter, of Union, has organized a singing school with a membership of 30 pupils. Henry I. Adams spoke on the Prohibition question last week. Miss Dema Hopkins is going to teach school in Nawton county this winter. Mrs. H. T. Thornton started for Greensburg, Kans., last Tuesday morning, to visit her daughter, Mrs. G. L. Thornton. Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Thornton, who have been visiting their children in Greensburg, Kans., returned last Wednesday night, much pleased; with the oountry. They brought with them a large watermelon weighing about ninety pounds. Innocence at Large.