Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1894 — FROM WHEATFIELD. [ARTICLE]

FROM WHEATFIELD.

John Graves was in Rensselaer Saturday. Nelson Morris has now about 3500 cattle on his ranches in northern Jasper. Allen Bros, are now in full control of their store, lately purchased of H. Marble.

Mr. Smiley, the late post-master, will remove his store to Stoutsburg, and engage in business there. Mr. Brown’s- new house in southwest Wheatfield is nearing completion. It is a neat two story building. D*B. Nowels gave his first lesson in Book Keeping last Friday night, at Wheatfield school house. In the class will be some of the business men of the town, who already realize its value from experience.

Kankakee and Wheatfield townships held their monthly institute ast Saturday at Wheatfield school louse. Among the interesting parts was a class drill in “Subtraction” by Miss Vaughn’s primary pupils. During the last week the Kankakee river fell about a foot and a half. Old settlers say it hardly ever does that at -this season of the year. Could the rock at Momence have had anything to do with it? The bridges over the Kankakee and the grade, are all condemned. One could push over with his hands the supports that rise above, of the main bridge, and many of the cross beams are rolled away. The hay buyers have quit buying and are storing what they have bought in their barns or pileiog it up outside since the first of January, because the railroads have raised the price of hauling. They hope to get the former rates.

We noticed in the paper last week that a noted professor read an article on “How to use the Waters of the Kankakee,” His plan was to make a canal from Lake Michigan to Baum’s bridge on the Kankakee, and thus connect the great lakes with the Mississippi river. It would surely be very important and there are no serious obstacles to overcome.