Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1895 — WHEATFIELD. [ARTICLE]

WHEATFIELD.

Hay pressing is about over. Farmers are beginning to sow oats. The steam dredge is once more at work. ~ Our township assessor is on the alert. Wheatfield is badly in need of a bank. LaGrippe is once more among us. David Taylor is dangerously sick with the dropsy. James Swisher, E. Hamilton and Joe Austin are also on the sick list. Work on the new church has been at a standstill for some time, owin g to the sickness of several of the carpenters . Our town Marshal is having the streets and alleys cleaned up. We are also to have new sidewalks.