Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1896 — UNION ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

UNION ITEMS.

Rains prevail. June comes in cool and quiet. Corn, rye, oats and potatoes look well. * Wheat damaged to some extent by the blow fly but his time is about over and most fields will give a good yield yet. Well tiled farms are standing the wet weather very well. Our muck lands can be plowed sooner after a rain than any other. Dr, Hartsell of Rensselaer has built a good house upon the Kenton land and is putting a thorough system of tile drains on the farm. Parr contains two now, Logan Wood is proprietor of one, Gant and Garriott of the other. S. P. Thompson has covered his land near Parr with good tenement houses and filled them with good tenants. The Rrusnahan Ditch is being filled with 16 meh tile. The Iroquois river needs ingCattle are scarcp. —Stock hogs more plentiful than last year. At a less price. The new Copperas Creek grade is completed. River bridged and road opened from Yeomans Mill east to the gravel road. Mr. John Humes is building a new house. Children’s day will be celebrated with appropriate excercises at the Rose Bud church on June 21. Rev. Oliver Louther, Pastor of the Rose Bud Church attended the laying of the corner stone of the Methodist Protestant University at Kansas City last week. He narrowly es caped the cyclone. Excitement prevails at present over the changing of the voting precinct. The people of Fair Oaks have presented a petition asking for it to ho mover) tn that, place. Another petition has been filed to the effect that the Township be divided into North and South with one precinct at Parr and one lat Fair Oaks. A third petition asks that the Township be divided into East and West with one precinct at Fair Oaks and one at Center. Since so many plans have been suggested we would offer, another which would be to divide the Township into East and West with one voting place at Fair Oaks and leave the other where it has been at Wild Lily.