Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1898 — NORTH BARKLEY. [ARTICLE]

NORTH BARKLEY.

Miss Lottie Reese and Elias Yaste, of Williamsport, Ind., are the guests of A. L. Bowlus. Will Camp and Ed Trahn did business in Kankakee Tuesday. Miss Kittie Callahan visited her parents Sunday. Frank Parker is platting farms for B. F. Gifford. Jim Jones, of Rensselaer, visited Tom Farmer Sunday. Mrs. Richardson and Parkison, of Valina, attended Sunday School at North Lawn Sunday. Tie making is the order of the day, we understand the new R. R. will be built as soon as enough ties can be gotten out. Buggies were in good demand Sunday, Ed Black offered $3 for one that evening. Dredge No. 2 is laid ujyfor the summer on account of the scarcity of water, this is the first time for six years that Mr. Gifford has stopped dredging. Ben Clousof dredge boat “Minnie” went fishing Saturday night and lost a $lO bill. Hedid’nt catch any whales either. The wild and wooley thresher can be heard abroad In the land where everything coming in its wake is doomed to destruction figuratively speaking. Johnie Franson, Ed Trahn and Will Camp expect to go to South Dakota to work in the harvest field. Sunday was an unusual day in this vicinity as nearly everybody was cutting oats, as the army worm and chinch bugs were destroying them. Some fields are not fit to cut. C. Houser, John Kieth and O. Challahan each lost 25 aOres.