Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1898 — County Correspondence [ARTICLE]

County Correspondence

NORTH BARKLEY. T. Merris is visiting in Indianapolis this week. Ella Culp of Rensselaer, visited Searle Steele and family a few days last week, A. E. Johnson of Francesville, visited old friends in this vicinity Monday. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Fanson visited in Wheatfield Tuesday. George Whited, who has been working for Mr. Callahan this summer, went to ColumbuS City to visit his daughters a few weeks; from there .he will go to Belle Center, Ohio, to work. Mrs. L. Brown and family are going to Kankakee, Saturday to visit friends and relatives. OBITUARY. Emery Castor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlos Castor, died Sept. 15, 1898, aged 15 years, 5 mo. and one dav. He had been a constant sufferer since February with blood poisoning and bone consumption, cansed by cutting his knee with a corn knife just one year to the day on which he died. Funeral was held at Barkley M. E. Church, Saturday, Sept. 17, 1898. Interment in Barklay cemetery. The family wish to thank the many friends who helped them during his sickness and death. 1 '