Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1898 — BLACKFORD. [ARTICLE]

BLACKFORD.

The Blackford band gave a concert Monday evening. William Cooper, of Kniman, was in Blackford Tuesday. Hog cholera is still raging about here, McCurtain and George Builders are putting up a new school house in North Barkley. Pullins shipped.a car load of hogs out of this vicinity on Monday. Mrs. John Renicker returned home Saturday from a two weeks’ visit at Wabash. The Misses Blubecker from Ohio, are visiting friends about Blackford. The iron bridges in Barkley are getting a touch of paint. Link Jenkins has got a new buggy, now girls lookout. Alec Hurley thinks of building a new house on his farm on Possom Run. J. Leesh is still very busy making molasses. .All the young men of Blackford have gone to work on Gifford’s railroad. Hurley the P. M. is somewhat better again. The schools of Barkley opened on Monday. Miss Ruth Schroer has gone On a visit to Ohio.