Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1899 — BLACKFORD. [ARTICLE]

BLACKFORD.

Roads getting quite good. Most of the people are through sowing oats in this vicinity. Charles Hurley and family of DeMotte visited T. H. Hurley and family Sunday. Miss Anna Cover is visiting relatives near Virgie this week. Rev. Sheppard, of Rensselaer, is holding meeting at the Good Hope Charley Campbell, who has been

quite sick is able to be about again. Edward Lakin started for Minneso Tuesday. Miss Manda Burns visited Anderson Jenkin’s family' Sunday Dan Lesh and familv visited the family of Harry Alter’s at the tile mill Sunday. Alvah Snow and little Bill Hurley were chased by some wild animal*a week ago Sunday night as they were going through the Baker woods.- The boys were very badly scared, but as one horse conveyed them both they were not long in getting out of there. Reports are they were not caught or hurt, but Snow lost his hat.