and a half cents per pound. The delivery is to be made this week. —( Dec. 29, 1882.)
Mr. J. S. HUTCHINS started yesterday for a trip via. the Topeka, Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railways to California. During the next three months he expects to breathe the perfume of orange groves in the vicinity of Los Angeles, and to be fanned by balmy, Pacific breezes at Santa Barbara, San Diego and intermediate coast points. May good luck attend him.—( Dec. 27, 1882.)
MR. EDITOR: If the manner in which public property, in any community, is cared for, is an index to the spirit of the people, surely the people of Pleasant Grove, Milford township, are thrifty and enterprising. During the latter part of the summer their beautiful M. E. church was newly kalsomined, and the woodwork well painted, outside and inside. The young ladies of the neighborhood concluded that other improvements could be made to add to the comfort of the church, nicely carpeted the aisles and rostrum, also put up to the windows very neat and tasty shades, giving their church a most homelike appearance. The cemetery grounds adjoining and in the same enclosure with the church were next put in good shape, and but a few days ago, a fine row of stalls for the comfort of the teams of those who attended church, was put on the grounds adjoining. Among the leaders in these public improvements aside from the young ladies, we might mention Hon. Mr. Curtis, Mr. McClure, Mr. Sowers and Mr. McLain. Surely our county has reason to be proud of their neighborhood of enterprising armers.—(Jan. 6, 1883.) Z.
The Christian church at this place has assured their former magnitude by the addition of forty-four new members. Their church had been reduced to almost poverty by removals to other parts and desertions; for a while it seemed as though it hardly had existence under the load of debt incurred in building the church edifice. It has been nine years since the debt was incurred, though there was ample enough subscribed to liquidate it, but before it was all collected the subscription book was consumed in the burning of the late A. H. Beedle's residence, consequently it was never collected. The recent revival was the outgrowth of a united effort of the friends of the church to shape things for a more prosperous future.—(Jan. 6, 1883.)
Robert Richardson of Elwell shipped yesterday from this station five car loads of cattle and one of hogs.—(Jan. 6, 1883.)
Dunklebarger & Son shipped three car loads of stock on Monday.—(Dec. 29, 1882.)
An accident, which might have been serious, but fortunately was not, occurred to the Sunday night east-bound train. About two and a half miles west of town the engine struck the raised end of a rail and shivered five or more feet of it into pieces from the size of