Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1914 — Ex-Congressman Patton Buried At Remington Last Tuesday. [ARTICLE]

Ex-Congressman Patton Buried At Remington Last Tuesday.

Dr. D. H. Patton, for many years a practitioner in Remington and served one term in congress, having defeated William D. Owen in the landslide of 1890, died Saturday, Jan. 17th, at the home of his'daughter, Mrs. Learning, in Otterbein. The body was taken to Remington and buried in the family burying ground on Tuesday. Soon after completing his term of congress Mr. Patton located in Oklahoma, where he lived until about six weeks before his deal# iwhen he came to Indiana, hoping that the change would prove beneficial to his health. He was a native of Kentucky, but resided in Remington after the close of the civil war, during which time he served with the 35th Indiana regiment John Oreve was down from Do Motte today, Mrs. Wm. Porter came down from Hammond this morning for a short visit with relatives, Home made sauer kraut at The Home Grocery. Born, this afternoon, Jan. 24th, to Attorney and Mrs. John A. Dunlap, an 11-pound daughter. S. F. IlifT today subscribed for The Republican to be sent for the next year to his nephew, M. K. IlifT, at Elk RJver, Minn., whose father formerly lived in this county. James T. Elliott has sold his property In the northwest part of town to John Schonlaub for $750, and he will move March Ist to John Eger’s Barkley township farm. Mrs, Nellie Harris, Miss Katie Shields and Miss Mary Goetz, teachers In the Brook schools, came over last evening to remain over Sunday with relatives and friends. Editor S, N. Shesler, of the Akron, Ind., News, is paying 'his cousin, Marshal W. R. Shesler, a short visit. Until last year when Marshal Shesler went to Akron to see his cousin, they had not met for about thirty-five years. Mr. Shesler has been editing the Akron News for about 23 years, having previously been a school teacher. Misses Stover, Gregg, Dyer, Rtiihley and Helen and Hazel Lemson, of the teaching force, and Misses Anna Leonard, Marjorie Loughridge, Wiida Littlefield, Edith Sawin and lone Zimmerman went to Chicago Friday afternoon to attend grand opera, hearing “La 801 l ll ene.” Some of them came home today, others will come tomorrow, and Miss Wiida Littlefield will remain for a visit of several days with relatives.