Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — REMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON.

—Peter Parks has moved to Valparaiso. —Dr. Felch has sold his practice here and has located at Boswell. —J. H. Biddle returned Tuesday from his trip to Cincinnati. —C. G. Austin-of Goodland was on our streets Monday morning. —Sheriff Reed and J. F. Irwin were Remington callers Monday. —An infant child of Chas. Shew’s died'Sunday evening of flux. —A B. Clark and family of Monticello, spent Sunday with friends here. —Miss Lilia Curtis is filling Prof. Clayton’s place in school while he is sick. —Mr. and Mr§. Austin Flint of Valparaiso, came Monday to attend the. funeral of Charles Shew’s baby. —Among those who left Tuesday for the state fair at Indianapolis we noticed S. S. Galbraith, Scott Russell and George Hemphill. —• L. S. Garvin, an old resident of Gilboa township, Benton county, and well and favorably known here, died last Friday, aged 62 years. — Mrs. Lucinda Roe, mother of Harry Noland, who in default of peace bond has been confined in the county Jail for several weeka. haa her household effect* packed preparatory to removing to Indianapolis. —How long would a bask dark (even a boy of tender years) bold his Job, should he, by miatako,

make a wrong entry, and then try to correct it by removing one, two or 4 pages of his ledger? He would soon be asked to resign. But in county affairs if he stands in with “the ring” it don’t matter. If he gets up a record or makes an entry that don’t look just right he can cut it out and throw it away, and it’s all right. Better elect men to county office who don’t make the errors, and then the records need not be mutilated. —Last Sunday morning in W. H. Shesler’s restaurant on the north side, one Frank Van Dorn and one Plummer, both tile ditchers, became involved in an altercation over some money matters (Van Dorn being loaded to the water line with bug-juice) and in the contest which ensued said Plummer proved himself quit*? a “slugger” and won the bout in the first round by landing a straight right hand punch on Van Dorn's nose, Van Dorn going down to avoid further punishment and was counted out with a badly bruised and battered olfactory member, Plummer coining out with a badly bruised and broken right hand. Van Dorn then attempted to renew the battle Armed with a shot gun. which was taken from him by Dan Coleman and Isaac Leavel. Constable Pruitt' then succeeded in persuading Van Dorn to accompany him down the alley, where they were finally met by marshal Luckey, who had been telephoned for at the beginning, of the affray, and Van Dorn, who lmd by this time yielded to the demands of “Baclius" and “Morpheus,” was tenderly placed on a cot in cell No. 1 to rest and recuperate.