People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1894 — Correspondence. [ARTICLE]

Correspondence.

REMINGTON.

BY TOPSY.

Chilly. Business a bit bright. Quite an enjoyable social affair took place last Friday night, under the supervision of the Pythian -Sisters. Our people were treated last week to a couple of performances consisting of fistic encounters, a biack eye or two resulting. John F. Major, the new postmaster. tool; charge of the postoffice last week, and has chosen Miss Lina Luckey, as his assistant. Daniel Kiley, of Russiaville, a brother of Dennis Riley, Harner’s baker, is here visiting him and looking around for a. situation.

Frank Wolfe has vacated the office of t’je Jasper County Lumber Co. at this place and Charley Dye. of Wolcott has taken his piace. News reached here Saturday night of the death of Will B. Price, of Hartford City, from being crushed by a heavy boiler falling on him. Snell & Graham have purchased the boiler and engine from the Remington creamery and will put it into use to run their grinding mill and wood saw. Ed. Cummons who sold his residence on North Illinois St. some time ago to Mrs. Foster has the foundation laid for a tine residence on South Oiiio street. A Leopold’s stock of merchandise was removed to Wolcott, last week. The room vacated by them.is now occupied by Simon Leopold with a stock of second hand furniture. A Johnson delegation to the congressional convention was elected at the primary here last Saturday, being quite a surprise to the L.i.mlm men who thought they had a " walk-away.’’