People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1895 — SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

A representative of the People’s Pilot paid the thriving city of Remington a visit last Friday and accepted the hospitalities of that whole-souled pioneer. Henry Welsh. The representative has attempted in this article to give a few items of local news and in a casual way describe the many enterprises and features of merit which go to make up the town, but the brief time allowed him to become familiar with the subject renders the attempt undoubtedly imperfect in many respects. It is simply what a stranger discovered in a half day’s visit. However, he found all the people courteous and obliging, certainly an enviable society to associate with.

The very prominent feature that attracts the stranger's eye is the new hay barn belonging to Pat McGuire, a mammoth ironcovered structure that will hold more hay than any other structure in Indiana, Its capacity is 1,700 tons, is 80 by 100 feet and 50 feet high. Beside the hay capacity there are grain bins for holding 48,000 bushels. The average amount of hay shipped from this point is about 7,000 tons a year, all tame hay, valued at about $9 per toh. Mr. McGuire has been engaged in the hay-shipping business for twelve years, and this year added grain to his business. GRAVEL ROADS.

Remington is easy of access from all points by good roads. Tbis is especially true of the roads entering the town from the north and south, which are of the best quality of gravel. The four miles on the range line running north is of excellent quality, but the road is hardly as wide as it should be. The gravel roads south and southwest leading from Remington to Fowler, a distance of twenty miles, are perfect in every respect. being made of first-class material, and are of sufficient width to permifithe easy passage of wagons on a level surface. The dirt roads are nearly always id good, passable condition and are being much improved each year. ABOUT THE BUSINESS AND BUST NESS MEN OF REMINGTON. The Bank of Remington was established many years ago by Hon. Robert Parker and John Burger; is now under the exclusive control of Mr. Parker as president «and Chas. G. Beal as cashier. It is a solid institution. Its president and cashier are courteous gentlemen with whom it is a pleasure to do business. This bank enjoys a large business. The Citizens’ bank was established about three years ago, and has as its president Henry O. Harris of Rensselaer and Geo. A. Chappell of Remington as cashier. This bank rests on a solid financial foundation also and has a good business. Its officers are gentlemen in every sense oi the word and deserving of the confidence of the public, which they have. GENERAL MERCHANDISE. Messrs. Smith, Hargreaves & Co. have, perhaps, the largest stock of general merchandise kept in Remington, the principal members of the firm being Z K Smith and Geoige Hargreaves, with Chas. H. Peck princ’pal clerk. This store is kept in excellent condition and its patrons always receive courteous treatment and fair dealing. Hardy Bros., the firm being composed of Homer and FrankHardy. keep a splendid stock of general merchandise, and by just dealing they have established an excellent business. James E. Stiller has been long

established here in the general merchandise business, and he enjoys a very fair share of the custom of Remington. James 0. B. McDougle keeps a general stock of merchandise, and perhaps does the largest amount of business in these lines of any firm in Remington. A. Leopold, by Simeon Leopold. manager, has a tine store of dry goods, furnishing goods, boots and shoes and clothing. Thomas Mullen principal clerk. This establishment enjoys a good trade.

Among the exclusive grocery stores are those of Geo. F. Bloom. William Shepherd and Lewis Erb. Thev all keen full «/ » stocks of new. fresh groceries, are all courteous gentlemen and are apparently making their business a success. Joseph Vogel keeps the only exclusive boot and shoe store in the town. He treats all his customers honestly and is making and saving money. Attorneys-Ira W. Yeoman was admitted to practice 1872. Jasper Guy was admitted to practice in 1889.

Doctors —H. Landon commenced practice in 1865. He has been in continuous practice ever since, about twenty years of the time in Remington. J. P. Ramsay commenced the practice of medicine about six years aero, and has been in active practice in Remington ever since. Peter J. Pothnisje commenced the practice of medicine about four years ago, and has been in Remington for the last two years. All these gentlemen stand at the head of the profession and practice the old school or alopathic s} 7 stem. Drug Stores —William Townsend and Perry Carson each have an excellent drug store; they keep everything in their line, are courteous and fair in all their dealings; both have a good business and are getting nicely ahead, as they deserve to do. Saloons—Remington, like all other towns in Indiana, has its saloons. Among them we mention those of James F. Ellis and Daniel T. O'Connor. These men are both gentlemen and good, law-abiding citizens, and if men are found anywhere who are suited to run the saloon business these men both are. Wood and Coal—J. E. Hollett, M. B. Graham, Bert Spencer and Kuster & Allman are all dealers in wood and coal, are all good men and keep the town fairly well supplied with these commodities. M. B. Graham and Bert Spencer also deal in ground feed and meal, doing their own grinding.

Barbers—W. C. Kirk, Smith Payne and Mr. Lewis each have barber shops in which are two chairs each They are all artists in their line, and the people generally are enabled to keep clean faces. Blacksiniths-Bownman & Hines Hemphill & Perkins and William Geier are the blacksmiths of Remington, and are all first-class mechanics. Dentists—William J. Morris will be the only dentist in Remington after about Aug. 1. Dr. Traugh at that time retiring from the business and going to Indianapolis to engage in the business of rupture cure by a newly discovered and patented method. Lumber—The Jasper County Lumber company of this place is perhaps the largest lumber concern in Jasper county. We also have another lumber company under the management of Kuster & Allman. Both firms keep all classes of lumber, shingles, lath, lime. hair. etc., and by fair dealing have established themselves on a permanent basis. Millinery and Dressmaking— Miss Maud Lally, Miss Harper, Mrs. J. Thomas and the Misses Jennie and Ida Beal are each established in the above business, and the ladies of this vicinity have no difficulty in being fitted out with new bonnets or dress sleeves of the latest fashion.

Livery Barns-Mitchell & Foster and Arthur Fisher control the two livery barns of Reming ton. Thej each keep good horses and have lately added new carriages to their barns, so that their establishments are firstclass in all respects. Carpenters—Love & Co., the firm being composed of Win. Love and Wm. A. Chappell. Commons Bros., the firm being composes of Ed Cummons and George Cummons. are two firstclass carpenter fij-ms who do a contract business, and each firm employs a great many men who assist them on their contracts. Any one employing either of the above firms will find their work always done strictly according to the contract. John A. Allman

also does a considerable am’ount of contract carpenter work, which is always done in a firstclass manner. Painters and Paperhangers— Geo. W. Stoudt and H. Paxton are the principal painters and paperhangers of Remington; each keeps about two hands also employed, and persons engaging either to do work for them can rest assured that it will be well done. Jewelers—H. J. Welsh keeps a fine jewelry store, and also is a first-class watchmaker and repairer of jewelry. He keeps a man with him also. Samuel Thompson, Jr., is also a firstclass watchmaker and does a general repair business. Work left with either the above men will receive prompt and careful attention.

Furniture and Undertaking— There has been two good new business buildings put up here this season which are occupied by first-class furniture and undertaking establishments. We believe they are not excelled by other stores of like character in northwestern Indiana. One of these is owned and run by Hal E. Shutz and the other by Love & Co., all of whom are good business men and gentlemen in every sense of the word. Photographer—This town has but one person engaged in the art of photography , Mr. A. Beasley, who has as finely an equipped art gallery as may be found anywhere, and the work turned out by Mr. Beasley gives universal satisfaction. Restaurants We have two firstclass restaurants and bakeries, one conducted by C. W. Harner and the other by Geo. Eck. Firstclass meals at all hours at both places. We have also one good hotel and four good boarding houses. Meat Markets—We have two meat markets, one conducted by Denham & Broadie arid the other by C. Cheek. All kinds of meat kept in stock and fresh fish Fridays of each week.

RUNAWAY TEAM. Monday morning an exciting runaway occurred, the team belonging to John Mitchell. He had the team hitched to a buggy and was driving along on the north side of rail road street when it became frightened at the locomotive. They threw Mr. Mitchell out of the buggy, but he held to the reins until, they broke when the team, turning the corner, ran nortn on North Ohio street at a furious rate, running over a stone pile near the residence and boardinghouse of Mrs. Lambert, where the buggy was reduced to kindling wood and utterly ruined. One of the horses was badly injured. Mr. Mitchell was" not hurt.

E. B. Debell of Wolcott was in town Friday. Hon. Anson Wolcott, of the town named for him, was doing business here Friday. W. E. Seymour is living in his neat and new cottage in the south part of town. There are unclaimed letters at the Remington postoffice for James Erwin, Allen James, John L. Bicknell, Henry Clark and Tom Cormack. Miss Ella Welsh, who has been engaged to teach in Thorntown the coining school year, was attending teachers’ examination in Lebanon Friday arid Saturday. Mrs. Isaac Lamborn, living near Wolcott, was buried in the Egypt cemetery last Thursday. She was a daughter of Clement Timmons and was raised in Jordan township. The Rev. David Handly of this place preached the funeral sermon at the Egypt school house. Hartley Bros, have made a fine driveway from the street to their warehouse, covering it with several inches of crushed Logansport limestone. They have a nice new office and have lowered the dump and overhauled the elevator. A. M. Traugh accompanied Dr. D. H. Patton on his return to Woodford, in Oklahoma, where he will visit his son. W. A. Traugh. The latter is the overseer of a large tract, of government land. A. M. Traugh will be absent until winter.

Dr. D. H. Patton, who has been at home with his family for a month from his official duties in Woodford. Oklahoma, left on the return trip last Saturday, l'he doctor has been receiver of public money at that place for over two years. He is fine of Remington s foremost citizens, and the good people here will welcome his return as a permanent resident when his term of office expires. Puntney & Tabor have their new elevator nearly completed and about three weeks more will see u. ready to receive grain, by

which time their forty horse power Atlas engine will be in place. The capacity of the warehouse is about 100,000 bushels, divided into about ten bins and cribs. The special new feature is the low dump, a convenience at once understood by farmers who have been in the habit of pulling their teams up steep inclines to unload. Nearly 200,000 feet of lumber have been consumed in its construction. The latest improvements in elevator machinery have been installed by the Dodge Manufacturing Co. of Mishawaka. Ind. The building is 66 feet high. The Pilot scribe noticed a very pretty new office and scales being about completed by the new lumber and coal firm, Kuster & Alman.