People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1895 — SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

The board of town trustees of Remington, at their meeting last Friday evening, presented their petition for the annexation of certain territory as therein set forth, to said town, and by resolution ordered same petition, together with the certified plat and survey of said territory to be filed by the city attorney with the board of county commissioners for action at their September term. 1895. Ira W. Yeoman and William E. Seymore have formed a partnership in the real estate business. Monday the sth inst. was pen-

sion day. It is estimated that there are in the neighborhood of one hundred old soldiers, soldier’s widows, dependent parents. etc., who receive-their pension money at the Remington I postoffice. This brings about! $3,000 here for distribution every J three months, which is quite a ! help to our people. Professor Elworth has organ- ‘ ized a class of music in Reming-: ton consisting of twenty voices. ' He has the use of the Christian church in which to give lessons. Himself and wife and two daughters gave aconcertin the church the evening of the Ist inst, which was excellent. They also assisted in the praise service at this church Sunday evening. The church was crowded to its fullest capacity, the audience participated in the singing. All were well pleased. The instrumental part of their music consists of organ by both Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth. cornet by Mr. Ellsworth, violin and claronette by the Misses Ellsworth. Miss Nettie Buck of Warren county is visiting with the fami ly of her uncle. J. S. Morehead. Miss Dell Yeoman, with the family of her brother George, returned home last Saturday evening, her brother's family returned to Fowler Sunday. A. M. Southworth, formerly of the Valparaiso normal and professor of penmanship, has organized a class in penmanship here and they have the use of the school house in which instructions are given. . Remington, like some other towns in Indiana, is cursed with a few dead beats and otherwise disreputable toughs. A little more than a week ago our principal street was the scene of a brutal fight between the Stone boys on one side and Dan Hart on the other, which resulted in Hart's physiognomy being terribly disfigured and otherwise injured. On Monday evening North Railroad street was the scene of another bloody encoun ter in front of Geo. D. Meyer’s quart saloon between Sam Hinkle, the noted vicious thug, dead beat, and all round disreputable citizen, and Mike Reed, a farmer living two miles south of here. This latter fracas resulted in the total demoralization of Reed, he being badly cut aid bruised about the head and face, the business being done it is claimed by knucks. It is probable that neither of the persons interested in either of the above “scraps" can- tell what the trouble was about, but it is true that all the persons engaged in these two disgraceful disturbances were beastly drunk, and were this not the case, the trouble would 'not have occurred. We believe that the proper place for a port on of these parties is either the county jail or penitentiary. Out- i raged society will probably have : no peace until they are disposed of in some way. Dash. Geo. Hopkins is laid up with * gethering on his hand. I