People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1895 — SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Prosecutor J. W. Douthit of Rensselaer was in Remington last week, being called over in the interest of the State of Indi ana vs. Samuel Hinkle. Hinkle was charged with assault and battery with intent 1o commit a murder. The case was brought before Esquire Chappell, who issued the warrant for Hinkle's arrest and placed it >n the hands of William Thurston, a special constable, to serve. Constable Thurston went at once to Hinkle’s residence, where he was found and the warrant read to him. Hinkle was in his bare feet and requested time to put on his shoes, which request was granted. He went into the house, put on his shoes quickly and skipped out the oack way into a convenient cornfield and made his escape. It has since developed that he came back in the night and, taking a horse and cart, went to Wolcott, in White county, where he took the eastbound 11:45 train for Peru, Ind. If he will remain permanently away our people will be very thankful, but they will have much sympathy for the community on which this villianous fiend inflicts his undesirable presence. Should he ever return here and be caught he will receive prompt legal attention. Mr. Reed, his victim, is badly cut and bruised all over his head and face, the work probably being done with iron “knucks.” There was a great game of base ball played here on the 7th inst. between the business men’s nines of Wolcott and Remington. The game resulted in a victory for the Remington nine, the tallies standing 36 to 48. The following day. the Bth inst., there was quite an exciting game of ball played on the fair grounds near Remington between the Oxfords and Remingtons. The home team were the winners, the score standing 2 to 13 in their favor. The game was quickly played, the time being but little more than one hour. The attendance was quite large, there being as many persons and teams on the grounds as on an ordinary fair day. Tedford Bros, have recently put in ah excellent stock of fresh groceries, dry goods, boots ard shoes, etc., in the store building leased of Joseph Osborn on North Railroad street. These gentlemen are well and favorably known here, and they certainly deserve a fair share of the public patronage. The public may rest assured that it will receive fair and honorable treatment at their hands.

Remington .has now two exclusive fruit stands, the later acquisition being that of Messrs. Belile & Hosier, which is established in the north end of Mr. Hollett’s coal house on South Railroad street opposite the depot. Everything in the fruit line may be had of these gentlemen.

Prof. Ellsworth and his family gave a concert at the close of his term of singing school at the Christian church last Thursday evening, the school participating in the exercises. It was a very creditable affair, and was, we presume, a financial success, as the audience was la>’ge. Prof. Ellsworth may return here some time during the fall and teach another class in music. He is a success as a music teacher, both vccil and instrumental. A great many people from here attended the base ball game at Rensselaer last Friday. ( • Joseph Vogel, our boot and shoe storekeeper, has been on the sick list for several days.

I but he is somewhat better at this . writing. He had been away on i a visit and returned homesick, i His father, from Reynolds, has I been with him for a week or • more. ' Lee Hawkins has entirely recovered from his late illness. While loading a threshing outfit on a car here last Friday .Charles Elmore was badly injured. It appears that the engine was steamed up and was already ■ on the car and they were endeavoring to pull the separator on ta the car with the engine. . El- ! more, the engineer, in some way I lost control of the engine and was partially caught between it ’ and the separator. The left side , of his face was badly crushed, a gash cut back of his right ear, , and one and perhaps more of his ribs were brpken. He was very I severely injured, and the wonder i is that his life was not crushed ' out then and there.

Last Saturday and Sunday were probably the hottest days of the season, the thermometer indicating over 100 degrees in the shade. Sunday a heavy squall of wind struck the town, which made things quite lively for a few minutes, but no damage was done. Meadows and corn are again suffering for rain, which our good people are all praying for. Daniel F Grant arid Mark Yeoman, from near Rensselaer, visited relatives and friends in Remington Sunday. They had their families with them. There has been quite a stir in building and improving circles in and about this place this season. There has been four new business houses, and fiist-class ones, too, beside Hartley’s new grain office and quite a number of good dwelling houses erected here this season. There has also been quite a number of persons who have made substantial improvements on their property, among whom we mention Mrs. John Hannon, R. R. Pettit, Geo. W. Stoudt and A. Wolcott’s mid die elevator, which has been leased to J. S. Barnes & Co., who have gone extensively into the grain buying business. R. R. Pettit has gone to New Jersey, his native state, for an indefinite visit. We believe this is the first time he has visited the place of his nativity since the close of the war. We w’ish him a pleasant visit and a safe return.

R. Parker visited the Battle Ground last Saturday and returned Sunday. He drove over and back. Mrs. Wm. E. Seymour was called to Earl Park last Tuesday on account of the sickness of her sister's child. John W. Teter has the honor of having marketed tie first wagon load of home grown watermelons this season in this place, which he did last Monday. They were fine ones and were grown on his farm a short distance north of Remington. Everett Walker, editor of the Wolcott Enterprise, came up from Wolcott Saturday evening and spent Sunday with his parents and family, returning to Wolcott on the early train Monday morning. Dash.

Last Thursday morning a party of would-be excursionists, some twenty odd, boarded the milk train to join an excursion to Michigan City over the Coal road at Fair Oaks. The excursion train ran in two long sections but each section was so terribly crowded that only four of the Rensselaer party succeeded in getting aboard, the rest of the party remained, took in the sights and waded the sands of Fair Oaks till the 10:50 a. m. Monon train came to Rensselaer, a tired and disappointed party. Some of them say they will never start to Michigan City again unless accompanied by the sheriff. Ferguson & Wilson will give you careful and honest legal advice.