People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1895 — REMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON.

REMINGTON. In which place The People a Pilot has an extensive circulation, Is a very pretty village of over 1.000 population, situated In the extreme southern part of Jasper county on the C., St. L. & P. railway 125 miles from Chicago. Largest hay shipping point in Indiana; line horses, cattle and hogs; rich agricultural lands Worth up to $75 per acre and higher; four warehouses; county fair; excellent high schools; fine churches; wellgraded gravel roads in all directions; two banks. To the Editor of the People's Pilot. We have now had about one week of rainy weather, and the tiles are all running full of water. The cisterns are also now all full, and the wells which have for some time part been dry, will soon again afford plenty of water. These rains are certainly an incalculable blessing to this locality, as without them people would have been seriously inconvenienced for want of water, and another dry season here would have resulted in a total failure of all kinds of crops. The cutting affray which we noticed last week, as we predicted resulted in the arrest of Clergett, who did the cutting, on

;he charge of assault and battery with the unlawful intent to commit a murder. The affidavit on which the warrant for arrest was based was pronounced by die court (Esq. Chappell,) to be faulty. The court was requested to hold the prisoner, pending the preparation of another affidavit, and while this was bhing done through the aid of some outside parties, the prisoner was assisted to make his escape to Brookston, where ne took a train and skipped out, presumably to Illinois. The victim of the cutting, we understand, is getting along pretty well, and will soon be out agfl,in. *

Dr. Bond of Goodland came over Saturday to visit relatives and friends in Remington. He returned to his Goodland home on Monday morning via the 9:45 o’clock train. Mr. Farris of Chicago was in Remington the latter part of last week and the 'fore part of the present week, soliciting subscriptions for a map of Jasper county, which will be published provided a sufficient number of subscriptions can be obtained to warrant the authors in publishing the same. Mr. Farris exhibited to us a map of Cass county, Ind., showing th% towns of the county on a fair size scale, which appeared to us to be a very fine work indeed. A law suit was tried by a jury

in Esq. G. B. Chappells, court last Saturday, the case being entitled Graham vs. Trilby. Graham brought suit against Trilby, a tenant on her farm, to recover rent due which she claimed was unpaid. Trilby’s defense was that he had sold her corn in the crib on the farm’ last spring at 50c per bushel in liquidation of the indebtedness; this she denied. The jury remained out on the case several hours and finally concluded that they could not agree on a verdict and so reported to the court, who there upon* discharged them. The plaintiff was represented by Guy of Remington, and the defense by Wilson of Rensselaer. The case is to be tried again on Friday, the 3d day of January, 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Abner Gray of Illinois are visiting with their son, M, A. Gray, the real estate agent of this place, for a few days. Mr. Gray Sr. is an old sailor and tells many thrilling italesofhis experiences on the seas. Mr. Gray was also one of the “’49ers”.

Many accidents are being almost daily reported, resulting :'ro,m the use of our modern corn shelters. If these accidents are not the result of carelessness by the operators, would it not be the >est plan to discard the use of these shellers? Ezra Bowman, now of Anderson, formerly of Remington, has been granted a pension under the act of congress, approved June 27,1890, at the rate of $8 per month. He had formerly been receiving $4 per month under the general law. He will receive about SIOO in a lump. Ira W. Yeoman of Remington was his attorney in this case. — vi ' The schools of Remington and Carpenter township, are now enjoying a two weeks’ vacation owing to the holiday season. We trust all will enjoy 'their rest from their labor and studies.

• The Presbyterian Sunday school gave a nice entertainment to the public Tuesday eve. at Durand hall in Remington, and the Christian Sunday-school gave one at the saqe place on Wednesday evening. Both entertainments were well patronized, and everybody in attendance were well pleased with the exercises, andjthe children of course were highly pleased with their beautiful and valuable presents

received at their entertainment. J. D. Allman has been wrestling with the “grip” for a few days. He is now attending to business again., D. A. Stoner is closing out gjpod cockerels cheap, if taken"within the next week.