People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1896 — REMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON.

Correspondence of People’s Pilot. February 2nd (last Sunday) was what is generally known as Ground Hog Day. According to the old time phrophets if the sun shone on that day, and the ground hog came out of his burrow and was enabled to see his shadow he would at once return and remain holed up for the following six weeks, inference being, that the weather would be so extremely inclement that it would be unwise for him to venture out and expose himself. He will have no fears however if he is anywhere in the neigborhood of Remington, as the sun did not shine here duringthe entire day. Hence we may anticipate an early spring. Mrs. Laura C. Bicknell, who was residing with the family of George B. Clark of Remington, died about one week ago from yarious complications, principally old age. She had resided in Remington six or eight years, and leaves one daughter surviving her. She was buried in the Remington cemetery Tuesday, the 28th ult. The fnneral services were held at the M. L. Church, Rev. Mr. Mikel preaching the sermon. * We are at present having regular March weather;sunday night,

rain, hail, and sleet, and Monday snow, which melted about as rapidly as it fell. The wind is in the south-east, and so long as it remains there we need not look for cold weather, but the mud, oh my! It is scarcely possible to get about on the dirt roads, and the gravel roads are being cut up and almost ruined. The Telephone company Is making excellent progress in the way of placing the poles cross arms and wires. The workmen claim they will have the system in complete working order before the first day of March. When it is completed we are not sure that it will be a paying investment for the patrons or otherwise. If we could have the use of the line to Rensselaer without additional cost to the Remington service, viz., 12 per month, it perhaps would not be much out of the way. The principal utility of a telephone system is between Rensselaer and Remington. W. E. Seymour has sold his beautiful residence property here to Andrew Hix who will moye into the property pur chased,, from his farm northeast of Remington about six miles. Mr. Seymour will remove with his family to Elwood, Ind., in a short time, where Mr. Seymour has employment in a tin plate factory. We are sorry to lose Mr. S. and his excellent family. Miss Etta J. Howell, who lived with her brother near Remington, died a few days ago, the cause of her death being consumption. Funeral services were held at the M. E. Church, Rev. Mikel officiating, after which the body was taken to Illinois for interment. We notice an editoral in the last weeks Remington Press favoring a new county to be made of Carpenter, Jordan and Milroy townships in Jasper county and Princeton township in White county. In view of the contemplated building of a new court house in Rensselaer our people are unanimously in favor of the new county, arguing that it will be much more to our interests to build a new court house for our own use in the new county, than to build one for the special use and benefit of Rensselaer and that immediate vicinity. Besides our people think they can get along quite comfortably with a forty thousand dollar court house, for several years, notwithstanding the rapid development of the territory sought to be organized as a new county, and the consequent appreciation of real estate values. Of course in a few years we

would be able financially to construct a more creditable “Temple of Justice,” and then be “right in the swim” along with Jasper, White, and other counties having 8100,000-court houses.