People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1896 — REMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON.

Correspondence as People’s Pilot. There was about seven inches of “the beautiful* fell here last. Saturdaynight, and as a result some of our people enjoyed sleigh riding Sunday, notwithstanding the ground was hardly sufficiently frozen to make a good foundation. Remington received a phone message Saturday morning from Fowler, to the effect that a murder had been perpetrated in a saloon there the preceding evening. The murdered man's name was not learned. but the deed was reported to have been done by a saloon keeper named Pritehard. the fatal result being the effect of fist blows.

We now have our telephone system in complete working order, there being fifty 'phones in active use, all of which are giving general satisfaction except to Miss Clara Bloom, the ’ hello girl” at the central office. The "kids” about town keep her more than busy all the time, and they will probably continue to do so until the novelty wears off. We understand that the company will get a new switch board and put in twenty-five more phones. Our real estate men and others are now busily engaged closing up the land deals consummated in this locality last season. Nearly all the sales made will be closed up without any kicking. Last Saturday the Bank of Remington here handled over seventy thousand dollars, being principally used in land sales. We met James W. Oswald, attorney, from Goddland, on our streets last week. He was accompanied by Mr. Wiles, cashier of one of the Goodland banks. The board of town trustees of Remington will probably order an election on the waterworks proposition on the evening of March Gth. It now seems that there will be no difficulty in securing the necessary petitioners to warrant them in ordering the election. It is also probable that the election will result in favor of the waterworks. If the work is undertaken it is the intention to purchase the materials and have the labor performed by our own working people, in order to give them employment and keep as much of the money at home as passible. Melford Langley will soon leave this community and locate in the state of Washington. We are sorry to lose him from among us as he is a good citizen. W arren L. Roadefer has removed from Jasper county again and will this time locate at Coffevville, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. George Major has gone to Bloomington, Ind.. the object being to select a suitable location for their future residence there. Dt. C. C. Jiahdoh,dentist of Hoopeston, 111., was married the forepart of last week in Chicago, and with his bride spent the week with the family of his father. Dr. N. Landon. M e wish the young people abundant happiness anil success.