People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1897 — Remington, [ARTICLE]

Remington,

Rev. Mr. Carson, pastor of the Christian church at Remington, is visiting his father’s family for a few days, having received word that his father was quite .sick and not likely to recover. There was no services outside of Sunday school and endeavor meeting last Sunday on account of the absence of Brother Carson. ' Last Saturday evening B. S. Kennedy and C. V. Selsor had an altercation on the streets in Remington. Both parties'live about one mile north of town the trouble grew out of some business transaction. It appears from what those say who saw the trouble that Kennedy was the aggressor, having struck Selsor three times before he, Selsor, re sented the attack, and when he did resent it, Kennedy thought a cyclone had struck him. He was promptly downed, and soon said he had enough. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stokes died last week and was buried in the Remington Cemetery. The little child of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Davis, died last week and was buriecl in the cemetery at Idaville in White county. . Miss Lulu Hawn, teacher of the Hunt school in Carpenter township, was sick all last week. She is however teaching again this week. Remington’s water works bonds were sold this week. They brought a fair price. The Superintendent of the Jasper county shools, J. F. Warren of Rensselaer, attended the Carpenter Township 'institute last Saturday, which was held in the high school building in Remington. Mr. Clarence Bridgeman and Miss Grove were married at the Residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grove, in the south-west part of Carpenter Township last week. We wish the happy couple long life, continued happiness, and prosperity, put not the kind of prosperity we were assured we would at* once receive by the McKinle.yites. Carpenter Township will have only seven and one half months of school this term, owing to a scarcity of Tuition School funds. The “Holiness” people are now holding a series of meetings in the Town Hall, having commenced about one week ago. The meetings will probably continue about two weeks. The town of Remington will commence active operations in building their contemplated system of water works about the first of April next. The con tract has been let to the Challenge Wind Mill and Feed Mill Company of Batavia, ill., and the plant will cost the Town, including engines, pumping apparatus, well, pipe lines and hydrants something over $12,000. James N. Green living about four miles north west of Remington has been sick with lung trouble nearly all winter. He is not confined to his bed bow ever. Moses Steves of Kankakee Illinois, will move back on his farm in Benton county, (Gilboa township,) about the first of March.