Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1883 — PERSONAL AND OTHER MENTIOS [ARTICLE]

PERSONAL AND OTHER MENTIOS

Mrs. M. D. Rhoades is on the Bick list Mr. Delos Thompson returned from his Eastern trip last week. The Hon. R. S. Dwiggins started, Monday, for an extended trip to the East. Uncle John Daugherty, of Boswell, visited the Rev. Claypool last week. R. P. Benjamin’s music classes pay him the neat little income of S2O a week. Mrs. M. F. Chilcote has been quite sick for several days, but is now somewhat better. Miss Lydia Dwiggins is in Fowler teaching in the JBenton county Summer Normal school. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Jones, of Watseka, 111., are visiting their cousin, Mr, T. L. Jones. Mr. Wm. Moss, from Detroit, Mich., is visiting- his mother and friends in Rensselaer this week.

Z. Dwiggins is at Sturgis, Mich., attending the directors’ meeting of the M.J I. &St. L. railroad. —“Oxford Tribune. ” Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Edmonds started for Milwaukee, Wis., on Friday last. They expect to make their future home there. Mrs. C. G. Sears is now at Pine Point, near Old Orchard Beach, in Maine, enjoying the salt-water bathing and snuffing the sea breazes. County Superintendent Nelson says the County Teacher’s Institute will convene on August 20, and continue two weeks. Particulars hereafter.

Tlie jovial, jolly Tom Farden returned from Pine Village on Monday last, looking as though the air of that isolated place had done him much good. Mr. and Mrs. Glaypool who have been the guests of their son, the Rev. J. J. Clavpool since June Ist, returned to their home at Waynetown, Ind., yesterday. Mr. James Hemphill/ engineer on the Southern Pacific Railroad, is visiting .relatives and f riends in his boyhood home, Rensselaer, during a short vacation. Temperance meeting next Saturday night. The friends of temperance ought to attend every meeting if possible. Miss Parris Resigns.— Miss Lydia Parris writes from Bridgewater, Dakota, to the school board here, informing them that she has decided not to accept a position in the Rensselaer school for the ensuing year. We understand that she is so favorably impressed with the prospects of Dakota, that she has concluded to take a pre-emp-tion and a tree claim, and remain long enough to perfect her title to the pre-emption. *

J. M. Plunket, who now officiates as a guard at the State Prison North, came down from Michigan City last Friday and remained with his family until Saturday afternoon. He is enthusiastic in his praise of the efficiency of Warden Murdock, and also of his worthy Deputy Thos. E. Donnelly,—who makes a most excellent officer, and under their discreet management affairs at the Prison are admirably appointed and everything works like a charm.—“ Remington News.”. Killed .by the Cars.—The morning tr&in which passed Rensselaer on Wednesday of last week, discovered the remains of a man near the station. of St. John, north of Cedar Lake, who had probably been killed by the down train the evening before. The members of the Rensselaer base bf»l club, who were on the train at the time the man was found, report that he was tom and mutilated almost beyond the semblance of humanity. Fragments of his body being strewn along the track for many rods. He was a resident of that vicinity, we understand, and was going home drunk, and went to sleep on the traek.