Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1885 — County Correspondence. [ARTICLE]

County Correspondence.

CILLAM ITEMS. Miss Bell Faris, of Danvrlle, 111., is , f visiting her parents. Haj' harvest is in full blast, machines are t-slicking in every direction. Several of our teachers and pupils are attending the Rensselaer Normal. Mr. Dave Low, of Albia. lowa, visited Iris old time friend, Miss L. E. Ralkfon, on Tuesday evening. To-day the thermometer stands at % degrees, the warmest day since Grover Cleveland is presideut. Mr. James Cunningham and Mr. Byron Walker, of Niles, Mich., are visiting their friends in this locality. The Center Normal, conducted by D. H . Guild, is flourishing, in spite of the warm weather. Both students and teacher are interested in the work. Died on the loth of July, Mr. Samuel Odern. The f uneral services were conducted by Rev. Hennegar, of Franoesville. Basket Meeting—At or near Inde. pendence Chapel, (it will probably be held in the grove,) the first Sunday in August. The afternoon services will he a. concert. E very body come. --Remember the Sabbath day, to keep „it holy.’.’ ' We aie- ournorthern brothers and sisters overlooked this command, oi- neglected tho reading of tho Bible so long that they have forgotten it, for on last Sunday they met together to the number of TOO, at Mr. ! s, and. had a .grand picnic dinner. HEMIEGTON ITEMS. Mrs. Taimyr and sou,of Terre Haute, are the giiec-Ls of Mr. and' Mrs . W i’diam • Shaw. Robert Ilarrold and wife, of Fowler, -wei*e the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. ..Stiller, last Friday prsd Saturday. Nettie and Corry Price who have been quite sick with scarlet fever are r§, Covering rapidly. M. So’onion returned from a two weeks vi-'t at Lake Gogobee, last Saturday. Its had a splendid time, and captured many lish. M. FI. Walker is building a new dwelling house on his land in Ma x" Well’s addii.ion'to the. town of Remington, .Low & Sons architects, doing the work. We believe Mr. Walker intends ereietthg a marble shop soon: The storm of last Wednesdays, in Dakota. i-e>ulled Jnqserious damago-for many-of f-u-mer Remingtonians. Among the suiferers Were” Price & Price, who , * t lost their valuable library and Irwin & Hud. ui, whose elevator suffered shipwreck. Truly the zbphcfs of Dakota are powerful. . The r’rmeipal of the school, Mr. Foutz, is spoken of as r. v gontleman entirely capable of idling the responsible positionVo? which he has been selected. We do not know whether the ’ other teachers luive been selected or not, except J. Thomas as teacher of the Grammar department, Mr. Thomas has .had’large experience as a teagher and has always given good satisfaction. The appointment is a good olio. 'lvlys. Graham, wife of lb 11. Graham, late editor 1 of the Remiiigtoii News, die t at iter home in Derby. Kansas., on Friday treenmg last, niter weeks and * months' of intense suffering. Those who knew Mrs. Graham need not be told th-.it'the long-ami painfdl struggle and the approach of the dreaded uicssertg:r ireve borne with Christian he- :- ism. ALitoiigh still yotfitg in years, being n.*out twenty-nine., she was entirely willing. insisted, anxious to depart. II r devoted husbaif.l, etrick-.-n partjpjsji brothers ar.fi sisters have the £yinfinity of the entire community.'

REMINGTONIAN.