Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1886 — County Correspondence. [ARTICLE]

County Correspondence.

FROM WHEATFItiID CENTER. Every body preparing for the Fourth. G - Miss Edith King’s health is improving. * Grand celebration at the river and DeMotte. Miss Berne Mafble is visiting friends on Relation Hill. Mr, and Mrs Nichols, of Hebroh, were guests of Mr. Adams. Mrs. Biggs, of Tenn., is spending a few weeks with Mrs. Helmick. Miss Flora Ferrin expects to attend the teachers’ Normal, at Crown Point. Miss told Miss . that Mr. told —— that there is to be a wedding on Relation Hill. One day last week Mrs. fehaffner and sister were driving a pair of fractious colts, which became unmanageable and ran away, throwing the ladies out; they were slightly hurt, but much frightened and the buggy badly broken.

Perdita Annaneas.

REMINGTON ITEMS.

E. G. Warren and O. A. Yeoman, of Rensselaer, were in town Sunday. Mrs. Clurk Bishop and son, of Cleveland, O. are the guests of their relatives. W. B. Price and family. Miss Anna Nebeker, of Battle “Ground, daughter of Rev. L. Nebeker, is visiting friends in this place. Mis 3 Anna Parker, stenographer of the Military College in Kentucky, is visiting her relatives and many frifAds in this place. The social for the M. E. S. S., which was to have been given last Friday evening, was deferred until Thursday evening, of thib week. Stern fate overtook one of the cows of Mr. Van Buren Hines last Friday, aSshe was sauntering along tfie R. R, track. Loads of pleasure seekers will hie them to different points next Saturday, to spend “the day we celebrate.” Remington, although a lively town in general is strangely indifferent to all holidays or merry makings, the fair being the only gathering which the people fully patronize.

REMINGTONIAN.

UNION ITEMS.

Weather pleasant and health good. Ephriam Sayers, whom we reported in our last, as being on the sick list, is now able to attend to his usual business. Miss Altie Cover’s school closed last Saturday. Altie taught a successful school. She was liked by both pupils and patrons. Mrs. Clara Fayler is making farewell visits in Union. She expects to spend the Fourth at her old home in Ohio. "Sabbath school is progressing finely at .the Harrington school house, as Jis also the singing of George Fayler, although some of the girls complain that the bachelor is a little crusty. Mr. Little and his three sons, of Lake county, are the guests' of George W. Coover. They will remain for awhile, shearing sheep. Mrs. Shields and her daughter Het-tie, have been visiting friends and old neighbors in Union, the past week. As the old saying is, they killed two birds with one stone.) Besides visiting they took in the buckler berry season.

~ Elder Pearson preached an able discourse to quite a number of lis teners, at the Harrington school house, on last Sabbath. Preacher Markin will preach at the same place on next Sabbath evening, at the hour of seven. Ere long Northern Union will have a railroad. Then the little dogs in Hodge town, Will wag their little tails, The railroad cars are coming, Lay down the iron rails. ” A Resident of Union.