Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1886 — County Correspondence. [ARTICLE]

County Correspondence.

DUNNVILLE AND VICINITY. C. O. Williams sold his threshing machine to Miller & Co. All parties happy. J. N. White, our Trustee, anticipates building a nice dwelling house. One of the best in the ip. Mr. Jonathan Williams has 360 bushels of his wheat threshed. The machine is waiting for the rest to dry. Seth J. Bently and John Johnson, Dunnville merchants, are doing a flourishing business. Opposition is the life of trade. M. V. Sands has got his wheat threshed anti in his bin. He is rejoicing now over 430 bushels. His corn and oats looks very promising. Mart is one of our most enterprising farmers. Hon. I. D. Dunn is putting up a large amount- of hay. He is a square business man, highly respected by his neighbors, and well deserving the honor of being our representative. K. K. "A UNION ITEMS. Miss Altie Cover is visiting friends in Newton. Work will commence on the new railroad this week. Mrs. Thomas Sayers is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gwin, of Pleasant Ridge. Health good, weather pleasant and preparing to make hay is the topic of the day. James Brushaham met with quite a loss one day of last week. He had a span of fine colts killed by the cars. The Sunday school and bible class held at the Harrington school house still continues to do good work, and also the singing school. David W. Shields, with a very pleasing countenance, passed through Union yesterday. What is the cause of candidates being so pleasant? Preacher Davis, of Wheatfield, and Elder Pearson, of. Union, preached at the Harrington school house, on last Sunday. Davis will preach at the same place the [third Sunday in August. ' Unionite.

SURREY SCRAPS. Miss Nette Mclntire is visiting her sister, Mrs Will Brown. The youngest son of D. H. Yeoman is still quite ill. Miss Dora Thornton has been very sick for the past two weeks. A new wind mill is being erected for David Yeoman. Misses Effie Yeoman and Ella 'Lang enjoyed a happy birthday yesterday. The lady friends of Miss Maud Hemphill visited her last Saturday. it being her sixteenth birthday. The friends of Miss pema Hopkins gave her a surprise last Saturday evening in honor ot her eighteenth birthday. A very social time was enjoyed. The recent rains have proved very beneficial to blackberries, and a bountiful crop is being gathered by the women who are ‘up with the sun.” F. J. Lang, who moved from Indianapolis in the spring, has completed a new family .residence in Surrey,-which is quite j,n improvement in looks to the little town. G. M. Wilcox, our enterprising general merchant, visited Chicago last week and laid in a large supply of dry goods and groceries, which will be sold at as cheap rates as they can be bought at any other place. Susy.

ROSE LA WN ITEMS. The farmers all in good spirits; corn very good; oats good and hay are first class. We had a vety heavy rain on Monday evening, but it will do more good than harm in our sandy soil. Mr. Joseph White was ou the sick list on Monday but I believe he is able to be around again. He is building a large corn crib and putting in a large pair of cattle scales. -■> We see notices have been put up of a big shooting • match or, rather, glass ball tournament, at this place, on August 7th. The Rensselaer crack shots are- afraid to take a hand. There is also- a Grand Ball on evening of same date. ' On last evening the boys had quite a nice dance in Tanner’B Tiall. Everything-passed

off nicely. £lome of the boys visit ted “Henry” rather too often during the night, but were all in good spirits after the effects of the bad spirits had passed off. Mr. Marshall, our candidate for Prosecutor, came around smiling on the voters, but he does not smile with ihem. We expect allot the candidates to give us a call and we want them to do sonte talking, too. We will guarantee them an intelligent and interested audience. ' : ; Ex-Jaspehite. REMINGTON ITEMS. Schuyler Irwin, deputy clerk of Jasper county, visited relatives and friends here last week. Miss Alma Babb, after a delightful week in Burlington, lowa, returned on Tuesday morning last to her-place in the post-office; 0. B. Mclntire and family returned on Saturday last from a pleasant visit witli relatives and friends in Kentucky and southern Indiana. Miss M. P. Belles and Miss MyTa Price, both of whom have been engaged in the south, will be in Remington this week. Miss Bolles comes from Crockett, Texas, and Miss Price from Lincoln University, at Marion, Alabama. J udge E. P. Hammond and Hon. S. P. Thompson were in town last week, possibly looking over the political field as this is the time pf year when a “man’s fancies lightly turn to thoughts of politics.” The lookout is encouraging, decidedly so. Rev. O. W. Sharp and wife, of Watseka, 111., were in town last Friday. Mr. Sharp occupying the pulpit of the Christian church on Friday evening. Elder Norton, of Logansport preached from the same desk Sunday morning and evening.

The young men who left this place-for the west seem to be doing famously. 'Clark Price who was elected to the legislature last winter, is spoken of in the prominent papers in most flattering terms while Rev. W. H. Vance and wife in addition to their other gifts and blessings are returning thanks for a handsome, boy, who came to them J uly 12th. Albert K<Melt, a youth of thirteen years old, died on Saturday evening last of a short, but very painful illness. There were a complication of diseases, but the immediate cause of his death was lung fever brought on its supposed from bathing in the creek when overheated. The day before he was taken sick he ,was thrown violently to the ground by a fracj tious cow, which doubtless added to his sufferings if it did not hasten his death. A large crowd of sympathizing friends and neighbors attended the funeral services on Sunday afternoon, which were conducted by Rev. J. B. Crowe at the home of the family. Bertie was a good boy and will long be missed from his place in the family circle and from among his playmates. Remingtonian.