Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1889 — County Correspondence. [ARTICLE]

County Correspondence.

PLEASANT GRO VJS ITEMS. ' . F. C. Mo6re has gone into the insurance business. Granville Moody will build ft large barn on his farm iflf’the spring. Ref. Beeabout will begin a series of meetings at the Barkley Chapel, next Sunday. Alfred Dart is back from Misoiiri greeting old friends. He says they will still holler for Old Jeff, now and then, out there. Wm. and Chas. Murray have bought a farm. Right my boys. Pete. -

REMINGTON ITEMS. The application for a divorce between a prominent couple in this place would lead one to answer the question “Is marriage a failure” in the affirmative. The hannts that once knew Daniel Coleman now know him again, as he returned from the Retreat near the shore of Lpke Michigan, at Michigan City, .last Thursday. The nuptials of Mr. George Fox and Miss Fannie Rockwood were celebrated at jthe pleasant home of the bride’s father, Hon. E. E. Rockwood, on Thursday evening last, Rev. E. E. McCain of Goodland officiating. The young couple both belong tp excellent families and begin life together under happy auspices. We neglected to state at the proper time that Mrs. Will Shepherd and her son Bertie had returned during the holidays, from a protracted stay in Chicago where the latter, a lad of twelve, was studying music under some of the best, masters to be found in this country. Bert is a musical genius and we predict for him a brilliant future. > ? The new library secured by the of the teachers and members of the Remington public schools has arrived and it will be found to contain many valuable and interesting works. Mrs. John T. .Ford died in Chicago on Friday evening, Jan., 11, at 7:30 and was brought to Remington on the 9 o’clock train Saturday night.! The funeral was held from the Christian churqli on Sunday afternoon at two o’clock, Rev. A. F. Armstrong of Monticello officiating, assisted by Rev. E. B. Woodson. The church was crowded to its utmost capacity and scores were unable to find even standing room inside. In a touching little letter of farewell written to her husband - before they left home, found after her death Mrs. Ford had selected the hymns and two of the singhrs for the sad occasion. The hymns were: “Jesus Lover of my Soul,” ‘‘Safe in the arms of Jesus” and “Thy Will he Done.” The singers wero Mrs. Chas. Peck and Mrs. W. H. Coover assisted by W. Townsend and Prof. Dickerson, with Mrs. Geo. Stoudt at the! organ. Two beautiful floral designs were contributed, one from Hon.. A. Wolcott and sons and the other a harp, from the Chautauqua L. S. C., of which Mrs. Ford was an active and intelligent member. The Knights of Pythias as an order, and a large number of citizens followed the remains to their last resting place. They will carve upon the marble, “Aged 27.” The venerable mothe? of our esteemed fellow citizen. 0. M. Vickery, died at his home near Remington, last Saturday afternoon. She had been in feeble health for several weeks but her death was probably hastened by a fall received about two weeks ago. Mr. Vickery started With the remains for Syracuse N. T. on the noon train, Monday.

REMINGTONIAN.

Newton Township Report. iChe teachers of Newton township met Jan. 12* and held their 3rd institute, all teachers and members being present and performing the duty assigned them. Number subjects assigned for next institute, are 9. Teachers 7, volunteers, (or outside workers,) 2. Reports of* the schools for the 3rd month, are as follows: Keporte of Dint. Daily Daily Tar- Pupils j Attd. Abs. dies, perfect. W. D. KrillKlC. f 86 1 8 23. Dorothea tioetz 2 15 2 6 12. E. Wilson 8 I 8 19 12. •A. Chilcote 4 9 X, 0 7. 0. Baker 5 18 21-40 0 14. W. Savlca 6 12 8 5 6. J. W. Dewces 7 29 9 35 7. W. D. BKINGLE, Tovrtretaip Principal. The great popularity of Ayer’s Pills as .a cathartic is due no less to their promptness and efficacy than to their coating of sugar %nd freedom from any injurious effects. Children take them readily. See Ayer’s Almanac for this year, just out; ■ _ ■ ’ , 1 , Well, Sarah, what Jiave you been doing to make you look so youtog? Oh. nothing much, only been using Hall’s Hair Hen ewer to restore the color ot my hair. *'

OBrtVART. The remains of Mrs. Caroline Crockett, whose death was mentioned bust .week, arrived from Nabraska on Friday last, accompanied by her son, Chas. Crockett. The fnneril was held Saturday forenoon. in the Presbyterian church, and was a most impressive ceremony, And Very largely attended. The re hi a ins were taken to the Crockett cemetery, south-east of town, for burial. The following mention of Grandmother Crockett’s death is copied, by request, from the Springfield, Neb., Monitor: , Died, yesterday morning, at the residence of her son, W. W. Crockett, Mrs Caroline Crockett, aged 78 years. Short funeral services were held last night and the remains were taken to-day, to Rensselaer, Indiana for interment. Mrs. Crockett arrived here from her home in Indiana, several weeks ago on ,a visit to her son Will Crockett and her daughter, Mrs. Fred Rishling; about a week ago she was takog. suddenly ill with pneumonia, which with a chronic complaint from which she had been suffering for many years, resulted in her death. This was her fourth visit to this state and she made many acquaintances during her short sojourns with us. She. was a most pleasant and agreeable old lady, and enjoyed the richest of Christian experiences. In her dying*momenfs »hes>c6uld be heard repeating passage after passage of scripture and conversing with her divine Creator. She leaves five children to mourn her loss, two of whom, William Crockett and Mrs. Fred Rishling, are.residents here, Chas. Crockett, of Olathe, Kalis., and Thomas Crockett and Mrs. H. W. Wood, of Rensselaer, Indiana.