Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1889 — County Correspondence. [ARTICLE]

County Correspondence.

HANGING GROVE People are busy sowing oats. Chas. Bussell and family of this tp., lately moved to Wheatfield. Rev. McKinley will preach at No. 1 the first Saturday and Sunday in April. Roy Anderson of Idaville was in Hanging Grove last week on business. The young folks of this vicinity enjoyed a pleasant social and dance at Robert Drake’s last Saturday night. Mrs. Louella Childers is visiting her parents. H. G. UNION Roads are improving rapidly. An examination was held at Rose Bud school house last Saturday. Several graduates are expected. The neighbors of J. K. Wilcox are very liberal towards him when they have a surplus of cats. Miss Ara M. Wilcox has received a nice present of a side-saddle from her mother. Playing horse-shoe is the leading game in this vicinity; Willis Pierson being acknowledged the champion. The ditching, machine, in care of Frank Warne, has left for a warmer climate. ' . • * Miss Maggie Lang went to Chicago, on business, last Thursday. Marion Richardson, of Michigan, who has been visiting friends here, returned last Saturday. Benton Kenton has moved to C. D. Nowelja’ place, north of Surrey. Walter Harrington has moved to Richard Grow’s old house. Church was held at Rosebud Chapel last Sunday, Rev. Shortridge conducting the services. There is also Sunday school at the same place, at 10:30 o’clock. Come everybody. , Uncle Moses.

GILLAM ITEMS. Received too lute, last week. Roads are very bad. Wheat is looking fair. Farmers are beginning their spring work. The Robb boys are putting up a new work shop. Miss Lizzie Faris has returned home once more. _ « . * Frank Osborn*-can boast of a new dish washer; An eight pounder. McKindre Faris, his sister, Mo!, lie and Miss Malinda Maddox expect to attend School at Valparaiso this summer. The examination for graduates was held at the Center school house, on Saturday last, conducted by Mr. Lewis Hunt and Trustee Guild. The number of applicants were eleven. We wish them all success. \ There has been considerable changing round during the past few weeks. Jim Prevo, who has been engaged in the tile business for the past two or three years, has resigned his position and is going to try farming this year. He has moved on the farm owned by Mr. Rinehart. Mr. Haas has concluded to begin where Mr. Prevo left off, and has moved into the house vacated by Mr. Prevo. Mr. Conard will now take possession of his house, which has been vacated by Mr. Haas. ’Harve Robinson, who has formerly resided in White county, has moved on his father’s, John Robinson’s farm. They are having a new house built, also a new well put down, which adds greatly to the looks as well as to the value of the farm. —£—-

Peter Nash met with quite a misfortune some days*past While working at the saw mill his foot was caught by the log carrier and At last accounts he was improving. _ ". The schools have all closed with the exception of two. The entertainment given by the East Vernon School, was very good and was largely attended. “Bread upon the Waters,” was played very creditably. Married.—-At the residence of the bride’s father, Wm. Querry, on Sunday, March 17, at 2 o’clock, Mrs. Mary J. Posey to Mr. Watson Prevo. Rev. Thomas Moore officiating. Rara Avis.

REMIEGTON ITEMS. Rev. F. Cotes has taken up his abode with William Tharp and family. The long expected series of meetings began by Dr. Wells, were brought to an abrupt conclusion last Tuesday by a telegram announcing the serious sickness pf hisyonly child, a little girl about

' five years old.,- At last accounts the little sufferer Wast getting better and the Dr. will probably resume his work here at Ab early date. £. r- ‘ J - Aliss Anna Draper returned to her ejjhool in Union township last Saturday, aftpr i brief vacation. Frank Timmons, a former Remingtoninn, has settled permanently in F'oiida, as evidenced by the fact that he has taken a wife from among the fair lasses of that sunny land. Mis. 8. Bloomer, formerly Mrs. Alter, died at her home at Alter’s grove, last Friday, after an illness of several years duration. Misses Blanche Alter and Mary Chilcote are the guests of Mabel Hopkins. A. M. Traugh has commenced the erection ot his newhrtuse. His wife is very sick at the residence of her son, Dr. M. G. Trough. Jacob Rich and George Allman started Monday morning last for Valparaiso, where they will attend school. Misses Ollie and True Alter made a short visit with friends in Remington during the early part of the week.* i

Mrs. Cynthia Glenn, sister to M. F. French, and well known to many of our citizens, died in Brookston, last Thursday morning. The remains were taken to Urbana, Ohio, for interment. Henry Schwerdman, whose serious sickness was mentioned last week, died at his home in Logansport last Wednesday morning, at 7 o’clock. He leaves a widow (not yet twenty one) two bright little daughters, and many other friends to mourn his loss. The funeral occured on Friday at Logansport and was attended by several members of the K. of P. from this Elace and the family of Mr. Mc►ougle. Mrs. Harris, who was so badly burned ten days ago, is suffering terribly. Her condition is precarious. The little girl is doing well.

REMINGTONIAN.

Ottawa, 111., Journal: The young man with advertisement schemes is working the smaller cities. The home newspapers will be asked to “ent down my add,” and in the spring the editor will be persuaded to “boom the town” or sell out. to some one that will. The young man who has secured business cards for a chart or map, will pile the chart in a barn and wear diamonds. His boom seems to be always with him as long as business men are anxious to be gulled and refuse to support their home publications.

Local stockholders will be interested in the fact that news was received last Saturday, from R. S. Dwiggins who is now in charge of the San Juan de la Chica gold mine in Mexico,.to the effect that the new millman recently employed by the company, had accomplished a saving of eighty-four per cent, of the gold, being a large improvement over the best results heretofore reached. This means a saving out of the same grade of ore, Of from §20,000 to §25,000 more per year than was at first ex* pected. Upon the strength of this report and of the strong possibility’ of further improvement, the market value of stock in Chicago went up to §2.50 per share.; About 2,000 shares changed hands at that figiire and then the price went to §3, and some Mexican shares are now selling at that rate. The investors here who got in at §2 may now congratulate themselves. Elmer Dwiggins closed out all the shares in his hands for sale. Some of them were sold at $2 after the price had advanced but before Mr. Dwiggins heard of it Among the later investors were Judge Hammond, Ludd Hopkins, Chas. G. Sears, Wm. B. Austin, Lorenz B. Sylvester, Isaac Colbom, Geo. E. Marshall. N. S. Bates and son and Geo. V. Moss... " »■

The case of Carrie Pearcy against the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Co., was given to the jury last Thursday evening after a hard fought battle of two and a half days duration: John Pearcy was a resident of Benton county and died in 1884 having an insurance of §2OOO in the above Company: He had been sick a long time, Of a liver trouble, but his death occured rather suddenly, and under circumstances which strongly indicated that W had taken a very large dose of laudanum, with probably a suicidal intent, although the fact that such was the case was not conclusively established. A clause in the insurance policy exempts the company from liability in case of suicides, but the clause is of no legal force when

the suicide is not in sound mind when the act is committed. Immediately after Mr. Pearcy’s death, an agent of the company, with the assistance of certain persons in Remington, induced the widow, while she was in a greatly distressed and distracted state of mind, to accept one thousand dollars and give the company a receipt in full for all claims against it. They led her to believe, among other things, that the company could not be. compelled to pay her a dollar on her husband’s policy. She afterwards brought suit against the company for the other thousand dollars, claiming that the represetations under which she had been induced to accept the §IOOO were false. The case was tried, here in 1885, and the verdict was in favor of the insurance company. It was appealed to the Supreme Court, which reversed the case and sent it back for a new trial. The verdict this time is in favor of the plaintiff, and for the §IOOO and interest, amounting in all, to very nearly §1,300. The case as before stated was very strongly and ably contested on both sides. E. P.

Hammond of Rensselaer, and D. L. Bishop, of Kentland, were the attorneys for the plaintiff and Hartman of Monticello and M. F. Chilcote represented the defendant The general sentiment of all who are at all familiar with the circumstances of the case, is that the verdict is a just one. a