Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1889 — From Remington. [ARTICLE]

From Remington.

The death of Mr. Horace Blood, whose illness was mentioned in the items of last week, occurred on Friday afternoon last, about Jti nt* Tho 'Fi'inPtTfil tr»nlc LVti t tz vlvvli. jtTtrt? i ttritst tsi tvvK place from the Christian church Sunday afternoon, at two o’clock, Dr. Rodman officiating. The attendance was very large. Quite a number of our fellowcitizens have been visiting in Rensselaer lately, by special invitation from Sheriff Blue. They were interviewed by the grand juryC. P. Hopkins, of the Remington News, returned from his south-

ern trip last Friday, bringing with him his niece, Miss Grace Hopkins, of Waverly, Tenn., who will probably remain during the winter. Mrs. Johnson and her two daughters, ot Keokuk, Ibwa, have been visiting the family of her sister, Mrs. O. M. Vickery, for the past few weeks. Minerva May, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harris, died on Sunday last after a short but painful illness. The remains were taken to the Welch cemetery for interment, after brief but„_appropriate exercises at the home of the family. . There were no services in any of the churches last Sunday, excepting the funeral of Mr. Blood. Verily, we need a missionary to labor among us. However, the pulpit of the M. E. Church will hereafter be occupied by Rev. J. T. Greenway, of Brooke, a young man who comes highly recommended. School will probably begin next

Monday, as the building is nearly completed. The furnaces have been put in and are found to work admirably. Mr. Spangler, the principal, has had a great temptation placed before him in the shape of an offer from the Sheldon school board, of thirty dollars more per month than he contracted for in Remington. We understand that if an acceptable substitute can be secured, the school board will release Mr. Spangler. Mr. Will Shepherd and family took possession on Monday last of their new quarters in the Wright Williams property, lately vacated by Dr. Walker. Mr. Emery and his sister will take possession of the premises hertofore occupied by Mr. Shepherd, and Mr. Henry Wolcott will move into the house on Ohio Street lately vacated by Mr. Grilling. Mr. Wood, of Kankakee, 111., is visiting the family of Mr. W. R. Love. We omitted to mention at the proper time that Mrs. J. W. Powell had made a short visit in Remington, prior to her departure for Washington. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Powell and their interesting family will wish them abundant happiness and success. A letter from Mrs. Wm. Rowe, formerly Miss Lizzie Broadie, to friends in this place, informs them that she reached Fargo, S. D., safely on Monday evening of last week, v, here she was met by Mr. Bowe. After the wedding ceremony they proceeded to their home in a town whose name is not known to your correspondent. Mrs. Wells, Mrs. Traugh, O. W.

Moore and other southern tourists returned lest week, all well pleased with the trip. An extra stock train on Monday took away 500 head of cattle from this place and Wolcett. They were taken to Madison, Ind. An alarm of fire was given about one o’clock Tuesday morning, the fire originating in the back part of the building formerly occupied by Peter Ochs as a store and dwelling house, more lately occupied by A. Driefus, the junk dealer. Before the flames could be subdued the frame building on the corner used as a billiard room, the saloon belonging to Dltizak, the Lecklider building and the old Babb house were in ashes. By almost super-human exertion the file was fought away from the Heileg building and its further progress arrested. Never did men fight a fire more valiantly than our brave men of the fire department aided nobly by the citizens, especially the young men. Four families are burned out of house and home at the beginning of win>ter, with little or no insurance l on their property. At this writI ing it is thought to be a case of incendiarism. The families burned out are those of Smith Payne, Robert Lecklider, Edward Royalty and Jerome Harmon. There was an insurance of SSOO on the Babb House, owned by E. Hart and the goods of Heileg’s were , covered by insurance, the rest was a total loss. Remingtonian. For a nice box of note paper go to Long <fc Eger’s.