Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1890 — From Iteming ton. [ARTICLE]

From Iteming ton.

An entertainment known as the Merchants’ Carnival will be presented at an early date. It will be given by the public schools, for the benefit of the school library. fcJohn Ford, of Watseka, visited friends in Remington last Saturday. Easter services at the M. E. and Presbyterian churches Avere beautiful and appropriate and the floral decorations more wonderfu for the time of the year. Barton Tedford went to Williamsport to take charge of a meat market in that place. Although but a boy in years he is fully qualified for the position. Mr. and Mrs. Will Bunnell are about to take their departure for Washington. Their many friends will regret to have them leave us but will wish for them, all possible prosperity. Mrs. R. Hawn having received back pension is expending some of it in beautifying her property on Indiana street Charles Beal, after a brief visit, returned last Tuesday to his studying in the Valparaiso Normal School. Mr. W illiam Rich is making an extended tour through the west. Mrs. Rich is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rich, in Kankakee. Miss Sarah Chilcote, of Rensselaer, is the guest of Miss Anna Draper, and other friends in this place.

The millinery stock of the Beal sisters will soon be transferred to their new building next door to the P. O. Hon. Charles H. Price, of Dakota, stopped for a few days A’isit Avith parents and friends while en* route for Tennessee, Avhere he goes as attorney for a large corporation at a salary of $5,000 per year. Mr. Price is fully capable of conducting that or any other business needing legal acumen. He will also carry on a general law business in addition to his attorneyship for the company. Fortune not only seems to smile on our friend—she laughs right out. Mr. and Mrs. John Lutz disposed of their property by public sale last Thursday and will start for Denver, Col. this week. James B. Shaw, well known to many of our citizens and a grandson of Mr. W. H. Shaiv, of this place, has accepted a position as Professor of Higher Mathematics, French and German, in the Unh versity at Pella, lowa. Mrs. John Burger is recovering from a severe attack of gastric fever. One by one our young men are leaving us in search of better op yortunities for advancement than can be found in our village. Jacob Rich went last week to Kentland, to study law with Mr. Cummings and Chauncey Landon lg oes this Aveek to Minnesota. Both are young men of sterling worth and Avill doubtless command success. ~Miss Ruth Russell was dangerou&ly sick last week with erysipelas but is now much bettei. Miss Ella Harris, oldest'child and only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harris, died on Thursday last, of typhoid fever, at the home of her parents* three miles southeast of town. She was born Sept. 28th, 1875, and was a girl of more than ordinary beauty and amiability and her death is a grievous blow to her parents and tiiends. The remaius were taken to Morris, 111., for interment. , Mrs. Keziah Hails back died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Basil Doneliy, in Monti cello, on Tuesday of last week, and the remains were^ brought to this place for burial on Thursday. - Mrs. Rstilsback was for many years a resident of this place and many of our older citizens will recall the time when a large family gathered ! around the Railaback fireside, but the greater number have joined “the siient majority.” Mrs. itaiisback having long beer, a sufferer wafe witling and anxious to depart. Rkmingtoni an.