Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1890 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

Barkley-l Sews. Farmers are sowing oats between showers. The roads are all mud. N. W. Barns visited Monticello last week. Wonder why he goes so often. J. B. Marion has bis cigars yet for his belters. Watch them Brit, for they may rust before the hellers come. H. B. Murray visited Monroe, Mich., last week, and superintended the shipment of a large stock of trees, destined for the Ponsler farm, in Marion tp., and Mr. Murray’s farm in this township. Ire Winters. From Fair Oaks. Wm. Gilmore’s family have moved to his mother’s farm. Hattie A. Schofield has opened a tinware and general notion store here. Henry Darner has moved from Fair Oaks to Dr. Lougbridge’s place in the southeast part of the township. The oil men have pulled up the casing from their well at this place. Most, of the pasture about Fair Oaks has been leased to A, Me Coy for sheep grazing. The Farmers’ Alliance organized here Saturday night with five members. John Holliday has given up his sectiou here on the N. A. Ry. and has taken one at Hammond. He intends moving tliere shortly. Several parties have purchased rights for two or three counties each, to a patent gate. They expect to coin money in the business. George Ba lifield and family have returned from Kentucky where they had been visiting since last December. Greenman.

front Wbcalfleld. Our school teacher, Miss Harrison, spent Easter with her parents in Rensselaer. The School had a children’s meeting Sunday evening, March 30th. It was said by outsiders that it was the grandest entertainment this pla<ee ever had. With the money they got in the collection that evening, the Snpt. supplied a fine treat to the children for Easter. Each one receiving a sack containing pop corn, hickory nuts, candy and one colorored egg; and judging from the smiling faces it was highly appreciated. Mrs. Charles Myers has been in Chicago getting her spring millinery. J. H. Tilton has been cleaning up his store and filling it up with all kinds of summer goods. There was methodist preaching in the school house, April 11th. Elder Stafford officiating. Perhaps they will succeed in getting a regular appointment. One gentleman in town had a little diversion the other day in hearing a wordy conflict between a country girl and a woman living here. He thonfeht some of the words must have been spelled with capital letters by the emphasis they put on them. If was certainly amusing'if not edifying. Anon.

FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT. Rye looks well. Wheat is very poor. Oats are about all sowed. Mrs. Orlando Wallace is sick with lung fever. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John Biggs on the 6th, a daughter and to Mr. and Mrs. Yes. Austin on the 12th, a son. John Graves has bought and moved into the John Welsh property. M. M. Tyler, of DeMotte, has rented and moved into the Melser house, where he is running a first class hotel. Mr. Tyler has also opened a barber shop in the building formerly occupied by Samuel Warner, Wm. Hibbs has built and moved into a neat and comfortable dwelling house on his lot in Graham’s addition. S. J. Bently'has purchased the Newman White property, which he is having laid off into town lots. This will make an addition to Wheatfield of about 125 lots. Ashore.

From Remington. It is said that the Maxwell property, near town, will soon pass into the hands of Rev. Mr. Cooper, of Duluth, who will restore the grounds to their pristine beauty. He will also take charge of the Christian church in this place. Isaac Luc-key and family are occupying temporary quarters in the upper rooms of the Ohio street school house,.pending the erection of their new house in the north part of. town. 4 • •

David Coover is ascertaining how many hoys and girls between 6 and 21 can he found in our village. He is determined that not one shall escape. .Mrs. John Randall, of Wlieatfield, is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. K. Hollingsworth and niany''other friends in this place. Mrs. G: F. Bloom left on pTednesduy last for a visit with relatives The annual election Qf officers for the Ladies’ Aid Society of the M. E. church resulted in the election of Mrs. J. E. Stiller as Pres., Mrs. J. E» Hollett. Vice Pres., -Mrs. Walter Gminn, Secretary, and Mrs. F. H. Briggs, Treasurer. The funeral services for Miss Ella Harris, whose death Was mentioned in these items of last week, will take place on Suuday. next, in the M. E. church, conducted by Rev. J. T. Green way. Some miscreant, into whose plastic mind the decalogue was not deeply enough impressed, made a burglarious entrance into Sir. J. E. Hollelt’s hardware store last Sunday evening and extracted from the many articles therein a . handsome revolver with ammunition for the same, thus breaking two of the commandments at one fell swoop. It is to be hoped that lie will be cheeked in his -mad career before he breaks another, by shooting somebody with his new pistol. If it had not been for the keen ears and nimble feet of Mr. J. E. Stiller, the thief might have depleted Mr. Ilollett’s stock to a still greater extent. Mr. Stiller was writing at his desk and hearing a suspicious noise he gathered a shillaleh and gave chase, but the bold burglar dashed through a window, sprung the bolts of one of the front doors and made good his escape. Mr. and Mrs. James Burling and their little niece met with a narrow escape last Sunday evening. They •were driving home from a visit to some friends when a stroke of lightning laid his two good horses in the dust, or to speak more accurately, m the mud. Mr. Burling and wife, though stunned and burned, were not dangerously hurt, and the child was entirely unhurt.

The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Tyler, living on the Gilmore farm, four miles southwest of town, died on Sunday last. Interment in the Remington cemetery ou Monday. The three gentlemen of this place, mentioned in the Republican of last last week as candidates for the offices of Clerk and Auditor of the county, are all “good men and true” well qualified for the positions they seek. Particulars and programme of the Merchants’ Carnival will probably be given next week. Remingtonian.