Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1890 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

Fra in Wheatfield. Hay pressing ia the leading enterprise. Business of the town is good, ' Our town now has a first class drugstore. Mr. J. S. Watson is proprietor. S. J. Bently and Alston Nichols are each building large and commodious dwelling houses. E. Jensen is building a blacksmith and wagon shop, also a nobby little barn. Wm. Waldron, our enterprising photographer, will move this week by rail to Mt. Ayr. Wm, Bowman has moved to Wanatah. Jacob Melser, who got his hand mashed while coupling cars on the 1. I. & I. sor 6 weeks ago, is still nursing a verv'sore hand. On Sunday evening, Nov. 23rd., some sneak theif entered the house of Air. J. S. Watson-while the family were absent and stole from him $157. Ashore.

From Remington. Luther Patton and Merrill Fisl.er came home from Purdue to eat j Thanksgiving turkey and visit; with friends at home. Charlie Hood, son of Dr. Hood, formerly of this place, but now of Flemingsburg, Ky., is the guest of Dr. Patton’s fomily. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Price left on Saturday last for their future home in Ashland, Kan. Mr. I. V. Smith, the energetic manager and proprietor of the sand quarry, was in town last Fri-1 day. He reports the new town of ; Jonesborough, in this state, where they are erecting a rubber factory ; as booming beyond nil rxpecta. tion. He expects to put in about $4,000 worth of new machinery in the sand pit here, in a few weeks. 1 The ladies of the Christian I church gave a “crazy supper” bn | Thanksgiving evening, which was j unique, enjoyable and profitable, netting the handsome sum of SSO for their treasury. Mrs. Enoch Cox, of Ft. AVayne, • spegt Thanksgiving and several) following days with her sister, Mrs. Draper. Thanksgiving services were held in the Presbyterian church. A: good and suitable sermon was de- ; livered by Rev. J. H- AVorrall, of. the M. E. church, who was assisted In the services of the hour by Rev. J. F. Foster, of the Presbyterian church. The singing was especially fine and the entire service was pleasant and profitable. Robert Love is on the sick list. ' Rev. Love, of Logansport, occu pied the pulpit of the Christian chu reh, last Sunday morning and even Ah gMrs. D, W. Peck returned lasti Saturd W from a visit of a mouth’s i duratio. i with friends in Salem and New .Albany, Ind. The M. K 8. S. will probably give a can taia u*nd have a tree in Durand Hull, on Chistmas eve. Captain Boy D.avidson, whose serious sickness was mentioned in a former letter, died on Monday evening of last week. He was a man of more than ordi nary ability and force of character, filling several important public positions acceptably. His funeral occurred on Wednesday, under the charge of the G. A. B. Post, in thu? place, v.ho hurried him with the honors iof war as was proper, as he had I been a brave soldier through tvI wars, the Mexican end the War of i the Re belli o'a.

Remingtonian.