Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1890 — CORRESPONDENCE [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE

: ■ A..:'.. - j Final Cillnm. Your correspondent has come to stay. The oil we’d has played nut. Miss Ada Wood, of Wabash, is visiting the family of her sisteuy Mrs. J. A. Huston. Died, Dec. 14th, at the reside nee of ’hi«u{ather, Daniel C. Provo, after an illness or several months. Mrs. JPrevo is very low also with the same disease, equsutnption. The- Gillamsehoolcare-prcgresk-ing finely.-' Prayer meetings are the order of the day. Christinas is here boys; you’d better be thinking- about getting ] your best girl a present. The Republicans will win in l J 1892. Gillam Boy. |

Urofa Fair Oaks. News scarce in this vicinity. This week has been livelylor ! the railroad They have • been working almost night and i day clearing up wrecks —and eating Christmans candies and fruits, gathered up therefrom. Newton Imes, a .brakonmn on the Mouon, had an overcoat taken while the train was standing at Rensselaer one day last week. Oar : ever vigilant detective, force got wind of it arid caught the thief between this city and Rose Lawn. He was an employe of the road and had been stopping here. Oar .schools closed last Friday for a vacation of one week. Our boys have been praying almost incessantly for snow; as they cannot successfully carry on tneir chief occupation without it. Rachel

From Itemlugton. George Allman, of Kokomo, is home for the holidays. Miss Mary Kirkpatrick left on Monday of this week for her home in New sons were added to the households ot Thomas Shew and Rudd Johnson, last week. r Mrs. Naomi Hunkins has been dangerously sick during the past five weeks and is not any better at this writing. A number of our leading society people “tripped the light fantastic toe" hast Friday evening, iu Butler Hall. Those who attended report a pleasant time. Mr. and Mss. Bridgman*, of Kentland, and Mr. Bridgman’s sister, of Kansas,-, visited Mrs. Bridgman and family,.in this place, last week. The panorama exhibited at the M. E. church last Saturday averting was-worthy, of a more liberal patronage. The- exhibition v/as a good one.

A commission-in lunacy consisting of Drs. Hatch and Patton and Justices-Chappel and met last Saturday to look into the mental condition of Mrs. Elizabeth Leeeh. The result of the examination is not yet known to your correspondent. The Peake Sisters from Alasky under the very able training and leadership of Mrs. J. C. Dickerson will give one of their unrivaled entertainments in Durand Hall on Thursday evening, Jan. Ist. It will be given- under the auspices es the ladies of the Presbyterian church*

There was as “unpleasantness” ©f considerable magnitude on the street last Saturday in which several of the belligerents “bit the dust.’” The marshal appeared on the scene and promptly placed all hands under arrest, A trial bei fore Justice Chappell resulted in the fining of one of the men and the acquittal of the others. Mrs. Mary T. Durand left on Monday morning for Peoria, 111., where she will be married on Christmas day, high pp» n in. Bet. Jas. L. GreeDway, ©I Greeneastle. The ceremony will take place at the home of the bride’s brother,T. J. Turpin. Mr. Greenway during the past conference year was the faithful and efficient pastor of the M. E. Church in this place but is now a student in DePauw Theological University. They will spend the summer vacation in this place but will go at present to Greencastle. Hosts of friends will wish Mr. Greenway and his fair bride abundant success and happiness.

REMINGTONIAN.