Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1891 — CORRESPONDENCE [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE

From Wheatfield. The members of the Wheatfield Lutheran church met .last Sunday, and elected new officers, and also look which cleaied th~ church of debt. The church is now Jri r*nn<iition. Grover Smith, our new saloon keeper was fined $lO by Judge Graves, for selling on Sunday. George Stembel and Orange Brewer are building new residences in Wheatfield. John Graves’ new store at Virgie will be in charge of Geo. Faylor. The Squire himself has no thought of leaving Wheatfield. Wheatfield will not celebrate this year, but will go to DeMotte, on the 4th.

From Remington. An oculist from Cincinnati whose name your correspondent could not ascertain came to Remington on Monday last to assist Drs. Patton and Ramsey in performing a delicate and difficult surgical operation on one of J. D. Rich’s eyes, the sight of which was defective. The many friends of Mr. Rich will await (be result with anxiety.

It is reported here that Mr. J. F. Warren, who has served so ably and so faithfully as our County Superintendent for the pasl two terms, has been re-elected, which is certainly a good thing for the educat-onal interests of the county. Misses Anna Draper and Orpha Timmons, who attended the commencement exercises last Thursday evening, in the Rensselaer Opera House, and the banquet on Friday evening at the Nowels House, are enthusiastic in their praises of both occasions. The order they said was very good considering the great audience that crowded the room and the exercises were listened to with respectful attention. The beautiful, solemn and appropriate exercises attendant on Decoration Day were observed at the cemetery lest Saturday. An unusually large number of people were present and also an unusually large number of soldiers were in line. May they long continue with us and when they leave us may their children and children’s children for many generations scatter (lowers over them. The crowd at the cemetery was so great that your correspondent could not hear but ore speech, that of Rev. J. Rodman and it was vciy fine. The music was patriotic in character and was sung with a fervor and spirit that recalled the old daysroMjte,war. The flowers were nroffas&and. beautiful and it is the day will be observed as long as we hold om place among the nations.

REMINGTONIAN.