Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1891 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

From DeMotte. The painters are now patting the finishing, touches on oaf new church. J. P. Fairchild who left a few weeks ago, to travel in the western states for the benefit of his health, is at the present stopping in Dallas Tex., and writes that he is improving rapidly. His brother D. E. Fairchild who accompanied him does not draw very flattering prospects for that part of the west. Jesse Tyler has been confined to his bed for the past five weeks with the typhoid fever. The disease was contracted while at work in Chicago. His present condition is encouraging. The election Saturday resulted favorably for the appropriation of SISOO to assist in constructing a grade to the river; while this is a big load for us to carry, we realize that if we want any public benefit we mustmake it ourselves, since very few favors get abov e the pockets cut into the pants of our Commissioners DistrietorThe population of our town is still on the increase, the latest being the advent of a daughter at the home of the Post-masterSpencerStmdayaf ternoon. Mother mid baby doing well, but Charley scarcely able to be around. The Board of Trustees of the M. E. Church held a meeting Saturday evening and decided to dedicate their building on Sunday Sept., 20th. Announcement made in due time. Our worthy trustee, who judging from his gay attire is a plumed Knight left Monday morning to attend the K. of P. encampment at Warsaw. A joint stock company has been organized here, for the purpose of building and operating a telegraph line between DeMotte and Stoutsberg. Messrs. Stout, Tabler, Bruner & Tyler are the backers of the entei prise. J. W. King of Rensselaer was the visiting sportsman at the shooting match Saturday. Henry Granger however carried off the honors as the crack shot, with King as a good second. A gun club is to be organized in the near future. From Remington. Mrs. A. G. Hardy has been on the sick list for a week or two past. Miss Green of South Bend is visiting her sister and] brothers in this place and vicinity. Mrs. Thomas Babb and daughter Lucille are visiting parents and friends in this place and vicinity. -Miss Maggie O’Connor returned last Saturday from a somewhat protracted stay in Logansport. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bartoo who has been so seriously sick with the lock-jaw fora week past is slowly recovering, Rev. J. F. Foster is recovering from his late serious illness. His brother-in-law Mr. David Shearer of Chicago was with him during part of the time that be was sick. Rev. J. L. Greenway will occupy the pulpit of the M. E. Church next Sunday morning and evening during the absence of the pastor Rev. J. H. Worrall. Mr. Homing of LaPorte, the young gentleman who will have charge of the grammar department in our schools, was in town last week. He comes highly recommended and will doubless make a good record. Prof. L. N. Fouts who was at one time oar school Superintendent is now the President of a Normal College at Covington, Ind. an institution that is highly spoken of. Mr. Culligan an aged citizen, died at his home near the Catholic Church in this place last Saturday. Tbe funeral took place from that church on Sunday afternoon. We regret to state that Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Briggs will probably leave Remington in the near future. They expect to go to the new stateof Washington where the good wishes of many friends will follow them. Mr. John W. Pollock and family will return next week to their old home m Ambia, Ind. During their short stay in Remington they made many friends who will be sorry to hear of their departure. Dean Rawlings, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Rawlings met with a serious accident last Saturday. He fell across the edge of a box with such force as to cut a gash in his throat three inches long. Dr. Patton dressed the wound and made the little sufferer as comfortable as possible. Several stitches were necessary to bring the edges of the cut together. Dr. and Mrs. M. G. Traugh, Mr?, Will Shepherd and Miss Fannie Patton, Masters Frank Hardy and Bert Shepherd, Misses Daisy Reed, Flora Hcllett and Flora Hart and Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Lareh went to the Hough entertainment at Goodland last Friday. All but the four first mentioned went by invitation to take part in the exercises. They .report a very pleasant time. The many friends of Mr. S. N. Snoddy formerly of this place but now of Delphi will be sorry to hear of the affliction that has befallen his family. As learned from the Chic-

ago papers his son Edwin twenty-one years old had come to the City Saturday Aug., Btb, with his sister to purchase some goods. They went to the. Polk Street depot toward evening to take the train for home. Finding they were a little early the young man went out for a short walk and up to last Saturday had not been heard of. Our community was shocked and startled last Thursday to hear that the remains of Tommy Crowden would be brought here from Goodland for burial. Although several years have passed since Mr. Crowden left this place most of our citizens will remember the bright-eyed handsome boy who was once a familiar figure on our streets as he passed oa his way to and from the old school house or on some household errand. He lacked a little more than two months of being, twenty-seven yoais old, and his death was more pathetic from the fact that he died among strangers. It must be an inexpressible comfort to the sorrowing family to know that tbe beloved son and brother went not as an alien or a stranger but as a child to his fat!mi's house.

REMINGTONIAN.