Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1892 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

D UNN VILLE ITEMS Corn is growing rapidly. Miss Della Gillespie»is visiting friends at (Quincy, Ind. Miss Ivy Bartlett who has-been the guest of MissrEmnra Christie, for the past week returned to her home in Chicago last Monday. . George Dunn is at home spending the summer vacation. He has been attending school at DePauw University and intends to).return there after vacation to continue his education. I D. Dunn’s new store building is nearing completion. It is a large and commodious building and adds much to the appearance of our little villiage. Misses Maggie Maloney and Gusta Miller are visiting friends in Chicago. Mr. and Miss Shortridge were visiting friends at this place. ~ The railroad company gave our popular young telegraph operator W. T. a well deserved vacation of twO weeks . W. L. Swain is working in hia ’place in the meantime. i.Wheatfield’B base ball nine invited Dunnvills nine to play a game of ball with them. The invitation was accented and Wheatfield was beaten 12 toll.

Frank Ketchmark and Theresia McCue were married at the Catholic church in San Pierre, last Tuesday. The groom is one of our progressive and enterprising farmers and we wish him and his better half much joy. Day was a success hotwithstanding the Tact that Wheatfield choir returned home a little sad at heart because the judges pronounced •Duinville th'e best singers. Dunnville was far a head if they 9 did sing the “Red, White,and Blue” 'iHthout any colors. They were generous and let Wheatfield carry the flag, even if they could not sing in honor of it, and notwithstanding Dunnville had a fine flag of its own. - * The parties interested met last Friday night and decided to have a Township Graded school, by a vote of twenty-seven for and five against. The new school house will be a two story building and work will be commenced on it as soon as possible. 'Kankakee is fast coming to the front in educational matters and the people take a great interest in school work, _ - - Old Harper.

REMINGTON 11EMS . Mr. Mid Mrs. Ben Leopold are now the proud parents of a ten pound boy. He arrived last Saturday. The Christian S. S. and a number of the members and friends of the church are going on a picnic excursion tothe river at Monticello Wednesday of the week. At a meeting of the new school board Miss Orpha Timmons was elected teacher of the grammar department and Miss Anna Draper of the intermediate room. The other teachers remain as they were with the possible exception of the Superintendent Prof. Dickerson. Children’s Day was observed last Sunday in the Christian church in a pleasant and appropriate manner. Songs, recitations, flowers and good feeling were the order of the day. Something over fourteen dollars was the financial result. Mrs. lona Hayes Willetts and her two sons are visiting with the mother and sister of the former Mrs. Mid Mrs. Poole. Mrs. J. L. Greenway and her son Joseph of Greencastle are visiting relatives and friends in this place; Ellery Bloom, another one of our Remington boys located in the great city by Lake Michigan, spent Sunday with parents and friends, returning to Chicago Monday morning. Miss AnnaDalzell, of Reynolds is visiting relatives in this place. The Strawberry season is now in its prime. One grower, Mr. G. B. Clark, picked one hundred andninety quarts last Monday. Mr. Frank Shaw, of Indianapolis, spent a few days with parents and friends in this place. The two sqns and a daughter of Rev. V. McKee and wife arrived from

the various institutions of learning they have been attending to spend the summer vacation with there parents. Remingtonian.