Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1892 — REMINGTON ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON ITEMS.

James Knight is building a large two story addition to the house on R. R street, recently purchased from Samuel Mitchell.

There was a quiet wedding at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Townsend, last Wednesday evening, the contracting parties being Mr. William R. Geier and Miss Arnota Garrison. The ceremony Was performed by Rev. S. V. McKee, of the Presbyterian church. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Leopold will leave Remington this week to take up their abode in Rensselaer. Simon Leopold will move into the Shearer property, now owned by Mr. Leopold, and will enter into partnership with Mr. Mossier in a general mercantile business. They will soon occupy the very handsome store rooms in Tabor and Parker’s new building. Mr. Galbraith has sold the large farm recently purchased ot Mr. James Sheetz, for seventy-five dollars per acre.

Mrs. Mary S. Poole left early this week for Valparaiso, Ind., where she and her daughter, Miss Bertha, expect to make their home. Miss Bartha has secured a good position in a book store. Thomas Grant and family now oc.eupy the..hands.Qm.e new cottage recently built by R. S. Tuttle and sons. . for Mr. J- Myers on the lot immedialely adjoining the one occupied by Mr. Myers. ' ■ By private letter from Prof, and Mrs. J. C. Dickerson, we learn that the Normal at Mitchell, Ind., promises to become one of the promin mt educational factors of the state. We are glad to learn that our former excellent Superintendent has found profitable and congenial work, for which he is well fitted by careful study and training. Rev. A. H. DeLong is preparing to give an entertainment for the cause of missions in the Methodist church on Friday evening, September, 30th, which promises to be one of unasual interest. It is to be a Con-

grass of the nations, each nation repre mted in costume. One feature of the exercises will be the singing of that grand old hymn, ‘‘From Greenlauds icy mountains” in character, the first character representing an Esquimaux Indian, the next a Hindoo woman, and so on. Everybody is cordially invited. Mrs. Hackenburg an aged lady, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Spencer, on Saturday evening last The remains were taken to Monticello for interment On Monday evening at ten o’clock, George Locke,’Son of Mr. and Mrs Jefferson Locke, died at the home of the family on S. Ohio street, of typhoid fever. He was an excellent young man about eighteen years old. The family have the sympathy of the entire community in their sad bereavement

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