Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1893 — CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE.

DUNNVILLE. WmT Tilton friends in this vicinity. ‘ Jos. DoArmond has returned from Rensselaer. where '‘he has been at work at the mason’s trade. Misses Della and Lulu Gillispie have been visiting their sister, Mrs. W. T. Posey, of DeMotte. Miss Lyda Lavinder is visiting friends and relatives in Lowell." IS, L. Gillespie seriously injured his foot by attempting to jump on a rpnning train. Miss Birdie DeArmond has taken charge of Mr. A. E. Cooper’s school. Mr. Cooper with Mr. Hqrry Paulsen, left Monday for Valparaiso, where they are going to attend school.Jos. Anderson has resigned his position as agent at this place. He is afraid lia will lose his job at Prancesville. How about it Monk?, Lewis Hunt has taken charge of the office. The “Pumpkin-Rollers” gave a very interesting entertainment at Oak Grove school house last Friday night. The “Squash-Heads” are not in it any more. Dunnville and Oak Grove schools closed last week after a very successful year’s work. J. D. Cooper’s house is nearing completion. What next John? Edward T. biggs was at the Pumpkin Rolling with a girl. Well Ed! Mr. O’CoPner gave a very interesting lecture on “Temperance” Tuesday night. - Rats.

FROM DeMOTTE. Our people that were on the sick ligt are convalescing. The new dwelling houses are nearly all completed with the exceptions of Ed. Irwin’s. E. E. Knight moved into Sam’l McGinnis’ house last Sat. 5 J. P. Fairchild has employed Doctor Stockwell to consult his case. Sam Luce and Joe Tyler returned home for the season. Lpmber is on the ground for the ..“Canning Factory” and it will be erected in the near future. Charles Cinder has finished his house and it makes quite an improvement to our town; and several of our dwellings are receiving new coats of paint Mrs. M. E. Troxell is visiting relatives aud friends in Rensselaer. i Henry Sparling and family having bought what used to be G. B. Antrim’s place, they now occupy it. Mrs. Sparling has been sick for the pfiist five weeks, but now is able to be up. Miss Lulu Gillespie has been visiting lier sister, Mrs. Wm. Posey, for tlie past week. Sam Luce intends to farm Father Bradbury’s farm. There is a dwelling on the farm, is he going to occupy it? Ha! ha!

REMINGTON ITEMS. Everett Walker of the Wolcott Enterprise, spent Sunday in Remington. He reports a building boom in Wolcott, part of which no doubt is due to the influence of the Enterprise. A good live paper is a great help to a town. 1 Miss Bailie Rawlings is seriously sick with a pulmonary complaint. Mrs. S. V. McKee attended the missionary meeting at Logansport last week. James Zea and family now occupy their pleasant home lately vacated by Mr. Parker, who has moved into the upper part of his new and elegant home. Mr. Worden has moved into his new home in Maxwell’s Addition. A team belonging to D. Hart ran away last Friday night, and narrowly escaped destruction. They ran down the railroad track and upon the bridge where they hung until rescued from their perilous and uncomfortable position. Strange as it may seem they were but very little worse for the accident, their owner driving them to town the next morning.

• Charles E. Mills Co. Assessor spent part of last week in town looking after the business connected with his office. Aaron Blake an old and highly respected citizen of this township, died on Wednesday of last Mrs. Gauthier, of Rensselaer and her two little sons spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Hary Hartley. The two ladies are sisters. v / Mr. Edward Ravenscroft is dangerously sick at his home three mites northeast of town. His condition is almost hopeless.

Mrs. J. K. Stoudt is recovering from a serious and dangerous sickness. Mrs. M. -Holomon, of Chicago, twas called home last Wednesday by the Miss Anna Harper is so far recovered f romher sieknessaatoke able to attend to her business in the millinery store. Mrs. Bonner was called to Downers Grove, 111., by the sickness of her sister, Mrs. Pitcher. Elder Carson the new minister of the Christian church, occnpies Mrs. Snyder’s property. on Ohio street The little girls composing the “J. C. of B.” took umbrage at a little article that appeared in this

paper and also in the Remington Press and made answer in a somewhat uncourteous style through the Press of last week. Our little friends will learn after awhile that denial is neither evidence nor argument The “lodge” may be in a flourishing condition as the little secretary claims, but the fact, the hard, uncompromising fact, remains, that life was a burden for some time for the little girl mentioned in the first item. Pilled With a laudable desire to make an ample and abject apology if we had unintentionally and unwittingly done the “J., C. -of R.” any wrong we made diligent inquiry and found from the child’s father and other reliable sources that the statement as to the persecution of the child was absolutely correct and true. In one particular we were mistaken; the charter was not revoked. Prof. Balden talked wisely and kindly to the children, putting them on their good behavior for the future and obtaining their promise not to molest or distress the little girl any more. The article was not written with any thought of “offending one of these little ones,” it was simply a matter of common report and as such seemed a legitimate item of news. Your correspondent exhausts all knowledge of the subject and all the time that can be spared for the J. C. of R. in this article, and will ask the Remington Press to please copy and oblige. Remingtonian.