Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1893 — REMINGTON ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON ITEMS.

Children’s day was appropriately observerved by the Presbyterian and Christian churches last Sunday. The same annual jubilee for the children will be observed jn the Methodist church next Sunday jnoming, '■"Mr. and Mrs W. K. Peck will be “at home” to their friends after June fifteenth, as announced by handsome cards. Mr. and Mrs. Will Coover and son Clyde, of Rensselaer were in town last week, leaving for Rensselaer on Monday. There were three runaways in town last Saturday, fortunately none of them resulting seriously. One was a mule team belonging to George Lear living near Wolcott, another a horse owned and driven by J. D. Myers and the third a horse of Mr. Porters.

Dr. D. H. Patton, wife, son Luther, and Miss Alice, Dr. and Mrs. Traugh and Miss Marguerite Reed, Mrs. Robert Parker, Miss Twonnet and Master Lowell, Mr. W. H. Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. George Major and son Charlie, Mrs. Hardy, Mrs. Hildreth, Miss Lizzie Hardy and Frank Hardy, Mr. A. M. Traugh and Miss Nellie Traugh, Mrs. Cooper, Miss Taylor and Gertrude Cooper, J. E. Hollett ani family. Dexter Jones and family, Misses Carrie and Flora McKee, Mrs. Burger, Fred and Blanehe Burger, Miss Mary Long and possibly others whose names have escaped your correspondent left Monday for the World’s Fair city expecting to be gone about two weeks.

Quite a number of young people will start for Rensselaer to-morrow (Tuesday) morning—wind and weather permitting—to attend the C. E. Convention. Miss Antoinette S. Price returned last Saturday from Montgomery, Ala.,|where she has been teaching in the University at that place. Her sister Miss Myra remained to help conduct a summer Normal but will be home in about four weeks. Mrs. Abbie Harrison who has been been teaching the Hunt school during the past winter was compelled to resign on account of ill health, resulting from an attack of measles, with which she was attacked last Spring. Although scarcely able to endure the journey she left for her home in Rensselaer last Saturday accompanied by Mrs. W. O. Roadifer. The remain - ing two weeks of the school will be taught by Miss Longwell. Mrs. Joseph Peffiey left forGreencastle last week for a visitwitAJbjer sister Mrs. J. L. Greenway. She will attend the commencement exercises of DePauw University, her brother-in-law being one of the graduates. Remingtonian.