Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1894 — REMINGTON ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON ITEMS.

Mrs. lea Morris entertained compai.y. from Wolcott. Friday. Luce Bond, of Chicago, visited friends he e test week. Mrs. John Jordan went to Idaville Friday to visit her brother Joshua Fo ter.

Mis' Craft Check and uel Bahb, are very much improved in bealtb. ■

The summer normal conducted by Professors Murphy and Vanatta, opened last Monday. Mrs. Allen, of came Thursday for a short visit with sister, Mrs. Patton. Mrs. Frank Hart, of Wolcott, has been visiting friends and attending the May school. Mrs. Hattie Shepherd and son Bert went to Chicago, last week, for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hartley and Miss Mary Peck were visiting in Kentland last week. Mrs. Thomas Turpin, of Peoria, 111., visited her friends here over Sunday. Mrs. Conrad, of Indianapolis, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Mclntire. Charles L. Chamberlain and wife, of Hoopston, 111., ars visiting Mr. C’s sister, Mrs. Dr. Landon. Mr. Thomas Wilcox, who has been sick for a long time, is once more able to come to town. Walter Hicks and Mrs. Will Taylor, of Chicago, are visiting their parents, Andrew Hicks and wife.

Mias Tennie Barnes who has been attending school here, has returned to her home in Pontiac. 111. J. E. Hollett has taken a vacation and will make a short visit before resuming his business duties again. Misses Effie Clark and Eva Kline of Rensselaer, spent Sunday with Miss Clark’s sister, Mrs. T. J. Grant. Mr. and Mrs. Major Townsend went to Greencastle, Monday, for a short visit.

Misses Murtie Tharp and Clara Bloom and Master Walter Tharp were in Rensselaer Saturday. Miss Helen Cross entertained a few of her friends last Saturday evening at the home of her aunt, Mrs. C. E. Cooper. Mrs. Zea, the aged mother of Jas. Zea, who has been visiting her son Lyman in Rensselaer, has returned to Remington.

Mrs. Sarah Wells, of Indianapolis, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. M. J. Phelps. She expects to spend the summer here. Fred Bowman, Luther Patton, Mrs. Wolfe and Miss Maude Bowman went to Rensselaer, last Sunday week to attend the funeral of little Paul Honan. Elder Carson will begin a protracted meeting at Black Oak school house Monday evening. Mr. Carson is a most agreeable speaker and we wish him abundant success in his labors. A hard frost visited this region Sunday night. As the previous old snap had killed out the early vegetables there wasn’t much work for it to do. ■— r .

Owing to Rev. Handley’s appointment at Kentland and Goodland to fill the place of the presiding elder, the regular services at the M. E. church were dispensed with. Mrs. J. D. Allman and babe, left Thursday for a three week’s visit in Buchannon, Mich. Miss Ella Hawkins accompanied them and will spend the summer there. Memorial services were held at the M. E. church Sunday morning, by Elder Carson, assisted by Rev. McKee. About forty old soldiers marched to the church. The M. E. choir furnished the music. Owing to the dangerous illness of their sistet, 3- Jess and Harry Walker came home from Chicago Thursday. At present writing the little girl is still lying in a very precarious condition.

Mrs. Tabor, who has been confined to the house so long with rheumatism is now able to be in the streets once more, by means of one of those most comfortable and convenient wheeled chairs, such as were used at the World’s Fair. The May School of the M. E. church was well attended and on the whole was quite interesting though several features of the program were necessarily omitted as those |who were expected to carry them out failed to come.

We are always glad to note improvements around towja, not the least of which is the mowing of all the weed and grass around the streets giving them a neat and wholesome look and making the town much pleasanter.

It is with a great deal of regret that we are obliged to chronicle the fa< t that Mrs. Hattie Thomas has left our pleasant little town for the more attractive city of Fairbury 111., where she will open a dressmaking rs’Hhlisliment. wi.h possibly a miltin- ry ftiiaclimenf Mrs. Wm. Shaw, who went to Eoi’lewood to visit her daughter, Mrs. Solomon, was called home by

the serious illness of her husband. Mrs. Solomon came Friday. Mr. ■ Shaw has been quite feeble for some time and grave doubts are entertained’astVhra recovery. Mr. Parker his traded his property in the north part of town, for a part of Mr. Pettit’s property on Indiana st. It will be a great improvement to that part of town, if Mr. Parker will now put up a desirable house in place of the old shell now occupying the corner lots there. ZZ

Prof. Dickerson’s new home at Goodland is rapidly nearing completion. Perry Griffith and Luther! Patton have gone there this week to do the plastering. Mr. Cammens of this place is doing the carpenter work. Mr. Dickerson is building a much larger house than the one he owns here. Decoration Day services were observed in the usual manner. The address delivered at the cemetery by Mr. C. L. Chamberlain, of Hoopston, 111., was very able and interesting. Mr. Chamberlain is a very talented young man and leaves a good impression on the minds of his audience. The Wolcott band and a selected choir gave out most delightfui music. —