Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1894 — GILLAM ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

GILLAM ITEMS.

Joseph Richardson has returned from Porter county, where he has been working this summer. 3 o. The schools of Gillam are now all in session. - «. .Miss Florence Osborne returned home la.t week, after her summer’s stay with her sister, Mrs. C. F. Querry, at Hildreth, 111. Benjamin Long and family made a business trip to Rensselaer last Wednesday. Mrs. Mary Querry, of Medaryville, has sold her farm in Gillam to a Mr. Clark of the vicinity of Remington, the consideration being $33 per acre.

Edward and Harve Faris have left Reed’s Circus, and returned home after an absence of about five months. Lilly Hardesty expects to move this week from the Joseph Hunt farm in Gillam to the Swisher farm near Medaryville, and Joseph Maddox will occupy the Hunt farm. Charles Massey is Staying in Francesville, and attending school there.

The teachers of Gillam held their first institute last Saturday, they were all present and discussed the following subjects: “Tompkin’s Philosophy of Teaching,”—Frank Osborne and Gertrude Robinson. “History,”—Millie Robinson. “Numbers,” —Lizzie Faris. “Geography,” —Mollie Faris. “Ruskin’s Essays,” —Joseph Long. The next institute will be held the second Saturday in November.

JJLast Saturday evening while Chas. Guild’s dunn team of ponies were hitched to their* accustomed hitch rack in north Gillam, they concluded that Charles was in no hurry so they quietly loosened themselves and went home, a distance of three or four miles, and if it had not been for the kindness of one of his brothers, who drove the restless team back, Charles would have had to have walked home. The Popu ists held their convention at Cenier school house last Saturday, and nominated R. L. P. Massey for trustee, and Elmer Pullins for assessor. Senator Phares and S. P. Thompson will speak at Eist Vernon, Saturday evening, Oct. 13th. 1894. The people of Gillam should attend and hear the truth.

William Elliott, Gillam’s genial plasterer and carpenter has been kept busy this summer working for B. J. Gifford. Quite a number from Medaryville attended chutch at Gillam school house last Sunday afternoon. Peter Nash is preparing to put up a tile mill op his farm between now and spring/ kiddie May Mitchell, daughter of Samuel qnd Isabell Mitchell, after a painful and lingering illness of several months, died of that fatal dis<ase, consumption, Wednesday morning, Oct. 3, 1691, aged 24 years 5 months and 10 days. The funeral services were held in Independence Chapel, conducted by Rev. Dickerson, of the Christian church of Medaryville. The remains were placed in Independence cemetery.

A sad accidi nt‘happened last Tuesday evening pear Medaryville. While Miss Malinda Brewer, who was teaching school three miles south of Medarj ville, was returning home on horseback,’a dog ran out from a house near the road, and her horse became frightened and threw her. She struck on her head crushing in the back part of the skull. She was taken into the house but she died before medical assistance could arrive. She with her widowed mother had just moved to Medaryville last spring from Gillam where they had lived for several years.