Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1879 — REMINGTON NEWS. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON NEWS.

* pedal correspondent.] The Hathaway Elevator is being repaired wnd renovated, so as to be In reading for the coming season. All twee' of the Cherry boys are home, hMVing .been summoned from Nebr»tsk«by the death ot their dear mother, S. M. Black. One golernment saloon closed up, preparatory to being converted into a grocer fM Only two more to be heard from. So’ljpauch for Jimmy Dunn’s labors. j'« The of the day is to decide whether Morgan andLegg do business in fwnsselaer and board in Remington, or merely board in Remington and dojbuslness in Rensselaer. Who knows? Tj Remington i| painfully quiet just at present. No djtjuuken rows, nosquab • blings, and n<jt even an occasional dogfight to mas* the peace and harmony of this sqper community. Cox has settled the inuss between Kitt and Guy, by ‘taking it all on himself.” Well that’s the ay the darkey did. The Temperalee Festival at the close of Dunn’s |neetiugß,=last Thursday night was aferand sueces3. Ice cream, lemooadi and cuke vanished fearfully fast, aftd money-flowed in ditto. The receipts were something over SIOO 00, to pe used in defraying the expenses Off.lhe sejrias of meet* ,ings. I The young maifwho does the heavy articles on the R< porter is terribly auxious for a “Cornet* band. “Coronets” are good enough in their place, but it i 3 there are any thoroughbreds in Remington whose right it is them. However, trot them out Bind the pearls may possibly be eonvc tjed into money.— Other towus are ! satisfied with u Cornet band. . | From the melodiolsf screeches that float over the evertlpg air, it would seem that a brass band was being sprouted in this town. If Gabriel does not give forth afty more harmonious toots, when he 'takes his journey, the dead will be very shy of , waking up to follow h[tr. That they will awaken there is np doubt but as for following after s'tych discordant caterwauls taut is ou| of the question^-

There has been a difflijulty in reaching our Cemetery everjj since it w.ts i located, especially in tyuies of high ; water and muddy roadsj. The town dads have surmounted it hat now, by purchasing a right of way through Powell’s addition, commencing north of the termination of Ohio street and crossing the preek east to the Cemetery. The, stream is to bo biidged, nud as the rand runs over nigh ground the track y ill be good at all times. \ The farraeis who-sowed wheat’last ; fall in this section are l ighly pleased j with the experiment, and the feeliug is becoming prevalent, ijhiat in time to come, when the soil 1 eeornes more thoroughly subdued n|d cultivated, ; this will be avqry fair’lrheat growing J region. Should that pi ove to be true I many thousands of do lars can and ; will annually be saved; round about Remington, whieh are iow and have been for years sent at road for Hour. Our merchants pay on .from #50,000 to SOO,OOO yearly for Hot r alone, which money ought tp be isaved for use here. i

Death has agaia entered in our midst and removed cs6,Whose loss will be sorely felt and deplored, not only by the stricken fuitliily, but the entire couununiiy. Mr|. S. M. Black died about 2 o’clock Sunday morning after only two days illnea|. The news of her death Was a sent a gloom and sorrow throudh the hearts •of all who know her. 11l the ichurch of which she was a memjber and in society she was ever in tpe front iu deeds of charity aud everything that had for its object the elevation of the humau family aud in ministering to the sick and the afflicted, ihe had few equals and was excelled ; by none.— ! Her bereaved husband has the heartfelt sympathy of all the numerous acquaintances, and she i$ sincerely mourned by every one, Who has for the few yeais past been wont to 6ee her, "ever active in the discharge of Christian, family aud neighborhood duties. The funeral on Tuesday afternoon was more generally attended than any ever before in Bemingtop. During the services all tha business houses were closed, A Gat.es. Coming!— The ’ Hurt; Family, and Juvenile Quartette, Who have won golden opinions froth, the press and pablic as the Juvenile fiausitlal mirth makers, presenting a most unique, chaste and elegant entertainment.— Their reportoire embraces imany of the choicest gems, glees, eporuses, solos, duets, trios, qjiartetfces, aud most laughable eharactier sk4ches.— Their Juvenile Quartett»is the’young* est ever produced or pfeseutetj to the musical world, and is composed of four children, age from 3 to 8 years, binging their separate parts perfectly and .independently, and they are justly by theipublic, the musical prodigies of the age,” Rev. Thos. Yanscoy and wife, of Evanston, 111., stopped over yestei> dayVith friends in Rensselaer. Tjiey are on their way to the Battle Ground curnp meeting.