Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1869 — REMINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.

AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM “VELOCIPEDE.” Reminiscences of the Growth ot Remington.—lts Prospects, and Business.—sßo,ooo worth of Grain Bandied by one Firns Gast Year.— O,MIO Acres ot Real Gat ate and Ott Town la. ts Hold This Year.—New Buildings, Ac. Remington, August 30, 1869. Messrs. Eds. Union: Dear Sirs: Some time since I noticed an] article in your paper entitled ‘•Rensselaer Directory,” giving the town a sly puff. I have thoughba word or two in regard to ’our town might prove interesting to some of your readers, as many of those living out of the county are either directly or indirectly interested in the growth and prosperity of the county. As no one else has taken the trouble to do I will jot down a few items and call it Remington directory. Remington is a pleasant little, village of about 600 inhabitants, and is situated on the U. C, and I. C. Railroad, about 16 miles west of the crossing of the iz, N. A. it C. road at Reynolds. It is not a capital, however, and we do not make laws here; in fact some of the citizens think we have one too many laws now, to-wit, the one authorizing county commissioners to grant appropriations for building railroads. The village was laid out in 1860, by Jesse K. Fordice. The first year only four houses were built. The first one was built by Geo. B. Clark and used by him for a grocery and provision store. The town did not improve much until 1866 when it received a new impetus. There are now two grocery and provision stores, one of which carries a good stock of clothing; three dry goods stores; two drug xtores; one hardware store; one boot, shoe, hat and cap store; two harness shops; two dealers in agricultural implements; three lumber yards; two hotels, one of which has been greatly enlarged this summer; two livery stables, and one saloon.— Two more business houses will soon be completed and filled with goods. As yet wc have but one church and school house, but there is some talk of building anothcu church, and the people are talking strongly of a high school. Since the first ol March there has been seven business houses and nine dwellings'completed or in process of construction, besides a number of additions, stables, etc. Quite a number of town lots (96 that I can now count) have changed hands since that time. A large lot of farming lands has been sold, and passed into the hands Of farmers who nre going right on to improve them. One of our land agents (we have four) informed me that he has sold since the first of March 6,800 acres of land. We have two warehouses in operation. One firm last year bought $30,000 worth of grain. We have voted to incorporate our town, and as soon as the commissioners meet we will be incorporated. Now what we want, is more capital to develop our rich and fertile soil and we will become a good business town. We are surround ed by as fine lands for farming and grazing purposes as the sun shines upon. Much of it is high, rolling prairie. We are in need of a good flouring mill. There is nd bOtter point in my knowing than this is. Parties in search of a locatiotpat which to put up a mill will do well to come here. Velocipede. ■ ' ■ I . -11, Ten applications for license have been filed with the Assessor of Internal Revenue, tor the distilation of braudy fron apples and peaches iu Harrison county. During the last six weeks there have been shipped from the Ohio & Mississippi railroad deppt at Washington, Daviess county, ope hundred and twenty hogsheads of tobacco, the largest portion of which came from Dubois county. A week ago last Thursday t> gang of five or six boys took an old blind horse that was cropping the grass near Stanton’s grove led him to the lake (there was a rope halter about his neck) and kept him in till he was drowned. Twice the poor beasj tried to escape from his tormentors but they forced him back to a watery death. Apic nic party in the grove was greatly annoyed, and some of the ladies even terrified, at the blowings and stragglings of the dying animal. The youngsters perhaps did not realize the meanness and barbarity of the act, and we suppress all names; but it ought not to be forgotten that boys who can deliberately torture and kill a helpless, dumb brute, may not be entirely out of danger lof the penitentiary—if they keep I on.— Laporte Union and Herald. I