Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1873 — Remington Items. [ARTICLE]

Remington Items.

Compiled from lhe Journal. Twenty buildings south of Remington K|e reported damaged by the tornado of the 4th. Charlyy Harlegar insists that he will be found dead sometime, all because ho is not permitted to get drunk in peace. Henry Lipprant had his divorced wife arrested last Wednesday for hitting him over the head with a club, but failed to sustain his case. Jared 11. Fountain tells the temperance people that he intends to quit; but tells his customers that he will “fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.” The Remington ladies held a ffresoluting” meeting last Thursday evening, from which they excluded reporters. It is understood they mean business. About 2,500 pedple it is estimat-ed-attended the Fourth of July celebration last Friday. Owing to the ralii the regular programme was dispensed with. A young man suspected of being a horsethief tried to sell a horse in town last Thursday. Sheriff Starr, of Pulaski county, came after, captured him and placed him on the cars handcuffed; but lie succeeded i.i effecting his escape.

[ Thp riot on Thursday evening was a good thing for the Journal, if bad for the saloons, and rendered it necessary to print an extra edition of one hundred copies. The Journal dated June 28th, has full report of the proceedings of July 4th, which is enterprising indeed. Wake up, Johnson, and change those date lines once a month! Isaac Westfall’s residence a few miles north of Remington, was recently struck by lightning and badly damaged. The family were all in it at tho time and himself sick in bed, but all escaped without harm. On Monday night of last week an alarm of fire was sounded, which brought out the people in season to extinguish a heap of burning straw that had been placed against Ford’s saloon. It is thought to have been a ruse of the whiskeyites- to gam sympathy. On Thursday Mrs. Lipprant was found in Carpenter creek, just below lhe iron bridge, where she pFetended to be drowning herself. She had been soaking in the water about two hours without wetting her head. She said she was hunting her children. It seems her divorce docs not make her entirely happy, James F. Irwin found an insane man in Remington, last Saturday week, whom he forwarded to the poor farm. lie is a stranger, about 20 yoars old, of American descent, light hair, blue eyes, little below average size and answers to the name of Jake. When found, a hat, shirt and pair of pants constituted his wardrobe. Martha Black, Emma Harlegar, Maggie P. Dolles, Hattie E. Parker, Harriet M. Black, Ellen Lockwood, Rhoda Hair, Mary Blood, Mary Darrow, Abbie Black, Lida McLain, Frank Blood, Kate Ralph and Mrs. Sarah Petit were arraigned on Wednesday of last week, plead guilty to two compaints of malic,ious trespass, and were fined $5 in the gross. These were the parties that mobbed Ford’s and Fountain’s liquor saloons. Owing to the present prospect of the pontincnal we have laid in our spring stock of dry goods, consisting of staple and fancy dress goods, silks of difierent styles, Japanese stripes, white goods, hair cloth, plaid gingbams, black alpaca, calico in great quantity, lawns, etc. 3,000 yards of brown muslin. 1.500 yards of bleached muslin. 2.500 yards of jeans for from 25 cents to 75 cewts per yard. Carnet warp. Spring shawls in latest styles. '■'BeffiSprelMlb.- As- T Laces, ribbons and notions of all kinds. We have seperated our boot and slioe department from our other goods and moved it into another room, and now show the nicest and most extensive assortment of men’s, women’s and children’s wear eyer brought to this market.; Our stock of Philadelphia shoes is cbniplste. We will be pleased Jo have our old customers, :;nd all others who will do so, come in tmd examine our goods. J. 1. Pt'KCUI.’iLE & Co.