Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1874 — Remington Journal Jottings. [ARTICLE]

Remington Journal Jottings.

The Journal put on a new cap last week. Mrs. Stewart, mother of Joseph Stewart, died on the Ist Instant, aged seventy-four years. On Monday last week the thermometer Indicated a temperature of 103°, Tuesday the murcury reached 104°. An unexpended school fund of $1,808.62 remains in the hands of the treasurer of the llcmingtou school board. The total receipts of the concert on the evening of the 4th', was $175 ; the net proceeds of the day and evening were about $260. Two years old is tho Journal now, and going on three. It is u good local f taper, anil its proprietor deserves iberal patronage for his enterprise. One night week before last tho freight train golug west killed outright two horses belonging to Mr, Charles H- Price, crippled another oiie so badly that it waslikely to die.