Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1874 — Remington Journal Jottings. [ARTICLE]

Remington Journal Jottings.

Oats are being marketed quite lively. A sidewalk has been ordered built on the north side of North street, between Ohio and Kentucky. Ague has made its annual appearance, to the satisfaction of grim visaged disciples of iEsculapius. Hr. J. P. Reynolds was recently fined one dollar and costs for shooting at a dog. Justice, if he missed the beast. Professor J. H. Snoddv has gone to Platon Rapids, to teach Michiganders how Hoosiers conduct Teachers’ Institutes. Eight or ten Free Masons from Remington recently attended the funeral of Mr. Win. Garrctson who was buried in Cass county. A head of Hungarian grass nine inches long, is among the trophies of the Journal office. It was grown on a farm in Carpenter township. Mr. J. J. Talbott organized a Good Templars’ Lodge in Remington, on the 7th. The officers are: Worthy -Chief Templar, M. Johnson; Worthy • Vice Templar, Mrs. Artelia A. Chappell; Chaplain, Itev. Thomas Meredith ; Worthy Secretary, Miss Della, Hathaway ; Treasurer, Charles Harlakar; Marshal, Daniel B. Miller; Inside Guardian, Mrs. Kate Ralph; Outside Guardian, A. Bellows.