Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1874 — Remington Items. [ARTICLE]

Remington Items.

Elder D. T. Halstead will preach in the Presbyterian church at Remington on the 20th instant. Mr. Isaac M. Lamborn will make a sale on the 14th instant. He contemplates moving to Kansas this fall. Th4re is not a nicer, neater, or more convenient Masonic Hall in Northern Indiana than the new one recently furnished at Remington. During the-month of August,- 1874, 3,078,471 pounds of freight were forwarded from the railroad office at Remington, and 826,308 pounds were received. The charges on freight forwarded amonnicd to $7,926.60; on freight received $1,228.60. The freight forwarded was equal to the capacity of 154 cars; that received to 42 cars. “Jonathan” wants to know by what right Dr. S. C. Maxwell, Who chirms to be a citizen of Benton county, holds the office of trustee of Carpenter township, Jasper county ? “Common people,” he says, “cannotseethe propriety of our township offices being held by nonresidents, nor of our school funds being under their control.”

Says the Journal of September 4th : “Last Sunday the Methodist congregation raised money enough .to let the Church out of debt, by the donation of Mr. Meredith of $360 of his salary. The debt of the Church is about $960, including arrears of Mr. Meredith’s salary, which he generously offered to donate to the Church, after which the congregation made up a list of S6OO, and also paid back a part of Mr. Meredith’s salary. At a meeting Monday evening it was agreed to pay Mr. Meredith’s donation back to him, and not by any means allow such a sacrifice on his part. During the last Conference year the Church has paid a debt of $1,400, and now stands on a good financial basis.”