Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1875 — Remington Record Items. [ARTICLE]

Remington Record Items.

Mr. A. Coover has made an addition to his residence on Ohio street ... .Joseph Crowder is making several improvements on his Ohio street property.... IL W. Cherry and Zeb Wilcox each lost a horse last week from lung fever... .Doctors have plenty of business, and health is not generally g00d.... The first nine of the Remington White Stocking base ball club went over and played with the Monticello boys last Friday... .Six pennies and a brass button were the recent donation of a Remington Sabbath school class for some charitable purpose... .The third kiln of brick is being burnt; it contains 60,000.... J. S. Wigmore is a partner of Frank Morgan in the jewelry store... .Through the kindness of the Treasurer of the Remington Agricultural Association, Dr. D. 11. Patton, who furnished Jhe rig, we visited the fair grounds, Monday. We were hardly prepared to see such a splendid location as greeted our vision. There are about 30 acres in all, 26 of which are prairie, and 4 splendid grove. The ground is perfectly level, the grove has been trimmed, and things begin to assume a business appearance. The track is about twenty feet wide, a half mile around, and, although there has been no great amount of work done on it yet, it is smooth and hard, and will require little additional work-to make it one of the best tracks in the State. The floral hall, which is in process of constuction, will be a commodious and conveniently arranged building, and very substantial. Mr. J. H. Tribby has the contract for erecting the buildings and he is doing a good job of it. There are to be sixty stalls on the south side of the ground, twelve of whioh have been finished. They are built substantial, are well roofed, and each has a permanent trough for feeding stock. All the work is put up substantial and with a view to the convenience of patrons of the fair. The work is beingpushed rapidly forward, and will be completed before the fair. We opine that the first fair held by the Remington Agricultural Association will De a grand success, and each successive one properly conducted, which we have every reason to believe will be the case under the present management, for nothing has been left undone that could be done to further the interest and prove beneficial to the coming fair, which will be held Sept. 7th, Bth, 9th and 10th.— Compiled.