Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1909 — REMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON.

S. O. Lucas was in Fowler the first of last; week. t Mrg* Smalley’s mother was Visiting her last week. • Mrs. A. J. Brooks was quite sitfs the first of the week. Born, on June 22, to Mr. and Mr's. Samuel Segman, a son. W. J. Dick spent Tuesday with Charles Beal and family. 1 Mrs. Hayes, south of town, has been quite sick for sqme time. Miss Alice Walker is here from Canada to visit her parents. Mrs. James Fitzgerald is here visiting Dennis Hayes and family. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Worden June 28th. A. V. Lock worked through Illinois and lowa at his work as life stock artist. Rev. Crowder had quite bad looking face from getting it poisoned by some weeds. I. J. Monohon and son visited the former’s uncle in Sheldon the first of the week. H. E. Hoover went to Chicago to buy some cattle, but he couldn’t quite stand the price. J. N. Bowman and wife left for Williamsport to attend a family reunion of his family. Thompson and Smith took the train here Tuesday for the scenes of their Illinois gravel road contract. Mrs. Lee Rush went back home to Earl Park Wednesday, after several days’ visit with her parents. The Presbyterian C. E. society held an excellent and well attended social on the lawn of Frank Howard. David Geigley, who has been looking after his farming interests here, returned to his home in Chicago Friday. Mrs. James Hartley, who has been visiting the Gardner’s, south of town, returned to her home Wednesday of last week. Don’t forget that Fountain Park Assembly will rival any of the best that has yet been given. You can’t afford to miss a day. Mr. and Mrs. Lou Harmon came from Rensselaer by automobile route to take the train Friday to visit relatives in Illinois. Hattie and Minnie Wepple returned home to Gilman, 111., after several weeks visit with friends and relatives south of town. Clyde Reeve and family, with the exception of Earnest, who remained to visit his grand parents, returned from Rensselaer Sunday. Arthur Lucas left for Chicago Tuesday, from which place he expects to soon leave for the west, where he will enroll in all of the free land distributions. Chas. May will soon be so that he can have plenty of leisure, for that boy, born July Ist, will soon be big enough to either look after the farm Dr .bire the teachers. _ Frank Branner left Tuesday for Canada, but expects to wind up in Montana, and other western points in time to get his name in for some of the free government land draws. We had a nice crowd Monday evening in spite of the rain, to witness the fire works and listen to the band. If the day had been nice, we would have had a record breaking crowd. H. Peck won second in the big shoot at Chicago, where all the best shots in the country met. He tied with four other men for second and only lacked "one target of getting in the first division. Harry Gilbert and Miss Honor Fell, of Goodland, were united in marriage at the home of the bride near Goodland. They will spend their honeymoon in Chicago. will reside on the groom’s father’s farm. Eeverybody seemed to be going to Monticello Saturday to celebrate the Fourth. They had an extremely large and orderly crewd. Gave a fine industrial parade, and one of the best balloon ascensions seen for a long time. F. L. Griffin, former editor of the Press, now located In the restaurant business there, says he fed over 1,000 people, and all the street stands did a flourishing business. Judge Joseph Leffier, of the Delaware circuit court, Tuesday evening overruled the motion for a new trial in the case of County Auditor Joseph E. Davis, recently convicted of a charge of neglect of duty in connection with the so-called county office graft cases. The town of Knox, which has been visited during the last few years by fires which swept aw'ay a large part of its business district, has awarded contract for the construction of a water works system at an estimated cost of $10,450-. The construction is Afl _