Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1912 — Chas. C. Warner Nominated For Joint Representative. [ARTICLE]

Chas. C. Warner Nominated For Joint Representative.

Chas. C. Warner, of Rensselaer, was nominated for joint representative of Jasper and White the convention held at Monticello today. His was the only name presented to the convention. Come and see the Milwaukee Corn Binder. We think it is the best one on the market

HAMILTON & KELLNER.

trees were nearly stripped of their apple crop and it is estimated several wagon loads of apples are lying on the ground in the Bringle orchard. Oats in that territory were torn from the shocks and scattered all over the fields. , « In Lafayette the damage was considerable, though probably not as great as in the surrounding country. Trees and fences were blown down, telephone poles and wires were torn, town and many electrical wires were burned in two. At the Monon shops the electrical display was unusually brilliant Fuses were burned out and all the motors were stopped. Many workmen were > shocked and stunned hy the lightning but no serious effects resulted. Great damage was done f 3 Benton county' to crops and buildings. In Goodland, It was entirely impossible to walk on most of the side streets as a great number of trees on the streets were blown down. On the Big Four railroad between Fowler and Kankakee, thirty telegraph poles were blown down. A flash was received by the Fowled boartL of trade over the telegraph ■wire# that?’ a big storm had struck Kankakee and was coming towards Fowler. , Just eighteen minutes later, the storm struck Fowler, the distance between the two towns being forty-five miles. -