Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Mr. L. F. Bartoo of Remington, is reported quite ill. The Cubans may yet prove a white elephant to Uncle Sam. Good correspondence stationery, cheap at The Democrat office. Cash buys more at Judy and The Lief Buggy Company than anywhere else. fl The United States treasury decit for July already reaches over $22,000,000. Buy your calling cards at The Democrat office. Latest styles always in stock. Patronize home industries by smoking home made cigars manufactured in Rensselaer. A handsome envelope, .either square or oblong, for 5 cents per package at The Democrat office. Bro. Marshall of the Republican; is preparing to put in a water motor to run his job and newspaper presses. Perhaps Abe Halleck will yet be compelled to make the race for reelection on his record in piling up the expense on that new court house. When others fail to suit you in price, style and durability of buggies, wagons, harness, etc., then see Judy and The Lief Buggy Company. It seems* to us that it would be much better to use a finer grade of crushed rock in repairing city streets and for the top layer of the new roadways. Judge and Mrs. S. P. Thompson and Mrs. Alfred Thompson left yesterday for a week’s visit with friends at Seneca and other points in Ohio. Henry Eiglesbach, on Capt. Wasson’s farm, southeast of town, lost a part of a finger Wednesday morning, by getting it caught in the gearing of a windmill. L. A. Ford, whose death is mentioned in our Remington correspondence, was well known to a large number of our readers, having resided in Remington for a great many years. The republican state convention at Indianapolis and the Wallace Shows at Rensselaer come both on the same day. Many of our local republicans are in a quandrary over which circus to attend. Mrs. W. A. Huff went to Crawfordsville Tuesday night, in response to a telegram from her husband, who has been there for the past week at the bedside of his mother, whose condition is very critical. Bicycle riding upon the sidewalks of the city should be stopped at once and for good. Bicycles have no more business upon the sidewalks than a dray wagon, carriage or other vehicle. One arrest would put a stop to this dangerous and unlawful practice. While the Remington band was giving an open air concert at that place last Saturday night, one of the gasoline lamps used for lighting up the band stand, fell from its fastenings and exploded. The burning oil struck Ernest Rawlings, one of the players, and he was quite badly burned about the face and hands. Frank Babcock, formerly publisher of the Remington Press, has purchased the Rensselaer Democrat and the first issue under its new management came to our office this week. Mr. Babcock is an up-to-date newspaper man, and we wish him success in his new field, which certainly presents a bright future. —The Francesville Tribune. The Journal says: “Rensselaer saloon keepers have raised the price of beer to make up for the war tax. While the price per glass is the same, the size of the glass has been reduced.*’ Now we understand it is the custom among saloon keepers at all times, in certain cases, to set out very small glasses, especially when they think a man has had enough. We haven’t observed any diminuation in the size of the glasses ourself.