Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1898 — REMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON.

—Geo. Hart of Earl Park, was in town Tuesday. —An exceedingly heavy rain fell Monday afternoon and night. —E. A. Walker of the Wolcott Enterprise, was in town Monday.* —Fred Donnelly’s mother and aunt came Friday to visit Fred and wife. —AI Richcreek of Elwoed, came Saturday to visit his folks, returning Monday. —Fred Burger passed through town on the west bound train Tuesday morning. —Frank Hart of Wolcott visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Esau Hart, Tuesday. —F. C. Tedford has resigned as T. P, AW. agent at Effner, andwill remove to Peoria. —“Billy" Hallihan, Gauthier's genial baker, returned Friday from a vacation trip in Illinois. —A small child of Charley Elmore’s was brought here Sunday evening from Elwood for burial, —The band boys went to ML Gilboa Tuesday afternoon to furnish music for a political demonstration. —Miss Alma Babb of Indianapolis, came Tuesday afternoon to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Babb. —Will Ott and bride came home Saturday. They will begin housekeeping at once on his father’s farm, west oftown. —lt looks now as if the town council had decided to condemn every board sidewalk in town and have them replaced with cement, about Hi miles being condemned last Friday night. —The reason advanced by the “Republican” man, for supporting Mr. Crumpacker, after so mercilessly attacking and denouncing him, is certainly too thin to not be seen through by the people. —The indications in this part of the county are that "Uncle Abe” will have to tear up all the coping in the court hcuse yard and rebuild it at the people’s expense before he can count on re-election. —Geo. D. Meyer received a 14-inch alligator Monday from Jacksonville, Fla. Climatic changes, however, were too great for his “gatorship” and he gave up the unequal con. test and died before night. —While Geo. Bull and wife were returning home from town. Wednesday of last week their horses shied at some sand-rock that had been placed on the,road recently and overturned the carriage, throwing Mrs. Bull out and dislocating the left wrist, and fracturing one bone above the wrist and considerably wrecking the carriage. Dr. Pothuisje was called and drMsed the injured member and Mrs. Bull is tJA.ng nicely at present. —Wednesday of last week Matt Yeager brought his son Will, (who recently got his foot crushed in a hay press} to town to have the foot dressed, and in getting into the buggy to start home his team became frightened and started to run, throwing him out and breaking two ribs. They then ran the buggy against , the fire-plug at the corner of North and Ohio streets, where they left it and made a break for thelountry. Dr. Landon attended Mr. Yeager and he is now doing as well as could be expected.