Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The Trelegan’s Stock Co., is holding forth at the opera house all this week. They close their engagement to-night with “Rip Van Rev. Middleton received two letters and some Manila papers from his son Ernest, last Monday. Ernest dosen’t appear to think that the war of conquest in the Philippines will be over soon. J. W. Parks of Leland, 111., arrived here Wednesday from Redlands, Cali., where he has been spending the winter. He went to Remington Thursday, 'accompanied by his brother Thomas Parks. R. B. Porter, R. A. Parkison, John R. Phillips and Fred Waymire have thus far announced themselves as candidates for renomination to the respective county offices now held by each. The republican county convention will be held March 19. Marion tp., republicans will hold their township convention next Wednesday. At present the following men have announced themselves as candidates for township office: Chas. M. Blue, J. C. Porter, Geo. W. Goff and Harvey W. Wood for trustee, and J. W. Cowden and Caleb A. Hopkins for assessor. W. J. Connor, an experienced hotel man from Kentland, has purchased J. F. Brunner’s lease and hotel fixtures and will take charge of the Makeever House to-day. Mr. Bruner has rented the D. S. Makeever residence property on North Division street, and will devote his attention to the insurance business, we understand. Monon has been without a saloon for more than a year. During their street fair last fall the temperance people of the town employed a detective to locate ’’boot leggers” and ’’blind pigs’’ and as a result three indictments havelieCn found against John Berry, a farmer; one against D. W. Strouse, a druggist: and one against James Cochell, a pool room manager. All of these cases are being heard and disposed of at this term of court. —Monticello Journal.

It seems a little strange that the republicans did not spring the name of Horace Marble for representative until after the announcement of W. H. Coover for state senator. The judicial and representative conventions are to be held here next Thursday, and. as Jasper county cannot reasionably expect both the representative and senatorial candidates, in the event of Mr. Marble’s selection Mr. Coover’s chances for securing the latter nomination will be very slim indeed. It would seem to an outsider that Marble had been introduced to down Coover.

Rensselaer was pretty well snow bound Wednesday ana Thursday. Tuesday night and Wednesday morning the heaviest snowfall for years fell throughout this section, and sidewalks and roads were nearly blockaded. All the trains were late Wednesday-but continued to run. Thursday the weather moderated somewhat and by Thursday night the denizens of our burg had got shoveled out sufficiently to allow pedestrians to get along fairly well. The snow is from 18 inches to 2 feet in depth, and seems to have been quite general. Should it go off in a hurry it will probably cause considerable damage throughout the country.

Jasper county is losing quite a number of its best citizens this spring who are moving to Jennings county, in the southeastern part of the state. Last week John Stillman of the west part of Carpenter tp., moved down there with his family, and this week T. Z McMurray and Henry and Joseph Fisher, Geo. E. Nichols and Mrs. Minerva Stanley expect to take their departure for that part of the state. Mr. McMurray with his family left Tuesday. All have purchased farms in Jennings county, near North Vernon and Butlerville and expect to make their home there in the future. The best wishes of hosts of friends go with thebe most excellent people to their new home.