Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1900 — REMINGTON. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON.

Art Cawley of Monticello. washerecMOnday. P. H. McLaughlin was in Rensselaer Tuesday. j Fred Bowman was down from Monticello Sunday. Late births: To Wm. Zea aqd wife, a daughter; to Ed Stokes and wife, a daughter. ' The citizens town convention is to be held this (Wednesday) evening, to nominate a town ticket to be voted May 7. Geo, W. Gauthier's store at Kentland was badly damaged by Fire last Friday morning. The stock was damaged several hundred dollars, fully covered by insurance. The Remington town council has passed an anti-chicken ordinance, and hereafter chidkens running at large within the corporote lim»s of our town will do so at their peril. Miss Anna Harlacher, well known here, has returned from Dayton. Ohio, where she has been employed in the National Cash Register Co’s office, and is assisting her brother Frank, in his restaurant and bakery at Monticello. The Remington Fair association, after an existence of 25 years, has sold its grounds and goes out of business. Robt. Parker has purchased the 431-4 acres comprising”’the grounds and will probably add it to his Fountain Park grounds, paying therefor about $3,500. It is barely possible that some arrangement maj' be made by which a race meeting wilLbe pulled off there this fall. Local horsemen here are considering the matter of leasing the ground for this purpose, we are informed. A big railroad meeting was held here Monday night and the project of an electric line to Rensselaer discussed to some length. Our people are about done "monkeying” with Gifford, and the electric prcject to Rensselaer is really better for us any way. A tax. will be asked in Jordan and Marion tps . in addition to Carpenter and Remington, in the event of anything being done. Robt. I’arker is quite enthusiastic over the matter as are several other prominent citizens. Our neighboring democrats over in Benton county held au enthusiastic convention at Fowler last Saturday and nominated Nelson Monjon for auditor, John Grogan for recorder, Peter Brow n far assessor, John Jenkins for sheriff, Ralph McConnell for surveyor. W, A. Smith for coroner, and Jacob Albaugh and James Sheedy for county commissioners. Ringing resolutions against the administration’s policy toward Porto Rico, trusts, imperialism, a large standing army, and a reaffirmation of the Chicago platform of 1896 were adopted. They also recommend the 'election of United State Senators by direct v.ite of the people, and that a surety bond be required from the county treasurer.