Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Our Wheatfield correspondence arrived too late for insertion again. John Rush is erecting a new residence at corner of Vine street and College avenue. State Chief Ranger Honan went to Laporte Monday to institute a new court of C. O. F. One hundred and fifty tickets were sold at this station for the Chicago excursion last Sunday. Mrs. G. W. Gauthier and children of Kentland, who have been guests of Mrs, W. A. Huff for the past ten days, returned home yesterday.

At the meeting of the city council Monday evening a resolution was passed to macadam Cullen street from Washington street north the full length of said street, the first 300 feet to be from curb to curb, with concrete curb, and the balance 30 feet wide with oak curb.

Eugene Dilly was opeiated on by Dr. Johnson of this place, Dr. F. L. Crocker of Chicago and Arthur Kressler of Rensselaer, last week and the injured portion of the skull taken out and scraped and then replaced. He stood the operation well and the_ doctors think his recovery will be speedy and permanent. It has been decided to hold our senatorial and representative conventions at Monon, in connection with the congressional convention, July 25. This will make a big day for Monon, and the fact the George Fred Williams, the noted orator from Massachusetts, will be present and address the gathering will bring people in from far and near. Monon will have her hands full to entertain her visitors July 25. It is said that Monon has made arrangements for the taking of town orders by private citizens which, with the assistance of the township in joining in a joint school building, whereby she will secure enough funds to complete the tine new school building contracted for last summer. The building was erected to the second story last fall, when the money gave out, since which time nothing has been done on it.

A gentleman from Monon informed us Tuesday that the Indiana Macadam Co., had imported a lot of “Dagos” to wqrk in the stone crushing plant at that place and the home laborers were up in arms about it. The “white” laborers had been receiving only $1.25 per day, and it is presumed, of course, that the Italians are hired for still less. This plant, by the way, is owned by republican spellbinders of Rensselaer, who every campaign shed washtubs of tears in “protecting” the American laboring man. Mr. Gifford says that should Jordan tp., vote the railroad tax the interest on the $6,550 would at 5 per cent, be about S3OO per annum, and he expects to pay .Jordan tp., every year more than S3OO as taxes on railroad property. As it is but 3 miles across Jordan tp., and the Gifford road is assessed at only $2,000 per mile, the assessment for Jordan would be $6,000. The total township levy last year in that township was 82 cents on each one hundred dollars valuation, therefor M. Gifford’s railroad tax would be exactly $49.20. instead of more than S3OO, as he states. Deal more in facts, Mr. Gifford, if you expect people to vote any aid to your road. A heavy rain and wind storm Saturday afternoon did considerable damage to shade trees and growing crops. At the old Spitler homestead, on North Cullen street, Lee Glazebrook’s horse and carriage were hitched to a large catalpa tree by the sidewalk when the storm came up. The wind blew the tree down onto the horse and carriage breaking the top and one thill of the latter and bearing the horse down to the ground but apparently not injuring it, the carriage breaking the force of the tree’s weight. Lightning also played about promiscuously, and a few telephone polos were splintered and fuses burned out