Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1900 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

A heavy rain fell here Thursday night. No rain fell at Remington at all. For first class dental work call on Dr. R. H. Robinson. Office over Ellis & Murray’s store. We sei 1 envelopes and writing paper cheaper than any place in the city. The Democrat. • The annual picnic for the graduating class of ’97 was held Wednesday afternoon in Nagel’s grove. 50 cents for the round trip to Water Valley, Aug. 25th. Account Odd Fellows’ meeting. W. H. Beam, Agt. Bids for the improvement of Cullen and Forest streets will be opened at the regular council meeting next Monday evening. Miss Myrtle Chamberlain, who has been the guest of Mrs. Leota Jones for the past week, has returned to home at Frankfort. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Black of Denver, Colo., and daughter, Mrs. John Burger, of Remington, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Major Thursday and Friday. Postmaster Meyer and Auditor Babcock report a big catch of Mack bass at the Kankakee by them last Saturday. Thirty black beauties averaging 2| lbs each, fell victim to their piscatorial skill.

Mrs. lennie Preston and son James of Burlington, Kan., and Mrfe. Arvilla Walgamuth and daughter Pearl of Hartford, Kan., visited their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Kepner, of this city, this week.

While cleaning his bicycle Wednesday afternoon, W. O. Shanlaub had the misfortune to get the first and second fingers of his right hand caught between the chain and sprocket wheel crushing them quite badly.

District Chairman Forrest of Crown Point, Hon. John Ross of Lafayette, candidate for congress, and John W. Miner of Indianapolis, candidate for state auditor, were in the city Saturday conferring with the democratic county central committee.

We have received a copy of the Owen County Sentinel, a new democratic paper established at Spencer. The paper is neatly gotten up and starts out with a liberal advertising patronage. C. B. Harrold lately of this place, is foreman, of the machanical department. A number of Odd Fellows and their wives will attend the I. O. O. F.. picnic at Water Valley to-day. To-night the Rensselaer band and a number of picknickers will go up on the 6:35 train to remain over Sunday. Arrangements have been made to have this train stop at Water Valley to let off those who go up this evening. The horseshoe pitching last Saturday resulted in John Carmichael of this city, defeating the Newton county champion, Sam Butts. Six games were played, of which Carmichael wou five. The Newton county man’s backers are said to have gone home dead broke. A return set-to will be held at Mt. Ayr in the near future, we understand.

The Nowels House will change management next tfeek, Mr. Hyland retiring and J. T. Penn of this city, taking charge. Mrs. Hyland, son and daughterswill remove to Chicago, we understand, where the former will keep a rooming house for awhile and place her daughters in a training school to cultivate their voices’, with the prospect of entering upon a stage career.

Quite a number of visitors to Westou cemetery have been scared considerably of late by the promiscuous shooting thereabouts by men and boys, who seem to forget that anyone might be walking about the cemetery and blaze away at “marks” much to the consternation of the visitors who dislike to have shot and bullets whistling about their ears. This dangerous practice should be stopped ere some one is hurt.