Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1903 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

An armload of old papers fur a nickel at The Democrat office. O. H. McKay has one of the neatest and cleanest laundries in the state, right here in Rensselaer. The public ought to be proud of it. Now that the street carnival has got to the injunction stage, it seems pretty certain that it will not be a “good thing” much longer.—lndianapolis News. Goodland Herald: Jule Wood’s father from Pennsylvania, arrived here Tuesday evening for a visit with his son. Mr. Wood, sr., is 77 years of age, and this is his first visit to Jasper county since 1887. He is much impressed with the wonderful developement of this country in those years. The postoffice at Medaryville was robbed on Thursday night of last week of cash and stamps to the amount of S4OO. The -safe was opened without the use of powder or dynamite. It is stated that a hand-ear was stolen at San Pierre the night of the robbery, and it is supposed that the thieves used it in coming to Medaryville or in skipping out. Messrs. W r . B. Austin and A. H. Hopkins have formed a partnership in the law and loan business, and Mr. Hopkins has moved into the old Austin quarters in the Forsythe block and will look after most of the business here. Mr. Austin has business in Chicago that has demanded the greater part of his time and attention there, and his Rensselaer business had suffered to some extent as a consequence. With a member of the firm on the gronnd at all times and the means and facilities for making loans and and transacting other business promptly, the new firm will do a large business in its line.

A stack of hay on W T . S. Parks’ ten acre tract at the south side of town, containing about 44 tons, was burned last Friday. It' is not known how the fire originated. It is supposed the stack was set on fire by some one. The other day Mr. Parks discovered that there was something wrong with of his gray horses. The veteiinary was called and made an examination and found that a rubber band had been placed tightly around the horse’s tongue, and it would, no doubt, have cut its tongue off in a few days more. Billy didn’t know that he had an enemy, but it would seem that someone did both jobs who must have a spite at him and took this devilish means of “getting even.”