Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1904 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Rain is again needed. Mrs. W. C. Babcock is visiting, friends at Hartford City. son was born August 3d to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Muster. Roy Keesey spent Sunday and Monday with his parents in Logansport. W. C. Babcock and Mrs. F. E. Babcock were Chicago visitors Saturday. Juno Kannal is visiting at Winona Lake and friends in Delphi this week. and Mrs. A. H. Tedford of Sheldon, 111., are guests of their daughter, Mrs. George Hopkins. Yeoman, James Yeoman and Miss Beth Yeoman of Kingman, Kan., arq visiting relatives here. George and Delevan Babcock are visiting their grandmother, Mrs. S. A. Freelove, at Goodland for a couple of weeks. The new clothing store in the Leopold building, formerly occupied by the Racket Store, opens up for business to-day. See ad elsewhere in this paper. The “Hooligan’s Troubles” com, pany played to a packed house here Monday night, and the show was pronounced fairly good by those who enjoy that kind of an entertainment. racing and base ball event is advertised to take place at the Rensselaer Stock Farm next Wednesday. There will be three running races, each for a SSO purse, and a ball game between Mt. Ayr and Rensselaer. \l J. A. McFarland of Rensselaer and N. Osborne of Hanging Grove tp., were among the Jasper county democrats who attended the state convention. The former went from the convention to Parke county to visit relatives and friends for a few days. Lane has been placed off the democratic ticket in Newton township for assessor, in place of Omar Kenton, who declined the' nomination on account of personal business demanding his time. Ed is a firstrate young man. well qualified for the office, and will make an excellent assessor. N/W. T. Elmore and Jasper Guy of Remington were over yesterday in the former’s “auto,” on business. Mr. Elmore has an eight horse-power Oids Mobile, a very neat and easily managed machine. He can easily make from 25 to 30 miles per hour with it. There are, five or six autos owned in Reming-" ton now. George M. Johnson, a former resident of Rensselaer and a brother-in-law of I. J. and R. B. Porter, died at his home in Wilsonvilie, Neb., Saturday at the age of 73 years. Deceased moved to Nebraska some twenty years ago. He leaves a wife, two sons and five daughters, all of whom are residing in Nebraska. XThe pickle packing company wno have contracts in various' parts of the county are now busy taking in pickles, and the crop promises to be unusually good this season. A new salting plant is being put in at Parr this week. There are about one hundred acres of pickles about Parr, and it is thought growers will realize a handsome profit this season. The open air union vesper services in the court house yard Sunday evening were largely attended. We notice that the preachers are inclined to take advantage of the old sinners, who never attend church but do come out to these services, by stringing out their eight'minute talks to fifteen or twenty minutes. The chance to get at them is too good to be lost, evidently. Dr. B.W. Pratt of Goodland, was a Rensselaer visitor Tuesday. Nothing reliable has been heard of F. D. Gilman, the missing banker of that place, but rumors have located him in Winipeg, Manitoba, and also in Chicago. Rumor also has it that his father Hon. W. W. Gilman got a letter from him last week, and that he stated in the letter that he would return to Goodland some time and pay every dollar he owed. If he is ever able to do this he will have to strike it pretty riob, as it will take about a quarter of a million to square no.