Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1905 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

It is reported that Geo. H. Healy, now holding a job in the government printing office at Washington, has bought a half interest in the Rensselaer Republican and will return to Rensselaer with his family. He has rented the house lately vacated by Rev. Elam, it is said. Frank Gillilan and C. Jf Dean took another party of land-seekers to the Red River Valley of Minnesota Tuesday. With additions from other points they expected to have some sixteen or eighteen in the party. These gentlemen are locating quite a number from northwestern Indiana and Illinois in this famous crop producing valley, and the rush seems to have but just begun from this section. Bro. Clark says that Mr. Bowie is publisher of the Kankakee Valley Review, but neglects to add that he is also publisher—alleged, at least—of the same Kankakee Valley Review that is reported to be published at Roselawn, Newton county; that he has no office whatever in Jasper county and is not by any stretch of imagination a Jasper county newspaper man. However, Bro. Clark is not to be blamed for being predjudiced in his favor as he does all the work on the paper that is attempted to be foisted in both counties and gets all the job printing that perhaps some deluded mortals think they are giving to Bowie. The Farmers or Guild bank at Medaryville was entered by burglars Monday night and the combination and handle of the big safe was battered and bent out of shape but .the robbers were evidently frightened away, as the safe was not dynamited and on being opened by experts the next day its contents, some $5,000 in cash and valuable papers, were found to be intact. The first that was known about the affair was when the propietor came down Tuesday morning and found that the safe had been tampered with. The would be robbers made their escape from the town on a Monon handcar,” which was later found near San Pierre, where they had abandoned it. The county council finished its labors Wednesday and adjourned. The appropriations made were practically identical with the estimates published in this paper two weeks ago. The county tax levy was increased about four-fifths of a cent over that of last year. The appropriations carry SIOO for expense of dedicating the new cottage at the soldiers home, also S3OO for removing obstructions in tho Kankakee river under the recent scheme of declaring said stream navigable. Councilman John F. Pettit of Walker tp., resigned as a member of the council and ex-trustee L. P. Shirer of the same township was appointed in his stead. At the request of Mrs. Nichols, the new matron of the poor asylum, the council and commissioners visited the poor farm Wednesday to see just how much the place had been denuded.