Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1918 — A HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT [ARTICLE]

A HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT

Proved Beneficial to Crops and Outlook Was Never Better. I)oth Saturday and Sunday were quite showery in the vicinity of Rensselaer, but we did not get any rain here to speak of until Sunday night, wh)en a splendid gentle rain fell, continuing for several hours. This latter rain was quite general and was accompanied by quite a bit of lightning, more so over west than here. A barn and some out buildings are reported to have been struck by lightning and burned in Foresman during the storm. The rain was very heavy over in about Kentland and Goodland an 1 was apparently heavier all around us than it was here. At Monon, Francesville and Medaryville a very heavy rain fell Saturday afternoon. A heavy rain was ftlso Feported in the north pari of the county and quite a bit of rain fell in Jordan tonship, but neither here nor at Remington did enough rain fall Saturday to lay the dust. The river rose about two feet Monday, which would Indicate that the section of country north of us got a much heavier rain Sunday night than we did here.