Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1896 — Third Annual Race Meeting. [ARTICLE]

Third Annual Race Meeting.

At'Rensselaer Stock Farm. The Third Annual Race Meeting at the Rensselaer Stock Farm, will be held FRIDAY, AUGUST 7th 1896. A “Day of Continuous Pleasure” is promised. The programme includes, running, trotting, and pacing races; a $75 and a SIOO running race; a SSO bicycle race; a S4O ball game, and many other attractions. A grand illuminated bicycle parade takes place at night. Mayor McCoy is president, B. F. Fendig secretary, B. K. Zimmerman treasurer, Fred Phillipa manager of speed ring, Al>e Hardy, T. J. McCoy and C. C. Starr judges. Admission 25 cents; vehicles free. Races commence at l;30 p. m. sharp.

* The attendance at the summer normal had increased to 35, by Tuesday morning. The Indiana Republican Editorial Association holds its summer meeting in Lafayette, today; and after the meeting will have a short pleassure trip to Put In Bay, Lake Erie. The Rewhucah editor and wife exI>ect to be present at the meeting and also to accompany the excursion. Lyman Zea’s 16 months old girl drank some water off from some fly poison pajier, at Chester Zea’s house, Tuesday forenoon and was in a very alarming condition for a short time, but Dr. Berkley wag hurriedly called, and by the prompt administration of antidotes and emetics, soon overcame the < fleets of the poison. A party was in town Monday conferring with our citizens regarding the establishing here of a rid i a tor factory. He already has a large factory of the kind, in another town, but is so overcrowded with orders that he wants to start a bianch concern. About 50 hands will l»e employed at first and the work, for the most part, requires so little skill that our own people could do most of it. Au investment of $15,000 by our people is required. It is probable that a committee of citizens will go tad investigate matters where the present factory ii located.