Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1894 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

We have been furnished the j following statement of maximum | tax on each SIOO of taxable property iu Marion township for proposed gravel roads, said to be obtained from car<-t'il and accurate examination of the reeords iu the Auditoi’s office, Jasper county, Indiana: Total taxable property for 1893 in Reused-, aer aud Marion tw’p., $1,749,752 Total estimated cost of Gravei|Roads, which estimate the law will not allow exceeded 39,730.74 This divided iuto five equal paym’ts makes, to be paid each year, 7,926.15 Levy required to pay same, per year for five years, 45 cts on SIOO. To which add the iuterest for mean time, 2£ yrs at 6 per cent., making 7 cts more on each SIOO, thus muking 4 total of 52 cents per year, or 61 for the total five years.

Gravel Road— Iroquois Ditch. The two improv-ments are movno to th front T,.e one is for better roads requiring $35,000 worth of rock material. The othoi will require the excavaitou of 28,000 cubic yards of this materia' at a central point for distribution. If the gravel roads are vote,! now this loosened material can be furnished free for crushing, ami the drainage project save cost of storage. If this will make the loaciß cheaper it saves to every tax payer. It will in our opinion save at least $7,000 on td« estimated cost of ihe roads. If other material can be had cheaper no one is harmed Ev?ry tax payer who is not in “the valley should encourage deepening the channel now that competitive material for roads rauy be put in sight Eveiy one who will lißve to pay a ditch assessment should favor gra vel roads because of opening a market for the material excavated. Sit down and think tnis over and don’t oppose one project by reas on of th other. t * i* w Our c'diimus are open foi print entdiscussion, pro aud con. Notice is hereby given that on the 6th da; of March, a m., 1894, an election for Trustees will be held 1 v the members of he Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel congregation of Walker township, Jasper cou^tj, Indiana, at their church. John Stibbi, Sec’y.

It Colt* to Ran Car*. Dining cars arc generally run at a lose and are attached to trains simply as a a matter of attraction. A steward, four cooks and five waiters are attached to eaoh car. The food oosts SI,OOO to $1,500 a month. It ooete from SIB,OOO tc $22,000 a year to run one of thee* cars, exclusive of the wear and tear on the property and incidentals. In some places, and particularly in the South, Bleepers are also run at a loss. A sleeping car leaving New York for Chicago la supplied with 120 sheets, 120 pillow slips and 120 towels. The Washing Is done in different oitlea, and la given out at the low rate of $1 per 100 pleoes. An equipment of linen, whlci lasts a year, Is purchased in amounts ot $50,000 worth at a time. One company, for 700 cars, uses every thirty days, 2,400 dozen cakes of toilet soap, 1,200 dozen boxes of matches, 85 dozen hair brushes, 50 dozen whisks, 60 dozen oombs, and a vast number of sponges and feather dusters. Porters receive from SBO to SSO a month. Here's a Tale. •Do you know?" said Gov. John L Routt, of Colorado, “that Colorado will have the largest and best display at the World’s Pair? It will. We grow the largest trees, have the richest metals in our mines, and are wonderfully fortunate in the oharacter of our agricultural products. On a farm belonging to a friend of mine was grown a pumpkin so large that it could not be removed. Ws made a wagon road around it and left it there. One night a terrific storm arose—a perfect V -.ard. After it was over my friend drove out to see what had become of twenty hogs that were out in the fields during the storm. All he expected to find was the dead bodies. Imagine his surprise, then, to find them safe and uninjured inside the big pumpkin, growing fat from eating a vegetable primarily intended for the manufacture of pies.”

Loaded Revolvers Stood Guard. Two loaded revolvers prevented the savtegof $ on in a burning house It Van Wert, Cliio, a few days ago. The money, whi-n was in gold, was concealed undo a carpet in a bed-room andena lur au in the same room lay the revolver . | o uting toward the entranoe. No one would dare enter the room. No 1 i a of the money oould be found after H e house burned. N -l ;ral Grammar. A class in grammar was reoiting, and one es the younger boys was asked to compare “sick." He began thoughtfully “sick,’’ paused while hie brafii struggled with the problem, then finished triumphantly: “Siek. worse, dea " Tow any profit by the experience of ethers If yea oarsfully psruse th# advsrtisemsats In this issue. , Do not forgot that Important announcement# appear upon the I arid# pages.